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NWS forecast for Cass & area Counties in IA 5/20/16

Weather

May 20th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Today: Isolated showers before 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 70. South southeast wind 5 to 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 49. Southeast wind 3 to 8 mph.
Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 74. Light east southeast wind becoming southeast 5 to 10 mph in the morning.
Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 79. Breezy, with a south southeast wind 8 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Sunday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 63. Breezy. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Monday: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Some of the storms could produce heavy rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 76. Breezy. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

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Iowa early News Headlines: Friday, May 20th 2016

News

May 20th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

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

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A massive frozen foods recall involves millions of packages of fruits and vegetables that were shipped to all 50 U.S. states, Canada and Mexico. Authorities who want to stem the listeria-linked illnesses and deaths worry it’ll be difficult to get consumers to dig through their freezers for products they may have bought as far back as 2014 from one of several major retailers, including Costco, Target, Trader Joe’s and Safeway. The more than 400 products from CRF Frozen Foods in Pasco, Washington, could be contaminated with listeria.

WEST BRANCH, Iowa (AP) — No students were injured after a school bus collided with a semi-truck in eastern Iowa. The bus carrying elementary students crashed Thursday afternoon into the back of a turning semi. Iowa troopers say the collision happened at an intersection southeast of West Branch. Paramedics were on the scene to treat any minor bumps or bruises. Authorities are investigating the cause of the crash. No injuries were reported.

DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) — Two people have pleaded not guilty to charges stemming from a fatal shooting at a mobile home park in the community of Key West, south of Dubuque. Eighteen-year-old Imere Hall and 21-year-old Taylor Shaw entered their pleas Thursday morning after they were arrested Wednesday and charged with first-degree murder and robbery. Officials have issued a warrant for 19-year-old Tacari Minifee, who is wanted on the same charges.

West Des MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An official says a man and his adult son were injured when their small plane crashed south of West Des Moines. West Des Moines EMS spokesman Dave Edgar says that the 65-year-old pilot suffered serious injuries and his 30-year-old son suffered moderate injuries when their small plane crashed around 7:30 p.m. Thursday. Both have been transported to a hospital for treatment.

 

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Tabor man arrested Wednesday on firearm and endangerment charges

News

May 20th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Authorities in Fremont County, Wednesday, arrested a man in connection with an investigation into an incident involving a gun that took place Monday morning. The Fremont County Sheriff’s Office says 25-year old Todd Michael Guiser, of Tabor, was arrested for Reckless Use of a Firearm and Child Endangerment.

Todd Guiser

Todd Guiser

An investigation determined that during the early morning hours, Monday, Guiser negligently discharged a round from a .357 revolver, inside his apartment at 204 Orange Street, in Tabor. The bullet struck a child’s Pack ‘n Play and lodged in the floor of the apartment. It was also determined that an infant was in the home, sleeping in a room adjacent to where the shot was fired.

Guiser was being held without bond pending an initial appearance with the Magistrate.

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Carpenter, Adams lead Cardinals over Rockies 13-7

Sports

May 19th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Matt Carpenter homered and drove in a career-high six runs and Matt Adams added four RBIs to lead the St. Louis Cardinals to a 13-7 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Thursday night. St. Louis, which has won three of four, scored a season-high six runs in the fourth inning to take the lead for good.

Colorado has lost two straight after a five-game winning streak that ended in a 2-0 loss to St. Louis on Wednesday. Stephen Piscotty, hitting cleanup for only the third time this season, had three hits and drove in two runs for the Cardinals. Trevor Story hit his 12th home run of the season for the Rockies, a solo shot in the seventh. He had three hits.

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Candidate Forum held in Griswold, Thursday

News

May 19th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

The Griswold Community Center was the site for a candidate forum that lasted slightly more than 90-minutes, Thursday night. Persons running for the County Board of Supervisors offices in Cass County were on-hand to introduce themselves, their position on certain issues, and to answer questions from the audience, in advance of the June 7th Primary.

Among those candidates running for a seat on the Cass County Board of Supervisors, are: District 1: Republicans – Steve Green, Dave Jones, and Dale Retallic; District 4: Democrat – Dana Kunze, and Republicans – Rocky Anderson, Ryan Askeland, Steve Baier, Todd Hansen, Nick Hensley, and Barry Moore; District 5: Republicans – J. Ford Lillard, Bernard Pettinger, and Frank Waters.

There were only a few questions asked from the audience. They covered topics that included grants for County improvements, fracking and the impact on water quality, and what the candidates thought were their top issues of concern.

