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Iowa bill aimed at Stanford band strikes wrong chord

News, Sports

February 5th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – A bill that sought to punish Stanford University for its band’s Rose Bowl halftime show mocking Iowa has been all but buried in the Iowa Senate. Majority Leader Michael Gronstal told reporters Thursday that he wouldn’t schedule the measure for floor debate.

Stanford’s band is known for irreverent shows. It poked fun at Iowa in Pasadena on New Year’s Day, employing among other things a dancing cow and a frowning farmer formation. The Cardinal beat the Hawkeyes 45-16 in the game.

The bill by Ottumwa Sen. Mark Chelgren would ban collaboration between Iowa’s state universities and Stanford until Stanford officials apologize for the band’s behavior. The Des Moines Register reports that Gronstal told reporters “it would probably be good if senators from southern Iowa had a sense of humor.”

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Postseason begins Saturday for wrestling and boys swimming

Sports

February 5th, 2016 by admin

The postseason is upon us for the winter sports season. Wrestlers in Classes 1A and 2A will be competing in Sectional meets around the state on Saturday.  Boys swimming teams will also be in action Saturday with District meets that will determine state qualifiers.

Wrestling sectional assignments can be found here:

Class 2A Sites & Assignments

Class 1A Sites & Assignments

The 1st and 2nd place winners in each weight class will advance to district meets on Saturday, February 13th. The Atlantic/CAM wrestlers will be competing in Winterset in Class 2A, Sectional 4 along with Central Decatur, Clarke, Creston O-M, Van Meter, and Winterset. Atlantic will be the host site for the district 2.  The other sectional competing to get to Atlantic is Sectional 3 in Glenwood that features Bedford/Lenox, Clarinda, Glenwood, Harlan, Red Oak, and Shenandoah.

Boys swimming teams will be competing Saturday at 6 district meets around the states.  Time will be compiled electronically in Des Moines from all of the meet sites and the top 24 times will qualify for the state meet on Saturday, February 13th.

The Atlantic Boys Swimming team will be competing in Indianola at 12:30pm.  Included in the district at Indianola are: Atlantic, Des Moines Lincoln, Des Moine Roosevelt, Dowling Catholic, Indianola, Lewis Central, Oskaloosa, and Southeast Polk.

Listen in to our Saturday Morning Coaches Show at 8:30am to hear a preview from Atlantic Head Wrestling Coach Tim Duff and Atlantic Head Swimming Coach Dean Junker.

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Central IA area farmers direct $30,000 in donations to local nonprofits

Ag/Outdoor

February 5th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Officials with Monsanto report 12 central Iowa area farmers have directed $30,000 to area nonprofit organizations through America’s Farmers Grow Communities, sponsored by the Monsanto Fund. The winning farmers and organizations participated in a presentation at the Iowa Power Farming Show on Feb. 4th. Each farmer directed a $2,500 Grow Communities donation to a nonprofit organization of their choice.

AFGC logoThe winners include:

  • Roger Clayburg of Carroll County, who directed his donation to Coon Rapids – Bayard Education Corporation.
  • Thelma O’Brien of Guthrie County, who directed her donation to Cottage Pantry Charitable Services.
  • Jeff Tussey of Union County, who directed his donation to East Union Middle-High School.

The farmer-directed donations will help local organizations fund a variety of projects. America’s Farmers Grow Communities has collaborated with farmers in Iowa to donate over $1.9 million to local community organizations since 2010. Donations have been used to help fight rural hunger, purchase life-saving fire and EMS equipment, support ag youth programs, purchase education classroom resources and more.

Visit www.AmericasFarmers.com to learn more. And, from now through April 1st, farmers in eligible counties can nominate their local school district to compete for an America’s Farmers Grow Rural Education grant ranging from $10,000 to as much as $25,000. This year, the program will be awarding $2.3 million for math and science curriculum enhancement. Learn more about it at www.GrowRuralEducation.com.

