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Iowa DNR monitoring spill of swine manure near stream

Ag/Outdoor, News

November 11th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

LE MARS, Iowa (AP) — Officials with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources are investigating a manure spill near a small stream about three miles southeast of Le Mars in northwestern Iowa. The Sioux City Journal reports that the rollover crash of a tanker truck on Thursday dumped up to 9,000 gallons of swine manure near the stream, and at least some of the manure leaked into the stream.

A news release from the department says a pumping company was called to try to contain and pump the spilled manure back into the tanker. The DNR says it will monitor cleanup, give advice and consider enforcement actions.

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Parents of teenager sue prosecutor to stall sexting charges

News

November 11th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The parents of a 14-year-old Iowa girl are suing a county prosecutor to try to stop him from filing criminal charges against the teen after she sent suggestive photos of herself to a boy.

Marion County Attorney Ed Bull has threatened to charge the Knoxville girl with sexual exploitation of a minor or child pornography. Bull has said she can avoid the charge if she signs an admission of guilt, performs community service and temporarily gives up her laptop and cellphone.

The lawsuit was filed in September and amended Thursday to add new arguments and to add the American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa as attorneys for the girl. The ACLU says it’s seeking to protect the girl’s rights to free speech and freedom of expression. The ACLU says the photos don’t show nudity and are not obscene.

Bull has asked the federal court not to intervene in a state prosecution.

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“Operation Blessing” begins Nov. 28th in Clarinda

News

November 11th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Clarinda Police Cheif Keith Brothers says the Clarinda Police Department will begin Operation Blessing 2016, Monday, November 28th. This community project embodies the spirit of Christmas by helping to make sure every child in Clarinda receives a gift on Christmas day. Retired Police Chief Joe Newton and retired 911 Communications Supervisor Diane Newton will be managing the program again this year.

Children may be signed up for involvement in the program by calling the police department records office at 712-542-2194, extension 203, Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Administrative Assistant/Records Clerk Tara McComb will take the child’s name, age, sex, address and two gift requests per child. Names of children can be submitted beginning Monday, November 28th and will be accepted through Wednesday, December 21st.

Cash donations in c/o of Operation Blessing 2016 can be dropped off at the office of Chief of Police Keith Brothers, Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.  or mailed to the Clarinda Police Department, 200 South 15th Street, Clarinda, Iowa 51632. Cash donations will be used by the Clarinda Police Department to purchase gifts for the children. If you wish to purchase a specific gift for a child, please contact the Clarinda Police Department and ask to speak with Joe and Diane Newton regarding purchasing a specific requested gift item(s).

Families will be contacted by the Clarinda Police Department when the gift items are ready to be picked up. If a family is unable to pick up the gifts, uniformed officers of the Clarinda Police Department will deliver the gifts.

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CCHS Foundation Announces 2017 Campaign

News

November 11th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Officials with the Cass County Health System Foundation have announced their 2017 Campaign to purchase a 3D Mammography Unit for Cass County Memorial Hospital. Foundation Director Dawn Marnin says “Breast cancer is the most common cancer among American women, and we all know someone who has been affected by it. Having this new diagnostic tool available right here in Cass County will allow women to be diagnosed up to 15 months earlier. Early detection remains the key to the successful treatment of breast cancer, which makes this campaign so vital.”

At a cost of $450,000, the 3D Mammography technology is a big investment, and the Foundation is busy planning a direct mail campaign, employee and community campaigns, spring gala, and golf tournament – all aimed at helping raise the needed funds. Once purchased, the 3D unit will completely replace the current equipment, and it will become the standard technology for all patients who receive an annual screening mammogram.

Carrie Schmitt, Director of Diagnostic Imaging, says “This technology provides greater detail and visibility than previous units.  It not only provides earlier diagnosis, but it will reduce the number of call backs for additional imaging, which means less radiation exposure for those patients as well as much less stress.”

A 3D mammogram is conducted in a manner very similar to a traditional mammogram, with a technologist positioning the patient and taking images from different angles. The images produced from 3D Mammography provide a radiologist with greater visibility of breast tissue than ever before, allowing for a more thorough assessment of the results.

In recent studies, 3D mammograms not only were able to find cancers that remained undetected by traditional mammograms, but also were able to significantly reduce the number of false results – cutting back the number of callbacks for unnecessary additional screenings. Overall, 3D Mammography has shown a 41 percent increase in the detection of invasive breast cancers compared to traditional technology, and a reduction in reported false positives of up to 40 percent.

