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Grassley to Hold Three Town Meetings in Southwest, South Central Iowa

News

April 27th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Iowa Republican Senator Chuck Grassley will hold three town meetings in southwest and south central Iowa on May 5th and May 6th as part of his annual 99-county meetings.  On May 5th and 6th, Grassley will be in Bedford, Mount Ayr and Leon. 

His schedule is as follows:

Thursday, May 5

Taylor County: 3:45-4:45 p.m. – Taylor County Farm Bureau Meeting Room, in Bedford (607 Pollock Boulevard).

Friday, May 6

Ringgold County : 8:00-9:00 a.m. – Ringgold County Courthouse (109 West Madison Street), in Mt. Ayr.

Decatur County : 10:00-11:00 a.m. – Leon Community Center (203 NE 2nd Street), in Leon.

Grassley says he will continue his long-standing practice of holding constituent meetings in every one of Iowa’s 99 counties.  Iowa’s senior Senator has held a meeting in every county, every year since he was first elected to serve in the U.S. Senate.  His question-and-answer sessions are open topic and cover whatever subjects those attending choose to raise.

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JASON SMITH, 43, formerly of Greenfield (Svcs. 4/30/16)

Obituaries

April 27th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

JASON SMITH, 43, of Smithville, Missouri (& formerly of Greenfield), died Tuesday, April 26th, in Greenfield, Iowa.  Funeral services for JASON SMITH will be held 2-p.m. Sat., April 30th, at the Greenfield United Methodist Church. Steen Funeral Home in Greenfield has the arrangements.

An open visitation will be held at the Greenfield United Methodist Church from 2-until 8-pm on Friday, April 29th, with the family greeting friends from 6-until 8-p.m. Online condolences may be left to the family at www.steenfunerals.com.

Memorials may be directed to the Jason Smith Memorial Fund to be established by the family.

Burial will be in the Greenfield Cemetery.

JASON SMITH is survived by:

His wife – Jennifer Smith, and daughter, Kayla Smith, both of Smithville, MO.

His father – Ron Smith, of Greenfield.

His sister – Sarah Burke and her daughters Addison & Taylor, of Chanlder, AZ.

His grandfather – Kenneth Gebbie, of Dexter.

His in-laws, other relatives and friends.

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JAMES MEISENHEIMER, 76, of Greenfield (Svcs. 4/30/16)

Obituaries

April 27th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

JAMES MEISENHEIMER, 76, of Greenfield, died Tuesday, April 26th, at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines.  A Mass of Christian Burial for JAMES MEISENHEIMER will be held 10:30-a.m. Sat., April 30th, at St. John’s Catholic Church in Greenfield. Steen Funeral Home in Greenfield has the arrangements.
A luncheon will immediately follow the funeral Mass.
An open visitation will be held at St. Johns Catholic Church in Greenfield, on Friday, April 29th, from 2-until 8-p.m., with the family visitation from 6-until 8-p.m. Online condolences may be left to the family at www.steenfunerals.com.
A Private family burial will be held in the Greenfield Cemetery.
Memorials may be directed to the James Meisenheimer memorial fund to be established by the family.
JAMES MEISENHEIMER is survived by:
His wife  – Shirley.
His sons – Nick and wife Janet, & Jerry (Brenda), all of Greenfield.
His daughters – Tamera of Scottsdale, AZ., and Pam Jensen and husband Kenny, of Greenfield.
His sisters – Margaret Marckmann and husband Delmar, and Lucille Newbury all of Greenfield.
10 grandchildren, 2 great-grandchildren, his in-laws, other relatives and friends.

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Opening of the I-29 off-ramp (exit 147B) scheduled for April 29

News

April 27th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

The Iowa Department of Transportation’s Sioux City construction office reports the opening of the Interstate 29 off-ramp (exit 147B) to the new southbound frontage road, is scheduled for 5 p.m. Friday, April 29th, weather permitting. Motorists will now be able to access Nebraska Street and Floyd Boulevard using the new southbound frontage road.

