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MARCELYN FREDERIKSEN, 78, of Atlantic (formerly of Hamlin) Svcs 2-1-12

Obituaries

January 29th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

MARCELYN FREDERIKSEN, 78, of Atlantic (formerly of Hamlin), died Sat., Jan. 28th, at the Atlantic Nursing & Rehab Center. Funeral services for MARCELYN FREDERIKSEN will be held 9:30-a.m. Wed., Feb. 1st, at the Kessler Funeral Home in Exira.

Friends may call at the funeral home, where the family visitation begins 6:30-p.m. Tue., Jan. 31st.

Burial will be in the Maple Grove Cemetery in Audubon.

MARCELYN FREDERIKSEN is survived by:

Her daughters – Debra (Rick) Petersen, of Atlantic, and Diane (Scott) Black, of Hamlin.

Her son – Jim (Patti) Frederiksen, of Atlantic.

Her sisters – Suse (Richard) Mitchell, of Guthrie Center, & Phyllis (Wayne) Thygesen, of Lebanon, MO.

Her brother – Richard Miller, of California.

12 grandchildren, 26 great-grandchildren, 2 great-great grandchildren, her in-laws, other relatives, and friends.

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2012 RAGBRAI Route Announced

Ag/Outdoor, News

January 29th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

The 40th Anniversary ride of RAGBRAI will take more than 10,000 bicycling enthusiasts through a somewhat hilly northern Iowa this year. Officials with the Des Moines Register held a party Saturday night to announced the route for the July 21st through the 28th event. The Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa — the world’s oldest, largest and longest tour of its kind — begins this year in Sioux Center and ends 471 miles later in Clinton. In between, riders will stop overnight in Cherokee, Lake View, Webster City, Marshalltown, Cedar Rapids and Anamosa. Webster City hasn’t hosted RAGBRAI since 1980. Cedar Rapids hasn’t seen riders pass through the community since a 2008 flood inundated the largest overnight town on the list.

There’s been no word yet on whether past Tour de France winners and RAGBRAI participants Lance Armstrong and Greg LaMond will join in, but officials say they expect about 60 percent of the riders to be from places outside Iowa, including some 20 countries. An economic study from the University of Northern Iowa two years ago found the festival brings $24 million in new spending to Iowa, or $3 million for each hosting town.

The event’s theme this year is “Celebrating 40 Years of Iowa,” and its less-intensive route should afford space to pause and reflect: The route is the 18th-shortest in RABRAI history and the 11th-flattest. Only eight routes since the ride’s 1973 inception have been easier. While the precise number of towns that riders will pass through on their river-to-river run won’t be released until March, here’s what’s known about the route: Riders should pace themselves for the stretch between Marshalltown and Cedar Rapids. It will be their hilliest day with a 3,576-foot climb. At 84.8 miles, it will also be the longest. Returning riders should feel confident, though; Despite a shorter distance, last year’s route featured more hill-climbing on day one than this year’s route does in the first three days.

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Forecast for Cass & Surrounding Counties, 1-29-12

Weather

January 29th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

TODAY (Sunday)…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGH IN THE UPPER 30S. NORTHWEST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST IN THE AFTERNOON.

TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY UNTIL EARLY MORNING THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW IN THE UPPER 20S. SOUTH WIND 10 TO 15 MPH.

MONDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. WARMER. HIGH IN THE UPPER 50S. SOUTHWEST WIND 10 TO 15 MPH.

MONDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOW IN THE LOWER 30S. SOUTHWEST WIND 10 TO 15 MPH.

TUESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGH IN THE LOWER 50S. NORTHWEST WIND 5 TO 15 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

WEDNESDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY.  HIGH IN THE UPPER 40S.

THURSDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGH IN THE MID 40S.

