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KEITH NELSON, 76, of Massena (Mass of Christian Burial 12/7/23)

Obituaries

December 4th, 2023 by Ric Hanson

KEITH NELSON, 76, of Massena, died Sunday, December 3, 2023, at his home.  A Mass of Christian Burial for KEITH NELSON will be held 10:30-a.m. Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023, at St. Timothy’s Catholic Church in rural Cumberland. Lamb Funeral Home in Massena has the arrangements.

The family will greet friends on Wednesday, December 6, 2023, at the Lamb Funeral Home in Massena from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Burial is in the St. Timothy’s Catholic Cemetery with full military graveside rites by the Full Military Graveside Rites by the Anita American Legion Post No. 210 & Army Color Guard.  A luncheon will be at the church hall following the burial.

Memorials may be to the Wounded Warrior Project.

KEITH NELSON is survived by:

His wife – Kathleen Nelson, of Massena.

His daughters – Kathryn Nelson, and Stephanie Nelson, both of Massena, and Susan Miller, of Bridgewater.

His sister – Ruth Roberts, of Norwalk.

 One grandson, other relatives and friends.

Online condolences may be left to the family at www.lambfuneralhomes.com.

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WILLIAM “Bill” SCANLAN, 80, of Massena (Celebration of Life 12/23/23)

Obituaries

December 4th, 2023 by Ric Hanson

WILLIAM “Bill” SCANLAN, 80, of Massena, died December 3, 2023, at his home.  A Celebration of Life service for BILL SCANLAN will be held on Saturday, December 23rd at 1-p.m., at Trinity Christian Church in Bridgewater. Lamb Funeral Home in Massena has the arrangements.

A Luncheon will be at the church immediately following the service.

The family will greet friends on Saturday, December 23, 2023, at the Trinity Christian Church from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.

A private family burial in the Greenfield Cemetery at a later date.

Memorials may be directed to the Bill Scanlan Memorial Fund to be established by the family at a later date.

WILLIAM “BILL” SCANLAN is survived by:

His wife – Joy Scanlan.

His daughters -Christie (David) Kindt, &  Angela (Jon) Goldsmith.

His son – Mark (Brenda) Scanlan.

His brothers – Edward, Joe, Mike, Pete and Tom.

His sisters – Mary Ellen (Mike) Marcus, and Grace (David) Boothe.

10 grandchildren; 5 great-grandchildren; 14 god children; other relatives and friends.

Online condolences may be left to the family at www.lambfuneralhomes.com.

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Nine Big 12 Teams Headed to Bowl Games with Texas in CFP Semifinal

Sports

December 3rd, 2023 by Asa Lucas

A Big 12-record-tying nine football teams have advanced to the postseason, highlighted by Texas’ selection to the CFP Semifinal at the Allstate Sugar Bowl. UCF, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas Tech and West Virginia also qualified for bowls as the Conference matched its record of selections from 2012.

The Longhorns finished third in the final CFP rankings after winning the Dr Pepper Big 12 Championship and will make the Conference’s sixth appearance and second consecutive in the CFP Semifinals. UT, in its first CFP playoff, will face No. 2 Washington on New Year’s Day in New Orleans. The winner will advance to the CFP National Championship on January 8 in Houston against the victor of the semifinal between No. 1 Michigan and No. 4 Alabama.

The Big 12 has two other ranked matchups as No. 12 Oklahoma plays No. 14 Arizona in the Valero Alamo Bowl while No. 25 K-State squares off against No. 18 NC State in the Pop-Tarts Bowl. No. 20 Oklahoma State also finished in the CFP final rankings and will meet Texas A&M in the TaxAct Texas Bowl.

Texas Tech begins the Big 12’s bowl season against Cal in the Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl followed by UCF against George Tech in the Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl. Kansas and UNLV will meet in the Guaranteed Rate Bowl while West Virginia contests North Carolina in the Duke’s Mayo Bowl. The Autozone Liberty Bowl will feature Iowa State versus Memphis.

The Big 12 has at least eight bowl teams for the second time since 2017 and the 13th season in Conference history. Follow Big 12 social media platforms for coverage throughout bowl season.