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High School Soccer Scoreboard Tuesday 04/26/2016

Sports

April 27th, 2016 by admin

GIRLS

St. Albert, Council Bluffs 11, Atlantic 1
Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson 2, Glenwood 1
Denison-Schleswig 2, Carroll 0
Lewis Central 11, Creston 0
Tri-Center 2, Nodaway Valley/AC/WCV 1
Winterset 5, Des Moines, Abraham Lincoln 0

BOYS

Carroll 4, Nodaway Valley 3
Denison-Schleswig 9, Missouri Valley 1
Des Moines Christian 4, West Central Valley, Stuart 0
Glenwood 3, Tri-Center, Neola 1
Harlan 4, Riverside, Oakland 0
Lewis Central 2, Creston 0
St. Albert, Council Bluffs 2, Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 1

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High School Tennis Scoreboard Tuesday 04/26/2016

Sports

April 27th, 2016 by admin

GIRLS

Atlantic 8, Audubon 1 AtlanticGirlsTennisvAudubon04262016
Creston 9, Indianola 0
Shenandoah 5, Glenwood 1

BOYS

Audubon 5, Atlantic JV 4
Glenwood 9, Shenandoah 0
Harlan 6, Kuemper Catholic 3
Red Oak 8, Clarinda 1

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High School Golf Scoreboard Tuesday 04/26/2016

Sports

April 27th, 2016 by admin

GIRLS

Audubon 229, Missouri Valley No team score (Medalist: Jorja Weitl, Audubon 52)
Clarinda 206, Red Oak No team score (Medalist: Grace Davidson, Clarinda 45)
Creston 186, Chariton 209 (Medalist: Madison Hance, Creston 44)
Kuemper Catholic 193, Harlan 194 (Medalist: Paige Powers, Harlan 45)
Lenox 247, CAM 264, Adair-Casey No team score, Riverside No team score (Medalist: Alyssa Brink, Riverside 53. Runner-Up: Haley Bals, Lenox 57) CAMACLenoxRiverside04262016
Nishnabotna 226, East Mills 248, Southwest Iowa 259, Heartland Christian No team score (Medalist: Jolean McClane, Southwest Iowa 48)

BOYS

CAM 185, Adair-Casey 256, Riverside No team score, Lenox No team score (Medalist: Tyler Krueger, Riverside 39. Runner-Up: Collin Giegerich, CAM 42) CAMACLenoxRiverside04262016
Clarinda 170, Red Oak 196 (Medalist: Carlton Rahn, Clarinda 36)
Creston finished 3rd at the North-South Classic at Centerville. Lead Golfer: Kyle Somers, 77.
Glenwood 153, Shenandoah 164 (Medalist: Kobe Rhodes, Glenwood 32)
Kuemper Catholic 159, Boone 164, Carlisle 190 (Medalist: Mitchell Ludwig, Kuemper Catholic 36)
Nishnabotna 182, Heartland Christian 199, East Mills 199, Southwest Iowa 214 (Medalist: Jared Williamson, Nishnabotna 39)
Treynor 172, St. Albert 192 (Medalist: Nathan Hill, Treynor 39)

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(Podcast) KJAN 8-a.m. News, 4/27/2016

News, Podcasts

April 27th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

More area and State news from KJAN News Director Ric Hanson.

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High School Track Scoreboard Tuesday 04/27/2016

Sports

April 27th, 2016 by admin

Audubon Co-Ed Wheeler Relays

GIRLS

  1. Panorama 108
  2. Guthrie Center 64
  3. IKM-Manning 50
  4. Missouri Valley 44
  5. Audubon 43
  6. Coon Rapids-Bayard 39
  7. Griswold 38
  8. Underwood 32
  9. CAM 28
  10. Exira-EHK 13
  11. Adair-Casey 3

Panorama won 4 individual events and the Shuttle Hurdle Relay on their way to the title. Guthrie Center had wins from Savana Fuller in the 100m and 200m.  Shyanne Sporrer of IKM-Manning won the 800m and Payton Sporrer won the 3000m.  Sarah Heck of Coon Rapids-Bayard won the Long Jump.