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Saturday’s Area High School Basketball Scores (from 1-28-12)

Sports

January 29th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

BOYS BASKETBALL
  • Bedford 48, Griswold 46
  • Lewis Central 64, Abraham Lincoln 31
  • Kuemper Catholic 59, Fort Dodge St. Edmond 53
  • Norwalk 51, Creston 43
  • Ogden 53, Guthrie Center 48
  • Panorama 71, West Central Valley 40
  • Woodward Academy 62, Coon Rapids-Bayard 45
Western Valley Conference Tournament
Consolation
  • River Valley 54, Charter Oak-Ute 36
  • Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto 54, Ridge View 35
  • Woodbine 58, Ar-We-Va 55
Quarterfinal
  • IKM-Manning 64, Logan-Magnolia 55
  • Kingsley-Pierson 70, OA-BCIG 62
  • Lawton-Bronson 72, Woodbury Central 56
  • West Monona 60, Boyer Valley 35
GIRLS BASKETBALL
  • Bedford 73, Griswold 46
  • Lewis Central 44, Abraham Lincoln 36
  • Nodaway Valley 44, Clarke 32
  • Guthrie Center 75, Ogden 49
  • Kuemper Catholic 67, Fort Dodge St. Edmond 43
  • Norwalk 43, Creston 31

 

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Drake outlasts Wichita State 93-86 in 3 OT

Sports

January 29th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Ben Simons scored 29 points and Kurt Alexander scored six of his 17 points in the third overtime as Drake outlasted Wichita State 93-86 on Saturday night. Rayvonte Rice added 19 points, 14 rebounds, eight assists and four steals for the Bulldogs (13-9, 6-5 Missouri Valley). Garrett Stutz scored 27 points and Joe Ragland 25 for the Shockers (18-4, 9-2), who lost for the first time in seven road games this season and fell out of a first-place tie in the conference with Creighton, which defeated Bradley on Saturday. Kraidon Woods made a layup for Drake with two seconds remaining in regulation to knot the score at 63-all. Alexander’s 3-pointer gave the Bulldogs an 82-79 lead with 19 seconds remaining in the second OT, but Ben Smith matched it for Wichita State with eight seconds left. Jeremy Jeffers scored 11 points for Drake.  Toure’ Murry had 16 points and 10 rebounds for the Shockers, whose eight-game winning streak was snapped.

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Missouri State turns back Northern Iowa 63-51

Sports

January 28th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — Kyle Weems had 20 points and 10 rebounds to lead Missouri State past Northern Iowa 63-51 on Saturday. Anthony Downing scored 16 points and Jarmar Gulley matched Weems with 10 rebounds for the Bears (13-10, 6-5 Missouri Valley). Michael Bizoukas had seven assists for Missouri State. Seth Tuttle had nine points to lead Northern Iowa (14-9, 4-7), which has dropped five of its last six games. The Panthers led 9-3 before Missouri State used a 20-4 run to take control of the game. The Bears led 34-24 at halftime — with Weems scoring 18 of his points before the break — and enjoyed their biggest margin at 57-39 with 4:52 to play.

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ALFRED SICK, JR., 66, of Magnolia (Svcs 1-30-12)

Obituaries

January 28th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

ALFRED SICK, JR., 66, of Magnolia, died Thu., Jan. 26th, at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, in Omaha. Funeral services for ALFRED SICK, JR., will be held 11-a.m. Mon., Jan. 30th, at the Hennessey-Aman Funeral Home, in Missouri Valley.

Visitation  at the funeral home is from 4-7 pm Sunday (1/29).

The family invites friends and relatives to a luncheon and fellowship at the 1st Lutheran Church in Missouri Valley, following the service, on Monday.

Burial, with Military Honors performed by the Minden American Legion Post #437, will be in the Minden Cemetery.

ALFRED SICK, JR., is survived by:

His wife – Donna Sick, of Magnolia.

His sons – William (Maria) Sick, of Blair, NE., &  Jack Sick, of Magnolia.

His daughter – Rebecca (Jamen) Cates, of Magnolia.

