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Names of men killed in Fort Dodge released

News

October 23rd, 2018 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) — The names of the two men killed in the Monday morning shooting in Fort Dodge have now been released. The victims are identified as 37-year-old Marion T. Rhodes and 34-year-old Eldominic Rhodes, both of Fort Dodge. The victims in this case are both brothers.

The bodies of both men were discovered just after midnight by police in an alleyway at 910 Second Avenue North. The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation is assisting Fort Dodge Police in the shooting incident.

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Midwest Sports Headlines: 10/23/18

Sports

October 23rd, 2018 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Kansas starts the 2018-19 season as the No. 1-ranked team in The Associated Press Top 25 preseason poll. The Jayhawks earned 37 of 65 first-place votes in results released Monday. Kentucky checks in at No. 2, followed by Gonzaga, Duke and Virginia to round out the top 5. The Atlantic Coast Conference has seven teams ranked in the poll, the most of any conference. The Southeastern Conference has five.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — An investigator who helped uncover the sexual exploitation of 400 boys by an Iowa basketball coach says victims can still come forward to share their information. Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation agent Ryan Kedley says state and federal investigators have attempted to contact all 400 known victims of former Iowa Barnstormers Coach Greg Stephen, which he called a massive undertaking. But he says some individuals who were victimized haven’t been identified or contacted.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Chiefs have not only survived what is probably their toughest stretch this season, they have downright thrived. Their blowout win over Cincinnati on Sunday night left them at 6-1 and in firm control of the AFC West, not to mention the No. 1 seed in the AFC playoffs. And with an easier nine-game stretch ahead, there is a good chance they hold onto it.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Getting that first win of the season left Nebraska hungry for more. The Cornhuskers aren’t complaining about playing again this week instead of having the open date that originally was on the schedule. Bethune-Cookman of the Football Championship Subdivision will play at Nebraska on Saturday. The Huskers were supposed to play Akron in the opener, but the game was canceled because of inclement weather.

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — TCU coach Gary Patterson says sophomore quarterback Shawn Robinson will have surgery and Michael Collins will be the starter. Patterson did not discuss details, but the decision comes more than three weeks after Robinson took a hit on his non-throwing left shoulder in a 17-14 win over Iowa State. Robinson played the next game, but Collins replaced him after three series against Oklahoma. TCU plays at Kansas on Saturday.

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Iowa early News Headlines: Tuesday, Oct. 23rd 2018

News

October 23rd, 2018 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:45 a.m. CDT

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — For all the anticipation about whether someone will finally snag the $1.6 billion Mega Millions jackpot and the $620 million Powerball prize, the games come down to simple math and very long odds. But there are some quirks and surprises about the math equations that likely will soon vault someone into stratospheric wealth after the jackpots grew for months without a winner.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — An investigator who helped uncover the sexual exploitation of 400 boys by an Iowa basketball coach says victims can still come forward to share their information. Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation agent Ryan Kedley says state and federal investigators have attempted to contact all 400 known victims of former Iowa Barnstormers Coach Greg Stephen, which he called a massive undertaking. But he says some individuals who were victimized haven’t been identified or contacted.

IOWA FALLS, Iowa (AP) — A hospital in north-central Iowa says it’s going to stop delivering babies. The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports that Hansen Family Hospital in Iowa Falls announced last week that the doctor who performs most of the deliveries is leaving the hospital, so the deliveries will stop Nov. 23. Hospital CEO Doug Morse says it’s difficult to find doctors willing to deliver babies in a rural setting with its attendance malpractice risk and call burdens.

MUSCATINE, Iowa (AP) — A grateful mother is thanking an emergency services dispatcher in eastern Iowa for calmly guiding her husband as he helped her deliver their baby daughter. Twenty-seven-year-old Kala Walker gave birth to little Kalee last week at home with her 29-year-old husband, Lee Walker, assisting. Kala Walker says Ben Sharpe at Muscatine County Joint Communications knew what to say to her husband and “knew how to walk him through it, which was wonderful.”

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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23rd

Trading Post

October 23rd, 2018 by Jim Field

FOR SALE:  2017 Honda Pioneer 700 Enclosed cab and tilt box. 35 hours and 163 miles. Phone 712-250-0075.