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Wrestling Dual Team rankings from The Predicament

Sports

February 5th, 2016 by admin

The Predicament released their third dual team rankings of the season on Thursday.  Regional Dual Team Meets begin with Class 1A and 2A on Tuesday, February 9th and Wednesday, February 10th for Class 3A.

The Predicament’s Dual Team Rankings No. 3
Class 3A
1 Southeast Polk
2 Valley, WDM
3 Fort Dodge
4 Dubuque Hempstead
5 Prairie, Cedar Rapids
6 Johnston
7 Cedar Rapids Jefferson
8 Epworth,Western Dubuque
9 Cedar Rapids Kennedy
10 Waverly-Shell Rock

Class 2A
1 New Hampton
2 Creston O/M
3 Assumption, Davenport
4 Clarion-Goldfield-Dows
5 Sgt Bluff-Luton
6 Albia
7 Mediapolis
8 Independence
9 Washington
10 Webster City

Class 1A
1 Don Bosco, Gilbertville
2 Lisbon
3 Alburnett
4 Logan Magnolia
5 Sumner-Fredricksburg
6 Dike-New Hartford
7 Sibley-Ocheyedan
8 Westwood-Sloan
9 Lake Mills
10 Sigourney-Keota

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Final Class 1A/2A Wrestling rankings from The Predicament

Sports

February 5th, 2016 by admin

The Predicament released their Class 1A and 2A State team rankings and individual rankings late Thursday.

CLASS 1A

1 Alburnett (6)
2 Lisbon (6)
3 Sibley-Ocheyedan (5)
4 Highland Riverside (2)
5 Wapsie Valley (4)
6 Underwood (3)
7 Don Bosco (5)
8 Wilton (3)
9 West Marshall (4)
10 SE Warren (3)

