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Class 1-A State Wrestling – Area First Round Results

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February 15th, 2018 by Jim Field

106

  • Connor Attkisson (Tri-Center) beat Colton Meeker (Wapello) FALL 2:55
  • Seth Danker (AC/GC) lost to Mason Dye (Sigourney-Keota) 15-3

113

  • Joel Sampson (AHSTW) lost to Adam Allard (West Sioux) FALL :23
  • Briar Reisz (Logan-Magnolia) beat Caiden Jones (Lake Mills) 3-2

120

  • Elliot Young (AHSTW) lost to Casey Baker (I-35) FALL 1:22
  • Blake Thomsen (Underwood) beat Cauy Fitch (Colfax-Mingo) 14-6

126

  • Danny Nordquist (Panorama) lost to Cobe Siebrecht (Lisbon) 13-2
  • Wyatt Crocker (Logan-Magnolia) beat Dakota Henry (Belle Plaine) FALL :49
  • Alex Thomsen (Underwood) beat Kayne Marshall (Iowa Valley) 22-7 (Tech Fall 1:51)
  • Teagan Lundquist (Southwest Valley) beat Tay VanDyne (Wayne) FALL 1:22

132

  • Wyatt Appleseth (Panorama) lost to Donny Schmit (Wapsie Valley) 18-5
  • Logan James (Underwood) beat Casey Hanson (Lake Mills) 14-6

138

  • Connor Lange (Missouri Valley) lost to Gable Fox (Don Bosco) 10-0
  • Austin Gutknecht (Clarinda) lost to Michael Egan (MFL) FALL 2:43

145

  • Nate Briggs (Bedford/Lenox) lost to Braydon Nunemaker (East Buchanan-Winthrop) Injury Default 3:27
  • Garret Thompson (Logan-Magnolia) beat Kory Van Oort (West Sioux) 6-2
  • Bryson Freeberg (Tri-Center) lost to Chance Downs (Maquoketa Valley) 6-4 (OT)

152

  • Drew Venteicher (Bedford/Lenox) lost to Kaden Killburg (Lisbon) 8-0
  • Skeeter Bostwick (Missouri Valley) beat Alex Henderson (SE Warren/Melcher-Dallas) 5-2
  • Bo Geise (Logan-Magnolia) lost to Keaton Baayen (Pekin) 7-6
  • Michael Baker (Underwood) lost to Trey Brisker (Wilton) FALL 2:42

160

  • Jackson Dunning (St. Albert) lost to John Henrich (Akron-Westfield) FALL 1:07

170

  • Gabe Pauley (AHSTW) beat Gunnar Grunsted (Panorama) 2-1
  • Nathan Haynes (Missouri Valley) beat Jace Morgenstern (Clarinda) 12-1

182

  • Joe Kenkel (AHSTW) lost to Garet Sims (Iowa Valley) FALL :40
  • Derek Venteicher (Bedford/Lenox) beat Colby Page (SE Warren/Melcher-Dallas) FALL 3:27
  • Trevor Carey (Panorama) beat Hunter Connor (Louisa-Muscatine) 13-5

195

  • Gavyn Fischer (AHSTW) lost to Gabe Irons (Lake Mills) 15-0 (Tech Fall 4:09)
  • Brenden Christensen (Bedford/Lenox) lost to Hunter Hagen (West Hancock) FALL 4:34
  • Dalton Holmes (Panorama) lost to Brock Meyer (Sumner-Fredericksburg) 2-1 (OT)
  • Joey Wolf (Woodbine) beat Nathan Dettmer (Nashua-Plainfield) FALL 1:59

220

  • Brady Canada (AHSTW) lost to Zack Santee (Central Springs) 3-1
  • Chance Strough (Bedford/Lenox) lost to Marquise Paino (Tripoli) FALL 4:48
  • Tom Rief (Missouri Valley) beat Brett Schoenherr (Midland-Wyoming) 12-6
  • Dalton Arnold (Coon Rapids-Bayard) lost to Cam Fulcher (Hudson) 5-2

285

  • Kyler Christensen (Bedford/Lenox) lost to Brian Sadler (Jesup) FALL :49
  • Arron Olson (Missouri Valley) beat Spencer Cox (Western Christian) 5-2

FIRST ROUND CONSOLATION

106

  • Seth Danker (AC/GC) lolst to Brooks Meyer (Denver) FALL :50

113

  • Joel Sampson (AHSTW) lost to Trey Lashbrook (AGWSR) 4-1

120

  • Elliot Young (AHSTW) lost to Uvaldo Camarillo (Postville) 6-1

126

  • Danny Nordquist (Panorama) beat Trey Schuck (Sibley-Ocheyeden) 12-9

132

  • Wyatt Appleseth (Panorama) beat Casey Hanson (Lake Mills) 4-0

138

  • Connor Lange (Missouri Valley) lost to Javis Krieger (New London) 6-4 (SV)
  • Austin Gutknecht (Clarinda) lost to Josh Dunsbergen (Lynnville-Sully) FALL :25

