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APNewsBreak: Iowa looks to Minnesota for medical marijuana

News

April 22nd, 2016 by Ric Hanson

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – Officials in Iowa and Minnesota are exploring a system to allow Iowa residents to buy medical marijuana from their northern neighbor, lawmakers from both states have told The Associated Press.  Iowa’s Legislature has struggled this year to expand a 2014 law that legalized marijuana oils for patients suffering seizures but left them nowhere to buy it. Iowa House Speaker Linda Upmeyer said Friday an agreement with Minnesota is one option they’re now considering.

Minnesota’s program launched last summer. The novel setup could bring more patients to the two companies in Minnesota that are struggling with low enrollment. But it would also raise some federal concerns. And it could pit Iowa residents with long drives to the closest dispensary in Rochester, Minnesota – three hours northeast of Des Moines.

CCHS “Healthy U” series focuses on Occupational/Speech Therapies

News

April 22nd, 2016 by Ric Hanson

The Cass County Health System continues its “Healthy U” series of programs this month, with an educational session April 28th on “Aging Well: The Role of Occupational and Speech Therapies.” The session takes place at Noon April 28th, in CCHS Conference Room 2.

In celebration of both National Occupational Therapy Month (April) and Better Speech and Hearing Month (May), CCHS occupational and speech therapists are teaming up to talk about both professions and their roles in aging. Ashley Williams, MS, OTR/L, CLT and Heather Buhr, MS, CCC-SLP will present during the session.

Heather Buhr (on the left),  & Ashley Williams.

Heather Buhr (on the left), & Ashley Williams.

Healthy U is a free educational series offered by Cass County Health System that focuses on a different health topic each month. All registered attendees receive a healthy boxed meal in addition to the educational program presented by medical professionals.

For more information, or to make a reservation for Healthy U, call 712-243-7479.

CCHS CEO pleads not guilty to forgery charge

News

April 22nd, 2016 by Ric Hanson

An attorney representing Cass County Health System CEO Todd Hudspeth, Thursday, filed a plea of not guilty for Hudspeth, in connection with an alleged felony forgery incident. The Attorney from the F. Montgomery Brown law firm also waived a preliminary hearing in the case.

CCHS CEO Todd Hudspeth

CCHS CEO Todd Hudspeth

Online court record show Storm Lake Police arrested Hudspeth last week on a charge of Forgery, after he allegedly presented a $10,000 check with a forged signature at Storm Lake MetaBank. Hudspeth has said the check was deposited into a checking account to pay for his son’s college expenses.

In a statement released last week by Hudspeth, he acknowledged he had made a poor decision in endorsing a disbursement check that included his name, and that of his ex-wife. Hudspeth admitted that he took “A foolish shortcut to expedite” the process of transferring funds for his son’s expenses.

IA AG Sec: Reminder of June 1st deadline for Century & Heritage Farm program

Ag/Outdoor, News

April 22nd, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey is reminding eligible farm owners that the deadline to apply for the 2016 Century and Heritage Farm Program is June 1st, 2016.  The program recognizes families that have owned their farm for 100 years in the case of Century Farms and 150 years for Heritage Farms. Northey said  “This program is a great way to highlight the deep history and strong heritage of agriculture in our state.”

Farm families with a century or heritage farm must submit an application to the Department no later than June 1, 2016 to qualify for recognition at the Iowa State Fair this year. IA Dept of Ag-Land Stewardship

Applications are available on the Department’s website at www.IowaAgriculture.gov by clicking on the Century Farm or Heritage Farm link under “Hot Topics.”

Applications may also be requested from Becky Lorenz, Coordinator of the Century and Heritage Farm Program via phone at 515-281-3645, email at Becky.Lorenz@IowaAgriculture.gov or by writing to Century or Heritage Farms Program, Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship, Henry A. Wallace Building, 502 E. 9th St., Des Moines, IA 50319.

The program is sponsored by the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship and the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation.  The ceremony to recognize the 2016 Century and Heritage Farms is scheduled to be held at the Iowa State Fair on Thursday, August 18th in the Pioneer Livestock Pavilion.

This is the 40th anniversary of the Century Farm program, which was started in 1976 as part of the Nation’s Bicentennial Celebration.  To date more than 18,600 farms from across the state have received this recognition.  The Heritage Farm program was started in 2006, on the 30th anniversary of the Century Farm program, and 837 farms have been recognized.  Last year 366 Century Farms and 101 Heritage Farms were recognized.

FRIDAY, APRIL 22nd

Trading Post

April 22nd, 2016 by Jim Field

WANTED:  a shower bench.  Call 243-2480.

