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Operation Blessing requests being accepted in Page County

News

November 23rd, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Page County Sheriff Lyle Palmer says from November 25th through December 21st 2016, the Page County Sheriff’s Office is taking requests for Operation Blessing.  With Shenandoah, Essex, and Clarinda having similar programs for children in those towns, the Page County Sheriff’s Office will be geared toward children in the other communities, as well as rural areas, of the county.

The requests must come from a parent or guardian of the child and can be called into the Page County Sheriff’s Office at 712-542-5193, or reported in person at the Page County Sheriff’s Office located at 323 N 15th Street in Clarinda. Again requests will be taken from Friday November 25, 2016, through Wednesday December 21, 2015, and each child will be given a first and second choice.

Operation Blessing was started in the mid 1980s by the Page County Reserve Deputies to ensure that every child in Page County has the opportunity to receive a gift at Christmas. It has continued every year since for almost 30 years. This year the Sheriff’s Office and Reserve program will continue this tradition of ensuring that children in Page County receive a gift for Christmas.

Anyone wishing to donate to the Page County Sheriff’s Office Operation Blessing program can either stop by the Page County Sheriff’s Office or mail the donation to the Page County Sheriff’s Office at 323 North 15th Clarinda, Iowa, 51632. The Sheriff’s Office will again this year be delivering the gifts to the children.  That will take place on December 21st, 22nd, & or 23rd.   The date depends on staffing, call load, and of course, the weather.

Sheriff Palmer say he wants to “Thank everyone for their donations and support of the program, for without this the program would not be able to continue.” He also  thanked his staff at the Sheriff’s Office for their assistance in everything they do with the program, and he wished everyone “A joy filled Holiday season.”

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Adair County BOS to meet this (Wed.) morning

News

November 23rd, 2016 by Ric Hanson

The Board of Supervisors in Adair County will hold their regular weekly meeting today in Greenfield, beginning at 9-a.m.  During their session at the Courthouse, the Board will hear from County Treasurer Brenda Wallace with regard to an employee resignation. She’ll also discuss a new hire.

Snyder and Associates Engineer Tim Teig will talk with the Board about a preliminary elevator plan study. County Engineer Nick Kauffman will discuss Step Raises for two employees, the hiring of a Maintenance Superintendent, and the purchase of a motor grader.

And, County Auditor Mindy Schaefer will update the Board on quotes for the phone system, TIF certification, and a Resolution authorizing an internal advance to the Capital Projects Fund. Other, regular reports are expected from the Adair County Weed Commissioner and County Engineer. The Board will also discuss an appointment to the Conservation Board.

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2016 IGCA All-State Volleyball Teams announced

Sports

November 23rd, 2016 by admin

The Iowa Girls Coaches Association announced their All-State teams on Wednesday, November 22nd following the 2016 campaign.

2016 IGCA Elite Volleyball Team
Player of the Year: Mackenzie May/Dubuque Wahlert/12
Mackenzie May/Dubuque Wahlert/12
Sydney Petersen/Dike New Hartford/11
Hannah Lockin/West Des Moines Valley/12
Kiley De Berg/Hudson/12
Alyssa Ballenger/Ankeny/12
Tayah Mahi/Cedar Falls/11
Madi Kubuk/West Des Moines Valley/10
Taryn Knuth/Johnston/12

Class 1A
Player of the Year: Kiley DeBerg/Hudson
Coach of the Year: Shelley Sorenson/Janesville
1st Team
Kiley DeBerg/Hudson/12
Gillian Gergen/Janesville/12
Bree Thompson/Janesville/10
Alisa Bengen/Janesville/10
Jadin Wagner/Lawton Bronson/12
Ali Randolph/Holy Trinity/12
Emily Box/Holy Trinity/10
Ashlan Thompson/Grand View Christian/12
2nd Team
Kaitlin Schultes/Audubon/12
Kennedy Drewis/Tripoli/10
Kennedy Meister/Janesville/11
Mikayla Nachazel/Springville/11
Camryn McClintock/Sidney/10
Emma Lynch/Burlington Notre Dame/12
Hayley Goedken/Starmont/10
Kenzie Mantz/Belle Plaine/10
3rd Team
Rylee Menster/Springville/11
Jenna Wede/Lawton Bronson/12
Cara Arrasmith/Grand View Christian/12
Lily Leikweg/Janesville/10
Katie Peters/LeMars Gehlen/10
Claire Olsen/Audubon/12
Hannah Connelly/Siouxland Christian/12
Regan Janssen/Starmont/11
Honorable Mention
Carson McSorley/New London/11
Alyssa Jaeger/Springville/11
Chelsea Weis/Stanton/12
Daiton Martin/Essex/11
Daryn Nowlin/Lamoni/12
Kayla Schut/Iowa Christian Academy/12
Jaden Daffer/Sidney/10
Brylyn Clute/Edgewood-Colesburg/12
Ali Harms/Tripoli/12
Hannah Huss/Fort Dodge St. Edmond/11
Emily Hansmann/George-Little Rock/12
Caliegh Smith/Iowa Valley/11
Cheyenne Wright/Grand View Christian/11
Cherisse Ward/Iowa Valley/11
Mya Lawlor/Holy Trinity Catholic/10
Breanna Mettler/New London/11
Taylor Campbell/Siouxland Christian/12

