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Preheat oven to 350 degrees. For sauce, in a small saucepan melt butter over medium heat. Stir in flour, the 1/4 teaspoon salt and the 1/8 teaspoon pepper. Stir in dried basil (if using). Add milk all at once. Cook and stir until thickened and bubbly; cook and stir for one minute more. Remove from heat. Stir in the 3 tablespoons fresh basil (if using).
Lightly coat for 8-10 ounce round baking dishes or 6 ounce custard cups with cooking spray. Spoon about 2 tablespoons of the sauce into each prepared baking dish. Gently break an egg into the center of each dish; sprinkle with additional salt and pepper. Spoon the remaining sauce over eggs.
Bake for 18 to 20 minutes or until eggs are set. Sprinkle with cheese. Let stand until cheese melts. If desired, garnish with additional fresh basil and serve with toasted bread.
Makes four servings.
2017 Western Iowa All-Conference Honors
Western Iowa Conference
Final Standings – Baseball
#*Treynor 17-1, 32-5
^Tri-Center 14-4, 21-5
Underwood 12-6, 17-10
AHST/W 11-7, 15-10
Audubon 11-7, 14-11
Missouri Valley 10-8, 16-14
IKM-Manning 9-9, 11-14
Logan-Magnolia 4-14, 7-24
Riverside 2-16, 4-18
Griswold 0-18, 1-25
* WIC Regular Season Champion. ^WIC Tournament Champion.
#2017 State Baseball Tournament Qualifyer.
2017 Western Iowa All-Conference Baseball Team
First Team
Pitchers: Kendrick Umphries, Treynor, Sr.; Jared Wilson, Missouri Valley, Jr.
Catchers: Connor Lange, Missouri Valley, Jr.
First Base: Micky Williamson, Audubon, Sr.
Infield: Jared Johnson, IKM-Manning, Jr.; RJ Harris, AHST/W, Jr.; Brett Daley, Treynor, Sr.; Kaleb Harrison, Tri-Center, Jr.
Outfield: Isaiah Humphries, Underwood, Sr.; Kyle Christenson, Treynor, Soph.; Chase Contreraz, Missouri Valley, Jr.
Utility: Tyler Kozeal, Tri-Center, Sr.; Anthony Cordes, AHST/W, Sr.
Second Team
Pitchers: JJ Martin, Underwood, Sr.; Josh Lange, Audubon, Jr.
Catchers: Dean Bedell, Treynor, Jr.
First Base: Alex Lingle, IKM-Manning, Soph.
Infield: Peyton Peterson, Treynor, Sr.; Nick Ravlin, Underwood, Fr.; Jackson Nelson , Tri-Center, Jr.; Bodi Waller, Underwood, Fr.
Outfield: Dylan Williams, Tri-Center, Sr.; Tyler Rieboff, Audubon, Jr.; Jason Cox, Treynor, Sr.
Utility: Blake Hall, Underwood, 8th; Brent Pendgraft, Riverside, Sr.; Dan Kenealy, Tri-Center, Sr.
2017 WIC Softball
Final Standings – Softball
#*Logan-Magnolia 17-1, 32-5
^IKM-Manning 15-3, 22-7
Treynor 14-4, 26-8
Missouri Valley 11-7, 22-11
AHST/W 9-9, 14-11
Underwood 9-9, 14-13
Tri-Center 8-10, 12-14
Riverside 5-13, 9-19
Griswold 1-17, 6-22
Audubon 1-17, 4-25
* WIC Regular Season Champion. ^WIC Tournament Champion.
# 2017 State Softball Tournament Qualifier.
Western Iowa All-Conference Softball Team
First Team
Pitchers: Sydni Huisman, Treynor, Soph.; Abbie Carlson, Logan-Magnolia, Jr.
Catchers: Dani Gochenour, Logan-Magnolia, Sr.; Madelyn Deitchler, Treynor, Jr.
First Base: Hannah Collins, Missouri Valley, Sr.
Infield: Kylan Straight, Logan-Magnolia, Jr.; Payton Sporrer, IKM-Manning, Jr.; Jenna Peschel, Logan-Magnolia, Jr., Megan Wilson, Logan-Magnolia, Jr.
