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(Radio Iowa) – The U-S Small Business Administration (SBA) has granted the governor’s request to provide assistance in the form of low-interest disaster loans for eight counties impacted by the March 31st tornadoes. Homeowners, renters, businesses, and most nonprofit organizations in Benton, Cedar, Iowa, Johnson, Linn, Louisa, Muscatine, and Washington counties, whose property was damaged or destroyed by this disaster, will be able to apply for low-interest disaster loans from the S-B-A.
Small businesses, agricultural cooperatives, and most private, nonprofit organizations impacted by the severe weather will be eligible to apply for working capital loans.
(Radio Iowa) – Gamblers in Iowa wagered 232 million dollars in March, which was around one million dollars below March of last year. Racing and Gaming Administrator Brian Ohorilko says that was still much better than what the recent trend. “The sports industry in Iowa had been trending lower every month, year over year, since September of 2022. And so, essentially, that was six consecutive months of lower handle from the previous year,” Ohorilko says. He says there were concerns the trend would lead to a bigger year-to-year difference in the March betting, but the difference ended up not being that significant.
“I think many people in the industry here in Iowa, we’re happy to see that. It is quite possible that some of those bumps were due to the local interest in March. March Madness really kind of drives that that month in terms of sports wagering handle,” he says. Ohorilko says the market appears to be leveling off after the early rush to get operating, and lots of incentives to get people to sign up. “We’re to a period of time where I think the market will become more predictable in this state, the number of operators are leveling off,” Ohorilko says. “We’re not seeing a lot of new companies applying for licenses. In fact, we’re actually seeing a bit of consolidation in the market for a number of companies.” March is the last big betting period for the current sports gambling fiscal year that ends in June. Ohorilko says the next fiscal year that starts in July will let them know more about where sports gambling is headed.
“You know, next year will be pretty telling but we we certainly saw a decline in handle this football season. And now we’re starting to kind of see some leveling off of the market, and that is what I would expect, as we head into the summer and into football season here in 2023,” Ohorilko says. Sports betting began in Iowa in August of 2019.
(Red Oak, Iowa) – The Red Oak Police Department reports the arrest Tuesday night on a Montgomery County warrant, of 34-year-old Nikki Mae Brown, from Red Oak. Brown was taken into custody at around 8:15-p.m. on a warrant for Compulsory Education Violation – 1st offense (A simple Misdemeanor). She was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on a $300 bond.
Missouri Valley Lady Reds Relays
04/25/2023
Team Scores
Carroll won 8 events on their way to the team title. Shay Sinnard led the way with a win in the 100M and Long Jump.
Riverside got a win from Lydia Erickson in the 200M (26.77) and 400M (1:01.33). The Lady Dawgs also won the 4x800M Relay (Hailey Richerdson, Adaline Martens, Amalya Less, Bentley Rone 10:34.49).
Harlan’s Lindsey Sonderman won the 800M (2:27.25) and the 3000M (10:57.81). Cameron Springman won the Discus (107-00).
Full results: LadyRedsRelays2023
Mt Ayr Boys Raider Relays
I-35 won the Class A Division and Lenox won the Class B Division. MrAyrBoysA2023
MtAyrBoysB2023
Carlisle Wildcat Relays
Harlan boys went 6th with 56 points. Wil Neuharth won the 100M and 200M. The Cyclones also won the 4x100M Relay and 4x200M Relay.
Charger Relays at Chariton
Creston competed in the AA portion of the meet, finishing 5th with 90 points. Doryn Paup won the 400M Hurdles and the Panthers won the 4x800M Relay.
North Polk Relays
Creston boys finished 8th with 22 points.
Madrid Invitational
Nodaway Valley was 2nd in the girls race with 105 points. Kuemper Catholic finished 5th with 76 points. Nodaway Valley got wins from Annika Nelson in the 100M (16.77), Emma Lundy in the 200M (26.66), Jorja Holliday in the Discus (110-10) and the Wolverines won the 4x100M Relay (52.37).
