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Muscatine police charge teen with headstone toppling

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April 12th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

MUSCATINE, Iowa (AP) – Muscatine police say they have charged a teenager in connection with the toppling of dozens of headstones at a cemetery. The Muscatine Journal reports police arrested the 17-year-old Monday morning and charged him with second-degree criminal mischief. The Associated Press doesn’t generally name juveniles charged with crimes.

Workers discovered April 3 that about 50 headstones had been pushed off their bases at Greenwood Cemetery. Crews had to use equipment to put the headstones back into place. Police estimated the vandalism caused $3,000 in damage.

More info. released on Cass County pickup vs. tractor accident

News

April 12th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

The Cass County Sheriff’s Office today (Tuesday) released additional information pertaining to a pickup truck vs. tractor accident that took place Monday afternoon, south of Cumberland. Officials say the crash happened at around 3:34-p.m. on southbound 690th Street, about 1.5-miles south of Cumberland. It occurred, as 31-year old Cole Andrew Christensen, of Hamlin, attempted to pass an International tractor, driven by 54-year old David Crum, of Atlantic, as Crum was attempting to turn left into a farm drive.

The 1994 GMC Sierra pickup struck the tractor, causing the tractor to flip onto its side. Christensen and a passenger were transported to the Cass County Memorial Hospital by Cumberland Rescue, and later transported to Omaha for further medical treatment.

Picture courtesy Mike Kennon, Cass County Emergency Management Agency.

Picture courtesy Mike Kennon, Cass County Emergency Management Agency.

Crum was transported to CCMH by private vehicle. Damage to Christensen’s vehicle is estimated at $15,000; damage to the tractor is also estimated at $15,000. The incident remains under investigation.

GARY EHLE, 73, of Griswold (Svcs. 04-16-2016)

Obituaries

April 12th, 2016 by admin

GARY EHLE, 73, of Griswold, died February 28th at his home in Griswold.  A Memorial gathering for GARY EHLE will be held Saturday, April 16th from 10:30am-1:00pm in the First Church of Christ in Atlantic. Hockenberry Family Care Funeral Home in Atlantic has the arrangements.

Burial will be in the Atlantic Cemetery.

GARY EHLE is survived by:

His sons – David (Lindy) Ehle, of Belle Plain (IA), and Jeff (Shelly) Christensen, of Atlantic.

His daughter – Kristi Ehle, of Barnes City (IA)

Step-Son:  Rodney (Ruth) Christensen of Atlantic

His brother – Kent (Theresa) Ehle, of Atlantic.

His sister – Karen (Ray) Underwood, of Lyman.

4 grandchildren, 3 step-grandchildren, 4 great-grandchildren and 1 step great-grandchild.

 

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Trading Post

April 12th, 2016 by Jim Field

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Senate Judiciary chair Grassley has breakfast with Garland

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April 12th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

WASHINGTON (AP) – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles Grassley has had breakfast with the man whose nomination to the Supreme Court he has promised to block. The Iowa Republican dined with federal judge Merrick Garland Tuesday in the Capitol’s Senate Dining Room. Grassley evaded reporters afterward, and his office said it would release a statement on the meeting.  As usual, Garland said nothing to reporters.

Grassley has joined with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and most GOP senators in saying they won’t consider a replacement for the late Justice Antonin Scalia until the president elected this November nominates someone.  When he agreed to meet with Garland, Grassley said he would tell that to the judge. Democrats have relentlessly attacked Grassley for refusing to hold the usual hearings for the nominee.

(Podcast) KJAN 8-a.m. News, 4/12/2016

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April 12th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

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High School Track Scoreboard Monday 4/11/2016

Sports

April 12th, 2016 by admin

Creston Lady Panther Relays

Large Schools Division

  1. Creston 133
  2. Atlantic 99
  3. Shenandoah 84
  4. Clarinda 58
  5. Clarke 52
  6. I-35 21

Creston won the 4x100m Relay, 4x200m Relay, 4x400m Relay, 4x800m Relay, Sprint Medley, and Distance Medley en route to the team title.