Class 2A
Player of the Year: Karsyn Winterfeld/Western Christian
Coach of the Year: Tammi Veerbeek/Western Christian
1st Team
Anna Sinnott/Waterloo Columbus/11
Karsyn Winterfeld/Western Christian/12
Josie Blankespoor/Unity Christian/12
Jaydlin Seehase/Sumner-Fredericksburg/12
Becca Pagel/Sumner-Fredericksburg/12
Erika Feenstra/Western Christian/12
Alli Timmermanns/Unity Christian/12
Jenna Brandt/Sumner-Fredericksburg/11
2nd Team
Sydney McLaren/Council Bluffs St. Albert/10
Lauren McManus/Waterloo Columbus/12
Ashtyn Veerbeek/Western Christian/11
Allison Birks/South Central Calhoun/11
Kylie Willis/Grundy Center/10
Corrina Timmermanns/Unity Christian/10
Abby Tiarks/Treynor/12
Allison Eikenberry/Tri Center Neola/11
3rd Team
Hannah Wagner/Central Springs/12
Abby Knoop/West Branch/12
Kara Brown/Mediapolis/12
Ady Wintermote/South Hamilton/12
Olivia McCune/Woodward Granger/12
Hope Rasmussen/Central Lyon/12
Bekah Horstman/Pella Christian/11
Lexi Groe/Lake Mills/12
Honorable Mention
Sydney Mathews/Grundy Center/10
Tori Masker/Tri Center Neola/12
Lexi Petry/Council Bluffs St. Albert/11
Darby Hawtrey/North Cedar/12
Kate Shannon/Waterloo Columbus/10
Ashley Boer/Central Lyons/12
Hallie Reuter/Hinton/11
Sarah Vorwerk/Mediapolis/12
Mary Hansen/Woodward Granger/12
Emily Hay/North Cedar/12

Class 3A
Player of the Year: Sydney Petersen/Dike New Hartford
Coach of the Year: Diane Harms/Dike New Hartford
1st Team
Sydney Petersen/Dike New Hartford/11
Baylee Petersen/Dike New Hartford/11
Megan Hudson/Union Community, LaPorte City/12
Libby Ryan/Mt. Vernon/12
Jessica Harald/Sioux Center/12
Amiee Adams/Kuemper Catholic, Carroll/10
Hannah Becker/North Polk/12
2nd Team
Peyton Parker/Union Community, LaPorte City/12
Sierra Athen/Red Oak/11
Haley Lyness/West Delaware/12
Kaitlyn Volesky/Mt. Vernon/12
Macy Smith/Spirit Lake/12
Wynne Vandersall/Dike New Hartford/12
Kara Peter/Kuemper Catholic, Carroll/09
3rd Team
Alexis Toering/Sioux Center/11
Julia Huiskamp/Davenport Assumption/12
Kelsey Havel/Osage/11
Abby Lohrman/Kuemper Catholic, Carroll/12
Madison Hedges/Dike New Hartford/11
Kylie Bildstein/Beckman Catholic, Dyersville/12
Inga Rotto/Gilbert/11
Honorable Mention
Maggie Driscol/Union Community, LaPorte City/12
Abby Zaugg/Humboldt/12
Abigail Weideman/Center Point Urbana/11
Rylie Olson/Osage/11
Lauren Bair/Clarinda/11
Breanne O’Neill/East Sac County/12
Hannah Dykshorn/Sioux Center/12
Jade Putz/West Delaware/12

