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Iowans have selected 10 restaurants across the state that are in the running for the title of “Iowa’s Best Burger.”
The annual contest is sponsored by the Iowa Cattlemen’s Association and the Iowa Beef Industry Council. Cattlemen’s Association spokesperson Dal Grooms says the 10 finalists gathered the most nominations between February 15 and March 18. The top 10 restaurants are 61 Chop House Grille of Mediapolis, Ankeny Diner of Ankeny, B&B Grocery Meat and Deli of Des Moines, Elm’s Club of Creston, First Street Grille of Keosauqua, JB’s Bar and Grill of Marcus, Rosco’s of Norwalk, Sam’s Sodas and Sandwiches of Carroll, The Ritz of Arnold’s Park, and Zombie Burger of Des Moines.
This is the fourth year for the best burger contest and Grooms says it’s grown bigger each year. “This year, we got over 6,300 nominations that named 349 different Iowa restaurants,” Grooms said. “That’s an increase by about one-third over last year in terms of the nominations. The 10 restaurants will now be visited by a secret panel of judges who will evaluate the hamburgers. They’ll be scored on taste, presentation, and proper serving temperature. “We’ll get that information, put that all together, and we’ll be naming our best burger winner on May 2nd,” Grooms said.
Previous restaurants that have won the contest were The Coon Bowl in Coon Rapids (2012), The Rusty Duck in Dexter (2011), and the Sac County Cattle Company in Sac City (2010).
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JAMES GOODWIN, 70, of Coon Rapids, died Mon., March 25th, at home. According to JIM GOODWIN’S wishes there will be no funeral service. The Ohde Funeral Home in Coon Rapids has the arrangements.
His cremated remains will be buried at Union Cemetery in Coon Rapids at a later date.
JIM GOODWIN is survived by:
Wife, Judy Goodwin of Coon Rapids
Daughter, Jessica Arnold of Jefferson
Son, Jason Goodwin of Coon Rapids
Grandson, Trevor James Goodwin of Coon Rapids
Mother-in-law, Vera Stone of Coon Rapids
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A former Fire Chief in Denison was sentenced Monday to prison following his conviction in January on a charge of 1st degree theft. The Omaha World-Herald reports that despite offering an apology to the court and pledging to repay what was stolen, District Court Judge Jeffrey Poulson sentenced 42-year old Michael McKinnon to 10-years in prison. McKinnon served as the chief from January 1999 until January 2010. He had plead guilty to the theft charge in exchange for a charge of felonious misconduct in office being dropped.
McKinnin left the department under a cloud of questions about his spending. A state audit showed $96,000 worth of fire department funds were used for his personal use. The funds were spent between 2005 and 2010, and included about $40,000 paid to businesses McKinnon owned. The spending included invoices for post office boxes that did not exist. Other spending included a riding lawn mower and a motor for his boat.
McKinnon’s attorney, F. Montomery Brown, had requested a deferred judgment and probation for his client, especially in light of a pre-sentence investigation by the Iowa Department of Corrections, which recommend he serve no prison time and instead, probation. Brown also noted that McKinnon is the sole supporter of his family and has a special needs teenage son. He said he plans to appeal the judge’s decision.
Rob Sand, assistant attorney general for the state of Iowa, told the World-Herald McKinnon will probably end-up being paroled long before he completes his full sentence. McKinnon has already made restitution in the amount of $14,000. Under the sentence he received Monday, McKinnon will have to pay more restitution to the city, which, according to Sand would come to about $10,000.
The paper notes McKinnon was not the only public official in western Iowa this year to be sent to prison. Despite a similar in-court apology in January, Tammy Gammon, a former employee of the Mills County Treasurer’s Office, was sentenced to 25 years after pleading guilty to a charge of ongoing criminal conduct, for stealing more than $36,000.
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Shacobia Barbee scored 20 points, including a key 3-pointer with 2:03 left, and No. 4 seed Georgia held off Iowa State’s furious second-half rally for a 65-60 win over the Cyclones in the second round of the NCAA women’s tournament Monday night. A year after getting upset in the first round by Marist, Georgia is back in the round of 16 for the 20th time in school history. The Lady Bulldogs will face No. 1 seed Stanford or eighth-seeded Michigan in the regional semifinals across town at the Spokane Arena on Saturday night.
Anne Marie Armstrong added 13 points for the Lady Bulldogs, who blew a 14-point lead with 9 minutes remaining then scored 13 of the final 17 points after the fifth-seeded Cyclones took the lead. Anna Prins led Iowa State with 23 points, but the Cyclones (24-9) couldn’t overcome going more than 11 minutes of the second half with just one field goal.
FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Shelby Miller pitched into the fifth inning, then found out he’d won the fifth spot in the St. Louis rotation as the Cardinals beat the Minnesota Twins 4-3 Monday. Miller, who had been competing with Joe Kelly for the last spot, gave up one run and six hits in 4 1-3 innings. He struck out two and walked two.
Twins starter Mike Pelfrey struck out four, walked one and gave up one run and five hits in five innings. He has a 5.52 ERA after five spring starts. Joe Mauer had two hits and a walk for the Twins, raising his spring batting average to .435.
Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa House has approved a measure that would require DNA collection from more criminals. The bill passed 79-18 yesterday with bipartisan support. It moves to the state Senate for review. The measure would require DNA collection from adult offenders charged with an aggravated misdemeanor. Current law only requires DNA profiling on convicted felons and sexual offenders.
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa City man is suspected of firing a handgun at a house party, then later fleeing into a creek. Iowa City police say 24-year-old Samuel Lee Lockett III fired several shots early Sunday morning at a party following a fight. No one was injured. Officers located Lockett several hours later after they received reports of a man banging on neighborhood doors.
WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — Officials say a cardboard fire at a recycling center in Waterloo may have smoldered for days. The Waterloo Fire Department says firefighters started battling the fire yesterday morning at the Cedar Valley Recycling and Transfer building. They contained the fire several hours later.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa House has approved a bill that would make identity theft a felony. Lawmakers approved the measure 84-11 with bipartisan support. The bill now moves to the Senate. The legislation raises the minimum sentence for committing identity theft to a class D felony that’s punishable by up to five years in prison.
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Notre Dame’s draw is arguably the worst among the top seeds in the NCAA tournament. Notre Dame was shipped off to Iowa City instead of playing at home like Baylor, Stanford and Connecticut, On Tuesday night, they’ll face ninth-seeded Iowa in the second round in front of a hostile crowd of as many as 10,000 people. This would be a much bigger problem if the Fighting Irish weren’t so good on the road.
Notre Dame (32-1) will put its perfect road record on the line against the Hawkeyes (21-12). The Fighting Irish have won at Connecticut, Tennessee and everywhere else in this remarkable season, and they’re confident they can do the same at Iowa.