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October 2nd, 2014 by Jim Field

Team Rankings (October 1)

Class 4-A Boys:

  1. Johnston
  2. Cedar Falls
  3. Pleasant Valley
  4. Cedar Rapids Prairie
  5. WDM Valley
  6. Linn Mar
  7. Iowa City West
  8. Waukee
  9. Dubuque Hempstead
  10. WDM Dowling
  11. Ames
  12. Bettendorf
  13. Iowa City High
  14. Fort Dodge
  15. Dubuque Senior

Class 4-A Girls:

  1. Johnston
  2. Urbandale
  3. Ames
  4. Iowa City West
  5. Pleasant Valley
  6. Ankeny Centennial
  7. Waukee
  8. WDM Dowling
  9. Des Moines Roosevelt
  10. Muscatine
  11. Linn Mar
  12. Bettendorf
  13. Southeast Polk
  14. Iowa City High
  15. Dubuque Hempstead

Class 3-A Boys:

  1. Pella
  2. Gilbert
  3. Mount Vernon-Lisbon
  4. Marion
  5. Algona
  6. Dubuque Wahlert
  7. Center POint-Urbana
  8. Grinnell
  9. Dallas Center-Grimes
  10. Mount Pleasant
  11. Harlan
  12. Charles City
  13. Decorah
  14. Sioux City Heelan
  15. Vinton-Shellsburg

Class 3-A Girls:

  1. Decorah
  2. Gilbert
  3. Pella
  4. MOC/Floyd Valley
  5. Davenport Assumption
  6. Ballard
  7. Fort Madison
  8. Grinnell
  9. Williamsburg
  10. Winterset
  11. Dallas Center-Grimes
  12. Humboldt
  13. Vinton-Shellsburg
  14. Harlan
  15. Mount Vernon-Lisbon

Class 2-A Boys:

  1. Unity
  2. Monticello
  3. East Marshall
  4. Western Christian
  5. Mid-Prairie
  6. Shenandoah
  7. Williamsburg
  8. Garner-Hayfield
  9. Osage
  10. Eagle Grove
  11. Waukon
  12. North Polk
  13. Tipton
  14. Sioux Center
  15. Albia

Class 2-A Girls:

  1. Unity
  2. Osage
  3. Monticello
  4. Cascade
  5. North Polk
  6. South Hardin
  7. Woodbury Central
  8. Mid-Prairie
  9. Greene County
  10. Mediapolis
  11. West Central Valley
  12. South Central
  13. East Marshall
  14. Okoboji
  15. Davis County

Class 1-A Boys:

  1. West Fork
  2. Denver
  3. Nodaway Valley
  4. Alta-Aurelia
  5. Fort Dodge St. Edmond
  6. Pekin
  7. Tri-Center
  8. Ogden
  9. Hudson
  10. Bellevue Marquette
  11. Emmetsburg
  12. Trinity Christian
  13. Turkey Valley
  14. Bellevue
  15. CB St. Albert

Class 1-A Girls:

  1. Pekin
  2. Pocahontas
  3. Iowa City Regina
  4. North Linn
  5. Central Elkader
  6. Panorama
  7. Griswold
  8. West Marshall
  9. Emmetsburg
  10. Underwood
  11. South Winneshiek
  12. Fort Dodge St. Edmond
  13. Hudson
  14. West Fork
  15. Mason City Newman

Local Individual Rankings (October 1)

Class 4-A Boys:

  • 30 – Eldon Warner, 12, CB Thomas Jefferson

Class 3-A Girls:

  • 12 – Tiffany Williams, 11, Atlantic
  • 23 – Maria Mostek, 12, Creston

Class 1-A Boys:

  • 16 – Shane Breheny, 10,  Nodaway Valley
  • 17 – Tim Brink, 11, Riverside Oakland
  • 28 – Brayten Funke, 10, Nodaway Valley

Class 1-A Girls:

  • 1 – Rebekah Topham, 12, Griswold
  • 10 – Alexis Cook, 10, Missouri Valley
  • 14 – Karley Larson, 9, Underwood
  • 15 – Hannah Appleseth, 12, Panorama
  • 17 – Devyn Kemble, 9, Panorama
  • 25 – Payton Sporrer, IKM-Manning

Backyard and Beyond 10-02-2014

Backyard and Beyond, Podcasts

October 2nd, 2014 by admin

Lavon Eblen speaks with Andy Glandt, Singer/Songwriter/Banjo Player from Germany, about performing with Rudi Mund in Iowa and Nebraska with their group.