FOR SALE: 2000 Plymouth Grand Voyager Van.  Runs good and is handicapped equipped (wheelchair lift on the back).  Showing a little rust.  Best Offer. Call Barb at 712-243-2642.

Shots fired in Avoca Thursday night

News

April 22nd, 2016 by Ric Hanson

A man from Mills County was arrested Thursday night following two separate shooting incidents in Avoca. The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office says deputies were called to the Cobblestone Inn and Suites at 7013 N. Chestnut St., in Avoca, at the 10:20-p.m., where shots were reportedly fired. Upon arrival, it was determined that a male subject later identified as 29-year old Brandon S. Feller, of Hastings, had discharged a firearm in the lobby of the business.

Brandon Feller

Brandon Feller

About 20-minutes later, deputies were dispatched to 1019 North Chestnut Street, in the City of Avoca for an armed subject at the Casey’s General Store.  The reporting party advised that shots had been fired outside of the business.

Upon arrival, deputies took Feller into custody.  He faces charges that include Robbery 1st Degree, Carrying Concealed Weapon, Going Armed with Intent, Assault while Displaying a Weapon, Reckless Use of a Firearm, and Operating a Motor Vehicle while Intoxicated.

The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office was assisted by the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office and the Iowa State Patrol.

Backyard & Beyond 4-22-2016

Backyard and Beyond, Podcasts

April 22nd, 2016 by Jim Field

LaVon Eblen visits with local girl scouts.

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High School Track Scoreboard Thursday 4/21/2016

Sports

April 22nd, 2016 by admin

Carroll Tiger/Knight Co-Ed Relays

GIRLS

  1. Boone 121
  2. Denison-Schleswig 102
  3. Dallas Center-Grimes 88
  4. Creston 85
  5. Harlan 64
  6. Atlantic 53
  7. Carroll 51
  8. Kuemper Catholic 20

Denison-Schleswig was led by Ellie Mendlik with wins in the 400m, 800m, and 15000m.

Atlantic had a win in the Distance Medley and Taylor Hansen won the 200m as well for the Trojans

Full results here.

BOYS

  1. Carroll 108
  2. Atlantic 90
  3. Boone 86
  4. Harlan 86
  5. Kuemper Catholic 42
  6. Denison-Schleswig 36
  7. Greene County 30
  8. CB Abraham Lincoln 17

Atlantic had three individual winners. Gratt Reed won the 110 High Hurdles and improved his best time of the year to move into the top four in the state.  Brendan Holmes also had a season best time in winning the 400m Hurdles.  Jaxson Eden won the 1600m.

Full results here.

Griswold Boys Tiger Relays

Class A

  1. Audubon 147
  2. Griswold 126
  3. Fremont-Mills 113
  4. Riverside 74
  5. Bedford 62
  6. Adair-Casey 28

Mitchell Nelsen led the way for Audubon with wins in the 110m Hurdles and 400m Hurdles. The Wheelers also won the 4x100m Relay, 4x200m Relay, 4x800m Relay, and Shuttle Hurdle Relay.

Griswold got a big night from David Thompson who won the 800m, 1600m, and 3200m Runs.  AJ Hartman won the 100m and Jadon

Class AA

  1. Shenandoah 133.5
  2. Clarinda 102
  3. St. Albert 101
  4. Logan-Magnolia 98
  5. Treynor 70
  6. Southwest Valley 37.5
  7. Tri-Center 16

Shenandoah had 4 individual winners and won two relays on their way to the title.  Jake Cerven won the 100m, Logan Roberts won the 200m, Jordan Miller won the 800m, and Austin Fichter won the Discus.  The Mustangs won the 4x100m Relay and 4x200m Relay.

Full results here.

AL/TJ Girls Invitational

  1. Glenwood 158
  2. CB Abraham Lincoln 120
  3. CB Thomas Jefferson 102
  4. Lewis Central 59.5
  5. St. Albert 41
  6. Logan-Magnolia 40
  7. Sidney 34
  8. Fremont-Mills 25.5

Glenwood was led by another round of wins from Linnea Konfrst in the Discus and Shot Put.  The Rams also won the 4x200m, 4x800m, Shuttle Hurdle Relay, and Sprint Medley.

Merzedes Hart won the 100m and 200m for AL.  The Lynx also won the 4x400m Relay and Distance Medley. Darby Thomas won the Long Jump and the 400m, and Claire Jones took the 1500m.

Kylan Straight of Logan-Magnolia won the 100m Hurdles and Kye Madsen of Lewis Central won the 3000m.  Mackenzie Daffer of Sidney won the 400m Hurdles.

Full results here.