145

  • Nate Briggs (Bedford/Lenox) lost to Ethan Elliott (I-35) FALL 2:22
  • Bryson Freeberg (Tri-Center) lost to Kory Van Oort (West Sioux) FALL 2:35

152

  • Drew Venteicher (Bedford/Lenox) beat Killian Welsh (Edgewood-Colesburg) 13-3
  • Bo Geise (Logan-Magnolia) lost to Austin Eilers (Lawton-Bronson) FALL 2:31
  • Michael Baker (Underwood) beat Mason Griffin (Emmetsburg) 9-5

160

  • Jackson Dunning (St. Albert) lost to Cameron Rasing (Rockford) FALL 3:06

170

  • Gunnar Grunsted (Panorama) beat Nick Milder (IC Regina) 3-0
  • Jace Morgenstern (Clarinda) lost to Brandon Trees (North Butler-Clarksville) 7-0

182

  • Joe Kenkel (AHSTW) lost to Manning Kuboushek (South Winneshiek) FALL 1:31

195

  • Gavyn Fischer (AHSTW) beat Nathan Dettmer (Nashua-Plainfield) FALL 3:32
  • Dalton Holmes (Panorama) beat Brenden Christensen (Bedford/Lenox) 3-1 (SV)

220

  • Brady Canada (AHSTW) lost to Joel Mendoza (Eagle Grove) FALL :43
  • Chance Strough (Bedford/Lenox) lost to Chaz Clark (Pleasantville) FALL 1:32
  • Dalton Arnold (Coon Rapids-Bayard) beat Trenton Dirks (Westwood) FALL :41

285

  • Kyler Christensen (Bedford/Lenox) lost to Alex Wells (West Central Valley) FALL 4:40

TEAM SCORES

  1. Don Bosco  27
  2. Lisbon  23
  3. Denver  18
  4. Woodbury Central  15
  5. NW Webster  12
  6. Martensdale-St. Marys  12
  7. I-35  11
  8. Underwood  10.5

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No more time limits for initiating criminal charges for alleged child sex abuse

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February 15th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

Iowa would no longer have a time limit on when the testimony from victims of child sex abuse may be used in a criminal case under a bill eligible for debate in the Iowa Senate. Under current law, there is a 10-year time limit on initiating criminal charges after the abuse occurred. Senator Dan Dawson of Council Bluffs says most other states have gotten rid of those time limitations, partly because victims of child sex abuse often don’t start to report it until they’re in their 30s or 40s.

“Like any other criminal case, the county attorneys still have evidentiary requirements and, if they have enough of them they will move a case,” Dawson says, “and if they don’t, then they won’t move a case forward.”

Senator Janet Petersen of Des Moines has been working on this issue for years after learning of cases where adults stepped forward with credible accounts of child sex abuse, but more than 10 years after it passed, so the cases weren’t pursued.

“We know that child victims of sexual abuse oftentimes are not even to articulate the horrific experience they have been through until the statute of limitations has already run out on them,” Petersen says, “so the way Iowa law is right now, it protects the perpetrator, not the victim.”

Petersen is pressing to change another Iowa law, so CIVIL lawsuits can be pursued at any time by a child sex abuse victim. For example, some of the older victims of the Michigan doctor who’s been sent to prison for decades for abusing female gymnasts would not be able to sue for damages if the abuse had happened in Iowa.

(Radio Iowa)

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Senator Ernst says mental illness is the issue in school shooting, not gun laws

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February 15th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

Iowa Senator Joni Ernst says the school shooting in Florida is a tragedy, and especially since the F-B-I had received reports of alleged threats by the shooter and they were not shared with local officials. “Well it is concerning because the signs were there, the signs were there and they were not acted upon,” Ernst says.

The shooting has again prompted some to call for stricter gun control, but Ernst a Republican from Red Oak, says the gun laws are not the issue as she says “We do have meaningful gun control laws in place already,” “I am a supporter of the Second Amendment, and the Second Amendment ensures that law-abiding citizens have the ability to defend themselves. If you go back and look — there were signs out there that this young man was disturbed,” Ernst says. “And again, my push has always been focusing mental illness. That is the root cause of the issue.”

Ernst says when she meets with law enforcement officers she doesn’t hear them calling for more gun laws.”What they say is there (are) rampant issues surrounding mental illness, that’s where the focus should be. That’s what my law enforcement officials are telling me,” according to Ernst.

Ernst says the focus needs to be on substance abuse and mental illness and the federal government needs community partners. “This should be handled at the local, state and the federal level to be sure that communities have what they need to combat substance abuse and mental illness,” according to Ernst.