Outfield: Kaylee Finnegan, Treynor, Jr.; Kenzie Cunard, Logan-Magnolia, Jr.; Taylor Croghan, IKM-Manning, Jr.
Utility: Peyton Gross, IKM-Manning, Jr.
Second Team
Pitchers: Paige Livermore, Missouri Valley, Jr.; Ashlyn Cook, Missouri Valley, Fr.
Catchers: Zoey Melton, IKM-Manning, 8th; Samantha Brich, Tri-Center, Sr.
First Base: Grace Youngren, IKM-Manning, Soph.
Infield: Lauren Shapcott, Underwood, Jr.; Lexi Cook, Missouri Valley, Sr.; McKenna Waffle, Treynor, Sr.; Paige Gaskill, IKM-Manning, Jr.
Outfield: Emma Bonnett, Underwood, Sr.; Asia Hughes, Missouri Valley, Jr.; Jill Manhart, Tri-Center, Sr.
Utility: Reahgan Stueve, Missouri Valley, Jr.
WIC Softball Honorable Mention
AHST/W: Sydney Zimmerman – Fr.; Paige Osweiller – Fr..
Audubon: Taylor Nielson – Sr.; Claire Olsen – Sr.; Kaitlin Schultes – Sr.; Sara Wede – Sr.
Griswold: Danika Kentner – Sr.; Faith Rossell – Sr.; Brittney Beebe – Soph.
IKM-Manning: Katelyn Crawford – Jr.; Sammy Halbur – Soph.
Logan-Magnolia: Bergan Johnsen – Jr.; Megan Dunn – Fr.; Reanna Rife – Fr.
Missouri Valley: Kylie Wilson – Sr.; Natalie Haynes – Jr.; Carter Crispin – Soph.
Riverside: Allie Reicks – Jr.; Ashlynn Amdor – Fr.; Skye Bentley – Fr..
Tri-Center: Amanda Brich – Fr.; Kayla Jensen – Soph.; Sydney Handbury – Sr..
Treynor: Randi Robinson – Sr.; Alyssa Kellar – 8th.
Underwood: Ashley Van Fossen – Soph.; Erin McMains – Fr.
2017 Western Iowa Academic All-Conference – Softball
(Must be a Senior, Maintain a 3.25 cumulative grade point average)
Audubon: Taylor Nielson, Claire Olsen, Kaitlin Schultes, Sara Wede.
Griswold: Danika Kentner, Faith Rossell
Logan-Magnolia: Dani Gochenour, Jenna Peschel.
Missouri Valley: Kylie Wilson, Hannah Collins, Lexi Cook.
Treynor: Randi Robinson, McKenna Waffle.
Tri-Center: Sydney Handbury, Samantha Brich, Jill Manhart, Nicole McPhillips.
State Treasurer Michael Fitzgerald is asking Iowa’s governor to ensure Iowa taxpayers don’t foot the bill for the judgment the former communications director for Republicans in the Iowa Senate won from a jury last week. “We do have a tight budget and now we have this $2.2 million for those scoundrels up in the Republican senate to pay,” Fitzgerald said.
A jury awarded the money to Kirsten Anderson who filed a lawsuit charging her complaints about sexual harassment were disregarded and she was fired from her job on the Senate Republican Caucus Staff for complaining. Anderson’s bosses say she was fired for poor work and nothing else. Fitzgerald says testimony in the trial brought appalling behavior to light and he says Governor Kim Reynolds immediately should have insisted on changes in the legislature. “She is the leader of this state. She’s the leader of the Republican Party,” Fitzgerald says. “She should have demanded a change….that we have professional operation in every area of state government.”
Reynolds told reporters last week she has a “zero tolerance policy” when it comes to sexual harassment in the state agencies she oversees, but Reynolds says she has no control over personnel policies in the legislature, which is a separate branch of state government. Senate Republicans will meet privately this Friday. One Republican senator has publicly called for Senate Republican Leader Bill Dix to step down from his leadership post. The second-ranking Republican in the state senate has issued a statement supporting Dix.