WANTED: Looking for fall cleanup/raking jobs. Call 712-254-3703.

WANTED:  looking for some skeleton keys.  Call 712-250-8573.

FOR SALE: Honda riding mower, 34″ cut, 50 cc Honda engine, water cooled. $500. 712-243-2361.

FOR SALE:  I have for sale a Palm Pixi plus phone from Verizon, never used, still in box, don’t know much about it as I’m not a tech person, but instructions are with it.  please text 865-963-7499 to make an offer.  In the Anita area.

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Iowa and Iowa State set Nov. 3 kickoff times

Sports

October 22nd, 2018 by admin

The University of Iowa and Iowa State University football teams announced kickoff times for thier upcoming Nov. 3rd games.

Iowa’s road game at Purdue has been set for a 2:30pm kickoff in West Lafayett, IN. We’ll have coverage on the Hawkeye Radio Network starting at 12:30pm that day.

Iowa State’s road game at Kansas has been set for an 11:00am kickoff in Lawrence, KS. That game is set to be televised on Fox Sports Net.

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CAM holds off Glidden-Ralston to move to Regional Semifinal

Sports

October 22nd, 2018 by admin

The CAM Cougars volleyball team held off the Glidden-Ralston Wildcats 3-1 on Monday night to move on to the Class 1A Region 3 Semifinals. CAM raced out to an early two set lead by taking the opener 25-22 and the second 25-15.

Serve receive and passing were a sore spot in the third set and allowed Glidden-Ralston to use an early runs of 4 and 6 points to grab a lead they would hang on to. The Wildcats took the third 25-23 to send it to a fourth.

The Cougars took control late in the fourth set to run away with a 25-16 set win and take the match. The Cougars scored 14 of the final 19 points to secure the win.

The Cougars got strong play from seniors Madison Gettler, Shelby Stephenson, and Sydney Aupperle in the win. The Cougars improved to 26-9 on the season and will now face Ar-We-Va in the Regional Semifinal on Thursday night in Audubon at 7:00pm. The Cougars have been able to beat the Rockets three times this season already but the last two were tight matches in the conference tournament. We’ll have coverage of that match on Thursday night on KJAN.

Glidden-Ralston’s season ends with a record of 13-10.

Listen to a post-match interview with CAM Head Coach Craig Fredin below.

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Class 1A and 2A Volleyball Quarterfinal Scoreboard 10/22/2018

Sports

October 22nd, 2018 by admin

Class 1A

Region 2
(3-0) East Mills 25-26-25, Griswold 15-24-11
(3-0) Stanton 25-25-25, Bedford 10-20-17
(3-1) Boyer Valley 23-25-25-25, Woodbine 25-15-15-21
(3-0) Fremont-Mills 25-25-25, West Harrison 23-13-16

Region 3
(3-0) North Tama 25-25-25, Baxter 14-14-14
(3-0) Gladbrook-Reinbeck 25-25-25, Collins-Maxwell 16-19-16
(3-0) Ar-We-Va 25-25-25, Coon Rapids-Bayard 19-19-19
(3-1) CAM 25-25-23-25, Glidden-Ralston 22-15-25-16 (ON KJAN)

Class 2A

Region 3
(3-0) Treynor 25-25-25, Treynor 19-11-16
(3-2) Earlham 25-22-25-18-15, Panorama 19-25-20-25-9
(3-0) St. Albert 25-25-25, Missouri Valley 13-7-11
(3-0) West Monona 25-25-25, Woodbury Central 19-19-23

Region 4
(3-0) Tri-Center25-25-25, Underwood 23-8-17
(3-0) AC/GC 25-25-25, Ogden 19-13-9
(3-1) Woodward-Granger 25-19-25-25, South Hamilton 22-25-21-17
(3-0) BCLUW 25-25-25, Belle Plaine 12-16-14

Region 5
(3-0) Sidney 25-25- 25, Nodaway Valley 15-7-11
(3-1) Central Decatur 20-25-25-25,  Mount Ayr 25-20-20-15
(3-1) Pleasantville 25-25- 22-25, I-35 17-14-25-18
(3-0) Pella Christian 25-25-25, Cardinal 18-19-17