Ernst made her comments during her weekly conference call with reporters.

(Radio Iowa)

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Senate bill would require drug testing, work for welfare recipients

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February 15th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

Republicans in the Iowa Senate are aiming to require drug testing for welfare recipients and require “able-bodied” Iowans who get food stamps or Medicaid benefits to work or volunteer in their community. Senator Jason Schultz, a Republican from Schleswig, says he wants to spark a “big discussion” to address the “falsehoods and the truths about our welfare system.”

“There is a culture that wants to maintain all the money that is being plowed into these programs and it keeps people on the system that shouldn’t be,” Schultz said. “I’ll agree a lot of them don’t want to be. Some people do want to be. I have examples of back home of individuals who have flat out told me: ‘I can make more money on the programs than…going to work.'”

Wendy Rickman, an Iowa Department of Human Services administrator, says her staff’s initial estimate is that it would cost the state 100-million dollars to implement the bill. “I appreciate the idea there will be opportunity for further discussion,” Rickman told senators. “DHS is very good at doing fiscal impact. It’s what we do. We cannot wrap our heads around this bill, quite frankly.”

Rickman says states which have required drug testing for welfare recipients “have rolled those initiatives back” because they’re “not effective.”  “DHS is supremely interested in only those folks who are eligible for benefits receiving those and only getting them for the amount of time that they’re eligible…and would love to work with you on narrowing this bill,” Rickman said. “…This is so broad and wide-sweeping and so all inclusive that it would require much more effort and cost that what we’ll actually fix.”

Republicans and Democrats in the Senate already have begun a fierce debate over the bill. Senator Bill Dotzler, a Democrat from Waterloo, says it’s a “political document” that will be used against legislators who oppose drug testing welfare recipients. “The states that have tested spent more money on testing than they have saved on the money that they caught people in fraud,” Dotzler said.

Dotzler used an expletive to describe parts of the bill he called unconstitutional. “This bill is full of a lot of crap,” Dotzler said. “Why bring it forward unless there’s some political motivation?” Senator Jake Chapman, a Republican from Adel, is seeking state restrictions to forbid food benefits from being used to buy junk food.

“Why would we use taxpayer money to fund junk food?” Chapman asked. “…I can tell you, people are frustrated out there that their taxpayer money is going to soda and chips.”

The bill, still under development, cleared the Senate Labor Committee today (Thursday) after an hour-long debate. In the House, a bill was tabled that would have required able-bodied Medicaid and food stamps recipients to work, but House Republicans are working on a proposal that would force state officials to start the process of seeking federal waiver to accomplish that goal.

(Radio Iowa)

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Lawsuits challenge US cuts to anti-teen pregnancy grants

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February 15th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nine organizations covering several states have filed lawsuits seeking to reverse a decision by President Donald Trump’s administration to cut short funding for teen pregnancy prevention programs.

The lawsuits were filed Thursday on behalf of three Planned Parenthood affiliates, including those covering Alaska, Idaho, Iowa, Hawaii, Nebraska and Washington state, as well as organizations in North Carolina, South Carolina, Louisiana, Texas and Maryland.

The lawsuits — filed in federal courts in Washington, Maryland, and the District of Columbia — say the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services unlawfully plans to end the five-year Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program grants in June after three years. The funding, which offers about $100 million annually, provides sex education, youth development and abstinence education.

HHS did not immediately respond Thursday to emails seeking comment.

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Sanitation truck rolls over, driver ejected in Pottawattamie County, Thursday

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February 15th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

The male driver of a garbage truck was ejected from the vehicle during an accident this (Thursday) afternoon in Pottawattamie County. The Pott. County Sheriff’s Office says the unidentified man suffered serious injuries in the accident that resulted in him being ejected. The man was treated at the scene and transported by Crescent Rescue to a local hospital.

The accident involving a 2007 Sterling sanitation vehicle, happened at around 1:10-p.m. on Mynster Springs Road, west of Old Lincoln Highway. A preliminary investigation determined the sanitation vehicle was being operated westbound on Mynster Springs Road from Old Lincoln Highway.  As the vehicle was negotiating a curve to the left, the vehicle over turned and the driver was ejected.

The accident remains under investigation by the Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office.

