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Iowa mints new disability advocacy leaders

News

August 12th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

(Iowa News Service) – Thirteen students, ranging in age from 14 to 21, have just graduated from the Iowa Developmental Disabilities Council Youth Leadership Academy. The program’s goal is to develop young leaders who learn skills that build their confidence.  A dozen students from Iowa welcomed one from Illinois who is attending school in Iowa. Together, they learned during the weeklong academy how to be more effective advocates for their communities.

That’s exactly what 21-year-old Andrew Allen, who has been diagnosed with ADHD, autism and severe separation anxiety, was looking for when he applied.

The annual academy teaches students ways to advocate for themselves, become more civically engaged and to be of service in their communities. 19-year-old University of Iowa student Jackie Corless, who said she has an intellectual learning
disability, also took part in the Youth Leadership Academy. She said the topics ranged from advocacy to communicating, and lots of useful skills in between.

The Youth Leadership Academy is a partnership between the Iowa Developmental Disabilities Council, Disability Rights Iowa, ASK Resource Center, the University of Iowa Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities, and Access to Independence.

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Kennedy Blades Earns Olympic Silver

Sports

August 11th, 2024 by Asa Lucas

PARIS –University of Iowa women’s wrester Kennedy Blades won a silver medal Sunday at the 2024 Paris Olympics, becoming the first Hawkeye women’s wrestler in school history to medal at the Olympic Games.
Blades fell to second-seeded Yuka Kagamiof Japan in the gold medal match, 3-1. Blades went down by one after being put on an early shot clock and failed to score. She tied the bout at one after securing a step out point. Kagamiof took a shot and secured a takedown in the second period to take the lead, 3-1.
The Chicago, native cruised through the round of 16 winning by technical superiority, 11-0, over fourth-seeded Catalina Axente of Romania. Blades scored an early takedown followed by a four-point throw to give her the lead, 6-0, at the break. She closed out the match with a massive back souplesse for five points to win, 11-0.
Blades defeated fifth-seeded Milaimys Marin Portillo of Cuba via decision in a scrappy quarterfinal match. Blades went into the break with the lead, 1-0, after Marin Portillo was put on the shot clock and was unable to score. Blades retook the lead after the pair traded step outs. Blades was able to get an exposure for two points and held off the late comeback to win, 4-3.
Blades faced the top-seeded Aiperi Medet Kyzy of Kyrgyzstan in the semifinal. After being put on the shot clock, Blades hit a blast double to take the lead and was countered with a takedown by Medet Kyzy to tie the match at two. Blades was able to secure a step out to take the lead into the break. In the second period, Blades capitalized with two takedowns and a failed challenge by Kyrgyzstan to extend her lead, 8-2. Medet Kyzy secured a takedown and exposure, but the time ran out as Blades won, 8-6, to secure her spot in the gold medal match.

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CAM School Board meeting to take place Monday evening

News

August 11th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

The CAM School Board is set to meet Monday evening, in Anita. Here is the agenda:

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Iowa QB Cade McNamara previews the season

Sports

August 11th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

After two injury plagued seasons Iowa quarterback Cade McNamara is looking forward to the new season. The Michigan transfer missed most of last season with an ACL injury and is directing the Hawkeye’s new offense under coordinator Tim Lester.

As practice continues McNamara says he is gaining confidence in his knee.

As he prepares for his final college season McNamara feels he has something to prove.

McNamara says he has enjoyed learning the new offense.

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Iowa OC Tim Lester on the new offense

Sports

August 11th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

Iowa offensive coordinator Tim Lester says it is a race against time with less than three weeks until the opener. Lester installed his new system last spring as he tries to resurrect the Hawkeye offense.

Lester says Iowa’s veteran nature on offense has made the transition easier.

Lester says he has tailored his new offense to the personnel.

Lester will coach from the press box and new this season will be his ability to communicate directly with the quarterback.

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Iowa’s Kirk Ferentz previews the season

Sports

August 11th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz says quarterback Cade McNamara will need all of preseason practice to get ready for the new season. The former transfer from Michigan had his season cut short with a week five ACL injury and has returned for his final season.

Ferentz believes a healthy McNamara and an experienced offensive line will help Iowa’s worst in the nation offense make strides.

The offensive line has struggled the past few years but Ferentz says that experienced group is poised for a good season.

Ferentz is not sure if his team deserves a preseason ranking. The Hawkeyes were 25th in the first coaches poll.

The Hawkeyes open at home on August 31st against Illinois State.