With regard to the latter, candidates for the Board of Supervisors in District 1 were the first to respond. Steve Green said his main focus would be to make sure the County entities (Cities/governments), work together toward a common goal of solving issues. He said often times, the individual cities are in the “What’s In It For Me?” mindset. He said “We need to pull together, and we need to roll-up our sleeves, innovate, think outside the box, and come up with solutions to our county-wide issues. All of them.”

Dave Jones said from what he’s gathered, the top issue is infrastructure, especially with regard to the condition of county roads and the damage caused by heavily loaded semi’s. Dale Retallic said “We need business. We need jobs. We need young people to stay in Cass County…to come into [the County]. I’ve seen it many times, where we are in a slow death because we are turning into a retirement village/retirement county. We need young people to make this county work.” The rest he said, will fall into place.

District 5 candidates’ responses include: From Bernard Pettinger, who suggested running tile lines across the soft spots on county gravel roads to eliminate “soft spots.” J. Ford Lillard agreed with Dale Retallic, that roads are a problem, but bringing young people into the county and retaining them, is key to building the base for investments in roads and other issues.

Among the District 4 candidates….Ryan Askeland said jobs is one of the reasons he’s running. “I’m scared to death in the next 10-to 20-years we might lose our school district….we need to develop the jobs to keep the enrollment up for us to keep the smaller and bigger schools going.” Barry Moore and Steve Baier both said economic development is important, but finding ways to stop “exporting” our young people after they graduate, is vital. Baier said creating a new means to incubate start-up entrepreneurs in the County will bring technologically minded young people here.

Rocky Anderson said “Quality, affordable housing,” will bring and keep people …especially young people…in the county. Todd Hansen said economic development is a good way to start, to circulate money and grow the communities, which will in-turn sustain the infrastructure. Nick Hensley said lower taxes will be his focus.

And, Dana Kunze said what’s needed is a consortium of nearby counties to get students trained nearby in vocational areas. He said the schools themselves don’t have enough political pull with colleges like Iowa Western to make them want to partner with local schools under “Our terms, because it’s our tax money that makes that entity work. When they don’t want to partner with us, there’s something wrong.”

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New detour for I-80 Westbound traffic exiting at U.S. 275/Iowa 92 through late fall 2016

News

May 19th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Officials with the Iowa Department of Transportation said Thursday, a new detour will begin Tuesday, May 24th for motorists in Council Bluffs on westbound I-80 exiting at I-29 and U.S. 275/Iowa 92 (Exit 47) (weather permitting). Motorists will need to exit at South Expressway (Exit 3) if headed to U.S. 275/Iowa 92. (See attached map for detour) I-80 eastbound traffic will still be able to exit at U.S. 275/Iowa 92 (Exit 47) until late summer.DOT1

In addition to the detour, I-80 westbound to I-29 southbound traffic will shift to a new two-way configuration with northbound traffic beginning just north of the U.S. 275/Iowa 92 interchange. Traffic will shift back to the existing I-29 southbound lanes just south of the interchange.

Motorists should expect additional traffic shifts and detours over the summer and early fall as construction crews work to finalize the I-29 and U.S. 275/Iowa 92 interchange reconstruction. If you would like more information about detours and traffic impacts visit the program website, www.CouncilBluffsInterstate.IowaDOT.gov.DOT2

Iowa DOT is in the process of reconstructing I-80, I-29 and I-480 in the Council Bluffs metropolitan area. This comprehensive interstate redesign will modernize the highway system and improve mobility and safety of approximately 18 miles of interstate. Motorists are encouraged to allow for extra travel time while this interstate improvement takes effect.

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Girls Tennis Regional Singles/Doubles Results Thursday 05/19/2016

Sports

May 19th, 2016 by admin

Class 1A
Champions and Runners-Up both Qualify for State

Region 1 at LeMars                                     

Singles

Danielle Martin (Le Mars Community) over Elizabeth Ihrke (LeMars Community) 7/6 (4), 6/0

Doubles

Sydney Gunderson & Jacque Ingram (Denison-Schleswig) over Olvia Ipsen & Sophie Schultz (Denison-Schleswig) 6/4, 6/1

Region 2 at Red Oak                                   

Singles

Sarah Cabeen (Clarinda) over Sarah Wood (Shenandoah) 7/6, 7/5

Doubles

Sarah Behrens & Macy Baker (Red Oak) over JaCee Hogue & Marilyn Cepeda (Shenandoah) 6/4, 6/2