Hear “The Sunny dogs”, Andy Glandt and Rudi Mund :
Sunday, October 5 at SF Martin House, 5 – 9 PM
Wednesday, October 8 at Sweet Joy Shoppe, 5 – 8 PM
Saturday, October 11 at Manning German Hausbarn, 4 – 7 PM
Find out more here.
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October 2014

Birthday Club

October 2nd, 2014 by admin

October 1st:

  • Ann McCurdy of Atlantic (Winner)

October 2nd:

  • LaVern Martens of Atlantic (Winner)
  • Betty Marcellus of Atlantic
  • Amanda Blazek of Atlantic
  • Beth Olsen of Exira

October 3rd:

  • Jolene Roecker of Atlantic (Winner)
  • Linnea Murphy of Lewis

October 4th:

  • Donella Ross of Atlantic (Winner)
  • Dave Ferry of Atlantic

October 5th:

  • Lana Tanner of Atlantic (Winner)
  • Navaeh Abild of Atlantic
  • Terry Martens of Bryaton
  • Billie Butler

October 6th:

  • Ruth Tibben of Exira (Winner)
  • Carly Paulsen of Exira

October 7th:

  • Jane Beckendorf of Exira (Winner)
  • Dustin Munch of Exira
  • Amber Jensen of Atlantic
  • Brandon Lamp of Atlantic
  • Gary Hansen of Exira
  • Gary Van Aernam of Exira
  • Jean Petersen of Exira
  • Mary McLaren of Atlantic

October 8th:

  • Sandy Fairbairn of Atlantic (Winner)
  • Bil McCrory of Atlantic
  • Dane Paulsen of Exira
  • McKenna Nidsen of Audubon
  • Dottie Teig of Atlantic
  • Pam Jones of Red Oak
  • Mary Ann Moorman of Atlantic

October 9th:

  • Connie Wiechmann of Lewis (Winner)
  • Kris Ferry of Atlantic
  • Delores Bebensee of Atlantic

October 10th:

  • Marlene Jensen of Atlantic (Winner)
  • Alice Owen of Exira
  • Nathan Thielen of Atlantic
  • Theresa Logemann of Atlantic

October 11th:

  • Ruth Ricther of Atlantic (Winner)
  • Alan Reimer of Atlantic
  • Cody Bock of Atlantic
  • Stacie Linfor of Atlantic
  • Frank Olsen of Exira
  • Vickie Meese of Exira

October 12th:

  • Richard Hoffman of Cumberland (Winner)
  • Heather Conrad of Atlantic
  • Calvin Krause

October 13th:

  • Beau Buskirk of Atlantic (Winner)
  • Lisa Paulsen of Exira
  • Kate Johnson of Exira
  • Dalton Logemann of Atlantic
  • Ron Ostrus of Wiota
  • Mary Gittius of Atlantic.

October 14th:

  • Tyler Thomas of Atlantic (Winner)
  • Kevin Hinners of Exira
  • Paulette Boldt of Audubon
  • Mallory Androy of Elk Horn
  • Neal McMichael

October 15th:

  • Jan Brehmer of Atlantic (Winner)
  • Mikala Smith of Atlantic
  • Holly Brenton of Atlantic
  • Brianna Brown of Atlantic
  • Becky Marten of Audubon

October 16th:

  • Lilly Barber of Wiota (Winner)
  • Beth Turner of Atlantic
  • Ashley Maas of Atlantic

October 17th:

  • Joaquin Wailes of Atlantic (Winner)
  • Ron Owen of Audubon

October 18th:

  • Oliver Becker of Atlantic (Winner)
  • Darla Casady of Atlantic
  • Ruth Steffen of Cumberland

October 19th:

  • Lynn Mortensen of Kimballton (Winner)
  • Patty Maas of Atlantic
  • Jacob Feiblekorn of Exira
  • Janell Roberts of Exira
  • Angela Immel of Exira
  • Betty Crozier of Atlantic

October 20th:

  • Julia Nelson of Atlantic (Winner)
  • Jackie Ring of Atlantic
  • Christel Buskirk of Atlantic
  • Ants Kommes of Exira
  • Donnis Christensen of Atlantic

October 21st:

  • Carol Thompson of Exira (Winner)

October 22nd:

  • Addison Carroll of Avoca (Winner)
  • Rachel Larson of Atlantic

October 23rd:

  • Vicki Brown of Atlantic (Winner)
  • Pansie Hoffman of Cumberland
  • Claude Wood of Atlantic
  • Mark Saylor of Atlantic

October 24th:

  • Stacey Bock of Atlantic (Winner)
  • Doris Sothman of Lewis
  • Geneva Kaven of Atlantic

October 25th:

  • Sophie Christensen of Audubon (Winner)
  • Connie Steffen of Griswold
  • Darlene McConrad of Atlantic

October 26th:

  • Lesli Welter of Atlantic (Winner)
  • Amy Shafer of Atlantic
  • Morgan Godwin of Cumberland
  • Lynsi Jo Lamp of Atlantic
  • Bernie Kilworth of Brayton

October 27th:

  • Randy Thompson of Exira (Winner)

October 28th:

  • Kent Paulsen of Exira (Winner)

October 29th:

  • Hayden Larsen of Audubon (Winner)
  • Brian Nielsen of Atlantic
  • Beth O’Brien of Atlantic

October 30th:

  • Even Kelly of Griswold (Winner)
  • Janice Fancer of Audubon
  • Dari Skartvedt of Atlantic

October 31st:

  • Arla Clay of Atlantic (Winner)
  • Rod Christensen of Atlantic
  • Kenny Struble of Exira

 

Iowa aims for 500,000 walkers during next week’s Healthiest State Walk

News

October 2nd, 2014 by Ric Hanson

Iowa’s 4th annual Healthiest State Walk will be held next week as part of Iowa’s effort to become the healthiest state in the nation. Iowa Lottery C-E-O Terry Rich is serving as the chairman for this year’s event and says they’re aiming for a goal of 500-thousand walkers to walk one kilometer on Wednesday, October 8th.  “We’re encouraging everyone around the state of Iowa to grab a friend, grab your family, join a walk and walk 1K,” Rich says. “That’s really a pretty easy deal. It’s 15 minutes of walking that day.”

He says there are dozens and dozens of walks organized across the state in every one of the 99 counties. “We called the National Guard out and they’re mobilizing all the troops in all of the 52 armories across the state to lead walks,” Rich says. “The governor will lead a walk that day. A lot of the state reps from around the area will be leading, a lot of politicians are having their supporters walk. Schools around the state are going to have all of their students walk that day as part of National Walk to School Day.”

Nearly 900-thousand Iowans have participated in the Healthiest State Initiative’s walks in 2011, 2012 and 2013. This year’s goal is 500-thousand walkers, which would make it the largest statewide walk to date. “If you want to join a walk, just go to IowaHealthiestState.com and join one, start one, get your family out,” Rich says. “Register that you’ve walked and how many people walked so we can reach that 500,000 mark.”

Many organized walks will be held at noon on Wednesday, but walks are encouraged throughout the day. In order for walks to be counted, registration is required. According to the 2013 poll, the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index, Iowa is 10th in the nation when it comes to being physically, emotionally and mentally healthy.

(Radio Iowa)

Plans would cut HR, IT jobs at 3 Iowa universities

News

October 2nd, 2014 by Ric Hanson

AMES, Iowa (AP) – A consultant says Iowa’s three public universities could save tens of millions of dollars in the coming years and eliminate up to 250 jobs by restructuring their administration. Recommendations released Thursday by Deloitte Consulting LLP call for changing or eliminating many individual departments’ human resources, information technology and finance positions. Instead, many of their functions would be handled at a college or university-wide level by more centralized teams.

Deloitte says the jobs would be cut over two years through attrition and perhaps an early retirement initiative. It cautioned the figures were broad estimates. The Iowa Board of Regents is meeting in Ames to discuss the proposals. Regents plan to gather feedback next week at town hall meetings on the university campuses before potentially taking action on the plans next month.

