LaVon Eblen visits with Lucy Netwon and Marcia Weis of the Cass County Memorial Hospital Auxiliary about the Spring Soup and Salad Luncheon of Wednesday, April 25.
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LaVon Eblen visits with Lucy Netwon and Marcia Weis of the Cass County Memorial Hospital Auxiliary about the Spring Soup and Salad Luncheon of Wednesday, April 25.
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AMES, Iowa – Former Iowa State head football coach Earle Bruce, who led the Cyclones to three-straight eight-win seasons and two Bowl games, passed away early this morning at the age of 87.
Bruce was hired as the head football coach at Iowa State in 1973, replacing Johnny Majors, who left for Pittsburgh after the 1972 season.
Bruce, who arrived at Iowa State after directing Tampa to the 1972 Tangerine Bowl, led the Cyclones during one of their most prosperous periods in school history from 1973-78. He tallied a career 36-32 mark as the Cyclone mentor, but in his last three seasons (1976-78), the Cyclones went 24-11 and earned bowl bids in 1977 (Peach Bowl) and 1978 (Hall of Fame Bowl).
Bruce left Iowa State after the 1978 season to return to his alma mater Ohio State, replacing the legendary Woody Hayes. He won or shared four Big Ten titles in his nine seasons as the leader of the Buckeyes. He was the AFCA National Coach-of-the-Year in 1979.
A 2002 College Football Hall of Fame inductee, Bruce compiled a career 154-90-2 record as a head coach, which also included stops at Northern Iowa and Colorado State. In his 20 years as a head coach at the Division I-A level, he led his teams to 12 bowl appearances, including seven victories.
Bruce graduated from Ohio State in 1953 and earned his master’s degree from Kent State in 1963.
He was inducted into the Iowa State Hall of Fame in 2000.
Tiger-Knight Co-Ed Relays at Denison
Boys
Highlights: Atlantic won 11 events on the night to take the crown. Individual Winners: Zade Niklasen 200M, Chase Mullenix 400M, Craig Becker 800M, Gratt Reed 110M Hurdles, Jaxson Eden 1600M, Jalen Petersen 3200M. Relay Winners: 4x100M, 4x200M, 4x400M, 4X800M, Sprint Medley.
Girls
Highlights: Taylor McCreedy won the 3000M Run for Atlantic.
Full Results: 2018 Tiger-Knight Relays
Griswold Boys Tiger Relays
Division A
Highlights: Griswold got wins from Preston Good in the 400M and 400M Hurdles and Josh Brownlee in the 1600M and 3200M. Audubon’s Joseph Zaiger won the Discus and Shot Put and was on the winning Distance Medley team for the Wheelers. Skyler Schultes won the 110 Hurdles for Audubon and was on the Sprint Medley winning team for Audubon. Riverside’s Val Andrusyshyn won the 100M and 200M.
Division AA
Highlights: Underwood took 5 wins on their way to the team title. Dylan Reimer 110 Hurdles, Brandon Magnuson Discus, Gavin Dominguez Long Jump, 4x800M Relay, and Shuttle Hurdle Relay. Treynor got wins from Noah James in the High Jump and Brock Fox in the Shot Put.
Full Results: 2018 Tiger Relays
Southwest Valley Girls Timberwolf Invitational
Highlights: Shenandoah won 4 events on their way to the team title. Nodaway Valley’s Reagan Weinheimer won that 800M. The Wolverines won the Sprint Medley and Shuttle Hurdle Relay as well. East Mills’ Janette Schraft won the 400M Hurdles. Jocelyn Amos of Griswold won the Long Jump.
Full Results: 2018 Girls Timberwold Invitational
Boys Sidney Cowboy Invitational
Highlights: Stanton’s Drake Johnson won the 110 Hurdles and 400M Hurdles.
Full Results: 2018 Boys Sidney Cowboy Invitational
Girls AL/TJ Invitational
Full Results: 2018 AL/TJ Invitational
OA-BCIG Co-Ed
Girls
Highlights: Payton Sporrer of IKM-Manning was 2nd in the 400M and the Wolves 4x800M team was 2nd.
Full Results: 2018 OA-BCIG Girls
Boys
Highlights: Jared Johnson of IKM-Manning won the High Jump.