The Predicament’s Class 1A Final Individual Rankings
106
1 Will Portis (Jr.) Rockford
2 Gable Fox (So.) Don Bosco
3 Donny Schmit (So.) Wapsie Valley
4 Jaymus Wilson (Fr.) Alburnett
5 Samuel Loyd (So.) New London
6 Marshall Rasmussen (Sr.) Underwood
7 Kurtis Krager (So.) BCIG-OA
8 Koby Hanson (So.) Manson NW Webster
9 Hunter Phantz (So.) West Marshall
10 Jacob Sigler (Jr.) Dike-New Hartford
113
1 Brock Henderson (Jr.) North Linn
2 Joshua Tibbits (Fr.) Martensdale-St Marys
3 Jeremiah Colon (Sr.) Newman Catholic
4 Blake Bauer (Jr.) SE Warren
5 Tatem Bluml (Jr.) Oakland Riverside
6 Kody Kleve (Sr.) Starmont
7 Remington Meeker (Jr.) Logan Magnolia
8 Dylan Loomer (Jr.) Jesup
9 Logan Lutgen (So.) Don Bosco
10 Javis Krieger (So.) New London
120
1 Bryce West (Jr.) Highland Riverside
2 Brady Kyner (Jr.) SE Warren
3 Chance Throndson (So.) Riceville
4 Cooper Siebrecht (So.) Lisbon
5 Kody Berg (Jr.) Westwood Sloan
6 Ben Moyer (Jr.) Alburnett
7 Cole Allison (Jr.) Ft Dodge St Edmond
8 Kaleb Krall (Fr.) Wapsie Valley
9 Skylar Richter (Sr.) Hinton
10 Dakota Henry (So.) Belle Plaine
126
1 Alex Thomsen (So.) Underwood
2 Drew West (Jr.) Highland Riverside
3 Wally Zernich (Jr.) Lisbon
4 Colin Schrader (So.) Wapsie Valley
5 Kody Kugel (Sr.) Dike-New Hartford
6 Jake Wulf (Sr.) BCIG-OA
7 Tanner Lundgren (Jr.) Emmetsburg
8 Zach Andrews (Sr.) Belmond Klemme
9 Jeremy Schmitz (Jr.) Don Bosco
10 Ben Freese (Sr.) Nodaway Valley
132
1 Cole Needham (Sr.) West Marshall
2 Briar Cochran (Sr.) Moravia
3 Drake Halblom (Sr.) Alburnett
4 Jacob Hansen (Jr.) West Fork
5 Kolton Roth (So.) Graettinger-Terril
6 Chase McLaughlin (Jr.) Lisbon
7 Austin Leopard (Jr.) Louisa Muscatine
8 Nick Mangrich (Sr.) Don Bosco
9 Kyle Decker (Jr.) East Buchanan
10 Kory VanOrt (Fr.) West Sioux
138
1 Nick Williams (Sr.) Lisbon
2 Jacob Krakow (Jr.) Iowa Valley
3 Skylar Solko (Jr.) Alta-Aurelia
4 Bryce Ackerman (Sr.) Wapsie Valley
5 Payton Sitzmann (Sr.) Ft Dodge St Edmond
6 Austin Pontier (Sr.) I35, Truro
7 Tom Jennings (Sr.) Underwood
8 Logan Schuereman (Jr.) Guthrie Center
9 Reno Chiri (Jr.) New London
10 Cooper White (Jr.) West Marshall
145
1 Carter Happel (Sr.) Lisbon
2 Trent Johnson (Jr.) Dike-New Hartford
3 Trey Brisker (So.) Wilton
4 Lane Boender (Sr.) Sigourney-Keota
5 Dylan Schuck (Jr.) Sibley Ocheyedan
6 Zach Sommerfelt (Sr.) Clarksville
7 Dylan Mueller (Sr.) Central Springs
8 Austin Malloy (Sr.) EHK-Exira
9 Jake Mulford (Sr.) Audubon
10 James Kime (Sr.) Sumner-Fredericksburg
152
1 Zach Axmear (Jr.) English Valleys
2 Conner Shulista (Sr.) Alburnett
3 Karsen Seehase (Jr.) Sumner-Fredericksburg
4 Josh Hopkins (Sr.) East Mills
5 Tanner Greenwald (Sr.) Wilton
6 Dalton Nelson (Jr.) North Butler
7 Chris Paulsen (Sr.) Don Bosco
8 Drew Anderson (Jr.) Westwood Sloan
9 Brady Wilson (Jr.) Logan Magnolia
10 Hunter Robinson (Sr.) Lisbon
160
1 Bryce Paul (Sr.) Alburnett
2 Taylan Entriken (Jr.) Hudson
3 Sal Arzani (Sr.) Truro, I35
4 Garrett Saylor (Jr.) Sibley Ocheyedan
5 Luke Peters (Jr.) South Hamilton
6 Jarel Arbegast (Jr.) West Fork
7 Dustin Engel (Sr.) AHSTW
8 Nathan Haynes (So.) Missouri Valley
9 TJ Dierking (So.) SE Warren
10 Rogan Pforts (Jr.) Wapello
170
1 Tanner Sloan (So.) Alburnett
2 Logan Schumacher (So.) Martensdale-St Marys
3 Noah Huber (Sr.) Hudson
4 Joey Schwenn (Jr.) Belle Plaine
5 Trent Kruger (Jr.) Sibley Ocheyedan
6 Timmy Barr (Sr.) AHSTW
7 Jared Johnson (Sr.) West Marshall
8 Riley Wohlers (Sr.) Logan-Magnolia
9 Zach Ryg (Fr.) Central Springs
10 Noah Bouse (Sr.) Okoboji
182
1 Daniel Bishop (Jr.) Hinton
2 Austin Lentz (Sr.) Ogden
3 Alec McDowell (Jr.) Maquoketa Valley
4 Bryce Oveson (Jr.) Wilton
5 Steven Gregory (Sr.) Treynor
6 Hunter Dejong (So.) Sibley Ocheyedan
7 Colton Massengale (Sr.) BGM Brooklyn
8 Hunter Hagen (So.) West Hancock
9 Jason Fisher (Sr.) Nashua Plainfield
10 Nathan Krueger (Sr.) Manson NW Webster
195
1 Landers Kuboushek (Sr.) South Winneshiek
2 Slade Sifuentes (Jr.) Lake Mills
3 Ty Riley (Jr.) South Central Calhoun
4 Nick Ross (Sr.) Ogden
5 Drake Johnsen (Jr.) Logan-Magnolia
6 Noah Boender (Jr.) Sigourney-Keota
7 Jordan Challis (Sr.) Tipton
8 Mike Ward (Sr.) East Union
9 Skylar Bonestroo (Jr.) Western Christian
10 Colton Francis (So.) West Hancock
220
1 Rylan Richardson (Sr.) South Central Calhoun
2 Colton Hansen (Sr.) Newman Catholic
3 Matt Naig (Jr.) Sibley Ocheyedan
4 Caleb Meinders (Jr.) AGWSR
5 Tom Reif (So.) Missouri Valley
6 Drew Finnegan (Sr.) West Branch
7 Nick Perkins (Sr.) East Mills
8 Dustin Brown (Sr.) West Lyon
9 Ryan Even (Sr.) Jesup
10 Anthony Emanuel (Sr.) South Winneshiek
285
1 Jared Brinkman (Jr.) Iowa City Regina
2 Luke Worden (Sr.) Belmond Klemme
3 Tim Butcher (Sr.) Manson NW Webster
4 Kyler Schott (Jr.) North Linn
5 Sawyer Hulshizer (Sr.) Saint Ansgar
6 Cole Jensen (Sr.) MVAO
7 Brian Sadler (So.) Jesup
8 Michael Young (Sr.) AGWSR
9 Anthony Ossman (Sr.) East Mills
10 Beau Kellenberger (Sr.) West Lyon

