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Non-licensed” workers may be charged with crime of sexual exploitation by a school employee

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May 12th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

Under current law, licensed teachers, administrators and coaches can be charged with sexual exploitation by a school employee if they’re suspected of inappropriate contact with an Iowa student. A new law the governor approved yesterday (Thursday) expands the list of people who could be charged with this crime to “non-licensed” school employees like cooks, custodians, bus drivers and volunteers who oversee students. Representative Megan Jones of Sioux Rapids has been trying to pass this legislation for a few years.

“Many of you have reached out to me in one way or another and said that you had a similar issue in your district and I just appreciate the thoughtful, hard consideration you put into this bill so that we can make the children of Iowa safer,” Jones said during House consideration of the bill last month. Those found guilty of the crime of sexual exploitation by a school employee can be sentenced to up to two years in prison.

Three years ago lawmakers adjusted the law so prosecutors could charge COACHES with the crime of sexual exploitation of a student. Legislators acted after the Iowa Supreme Court tossed out a conviction against an assistant basketball coach for having sex with a 16-year-old student. The court ruled the 36-year-old coach did not fall under the law forbidding sexual exploitation of students because he did not have a teaching license. His main job was at a manufacturing plant.

(Radio Iowa)

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2010 death in Manly sparks change in state law on life insurance payouts

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May 12th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

An Iowa lawmaker says it was a “terrible, horrible mistake” that a man convicted in connection with his wife’s death was able to collect on her life insurance policy — and a new state law will ensure it won’t happen again. Representative Marti Anderson of Des Moines was director of the Iowa Crime Victim Assistance Division seven years ago when Bridgett Wirtjes, of Manly died.

“She had cuts on her nose and on her knees, blunt force injuries and I’m not going to tell you about the rest,” Anderson said. It HAS been illegal in Iowa for people to collect the life insurance benefits of someone they’ve been convicted of MURDERING, but Tyler Wirtjes and two others were convicted of sexually assaulting his unconscious wife, who died soon after the incident.

“He was found guilty of two, third-degree sexual assaults because they couldn’t really determine what the exact cause of her death was,” Anderson said. “But when this happened, her kids were sleeping in the next room. His kids were sleeping in the house when he did this to his wife.” Wirtjes, who took photos of the assault with his cell phone, successfully filed a claim on his dead wife’s life insurance policy. Her parents went to court, but lost.

“This insurance was a policy that they had bought for her when she was four years old and they had paid for,” Anderson says, “but the man who contributed to her death…he got the insurance.” The governor signed a bill into law Wednesday that now bars people like Wirtjes who are convicted of a felony like sexual assault from collecting on the life insurance policies of their victims. Those convicted of other felonies, like kidnapping and human trafficking, also will be prohibited now from being the beneficiary of their victim’s life insurance.

(Radio Iowa)

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Iowa early News Headlines: Friday, May 12th 2017

News

May 12th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:50 a.m. CDT

MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa (AP) — A Republican congressman who campaigned on repealing the Affordable Care Act is cautioning constituents that the House GOP replacement bill is just “a tweak of Obamacare.” Two-term Iowa Republican Rod Blum indicates that the GOP bill would have gone further if he had his way. Blum and others are understating the impact of the bill that, if enacted, could drop millions from their insurance by next year.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — An audit of the University of Iowa athletics department says administrators failed to adequately monitor information technology purchases, allowing wasteful spending and creating a major risk for equipment theft. The report cites missing iPads, unnecessary travel and improper credit card spending. The department’s IT director left his job in February as auditors were nearing the conclusion of their inquiry.