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Final Radio Iowa High School Football Poll 10/22/2018

Sports

October 22nd, 2018 by admin

Final Radio Iowa High School Football Poll 10/22/18
October 22, 2018 By Todd Kimm

Class 4A
1. WDM Valley (9-0) LW #1 vs Ankeny
2. Cedar Falls (9-0) LW #2 vs Indianola
3. Ankeny Centennial (9-0) LW #3 vs S.E. Polk
4. Bettendorf (8-1) LW #4 vs Pleasant Valley
5. Iowa City West (8-1) LW #5 vs CR Kennedy
6. Dowling Catholic (7-2) LW #6 vs #9 Fort Dodge
7. Waukee (7-2) LW #8 vs Urbandale
8. Johnston (7-2) LW #7 vs #10 CR Prairie
9. Fort Dodge (7-2) LW #10 @ #6 Dowling Catholic
10.Cedar Rapids Prairie (7-2) LW #9 @ #8 Johnston

Class 3A
1. Lewis Central (9-0) LW #1 vs Carroll
2. Cedar Rapids Xavier (9-0) LW #2 vs #7 Pella
3. Solon (9-0) LW #3 vs Western Dubuque
4. North Scott (8-1) LW #4 vs #9 Waverly-Shell Rock
5. Sergeant Bluff-Luton (8-1) LW #5 vs Heelan
6. Oskaloosa (8-1) LW #6 vs Harlan
7. Pella (8-1) LW #8 @ #2 Xavier
8. Decorah (7-2) LW #9 vs #10 Clear Creek-Amana
9. Waverly-Shell Rock (8-1) LW #10 @ #4 North Scott
10.Clear Creek-Amana (8-1) LW (X) @ #8 Decorah

Class 2A
1. PCM (Monroe) (9-0) LW #1 vs Carroll Kuemper
2. Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley (8-1) LW #2 vs #6 Spirit Lake
3. Waukon (8-1) LW #3 vs Union
4. Greene County (8-1) LW #7 @ #5 Benton
5. Benton (8-1) LW #6 vs #4 Greene County
6. Spirit Lake (7-2) LW #9 @ #2 Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley
7. Crestwood (6-3) LW #8 vs #9 Algona
8. Southeast Valley (7-2) LW (X) vs OABCIG
9. Algona (8-1) LW #4 @ #7 Crestwood
10.Clear Lake (7-2) LW #10 Did not qualify

Class 1A
1. Van Meter (9-0) LW #1 vs Sumner-Fredricksburg
2. Dike-New Hartford (9-0) LW #2 vs South Hamilton
3. South Central Calhoun (9-0) LW #3 vs #9 West Lyon
4. Bellevue (9-0) LW #4 vs Mediapolis
5. Wilton (8-1) LW #5 vs Pella Christian
6. West Sioux (8-1) LW #6 vs Treynor
7. West Branch (8-1) LW #7 @ #10 Osage
8. Interstate-35 (9-0) LW #8 vs Mount Ayr
9. West Lyon (7-2) LW #10 @ #3 South Central Calhoun
10.Osage (7-2) LW (X) vs #7 West Branch

Class A
1. Hudson (9-0) LW #1 vs Lynnville-Sully
2. Algona Garrigan (9-0) LW #2 vs #8 Wapsie Valley
3. AHSTW (Avoca) (9-0) LW #3 vs Alta-Aurelia
4. North Tama (8-1) LW #4 @ #7 Newman Catholic
5. Edgewood-Colesburg (8-1) LW #6 vs BGM
6. Durant (7-2) LW #7 vs Highland (Riverside)
7. Mason City Newman (7-2) LW #8 vs #4 North Tama
8. Wapsie Valley (7-2) LW #9 @ #2 Garrigan
9. Westwood (Sloan) (8-1) LW #10 vs Akron-Westfield
10.West Hancock (7-2) LW (X) @ Hinton

