(Red Oak, Iowa) – Police in Red Oak say a man was arrested Wednesday afternoon, following a traffic stop. 29-year-old Tylor Daniel Fine, of Red Oak, was arrested at around 1:35-p.m. and charged with Driving While Under Suspension, and Interference with Official Acts. Fine was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on a $491.25 bond.
JOYCE TRUE, 80, of Elk Horn, died Wednesday, June 12, 2024, at the Salem Lutheran Home in Elk Horn. A Memorial service for JOYCE TRUE will be held at 10:30-a.m. on June 21st, at the Pauley-Jones Funeral Home in Avoca.
Visitation at the funeral home is on the 21st, from 9:30-until 10:30-a.m.
A Private family burial will take place in the Graceland Cemetery at Avoca.
JOYCE TRUE is survived by:
Her sons – Terry (Connie) Pieken, and Bill True III, all of Avoca.
Her daughters – Pam Beasley, of Springfield, MO., & Donna (Jeff) Slack, of Viborg, SD
17 grandchildren, 31 great-grandchildren, 2 great-great grandchildren; and her daughter-in-law: Linda Pieken, of Avoca.
(Omaha, NE) – The National Weather Service in Omaha reports hail the size of baseballs or larger pummeled parts of eastern Nebraska and western Iowa, Wednesday evening. In western Iowa, golfball-size hail ( 1 3/4″ in diameter) fell at around 6:50-p.m. along the Interstate 29 corridor in Monona County, about three-miles west of Whiting, and covered the roadway. Other reports include:
Hundreds of people in eastern Nebraska and parts of western Iowa also lost power during the storms.
(Lake Mills, Iowa) – A vehicle being pursued by law enforcement in northern Iowa’s Winnebago County, crashed Wednesday night and ejected the driver, who died at the scene. According to the Iowa State Patrol, authorities were chasing a 2005 Lincoln LS at around 10-p.m., when the vehicle failed to negotiate a curve on Highway 69 at 212th Avenue, near Lake Mills.
When the car entered the ditch and rolled over, the driver was ejected. Their name was being withheld pending notification of family.
The Patrol was assisted at the scene by the Lake Mills Police, Fire & EMS Departments, and the Winnebago County Sheriff’s Office.
Today: Increasing clouds, with a high near 92. S/SW winds 5 to 10 mph becoming N/NE & gusting to near 20 mph.
Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 60.
Tomorrow: Sunny, with a high near 86. East wind 5 to 10 mph.
Tom. Night: A 60% chance of showers & thunderstorms. Low around 63.
Saturday: Partly sunny & breezy w/a 40% chance of showers and thunderstorms. High near 88.
Sat. Night: Breezy w/a 40% chance of showers and thunderstorms. Low around 69.
Sunday: Mostly sunny & breezy w/just a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. High near 93.
Wednesday’s High in Atlantic was 88. Our Low this morning was 68. Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 84 and the Low was 54. The record High for June 13th was 100 in 2022. The record Low was 37 in 1906. Sunrise: 5:45. Sunset: 8:54.
[UPDATED 6/13] (Atlantic, Iowa) – The Atlantic Community School District’s (ACSD) Board of Education, Wednesday evening, discussed and then voted to approve, a request to advertise for a shared-position with the City of Atlantic, for a School Resource Officer (SRO). Atlantic School District Superintendent Dr. Beth Johnson..
Prior to the Board’s vote, Atlantic Police Chief Devin Hogue mentioned he had applied for a COPS (Community Oriented Policing Service) Grant. He expects to be notified in late September, about whether or not the grant is approved.
He said the nationwide federal grant is for a three-year program.
Chief Hogue said since the Atlantic P-D has previously never applied for the grant, he hopes that works in their favor.
In the meantime, a 28-E cost sharing agreement between the City and the School District would have to be approved by both entities. Superintendent Beth Johnsen said Middle School Principal Casey Pelzer was exploring the possibility as well, of the District applying for a similar type of, or other grant opportunities, to share in the cost of hiring an SRO. 
In her report to the Board, Superintendent Johnsen said the District received $50,000 per district building, in the form of a School Safety Grant, for a total of $200,000.
She said also, the District’s new web page will be coming on-line in the next week or so.
Additional information will be released on social media, including the ACSD Facebook page. The Board, Wednesday, approved the resignations of:
They also approved 2024-25 School Year Contract Recommendations and/or Letters of Assignment for:
The Board approved 2024-25 Substitute Wage Rates (affecting two positions), in the amount of $150/day and $190/day, respectively. They approved PLC Supplemental Contracts, and by a vote of 3-to 2: Administrative, Director and non-union Employment, Contracts. The dissenting votes came from Jodi Stowater-Goodrich and Josh McLaren. In other business, the Atlantic School Board approved Fuel Bids as presented, Transportation Routing Software, and the renewal of Liability & Workman’s Comp Insurance, along with 2024-25 Membership renewals pertaining to: The Iowa Association of School Boards (IASB); Iowa School Finance Information Service (ISFIS), and Rural School Advocates of Iowa (RSAI).
