(Bartlett, Iowa) [updated 7/20] – The Iowa Department of Criminal Investigation (DCI) is looking into the cause of death of a person whose body was found Tuesday afternoon from the Missouri River, south of Bartlett. The body of a white female was retrieved from the river about four miles south of the Bartlett boat ramp, at around 12:45-p.m. The State Medical Examiner’s Office in Ankeny will work to identify the woman, and determine her cause of death.
Below are the IHSBCA All-District Baseball Teams:
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2023 All-District Teams Class 1A
2023 All-District Teams Class 2A
(Harlan, Iowa) – The Shelby County Board of Supervisors met in a regular session Tuesday morning. Board Chairman Steve Kenkel provided a report on the results of the Shelby County Pipeline Ordinance Injunction.
The County has 30 days to respond to the ruling. Legal counsel is reviewing the situation. Kenkel on his position concerning the pipeline proceedings thus far.
He noted none of the six ethanol plants within 60 miles of Harlan, have signed-on with any of the three proposed carbon pipeline companies coming through Iowa.
Janice Gaul, Mayor of Earling, spoke and mentioned that Earling is a small town and has retirees and working-class citizens with children; the children often play at the baseball diamond and playground unsupervised and the proposed pipeline only has a 50 foot limit from those areas. That is also the distance the pipeline can pass by the Earling water supply. Sherry Webb spoke about her family’s century farm that the pipeline route is intended to cross, and she does not want this to be forced to have this project cross her family farm. In other business:
Shelby County BOS meeting, 7-18-23
The Supervisors then considered a formal Resolution 2023-42 required by the Iowa DOT to process the grant application by Shelby County Trails. Support of the grant is required to be in Resolution form to be accepted for consideration. Schaben made a motion to approve the resolution and Parkhurst seconded the motion the motion passed after Kenkel, Parkhurst and Schaben all voted in favor of passage, no nays were cast.
Taya Vonnahme from the Manning Regional Recovery Center was invited by the Supervisors to explain the services that the Recovery Center Provides, specifically the Opioid Addiction function of the Center. Shelby County is on track to receive opioid treatment funding in the coming years and Vonnahme representing a regional center, that does serve Shelby County asked for Manning Regional Health to be considered as a recipient of a portion of the funds available
Anna Schwarte, of Shelby County Public Health spoke to the Supervisors about expending funds for from the opioid litigation funds for her organization to inform and provide information to Shelby County schools about recognizing opioid types, use and overdoses. Supervisor Parkhurst motioned to award Public Health $3,000 for this service provided by Public Health. And $21,000 this fiscal year to be spent on prevention and treatment of opioid addiction. The motion passed as presented.
Shelby County Treasurer, Carolyn Blum was on the agenda to have the Supervisors inspect and vote on approval of her Semi-Annual report. Schaben made a motion to approve the report and Parkhurst seconded the report, the motion carried. Blum noted that County Treasurers are now allowed to charge a $10.00 fee for out of County drivers licenses and identifications. This is called a convenience fee and used to offset the costs that were 100% paid by county residents for this service to out of County residents for licenses and Identifications.
The supervisors reported on the various committees that they are assigned it was noted that Steve Kenkel who will have a report next meeting on the Iowa Utilities Board Process and Charles Parkhurst reported that there are funds with MAPA available for trails.
Iowa defensive end Joe Evans is trying to soak everything in as he prepares for his final season. The Ames native began his career as a walk-on but is garnering preseason All-Big Ten recognition after posting six and-a-half sacks and starting all 13 games last season.
Evans says it has been apparent during summer workouts that the Hawkeye offense has something to prove. Iowa finished next to last a year ago in the country in total offense.
AMES, Iowa – For the second 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 seventh Cyclone to win the award at least twice in his career.
Carr posted a 27-1 record during the 2022-23 season and finished as the national runner-up at 165 pounds, becoming Iowa State’s first multi-time finalist since 2010. Of his 27 wins, 12 came against wrestlers ranked in the top 15 of FloWrestling’s final poll.
The Canton, Ohio native won his fourth Big 12 title in 2023, becoming the second Iowa State wrestler, and first since Cael Sanderson in 2002, to win four Big 12 titles. He is the 11th wrestler in league history to win four titles in the Big 12 era (1997-pres.).