Health officials say Ebola “scary” but chances of contracting “extremely unlikely”

News

October 2nd, 2014 by Ric Hanson

Officials in the Iowa Department of Public Health say it’s “understandable” that Iowans may find the recent news about an Ebola patient in Texas “scary,” but Dr. Ann Garvey, the assistant medical director for the agency, says the U.S. has health care systems in place to handle such cases. “Ebola is only spread if an infected person is actively having symptoms and it’s spread through direct contact with bodily fluids,” Garvey says. “Ebola is not spread through the air.”

Garvey says public health officials are ready to respond if an Ebola case is identified in Iowa. “Hospitals have been preparing for diseases like Ebola for a very long time. They have procedures in place,” Garvey says. “There is a significant amount of guidance that the CDC has put out recently related to Ebola specifically and that addresses all the procedures and steps that health care providers should keep in mind, many of which they’re already doing on a daily basis for other diseases that are infectious in nature.”

The president of Sierra Leone and the ministers of agriculture in Liberia and Sierra Leone are due to visit Des Moines in mid-October for World Food Prize festivities. Dr. Garvey says there’s no reason for concern. “Again, to get Ebola you have to have direct contact with bodily fluids from someone who is ill and actively having systems. Again, it’s not an airborne disease,” Garvey says. “And the recommendations for individuals coming from parts of the world where their is ongoing Ebola activity are really based upon the exposures that they’ve had, but people who have not had contact with anyone who is ill from Ebola, the recommendation is to just take their temperature daily.”

Dr. Garvey says it would be “extremely unlikely” one of those visitors would come down with symptoms, but if they get a fever, there is “appropriate care” available here. One of four medical missionaries from the U.S. who got Ebola in Africa was treated at an Omaha hospital. Dr. Richard Sacra was released last week and he’s not ruling out a return to Liberia.

(Radio Iowa)

CWD found in captive deer herd

News

October 2nd, 2014 by Ric Hanson

The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship today (Thursday) announced that the test results from the depopulation of a quarantined captive deer herd in north-central Iowa showed that 284 of the 356 deer, or 79.8% of the herd, tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD). The owners of the quarantined herd have entered into a fence maintenance agreement with the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship, which requires the owners to maintain the 8’ foot perimeter fence around the herd premises for five years after the depopulation was complete and the premises had been cleaned and disinfected

CWD is a progressive, fatal, degenerative neurological disease of farmed and free-ranging deer, elk, and moose. There is no known treatment or vaccine for CWD. CWD is not a disease that affects humans.

On July 18, 2012, USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service’s (APHIS) National Veterinary Services Lab in Ames, IA confirmed that a male white tail deer harvested from a hunting preserve in southeast IA was positive for CWD. An investigation revealed that this animal had just been introduced into the hunting preserve from the above-referenced captive deer herd in north-central Iowa.

The captive deer herd was immediately quarantined to prevent the spread of CWD. The herd has remained in quarantine until its depopulation on August 25 to 27, 2014. The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship participated in a joint operation to depopulate the infected herd with USDA Veterinary Services, which was the lead agency, and USDA Wildlife Services.

Once the depopulation was complete and the premises had been cleaned and disinfected, indemnity of $917,100.00 from the USDA has been or will be paid to the owners as compensation for the 356 captive deer depopulated. The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship operates a voluntary CWD program for farms that sell live animals. Currently 145 Iowa farms participate in the voluntary program. The above-referenced captive deer facility left the voluntary CWD program prior to the discovery of the disease as they had stopped selling live animals. All deer harvested in a hunting preserve must be tested for CWD.

(Podcast) 8-a.m. News, 10/2/2014

News, Podcasts

October 2nd, 2014 by Ric Hanson

With KJAN News Director Ric Hanson.

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Double-wide trailer destroyed in early morning blaze

News

October 2nd, 2014 by Ric Hanson

A double-wide mobile home was destroyed by fire early this (Thursday) morning, west/southwest of Portsmouth, in rural Harrison County. According to Persia Firefighter Bob Simon, the department was dispatched at around midnight to the fully engulfed structure at 3832 260th Street, and was on the scene until about 3-a.m.  Crews from Persia and Panama provided mutual aide to Portsmouth Fire.

A couple living in the mobile home was in the process of moving. The cause of the blaze was not immediately known.

Heartbeat Today 10-02-2014

Heartbeat Today, Podcasts

October 2nd, 2014 by admin

Jim Field and Chris Parks discuss Pork Month and Sausage Month.

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