2023-24 Big 12 Bowl Schedule
Saturday, December 16
Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl, Shreveport, Louisiana
Texas Tech vs. Cal (ESPN), 8:15 p.m. CT

Friday, December 22
Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl, Tampa, Florida
UCF vs. Georgia Tech (ESPN), 5:30 p.m. CT/6:30 p.m. ET

Tuesday, December 26
Guaranteed Rate Bowl, Phoenix, Arizona
Kansas vs. UNLV (ESPN), 8:00 p.m. CT

Wednesday, December 27
Duke’s Mayo Bowl, Charlotte, N.C.
West Virginia vs. North Carolina (ESPN), 4:30 p.m. CT/5:30 p.m. ET

TaxAct Texas Bowl, Houston, Texas
No. 20 Oklahoma State vs. Texas A&M (ESPN), 8:00 p.m. CT

Thursday, December 28
Pop-Tarts Bowl, Orlando, Florida
No. 25 Kansas State vs. No. 18 NC State (ESPN), 4:45 p.m. CT

Valero Alamo Bowl, San Antonio, Texas
No. 12 Oklahoma vs. No. 14 Arizona (ESPN), 8:15 p.m. CT

Friday, December 29
AutoZone Liberty Bowl, Memphis, Tennessee
Iowa State vs. Memphis (ESPN), 2:30 p.m.

Monday, January 1
CFP Semifinal at the Allstate Sugar Bowl, New Orleans
No. 3 Texas vs. No. 2 Washington (ESPN), 7:45 p.m. CT

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Page County man arrested Sunday, in Red Oak

News

December 3rd, 2023 by Ric Hanson

(Red Oak, Iowa) – Police in Red Oak report a man from Page County was arrested Sunday afternoon. Authorities say 21-year-old Jordan Chase Shum, of Yorktown, was arrested for Harassment in the 3rd Degree. He  was taken into custody in the 100 block of W. Coolbaugh Street at around 2:15-p.m. and held in the Montgomery County Jail on a $300 bond.

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Iowa State women beat UNC-Wilmington

Sports

December 3rd, 2023 by Asa Lucas

Freshman Addy Brown scored 24 points and added 10 assists as the Cyclones beat UNC-Wilmington 85-58. Brown was nine-of-14 from the floor.

The Cyclones finished 17-of-21 from the line.

The Cyclones improve to 4-3 on the season.

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Iowa State to Face Memphis in Autozone Liberty Bowl

Sports

December 3rd, 2023 by Asa Lucas

AMES, Iowa – The Iowa State football team (7-5, 6-3 Big 12) has accepted an invitation to play in the 65th AutoZone Liberty Bowl in Memphis, Tennessee. It will be the sixth bowl game in the last seven seasons and the 18th bowl appearance in school history.

Iowa State will face Memphis (9-3, 6-2 AAC) on Friday, Dec. 29 at 2:30 p.m. CT at Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium. ESPN will broadcast the game. Iowa State is 1-0 all time against Memphis, defeating the Tigers, 21-20, in the 2017 AutoZone Liberty Bowl. 

Iowa State tied for fourth place in the Big 12 Conference after earning six victories against league foes. It marks just the third time in school history that the Cyclones have won six league games, all of which have come under Matt Campbell’s direction.

This will be ISU’s fourth appearance in the Liberty Bowl. The Cyclones are 1-2 in the bowl: 1972 lost to Georgia Tech, 31-30; 2012 lost to Tulsa, 31-17; 2017 defeated Memphis, 21-20. 

Iowa State has a 5-12 all-time record in bowl games. Eighth-year head coach Matt Campbell has the most bowl appearances among ISU skippers as the Cyclones head to their sixth bowl game of his tenure.

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Iowa to Meet Tennessee in Cheez-It Citrus Bowl

Sports

December 3rd, 2023 by Asa Lucas

IOWA CITY, Iowa — The 17th-ranked University of Iowa football team will face No. 21 Tennessee in the 2024 Cheez-It Citrus Bowl on Jan. 1 in Orlando, Florida. Kickoff is set for noon (CT) from Camping World Stadium and the game will be televised on ABC.

CHEEZ-IT CITRUS BOWL TICKET INFORMATION
The Iowa Athletics Ticket Office will accept Citrus Bowl ticket requests from Monday, Dec. 4 through noon on Sunday, Dec. 10 from football season ticket holders, I-Club members, and University of Iowa Alumni. Fans are encouraged to monitor their email inbox for ordering information and visit Bowl Central for updated information. If tickets remain after the priority process, they will be made available for the public on Wednesday, Dec. 13.