CLASS 2A

1 Albia (4)
2 Creston-OM (5)
3 New Hampton (7)
4 Webster City (4)
5 Clarion-Goldfield-Dows(4)
6 Glenwood (4)
7 Crestwood (5)
8 Davenport Assumption (6)
9 Charles City (5)
10 Clear Lake (3)

The Predicament’s Final Class 2A Individual Rankings
106
1 Aden Reeves (Fr.) Albia
2 Eric Faught (Fr.) Clear Lake
3 Shea Ruffridge (So.) Pocahontas Area
4 Matt Randone (Sr.) Davenport Assumption
5 Chase Luensman (Fr.) Monticello
6 Kaden Anderlik (Fr.) Crestwood
7 Dylan Robinson (Jr.) New Hampton
8 Kole Hansen (So.) Atlantic
9 Phillip Ihde (So.) Decorah
10 Grayson Kesterson (So.) Williamsburg
113
1 Drake Doolittle (Fr.) Webster City
2 Justin Portillo (Sr.) Clarion-Goldfield-Dows
3 Josh Keller (Sr.) Columbus Jct
4 Riley Wright (Fr.) Denver-Tripoli
5 Noah Fye (So.) New Hampton
6 Duncan McCain (Jr.) Mid Prairie
7 Carter Cox (Jr.) Atlantic
8 Gabe Ruepke (So.) Chariton
9 Caleb Fuessley (Fr.) Center Point Urbana
10 Brady Fritz (So.) South Tama
120
1 Josh Portillo (Sr.) Clarion-Goldfield-Dows
2 Connor Cleveland (Sr.) New Hampton
3 Michael Millage (So.) Crestwood
4 Rhyker Sims (So.) Sgt Bluff Luton
5 Jared Hensley (Jr.) Bedford-Lenox
6 Jacob Fenske (Sr.) Davenport Assumption
7 Dante Tacchia (Jr.) Iowa Falls
8 John Hellman (Sr.) Union
9 Nick Meling (Jr.) East Marshall
10 Chase McLaren (Fr.) Atlantic
126
1 Brock Rathbun (Sr.) Center Point Urbana
2 Brayden Curry (Jr.) Sgt Bluff Luton
3 Derek Holschlag (Jr.) Union
4 Ryan Steffen (So.) Crestwood
5 Nate Lasher (Jr.) Charles City
6 Nathan Thoms (Jr.) Camanche
7 Tanner Probasco (So.) South Tama
8 Tyler Shatek (Sr.) New Hampton
9 Tate Battani (So.) Ballard
10 Gisaveri Niyibizi (Sr.) Perry
132
1 Keaton Geerts (Jr.) New Hampton
2 Brice Everson (Sr.) Camanche
3 Shea Swafford (Sr.) Mediapolis
4 Chase Lienhard (Sr.) Crestwood
5 Austin Rozeboom (So.) BHRV
6 Austin Gutknecht (So.) Clarinda
7 Brennan Ryan (Sr.) Oelwein
8 Kade VanKirk (Sr.) Perry
9 Kyle Anderson (Jr.) Washington
10 Tony Garcia (Jr.) Mount Vernon
138
1 Ryan Leisure (Jr.) Clear Lake
2 Wyatt Thompson (Jr.) Creston-OM
3 Austin Staudt (Sr.) Charles City
4 Tanner Abbas (So.) Clarion-Goldfield-Dows
5 Kirk Mommsen (Sr.) Davenport Assumption
6 Brennan Swafford (So.) Mediapolis
7 Connor Ascherl (Jr.) MOC Floyd Valley
8 Carter Barkema (Sr.) Hampton-Dumont
9 Keegan Tenge (Jr.) New Hampton
10 Kyler Reick (Fr.) Spirit Lake Park
145
1 Bryce Leshen (Sr.) Albia
2 Max Forsyth (Sr.) Charles City
3 Nick Hyland (Sr.) Vinton-Shellsburg
4 Trae Pecinovsky (Jr.) Crestwood
5 Brady Brott (Sr.) Clarion-Goldfield-Dows
6 Mason Buster (Sr.) Mediapolis
