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New Miss Iowa is starting her first victory lap of the state

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June 19th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

After being named the second runner-up last year, Kelly Koch (pronounced “Cook”), is now reigning as the new Miss Iowa. Koch is a 20-year-old from the Des Moines suburb of Waukee. She was crowned last weekend and is now starting her victory lap of Iowa.

Kelly Koch

Kelly Koch, Miss Iowa 2016

Koch says “I am still in shock that I am the new Miss Iowa 2016 and I wake up every morning still shocked. It’s been great and I just want to make everyone proud.” Her platform is the “Pinky Swear” Foundation. She said the concept came from a young boy who was fighting cancer who used his money to aid other families fighting cancer and made his dad “pinky swear” to continue the effort. She learned about it during last year’s Miss Iowa Pageant during a trip to the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. Koch is preparing to be in the national spotlight in September.

She says she “Will be on the Miss America stage in less than three months. That is scary but exciting,” and Koch says she hopes that she can make her fellow Iowans proud. Among the prizes Koch received upon becoming Miss Iowa is a $10,000 scholarship she’ll use when she returns to Iowa State University next year. She plans to become a child life specialist, helping children fighting cancer and their families while in the hospital.

(Radio Iowa)

Area softball scores from Sat., 6/19/16

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June 19th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

A-D-M, Adel 5, North Polk 0
AHSTW 11, Essex 1
AHSTW 12, Woodbine 3
Bishop Heelan, Sioux City 6, North Union 1
Bishop Heelan, Sioux City 7, Atlantic 1
Boyer Valley 20, Audubon 14
CAM 11, Audubon 7
Clear Creek-Amana 11, Harlan 2
Earlham 12, CAM 1
Earlham 8, Boyer Valley 6
Essex 12, Nishnabotna 0
Exira-EHK 5, Fremont-Mills 2
Exira-EHK 9, Griswold 2
Fremont-Mills 10, Southwest Valley 8
Griswold 11, Southwest Valley 3
Guthrie Center 5, Underwood 2
Guthrie Center 7, Earlham 4
Guthrie Center 7, West Harrison 5
Humboldt 6, Carroll 5
Keokuk 6, Creston 0
Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 4, East Sac County 0
Lawton-Bronson 5, Sergeant Bluff-Luton 0
Lisbon 14, Carroll 7
Martensdale-St Marys 10, West Central Valley, Stuart 0
Missouri Valley 10, East Mills 3
Missouri Valley 11, Stanton 0
Missouri Valley 12, Shenandoah 2
Murray 8, Lenox 3
Shenandoah 16, East Mills 5
Shenandoah 9, Stanton 8
Stanton 17, East Mills 5
Treynor 10, Glenwood 7
Treynor 12, CB Abraham Lincoln 0
Underwood 12, CAM, Anita 0
Underwood 12, Riverside, Oakland 4
West Central Valley 12, DM North 0
West Harrison 11, Boyer Valley 4
Winterset 11, Iowa City West 0
Winterset 6, Ankeny 0

Area baseball scores from Sat., 6/19/16

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June 19th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Adair-Casey 9, CAM, Anita 6 (Guthrie Center Tournament)
Alta/Aurelia 8, Denison-Schleswig 1
CAM, Anita 9, Guthrie Center 7 (Guthrie Center Tournament)
Clarke, Osceola 15, Martensdale-St. Marys 7
Clear Lake 10, Glenwood 6
Clear Lake 12, ADM, Adel 7
Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson 9, Des Moines, Abraham Lincoln 5
Denison-Schleswig 9, Cherokee, Washington 8
Dubuque, Senior 10, Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson 2
Glenwood 5, ADM, Adel 4
LeMars 8, Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 4 (#BattleofCB)
Lewis Central 4, Pleasant Valley 3
Mason City 4, Lewis Central 2
South Central Calhoun 11, Guthrie Center 1
South Central Calhoun 12, Adair-Casey 2
Treynor 12, Underwood 1
Treynor 9, Underwood 7
Waukee 6, Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 0 (#BattleofCB)
Wayne, Corydon 8, Martensdale-St. Marys 5
West Harrison, Mondamin 12, West Monona, Onawa 2 (WH Tourney)
West Harrison, Mondamin 12, Whiting 6 (WH Tournament)

WWII vet’s remains to be returned to Iowa family for burial

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June 19th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — After more than seven decades, the remains of a World War II veteran killed in action will be returned to his family in Iowa. The Des Moines Register reports that Palmer Haraldson’s family long ago gave up hope of being able to recover his remains.

Haraldson, a private in the Marines and native of Lincoln, Nebraska, was killed at age 31 on Nov. 22, 1943, while in combat on the Gilbert Islands in the Pacific. He was buried in a mass cemetery with 1,000 other Marines and sailors killed, and his body was declared non-recoverable in 1949. But now, his remains have been located and will return to Iowa for a burial in Fort Dodge with full military honors on June 22.