Carr was named the Big 12 Championship’s Most Outstanding Wrestler after going 3-0 in the tournament with two bonus-point wins, capped by a pin against No. 2 Keegan O’Toole in overtime of the finals. Carr was the first Cyclone to receive the honor since 2011.
At the NCAA Championships, Carr became Iowa State’s 12th four-time All-American and led the Cyclones with 18.0 team points. He led Iowa State to its best team finish since 2013 (11th) and highest point total since 2010 (47.0 points).
Carr’s bracket was loaded with three past NCAA champions, another returning NCAA finalist and five more returning All-Americans. Nevertheless, Carr navigated to the finals with four consecutive victories, including over Stanford’s Shane Griffith, a 2021 national champion, in the quarterfinals and Princeton’s Quincy Monday, a returning national finalist, in the semifinals. Awaiting him in the finals was his rival and defending national champion O’Toole who would hand Carr his only loss of the season.
In November, Carr made an appearance at the NWCA All-Star Classic where he defeated Monday, 2-1, to become the first Cyclone to win at the event since 2009.
Carr was as dominant as they come for much of the season. More than half of his wins (14) came with bonus points, including five pins, three tech falls and six major decisions. He allowed only five takedowns on the year and secured 93 for himself, his most in a season during his career.
Carr led Iowa State with 77 team points in dual action and he was one of two Cyclones not to miss a dual during the season, wrestling in all 19.
Off the mat, Carr logged 112 hours of community service in 2022-23, the third-most by a Cyclone student-athlete during the academic year. His community service work consisted of Courts for Kids in Costa Rica, Elementary Milage Club, Kate Mitchell Carnival, WBB Night with Special Olympians, Adopt-A-Family and Fields of Faith.
Carr posted a 3.86 GPA in the education graduate program and was a 2023 College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-America First Team member, CSC All-District At-Large team member, First Team Academic All-Big 12 selection and NWCA scholar All-American.
He owns a 93-3 (.969) career record entering his final season of eligibility.
Carr will be recognized at a football game this fall.
Gary Thompson Iowa State Male Athlete of the Year Winners
1947 – Ron Norman, Basketball
1948 – Glen Brand, Wrestling
1949 – Bob Peterson, Basketball
1950 – Bill Weeks Football
1951 – Jim Doran, Football
1952 – Mal Schmidt, Football & Swimming
1953 – Jack Erickson, Football & Wrestling
1954 – Max Burkett, Football
1955 – Chuck Duncan, Basketball
1956 – Gary Thompson, Baseball & Basketball
1957 – Gary Thompson, Baseball & Basketball
1958 – Frank Powell, Football & Wrestling
1959 – Ron Gray, Wrestling
1960 – Dwight Nichols, Football
1961 – Tom Watkins, Football
1962 – Dave Hoppman, Football
1963 – Marv Straw, Basketball
1964 – Gordon Hassman, Wrestling
1965 – Tom Vaughn, Football
1966 – Tom Peckham, Wrestling
1967 – Don Smith, Basketball
1968 – Don Smith, Basketball
1969 – Dan Gable, Wrestling
1970 – Dan Gable, Wrestling
1971 – Otto Stowe, Football
1972 – George Amundson, Football
1973 – Chris Taylor, Wrestling
1974 – Doug Fitzjarrell, Gymnastics
1975 – Al Nacin, Wrestling
1976 – Pete Galea, Wrestling
1977 – Wayne Stanley, Football
1978 – Mark Trippel, Gymnastics
1979 – Mike Land, Wrestling
1980 – Mike Schwartz, Football
1981 – Ron Galimore, Gymnastics
1982 – John Quinn, Football
1983 – Nate Carr, Wrestling
1984 – Bob Verbeeck, Track & Field
1985 – Barry Stevens, Basketball
1986 – Mark Diab, Gymnastics
1987 – Stewart Carter, Wrestling
1988 – Eric Hansen, Swimming
Jeff Grayer, Basketball
1989 – Tim Krieger, Wrestling
1990 – Mike Busch, Baseball & Football
1991 – John Nuttall, Cross Country and Track & Field
1992 – Obinna Eregbu, Track & Field