Region 3 at Norwalk                                    

Singles

Emily Jurgensen (Ballard) over Melanie Gustafson (Saydel) 6/3, 6/0

Doubles

Jenna Taylor & Alli Thomsen (Creston/Orient-Macksburg) over  Caitlin Mcllravy & Sydney (Creston/Orient-Macksburg) 3/1 injury default

Region 4 at Waterloo Columbus                            

Singles

Olivia Fain (Waterloo Columbus) over Audrey Hinz (Dubuque Wahlert) 6/3, 6/0

Doubles

Lauren McManus & Taylor Hogan (Waterloo Columbus) over Karlee Sinnott & Brianne Eighme (Waterloo Columbus) 6/3, 3/6, 6/3

Region 5 at Waverly-Shell Rock

Singles

Chelsea Poesch (Waverly-Shell Rock) over Kally Peterson (Decoarh) 6/4, 6/1

Doubles

Anna Spencer & Annika Krieg (Decorah) over Katelyn Yee & Kelsey Kruse (Decorah) 6/4, 7/6 (4)

Region 6 at Camanche

Singles

Stephanie Bush (Assumption) over Page Edens (Camanche) 6/4, 6/3

Doubles

Elizabeth Busch & Erin McGivern (Assumption) over Josia Vandersall & Wynne Vandersall (Mount Vernon)

Region 7 at Fairfield

Singles

Anatta Charoenkyl (Fairfield) over Jordyn Thompson (Davis County) 6/0, 6/2

Doubles

Lydia Becker & Claire Hackenmiller (Burlington Notre Dame-West Burlington) over Katie Larson & Hope Gray (Ft. Madison) 6/2, 6/3

Region 8 at Pella

Singles

Lily Roozeboom (Pella) over Bronwyn Metcalf (Pella) 6/3, 6/1

Doubles

Rachel Tvedt & Brooke Jorgensen (Pella Christian) over Megan Pressgrove & Kate Wyre (Newton) 6/2, 6/2

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Sioux City woman charged with stealing from disabled father

News

May 19th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — Sioux City police say a woman stole over $30,000 from her disabled father. Officials say 37-year-old Diane Davis-Sattizahn was arrested Tuesday and faces first-degree theft and dependent adult abuse charges.

Court documents say she was the financial caretaker of her father, who lives in a retirement home and has Parkinson’s disease. Police say she didn’t pay for his medication or care between December 2014 and January 2016, which put him $50,000 in debt.

She is also accused of stealing $30,000 from his bank account during that time.

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Sunnyside Summer Block Party June 3rd

News

May 19th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

The Atlantic Parks and Rec Department is kicking off the summer with free family fun. All young families are invited to come to the “Sunnyside Summer Block Party” on Friday, June 3rd from 5 pm to 9 pm at Sunnyside Park. Seth Staashelm, Assistant Director of Atlantic Parks & Recreation, says “We have great parks in Atlantic, and we want families to get outside and use them! We know that it can be hard for young families to find inexpensive activities for the whole family to enjoy – and we’ve designed this event with that in mind.”ParksRec1

The event will include live music, space for kids to dance, games and activities, playing at the playground, face painting, and more. A free-will donation dinner will be prepared by the Kiwanis club, and the activities will be located near the Kiwanis Kiddie Korral and the brand-new picnic shelter.

Staashelm says “We recently completed this beautiful new shelter, as well as updating some of the equipment and grounds around it. A new fire pit, like the one at the Camblin Addition, was also recently installed.”

Atlantic Parks & Rec Asst. Dir. Seth Staashelm

Atlantic Parks & Rec Asst. Dir. Seth Staashelm

The Parks & Rec Department is also exploring other events for the families to encourage use of Atlantic parks. For more information about Atlantic Parks & Rec, visit their website at http://www.atlanticiowa.com/atlantic/city-departments/parks-recreation/ or follow them on Facebook.