CLASS 4A
Player of the Year: Mackenzie May/Wahlert, Dubuque
Coach of the Year: Lindsey Beaves/Wahlert, Dubuque
1st Team
Mackenzie May/Wahlert, Dubuque/12
Emily Holterhaus/Pella/10
Charlotte Richards/Cedar Rapids Xavier/11
Isabella Sade/Marion/12
Abby Stephenson/Nevada/12
Caitlyn Smith/Marion/11
Kaitlyn Niedert/Independence/12
2nd Team
Kiki Pingel/Pella/12
Gabby Ridgeway/Norwalk/12
Katie Foster/Charles City/12
Jenna Gremmel/Wahlert, Dubuque/11
Katherine Poore/Lewis Central/11
Samantha McCabe/Sioux City Heelan/11
Gillian Tupper/Nevada/12
Honorable Mention
Mary Volz/Sioux City Heelan/12
Krystal Tranel/Wahlert, Dubuque/11
Grace Judd/Dallas Center Grimes/12
Sami Schepers/ADM/11
Sheyanne Koethe/Clear Creek Amana/12
Kristan Zenk/LeMars/12
Madison Paulson/Lewis Central/12
Elizabeth Fleckenstein/Wahlert, Dubuque/12
Tanea Westhoff/Marion/12
McKenna Greenwalt/Clinton/12
Amber Dilsaver/Fort Madison/11

Class 5A
Player of the Year: Hannah Lockin/West Des Moines Valley
Coach of the Year: Jessica Rinehart/Ankeny Centennial
1st Team
Hannah Lockin/WDM Valley/12
Taryn Knuth/Johnston/12
Alyssa Ballenger/Ankeny/12
Tayah Mahi/Cedar Falls/11
Madi Kubik/WDM Valley/10
Kylee Macke/Ankeny Centennial/12
Kenna Sauer/Ankeny Centennial/10
2nd Team
Alexa Aldrich-Ingram/Iowa City High/12
Emily Plock/Southeast Polk/12
Taylor Lynch/Cedar Falls/11
Piper Mauck/DM Roosevelt/12
Ellie Anderson/Linn-Mar/12
Meredith Sieck/Ankeny Centennial/12
Grace Burken/Cedar Falls/11
Honorable Mention
Grace Cumming/DM Roosevelt/10
Oliva Winker/Ankeny/12
Emma Norris/Iowa City West/12
Megan Oldenburger/Cedar Rapids Prairie/12
Paige Frank/Cedar Rapids Kennedy/12
Lexi Lapke/Sioux City East/12
Megan Renner/Linn-Mar/10
Maddie Slagle/Cedar Rapids Jefferson/11
Hope Splinter/Dubuque Hempstead/12
Claire Leonard/Bettendorf/12
Emily DeDoncker/Urbandale/11
Emilee McGowan/Linn-Mar/12
Regan Mazour/Marshalltown/11

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VERA MARGARET MAEDER, 90, of Corning (Svcs. 11/26/16)

Obituaries

November 23rd, 2016 by Ric Hanson

VERA MARGARET MAEDER, 90, of Corning, died Tue., Nov. 22nd at the Cass County Memorial Hospital, in Atlantic. A Mass of Christian Burial for MARGARET MAEDER will be held 10:30-a.m. Sat., Nov. 26th, at the St. Timothy Catholic Church (south of Cumberland). Hockenberry Family Care Funeral Home in Atlantic has the arrangements.

Visitation with the family is from 5:30-until 7-p.m. Friday, Nov. 25th, at the funeral home, where a Rosary will be held at 5-p.m.

Burial will be in the Calvary Catholic Cemetery at St. Timothy Catholic Church.

MARGARET MAEDER is survived by:

Her husband – Bernard Maeder, of Corning.

Her sons – Dallas (Joan) Maeder, and Ronald (Carlene) Maeder.

Her daughters – Mary (Monty) Boswell; Shirley (Randall) Olive; Diane Stender; Linda (David) Beeman.

15 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.

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KJAN listening area weather forecast from the NWS: 11/23/16

Weather

November 23rd, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Early This Morning: Cloudy. Patchy fog. North wind around 10 mph.
Today: Cloudy. Patchy fog through mid morning. High in the lower 40s. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph with gusts to around 25 mph.
Tonight: Mostly cloudy. Low in the lower 30s. Northwest wind near 10 mph.
Thanksgiving Day: Partly sunny. A 20 percent chance of light rain late in the afternoon. High in the mid 40s. South wind near 10 mph.
Thursday Night: Mostly cloudy. A 40 percent chance of light rain through midnight. Low around 30. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
Friday: Sunny. High in the upper 40s. West wind 5 to 10 mph.
Friday Night: Mostly clear. Low in the upper 20s.
Saturday: Sunny. High in the lower 50s.