(Radio Iowa)
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (July 25, 2017) — Thousands of people have responded to the emergency call for blood and platelet donations issued by the American Red Cross in early July, but the organization says there continues to be a critical summer blood shortage. Eligible donors of all types are urgently needed.
After issuing the emergency call, the Red Cross has experienced a 30 percent increase in blood donation appointments through mid-July. About half of the appointments were scheduled by donors using the free Blood Donor App or at redcrossblood.org. Despite this improvement, blood products are still being distributed to hospitals as fast as donations are coming in, so more donations are needed to meet patient needs and replenish the blood supply.
Nearly 61,000 fewer blood donations than needed were given through the Red Cross in May and June, prompting the emergency call for donations in early July. The shortfall was the equivalent of the Red Cross not receiving any blood donations for more than four days.
To schedule an appointment to donate, use the Blood Donor App, visit redcrossblood.org or call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767). Donation appointments and completion of a RapidPass online health history questionnaire are encouraged to help reduce the time it takes to donate.
As a special thank you, those who come out to give blood or platelets with the Red Cross July 26 through Aug. 31 will be emailed a $5 Target eGiftCard™.
Police in Creston report the arrest late Monday afternoon, of 31-year old John Vanscoy, of Creston. Vanscoy was arrested near the intersection of Sumner/New York Streets on a charge of Driving While Barred. He was later released from the Union County Jail on a $2,000 bond.
The area’s top news at 7:06-a.m., w/KJAN News Director Ric Hanson
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INDIANOLA, Iowa (AP) – A woman arrested after authorities found 19 neglected dogs and three dog carcasses on her south-central Iowa property has been given two years of probation. Court records say 41-year-old Lindsey Morrow pleaded guilty Monday to 22 counts of animal neglect before she was sentenced in a Warren County courtroom. Prosecutors dropped other charges in exchange for her pleas. The Indianola woman’s probation requirements say she can’t own any pets while under the state supervision.
Morrow was arrested in February after the dogs were found on properties in Sandyville and Indianola.
The Iowa Association of Realtors has released its sales report for June and president Cindy Miller of Burlington says it’s a record breaker. IAR members sold 5,389 homes last month. That’s up 5.3-percent compared to June of 2016 (5,120 homes).
It’s also the most homes sold in Iowa over a one month period, according to IAR records. June and July are typically the busiest months for home sales in Iowa, but Miller says there are several factors that boosted sales a bit more than usual. “Well, (mortgage) rates are still low and the weather has been fairly good, so people have been out looking for houses,” Miller said. “We have a lot of first-time home buyer programs out there that get people into a house with very little down, so they’ll still moving.”
The median sale price of a home in Iowa last month was $165,000 — up from $156,000 a year ago.
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Mexico’s foreign ministry says that “according to preliminary information” 25 of the migrants inside a sweltering tractor-trailer in Texas were Mexican. A ministry statement issued Monday night said that based interviews by Mexican consulate personnel and contact with local authorities “we can say that of the 10 people who lost their lives … four were of Mexican nationality.” The statement also said that of the 29 people hospitalized, 21 are Mexican. The tractor-trailer was found parked outside a Walmart in San Antonio. The people were discovered inside early Sunday. The driver, James Matthew Bradley Jr., now faces a federal human smuggling charge that carries the possibility of the death penalty.
Bradley, and Pyle Transportation Inc., of Schaller, the northwest Iowa trucking company he was driving for, both claim they don’t know how or when the illegal immigrants got into the trailer. Bradley called his fiancee Sunday from a jail more than 1,000 miles from home and briefly described the gruesome events. Darnisha Rose says James Matthew Bradley Jr., who she called a generous person, claimed he had no idea how so many people came to be crammed inside his trailer in the Texas heat.
The 60-year-old Bradley, a diabetic whose criminal history includes a conviction in a felony domestic violence case, told Rose that he’d stopped his truck at a San Antonio Walmart and went inside to use the bathroom. He claimed that when he returned to his truck, he noticed the trailer rocking back and forth.
He said he’d heard nothing before that.