His brothers – Melvin (Jean) Sick, of Grantsburg, WI., & Willie (Maxine) Sick, of Shelby.

His step-sister: Arlene Slack, of Council Bluffs.

and 2 grandchildren.

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Manning receives $50k HUD Challenge Grant

News

January 28th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

The Main Street Manning organization has received a $50,000 HUD Challenge Grant from the Iowa Economic Development Authority. A total of $430,000 in Housing and Urban Development Challenge Grants are being awarded to nine Iowa communities through a fund administered by the Iowa Downtown Resource Center and Main Street Iowa.  The funds will be distributed in the form of grants to the selected Main Street programs. The estimated total project cost of the nine projects is more than $1.2 million.

Governor Terry E. Branstad and Senator Tom Harkin joined representatives from the Iowa Economic Development Authority and Main Street Iowa to make the announcement during a special check presentation ceremony held Saturday, at the Des Moines Botanical Center. The grants will benefit local improvement projects such as repair of front and rear façades of downtown buildings, interior rehabilitations; restoration of historic downtown landmarks; accessibility improvements in historic properties and renovation of upper floor living spaces.

The Challenge Grant program is funded through an appropriation from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).  Since the first appropriation in 2002, the program has awarded a total of $4.9 million and has leveraged approximately $36.9 million in local investments.

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Legislative Coffees Scheduled for Cass County

News

January 28th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

Officials with PRIDE (the Progressive Rural Iowa Development group) have announced three legislative coffees have been scheduled for various communities in Cass County for the 2012 Iowa session. Randy Baxter, President of PRIDE, says “These coffees are opportunities to have face-to-face dialogue with our Iowa legislators, Senator Nancy Boettger, and Representatives Clel Baudler and Jack Drake.” Baxter adds that “The legislators always appreciate coming to Cass County because we have such terrific attendance. People here really want to have input into our state government, so they participate when the legislators make time to come to our towns.” 

The first coffee is Saturday, February 11th, at the Legion Hall in Massena, at 10 a.m., with special guest will be Mike Cormack, policy liaison to Jason Glass, director for the Iowa Department of Education and former social studies teacher from Massena. Mike will join Boettger, Baudler and Drake, to discuss education reform, one of the top issues of the current legistlative session.  The second event will be held Saturday, March 10, at the Marne Community Center, at 7:30 a.m.!   The early start time allows the legislators and citizens to attend the coffee, and, be present later in the morning at the county’s political conventions. The final coffee will take place Saturday, April 14, at the Cass County Museum in Griswold at 10 a.m. 

P.R.I.D.E. is the economic development organization that works on behalf of the cities of Cumberland, Griswold, Lewis, and Marne for Cass County development, plus numerous individual members and businesses in Southwest Iowa. For additional information, or to join P.R.I.D.E., please contact Randy Baxter, president, at 781-2395, or Clarke Gerlock, vice-president, at 712-774-5476.

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Iowa State stuns No. 5 Kansas, 72-64

Sports

January 28th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

AMES, Iowa (AP) – Royce White had 18 points and nine rebounds as Iowa State upset fifth-ranked Kansas 72-64 on Saturday, snapping the Jayhawks’ winning streak at 10 games. Melvin Ejim added 15 points for the Cyclones (15-6, 5-3 Big 12), who had lost 13 straight to Kansas since their last victory in 2005.  White, a 39 percent free thrower shooter in Big 12 games, hit a pair to put Iowa State up 64-59 with 1:47 left. Kansas threw the ball away and Chris Babb drained a 3 to give the Cyclones an eight-point lead with 55.6 seconds left.  Tyshawn Taylor led five players in double figures with 16 points for Kansas (17-4, 7-1), which hadn’t lost since Dec. 19 against Davidson. Thomas Robinson had 13 points, but he committed five turnovers and the Jayhawks were outrebounded 36-23.  Iowa State students celebrated the biggest win of coach Fred Hoiberg’s tenure by storming the floor.

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