The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union released the regional volleyball pairings on Thursday. Check out all the classes at the following links.
The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union released the regional volleyball pairings on Thursday. Check out all the classes at the following links.
The Lewis Central girls finished 20th at the Ft. Dodge Cross Country Invite on Thursday. Their top runner was Mahri Manz in 102nd place.
Ames won the girls team title. Addison Dorenkamp of WDM Valley was the individual winner with a time of 18:17.00.
Glenwood finished 17th in the boys race and Lewis Central was 19th. Glenwood’s top finisher was Bryant Keller in 18th place. Lewis Central’s top finisher was Ethan Eichhorn in 11th.
Sioux City North won the boys team title. Aidan Ramsey of Dallas Center-Grimes was the individual winner in a time of 15:29.20
Full results from the meet can be found HERE
Boyer Valley XC Meet
10/07/2021
Dunlap, IA
Girls Team Scores
Girls Individual Top Ten
Boys Team Scores
Boys Individual Top Ten
Full results HERE
Atlantic XC Invite
10/07/2021
Nishna Hills Golf Course
Girls Team Standings
Girls Individual Top Ten
Atlantic finishes: Ava Rush 4th, Claire Pellett 14th, Belle Berg 35th, Addie DeArment 46th, Faith Altman 49th, Claire Wiederstein 71st, Aspen Niklasen 80th,
Boys Team Scores
Boys Individual Top Ten
Atlantic finishes: Drew Engler 10th, Zane Berg 14th, Bennett Whetstone 18th, Devon Fields 43rd, Tyrell Williams 50th, Mason McFadden 66th.
Full results HERE
High School Football Schedule
Week 7
10/07/2021
8-Player
District 10
Coon Rapids-Bayard @ CAM- ON KJAN and CAM COUGAR CHANNEL
Boyer Valley @ Exira-EHK- ON SPARTAN MEDIA
West Harrsion @ Audubon
Siouxland Christian @ Woodbine- ON WOODBINE TIGER VISION
District 9
East Mills @ East Union
Bedford @ Stanton-Essex
Fremont-Mills @ Griswold- ON GrizTigerVision
Lenox @ Martensdale-St. Marys
District 8
Lenox @ Martensdale-St. Marys
Lamoni @ Moravia
Mormon Trail @ Seymour
Murray @ Southeast Warren
District 1
Remsen-St. Mary’s @ Ar-We-Va- ON ROCKET MEDIA
Newell-Fonda @ Glidden-Ralston
Kingsley-Pierson @ River Valley
Siouxland Christian @ Woodbine- ON WOODBINE TIGER VISION
Class A
District 8
Logan-Magnolia @ AHSTW
IKM-Manning @ Lawton-Bronson
Missouri Valley @ Westwood
Tri-Center @ Woodbury Central
District 7
Logan-Magnolia @ AHSTW
Earlham @ Mount Ayr
Southwest Valley @ Riverside- ON BSTN
Sidney @ St. Albert
Class 1A
District 8
Treynor @ Kuemper Catholic
East Sac County @ MVAOCOU- ON ESCN
West Monona @ Underwood
District 7
Panorama @ ACCG
Van Meter @ I-35
West Central Valley @ Nodaway Valley
Class 2A
District 8
Clarinda @ Des Moines Christian
Shenandoah @ Greene County
Clarke @ Red Oak
Class 3A
District 6
Harlan @ ADM
Knoxville @ Atlantic
Saydel @ Creston
District 1
Carroll @ MOC-Floyd Valley
Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley @ Sergeant Bluff-Luton
Bishop Heelan @ Sioux Center
Class 4A
District 6
CB Thomas Jefferson @ Winterset
Lewis Central @ Glenwood
Dallas Center-Grimes @ Des Moines Hoover
District 1
Denison-Schleswig @ LeMars- ON KDSN-TV
Webster City @ Spencer
Fort Dodge @ Storm Lake
Class 5A
District 2
Sioux City North @ Johnston
Ames @ Dowling Catholic
CB Abraham Lincoln @ Waukee
The Atlantic Trojans (1-5, 0-2) are gearing up for a Homecoming game this week against the Knoxville Panthers (1-5, 1-1). The Trojans are hoping to finish strong after a very tough stretch of games the past few weeks, including a lopsided affair against top-ranked Harlan last week. Atlantic Head Coach Joe Brummer thinks his team has responded well to the lessons that come with the losses.
Atlantic will need to be sound on the edges defensively this week against a Panther team that runs the triple option. Running backs Tristin DeJong and Gavin Montalvo are different types of threats with speed and size. Coach Brummer said his defense will need to make proper reads and decisions.
Coach Brummer said he hopes a strong contingent of fans come out to support the team on Homecoming and he’s made it a point to reach out to Alums.
You can hear a full interview with Coach Brummer on Friday afternoon at 4:45 p.m. on Trojan Preview on KJAN. The Trojans and Panthers will kickoff at 7:00 p.m. at the Trojan Bowl on Friday night. Coronation will be held in the High School gym at 12:15 p.m. and the Homecoming parade will start from Ed Podolak Drive at 2:30 p.m. We will have live streaming video coverage of both those events on KJANTV.
KRISTINE SCHMITZ, 54, of Harlan died Monday, October 4, 2021. Funeral services for KRISTINE SCHMITZ will be held on Saturday, October 9, 2021 at 4:00 pm at Pauley-Jones Funeral Home in Harlan.
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Visitation will be held Saturday, October 9, 2021 from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm at the funeral home.
