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A-P Iowa Prep Football Poll

Sports

September 24th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

The Top Ten teams in the Associated Press Iowa high school football polls of the 2014 season with first-place votes in parentheses and won-loss record, total points and position last week at right:

Class 4A
Record Pts Prv
1. West Des Moines Valley (9) 5-0 108 1
2. Cedar Falls (1) 5-0 97 2
3. Ankeny Centennial (1) 5-0 88 3
4. Bettendorf 4-1 68 4
5. Johnston 4-1 53 5
5. Iowa City West 4-1 53 6
7. West Des Moines Dowling 3-2 49 7
8. Indianola 5-0 39 8
9. Waukee 3-2 21 9
10. Cedar Rapids Prairie 4-1 17 10

Others receiving votes: Fort Dodge 10. Ankeny 1. Muscatine 1.

Class 3A
Record Pts Prv
1. Cedar Rapids Xavier (10) 5-0 109 1
2. Council Bluffs Lewis Central (1) 5-0 98 2
3. Solon 5-0 88 3
4. Pella 5-0 78 4
5. Sergeant Bluff-Luton 4-1 51 6
6. Eldridge North Scott 4-1 48 8
7. Epworth Western Dubuque 4-1 39 10
8. Clear Creek-Amana 5-0 37 9
9. Harlan 4-1 28 NR
10. Sioux City Heelan 4-1 18 5

Others receiving votes: Independence 4. Waverly-Shell Rock 4. Decorah 3.

Class 2A
Record Pts Prv
1. Monroe PCM (11) 5-0 110 1
2. Spirit Lake 5-0 94 2
3. Boyden-Hull-RV 4-1 87 3
4. Algona 5-0 72 5
5. Greene County 5-0 64 6
6. Waukon 4-1 59 7
7. Clear Lake 4-1 44 8
8. State Center West Marshall 4-1 34 10
9. Van Horne Benton 4-1 15 4
10. Union, La Porte City 3-2 13 NR

Others receiving votes: Waterloo Columbus 5. Des Moines Christian 4. Tipton 2. Chariton 2.

Class 1A
Record Pts Prv
1. Dike-New Hartford (3) 5-0 96 2
(tie) Van Meter (4) 5-0 96 3
3. Bellevue (2) 5-0 76 5
4. South Central Calhoun (1) 5-0 75 4
5. Mediapolis 5-0 56 6
6. West Branch 4-1 49 1
7. Hawarden West Sioux 4-1 48 7
8. Inwood West Lyon 4-1 35 8
9. Truro Interstate 35 5-0 25 T9
10. Sumner-Fredericksburg 5-0 23 T9

Others receiving votes: Wilton 13. Cascade 10. Pella Christian 3.

Class A
Record Pts Prv
1. Hudson (8) 5-0 105 1
2. A-H-S-T-W, Avoca (3) 5-0 95 2
3. Algona Garrigan 5-0 88 3
4. Belmond-Klemme 5-0 69 4
5. Hinton 5-0 46 5
6. Packwood Pekin 4-1 41 7
(tie) Traer North Tama 4-1 41 6
8. St. Ansgar 4-1 39 9
9. Brooklyn BGM 5-0 25 NR
10. Edgewood-Colesburg 4-1 24 NR

Others receiving votes: Grundy Center 10. Southwest Valley 7. Fairbank Wapsie Valley 6. Riverside Highland 4. Mason City Newman 3. Sioux Rapids Sioux Central 1. Alta 1.

Class 8-Man
Record Pts Prv
1. Gilbertville-Don Bosco (8) 5-0 102 1
2. New London (2) 5-0 95 2
3. Elk Horn-Kimballton Exira 5-0 84 3
4. Westside Ar-We-Va 5-0 68 4
5. Marengo Iowa Valley (1) 5-0 57 5
6. Newell-Fonda 5-0 50 6
7. Liberty Center SE Warren 6-0 47 8
8. Fremont Mills, Tabor 4-1 36 9
9. Central City 5-0 30 NR
10. Northwood-Kensett 5-0 17 NR

Others receiving votes: Jackson Junction Turkey Valley 7. Wyoming Midland 7. Stanton 4. HLV, Victor 1.

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Mistrial declared in 1990 killing of 9-year-old girl

News

September 24th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — The third trial in the 1990 killing of a 9-year-old girl has ended in a mistrial after jurors failed to reach a verdict after three days of deliberations.

The Quad-City Times reports a judge Monday declared the mistrial in the trial of Stanley Liggins. He’d twice been convicted of murder in the killing of 9-year-old Jennifer Lewis, of Rock Island, Illinois. Her burned remains were found Sept. 17, 1990, in a field in Davenport.