7 Cole Fritz (Sr.) Solon
8 Pierce Gelhaus (Sr.) Forest City
9 John Tuttle (Jr.) Spirit Lake Park
10 Patrick Schwartzhoff (Sr.) Davenport Assumption
152
1 Matt Malcolm (Sr.) Glenwood
2 Tommy Bradshaw (Sr.) Greene County
3 Brock Jennings (Jr.) Osage
4 Blake Lawless (Sr.) Albia
5 Isaac Judge (So.) South Tama
6 Preston Dunn (So.) Sgt Bluff Luton
7 Luke Hageman (So.) Dyersville Beckman
8 Joe Kelly (So.) West Liberty
9 Ryan Faught (Sr.) Clear Lake
10 Wes Cummings (Fr.) Prairie City Monroe
160
1 Tristan Johnson (Sr.) Osage
2 Zach Johnston (Sr.) ADM Adel
3 Jake Juhl (Sr.) Independence
4 Trevor Nelson (Jr.) Solon
5 Josh Strohman (Sr.) Algona
6 Joe Argo (Sr.) Davenport Assumption
7 Cameron Leith (Sr.) Creston-OM
8 Cole Denner (Sr.) New Hampton
9 Isaiah Vaughan (Jr.) Union
10 Ryan Ferarri (Sr.) Webster City
170
1 Chase Shiltz (Jr.) Creston-OM
2 Anthony Sherry (So.) Glenwood
3 Tucker Morrison (Jr.) Columbus Jct
4 Nick Holt (Sr.) Independence
5 Conner Shaw (Jr.) Garner-Hayfield-Ventura
6 Will Reiter (Sr.) Union
7 Bailey Chyma (Sr.) South Tama
8 Trevor Rommann (Sr.) Center Point Urbana
9 Michael Kent (Jr.) Iowa Falls
10 Jacob Kloft (Sr.) Maquoketa
182
1 Nick Baumler (Sr.) North Fayette Valley
2 JJ Clark (Sr.) Clarinda
3 Daniel Sommerlot (Sr.) Pocahontas Area
4 Vic Malloy (Sr.) Williamsburg
5 Cole Bennett (Jr.) ADM Adel
6 Cade Baker (Sr.) Garner-Hayfield-Ventura
7 Luke Erickson (Sr.) Mediapolis
8 Zac Stork (Jr.) Atlantic
9 Logan Chipp (Sr.) Hampton-Dumont
10 Sam Mathis (Sr.) Roland Story
195
1 Izaak Shedenhelm (Sr.) Denver-Tripoli
2 Bryce Esmoil (So.) West Liberty
3 Seth Maitlen (Sr.) Creston-OM
4 Shane Poppins (Sr.) Aplington-Parkersburg
5 Matt McMillan (Sr.) Independence
6 Zach Haggstrom (Jr.) Glenwood
7 Visouth Peterschmidt (Jr.) Mid Prairie
8 Ethan Timmerman (Sr.) Mediapolis
9 Nick Jacobs (Sr.) Charles City
10 Michael Fritz (Jr.) Fairfield
220
1 Gavin Dinsdale (Sr.) Webster City
2 Alex Paulson (Sr.) Forest City
3 Kadon Hulett (Jr.) Creston-OM
4 Noah Broderson (Jr.) Davenport Assumption
5 Travis McMillan (Sr.) Oelwein
6 Levi Duwa (Jr.) Mid Prairie
7 Jordan Baumler (So.) North Fayette Valley
8 Travis Poffenbarger (Sr.) Knoxville
9 Caleb Ring (Jr.) Osage
10 Ko Kieft (Sr.) Sioux Center
285
1 Carter Isley (Sr.) Albia
2 Cooper Lawson (So.) Webster City
3 Nathan Heath (Sr.) ADM Adel
4 Brock Caviness (Sr.) Knoxville
5 Tristan Wirfs (Jr.) Mount Vernon
6 Zach Timm (Sr.) Monticello
7 Michael Ahrendsen (Jr.) Union
8 Caleb Sanders (So.) Glenwood
9 Elijah Van’t Hof (Jr.) Sioux Center
10 Brody Tupy (Sr.) Charles City