MARILYN RUTH NELSON, 82, of Atlantic, died Wednesday, June 12, 2024, at Unity Point Methodist Hospital in Des Moines. Funeral services for MARILYN NELSON will be held 11-a.m. Saturday, June 15, 2024, at the Elk Horn Lutheran Church (Elk Horn, IA). Schmidt Family Funeral Home in Atlantic has the arrangements.
Public visitation with the family will be held at the funeral home on Friday, June 14th from 5-until 7-p.m
Interment is in the Elk Horn Lutheran Cemetery. A luncheon will be held following the interment in the fellowship hall of the Elk Horn Lutheran Church.
Memorials may be directed to the Marilyn Nelson Family, to be determined at a later date. They may be mailed to the Schmidt Family Funeral Home – P.O. Box 523, Atlantic, IA 50022.
MARILYN RUTH NELSON is survived by:
Her daughter – Cheri (Mike) Mahoney, of Willow Spring, NC, and Nancy (Dustin) Williams of Lincoln, NE.
Her sons – Leland Nelson, of Elk Horn, IA, and Paul (Kim) Nelson, of Dexter.
Her brothers – Charles (Melody) Baker, of Tampa, FL, and Randy (Kathy) Baker, of LeGrand, IA.
Her sisters – Joanne (Gary) Parker, of Columbus, NE,., and Beverly (Larry) Mundt, of Fort Worth TX.
6 grandchildren; 9 great-grandchildren; sister-in-law Barbara Baker of Greenfield, other relatives and friends.
AMES, Iowa – For the third time in his career, Iowa State wrestler David Carr has been named the Gary Thompson Iowa State Male Athlete of the Year. Carr is the second Cyclone to win the award three times in his career, joining Cael Sanderson (1999, 2001-02).
Carr posted a 27-2 record in 2023-24 and won his second national title to become the 17th Cyclone wrestler to win multiple national titles and the first since 2010 (Jake Varner). David and his father, Nate, are one of four father-son duos in NCAA Division I history to each win at least two national titles.
The Canton, Ohio native won Amateur Wrestling News’ Hammer Award for winning the most competitive weight class at the NCAA Championships. The path to his national title included wins over the No. 1, 2 and 5 seeds, and four of his five opponents in the tournament either finished on the podium or had earned All-American honors at some point in their career.
As the No. 4 seed, Carr defeated eventual All-American Hunter Garvin (Stanford) in the second round, returning two-time All-American No. 5 Dean Hamiti (Wisconsin) in the quarterfinals, two-time defending national champion No. 1 Keegan O’Toole (Missouri) in the semifinals and undefeated freshman No. 2 Mitchell Mesenbrink (Penn State) in the national finals.
At the Big 12 Championship, Carr fell to his rival, top-ranked O’Toole of Missouri, in the finals, 8-2. Carr would avenge the loss just two weeks later in the national semifinals on a takedown with 10 seconds remaining to win, 8-6. It capped a historic rivalry where the pair met five times in a two-year span with Carr holding a 3-2 advantage in the series.
Carr owned a 40:3 takedown ratio during the 2023-24 season (80 for, 6 against) and registered 19 bonus-point wins (six falls, nine tech falls, four major decisions). He defeated 10 top-10 opponents, wrested in 14-of-15 duals and led Iowa State with 67 dual points.
Carr helped Iowa State to its first Big 12 team title since 2009 and a fourth-place finish at the NCAA Championships, the Cyclones’ best finish since 2010.
An all-time great, Carr leaves a winning legacy at Iowa State. He finished with a 120-5 career record, tied for the 15th-most wins in school history, and his .960 career winning percentage ranks fourth in program history (min. 100 wins) behind Cael Sanderson (1.000), Dan Gable (.990) and Tim Krieger (.967). Carr never lost a dual match as a Cyclone (67-0).
Carr became the first five-time All-American in program history and the 12th Cyclone to finish on the podium four times at the NCAA Championships. He never placed worse than third at the national tournament, following his 2021 national title with a third-place finish in 2022, a runner-up in 2023 before securing a second title in 2024.
In May, Carr completed his master’s degree in education with a 3.81 GPA. He was named a 2024 National Wrestling Coaches Association Scholar All-American.
Carr will be honored at a football game this fall.
IOWA CITY, Iowa – One hundred twenty-five University of Iowa student-athletes have been named to the 2024 Spring Academic All-Big Ten team, the conference office announced Wednesday. The list includes student-athletes from baseball (10), men’s golf (4), women’s golf (3), rowing (26), softball (13), women’s tennis (5), men’s track and field (19), women’s track and field (38) and women’s wrestling (7).