Tiffany Williams had a big night for Atlantic with 3000m, 1500m, and 800m run wins.

Small Schools Division

  1. Mt. Ayr 142
  2. Nodaway Valley 72.5
  3. Stanton 62
  4. Lenox 48
  5. Martensdale St. Marys 38
  6. East Union 27
  7. Diagonal 24.5
  8. Creston JV 18
  9. Adair-Casey 13

Mt. Ayr picked up wins in the 4x100m Relay, 4x400m Relay, and 4x800m Relay.  The Raiderettes won 6 other individual events to pick up the team title.

Nodaway Valley got wins from Kenna Lundy in the 200m, Destiny Scar in the 800m and also won the Shuttle Hurdle and Distance Medley relays.

Full Results can be found Creston Lady Panther Relays 2016.

Shenandoah Boys Mustang Relays

  1. Shenandoah 140.5
  2. Glenwood 137
  3. Clarinda 90
  4. Nishnabotna 51
  5. Griswold 48.5
  6. Lenox 39
  7. Fremont-Mills 36
  8. Bedford 32
  9. Sidney 31.5
  10. East Mills 29.5
  11. Southwest Valley 24
  12. Red Oak 17
  13. Essex 14
  14. Clarinda Academy 12

Shenandoah picked up a win in the 800m Run from Tyler Hoyt and scored big in the relay events winning the 4x100m Relay and 4x200m Relay and were second in the 4x400m Relay and 4x800m Relay.

Griswold had David Thompson win the 3200m Run and Jadon Jahnke win the Long Jump.

Full results can be seen here.

Tri-Center Boys Invitational

  1. Treynor 118
  2. Underwood 115
  3. St. Albert 89
  4. Tri-Center 57
  5. Riverside 56
  6. AHSTW 49
  7. Westwood 27
  8. West Harrison 27
  9. Adair-Casey 14
  10. Iowa School for the Deaf 4

Treynor picked up wins from Brett Daley in the 400m, Matt Deitcheler in the 800m, Trey Castle in the 1600m, and Jerry Jorgenson in the 3200m.  Brett Daley also won the Long Jump and the Cardinals won the 4x800m Relay.

AHSTW’s Gage Clay won the 100m and 200m.

Adam McDermott of Tri-Center won the Discus.

Riverside won the 4x100m Relay and Distance Medley.

Full results can be seen here.

Carroll Co-Ed Relays

GIRLS

  1. Carroll 133.5
  2. IKM-Manning 90.5
  3. Roland-Story 82
  4. Green County 80
  5. Maple Valley Anthon-Oto 75
  6. Perry 50
  7. Audubon 46
  8. Woodward-Granger 25

Payton Sporrer of IKM-Manning won the 1500m and 3000m runs.  The Wolves also won the Distance Medley.

Audubon had a couple of second place finishes on the night: Madison Hagedorn in the 100m Hurdles and Sydney Obermeier in the 400m Hurdles.  Kiara Sporrer was third in the 400m Dash for the Wheelers.

Full results here.

BOYS

  1. Carroll 159
  2. Audubon 102
  3. IKM-Manning 88
  4. Greene County 72
  5. Perry 60
  6. Maple Valley Anthon-Oto 32
  7. Woodward-Granger 12

Audubon got individual wins from Michell Nelsen in the 110m Hurdles, Joseph Zaiger in the Discus, and Kyle Rustvold in the High Jump. The Wheelers also won the Shuttle Hurdle Relay.

IKM-Manning got a win from Austin Dahlgren in the 400m and the Wolves won the 4x400m Relay and 4x800m Relay.

Full results here.