MARION, Iowa (AP) — A teen convicted of fondling three kindergarten students while volunteering at an eastern Iowa elementary school has been sentenced to a state training school. Cedar Rapids television station KCRG reports that the teen, now 16, was sentenced Thursday to the school in Eldora, and a judge recommended he stay there until he’s nearly 20. However, the school has discretion to decide how long he’ll stay. He’ll also have to register as a sex offender.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Greg Forristall, a Republican state representative from southwest Iowa, has died. Colin Tadlock, a spokesman for House Republicans, said Thursday that Forristall’s wife, Carol Forristall, contacted legislative staff to confirm the Macedonia lawmaker died Wednesday. He was 67. House Speaker Linda Upmeyer said in a press release that Forristall had been battling cancer.

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FRIDAY, MAY 12th

Trading Post

May 12th, 2017 by Jim Field

FOR SALE:  2 piece office desk. Solid wood. Height 7 ‘ width 7’ 3″ depth 26″.  Asking $175.00.  Call 712-243-4811.

FOR SALE:  I have a fold out sewing cabinet for sale. It’s in fair condition- some minor flaws, but nothing major. $100 OBO.  We are located in between the Lyman and Grant areas.  Call or text (prefer text), Emily, at 402-206-5934.

FOR SALE: 2001 Chevy Monte Carlo SS, 3.8L, black & silver. Asking $3,895. Have receipts on what has been worked on. Call 712-304-7756 or 712-268-5448.

FOR SALE: Pull behind spreader, $75.00.  Call 712-254-0437.

FOR SALE:  Pull behind dethatcher, $50.00.  Call 712-254-0437.

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Class 3A, District 1 at Denison-Schleswig 5/11/2017

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May 11th, 2017 by admin

Girls Team Scores

  1. Denison-Schleswig 176
  2. Glenwood 126
  3. Harlan 123
  4. Carroll 96
  5. Greene County 70
  6. Atlantic 66
  7. Sergeant Bluff-Luton 43
  8. Perry 37

Boys Team Scores

  1. Sergeant Bluff-Luton 178
  2. Glenwood 145
  3. Atlantic 110
  4. Harlan 80
  5. Denison-Schleswig 75
  6. Carroll 58
  7. Perry 55
  8. Greene County 38

Atlantic Boys State Qualifiers

  • 3,200M: Phoenix Shadden, 2nd, 10:13.19
  • 110M Hurdles: Gratt Reed, 1st, 15.02
  • 400M Hurdles: Gratt Reed, 1st, 55.40
  • 4x200M Relay: (Gratt Reed, Tyler Moen, Zade Niklasen, Dillon Sonntag), 2nd, 1:31.83
  • Distance Medley: (Zade Niklasen, Tyler Moen, Dillon Sonntag, Jaxson Eden), 2nd, 3:43.11

Full results: 3ADenison2017

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Class 2A, District 4 at Missouri Valley 5/11/2017

Sports

May 11th, 2017 by admin

Girls Team Scores

  1. Treynor 136
  2. Underwood 113
  3. Shenandoah 86
  4. OA-BCIG 76.5
  5. Missouri Valley 71
  6. Tri-Center 59
  7. IKM-Manning 53
  8. AHSTW 36
  9. Red Oak 33
  10. Clarinda 32.5
  11. Kuemper Catholic 21
  12. East Sac County 18