Griswold won the 4x800m Relay and Underwood won the Distance Medley.

Full results here.

BOYS

  1. Underwood 86
  2. Audubon 77
  3. Treynor 74
  4. Griswold 47
  5. Panorama 45
  6. Guthrie Center 31
  7. IKM-Manning 30
  8. Exira-EHK 21
  9. Coon Rapids-Bayard 20
  10. Tri-Center 17
  11. CAM 11

Underwood picked up their lone win from Gavin Crawford in the 200m but finished well in many other events in order to take the team title.

Audubon won the Shuttle Hurdle Relay and had Mitchell Nelsen win the 110m Hurdles.

Jadon Jahnke of Griswold won the High Jump and the Long Jump.  Exira-EHK’s Martin Olsen won the Shot Put.

Full results here.

Fremont-Mills Co-Ed Invitational

GIRLS

  1. Sidney 139
  2. Clarinda 78
  3. Fremont-Mills 75
  4. Glenwood JV 67
  5. Stanton 52
  6. East Mills 24
  7. Clarinda Academy 8
  8. South Page 8
  9. Nishnabotna 6

Lexy Larsen of Sidney won the 100m and 200m.  Mackenzie Daffer won the 400m and 400m Hurdles for the Cowgirls, Hannah Apperson won the 800m, Jaden Daffer won the 100m Hurdles, and Maryn Phillips won the Shot Put.

Full results here.

BOYS

  1. Fremont-Mills 112
  2. AHSTW 82
  3. Stanton 78
  4. Sidney 61
  5. East Mills 51
  6. Glenwood JV 38

Fremont-Mills won three events on their way to the team title.

Gage Clay of AHSTW won the 100m and 200m. Dalton Fischer won the 3200m Run for the Vikings.

Full results here.

Mt. Ayr Boys Raider Relays

Class A

  1. Clarinda 59
  2. Earlham 58
  3. Southwest Valley 41
  4. Mount Ayr 40
  5. Pleasantville 28

Class B

  1. Nodaway Valley 69
  2. Wayne 48
  3. Lenox 46
  4. Murray 30
  5. Lamoni 23

Nodaway Valley got wins from Jared Corder in the 400m and the Wolverines won the 4x800m Relay.

Full results MtAyrBoysRaiderRelays04262016

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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27th

Trading Post

April 27th, 2016 by Jim Field

WANTED:  A sway bar for a bumper hitch camper. Call 712-268-2713 or leave a message if no answer.  FOUND!

FOR SALE:  4  self-watering window boxes.   They are white in color and made of sturdy frost resistant  plastic.  Dimensions:  36″ long, 9″deep, 8″ high.  Mounting  brackets are metal.  They were purchased from Garden Supply.  Would like $20.00 each.  Can be viewed at 1503 Hazel, Atlantic, Iowa.  We will be painting the house soon and taking them down.  Phone # 712-243-3048.

FOR SALE:  A horse-drawn buggy.  Approximately 100 years old, in good shape.  Also a one horse harness.  Call Roger Nelson at 712-243-1822.

FREE:  We have a 10 year old Pride Jet 3 Ultra electric wheel chair to give away to someone who needs one.  We replaced the batteries 4 years ago when we got it.  It has maintained a charge and is charged up and ready to go.  Took it for a ride the other day and had no problem.  Does not have a head rest.  Comes with charging cord.  As is.  Is in pretty nice shape for an older model.  If you need one, we need to get it out of the way.  Unable to deliver so you would have to pick up.  If interested please call 712-243-6905.  If no answer please leave a message.  CLAIMED!

wheelchair

FOR SALE: Brand new 20″ boys black bike, brand is Micargi Jetta “Beach Cruiser” bike, $100 obo; Cozzia massage chair, product id #EC-618B, have owners manual, $3,000. 712-485-9071 Neola.

FOR SALE: Back brace and two knee braces in good condition, all for $50.  Also farm fresh eggs for sale for $2/dozen. Call 712-249-4005.

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