Full Results: 2018 OA-BCIG Boys
WCV Co-Ed Wildcat Relays
Girls
Highlights: AC/GC picked up wins from Audrey Stowe 800M, Kate Crawford 1500M and 3000M, Mady McDermott Discus, Sara Schmeling Long Jump. The Chargers also won the 4x100M, 4x200M, and Distance Medley Relays.
Full Results: 2018 WCV Wildcat Relays
Boys
Highlights: AC/GC picked up wins from Dylan Soper 100M, Clay Billheimer 400M and 800M and 1600M, Noah Nelsen 3200M, and Caden Wardyn Long Jump.
Full Results: 2018 WCV Wildcat Relays
Waukee Invitational
Boys AA
Full Results: 2018 Waukee Invitational
East Union Eagle Relays Co-Ed
Girls
Boys
Full Results: 2018 East Union Eagle Relays CoEd
SIBLEY, Iowa (AP) — A former football coach and teacher accused of sexually assaulting a child in northwest Iowa has been imprisoned for a similar crime in Nebraska. Court records say 39-year-old Kyle Ewinger was sentenced Thursday to 55 to 85 years and credited for 105 days already served. In January a jury in Omaha found him guilty of sexual assault of a child. Prosecutors say he assaulted the 9-year-old son of a woman he was dating in 2012 and 2013.
Osceola County District Court records in Iowa say the former Sibley-Ocheyedan coach was fired after the district superintendent found him sleeping in his classroom next to a 10-year-old in October 2015.
Ewinger has pleaded not guilty. His trial start was set to begin April 10 but was delayed until Aug. 28.
Officials with the Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office said today (Friday), that 39-year old Jacob Benjamin Tuttle, of Omaha, was arrested late Thursday morning in Neola, on a Sarpy County, Nebraska, warrant for being a Fugitive from Justice. Tuttle was taken into custody after a Pott. County Deputy responded to a residence in the 200 block of 4th Street in Neola, to assist the DHS with a Child welfare check investigation. Altogether, three people were charged with gathering where drugs are used and one person was additionally charged with possession of a controlled substance, marijuana.
Tuttle was additionally charged with Hosting a Drug House and Possession of a Controlled Substance. A resident of the home, 36-year old Staci Lynn Ashley, of Neola, was charged with hosting a drug house, and 28-year old Danni Jo Bohnenkamp, of Council Bluffs was charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance. Authorities found 1 gram of methamphetamine and 12.9-grams of marijuana during their investigation into activities at the home.
The Trevor Frederickson Memorial Fund donated $1500.00 to the Atlantic Sports Youth Association to place agrilime on some of the fields at the Atlantic Sports Complex. Fund spokesperson, and Trevor’s mom, Melanie Petty, said “We are happy to help out such a wonderful organization that our family has personally been involved with for many years. We look forward to seeing the season start in just a few short weeks.”
The 10th Annual TFred Memorial Golf Tournament will be held on Saturday, August 11th at Nishna Hills Golf Course. This is the organization’s only fundraiser for the year. You’re asked to consider getting a team together for a fun day of golf or stop out and bid on silent auction items. Petty says “We always have a great day and all money is donated back to the community that Trevor loved.”
The Trevor Frederickson Memorial Fund is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization.
DES MOINES, IOWA – Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell to 2.8 percent in March. The state’s jobless rate was 3.3 percent one year ago. The U.S. unemployment rate remained at 4.1 percent in March. Beth Townsend, Iowa Workforce Development Director, said Friday (Today), that “Iowa’s economy continued to show overall gains in job growth with a drop in the unemployment rate in March to 2.8 percent. Iowa has added a net of 10,600 jobs since last March including manufacturing jobs that increased by 10,400 alone.” Townsend said also, “Iowa currently has 224,200 manufacturing jobs and the number is trending upward. Increasing the skilled worker labor pool continues to be a pressing issue and the unanimous passage of the Future Ready Iowa Act by the Legislature, signed by Governor Reynolds on April 3, is a significant step in addressing that need.”
The number of unemployed Iowans decreased to 47,300 in March from 47,900 in February. The current estimate is 8,200 lower than the year ago level of 55,500. The total number of working Iowans increased to 1,626,100 in March. This figure was 500 higher than February and 300 higher than one year ago.
