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High School Boys track results from Monday April 15th

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April 16th, 2024 by admin

LENOX INVITATIONAL 

1. Riverside (117 points)

•Dawson Henderson, 800 meter run 2:07.94, 1600 meter run 4:55.00, 3200 meter run 11:01.18

 

2. Shenandoah (102 points)

•Brody Cullin, 100 meter dash 10.89

•Titus Steng, shot put wheelchair 11-06.00

•4×100 meter relay: Hunter Dukes, Alex Razee, Cole Graham, Brody Cullin 44.45

•4×200 meter relay: Hunter Dukes, Alex Razee, Cole Graham, Brody Cullin 1:32.37

•4×400 meter relay: Brody Cullin, Hunter Dukes, Cole Graham, Alex Razee 3:33.38

•4×800 meter relay: Dylan Kellogg, Damien Little Thunder, Owen Laughlin, Braeden Mick 9:18.58

 

3. Mount Ayr (76 points)

•800 sprint medley relay: Ryce Reynolds, Preston Fleharty, Jackson Ruggles, Adan Trujilllo 1:41.29

 

4. Lenox (69 points)

•Gabe Funk, 400 meter dash 51.11, 110 meter hurdles 14.99, 400 meter hurdles 53.43

•Shuttle hurdle relay: Donald Bashor, Jordan Martin-England, Dawson Evans, Gabe Funk 1:01.35

 

5. Bedford (54 points)

•Eli Johnson, 100 meter wheelchair 18.53, 200 meter wheelchair 35.63, 400 meter wheelchair 1:12.10, 800 meter wheelchair 2:30.79

•Garrison Motsinger, 200 meter dash 23.47

 

6. Griswold (46 points)

 

7. Southwest Valley (32 points)

•Walker Bissell, high jump 5-10.00

•Theron Mullen, shot put 44-07.50

 

8. Clarinda (28 points)

•Creighton Tuzzio, discus throw 154-07

•Distance medley relay: Kaiden Roop, Karsten Beckel, Cooper Phillips, Kyle Wagoner 3:40.36

 

8. East Mills (28 points)

 

10. Essex (24 points)

•Tony Racine, long jump 20-05.00

High School Girls track results from Monday April 15th

Sports

April 16th, 2024 by admin

LENOX CO-ED

1. Bedford, 83 points

 

2. Shenandoah, 80 points

•Hailey Egbert, 1500 meter run, 5:25.94 & 3000 meter run, 12:05.41 

•Natalie McDowell, discus, 99-09.00

•Aliyah Parker, shot put, 36-03.00 

•Distance medley relay: Abbey Dumler, Jenna Burdorf, Lynnae Green, Egbert, 4:45.47 

 

3. Griswold 75 points

•Carsyn Adams, 800 meter run 2:46.17 

 

3. Mount Ayr 75 points

•Aubree Shields, high jump 5-00.00 

•4×400 meter relay: Anne Newton, Tatum Friedrich, Aubree Clark, Ashlyn Murphy 4:31.24

•4×800 meter relay: Newton, Addison Doolittle, Clark, Murphy 11:32.53 

 

5. Southwest Valley 60 points

•Emma Cooper, 200 meter dash 27.21 

•4×200 meter relay: Anistyn Poston, Katey Lillie, Haidyn Top, Emma Cooper 1:57.96

 

6. Stanton 52 points

•Hannah Olson, 100 meter hurdles 16.39

•Lauren Johnson, 400 meter hurdles 1:12.32

•Shuttle hurdle relay: Hart, Johnson, McDonald, Olson 1:07.71 

•4×100 meter relay: Kyla Hart, Elly McDonald, Olson, Johnson 54.24

 

7. Lenox 45 points

•Sprint medley relay: Bentley Petersen, Gabby Robles, Zoey Reed, Sadie Cox 2:00.20 

 

8. Essex 38 points

 

8. East Union 38 points

 

10. Clarinda 20 points

•Jerzee Knight, 100 meter dash 12.65

•Kylie Meier, long jump 16-10.75 

 

11. East Mills 18 points 

•Jenna Thornburg, 400 meter dash 1:03.42 

 

Pharmacy worker convicted of stealing 600 doses of opioid pain killers

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April 16th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

(Council Bluffs, Iowa —[Iowa Capital Dispatch]) –The Iowa Board of Pharmacy has revoked the license of a pharmacy technician convicted of stealing 600 doses of opioid painkillers.

According to police records, on April 11, 2023, the CVS Pharmacy within the Target store at 3804 Metro Dr., Council Bluffs, called in a report of prescription drug theft. The pharmacy then provided police with written documents, including a statement signed by pharmacy tech Sarah Elizabeth Taylor, 38, of Council Bluffs.