Kuemper Catholic finished 3rd on the boys side with 115 points. Nodaway Valley was 6th with 34 points.
OABCIG Meet
Woodbine won the girls team title with 153 points. Nicole Sherer won the 800M (2:32.34), Addison Erickson won the Long Jump (15-02.25), and the Tigers won the 4x400M Relay (4:25.14) and 4x800M Relay (10:21.90).
Woodward-Granger Hawk Relays
Glidden-Ralston girls went 4th wiht 71 points. Vanessa Koehler won the 100M Hurdles, 400M Hurdles, and High Jump. The Wildcats also won the 4x100M Relay and Sprint Medley.
Glidden-Ralston boys wend 4th with 70 points. Lucas Christian won the High Jump and Wade Hunter took the Shot Put.
Fremont-Mills Co-Ed Meet
04/25/2023
Girls Team Scores
Boys Team Scores
Full results: FMCoEd2023
Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 64. Southeast wind around 9 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.
Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 41. South southeast wind 6 to 9 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.
Tomorrow: Mostly sunny, with a high near 69. South wind 9 to 13 mph.
Friday: A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 67. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Friday Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 40. Breezy. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 67. Windy.
Tuesday’s High in Atlantic was 63. Our Low this morning, 36. Last year on this date the High in Atlantic was 66 and the Low was 24. The Record High on this date was 92 in 1987 & 1989. The Record Low was 15 in 1907.
Audubon Bob Clark Relays
04/25/2023
Girls Team Scores
Clarinda was led by wins from Bailey Nordyke in the 400M Hurdles (1:11.49) and Raenna Henke in the 1500M (5:14.21) and 3000M (11:14.21).
Audubon’s Madison Steckler won the 200M (26.83) and was part of the winning 4x400M Relay (Kadence Sporrer, Addie Hocker, Mattie Nielsen, Steckler 4:30.43) and Distance Medley (Steckler, Nielsen, Sporrer, Stefi Beisswenger 4:39.28).
Southwest Valley’s Emma Cooper won the Long Jump (15-05.50) and Mackenzie Richards topped the Shot Put (34-00.00).
Tri-Center’s Isah VanArsdol won the 800M (2:32.81) and the Trojans won the Sprint Medley (1:56.53).
Griswold won the 4x200M Relay (Kyleigh Hering, Erynn Peterson, Emma Mundorf, Addison Adams 1:56.22)
Exira-EHK Jaelynn Petersen won the High Jump (4-08.00)
Boys Team Scores
Clarinda got wins from Isaac Jones in the Long Jump (22-02.50), Treyton Schaapherder in the 1600M (4:34.91). The Cardinals also won the 4x200M Relay (1:34.40) and Sprint Medley (1:37.33).
IKM-Manning’s Caden Keller won the 800M (2:07.38) and the 3200M (9:46.78). The Wolves also won the 4x800M Relay and Distance Medley.
CAM’s Shuttle Hurdle Relay team of Jack Follmann, Cale Maas, Collin Bower, and Sam Foreman set the new meet record with a winning 1:01.11. Maas also won the 400M (52.44). Foreman won the 110M Hurdles (52.44) and Follmann won the 400M Hurdles (56.28). Corbin Peach was runner-up in the Discus (141-10).
ACGC’s Lance Bunde won the High Jump (6-01.00). Austin Kunkle won the 200M (22.30). The Chargers also won the 4x100M Relay.
Exira-EHK’s Cash Emgarten won the 100M (11.63).
Full results: bobclarkrelays2023results
Sam Prakel took control in the late stages to win his second U-S 1-Mile Road Championship at the Drake Relays. The former Oregon All American won it in 2020 when it was held in August at the height of the pandemic.
Prakel had a plan for when he would make his move.
Nikki Hiltz used a late kick to take control and win the women’s division. Hiltz was coming off a win in the 15-hundred at the US Indoor Championships.
Hiltz also won the event in 2019 and the winning time of four minutes, 28 seconds is a new record in the event.