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DUANE DREAGER, 72, of Nodaway [formerly of Atlantic] (Memorial Svcs. 8/17/24)

Obituaries

August 11th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

DUANE DREAGER, 72, of Nodaway (& formerly of Atlantic), died Sunday, August 11, 2024, at his home in Nodaway, under hospice care with family by his side. Memorial services for DUANE DREAGER will be held 10:30-a.m. Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024, at the First Lutheran Church south of Wiota. Schmidt Family Funeral Home in Atlantic has the arrangements.

Visitation with the family will be one hour prior to the service.

A luncheon will be held in the church fellowship Hall following the service. Burial will follow the luncheon at Southlawn Memory Garden in Atlantic.

Memorial contributions may be made in the family’s name for future designation, and sent in care of the Schmidt Family Funeral Home, P.O. Box 523, Atlantic, IA, 50022

DUANE DREAGER is survived by:

His wife – Karen Dreager.

His sons – John Dreager, of Fountain Hills, AZ; and Joe (Emily) Dreager, with the USMC, stationed in Guam.

His daughter – Melissa (Brian) Mintle, of Grinnell.

His sister – Diane (Robert) Voss, of Ashland, NE.

His brother – Donald (Dawn) Dreager, of Atlantic.

5 grandchildren, his step-children, step-grandchildren, and other relatives.

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Tournament of Champions – Final Round Results (Complete)

Sports

August 11th, 2024 by Jim Field

Sunday, August 11, 2024 @ Atlantic Golf & Country Club

Open Division:

  • Alec Fuhs (Webster City) 73 – 64 – 69 = 206 (-1)
  • Ross Martens (Jefferson) 69 – 71 – 67 = 207 (E)
  • Zach Christianson (Atlantic) 67 – 70 – 71 = 208 (+1)
  • Alex Bireline (Adair) 69 – 69 – 74 = 212 (+5)
  • Chase Jahde (Anita) 70 – 70 – 74 = 214 (+7)
  • Evan Schuler (Altoona) 71 – 71 – 72 = 214 (+7)
  • Giani Chiodo (Des Moines) 69 – 77 – 69 = 215 (+8)
  • Jared Koch (Waukee) 71 – 70 – 74 = 215 (+8)
  • Ben Renaud (West Des Moines) 74 – 75 – 67 = 216 (+9)
  • Joe Schafer 76 – 64 – 77 = 217 (+10)
  • Matt Wynne (Norwalk) 72 – 76 – 69 = 217 (+10)
  • Evan Smith (Knoxville) 74 – 72 – 71 = 217 (+10)
  • Andrew Martin (Atlantic) 70 – 71 – 74 = 217 (+10)
  • Jackson Tennis (Missouri Valley) 70 – 73 – 74 = 217 (+10)
  • Rob Langfelt (Walnut) 75 – 67 – 77 = 219 (+12)
  • Jake Olsen (Atlantic) 69 – 78 – 76 = 222 (+15)
  • Matthew Gearheart (Waukee) 78 – 69 – 75 = 222 (+15)
  • Hank Weresh 76 – 71 – 76 = 223 (+16)
  • Nathan Ross (Atlantic) 71 – 77 – 75 = 223 (+16)
  • Matt Haley (Indianola) 68 – 77 – 78 = 223 (+16)
  • Jeff Gude (Atlantic) 74 – 77 – 73 = 224 (+17)
  • Avery Fuhs (Webster City) 73 – 74 – 77 = 224 (+17)
  • Blake Perrin (Grimes) 74 – 72 – 78 = 224 (+17)
  • Brennan Sefrit (New Market) 78 – 68 – 78 = 224 (+17)
  • Nathan Koch (Denison) 74 – 71 – 79 = 224 (+17)
  • Alex Snyder (West Des Moines) 77 – 77 – 71 = 225 (+18)
  • Derek Jacobsen (Omaha, NE) 76 – 74 – 76 = 226 (+19)
  • Michael West (Creston) 72 – 78 – 76 = 226 (+19)
  • Troy Finestead (Granger) 74 – 77 – 75 = 226 (+19)
  • Jess Marlow 76 – 79 – 71 = 226 (+19)
  • Drew Thompson (Lenox) 78 – 74 – 75 = 227 (+20)
  • Cyle Renaud (Atlantic) 78 – 77 – 74 = 229 (+22)
  • Austin Yoakum (Colfax) 79 – 77 – 74 = 231 (+24)
  • Ryan Muldoon (Atlantic) 75 – 81 – 75 = 231 (+24)
  • Matt Gross (Atlantic) 82 – 73 – 77 = 232 (+25)
  • Easton Emery (Denison) 74 – 81 – 77 = 232 (+25)
  • James Reynolds (Griswold) 76 – 77 – 80 = 233 (+26)
  • Cooper Langfelt 82 – 76 – 75 = 233 (+26)
  • Troy Pedersen (Treynor) 80 – 76 – 77 = 233 (+26)
  • Carter Trewet (Ankeny) 79 – 79 – 77 = 235 (+28)
  • Cole Burmeister (Exira) 79 – 77 – 79 = 235 (+28)
  • Jordan Schuler (Atlantic) 74 – 79 – 83 = 236 (+29)
  • McKinley Leonard (Lamoni) 83 – 78 – 79 = 240 (+33)
  • Jaxson Armstrong (West Des Moines) 75 – 86 – 79 = 240 (+33)
  • Kamron Brownlee (Griswold) 81 – 78 – 81 = 240 (+33)
  • Seth Hensley (Massena) 77 – 80 – 83 = 240 (+33)
  • Steven Martin (Shenandoah) 82 – 79 – 81 = 242 (+35)
  • Wes Dahlhauser (West Des Moines) 79 – 86 – 77 = 242 (+35)
  • Tom Leiferman (Ankeny) 82 – 78 – 83 = 243 (+36)
  • Tanner Dunn (Norwalk) 82 – 85 – 76 = 243 (+36)
  • Trevor Schweers (Corning) 82 – 84 – 79 = 245 (+38)
  • Travis Olsen (Anita) 80 – 86 – 81 = 247 (+40)
  • Phoenix Shadden (Atlantic) 80 – 84 – 83 = 247 (+40)
  • Spencer McCosh (Atlantic) 88 – 79 – 82 = 249 (+42)
  • Brody O’Brien (Atlantic) 89 – 89 – 84 = 251 (+44)
  • Scott March 86 – 86 – 79 = 251 (+44)
  • Mitch Burg (Atlantic) 75 – 88 – 90 = 253 (+46)
  • Marcus Lunning (Ankeny) 87 – 87 – 81 = 255 (+48)
  • Cooper McCosh (Granite Falls, MN) 88 – 85 – 84 = 257 (+50)
  • Lucas Mosier (Atlantic) 82 – 83 – 92 = 257 (+50)
  • Hogan Hook (Griswold) 89 – 86 – 83 = 258 (+51)
  • Seth Christensen (Ankeny) 85 – 87 – 89 = 261 (+54)
  • Kywin Tibben (Stanton) 94 – 91 – 84 = 269 (+62)
  • Nolan Jackson (Mt Vernon) 90 – 85 – 95 = 270 (+63)
  • Mitch Leiferman (Ankeny) 92 – 84 – 95 = 271 (+64)
  • Jake Oathoudt (Corning) 98 – 92 – 89 = 279 (+72)