Byron wins in Iowa for 2nd straight NASCAR Truck victory

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June 19th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

NEWTON, Iowa (AP) — William Byron held onto the lead on a late restart to win the NASCAR Truck Series race at Iowa Speedway on Saturday night for his second straight victory. The 18-year-old Byron held off a hard-charging Cole Custer by less than a half-second for his third victory in just nine career starts.

Custer was second, followed by Cameron Hayley, Ben Rhodes and Tyler Reddick. Byron led a race-high 97 laps before a mishap on pit road cost him the top spot. But he rallied to retake the lead and maintained it over the final three laps.

Bannister strikes out 11, Arizona beats Miami 5-1 at CWS

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June 19th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nathan Bannister matched his career high with 11 strikeouts in seven innings and Arizona capitalized on Miami starter Michael Mediavilla’s rocky first inning a 5-1 victory Saturday night in the College World Series. The Wildcats (45-21), in the CWS for the first time since winning the 2012 national title, will play Oklahoma State on Monday night in a Bracket 1 winners’ game. The No. 3 national seed Hurricanes (50-13) will face UC Santa Barbara in an elimination game that afternoon.

Mediavilla hit two of Arizona’s first five batters and issued a bases-loaded walk before Jared Oliva’s two-run single made it 3-0. Zach Gibbons’ two-run double in the fifth increased the lead to 5-1. Bannister, who made his 13th straight start of at least six innings, confounded Miami batters mixing in his curveball with an upper 80s fastball.

 

Hatch, Oklahoma State top UC Santa Barbara 1-0 in CWS opener

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June 19th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Thomas Hatch threw a complete game, Garrett Benge singled in the only run in the fourth inning and Oklahoma State opened the College World Series with a 1-0 victory over UC Santa Barbara on Saturday. Hatch extended his shutout streak to 26 innings with his fourth complete game and third shutout of the season.

The Cowboys (42-20) will play Monday against Arizona. The Gauchos (42-19-1) will meet Miami, on Monday. Hatch (9-2), a third-round draft pick of the Chicago Cubs, allowed five hits, walked one and struck out seven in his dazzling 112-pitch performance for the Cowboys, who are in the CWS for the first time since 1999.

Santa Barbara starter Shane Bieber (12-4) was just was just about as good as Hatch, limiting the Cowboys to six base hits. Three of them came in succession in the fourth inning, though, and produced Oklahoma State’s only run. Corey Hassel singled to left, Donnie Walton to right and Benge through the middle to make it 1-0. Bieber escaped further damage when Conor Costello lined into a double play and Dustin Williams flew out.

Rangers overcome three-run deficit, beat Cardinals 4-3

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June 19th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Ian Desmond drove in a run with a sacrifice fly to cap a two-run ninth-inning rally and the Texas Rangers overcame a late three-run deficit to beat the St. Louis Cardinals 4-3 on Saturday. Texas has five straight victories and won its franchise-record ninth consecutive series — the Rangers beat the Cardinals 1-0 on Friday to begin the three-game set. The Rangers scored twice in each of the eighth and ninth innings.

In the ninth, closer Trevor Rosenthal (2-2) hit Robinson Chirinos to load the bases, and then Kevin Siegrist walked Shin-Soo Choo and allowed Desmond’s fly ball to left. Jake Diekman got his second save in as many chances. Shawn Tolleson (1-2) pitched a scoreless eighth to get the win. Cardinals starter Carlos Martinez pitched seven scoreless innings, allowing four hits and a walk. He struck out four and has a 1.23 ERA over his past four starts.

LuETTA S. VORTHMANN, 91, of Treynor (Svcs. 6/22/16)

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June 19th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

LuETTA S. VORTHMANN, 91, of Treynor, died Friday, June 17th at the Bethany Lutheran Home. Funeral services for LuETTA VORTHMANN will be held Wednesday, June 22nd at 10:00am at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Treynor. Hoy-Kilnoski Funeral Home in Council Bluffs is in charge of the arrangements.

Visitation is Tuesday from 5:00p.m. to 7:00p.m. at the Hoy-Kilnoski Funeral
Home.

Interment is in the St. Paul Lutheran Church Cemetery.

Memorials are suggested to Treynor Fire and Rescue or St. Paul Lutheran Church Parsonage Fund.

Luetta Vorthmann is survived by:

Her husband of 72 years – Richard Vorthmann.

Her sons – Bill (Ann) Vorthmann; Roger (Ann) Vorthmann

Her daughter: Lynette (Douglas) Steele.

7 grandchildren,  9 great grandchildren, a host of other family and friends.

Storms leave thousands in northwest Iowa without power

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June 18th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — Residents in northwestern Iowa are cleaning up after heavy rain and strong winds downed power lines and tree limbs and knocked out electricity to thousands overnight. MidAmerican Energy says up to 13,000 customers were left without power in the Sioux City area when the storm moved through Friday night.

The utility says power was restored to about 8,000 customers by early Saturday morning. The storms also caused the partial collapse of a stage Friday night at the RiseFest Christian Music Festival in Sheldon. No injuries were reported, and festival organizers had already evacuated the area around 7 p.m. Friday because of strong wind and lighting.