In that statement, Taylor allegedly admitted to CVS investigators that she had stolen roughly 600 50-milligram doses of the narcotic Tramadol between November 2022 and March 2023. Pharmacy officials estimated the actual loss at 700 doses of Tramadol.

Police alleged Taylor admitted that while at work she would place the pills into the trash and retrieve them later in order to conceal the theft. She was charged with fourth-degree theft, possession of a controlled substance, and obtaining a prescription drug through deceit.

She pleaded guilty to the possession and theft charges and the prescription-drug charge was dismissed by the court. She was sentenced to 45 days in jail, with all of that time suspended. Court records give conflicting information as to whether $860 in potential fines were actually imposed.

In January 2024, the Iowa Board of Pharmacy held a hearing on the matter that Taylor did not attend. On March 5, the board revoked Taylor’s license as a pharmacy technician. The decision was announced Monday.

 

Planter University prepped farmers for spring

Ag/Outdoor, News

April 16th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – The U-S-D-A crop report shows four percent of corn was planted last week as farmers slowly got into the fields. Some farmers attended I-S-U Extension’s “Planter University” earlier this year where field agronomist Meaghan Anderson says they learned how to best use their equipment. “Talk about more of the theory behind some of the technology and differences between them as well as really in-depth into the maintenance aspects that are going to be across all colors of planting equipment,” Anderson says. She says planter technology has advanced along with tractors through the years — leading to changes in things like speed across a field.

“Typically it wasn’t unusual for people to be planting anywhere from maybe three and a half to five or so miles per hour in the past and now there’s technology that allows people to plant more in the maybe eight to 10 are slightly faster miles per hour,” she says. Anderson says issues with the planter can cost farmers money when it comes to harvest time.”There’s certainly some changes and how we need to make sure we’re maintaining them and paying attention to changes in those planters as the season goes on to make sure that that seed gets planted where it needs to be when it needs to be,” Anderson says. She says having the planter ready to go at the start is only part of planting success.

“But in addition to that, being able to make appropriate adjustments on the fly, as farmers move perhaps across fields, as they move from one week to the next during the early part of the growing season when we know that rainfall can be variable and soil differences and residue differences can make such a change in how the seed actually enters the ground,” Anderson says. The Planter University team moves across the state in February so they can offer hand’s-on training in preparation for planting. This is the third year for the program.

Impact of pandemic lingers in Iowa with spike in cases of alcohol misuse

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April 16th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – The pandemic may be over, but ripple effects from all the stresses COVID-19 caused are still being felt in Iowa. Dr. Raymond Garcia, chief medical officer at Rosecrance Behavioral Health in Sioux City, says their Iowa facilities saw a significant spike in alcohol-related cases in recent years. Garcia says many people used alcohol as a way to manage stress during the pandemic, but also to socialize with others, even if they could only meet up online through Zoom.  “When you increase the behavior, that can increase the risk for developing a use disorder with the substance,” Garcia says, “and certainly, we saw that happening with alcohol.” Garcia says Iowa is facing an epidemic-level crisis with opioids right now, but he emphasizes alcohol remains the number-one most misused product. Alcohol use was the most common substance use disorder treated at Rosecrance during the past year, accounting for 20-percent of all cases.

“We did see a spike with COVID, and unfortunately, these things have a lasting effect,” Garcia says. “So people who developed a use disorder or maybe they had a recurrence during that period, they’re still struggling to recover from that within the last few years, even though the pandemic is effectively controlled or over.” During the height of the pandemic, a study found there were about 488 deaths — per day — nationwide that were caused by excessive drinking. Garcia says the same study found the number of deaths linked to excessive alcohol use has surged by 29-percent in just five years. He says Rosecrance is seeing a boost in both residential treatment and outpatient services.

“We’re seeing a higher number of people seeking counseling, and seeking medication management,” Garcia says. “Of course, it’s also triggering co-occurring mental health issues, so we’re seeing more people who’ve had their depression, anxiety disorders triggered by this as well, so there’s there’s been some other fallout.” Experts from Rosecrance are holding a free community discussion on alcohol misuse tonight (Tuesday) at 6 P-M at Spencer Hospital in Spencer.

“Anybody who has any concern,” Garcia says, “not only for themselves, but for people in their lives that they are concerned about, their loved ones, their friends, anybody who has any concern at all about this topic should attend.” Rosecrance facilities in Iowa serve more than 7,000 teens and adults every year at outpatient treatment clinics in Sioux City, Cherokee, Davenport, Le Mars, Spencer and Sheldon.