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Friday Class 1A/4A State Track Results

Sports

May 19th, 2016 by admin

Boys Shuttle Hurdle Prelims

Class 1A:

Audubon- Qualified 1st 59.52 (School Record) (Jake Mulford, Nolan Smith, Tyler Riebhoff, Mitchell Nelsen)
Fremont-Mills- DQ (Sam Phillips, Jaeger Powers, Adam Todd, Parker Powers)
East Mills- DNQ 20th 1:03.03 (Ben Christensen, Josh Hopkins, Alec Moorman, Sylan Schroeder)
Woodbine- Qualified 4th 1:00.67 (Clay Schmidt, Joseph McHugh, Joey Wold, Kevin Lee)

Class 4A:

Lewis Central- DNQ 18th 1:00.46 (Max Duggan, Drew Sieleman, Baily Teply, Alec Mass)

Girls 3000M Final

Class 1A:

Destiny Scar, Nodaway Vallley- 5th, 11:31.54
Emily Copic, Exira-EHK- 21st, 12:29.87
Emma Swanson, Guthrie Center- 12th, 11:42.94
Janette Schraft, East Mills- State Champion, 10:48.20

Class 4A:

Kye Madsen, Lewis Central- 22nd 11:08.24

Boys 3200M Final

Class 1A:

Shane Breheny, Nodaway Valley- 10th 10:22.80
Jacob Bolinger, Lenox- 19th 10:38.99
Brycen Wallace, Nodaway Valley- 9th 10:19.91
David Thompson, Griswold- 21st 10:43.79
Garret Martin, St. Albert- 23rd 10:46.17

Class 4A:

Jon Dahlheimer, CB Thomas Jefferson- 22nd 10:33.51

Girls 100M Prelims

Class 1A:

Kylan Straight, Logan-Magnolia- DNQ 10th 13.29
Bailey Anderson, Mt Ayr- DNQ 19th 13.67
Daiton Martin, Essex- DNQ 17th 13.60
Lexy Larsen, Sidney- Qualified 6th 13.12
Sadie Marnin, Nodaway Valley- DNQ 16th 13.60

Class 4A:

Darby Thomas, CB Abraham Lincoln- Qualified 6th 12.33
Merzedes Hart, CB Abraham Lincoln- DNQ 13th 12.78

Boys 100M Prelims

Class 1A:

Jake Mulford, Audubon- DNQ 22nd 11.95
Chad Blank, Nishnabotna- Qualified 2nd 11.32
Chris Jones, Stanton- DNQ 19th 11.84

Girls 4x800M Finals

Class 1A:

Audubon- 17th 10:34.26 (Kiarra Sporrer, Anna Stevens, Dana Burban, Katie Konkler)
Essex- 23rd 10:50.46 (Kelsi Leininger, Abbie Lindburg, Shea Jensen, Devan Gray)
Riverside- 18th 10:34.26 (Jacey Kallsen, Sydney Murphy, Alexis Post, Lillian Smith)
Mt Ayr- 20th 10:37.84 (Blair Glendenning, Ryann Martin, Breanne Haley, Macy Larsen)
St. Albert- 10th 10:18.30 (Alyssa Carley, Clara Genereux, Sophie Sykes, Gracie Springman)
Griswold- 9th 10:16.20 (Jessica Marshall, Payton Rush, Charli Adams, Anna Young)
CAM- 16th 10:30.54 (Katlyn Holaday, Madison Gettler, Mackenzie Cross, Lindsey Dinkla)

Boys 4x800M Finals

Class 1A:

Tri-Center- 16th 8:39.30 (Dion Coffey, Lane Ausdemore, Jake Wohlers, Chris Jarrett)
St. Albert- Placed 6th 8:26.59 (Max Ross, Joe Liston, Kyle Barnes, Luke Gronstal)
Guthrie Center- 17th 8:39.66 (Logan Scheuerman, TJ Wickland, Landon Foster, Samuel Courtney)
Mt Ayr- 23rd 8:43.93 (Justin Wehling, Will Young, Rhett Murphy, Mitchell Jennett)
Nodaway Valley- 13th 8:36.08 (Jared Corder, Ryan Jensen, Heath Downing, Brayten Funke)
Logan-Magnolia- 21st 8:41.43 (Gage Killpack, Kolby Morrison, Brady Wilson, Jessup Lake)

Girls 200M Prelims

Class 1A:

Lexy Larsen, Sidney- Qualified 3rd 26.50
Kenna Lundy, Nodaway Valley- DNQ 11th 27.18
Savana Fuller, Guthrie Center- Qualified 2nd 26.50 (Won Heat)
Keirston Klommhaus, Mt Ayr- DNQ 24th 28.32

Class 4A:

Merzedes Hart, CB Abraham Lincoln- DNQ 10th 26.21

Boys 200M Prelims

Class 1A:

Wyatt Worley, Logan-Magnolia- 18th
Chris Jones, Stanton- 22nd
Chad Blank, Nishnabotna- Qualified 3rd 22.46
Brandon Riley, Coon Rapids-Bayard- 19th
Jacob Taylor, Mt Ayr- 17th
Glen Bertelsen, St. Albert- Qualified 5th 22.74
Marcus Mumm, Tri-Center- 12th
Kyle Rustvold, Audubon- DQ