Girls Qualifiers

100M Dash

1 McKayla Olsen Treynor 12.87 10.00
2 Jessica Norman MO Valley 12.89 8.00

200M Dash

1 Jessica Norman MO Valley 26.60 10.00
2 Lauren Bair Clarinda 26.98 8.00

400M Dash

1 Noel James Treynor 59.58 10.00
2 Jessica Norman MO Valley 1:00.21 8.00

800M Run

1 Shyanne Sporrer IKM-Manning 2:28.97 10.00
2 Jessica Jackson Shenandoah 2:29.82 8.00

100M Hurdles

1 Jaycie Schueman AHSTW 16.22 10.00
2 Hannah Irlbeck Kuemper Cath 16.65 8.00

1500M Run

1 Karley Larson Underwood 5:06.88 10.00
2 Alexis Cook MO Valley 5:08.57 8.00

3000M Run

1 Karley Larson Underwood 11:12.97 10.00
2 Alexis Cook MO Valley 11:28.30 8.00

400M Hurdle

1 Jaycie Schueman AHSTW 1:07.94 10.00
2 Adrianna Holmes Shenandoah 1:09.40 8.00

Discus

1 Lauren Shapcott Underwood 116-00 10.00
2 Logan Hughes Shenandoah 115-08 8.00

High Jump

1 Sydney Durbin OA-BCIG 5-03.00 10.00
2 Sienna Black Treynor 5-02.00 8.00

Long Jump

1 Asia Hughes MO Valley 15-05.25 10.00
2 Maddie Shipley Treynor 15-03.50 8.00

Shot Put

1 Logan Hughes Shenandoah 38-11.50 10.00
2 Madelyn Deitchler Treynor 37-04.50 8.00

4X100M Relay

1 Treynor 51.38 10.00
2 MO Valley 51.67 8.00

4X200M Relay

1 OA-BCIG 1:48.35 10.00
2 Treynor 1:48.58 8.00

4X400M Relay

1 Treynor 4:11.22 10.00
2 Tri-Center, N 4:13.44 8.00

4X800M Relay

1 IKM-Manning 10:01.72 10.00
2 Treynor 10:06.80 8.00

 

400M Shuttle Hurdle Relay

1 Underwood 1:09.62 10.00
2 OA-BCIG 1:10.66 8.00

800-Sprint Medley Relay

1 Treynor 1:51.49 10.00
2 Underwood 1:53.20 8.00

1600-Distance Medley Relay

1 Underwood 4:22.78 10.00
2 Red Oak 4:26.54 8.00

 

Boys Team Scores

  1. Treynor 103
  2. Kuemper Catholic 100
  3. Clarinda 79
  4. East Sac County 66
  5. Underwood 64
  6. AHSTW 63
  7. OA-BCIG 61
  8. Missouri Valley 56
  9. Shenandoah 50
  10. IKM-Manning 46
  11. Tri-Center 35
  12. Red Oak 18