Eight-man
1. Iowa Valley (9-0) LW #1 vs #6 Midland
2. AR-WE-VA (9-0) LW #3 vs #9 Northwood-Kensett
3. New London (8-1) LW #4 @ Gladbrook-Reinbeck
4. Don Bosco (8-1) LW #5 vs Central City
5. S.E. Warren (10-0) LW #7 vs #8 Newell-Fonda
6. Midland (Wyoming) (9-1) LW #6 @ #1 Iowa Valley
7. Turkey Valley (8-1) LW #9 vs Rockford
8. Newell-Fonda (8-1) LW #8 @ #5 S.E. Warren
9. Fremont-Mills (8-1) LW #10 vs Lenox
10.Northwood-Kensett (8-1) LW #2 @ #2 AR-WE-VA

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SHIRLEY SCHROETER, 79 of Atlantic & formerly of Brayton (Svcs. 10/25/18)

Obituaries

October 22nd, 2018 by admin

SHIRLEY SCHROETER, 79, of Atlantic (& formerly Brayton), died Monday, October 22nd at the Allen Place in Atlantic. Funeral services for SHIRLEY SCHROETER will be held 10:30-a.m. Thursday, Oct. 25th, at the Brayton Lutheran Church (in Brayton). Roland Funeral Home in Atlantic has the arrangements.

Visitation at the funeral home will be held from 5-until 7-p.m. Wed., Oct. 24th, with a Prayer Service at 6:30-p.m.; Condolences may be left at www.rolandfuneralservice.com

SHIRLEY SCHROETER is survived by:

Her husband – Rodney Schroeter, of Atlantic.

Her son – Timmie (Deb) Schroeter, of Brayton.

Her daughters- Susan (Michael) Smith, of Brayton, and Amy Jo (J.D.) Fellows, of West Des Moines.

11 grandchildren and 6 great-grandchildren.

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Atlantic School to Work Advisory Committee Survey finds High School Students Interested in Part-Time Work and Job Shadowing in Atlantic; Chamber Partners with Committee to Identify Local Opportunities

News

October 22nd, 2018 by Ric Hanson

As a result of a student survey conducted last week, the Atlantic School District’s School to Work Advisory Committee is partnering with the Chamber of Commerce this fall to update information on available part-time jobs and employers open to hosting student job shadows. Last Monday, the Atlantic School to Work Advisory Committee visited Atlantic High School to administer a survey on post-graduation plans and career interests, as well as part-time employment.
The survey found high interest in part-time work in Atlantic. Half of AHS students expressed interest in working during the school day for class credit. Although a little over half of AHS students do not have a part-time job, approximately 75 percent of students without part-time jobs are interested in getting one. Additionally, almost half of students surveyed expressed an interest in job shadowing someone in the Atlantic community.
The biggest barrier to part-time employment for high school students is time available due to involvement in activities. Over 40 percent of students without a part-time job said activity schedules made it challenging for them to find work. Jobs with flexible hours that do not require a student to work during activity practices or performances and competitions are particularly helpful in addressing this need. There has historically been frustration from businesses when they advertise jobs available to high school students, only to have few if any students apply. The committee hopes the findings on activities hours will be helpful to businesses when structuring work hours and hiring part-time high-school help.
Part-time jobs in a field of career interest provide students with the opportunity to earn money while furthering career exploration. The top ten areas of career interest for AHS students are healthcare, education, art (such as graphic design), tech (such as programming, app designing, web development), engineering, agriculture, music/theater, military, construction, and journalism/communications.
However, even work outside an area of career interest can be beneficial to a high-school student in terms of developing life skills. Given a list of potential part-time jobs available in Atlantic, students indicated the greatest interest in babysitting/childcare, grocery stores, coffee shops/restaurants, other stores (hardware stores, Walmart, etc.), auto shops, and lifeguarding. Students also expressed interest in housekeeping and agriculture/farmhand opportunities.
Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Bailey Smith will be reaching out to area businesses to update a list of part-time jobs and job shadow opportunities available to high-school students in the area. Employers offering part-time work to high-school students can contact Smith at (bailey@atlanticiowa.com). The compiled list of opportunities will be shared with students later this fall.
Over the course of the school year the School to Work Advisory Committee will address student career development needs, and plans to host a Career Day this spring. For more information on School to Work and the advisory committee, contact JoAnn Runyan at jrunyan@atlanticiaschools.org or 712-249-6154.

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