To make a donation or learn more about this campaign, contact Dawn Marnin at mardd@casshealth.org or 712-243-7409.

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State Volleyball Championship results: Friday, Nov. 11 2016

Sports

November 11th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

CLASS 5A Championship:

(3-0) Ankeny Centennial 25-25-27, Cedar Falls 17-20-25

CLASS 4A Championship:

(3-0) Dubuque Wahlert 25-25-25, Pella 18-16-13

CLASS 3A Championship:

(3-1) Dike-New Hartford 25-25-23-27, Union 18-11-25-25

CLASS 2A Championship:

(3-0) Western Christian 25-25-25, Waterloo Columbus Catholic 17-19-13

CLASS 1A Championship:

(3-0) Janesville 25-25-25. Hudson 10-15-20

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Class 1A, District 7 All-Academic Teams

Sports

November 11th, 2016 by admin

AC / GC                  Missouri Valley
Colin Stowe             Matt McDermott
Colton Sargent        Noah Kirlin
Hunter Lynch          Derek Hansen
Riley Fichter
Jared Wilson
Nathan Haynes
Ian Callaghan
Tom Rief
Skeeter Bostwick

AHSTW               OABCIG
Rhett Welsh         Dylan Wunschel
Blaine Lees           Parker Clausen
Ryan Pattee          Chase Devitt
Preslyn Grobe      Ryan Bumann
Erik Jorgensen    Elle McCormick
Clint Robinson     Bailey Ullrich
R.J. Harris             Abbi Ullrich
Jack Paulson
Joe Kenkel
Jake Martin
Kevin Jorgensen
Hayden Woltmann
Sam Peterson
AJ Sieh
Jeremiah Carlson

IKM – Manning        Treynor
Nick Birks                 Chase Reed
Alex Heiman            Trey Castle
Colton Lesle             Kendrick Umphreys
Sam Gregory
Griffin Kline
Nolan Boese
Sam Kaeding
Seth Young

Logan-Magnolia      Tri – Center
Austin Haner            Noah Dickerson
Brayden Hudnut      Sam Dickerson
Wyatt Worley           Jordan Macias
Kolby Morrison        Hunter Stange
Garret Thompson    Wes Kramer
Nic Hiller                   Jeremy Miller
Dalton Reisz

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Class 1A, District 7 Football Honorees

Sports

November 11th, 2016 by admin

1st Team
Position             Name                       School    Grade     Height
Specialist          Jacob Joliet             AC/GC     12          6’1
Kicker               Chase Contrerraz    MV           11           6’0
Place-Kicker    Tyler Paulsen           TC            12           6’0
Punter               Chase Contrerraz    MV           11           6’0
Brady Wilson    Loma    12    5’10
RJ Harris    AHSTW    11    6’2
Nathan Haynes    MV    11    5’9
Hunter Behrens    IKM – Manning    12    6’1
Tyler Paulsen    TC    12    6’0
Dylan Wunschel    OABCIG    12    5’5
Kyle Christensen    Treynor    10    5’10
Cade Suhr    AC/GC    12    5’10
Brayden Hudnt    Loma    12    5’10
Erik Jorgensen    AHSTW    12    5’11
Skeeter Bostwick    MV    11    5’9
Ben Wegner    IKM – Manning    12    6’3
Bryant Barrier    TC    10    6’1
Parker Clausen    OABCIG    12    5’10
Trey Castle    Treynor    12    5’10
Austin Haner    Loma    12    5’9
Rhet Welsh    AHSTW    12    6’2
Derek Hansen    MV    12    5’10
Jared Johnson    IKM – Manning    11    6’0
Drake Johnson    Loma    12    6’1
Joel Becerra    AHSTW    12    5’10
Kolby Morrison    Loma    11    5’10