Full results: MV district meet 2017

Boys Qualifiers

100M Dash

1 Gage Clay AHSTW 10.99 10.00
2 Miles Rupiper Kuemper Cath 11.38 8.00

200M Dash

1 Gage Clay AHSTW 22.63 10.00
2 Marcus Mumm Tri-Center, N 22.98 8.00

400M Dash

1 Brett Daley Treynor 50.45 10.00
2 Duke Kyle MO Valley 51.89 8.00

800M Run

1 Konner Roth East Sac County 2:04.52 10.00
2 Jordan Miller Shenandoah 2:07.52 8.00

110M Hurdles

1 Lucas Shatava Clarinda 15.35 10.00
2 Tyler Freese Underwood 16.06 8.00

1600M Run

1 Ben Grote Kuemper Cath 4:41.07 10.00
2 Trey Castle Treynor 4:41.19 8.00

3200M Run

1 Jerry Jorgenson Treynor 10:06.74 10.00
2 Trey Castle Treynor 10:07.64 8.00

400M Hurdle

1 Brett Daley Treynor 54.70 10.00
2 Lucas Shatava Clarinda 56.86 8.00

Discus

1 Brandon Magnuson Underwood 159-07 10.00
2 AJ Sieh AHSTW 139-02 8.00

High Jump

1 Miles Rupiper Kuemper Cath 6-10.00 10.00
2 Jared Johnson IKM-Manning 6-00.00 8.00

Long Jump

1 Miles Rupiper Kuemper Cath 21-08.25 10.00
2 Kyle Berg Kuemper Cath 19-02.50 8.00

Shot Put

1 Ryder Meek OA-BCIG 48-11.50 10.00
2 Austin Sibenaller Kuemper Cath 47-02.00 8.00

4X100M Relay

1 Kuemper Cath 44.45 10.00 Runners
2 AHSTW 45.09 8.00 Runners

4X200M Relay

1 AHSTW 1:33.22 10.00 Runners
2 Kuemper Cath 1:33.47 8.00 Runners

4X400M Relay

1 Treynor 3:28.87 10.00 Runners
2 Underwood 3:31.05 8.00 Runners

4X800M Relay

1 Underwood 8:23.22 10.00 Runners
2 MO Valley 8:35.35 8.00 Runners

440M Shuttle Hurdle Relay

1 OA-BCIG 1:02.41 10.00 Runners
2 Clarinda 1:03.25 8.00 Runners

800-Sprint Medley Relay

1 Treynor 1:36.38 10.00 Runners
2 Tri-Center, N 1:36.54 8.00 Runners

1600-Distance Medley Relay

1 East Sac County 3:41.30 10.00 Runners
2 OA-BCIG 3:42.70 8.00 Runners

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Class 1A District 1 at Audubon 5/11/2017

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May 11th, 2017 by admin

Girls Team Scores

  1. Logan-Magnolia 190.5
  2. Coon Rapids-Bayard 77.5
  3. Griswold 77
  4. Nodaway Valley 64
  5. Audubon 64
  6. Woodbine 63
  7. West Harrison 38
  8. Boyer Valley 37
  9. CAM 29
  10. Exira-EHK 27
  11. Whiting 19
  12. West Monona 17
  13. Ar-We-Va 9
  14. Orient-Macksburg 8
  15. Charter Oak-Ute 8

Girls Individual Winners

  • 100m: Jade Hays, Coon Rapids-Bayard, 13.01
  • 200m: Jade Hays, Coon Rapids-Bayard, 27.15
  • 400m: Sabrina Rife, West Harrison, 1:03.76
  • 800m: Violet Lapke, Logan-Magnolia, 2:26.60
  • 1,500M: Joanna Topham, Griswold 5:11.35
  • 3,000M: Joanna Topham, Griswold, 12:49.58
  • 100M Hurdles: Kylan Straight, Logan-Magnolia, 16.41
  • 400M Hurdles: Jocelyn Amos, Griswold, 1:11.17
  • Shuttle Hurdle Relay: Logan-Magnolia (Alexis Fender, Olivia Diggins, MaKenzie Cunard, Kylan Straight) 1:09.15
  • 4x100M Relay: Woodbine (Kerstyn Matusik, Jamie Heffernan, Cheyenee Watkins, Kerragen Hamblen) 52.74
  • 4x200M Relay: Coon Rapids-Bayard (Sara Heck, Tianna Janssen, Emily Baker, Jade Hays) 1:52.26
  • 4x400M Relay: Logan-Magnolia (Violet Lapke, Abby Goodrich, Kaelin Armstrong, Kylie Morrison) 4:17.52
  • 4x800M Relay: Logan-Magnolia (Taylor Sporrer, Kylan Straight, Kaelin Armstrong, Violet Lapke) 10:23.82
  • Sprint Medley: Nodaway Valley (Sami Harris, Sadie Marnin, Paige McElfish, Rachel Scheel) 1:56.05
  • Distance Medley: Logan-Magnolia (Kylan Straight, Olivia Diggins, Violet Lapke, Kylie Morrison) 4:23.00
  • High Jump: Sydney Obermeir, Audubon, 5-00.00
  • Long Jump: Olivia Diggins, Logan-Magnolia, 16-03.25
  • Discus: Delaney Ettleman, Logan-Magnolia, 113-01
  • Shot Put: Kaitlin Diggins, Logan-Magnolia, 37-07.50

Boys Team Scores

  1. Boyer Valley 92
  2. Griswold 87
  3. Nodaway Valley 86
  4. Audubon 79
  5. West Monona 70
  6. Ar-We-Va 52
  7. Exira-EHK 51.5
  8. West Harrison 48
  9. Logan-Magnolia 47.5
  10. CAM 45
  11. Coon Rapids-Bayard 40
  12. Woodbine 30
  13. Charter Oak-Ute 11
  14. Orient-Macksburg 2