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Girls Basketball rankings 2/4/2016

Sports

February 5th, 2016 by admin

The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union released their latest rankings on Thursday.

Class 1A

School Record LW
1 Turkey Valley 19-0 1
2 Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton 18-0 2
3 Springville 17-1 3
4 Burlington Notre Dame 18-1 4
5 Kingsley-Pierson 17-1 5
6 Kee 16-2 7
7 Newell-Fonda 13-5 6
8 Grand View Christian 16-0 8
9 Montezuma 19-1 12
10 Adair-Casey 17-2 11
11 Northwood-Kensett 15-3 13
12 Lynnville-Sully 18-1 9
13 Westwood 15-3 10
14 Glidden-Ralston 16-3 NR
15 Bedford 13-4 14

Dropped Out: Algona Bishop Garrigan (15)

Class 2A

School Record LW
1 Western Christian 17-2 1
2 Iowa City Regina 19-0 2
3 Pekin 19-0 3
4 Unity Christian 17-1 4
5 Okoboji 18-0 5
6 Manson-NW Webster 13-3 6
7 West Branch 17-3 7
8 Central Decatur 17-1 8
9 Des Moines Christian 16-1 9
10 Interstate 35 16-2 10
11 Treynor 14-1 11
12 Van Meter 16-2 12
13 Lawton-Bronson 14-4 13
14 Grundy Center 18-1 14
15 Durant 15-5 15

 Dropped Out: None

Class 3A

School Record LW
1 Pocahontas Area 17-0 1
2 Center Point-Urbana 17-1 2
3 Nevada 15-3 3
4 Cherokee 17-1 4
5 Union 19-1 5
6 Sioux Center 15-3 6
7 Hampton-Dumont 14-2 7
8 Osage 14-3 10
9 West Marshall 15-1 11
10 Forest City 13-4 8
11 Spirit Lake 12-7 9
12 Monticello 13-5 12
13 MOC-Floyd Valley 12-6 NR
14 Camanche 13-7 NR
15 Sergeant Bluff-Luton 10-7 NR