2nd Team
Position                Name               School    Grade    Height
Specialist            Nolan Boese    Treynor    12         5’10
Kicker                 Tyler Paulsen    TC            12         6’0
Place – Kicker    Nic Hiller          Lo-Ma      11         5’10
Punter                 Adam Grote    OABCIG    12        5’10
Reide Meeker    Loma    12    5’10
AJ Sieh    AHSTW    11    6’4
Tom Rief    MV    11    5’11
Stephen Grimm    IKM – Manning    10    5’10
Jordan Macias    TC    11    5’11
Chase Debitt    OABCIG    11    5’10
Seth Young    Treynor    11    5’10
Cole Stetzel    AC/GC    12    6’0
Matt Soetmelk    Loma    10    6’2
Gabe Pauley    AHSTW    10    5’8
Dillan Jensen    MV    12    5’10
Cody Chapman    IKM – Manning    12    5’10
Ben Sorensen    TC    11    6’2
Isaac Endrulat    OABCIG    11    6’2
Nate Schiller    AC/GC    11    6’1
Ryan Hoffman    Loma    12    5’11
Blaine Lees    AHSTW    12    6’4
Matt McDermott    MV    12    5’11
Austin Ahrenholtz    IKM – Manning    11    5’10
Austin Adair    Loma    12    5’9
Preslyn Grobe    AHSTW    12    6’2
Wyatt Woley    Loma    11    5’11

Honorable Mention
AHSTW                        Treynor
Connor Hansen          Jason Cox
Aaron Young               Sam Gregory
Clint Robinson            Jake Houser
Adam Madsen             Kendrick Umphreys
Hayden Woltmann
Jake Martin                  Tri – Center
Trevor Carlson
AC / GC                         Colby Brink
Logan Brincks              Bryson Freeberg
Colton Sargent             Jacob Manhart
Ben Kingery                 Kaden Karagianis

IKM-Manning          Logan-Magnolia
Nick Halbur               Jessup Lake
Marshal Hansen        Beau Peshel
Nick Birks                  Garret Thompson
Colton Lesle               Bo Geise
Alex Heiman
Evan Dammann        Missouri Valley
Noah Kirlin
Dalton Anderson
Jack Kyle
OABCIG
Tyler Anderson
Ryan Bumann

MVP
Brady Wilson, Logan-Magnolia

Offensive Player of the Year     
Nathan Haynes     Missouri Valley
RJ Harris    AHSTW

Defensive Player of the Year 
Brayden Hudnut    Logan-Magnolia

Head Coach of the Year  
Ryan Victor    Missouri Valley

Assistant Coach of the Year        
Rick Barker    Missouri Valley
Shad Hornbeck    Logan-Magnolia

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Western Iowa Conference announces All Conference Volleyball Teams and All-Academic Teams

Sports

November 11th, 2016 by admin

2016 Western Iowa All-Conference Volleyball Teams

First Team

Allison Eickenberry (Sr., Tri-Center); Abby Tiarks (Sr., Treynor), Tori Masker (Sr., Tri-Center); Kaitlin Schultes (Sr., Audubon); Emma Bonnet (Sr., Underwood); Kelli Grimm (Sr., IKM-Manning); Alyssa Baatz (Sr., Tri-Center); Claire Olsen (Sr., Audubon).

Second Team

Sydni Hussman (Soph., Treynor); Reahgan Stueve (Jr., Missouri Valley); Kayla Chapman (Soph., Treynor); Rylie Muhlbauer (Sr., IKM-Manning); Sydney Obermeier (Sr., Audubon); Emma Dahir (Sr., Tri-Center); Aly Stadtlander (Sr., IKM-Manning); Kylan Straight (Jr., Logan-Magnolia).

Honorable Mention

AHSTW: Katie Wise (Soph.).
Audubon: Taylor Nielsen (Sr.),
Griswold: Mateya Peters (Jr.), Faith Rossell (Sr.)
IKM-Manning: None.
Logan-Magnolia: Katie Diggins (Jr.), Kenzie Cunard (Jr.).
Missouri Valley: Hannah Collins (Sr.), Carter Crispin (Soph.)
Riverside: Paige Osweiler (Fr.)
Tri-Center: Brooklyn Hundt (Soph.).
Treynor: Anna Teigland (Sr.)
Underwood: Sydnie Collins (Sr.).

2016 Western Iowa Conference Final Volleyball Standings

1st) *^Tri-Center 9-0, 32-2; 2nd) Treynor 8-1, 28-7; 3rd) IKM-Manning 7-2, 21-12; 4th) #Audubon 6-3, 27-7; 5th) Missouri Valley 5-4, 22-10; 6th) Underwood 4-5, 19-16; 7th) Griswold 3-6, 15-17; 8th) Logan-Magnolia 2-7, 15-15; 9th) AHST/W 1-8, 4-26; 10th) Riverside 0-9, 6-28.
*2016 WIC Regular Season Champion.
^2016 WIC Tournament Champion.
#2016 State Volleyball Qualifier.