She had been sexually abused, strangled to death and then doused with gasoline and set on fire. Liggins knew Jennifer’s mother and investigators focused on him as a suspect. He was twice convicted and sentenced to life in prison, but both convictions were overturned.

The third trial was moved to Black Hawk County from Scott County because of pretrial publicity.

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Victims of Missouri small plane crash identified

News

September 24th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

FESTUS, Mo. (AP) — Authorities have identified the men killed in an eastern Missouri plane crash as an American Airlines pilot and his son. Jefferson County Sheriff Dave Marshak on Monday said the victims were veteran pilot 56-year-old Michael Metzger of Hillsboro and 20-year-old Jacob Metzger of the state of Iowa.

The plane crashed about 2 a.m. Friday just a few hundred yards from the unlit airport in Festus, even as the pilot’s fiancee tried to guide it in with a flashlight. Michael Metzger was piloting the plane back from New York and reported electrical problems that prevented him from remotely activating the runway lights, which are turned off after working hours.

Marshak says the fiancee responded to the pilot’s texts and stood along the runway with a flashlight, but the plane crashed.

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Ben & Jerry’s creating “take back Congress” flavors

News

September 24th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — The founders of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream in Bernie Sanders’ home state are putting their ice cream expertise to work to support seven congressional candidates in the midterm elections who they call progressive.
Vermont’s Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, known for their clever marketing and quirky flavors, are working with political action committee MoveOn to create ice cream flavors that reflect the values of each of the candidates. They are seeking the public’s help in naming the flavors. After picking winners, Cohen says he will make about 40 pints of each flavor by hand in his kitchen to be raffled off to support the candidates.

The candidates are Jess King in Pennsylvania, Lauren Underwood in Illinois, Aftab Pureval in Ohio, J.D. Scholten in Iowa, Ammar Campa Najjar in California, Stephany Rose Spaulding in Colorado and James Thompson in Kansas.

The flavors will be announced on a rolling basis starting on Oct. 7 at Iowa State University in Ames, according to a consultant working with Cohen and Greenfield. People can sign up starting Oct. 1 to enter the raffle to win the limited edition pints. Winners will be announced Nov. 1 and the ice cream will be shipped by mid-November.

Scholten’s campaign in Iowa wasn’t notified of the ice cream challenge. “It’s fantastic,” said Irene Lin, his campaign manager. “We’re very, very grateful,” she said, adding that supporters are having fun trying to come up with flavor names and ingredients.

It’s not the first time the ice cream makers have tried to sweeten a candidate’s campaign. Cohen created “Bernie’s Yearning” in 2016, during Sen. Sanders’ run for the Democratic nomination for president in 2016. The ice creams are not associated with the company, Ben & Jerry’s Homemade, Inc.

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Canoe comes loose from trailer, causes accident in Mills County

News

September 24th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

The Mills County Sheriff’s Office says no injuries were reported when a canoe came loose from a trailer and landed in the traveled portion of Highway 34, last Thursday morning, where it was hit by a semi. The canoe was one of eight canoes being hauled on a trailer, and pulled by a 2018 Chevy, driven by 32-year old Dessa Montgomery, of Emerson.

Montgomery was traveling east on Highway 34 just east of 305th Street at around 11:05-a.m., when the canoe became detached. The semi, driven by 38-year old Michael Christiansen, of Elliott, struck the errant canoe as the semi was traveling westbound.

The semi sustained damage to the front and driver’s side during the collision. No citations were issued.

The Mills County Sheriff’s Office reports also, 56-year old Brian Jeffrey Combs, of Council Bluffs, was arrested Saturday evening, for Violation of a No Contact Order, and Interference with official acts. He was being held without bond in the Mills County Jail.

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CCHS to host open house for mental health resources on Tuesday

News

September 24th, 2018 by admin

ATLANTIC- Cass County Health System is hosting an open house for local mental health resources in the CCHS atrium from 10 am to 2 pm on Tuesday, September 25th.

The public is invited to stop by to pick up information and talk to representatives from local mental health resources including Behavioral Health and Senior Life Solutions at Cass County Memorial Hospital, Southwest Iowa Mental Health Center, and Zion Recovery Services.

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BILLY MEISTER, 68, of Manning (Svcs. 10/01/2018)

Obituaries

September 24th, 2018 by admin

BILLY MEISTER, 68, of Manning died Wednesday, September 12th at the VA Hospital in Des Moines. A Memorial service for BILLY MEISTER will be held on Monday, October 1st at 1:00pm at the United Methodist Church in Manning. Ohde Funeral Home in Manning has the arrangements.