High School Tennis Scoreboard Monday 4/11/2016

Sports

April 12th, 2016 by admin

GIRLS

Glenwood 5 Lewis Central 4
Kuemper Catholic 5 Red Oak 4
St. Albert 9 Audubon 0

BOYS

Creston 7 Southwest Valley 2
Glenwood 6 Lewis Central 3
Kuemper Catholic 6 Red Oak 3
St. Albert 9 Audubon 0

 

High School Golf Scoreboard Monday 4/11/2016

Sports

April 12th, 2016 by admin

BOYS

  • Glenwood 170 Lewis Central 187
    Medalist: Kobe Rhodes, Glenwood 38
    Runner-up: Ryan Leath, Glenwood 42
  • Griswold 178 Underwood 190  Full Results: UnderwoodvsGriswold04112016
    Medalist: Jake Reynolds, Griswold 39
    Runner-up: James Reynolds, Griswold 40
  • IKM-Manning 176 Riverside 204
    Medalist: Tyler Krueger, Riverside 38
    Runner-up: Jared Vollstedt, IKM-Manning 42
  • Missouri Valley 173 Logan-Magnolia 178
    Medalist: Seth Svedja, Missouri Valley 39
    Runner-up: Harrison Kersey, Missouri Valley 41
  • Red Oak 183 Southwest Valley 226
    Medalist: Justin Bernard, Red Oak 43
    Runner-up: Connor Johnson, Red Oak 43
  • Treynor 167 AHSTW 202
    Medalist: Jamison Keysor, Treynor 40
    Runner-up: Nathan Hill, Treynor 41

 

 

GIRLS

  • Glenwood 238 Lewis Central 256
    Medalist: Payton Schmidt, Glenwood 50
    Runner-up: Opal Fox, Glenwood 54
  • Griswold 227 Underwood 238   Full Results: UnderwoodvsGriswold04112016
    Medalist: Mateya Peters, Griswold 54
    Runner-up: Bry Karlisle, Griswold 55
  • IKM-Manning NTS Riverside No Team Score
    Medalist: Brooke Waterbury, IKM-Manning 52
    Runner-up: Sara Conway, Riverside 59
  • Logan-Magnolia 228 Missouri Valley No Team Score
    Medalist: Dani Dobbs, Logan-Magnolia 52
    Runner-up: Julianna King, Logan-Magnolia 56
  • Red Oak 257 Southwest Valley No Team Score
    Medalist: Ashley Brower, Red Oak 52
    Runner-up: Kiara Roberts, Southwest Valley 54
  • Treynor 176 AHSTW 237
    Medalist: Aly Anderson, Treynor 38
    Runner-up: Madelyn Deitchler, Treynor 43

Rolling Valley Girls Meet at Carroll (Glidden-Ralston Host)

  1. Boyer Valley 213
  2. Coon-Rapids Bayard 247
  3. CAM 249
  4. Exira-EHK 253
  5. Charter Oak-Ute 258
  6. Glidden-Ralston 277
  7. Woodbine No Team Score
  8. Adair-Casey No Team Score

Medalist: Lindsey Anderson, Boyer Valley 50
Runner-Up: Anna Puck, Boyer Valley 52Other top golfers: CAM- Morgan Ferguson 53. Exira-EHK- Brook Schwery 61. Adair-Casey- Zoey Dinkla 66.

Full results Girls Rolling Valley 04112016.

 

High School Soccer Scoreboard Monday 4/11/2016

Sports

April 12th, 2016 by admin

GIRLS

Ballard 11, Carroll 1
Lewis Central 10, Atlantic 0
Missouri Valley 4, Riverside 1
St. Albert, Council Bluffs 5, Treynor 1
Tri-Center, Neola 7, Harlan 0
Underwood 2, Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson 1

BOYS

AHSTW 3, Missouri Valley 2
Glenwood 3, Lewis Central 0
Harlan 1, Kuemper Catholic 0
St. Albert 7, Atlantic 1
Winterset 3, Ballard 2