KRISTINE SCHMITZ is survived by:
Children: David (Jennifer) of Slater; Matthew (Melissa) of Greenwood, IN; Zachary (Madison) of West Des Moines; Luke of North Charleston, SC; Grace of Harlan.
Mother: Linda Kafton of Harlan
Siblings: John (Judi) Kafton of Idaho; Kaja (Julie) Kafton of Texas
Sister-in-Law: Wanda Kafton of Virginia
5 Grandchildren
(Radio Iowa) – The Iowa Business Council’s third-quarter Economic Outlook Survey shows a continued positive outlook among its business members for the next six months. I-B-C executive director, Joe Murphy, says while it is the fifth straight positive survey, a couple of issues continue to persist. “We are still facing extreme pressures from a workforce shortage perspective, and increasing bottlenecks in the supply chain for Iowa companies,” Murphy says. The labor shortage is directly linked to the supply chain problem.
“We don’t have enough truck drivers to move the supplies, we don’t have enough people out on the west coast in the Port of Los Angeles to offload those cargo containers. There’s not enough people out there to move the empty containers so more trucks can get in,” he says. Sales expectations fell just lightly as did the employment index fell. The survey found 55 percent of businesses expect their workforce to grow, and 40 percent do not anticipate any change in employment. One hundred percent of the businesses in the survey say hiring is somewhat difficult to very difficult.
“Once those goods are here in Iowa, there’s a bottleneck with individuals not being employed at our companies,” Murphy says. “And so, those supply chain issues are really at the root cause stemming from that workforce issue — and that’s really concerning for us moving forward.” The third-quarter survey’s overall economic outlook index is nearly 66 — with 50 or above being positive.
“We’re optimistic about the future — but the whole point of these surveys is to forecast what some of these issues are currently or on the horizon,” Murphy says. “If these issues don’t become less of a burden for companies, you’ll start to see that optimism number start to trickle backward. We’ve seen that before in our surveys if you look at some of our historical data.” Murphy says Iowa needs to continue working on solutions to the problems or face the possibility of businesses looking to other states.
“That means less money coming into Iowa, less property tax base, etcetera. And so that’s really the danger here long term. And that is something you’ll continue to see the Iowa Business Council work against,” Murphy says. The Iowa Business Council is made up of of 22 chief executives from Iowa’s largest organizations. The I-B-C says one in six jobs in Iowa are tied to an Iowa Business Council company.
(Radio Iowa) – The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Sioux City has announced a man from South Dakota side of the Sioux City metro has been sentenced to four years in prison for trading guns for drugs. Forty-year-old Brandon Christiansen is from McCook, Lake, South Dakota. He claimed to be a gun collector when authorities searched his home last year, but there were no guns in the house.
Federal prosecutors say Christiansen illegally acquired as many as 56 guns over a seven and a half year period and traded the guns for drugs. According to a news release for the U.S. Attorney’s Office, some of the guns were semiautomatic and capable of firing off large capacity magazines.
Purchase records presented in court showed Christiansen bought at least 23 guns from five different gun stores in Sioux City and Sioux Falls. Authorities say five of those guns were found during drug investigations that did not involve Christiansen.
Atlantic, Iowa- Officials with Cass Health said Thursday, that the Iowa Organization for Nursing Leadership (IONL) has named Cass Health Chief Nursing Officer Amanda Bireline as the 2021 Outstanding Nurse Executive. Bireline said “I am grateful for and humbled by this recognition. Never could I claim success alone, though. This award belongs as much to our Cass Health team as it belongs to me. I am forever grateful to the people who have put a little faith in me along the way and allowed me to join them in their journey to make a difference in the lives of others.”
As Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) at Cass Health, Bireline serves as the primary executive overseeing hospital nursing and clinical services. She gained clinical and leadership experience in a variety of healthcare settings, including a for-profit residential substance abuse treatment center, a non-profit hospice home, rural health clinics, and critical access hospitals. Bireline received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing and Master of Science in Administration with a certificate in Organizational Leadership from the University of South Dakota.
In 2019, she participated in the first American Organization for Nursing Leadership (AONL) Nurse Executive Fellowship. The AONL Nurse Executive Fellowship is a highly interactive nine-month program designed for nurses in a senior executive role. Throughout the program fellows develop critical executive competencies to lead in complex systems and to influence and inspire the nursing workforce and others.
In 2020 and 2021, Bireline used the skills learned as an AONL fellow to co-teach two sessions in the IONL Nurse Manager Leadership Workshop. Her programs entitled “Personal and Professional Accountability for Nurse Leaders,” and “Strategic Management for Nurse Leaders,” armed new nurse leaders with skills for advancing the nursing profession. She has been asked back to teach in the 2021 – 2022 workshops due to the popularity and success of her previous sessions.
“Amanda is a vital member of our leadership team at Cass Health and is a well-respected health care leader throughout the state. Amanda is smart, humble and has an amazing work ethic,” said Cass Health CEO Brett Altman. Both Altman and Bireline noted that the clinical teams throughout the hospital deserve much of the credit for three national awards including Performance Leadership Awards, Top 100 Critical Access Hospital awards, and most recently, the Top 20 Critical Access Hospital overall award winner. Additionally, Cass Health has been selected as a Des Moines Register Top Workplace in Iowa for seven consecutive years due to high employee satisfaction.
“Amanda is truly exceptional with her skills, knowledge, and leadership. I have found Amanda to be enthusiastic, polite, honest, intelligent, compassionate, loyal, and hard working. Simply stated, she is the best CNO I have ever had the privilege of working with,” said Altman.
Bireline was recognized on October 7th as a part of the Iowa Hospital Association’s Virtual Annual Meeting.