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A restaurant in Fairfield beat out nine other establishments, including one in Creston and another in Clarinda, in capturing the title of “Iowa’s Best Burger.” The Iowa Beef Industry Council and Iowa Cattlemen’s Association, Monday, announced the winner of the contest as The Cider House, in Fairfield. The restaurant use all locally raised beef in creating their nearly 6.5-ounce burger patties. They use all the meat cuts from the cattle in a grind for their hamburger, whereas other establishments may use chuck, rib, sirloin and round cuts from the beef animal.
The Cider House staff are (from left) Hopi James, Skylar Messer, Annalisa Thompson, Cole Fishback, and Clint Stephenson.
This year, Iowans submitted more than 4,000 votes nominating 286 restaurants in February and March. Those votes were used to select the Top Ten restaurants. The Top Ten were then independently visited and judged based on the hamburger’s taste, appearance, and proper serving temperature (160 degrees).
The judges found the beefy flavor at The Cider House to be the best. In fact, its hamburger is so good that it inspired one of the owners who was formerly a vegetarian to give meat another try. The Cider House exclusively features the beef from Adrian Family Farms. The cattle are raised like so many others in Iowa: pasture-grazed and corn-finished, and cared for with compassion and treated humanely.
Other restaurants that made the Top Ten with The Cider House are (alphabetically): Ankeny Diner, Ankeny; Big City Burgers & Greens, Des Moines; Down Right Delicious, Clarinda; Elm’s Club, Creston; First Street Grille, Keosauqua; Rides Bar & Grill, Fort Dodge; Saucy Focaccia, Cedar Rapids; The Ritz, Arnold’s Park; and Zombie Burger, Des Moines.
Previous winners in the contest are: 2014 – Brick City Grill, Ames; 2013—61 Chop House Grille in Mediapolis; 2012—Coon Bowl III in Coon Rapids; 2011—Rusty Duck in Dexter; and 2010—Sac County Cattle Company of Sac City.
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SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) – A 22-year-old Sioux City man is accused of slamming his live-in girlfriend’s 3-year-old son into the corner of a piece of furniture. Online court records say Markus Leon is charged with child endangerment causing serious injury and is being held in Woodbury County Jail.
Authorities say Leon was baby-sitting the boy and a 1-year-old child on April 22 and became angry when the boy’s noise kept waking up Leon, who was trying to sleep. Leon told officers that he lost his temper and slammed the boy into the furniture. The child later was diagnosed with a lacerated liver, a bruised spleen and a bruised kidney.
Girls Golf:
Treynor 195, Tri-Center 230 (Medalist: Aly Anderson, Treynor 38)
Creston 194 Red Oak NTS
Lewis Central 219, Denison-Schleswig 223
Boys Golf:
Treynor 162, Tri-Center 210 (Medalist: Nathan Hill, Treynor 37)
Creston 151, Red Oak 188
Kuemper Catholic 159, Boone 166
Girls Soccer:
Underwood 5, Missouri Valley 1
St. Albert 1, Harlan 0
Sioux City North 6, Denison-Schleswig 1
Boys Soccer:
A-H-S-T-W 3, Missouri Valley 0
Kuemper Catholic 3, Denison-Schleswig 1
The 2015 Rolling Valley Conference Track and Field Championships were suspended on Monday evening at McAllister Field in Dunlap due to cold and rainy temperatures
The meets was completed through the 400 m dash (both boys and girls ) — The RVC Track and Field Championships will resume on Tuesday afternoon, starting at 4 p.m. back in Dunlap, with the girls 4 x 200 m relay.
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Girls:
1. Harlan 120
2. Creston 77
3. Glenwood 69
4. Shenandoah 66
5. Abraham Lincoln 63
6. Clarinda 44
7. Denison 41
8. Atlantic 31
9. Thomas Jefferson 27
10. Lewis Central 22
11. St. Albert 17
12. Kuemper Catholic 12
1st Place:
100 – Jaedra Moses, Clarinda
200 – Mikayla Evers, Harlan
400 – Asia Kloewer, Harlan
800 – Ellie Mendlik, Denison
1500 – Ellie Mendlik, Denison
3000 – Tiffany Williams, Atlantic
100 Hurdles – Allison Bruck, Harlan
400 Hurdles – Sydney Nielsen, Shenandoah
4 x 100 – Glenwood
4 x 200 – Glenwood
4 x 400 – Creston
4 x 800 – Creston
Sprint Medley – Harlan
Distance Medley – Abraham Lincoln
Shuttle Hurdle – Harlan
High Jump – Natalie Mostek, Crestomn
Long Jump – Mikayla Evers, Harlan
Shot Put – Jacy Embray, Glenwood
Discus – Linnaea Konfrst, Glenwood
Boys:
1. Harlan 102
2. Atlantic 91
2. Glenwood 91
4. Lewis Central 76
5. Shenandoah 55
6. Abraham Lincoln 47
7. Clarinda 41
8. St. Albert 30
9. Kuemper Catholic 13
10. Red Oak 11
1st Place:
100 – Brantley Owens, Lewis Central
200 – Caleb Rasmussen, Harlan
400 – Sal Fidone, Lewis Central
800 – Andrew Mumm, Harlan
1600 – Logan LeRette, Red Oak
3200 – Nate Hoyt, Shenandoah
110 Hurdles – Dane Kruse, Glenwood
400 – Hurdles – Brendan Holmes, Atlantic
4 x 100 – Glenwood
4 x 200 – Glenwood
4 x 400 – Harlan
4 x 800 – Harlan
Distance Medley – Harlan
Shuttle Hurdle – Glenwood
High Jump – Alex Hayes, Atlantic
Long Jump – Robbie Bodine, Atlantic
Shot Put – Jackson Scott-Brown, St. Albert
Discus – Jackson Scott-Brown, St. Albert
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) – A Sioux City teenager has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for a failed robbery. The Sioux City Journal reports the 17-year-old pleaded guilty in March to assault while participating in a felony and second-degree burglary. He must serve a mandatory minimum of five years in prison before he’s eligible for parole.
According to court documents, the 17-year-old and two others entered a Sioux City house. The documents say one of the suspects brandished a gun to try and steal drugs from a drug dealer, but was overpowered by the home’s occupants and held until police arrived. The 17-year-old and another other suspect fled and were arrested later. The two other people involved, both of Sioux City, were sentenced to 10 years in prison each.
Mens golf teams at Iowa and Iowa State are headed back to NCAA Regional play. The Hawkeyes will make their seventh straight appearance when they take part in a regional hosted by Yale. The Hawkeyes are coming off a second place finish at the Big Ten Championships.
Iowa State is in the post season for the second straight year and will play in a regional hosted by Washington. ISU finished fourth in the Big 12 Tournament.
(Learfield Sports)
The Luther College football team will take a trip overseas later this month. Norse coach Aaron Hafner says 40 players, five coaches and more than a dozen parents will visit Denmark and Norway. The trip will culminate on May 30th with a game. Hafner says he hopes the trips become a regular occurrence. Hafner says it will also help the Norse get a head start on next season. The team will leave May 26th and return on June third.
(Learfield Sports)