Boys Individual Winners

  • 100m: Andy Hartman, Griswold, 11.52
  • 200m: Seth Holverson, West Monona, 23.91
  • 400m: Zach Ambrose, Boyer Valley, 51.39
  • 800m: Zach Ambrose, Boyer Valley, 2:01.56
  • 1,600M: Shane Breheny, Nodaway Valley, 4:39.65
  • 3,200M: Shane Breheny, Nodaway Valley, 10:05,59
  • 110M Hurdles: Nolan Smith, Audubon, 15.22
  • 400M Hurdles: Preston Davis, West Harrison, 55.99
  • 4x100M Relay: West Monona, 45.86
  • 4x200M Relay: West Harrison, 1:36.40
  • 4x400M Relay: Boyer Valley (Joe Weber, Tyler Brummer, Connor Garrett, Zach Ambrose) 3:33.28
  • 4x800M Relay: Nodaway Valley (Brayten Funke, Tyler Breheny, Jared Corder, Matthew Dickinson) 8:35.10
  • Distance Medley Relay: Griswold (AJ Hartman, Clay Amos, Preston Good, David Thompson) 3:42.51
  • Shuttle Hurdle Relay: Audubon (Nolan Smith, Jackson Jensen, Josh Lange, Tyler Riebhoff) 1:00.48
  • Sprint Medley: Boyer Valley (Tyler Brummer, Ryan Lehan, Joe Weber, Zach Ambrose) 1:38.44
  • High Jump: Sam Obert, Coon Rapids-Bayard, 6-01.00
  • Long Jump: Jadon Jahnke, Griswold, 21-00.00
  • Discus: Joseph Zaiger, Audubon, 146-07
  • Shot Put: Mitchell Williamson, CAM, 45-04.00

Full results: 2017 Dist Track Audubon Results

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Class 1A District 6 at Fremont-Mills 5/11/2017

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May 11th, 2017 by admin

Boys Team Scores

  1. St. Albert 159
  2. Fremont-Mills 98
  3. Riverside 97
  4. Sidney 85
  5. East Mills 62
  6. Southwest Valley 57
  7. Stanton 46
  8. Lenox 39
  9. Bedford 35
  10. Essex 27
  11. Heartland Christian 22
  12. Clarinda Academy 1

Individual Winners

  • Sprint Medley: St. Albert (Ethan Bernard, Elijah Finn, Blake Rallis, Andrew Hanafan) 1:36.13.
  • High Jump: Zach Benedict, Sidney, 6-2
  • 3,200m: Adam Thompson, Sidney, 10:38.20
  • Discus: Sam Phillips, Fremont-Mills, 172-0.
  • 4x800m: St. Albert (Kyle Barnes, Ryan Hughes, Joe Liston, Luke Gronstal) 8:34.61.
  • Shot Put: Matt Glockel, East Mills, 53-1
  • Shuttle Hurdle Relay: Fremont-Mills (Sam Phillips, Austin Gartner, Beau Malcom, Parkers Powers) 1:00.59.
  • 100m: Caleb Claar, Heartland Christian, 12.18
  • Distance Medley Relay: St. Albert (Blake Rallis, Elijah Finn, Tyler Blaha, Kyle Barnes) 3:45.04
  • 400m: Andrew Hanafan, St. Albert, 51.30.
  • 4x200m: Southwest Valley (Wyatt McAlpin, Chance Cobb, Grant Maurer, Aaron Armstrong) 1:33.11.
  • 110m Hurdles: Parker Powers, F-M, 15.57
  • 200m: Lucas Wilber, Riverside, 24.20.
  • 400m Hurdles: Josh Bockert, Sidney, 56.48
  • 800m: Otis Matejka, Riverside, 2:05.73