Senior Division:

  • Chris Nelson (Atlantic) 70 – 70 – 71 = 211 (+4)
  • Shane Burmeister (Exira) 66 – 76 – 73 = 215 (+8)
  • Eric Boehlert (Ankeny) 72 – 71 – 73 = 216 (+9)
  • Steven Montgomery (Des Moines) 75 – 71 – 72 = 218 (+11)
  • Darby McLaren (Atlantic) 77 – 70 – 71 = 218 (+11)
  • Ryan Clark (Ankeny) 73 – 71 – 75 = 219 (+12)
  • Bret Taylor (Booneville) 74 – 75 – 73 = 222 (+15)
  • Darron Baker (Eagle Grove) 73 – 78 – 72 = 223 (+16)
  • Bill Matzdorff (Ankeny) 75 – 77 – 79 = 231 (+24)
  • Kyle Rock (Avoca) 80 – 79 – 73 = 232 (+25)
  • Barry Smith (Knoxville) 77 – 79 – 77 = 233 (+26)
  • Daryl Armstrong (Anita) 81 – 80 – 74 = 235 (+28)
  • Eric Brown (Mt Ayr) 75 – 80 – 81 = 236 (+29)
  • Steve Valline (Grimes) 86 – 80 – 71 = 237 (+30)
  • Jeff Heckroth (Grimes) 84 – 77 – 77 = 238 (+31)
  • Bob Franke (Ankeny) 84 – 77 – 89 = 250 (+43)
  • Chad Buresh (Clive) 85 – 88 – 83 = 256 (+49)
  • Richard Pendegraft (Elkhorn, NE) 97 – 94 – 91 = 282 (+75)
  • Roger Fisher 96 – 101 – 104 = 301 (+94)

Super Senior Division:

  • Rick Carter (Creston) 77 – 67 – 68 = 212 (+5) ** won playoff **
  • Del Miller (West Branch) 73 – 73 – 66 = 212 (+5)
  • Rick Thompson (Fairfield) 75 – 76 – 71 = 222 (+15)
  • John Willmore 84 – 69 – 73 = 226 (+19)
  • Arnie Leistad (Atlantic) 75 – 76 – 77 = 228 (+21)
  • Kim Peters (Adair) 73 – 82 – 77 = 232 (+25)
  • Jim Simmelink (Adair) 77 – 77 – 80 = 234 (+27)
  • Barry McGinn (Council Bluffs) 82 – 78 – 77 = 237 (+30)
  • Jeff Morenz (Atlantic) 74 – 87 – 77 = 238 (+31)
  • Rich Ward (Anita) 80 – 80 – 83 = 243 (+36)
  • Paul Huddleson (Atlantic) 85 – 82 – 85 = 252 (+45)
  • Merlin Bell (Leon) 86 – 81 – 86 = 253 (+46)
  • Ron Pendegraft (Creston) 86 – 83 – 85 = 254 (+47)
  • Mick Lee 86 – 88 – 85 = 256 (+49)
  • Ron Calhoun (Anita) 86 – 81 – 93 = 260 (+53)
  • Perry Paulsen (Exira) 91 – 85 – 86 = 262 (+55)
  • Tim Dooley (Eagle Grove) 88 – 87 – 95 = 270 (+63)

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UPDATE 8:29-a.m. 8/11/24: 2 men from Omaha die from shooting incident in Mills County

News

August 11th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

PACIFIC JUNCTION, Iowa – The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation reports two men from Nebraska died Saturday night during a shooting incident at a concert near Pacific Junction. Authorities say at approximately 8:59- p.m. on August 10, 2024, the Mills County Sheriff’s Office responded to a shooting at the I-29 Speedway in Pacific Junction. An outdoor concert was about to begin when the shooting occurred in the parking lot. Two men, 28-year-old Marcus L. Johnson, and 27-year-old Charles A. Williams Jr., both from Omaha, Nebraska, died as a result of the shooting.

The Mills County Sheriff’s Office is being assisted by the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation, Iowa State Patrol, Omaha Police Department, and several surrounding law enforcement agencies. Law enforcement is asking anyone who has information about the shooting to contact the Mills County Sheriff’s Office at 712.527.4871. This is an ongoing investigation. No additional information will be released at this time.

Previous report by KJAN…

(Pacific Junction, Iowa) [UPDATED 7-a.m. 8/11/24]- Two people are now confirmed to be dead, and at least one person was critically injured during a shooting at a concert at the I-29 Speedway near Pacific Junction. One of the subjects was flown by LifeNet 1-1 from near Loess Hills Harley Davidson to Bergan-Mercy Hospital. The incident occurred at around 9-p.,m., during the concert that followed “The Pull Up Car Show and Music fest,” featuring musical acts Lil Bossie, Rob49, Rich the Factor and others.

The concert was cancelled just before 10-p.m. It was scheduled to end at 11-p.m.  Emergency crews staged near Agri-Vision while law enforcement was working to secure the scene. Authorities were looking for at least three suspects, reportedly in a black Mercedes sedan. Omaha Police helicopter ABLE-1 was requested to conduct a FLIR (Forward Looking Infrared Radar) [Heat seeking]  search of the area.

As of 10:10-p.m., a heavy law enforcement presence was still on-the-scene. At least two-thousand people were leaving the scene as the concert closed down, according to law enforcement. They were being stopped at gate checkpoints to look for possible suspects and/or witnesses.

Additional details are currently not available. The area was still an active crime scene late Saturday night.

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Tournament of Champions Forecast (Day 3) for Atlantic & the KJAN listening area: 8/11/24

Weather

August 11th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

Today: Partly sunny, with a high near 79. Calm wind becoming south southeast 5 to 10 mph this afternoon.
Tonight: Showers and thunderstorms developing late. Low around 59. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Monday: Mostly cloudy w/showers & thunderstorms ending in the morning. High near 72. East winds 5-10 mph.
Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 58.
Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 77. E/SE winds 5-10.
Tue. Night: A 50% chance of showers & thunderstorms. Low around 61.
Wednesday: A 30% chance of showers & thunderstorms. High near 81.

Saturday’s High in Atlantic was 78. The Low was 44. Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 87 and the Low was 59. The Record High here on Aug. 11th, was 104 in 1894. The Record Low was 40 in 1902. Sunrise today: 6:24-a.m.; Sunset: 8:25-p.m.

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