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Class 3-A State Wrestling – Area First Round Results

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February 15th, 2018 by Jim Field

106

  • Tanner Wink (Lewis Central) beat Rheiner Stahlbaum (Johnston) 5-1

126

  • Tanner Higgins (Lewis Central) lost to Caleb McCabe (North Scott) 16-4

132

  • Cesar Salazar (CB Thomas Jefferson) lost to Dylan Pauley (Hempstead) 3-2

138

  • Kyle Kuckta (Lewis Central) lost to Trenten Wennermark (CR Prairie) FALL 3:41

145

  • Trevor Anderson (Glenwood) beat Elijah Demmer (Western Dubuque) 15-6
  • Gabriel Kjelgaard (Lewis Central) beat Aaron Steffensmeier (Fort Madison) 7-0

152

  • Jordan Renshaw (Glenwood) lost to Jacob Herrmann (Waverly-Shell Rock) 6-3
  • Lanny Herzog (CB Abraham Lincoln) beat Luke Deinhart (Mason City) 13-1

160

  • Brett Mower (Glenwood) lost to Nelson Brands (IC West) 22-7 (Tech Fall 3:41)

182

  • Anthony Sherry (Glenwood) beat Zach Needham (Dallas Center-Grimes) 19-4 (Tech Fall 5:47)

195

  • Kenny Lampman (Glenwood) lost to Dalton Sell (Muscatine) 14-8
  • Brock Bortolotti (Lewis Central) lost to Gabe Christenson (SE Polk) 18-3 (Tech Fall 4:28)

220

  • Isaac Bales (Glenwood) beat Beau Lombardi (WDM Valley) 6-3
  • Jaden Heiden (Denison) beat Decker Mann (Marshalltown) 3-2

285

  • Caleb Sanders (Glenwood) beat Justin Campbell (Cedar Falls) FALL 4:26

FIRST ROUND CONSOLATION

126

  • Tanner Higgins (Lewis Central) beat Ryan Steffensmeier (Fort Madison) 10-6

132

  • Cesar Salazar (CB Thomas Jefferson) lost to Graham Gambrall (IC West) FALL :41

138

  • Kyle Kuckta (Lewis Central) beat Colin Masters (Burlington) 10-0

152

  • Jordan Renshaw (Glenwood) lost Austin Clark (North Scott) 5-3

160

  • Brett Mower (Glenwood) beat Jake Matthaidess (North Scott) 11-4

195

  • Kenny Lampman (Glenwood) beat Enutifa Garnia (IC West) 15-9
  • Brock Bortolotti (Lewis Central) lost to Ashton Stoner-deGroot (CR Prairie) FALL 3:06

TEAM SCORES

  1. Fort Dodge  31.5
  2. Waukee  27
  3. WDM Valley  25.5
  4. SE Polk  22
  5. Johnston  20.5

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CAM faces East Mills, Griswold faces Stanton tonight on KJAN

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February 15th, 2018 by admin

Playoff basketball continues tonight and we’ll have a Class 1A District 14 Quarterfinal doubleheader from Stanton on KJAN.

The first game will feature the 15-5 CAM Cougars against the 10-11 East Mills Wolverines. CAM won the regular season meeting 69-27 back on December 18th.

The second game will have the 18-1 Stanton Vikings against the 2-19 Griswold Tigers. Griswold handed Stanton their lone loss of the season 63-56 back on December 18th as well.

Chris Parks and Mike Smith will have the call of the games starting with pregame at 6:20pm from Stanton.

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High School Basketball Schedule Thursday 02/15/2018

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February 15th, 2018 by admin

The Playoffs roll on tonight for boys Class 1A and 2A schools. Here is a look at the schedule.

Class 1A District Quarterfinals

Class 1A District 13

Sidney vs. Lenox (at Bedford) 6:30pm
Orient-Macksburg at Bedford 8:00pm
Southwest Valley vs. Diagonal (at Nodaway Valley) 6:30pm
Clarinda Academy at Nodaway Valley 8:00pm

Class 1A District 14

Exira/EHK vs. Fremont-Mills (at St. Albert) 6:30pm
Riverside at St. Albert 8:00pm
CAM, Anita vs. East Mills (at Stanton) 6:30pm – ON KJAN
Griswold at Stanton 8:00pm – ON KJAN

Class 1A District 15

Ar-We-Va vs. Coon Rapids-Bayard (at IKM-Manning) 6:30pm
Audubon at IKM-Manning 8:00pm
Glidden-Ralston vs. Boyer Valley (at Tri-Center) 6:30pm
Woodbine at Tri-Center 8:00pm

Class 2A District Semifinals

Class 2A District 16

Underwood vs. AHSTW (at Treynor) 6:30pm
Clarinda at Treynor 8:00pm

Class 2A District 12

Mount Ayr vs. Interstate 35, Truro (at Van Meter) 6:30pm
Pleasantville at Van Meter 8:00pm

Class 2A District 1

Logan-Magnolia vs. OA-BCIG (at Kuemper Catholic) 6:30pm
MVAOCOU at Kuemper Catholic 8:00pm

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Red Oak man turns himself-in on a warrant

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February 15th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office reports 39-year old Tyler Geoffrey Jennings, of Red Oak, turned himself-in to the Sheriff’s Office, today (Thursday). Jennings was wanted on a Montgomery County Bench Warrant for Violation of Probation. His bond was set at $10,000.

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