IOWA IN POSTSEASON; AT THE CITRUS BOWL
The Hawkeyes will be making their 36th bowl game appearance and their third Citrus Bowl appearance (formerly the Capital One Bowl).

Iowa is 1-1 all-time at the Citrus Bowl. The Hawkeyes defeated No. 11 LSU, 30-25, on an improbable Drew Tate-to-Warren Holloway 56-yard touchdown pass as time expired on Jan. 1, 2005. Kentucky scored the go-ahead touchdown with 1:48 remaining in the fourth quarter to edge Iowa, 20-17, on Jan. 1, 2022.

The Hawkeyes have won four of their last five bowl games, including a 21-0 shutout of Kentucky in the 2022 Music City Bowl. Iowa is 18-16-1 all-time in bowl games.

IOWA VS. TENNESSEE
The Hawkeyes are 1-2 against the Volunteers in program history. Tennessee won the only bowl meeting, winning 45-28 in the 2015 TaxSlayer Bowl in Jacksonville.

Iowa won the first ever meeting in 1982, winning 28-22 in Atlanta and the Volunteers were victorious, 23-22, in East Rutherford, New Jersey in 1987,

Iowa is 7-6 all-time in bowl games against current Southeastern Conference (SEC) opponents. This marks the fourth time in five seasons Iowa will play a school from the SEC in a bowl game.

IOWA IN 2023
The Hawkeyes went 4-0 in the month of November to finish with 10 regular season wins and a 7-2 Big Ten record en route to the Big Ten West Division title. The West Division title is the third in program history and it is the eighth 10-win season under head coach Kirk Ferentz.

Junior Cooper DeJean was selected as the Tatum-Woodson Big Ten Defensive Back of the Year and the Rodgers-Dwight Big Ten Return Specialist of the Year, while senior Tory Taylor was recognized as the Eddleman-Fields Big Ten Punter of the Year. The Odebolt, Iowa, native is also a finalist for the Jim Thorpe Award and Bronko Nagurski Award and was a semifinalist for the Lott IMPACT Trophy.

DeJean is the sixth Hawkeye to be voted the top defensive back in the Big Ten and the third player to earn the league’s top returner honor. Taylor earns the top punter honor for the second time in his career (2020). He is the first punter in league history to earn the distinction more than once.

Iowa had 20 players earn All-Big Ten recognition, including first-team honorees Jay Higgins (linebacker), DeJean (defensive back, return specialist) and Taylor (punter).  Sebastian Castro (defensive back) garnered second-team honors, while Joe Evans (defensive end), Nick Jackson (linebacker), Drew Stevens (placekicker), Logan Jones (center), Connor Colby (guard) and Nick DeJong (guard) were third-team honorees.

The Hawkeyes are bowl eligible for the 22nd time in the last 23 seasons under head coach Kirk Ferentz. Iowa is 10-9 in bowl games under Ferentz, including a 21-0 victory over Kentucky in the Music City Bowl. Since 2001, only Ohio State and Wisconsin have won more bowl games (including the FBS championship game), than Iowa.

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PHYLLIS PIERCE, 78, of Atlantic (Svcs. 12/8/23)

Obituaries

December 3rd, 2023 by Ric Hanson

PHYLLIS PIERCE, 78, of Atlantic, died Sunday, December 3, 2023, at Atlantic Specialty Care. Funeral services for PHYLLIS PIERCE will be held at 10:30 a.m., Friday, December 8th at Zion Lutheran Church in Atlantic. Roland Funeral Service in Atlantic has the arrangements.

Visitation with the family present will be held from 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m., Thursday, December 7th at Roland Funeral Home in Atlantic.

Burial will be in the Atlantic Cemetery.

Memorials may be directed to the family.

PHYLLIS PIERCE is survived by:

Her brother – Jim (Susan) Frisbie, of Atlantic.

Condolences may be left at www.rolandfuneralservice.com.