WIC All-Academic Team, Fall, 2016

Volleyball (Must be a Sr., maintain a 3.25 minimum cumulative grade point average)
AHSTW: Holly Hatch, Anna Bauer, Sami Kloewer, Cassie Renfield, Madison Rasmussen, Mackenzie Simonsen.
Audubon: Katie Konkler, Taylor Nielsen, Sydney Obermeier, Claire Olsen, Kaitlin Schultes, Lila Sebetka, Sara Wede.
Griswold: Mandi Backhaus, Kaylee Goodwin, Faith Rossell, Savannah Weston.
IKM-Manning: Rylie Muhlbauer, Mackenzie Brandt, Kira Barry, Aly Stadtlander, Katarina Willenborg, Eliza Grabill, Erin Langel.
Logan-Magnolia: Joy Marcum, Jenna Peschel.
Missouri Valley: Hannah Collins, Meggan Coberly, Haley Staska.
Riverside: Allisyn Weis.
Treynor: Anna Teigland, Abby Tiarks, Sierra Maguire, Randi Robinson, Baylee Ruby.
Tri-Center: Alyssa Baatz, Allison Eickenberry, Tori Masker, Carlee Ring, Emma Dahir.
Underwood: Jasmin Benedict, Emma Bonnet, Sydnie Collins, Alexis Morales-Foote, Cailynn Wichman.

Cross Country (Must be a Sr., maintain a 3.25 minimum cumulative grade point average)
AHSTW: Jaycie Schueman, McKenzie Mantell.
Audubon: None.
Griswold: Faith Rossell, Tabor Feltner, Joanna Topham, Andy Hartman, David Thompson.
IKM-Manning: Jonathan Greazel, Scott Halbur, Ronnie Sorensen.
Logan-Magnolia: MacKenzie Christensen, Shance McGrew.
Missouri Valley: Cailynn Gilpin, Alexis Cook.
Riverside: Soledad Castaneda, Austin Hodges, Lucas Wilber.
Treynor: McKayla Olsen, Emily Owens, Emily Sutherland.
Tri-Center: Sydney McKee, Karly Smith, Christine Hess, Limwell Clevenger, Trevor Heinen, Jake Wohlers.
Underwood: Kiley Cook, Ben Wade.

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Ernst raising questions about VA operations

News

November 11th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

On this Veterans Day, Senator Joni Ernst is raising concerns about how the Veterans Administration is responding to “whistleblowers.” “We do have to be vigilant in this oversight and it quite literally is a matter of life and death,” Ernst said during a senate hearing this year.

The V-A’s Office of Inspector General operates a hotline to field complaints from V-A staff and veterans, but Ernst says it’s unclear whether the agency is reviewing those complaints quickly enough. “All too many times in the past there has not been the follow-up necessary and those months delay could mean another veteran that has been left untreated or another veteran that takes their life because of a lack of care by the VA,” Ernst says.

Ernst is asking officials for an update on the case of Brandon Ketchum of Bettendorf, a 33-year-old veteran who committed suicide in July. Ketchum did tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan and suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder. Ketchum wrote on his Facebook page hours before he took his life that he had asked to be admitted to the V-A Medical Center in Iowa City, but was sent home with medication.

Later today (Friday), Ernst will be presenting three Iowa veterans with the medals they earned for service in times of war, but did not receive yet. One ceremony will be held in Marshalltown at 4:30 p.m. for a Vietnam veteran and a veteran of World War II. At 6 p.m., Ernst will be in Ankeny to award the Bronze Star and other medals to a Vietnam Veteran. Ernst held similar ceremonies earlier this week in Lenox, Newton and Cedar Rapids to present medals to veterans.

(Radio Iowa)

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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11th

Trading Post

November 11th, 2016 by admin

WANTED: Dehumidifier, 243-6772.

FOR SALE:  electric treadmill, space saver – it folds up $100; stationary exercise bike $25. 243-6772.

FREE: Kittens free to a good home. Grey Tiger Stripe. A few are a lighter shade of grey. Well taken care of and spoiled so far.  About 6 weeks old.  Two of them probably need a home without kids. Call 712-764-8161 in rural Elk Horn area.

FOR SALE: Floor jack and case, 4,500 lb rated, $50.  Washing machine and electric dryer for $85 each. 5-drawer bedroom cupboard, white in color, $30. Call 712-243-7792.

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