1993 – Jonah Koech, Track & Field
1994 – Eric Akin, Wrestling
1995 – Fred Hoiberg, Basketball
1996 – Dmitry Drozdov, Track & Field and Cross Country
1997 – Chris Bono, Wrestling
1998 – Dwight Hinson, Wrestling
1999 – Cael Sanderson, Wrestling
2000 – Marcus Fizer, Basketball
2001 – Jamaal Tinsley, Basketball
Cael Sanderson, Wrestling
2002 – Cael Sanderson, Wrestling
2003 – Seneca Wallace, Football
2004 – Zach Roberson, Wrestling
Jake Sullivan, Basketball
2005 – Ellis Hobbs, Football
2006 – Nate Gallick, Wrestling
2007 – Trent Paulson, Wrestling
2008 – Chris Baker, Golf
2009 – Jake Varner, Wrestling
2010 – Jake Varner, Wrestling
2011 – Jon Reader, Wrestling
2012 – Nate McCoy, Golf
2013 – Scott Fernandez, Golf
2014 – Melvin Ejim, Basketball
2015 – Edward Kemboi, Track & Field and Cross Country
Kyven Gadson, Wrestling
2016 – Georges Niang, Basketball
2017 – Monté Morris, Basketball
2018 – Joel Lanning, Football
2019 – Edwin Kurgat, Track & Field and Cross Country
2020 – Edwin Kurgat, Track & Field and Cross Country
2021 – David Carr, Wrestling
2022 – Breece Hall, Football
2023 – David Carr, Wrestling
IOWA CITY, Iowa – The University of Iowa soccer team welcomes assistant coach J.P. Valadares to the staff. Valadares joins the Hawkeyes after two seasons as the goalkeepers coach at Southern Miss.
“I first off want to thank Beth Goetz and Matt Henderson for supporting our program with the additional full-time position,” head coach Dave DiIanni said. “J.P. was highly recommended amongst many of my peers who had firsthand knowledge of who he was as a person. First off, his passion and love for the game, and his unique and special ability to coach the goalkeeping position. We welcome he and his wife, Gillian, to our Hawkeye Soccer family.”
Valadares has served as director of goalkeepers for the Olympic Development Program (ODP) in Mississippi and also was part of the ODP South Region staff.
At Southern Miss, Valadares was the first goalkeepers coach to lead the team to back-to-back seasons with a save percentage of .800 or higher. In 2022, the Golden Eagles set a program-best .860 save percentage.
Over the past two seasons, the Golden Eagles posted .95 goals against average, an improvement from 1.38 goals against over the previous three years. Valadares coached his keepers to a school record .83 goals against average during the 2021 season.
Valadares was the third position coach in C-USA history to guide multiple goalkeepers to conference goalkeeper of the week recognition during the same season. Under the guidance of Valadares, Kendell Mindnich earned multiple weekly honors, as well as all-conference and all-conference tournament recognition.
Prior to Southern Miss, Valadares spent the 2018 and 2019 seasons as goalkeepers coach for the Pearl River Community College men’s and women’s soccer programs.
During his stint at PRCC, Valadares helped develop some of the top goalkeepers in the MACJC. Across both teams, Valadares trained four conference weekly award winners and one All-Region XXIII selection.
The men’s and women’s teams each advanced to the conference semifinals in both of his two seasons at Pearl River.
Prior to coaching, Valadares was a decorated collegiate and youth player. He competed for William Carey during the 2011, 2016 and 2017 seasons at goalkeeper, leading the Crusaders to the 2011 NAIA Final Four.
At the youth level, Valadares played for the America Futebol Clube’s U-17 team, which is a first division club in Brazil.
A Brazil native, Valadares returned home to attend law school at Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais in Belo Horizonte, Brail, after his freshman season at William Carey. In 2014, he returned to William Carey to finish his bachelor’s.
Valadares has a master’s in education from William Carey University. He is married to wife Gillian Valadares.