The 13 softball honorees are a school record. It is the first-year women’s wrestling student-athletes could be recognized.
A total of 2,271 students competing in spring and at-large sports were honored, including 174 in baseball, 189 in softball, 310 in women’s rowing, 80 in men’s and 72 in women’s golf, 181 in men’s and 183 in women’s lacrosse, 56 in men’s and 76 in women’s tennis, 291 in men’s and 382 in women’s track and field and 277 in at-large sports (representing bowling, fencing, ice hockey, lightweight rowing, rifle, men’s volleyball, sand volleyball, synchronized swimming, water polo and women’s wrestling.)
One hundred fifteen student-athletes carried a perfect grade point average, including seven Hawkeye women’s track and field student-athletes – Alli Bookin-Nosbisch, Grace Bookin-Nosbisch, Jamie Kofron, Lauren McMahon, Katie Moore, Lillian Schmidt and Kelli Tosic.
To be eligible for Academic All-Big Ten selection, students must be on a varsity team, as verified by being on the official squad list as of May 1 for spring sports, who have been enrolled fulltime at the institution for a minimum of 12 months and carry a cumulative grade-point average of 3.0 or higher.
IOWA CITY, Iowa – The University of Iowa volleyball program has finalized its 2024 schedule after the Big Ten Conference announced the league slate on Wednesday afternoon.
Iowa opens Big Ten play on the East Coast, taking on Rutgers on Sept. 26 and Maryland on Sept. 28.
The Hawkeyes welcome Washington to Xtream Arena for Iowa’s Big Ten home opener on Oct. 4 before traveling to Nebraska on Oct. 6.
October features six home matches at Xtream Arena, beginning with the contest against the Huskies, followed by a back-to-back against Rutgers (Oct. 11) and Purdue (Oct. 12). After a midweek trip to Northwestern (Oct. 16), the Hawkeyes return home to face Oregon (Oct. 20), Michigan (Oct. 25) and Illinois (Oct. 27).
Iowa concludes October with a match at Ohio State before a trip to Penn State on Nov. 2. The Hawkeyes head to Madison, Wisconsin, to battle the Badgers on Nov. 8.
The Hawkeyes host a four-match homestand in the middle of November, entertaining Northwestern (Nov. 10), Indiana (Nov. 14), Michigan State (Nov. 17) and Nebraska (Nov. 20).
Iowa wraps up the regular season on the road, heading to Minneapolis on Nov. 23 for a match versus Minnesota. The Hawkeyes will spend Thanksgiving in Los Angeles, opening the trip with UCLA on Nov. 27. Iowa’s regular season finale is on Nov. 29, when the Hawkeyes take on USC for the first time in program history.
Start times and broadcast information will be announced at a later date.
Season tickets are on sale now for the 2024 campaign. Ticket details can be found HERE.
The full schedule can be found below and at hawkeyesports.com under the Iowa Volleyball schedule tab.
2024 FULL SCHEDULE
Aug. 24 – Black and Gold Scrimmage – 5 p.m.
Aug. 30 vs. Liberty (San Juan, Puerto Rico)
Aug. 31 vs. Providence (San Juan, Puerto Rico)
Sept. 6 vs. San Jose State – 12 p.m.
Sept. 6 vs. Delaware – 6 p.m.
Sept. 7 vs. Cal Baptist – 6:30 p.m.
Sept. 11 at Iowa State – 6:30 p.m.
Sept. 13 vs. St. Thomas (Milwaukee, Wis.) – 4 p.m.
Sept. 14 vs. Illinois State (Milwaukee, Wis.) – 12 p.m.
Sept. 15 at UW-Milwaukee (Milwaukee, Wis.) – 1 p.m.
Sept. 19 vs. South Dakota – 6 p.m.
Sept. 20 vs. Saint Louis – 6 p.m.
Sept. 21 vs. Drake – 2 p.m.
Sept. 26 at Rutgers
Sept. 28 at Maryland
Oct. 4 vs. Washington
Oct. 6 at Nebraska
Oct. 11 vs. Rutgers
Oct. 12 vs. Purdue
Oct. 16 at Northwestern
Oct. 20 vs. Oregon
Oct. 25 vs. Michigan
Oct. 27 vs. Illinois
Oct. 31 at Ohio State
Nov. 2 at Penn State
Nov. 8 at Wisconsin
Nov. 10 vs. Northwestern
Nov. 14 vs. Indiana
Nov. 17 vs. Michigan State
Nov. 20 vs. Nebraska
Nov. 23 at Minnesota
Nov. 27 at UCLA
Nov. 29 at USC
*BOLD indicates home matches at Xtream Arena.
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