Class 4A:

Sal Fidone, Lewis Central- Qualified 5th 22.27

Girls 400M Finals

Class 1A:

Jennifer Foentes, Guthrie Center- 12th 1:01.44
Bailey Anderson, Mt Ayr- 10th 1:01.33
Jacey Kallsen, Riverside- 22nd 1:04.41
Mackenzie Daffer, Sidney- Placed 5th 1:00.21

Class 4A:

Darby Thomas, CB Abraham Lincoln- Placed 7th 58.35

Boys 400M Finals

Class 1A:

Zach Ambrose, Boyer Valley- Placed 6th 51.11
Chad Blank, Nishnabotna- Placed 3rd 50.59
Josh Haning, Nishnabotna- Placed 8th 51.30
Glen Bertlesen, St. Albert- Placed 4th 50.74
Kyle Dolecheck, Mt Ayr- Placed 7th 51.25
Trevor Anderson, Mt Ayr- 9th 51.32

Class 4A:

Daniel Carey, CB Thomas Jefferson- 22nd 51.80
Sal Fidone, Lewis Central- Placed 5th 49.53
Kenneth McMahan, Lewis Central- Placed 6th 49.80

Girls Shuttle Hurdle Prelims

Class 1A:

Audubon- DNQ 10th 1:11.12 (Madison Hagedorn, Sydney Obermeier, Kaitlin Schultes, Dana Burban)
Griswold- DNQ 13th 1:12.47 (Mandi Backhaus, Jeana Freund, Hanna Boucher, Jessica Marshall)
Stanton- DNQ  19th 1:13.94 (Ally Focht, Madison Franzen, Abbi Adams, Chelsea Weis)
Logan-Magnolia- Qualified 4th 1:09.79 (Anna Readman, Megan Wilson, Abby Straight, Makenzie Cunard)
Woodbine- DNQ 16th 1:12.76 (Abby Nelson, Chelsea Klaahsen, Cheyenne Watkins, Kerstyn Matusik)
Fremont-Mills- Qualified 7th 1:10.15 (Bailey Hauschild, McKayla Gartner, Kynzie Fichter, Clara Schaaf)

Class 4A:

CB Abraham Lincoln- 21st 1:11.68 (Alicia Steppuhn, Sarah Schmitt, Natalie Bohnsack, Leah Flickinger)

Girls Shot Put

1A:

Sara Winemiller, Mt Ayr- 20th 32-00.00
Madison McDermott, Guthrie Center- 18th 33-06.50
Sophie Phillips, Fremont-Mills- 16th 33-10.75
Delaney Ettleman, Logan-Magnolia- Placed 8th 36-06.50

Girls Discus

4A:

Cecelia Yale, CB Thomas Jefferson- 16th 110-06
Josey Starner, CB Thomas Jefferson- Fouled Out

Boys Long Jump

1A:

Cole Royer, Logan-Magnolia- 22nd 18-11.25
Nick Wurster, Mt Ayr- 9th 20-02.25
Jadon Jahnke, Griswold- 14th 19-11.75
Logan Gaylord, Fremont-Mills- Fouled Out
Brandon Riley, Coon Rapids-Bayard- Placed 2nd 22-02.25
Jaeger Powers, Fremont-Mills- 19th 19-08.25
Chad Blank, Nishnabotna- 10th 20-02.25- 10th 20-02.25

Boys High Jump

4A:

Nate Shepherd, Lewis Central- 17th 5-11.00

Boys Shot Put

1A:

Martin Olsen, Exira-EHK- 19th 44-11.00
Dylan Davis, Bedford-23rd 42-00.00
Alex Bechtold, Stanton- Placed 4th 52-04.00
Matt Glockel, East Mills- 15th 46-07.75
Noah Borkowski, Glidden-Ralston- 21st 44-01.00

Boys Discus

4A:

Dane Theobald, Lewis Central- 22nd 132-02
Cameron Baker, CB Thomas Jefferson- 13th 148-02

Girls Long Jump

1A:

Mika Weaver, Lenox- 22nd 14-07.25
Clara Schaaf, Fremont-Mills- 11th 15-09.50
Sarah Heck, Coon Rapids-Bayard- 18th 15-02.50
Kylan Straight, Logan-Magnolia- 21st 14-08.00
Kaitlyn Pearce, St. Albert- 10th 15-10.50
Callie Calfee, Bedford- Placed 5th 16-04.25

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