 

Dropped Out: Clear Lake (13), Mount Vernon (14), Mid-Prairie (15)

Class 4A

School Record LW
1 Harlan 15-1 1
2 Western Dubuque 18-0 2
3 Lewis Central 14-1 3
4 Keokuk 16-1 4
5 Ballard 16-1 5
6 North Scott 14-4 6
7 Marion 13-4 7
8 Pella 15-2 8
9 Fairfield 14-5 9
10 Mason City 10-7 10
11 Waverly-Shell Rock 16-3 11
12 Grinnell 12-5 13
13 Dallas Center-Grimes 13-5 15
14 Boone 14-4 12
15 Central DeWitt 12-5 NR

 Dropped Out: Spencer (14)

Class 5A

School Record LW
1 Ankeny Centennial 14-2 1
2 Johnston 13-3 2
3 Iowa City High 15-2 3
4 Cedar Falls 17-1 4
5 Waukee 13-3 5
6 Indianola 16-1 7
7 Cedar Rapids Kennedy 15-3 6
8 Linn-Mar 13-4 10
9 Davenport North 15-3 12
10 Southeast Polk 13-5 12
11 West Des Moines Valley 12-5 13
12 Iowa City West 12-6 14
13 Dowling Catholic 12-6 8
14 Pleasant Valley 13-5 9
15 Cedar Rapids Washington 12-6 15

Dropped Out: None

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Backyard & Beyond 2-5-2016

Backyard and Beyond, Podcasts

February 5th, 2016 by Jim Field

LaVon Eblen visits with pianist Donovan Johnson about the enlightened piano entertainment show at the Corning Opera House Cultural Center.

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Charges filed in connection w/Shelby County pursuit and crash

News

February 5th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Criminal charges were filed Thursday, and a warrant served today (Friday), against a Shelby County man involved in a pursuit and crash last Saturday night. Online court records show 18-year old Justin Andrew Dickinson, of Harlan, was charged with: Eluding resulting in injury by OWI, drugs or participating in a felony; Carrying weapons; Keeping a vehicle or premises for controlled substance, violation; Unlawful Possession of a Prescription Drug, and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. He’s currently being held in the Shelby County Jail on $10,300 bond.

Dickinson was injured in the crash and transported by ambulance to Myrtue Memorial Hospital and later flown to the Nebraska Medical Center, in Omaha. A passenger in the pickup, 17-year old Nicholas Haner, of Council Bluffs, was transported to Myrtue Hospital and held for observation before being released. Haner was not charged.

Dickinson was arrested upon his release from the hospital.

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JENNY LOWARY FARLEY, 93, of Atlantic (Svcs. at a later date)

Obituaries

February 5th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

JENNY LOWARY FARLEY, 93, of Atlantic, died Friday, Feb. 5th, at the Allen Place, in Atlantic. Memorial services for JENNY FARLEY will be held at a later date. Roland Funeral Home, in Atlantic is handling the arrangements.

Online condolences may be left at www.rolandfuneralservice.com.

JENNY LOWARY FARLEY is survived by:

Her son – Jim (Margaret) Lowary.

and 2 grandchildren.

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LARRY A. CLAUSEN, 75, of Marcus (Svcs. postponed to 2/11/16)

Obituaries

February 5th, 2016 by Jim Field

LARRY A. CLAUSEN, 75, of Marcus passed away Tuesday, February 2, 2016 at the Heartland Care Center in Marcus. Funeral services for LARRY A. CLAUSEN that were to have been held Feb. 8th have been postponed to 1:00 p.m. Thursday, at Ebenezer Lutheran Church in Audubon, Iowa. The Earnest-Johnson Funeral Home in Marcus is assisting the family with arrangements.

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Visitation on Thursday will be one hour before service time at the Ebenezer Lutheran Church in Audubon.

Burial will follow on Monday at the church cemetery in Audubon.

Condolences may be sent to the family through www.mauerjohnsonfh.com.

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