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Girls Basketball Scores from Tue., 11/22/16

Sports

November 23rd, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Clarinda 69, Lenox 24

Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson 59, Glenwood 36

Denison-Schleswig 54, Atlantic 34

Earlham 49, Southeast Warren, Liberty Center 33

Lewis Central 76, Sioux City, North 41

Nodaway Valley 64, West Central Valley, Stuart 49

Panorama, Panora 69, Bondurant Farrar 30

Red Oak 62, A-H-S-T-W, Avoca 53

Shenandoah 73, Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 53

Stanton 50, Bedford 31

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Women’s (IA) College Basketball Scores from 11/22/16

Sports

November 23rd, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Iowa St. 74, Savannah St. 51

William Penn 78, Grand View 66

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Iowa early News Headlines: Wed., Nov. 23rd 2016

News

November 23rd, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:40 a.m. CST

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Drake University’s top athletic trainer says he was abruptly fired after 31 years when a medical condition forced him to urinate in a training room. Scott Kerr filed a complaint against Drake with the Iowa Civil Rights Commission, alleging disability and age discrimination. He said Tuesday that Drake refused to accommodate his medical condition after the Aug. 29 incident. His lawyers say he deserves and apology and to get his job back.

BURLINGTON, Iowa (AP) — The family of a woman who was shot and killed by a Burlington police officer has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the city. The lawsuit was filed last week in U.S. District Court in Davenport. It contends that officer Jesse Hill’s actions on Jan. 6, 2015, were reckless in causing the death of 34-year-old Autumn Steele. Authorities say Hill was responding to a fight between Steele and her husband when he tried to shoot their dog as it attacked him. He shot Steele instead.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Police say a man has died and an infant has been seriously injured in a crash that involved three vehicles in downtown Des Moines. Police say the crash happened late Tuesday morning, when a speeding car rear-ended a pickup, then hit a delivery truck before crashing into a nearby parking lot. Police say the car’s driver, 46-year-old Soe Reh, of Des Moines, died of his injuries.

STACYVILLE, Iowa (AP) — A judge has ordered a northern Iowa man to pay $100,000 for illegally operating a waste tire collection site and repeatedly dumping tires onto his property and a nearby creek. The Mason City Globe Gazette reports that 60-year-old Gary Eggers, of Stacyville, was ordered to pay the penalty after he failed to respond to a state environmental lawsuit filed in September. The newspaper says the $100,000 penalty is on top of a previously unpaid $10,000 penalty.

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Athletic trainer says Drake fired him over medical condition

Sports

November 23rd, 2016 by Ric Hanson

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Drake University’s head athletic trainer says he was abruptly fired after 31 years when a medical condition forced him to urinate in a training room. Scott Kerr filed a complaint Tuesday against Drake with the Iowa Civil Rights Commission, alleging disability and age discrimination.

Kerr said that he developed a medical condition that gave him sudden urges to urinate. He said that as he was working Aug. 29, he urinated in a tank that he was cleaning out. He believed he was alone and thoroughly cleaned the tank afterward.

But someone else saw what happened. Kerr says he reported it to administrators days later. Kerr said he was diagnosed with an enlarged prostate, and hoped Drake would accommodate his condition. But he was fired by athletic director Sandy Hatfield Clubb.

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OPAL M. PALMER, 101, of Oakland (Svcs. 11/25/16)

Obituaries

November 23rd, 2016 by Ric Hanson

OPAL M. PALMER, 101, of Oakland, died Mon., Nov. 21st, at the Oakland Manor Nursing Home. Funeral services for OPAL PALMER will be held on Friday, November 25, 2016 at 1:00 PM at the Oakland Christian Church, in Oakland. Rieken Vieth Funeral Home in Oakland has the arrangements.

Visitation will be held at the Oakland Christian Church, one hour prior to the funeral.

Interment will be in the Oaklawn Cemetery at Oakland.

OPAL PALMER is survived by:

Her two sons – Charles Palmer, of Keokuk, and Dwayne Palmer, of Lake Havasu City, AZ.

5 grandchildren; 4 step grandchildren; 14 great grandchildren; 8 step great grandchildren; and 9 great great grandchildren. She is also survived by many other relatives and friends.

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