Structure fire in Montgomery County Monday night

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April 16th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

(Red Oak, Iowa) – Officials with the Red Oak Fire Department report, that at around 9:45-p.m., Monday (April 15th), the Red Oak, Stanton and Elliott Fire Departments were paged out to the Stennett area on a reported structure fire. Upon arrival, firefighters reported a structure, that was completely engulfed in flames and had collapsed. The structure was located directly south of the old mill. Additional mutual aid was requested from the Griswold Fire Department. (Photos from the Red Oak Fire Dept. Facebook page)
Officials say defensive fire ground operations were deployed, limiting all the surrounding structures from any damage (including the old mill). Fire ground operations were terminated at approximately midnight. Assistance with a tractor was requested/received from one of the neighboring farmers (Mr. Pendleton)
No injuries reported. The fire scene remained under investigation, but authorities say there is nothing of suspicious nature at this time.

[Update] Troopers identify woman killed in Muscatine UTV crash

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April 16th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

MUSCATINE, Iowa (KWQC) – Iowa State Patrol has identified the woman killed after a side-by-side struck a deer Saturday night.  According to Iowa State Patrol, 58-year-old Elizabeth A Hackett, of Muscatine, died in the crash.

The crash happened just after 8 p.m. along Burlington Rd in Muscatine. Three injured were taken to the University of Iowa Hospital. Troopers identified them as 30-year-old Nathan J Hackett and 33-year-old Jessica K. Weikert of Muscatine, and 33-year-old Gage D. Curry of Letts.

ISP says four people were in the side by side when it struck a deer, went into the ditch, and rolled multiple times.

The investigation is ongoing.

Woman accused of hitting, killing man on Christmas Eve in Council Bluffs enters guilty plea

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April 16th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

An Iowa woman pleaded guilty to DUI homicide by vehicle in the death of a man on Christmas Eve, in Council Bluffs. Police arrested 47-year-old Angela Thurman, of Pacific Junction earlier this year. Police said she hit 74-year-old Juan Avalos, who was standing near his vehicle parked near the intersection of Poplar Drive and Birch Street. He later died.

According to a court document filed on April 10, Thurman pleaded guilty to homicide by vehicle – intoxication. A second count of possession of controlled substance will be dismissed at her cost, according to court documents.

She faces up to 25 years in prison. Her license will also be revoked for six years and Thurman won’t be eligible for a temporary restricted license for at least two years after that. Her sentencing is scheduled for April 19 at the Pottawattamie County Courthouse.

Iowa House passes bill allowing teachers, staff to obtain a permit to carry a gun on school property

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April 16th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

The Iowa House took the next step in advancing a bill that would allow teachers and school staff to obtain a professional permit to carry a gun on school property. House lawmakers passed the bill in a 61 to 36 vote Monday. The bill now heads to the governor’s desk to sign. The Iowa Senate passed the bill Wednesday.

The bill would allow teachers and other school staff to get a permit to carry a gun on school grounds. In order to get a permit, staff would have to pass background checks and attend at least five training courses. Staff at private schools, colleges and universities would also be allowed to get a permit.

Large school districts would also be required to have at least one security officer per high school. School boards would be able to vote to opt out of that requirement. If Gov. Kim Reynolds signs this bill into law, it would take effect immediately.The House already passed the bill in February. That version included a grant program to help recruit and retain school resource officers. The Senate voted to remove that portion of the plan Wednesday and sent it back to the House for review.

Skyscan Forecast for Atlantic & the Nishna Valley: Tuesday, April 16, 2024

Weather

April 16th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

Today: **Wind Advisory in effect  from 7-a.m. until 7-p.m.**Showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 1pm. Some of the storms could be severe. High near 73. SE winds 20-45 mph. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Tonight: A 50% chance of showers and thunderstorms. Low around 48. S/SW winds 15-30 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Wednesday: Cloudy through mid morning, then gradual clearing. High near 67. W/NW winds 15-30 mph.
Wed. night: Showers likely after midnight, otherwise Partly cloudy, with a low around 42.
Thursday: Showers, mainly before 1pm. High near 54.
Friday: Partly sunny & breezy, with a high near 55.

Monday’s High in Atlantic was 81. Our Low was 49. As of 5-a.m. in Atlantic, rainfall at KJAN was .06″.  Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 49, and the Low was 33. The All-Time Record High on April 16th in Atlantic, was 88, in 1898. The Record Low was 19, in 1988. Sunrise: 6:39. Sunset: 8:01.