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Atlantic City Council to act on approving AMU’s Budget, Board of Adjustment appointment & swearing in of a new Police Officer

News

December 3rd, 2023 by Ric Hanson

[Updated 12/4] (Atlantic, Iowa) – The City Council in Atlantic will hold one of their two, regular monthly meetings 5:30-p.m., Wednesday, in their Chambers and City Hall. Among the action items on their agenda, is the swearing-in by Mayor Grace Garrett, of Atlantic Police Officer, Nicholas Whipple. Whipple is a Bedford High School graduate and a certified police officer in the State of Iowa. He graduated from the Iowa Law Enforcement Academy and joined the Iowa National Guard in 2022. He completed his IANG Basic & AIT Training, in Oct. 2023.

The Council is expected to pass a Resolution approving the Calendar Year (CY) 2024 Budget for Atlantic Municipal Utilities. Their action is essentially an acknowledgement of the AMU Board having passed their Budget. The budget shows 2024 Total Revenues & Financing Sources in excess of of $19.2-million, and Total Expenditures & Transfers Out amounting to nearly $18.4-million. AMU General Manager Steve Tjepkes and Comptroller Jennifer Saathoff will be present during the City Council’s meeting to answer any questions.

In other business, the Council will hear an Annual Report from Michelle Andersen, Director of the Atlantic Public Library. They’ll act also, on Orders to:

  • Appoint Emily Kringel to the Board of Adjustment. Kringle will replace Alexis Fleener, who has moved out-of-State and formally resigned from the Board. The Board of Adjustment reviews appeals of the City’s Zoning and Sign Ordinance. The Board meets as needed, on the second Monday of the month, at 5:30-p.m.
  • Authorizing Snyder & Associates Engineers to proceed with the design and bidding process for the Atlantic Splash Pad Project. Splashpad Committee representatives met on Nov. 2nd with the City’s Personnel & Finance Committee, which considered a request for the City of proceed with the design and bidding for the project. During a follow-up meeting on Nov. 13th, the Committee unanimously to recommend the Council authorize Snyder’s to proceed with the design & bidding process for the Splash Pad Project.

The Atlantic City Council move to act on a Resolution “Closing the Inclusive Playground Fund and transferring the fund balance ($45,000) to the Splash Pad Fund,” as well as the Third and Final Reading of an Ordinance Amending the City Code, with regard to City Administrator Duties, followed by an “Order to Approve an Administrative Assistance Contract Addendum for [a CDBG (Community Development Block Grant)] contract,” with regard to the “Weresh Upper Story” project. The Amendment states SWIPCO (the Southwest Iowa Planning Council, in Atlantic) “Shall maintain all pertinent records for the greater of three-years after the date the recipient is notified that the State CDBG contract has been closed with HUD (Housing and Urban Development).”

At the conclusion of regular business, the Atlantic City Council will enter into a closed session to discuss with legal counsel, matters currently in, or likely to enter, litigation.

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Drake Women’s Basketball Can’t Come Through in Loss to Minnesota in Second Overtime

Sports

December 3rd, 2023 by admin

(Minneapolis, MN) – The Drake women’s basketball team fell in two overtimes to the Minnesota Golden Gophers. Drake tried to hold on in their loss but they were not able to come further in the game as they fell 94-88.

Drake was led in the game by Katie Dinnebier who scored 30 points in the game with five assists and three steals. Dinnebier scored her career-best in the game and kept Darke in the game to bring it to overtime. Behind her was Anna Miller as she knocked in 17 points and 13 rebounds for a double-double. Grace Berg knocked in 12 points and six assists while Taylor McAulay earned 11 points and two rebounds. Courtney Becker earned 10 points to finish off double-digit scoring.

On the opposite side, Minnesota was led by Mara Braun with 33 points and four rebounds with four assists to lead overall in the competition. Mallory Heyer was able to knock in 16 points and 10 rebounds for a double-double. Grace Grocholski and Sophie Hart each earned 12 points while combining for 14 rebounds. Amaya Battle also earned 11 points in the game to finish off double-digit scoring.

Drake leads the series with Minnesota 10-7 overall, but are now 0-3 in their last three overtime contests. The Bulldogs are now 5-3 overall and are 1-2 on the road overall. Head coach Allison Pohlman said after the game, “I think we did everything that we could have done from a tactical standpoint. We had so many players step up and make big plays. We will take what we need out of this and look forward to Friday.”

The Bulldogs will take on North Dakota State this upcoming Friday, December 8th at 11:00 a.m. at home.

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