Girls Team Scores

  1. Fremont-Mills 118
  2. Bedford 99
  3. Sidney 83
  4. East Mills 78
  5. Southwest Valley 70.5
  6. Essex 68
  7. St. Albert 65.5
  8. Riverside 51
  9. Stanton 38
  10. Lenox 22
  11. Heartland Christian 21
  12. South Page 7
  13. Clarinda Academy 3

Individual Winners

  • Sprint Medley: St. Albert (Bailey White, Clara Genereux, Khloe Niesen, Jordyn Blaha) 1:56.32.
  • High Jump: Bailey Hauschild, F-M, 5-3
  • 3,000m: Janette Schraft, East Mills, 11:04.18
  • Shot Put: Maryn Phillips, Sidney, 39-3 1/2
  • 4x800m Relay: St. Albert (Fiona Lapp, Gracie Springman, Sophie Sykes, Clara Genereux) 10:27.56.
  • Discus: Sophie Phillips, F-M, 119-4.
  • Long Jump: Clara Schaaf, FM, 16-3 1/2.
  • Shuttle Hurdle Relay: Fremont-Mills (Clara Schaaf, Kynzie Fichter, McKayla Gartner, Bailey Hauschild) 1:10.68.
  • 100m: Jordyn Blaha, St. Albert, 13.40
  • Distance Medley: East Mills (Madison Williams, Emmy Duysen, Zena Courtier, Janette Schraft) 4:29.20.
  • 400m: Maddy Duncan, Sidney, 1:02.55.
  • 4x200m Relay St. Albert (Khloe Niesen, Clara Genereux, Sophie Sykes, Jordyn Blaha) 1:52.35. B 400: Andrew Hanafan, SA, 51.30.
  • 100m Hurdles: Charissa Mogler, Bedford, 16.26.
  • 200m: Charissa Mogler, Bedford, 28.43.
  • 400m Hurdles: Clara Schaaf, FM, 1:09.56.
  • 1,500m: Janette Schraft, East Mills, 5:08.61

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Glenwood and Creston send boys tennis players to state at Red Oak

Sports

May 11th, 2017 by admin

The Glenwood Rams and Creston Panthers sent some players on to the state tournament with their performances at the Class 1A District tournament at Red Oak on Thursday.

Alex Chekal was the singles champion, defeating Reed Morris of Clarke in the championship match.

The Glenwood doubles team of Sam Lauritsen and Adam Konfrst defeated Creston’s Jacob Cook and Jaden Driskell in the title match. Both duos will head to the state tourney.

All qualifiers will participate in the Class 1A state meet at Byrne Park in Waterloo on May 26th and 27th.

Also in team scoring Glenwood won the district title with 23 points. With the win Glenwood earned their way to the sub-state round on May 20th. Creston scored 15 points and Clarke had 12 points in 3rd. Creston earned the right to host Clarke in a preliminary sub-state match on Saturday at 10:00am.

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Atlantic boys tennis duo Podhajsky/McDermott qualify for State

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May 11th, 2017 by admin

The Atlantic boys tennis doubles team of Grant Podhajsky and Cooper McDermott won the district title at Kuemper Catholic on Thursday. The duo qualifies for the state tournament at Byrnes Park in Waterloo on May 26th and 27th.

Also in doubles play Luke Hohenberger and Nile Petersen were knocked out in the first round by Josh Cheek and Caleb Rasmussen of Harlan.

In singles play Kalob Flory and Caleb Williams each won a match before losing in the second round.

As a team the Trojans scored 16 points and qualified for preliminary sub-state match at Ballard on Saturday, May 13th at 10:00am. Kuemper Catholic won the district with 18.5 points. Ballard was second with 17 points.

The Singles District Champion was Tanner Finken of Kuemper Catholic. Runner-Up was Caleb Hammerlink of Ballard.

The Doubles Runners-Up were Mark Moser and Brody Echer of Ballard.

Atlantic full results: Atlantic17districts

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