(Elk Horn, I) – The Exira-EHK School District’s Board of Education met Tuesday evening, during their regular, monthly session. The Board discussed the Nov. 7th School Board Elections. The terms of four Board members expire in 2023: Jodee Dixson, Terri Harris, Matt Jorgensen and Joel Schluter. Superintendent Trevor Miller told KJAN News it appears by the discussion held Tuesday night, that all of the incumbent will be running for re-election.
Persons interested in running for the Exira-EHk School Board, should pick up the required documents from the Board Secretary. Candidates must file an affidavit of candidacy and nomination petitions containing at least 25 signatures. Those signatures may be collected from anywhere within the school district boundaries. Signers must be eligible electors of the school district. Candidate paperwork may be turned-in to the Board Secretary or her designee, from August 28, 2023 and through no later than 5-p.m. On Sept. 21, 2023. Late applications will not be accepted, and candidates are NOT to file with the County Auditor’s Office.
In other business, Superintendent Miller says the Board approved updates to the Elementary, MS/HS and Employee handbook, to reflect the 2023-24 school year, and to comply with the new legislation.
They accepted a fuel bid from Olsen Petroleum, their current fuel supplier. And, the Board increased lunch prices for adults, as set by the State. The nearly 50-cent increase brings the price for adult lunches to $4.84. Student lunch prices are going up 20-cents, instead of a proposed 30-cent increase.
Students still have the option to apply for Free and Reduced lunches based on their parents’ income and home life. The Exira-EHK School Board established their Legislative beliefs for submission to the IASB, with the focus on mental health, Preschool funding and State Supplemental Aid. And, they approved the Second/Final Reading of numerous Board Policies that are needed to comply with legislative requirements.
The Board approved the hiring of Sam Muhr – Associate, and Dara Svendsen – Cheer Sponsor. Mr. Miller said the district is gearing-up for the start of the 2023-24 school year, and there’s excitement in the air.
(Radio Iowa) – The City of Storm Lake is implementing mandatory water conservation measures through August 1st. City Manager Keri Navratil) says two of Storm Lake’s water wells are currently out of commission. “That means you’re stressing out the other wells,” Navratil says. On June 1st, Storm Lake officials asked residents to minimize water usage voluntarily. “I want to say, ‘Thank you,’ to our citizens. They have done a fantastic job on water conservation on voluntary,” Navratil says. “…Everyone seems to be following the voluntary measures. We are just asking for two weeks that we are going to be in mandatory.”
Powerwashing buildings or concrete is now prohibited in Storm Lake. Watering lawns between the hours of 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. is also prohibited and the owners of outdoor pools have to get a city permit for filling their pool. Those caught violating the water use restrictions could face a fine of 75 dollars.
Storm Lake will have an additional need for water Sunday, when the city is hosting an overnight stop on RAGBRAI — the Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa. Navratil says the mandatory period could be lifted shortly before the two-week period expires depending on well repairs and demand.
(Glenwood, Iowa) – The Glenwood Police Department reports 18-year-old Cameron Doggett, of Council Bluffs was arrested Tuesday. Doggett was charged with Possession of Marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia. His total cash or surety bond was set at $1,300.
(Greenfield, Iowa) – The Adair County Board of Supervisors had a limited agenda this (Wednesday) morning, and wrapped-up their business in about 15-minutes. The Board approved a Child Abuse Grant Draw-down in the amount of $459.25. County Engineer Nick Kauffman presented to the Board for approval and signature, three contracts for culvert construction projects. There were two bidders each of the projects, with Gus Construction of Anita being the low bidder on all three projects. They were awarded the contracts totaling nearly $1.76-million dollars.
The projects include W14 Jefferson, W11 Union (a dirt road), and a DOT bid-letting for a Farm-To-Market culvert extension project affecting 16 different sites on the Fontanelle Road. The road will be closed later this Fall, according to Kauffman, and traffic will be rerouted.
The Adair County Supervisors approved a job classification change for Secondary Roads employee Tracy Fletcher. He will become a Crew Leader, taking over Adam Comstock’s position. The promotion comes with a two-dollar per hour wage increase.
Nick Kauffman then presented the Board with a report the department’s maintenance and activities. He said paint markings on the county roads should begin next week.
The Board’s next regular meeting is on Wednesday, July 26th, beginning at 9-a.m.
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