BILLY MEISTER is survived by:

Daughter: Shannon Meister of Council Bluffs.

Sisters: Kathy (Peter) Nash of Arizona. Connie Meister of California.

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Weekend arrests in Pott County

News

September 24th, 2018 by admin

The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office released details on a couple of weekend arrests.

On Friday, September 21st at 11:05am Deputies were called to an assault that had occurred at the Loves Travel Stop in Shelby. Upon investigation it was determined that a verbal altercation had occurred between two males and one of the men pushed a vehicle door on the other man’s foot. 46-year-old Brian Keith Frampton of Schererville, IN was cited for Simple Assault and released from the scene. The victim was identified as 39-year-old Ahmed Hassan Liban of Burnsville, MN.

The second arrest occurred at 8:15pm on Friday at the Hy-Vee Drug Store on West Broadway Street in Council Bluffs. A Deputy was working off duty security at the store when he was informed that a man that was on the ban and bar list for the store had entered. 44-year-old Shawn P Dolezal was informed he was trespassing and that he would be cited. He was placed on the ban and bar list from the store after shop lifting in July. Dolezal was cited for criminal trespassing and escorted out of the store without incident.

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Council Bluffs man arrested after wrecking vehicle in ditch off I-80

News

September 24th, 2018 by admin

The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest of a Council Bluffs man after a check on a car in the ditch of Interstate 80 on Sunday. At 8:07am officers were called to check on a silver car in the east ditch of I-80 at the 24-mile-marker.

When a Deputy arrived he observed an adult male sitting in the driver’s seat slumped over into the passenger seat. He woke up the driver and the deputy observed signs of impairment. After field sobriety tests the driver, 33-year-old Stephanos Samuel Ono of Council Bluffs, was taken into custody.

Ono was booked in to the Pottawattamie County Jail for OWI 3rd Offense and Driving While Barred, habitual offender. Ono was also issued two citations for Failure to Maintain Control and Failure to Provide Proof of Financial Liability.

Ono also had a non-extraditable warrant out of Carroll County for OWI 2nd Offense. The vehicle was marked for tow before officers left the scene.

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Nominate producers, marketers, and educators for 2018 Iowa Beef Quality Assurance Awards

Ag/Outdoor

September 24th, 2018 by admin

AMES, IOWA – Quality beef begins with quality care. The Beef Checkoff Program wants to recognize beef producers, marketers, and educators who diligently care for and properly handle cattle to provide consumers with safe and wholesome beef. Applications for Iowa’s 2018 Iowa Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) Awards are now being accepted.

BQA is a national program for beef cattle production that assures the highest standards of animal care and treatment. It was developed with guidance from leading animal health and well-being experts and outlines essential elements for cattle care. More than 90 percent of all U.S. beef is raised under the BQA program. (1)

The Iowa BQA program will recognize an outstanding cow/calf and feedyard beef producer, dairy producer, beef marketer, and/or educator/s who best demonstrate BQA practices, including sound animal husbandry practices. Nominees should be BQA certified and work to continually improve BQA on their operations while operating sustainable cattle businesses. The desire to encourage fellow producers to implement BQA and communicate what the industry is doing to ensure quality cattle care is a plus. The award is open to all segments of the industry – commercial cow-calf, seedstock, backgrounders, feedyards, dairy operations, auction markets operators/managers, veterinarians, and other educators.

“Beef Quality Assurance is becoming increasingly necessary to access markets in addition to being the right thing to do,” said Day Loy, Director, Iowa Beef Center. “The BQA awards program recognizes those that are going above and beyond the basic guidelines that help assure a safe, wholesome beef supply that is well cared for in the production process and enhancing our industry’s reputation.”

Completed entries are due by Friday, November 2, 2018. The Iowa BQA Award winners will be selected by a committee of fellow cattle producers, veterinarians, pharmaceutical representatives, and others who have a vested interest in the future of the beef industry.  Nominations can be submitted by any organization, group or individual on behalf of an Iowa beef producer or marketer. Individuals and families may not nominate themselves; however, the nominees are encouraged to be involved in the application process. Winners will be recognized during the Iowa Cattle Industry Leadership Summit and Annual Meeting held at the Prairie Meadows Event Center in Altoona, IA on December 6-7, 2018.

For further information on these awards or to download the application, please visit www.iabeef.org/resources/producer-resources/iowa-beef-quality-assurance-program

(1) https://www.beefitswhatsfordinner.com/Media/BIWFD/Docs/beef-csr-report-2017-final.pdf 

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