Southwest Valley Girls Invitational

  1. Shenandoah 119
  2. Bedford 81
  3. Nodaway Valley 77
  4. Southwest Valley 76
  5. Griswold 61
  6. Clarinda 59
  7. East Mills 27
  8. I-35 24
  9. Stanton 22
  10. Lenox 19
  11. Red Oak 16

Nodaway Valley picked up wins from Kenna Lundy in the 200m, Destiny Scar in the 1500m and 3000m. The Wolverines won the 4x400m Relay as well.

Juhi Boeye of Red Oak won the 400m.

Griswold won the Shuttle Hurdle Relay and Distance Medley.

Southwest Valley got wins from Elizabeth Herzberg in the 400m Hurdles and Danica Sunderman in the Discus.

Full results here.

Sidney Cowboy Invitational

  1. Nishnabotna 104
  2. East Mills 102
  3. Sidney 86
  4. Stanton 77
  5. Glenwood JV 72

Nishnabotna won 5 events on their way to the win.

Dalton Fischer of AHSTW won the 3200m.

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West Central Valley Co-Ed Wildcat Relays

GIRLS

  1. West Central Valley 151
  2. Guthrie Center 103
  3. CAM 71
  4. Ogden 58
  5. Glidden-Ralston 54
  6. Woodward-Granger 54
  7. Paton-Churdan 41
  8. Underwood 27
  9. Diagonal 16

West Central Valley picked up wins in the 100m-Savanna Fuller, 100m Hurdles-Kristin Culp, 400m Hurdles-Kristin Culp, High Jump-Caroline Doud, and Shot Put-Lilly Smithson.

Guthrie Center got wins from Savanna Fuller in the 100m and Long Jump. The Tigers also won the 4x200m Relay.

CAM picked up relay wins in the Shuttle Hurdles and 4x400m.

Full results here.

BOYS

  1. Underwood 141
  2. West Central Valley 93
  3. Ogden 85
  4. Guthrie Center 79
  5. Woodward-Granger 66
  6. Glidden-Ralston 53
  7. CAM 32
  8. Paton-Churdan 9

Underwood had wins from Gavin Crawford in the 400m, Nick Pedersen in the 110 Hurdles and 400m Hurdles, and Hunter Goehring in the Long Jump.  The Eagles also won the 4x400m and 4x800m Relays.

CAM won the Distance Medley.

Full results here.

OA-BCIG Co-Ed Invitational

GIRLS

  1. KP-WC 154
  2. OA-BCIG 130
  3. Ridge View 75.5
  4. IKM-Manning 75.5
  5. Boyer Valley 60
  6. Maple Valley Anthon-Oto 60
  7. Ar-We-Va 20
  8. Siouxland Christian 20

IKM-Manning won the Distance Medley.

Full results here.

BOYS

  1. OA-BCIG 133
  2. Ridge View 126
  3. IKM-Manning 98
  4. Boyer Valley 95
  5. Maple Valley Anthon-Oto 56
  6. Siouxland Christian 25
  7. Ar-We-Va 25

IKM-Manning picked up a win from Ridge Muhlbauer in the 200m and Austin Dahlgren in the 400m.  The Wolves also took the 4x200m and 4x800m Relays.

Full results here.

Martensdale St Marys Boys Invitational

  1. Woodward Academy 155
  2. Bondurant-Farrar 85
  3. Gilbert 78
  4. Mount Ayr 51
  5. Nodaway Valley 44
  6. Lenox 38
  7. Southeast Warren 38
  8. Pleasantville 28
  9. Colfax-Mingo 28
  10. I-35 20
  11. Martensdale St Marys 12

Nodaway Valley got a win from Jared Corder in the 1600m and the Wolverines won the 4x800m Relay.

Full results here.

DANIEL “Boomer” TWOMBLY, 64, of Greenfield (Svcs. 4/26/16)

Obituaries

April 22nd, 2016 by Ric Hanson

DANIEL “Boomer” TWOMBLY, 64, of Greenfield, died Friday, April 22nd, at the Adair County Memorial Hospital in Greenfield.  A Prayer service for DANIEL TWOMBLY will be held 10:30-a.m. Tuesday, April 26th, at the Steen Funeral Home in Greenfield.
There will be no visitation. Online condolences may be left to the family at www.steenfunerals.com.
Memorials may be directed to the Boomer Twombly Memorial Fund to be established by the family at a later date.
DANIEL “Boomer” TWOMBLY is survived by:
His mother – Dorothy Twombly, of Greenfield.
Other relatives, and friends.

(Podcast) KJAN 8-a.m. News, 4/22/2016

News, Podcasts

April 22nd, 2016 by Ric Hanson

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

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