Iowa businesses shed 600 jobs from payrolls in March, lowering total non-farm employment down to 1,582,100 jobs. This is the second decline to begin 2018, and this month’s loss was localized entirely within private services. Goods producing industries added jobs for the second consecutive month. Private services shed 2,100 jobs, completely offsetting a gain of 1,700 last month. Government was little changed versus February and is up 500 jobs compared to last March.
Construction sectors added the most jobs in March (+1,300), marking the second consecutive increase in jobs. This sector experienced declines throughout most of 2017 and to begin the year, so the monthly gains are welcomed news for this industry. Professional, scientific, and technical services advanced by 700 jobs, partially due to gains in law offices and tax preparation services. Elsewhere, gains were seen in finance and insurance (+500), transportation (+300), and arts and entertainment (+300). Alternatively, losses continued to plague retail, which shed 1,800 jobs in March. This sector has steadily trended down since October. Accommodations and food services also lost jobs this month (-1,100) and have lost 1,800 jobs thus far this year. Smaller losses this month included private education (-500), other services (-500), and wholesale trade (-200).
Since last March, a total of 10,600 jobs have been added. Manufacturing continues to trend upward and has increased by 10,400 jobs alone. Durable goods factories have contributed 7,900 jobs added versus 2,500 in nondurable goods workshops. Finance and insurance industries experienced a surge in hiring to end the year and now rests up 2,900 jobs since last March, matching the annual gains in healthcare and social assistance. Following recent declines, retail now trails last year’s mark by 4,600 jobs. Construction also lags behind last year’s level (-3,900); however, this number has been declining as construction has shown signs of hiring over the past few months.
This week the Iowa House unanimously passed a bill designed that may give rural Iowans who don’t have ready access to ambulance services another avenue to get it. Representative Zach Nunn of Bondurant says Myrna Hunt’s story about her husband’s heart attack in late 2013 helped spur the action. Hunt told legislators her husband died on their front steps in Runnells, just a couple of blocks away from the volunteer fire department. “She called 911 for the volunteers to come and after 20 minutes she called 911 again and more than an hour later, when the volunteers finally arrived and escorted her husband to a hospital here in Des Moines, he’d already passed away from cardiac arrest,” Nunn said. “This is just one of many tales that come from our volunteers across the state who are doing the best they can with limited resources.”
The bill would let residents in unincorporated areas — outside city limits — petition for a vote that would raise property taxes in the township to pay for emergency medical services. Representative Amy Nielsen, the former mayor of North Liberty, says the lack of access to ambulance services in rural areas is troubling. “I believe that this bill is a good first step in making EMS an essential service, just like fire protection,” Nielsen says. Representative Bobby Kaufmann of Wilton says legislators have been working on this bill for six years. “I think all of us enjoy going to our EMS ambulance service pancake breakfasts, but that’s ridiculous that they have to do that just to be able to fill the gaps in their budget,” Kaufmann says. “…This bill is just a start, but I think it’s a great start.”
The bill now goes to the Senate for review.
(Radio Iowa)
Girls Tennis
Clarinda 8, Atlantic 1 18B_G_Clarinda
Creston 7, Audubon 2
Denison-Schleswig 9, Sioux City East 0
Kuemper Catholic 6, Sioux City North 3
Lewis Central 5, Red Oak 4
Shenandoah 9, Harlan 0
Boys Tennis
Atlantic 8, Clarinda 1 18B_G_Clarinda
Ballard 5, Creston 1
Ballard 3, Kuemper Catholic 3
Denison-Schleswig 8, Bishop Heelan 1
Denison-Schleswig 7, Sioux City North 2
Glenwood 9, Thomas Jefferson 0
Kuemper Catholic 4, Creston 2
Lewis Central 7, Red Oak 2
Shenandoah 5, Harlan 4
St. Albert 6, Lewis Central 3
St. Albert 7, Red Oak 2
Girls Soccer
Abraham Lincoln 9, Sioux City West 0
AHSTW 1, Missouri Valley 0
Thomas Jefferson 3, Sioux City North 2
Treynor 10, Riverside 0
Tri-Center 1, Underwood 0
Boys Soccer
St. Albert 6, Atlantic 0
Abraham Lincoln 10, Riverside 0
AHSTW 9, Missouri Valley 0
Bishop Heelan 3, Thomas Jefferson 1
Glenwood 3, Carroll Kuemper 2
Harlan 1, Denison-Schleswig 0 (2 OT)
Tri-Center 1, Underwood 0 (Tri-Center wins in PK 4-3)