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The Clarinda boys and Mount Ayr girls track teams won at the Lenox Co-Ed Meet on Monday.
Mount Ayr scored 156 points to win the girls side with Griswold coming in 2nd at 87 points.
Charli Adams of Griswold won the 800M, Hope Ogg took the 100M Hurdles. Griswold also won the Shuttle Hurdle Relay.
Team Scores
Full results here.
On the boys side Clarinda racked up 131 points to win the meet with Griswold coming in 2nd with 117.
The Tigers got wins from Spencer Muhlbauer in the 100M, Josh Bronwlee in the 400M and 800M, Shuttle Hurldes, and Distance Medley.
Team Scores
Full results here.
The Glenwood boys track team won the Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln/Thomas Jefferson boys meet on Monday night. The Rams scored 140.5 points to edge out Treynor who finished with 126. The Rams took the title in 6 events on the night.
Team Scores
Full results here.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a jelly roll pan (10 1/2″ x 15 1/2″ x 1″). Prepare cake mix as directed on package. Pour batter into prepared pan. Combine remaining ingredients. Drop by tablespoonful onto cake batter. Cut through batter with knife or spatula several times for marbled effect. Sprinkle with additional chocolate chips and chopped nuts if desired. Bake at 350 degrees until cake springs back when lightly touched in center, about 25 to 30 minutes. Cool, cut in bars. Serve. Delicious!
(Evelyn Nelson)
OSKALOOSA, Iowa (AP) — Charges against a former police officer accused of attacking her girlfriend in southern Iowa have been dismissed. Mahaska County court records say 26-year-old Janay Pritchett had pleaded not guilty harassment, domestic abuse assault while displaying or using a weapon and domestic abuse assault, second offense. The records say the alleged victim had told prosecutors she’d left Iowa, wouldn’t return to testify and wanted the charges dropped.
Court records say Pritchett’s girlfriend told officers that she and Pritchett were arguing May 3 last year when Pritchett kicked her in the chest, pulled a pocketknife and cut her on the left side of her neck. The girlfriend said Pritchett then threatened to shoot her with a shotgun. Pritchett says in the records that she didn’t pull a knife or cut the woman.
The 7:20-a.m. Sportscast with Jim Field.
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(Radio Iowa) — Authorities say a body found in a farm field near Marshalltown could be that of a Mason City woman. Thirty-two-year-old Michelle Grommet was reported missing on March 22nd to the Marshalltown Police Department. Police say a body was found at about 9 o’clock Monday morning in a farm field just east of the Walmart store. Authorities say the identity of the body could not be immediately confirmed but preliminary indications are it could be the missing woman. Marshalltown police say there’s no evidence of foul play but the investigation into the death continues.
The area’s latest and/or top news stories at 7:06-a.m. From KJAN News Director Ric Hanson.
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DAWSON, Iowa (AP) — A jury has convicted an Oskaloosa man of stabbing to death a college basketball player. Mahaska County District Court records say 24-year-old Luke VanHemert was found guilty Monday of second-degree murder. His sentencing is scheduled for June 27. VanHemert’s lawyers had argued that he was defending himself when he killed 22-year-old William Penn player Marquis Todd during a fight after a car crash in March 2018. They said VanHemert should have been exempt from prosecution because of Iowa’s “stand your ground” law.
The law enacted in 2017 says a person doesn’t have to retreat before using deadly force if he or she reasonably thinks his or her life is being threatened. But the judge said that law didn’t apply in VanHemert’s case and ordered him to go on trial.
Last night (Monday night) was the last ride for Cass County K9 “Mufasa,” who has retired from service. Mufasa had several large narcotic seizures and criminal apprehensions. His handler/partner, Deputy Tyler Shiels says Mufasa was an “Amazing young dog when we got him. Full of energy and still is.” Shiels said also “This dog is tough as nails yet social as could be.” Deputy Shiels and his family have kept him as part of their family and will continue. His job now is to relax, run the farm, and keep watch over the ones he loves.