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Iowa Association of Track Coaches announce Coach of the Year honors

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November 12th, 2015 by admin

The Iowa Association of Track Coaches recently announced their track & field and cross country Coaches of the Year honors ahead of their Hall of Fame Banquet on December 5th in Ames.  An overall State Coach of the Year is named in each class for boys and girls along with five other coaches being recognized. Honorees are listed below.

IATC 2015 COACHES OF THE YEAR

GIRLS TRACK & FIELD
CLASS 1A
State Coach of the Year – Keith Harms – Hudson
At-Large Theresa Penick BCLUW
At-Large Bob Mudd North Linn
At-Large Josh Roudabush Pekin
At-Large Kendall Rachuy Sioux Central
At-Large Brett Welsch Nodaway Valley
CLASS 2A
State Coach of the Year – Angie Cook – Clayton Ridge
At-Large Pat Healy Northeast Gooselake
At-Large Tom Muller Osage
At-Large Kadrian Hardersen Sioux Center
At-Large Maggie Willems Mount Vernon
At-Large Phil Baldus Saint Ansgar
CLASS 3A
State Coach of the Year – Tim O’Neill, Davenport Assumption
At-Large Dave Hutchcroft Mount Pleasant
At-Large Dana Hogan Decorah
At-Large Scott Kiesel Boone
At-Large Brad Rasmussen Glenwood
At-Large Dak Rasmussen Pella
CLASS 4A
State Co-Coach of the Year – Jane Wheeler, Pleasant Valley
State Co-Coach of the Year, Kenny Wheeler, Pleasant Valley
At-Large Nathan Hopp Linn-Mar
At-Large Bill Calloway Cedar Rapids Jefferson
At-Large Randy Hutchison Urbandale
At-Large Mike Parker Iowa City West
At-Large Jesse Hunt Waukee
BOYS TRACK & FIELD
The Phil Hummel CLASS 1A
State Coach of the Year – Casey Baxa – Lisbon
At-Large Brad Elliott Mount Ayr
At-Large Chase Moseman Lawton Bronson
At-Large Gabe Bakker Pleasantville
At-Large Davis Eidahl Pekin
At-Large Wendell Larson Alta-Aurelia
CLASS 2A
State Coach of the Year – Corey Lamm – West Burlington Notre
Dame
At-Large Brock Lehman Sioux Center
At-Large Greg Williams Monticello
At-Large Mike Wehde Tipton
At-Large Ryan Whitman Mount Vernon
At-Large Jarrod Schott/Karl Bahrke Kingsley Pierson-
Woodbury Central
CLASS 3A
State Coach of the Year – Amy Marshall – Center Point-Urbana
At-Large Mitch Anderson Mount Pleasant
At-Large Gregg Wellman Algona
At-Large Jared Fletcher Carlisle
At-Large Brent Van Hauen Pella
At-Large Mark Sovers Solon
CLASS 4A
State Coach of the Year – Brent Heitland, Waukee
At-Large Ben Duea Ames
At-Large Brian Martz Iowa City West
At-Large Dirk Homewood Cedar Falls
At-Large Tim TeBrink Urbandale
At-Large Norm Anderson Dubuque Hempstead
GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY
CLASS 1A
State Coach of the Year – Mark Bauder – Central Elkader
At-Large Mark Twedt West Fork
At-Large Davis Eidahl Pekin
At-Large Dan Schleisman Treynor
At-Large Mike Schutt Newman Catholic, Mason City
At-Large Mike Szalat Fort Dodge Saint Edmond
CLASS 2A
State Coach of the Year – Bob Davidshofer – Cascade
At-Large Dan Sauser Monticello
At-Large Brent Jennings Osage
At-Large Liz Skillern Shenandoah
At-Large Nick Nordheim Williamsburg
At-Large Kevin Kearney/Scott Conway South Winnishiek
CLASS 3A
State Coach of the Year – Alex Flores – Davenport Assumption
At-Large Cynthia Wagner Dubuque Wahlert
At-Large Bryant Rasmussen Denison-Schleswig
At-Large Dean Clasen Humboldt
At-Large Douglas Cutler Pella
At-Large Justin Droppert Dallas Center-Grimes
CLASS 4A
State Coach of the Year – Dan Davis – Urbandale
At-Large Jane Wheeler Pleasant Valley
At-Large Pat Hennes Johnston
At-Large Mike Parker Iowa City West
At-Large Erin Flynn Bettendorf
At-Large Tom Mittman Iowa City High
BOYS CROSS COUNTRY
CLASS 1A
State Coach of the Year – Darrell Burmeister – Nodaway Valley
At-Large Chad Swope Iowa City Regina
At-Large Sandy Sabelka Denver
At-Large Sherri Selenke Hudson
At-Large Scott Jess Bellevue
At-Large Davis Eidahl Pekin
CLASS 2A
State Coach of the Year – Jeff Short
Garner Hayfield-Ventura
At-Large Josh Husted Davis County
At-Large Karl Kaemingk Unity Christian
At-Large Steve Leach North Polk
At-Large Mark Hostetler Mid-Prairie
At-Large Ben Demuth Eagle Grove
CLASS 3A
State Coach of the Year – Kory Swart – Mount Vernon-Lisbon
At-Large Mitch Anderson Mount Pleasant
At-Large Douglas Cutler Pella
At-Large Matt Pries Dallas Center-Grimes
At-Large Marty Mitchell Carlisle
At-Large Trent Edsen Grinnell
CLASS 4A
State Coach of the Year – Tim Ives – Dowling West Des Moines
At-Large Tom Trygstad Valley, West Des Moines
At-Large Troy Becker Cedar Falls
At-Large Bill Schwarz Cedar Rapids Prairie
At-Large Kevin Barnes Indianola
At-Large Erik Belby Pleasant Valley

(Podcast) KJAN 8-a.m. News, 11/12/2015

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November 12th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

More area and State news from KJAN News Director Ric Hanson.

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Red Oak P-D investigated cell phone theft

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November 12th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

Police in Red Oak are asking for your help in solving a theft. Officials say A Red Oak woman reported Tuesday that an I-Phone had been stolen from her son while he was at the Red Oak High School. Anyone with information about the crime is asked to call Red Oak Police at 712-623-6500.

Senator Grassley says work continues to improve the VA

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November 12th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley told veterans during a ceremony in Des Moines Wednesday that more work needs to be done to correct the problems with long waits at Veterans Administration hospitals across the country. Grassley, a Republican from New Hartford, says Congress did pass legislation to make improvements. “The Choice Program, that was created on August the second 2014 in that legislation, has been implemented in a way that makes it less helpful than was intended to the veterans who deserve the care,” Grassley says. Grassley says lawmakers have worked to improve things.

“Congress has stepped in to fix some of the shortcomings, but I am sorry to say more needs to be done,” Grassley explains. “I’m supporting legislation to clarify the intent of Congress that veterans should not have to drive more than 40 miles to take the care that they need. There is more that the V-A can do to make itself more user friendly.” He says it takes some time to make changes in such a large organization.

“I’ll bet 99 percent of the people who work for the V-A are good people, well intended. It’s just like in Congress — you can have one person do something wrong and it hurts the whole 534 members of Congress. You can have the same thing in any bureaucracy in government or any church or organization,” according to Grassley. Grassley says he spoke with the head of the V-A, the he says he needs more tools to deal with the problem people involved in the long waits.

“So, I’m supporting legislation that will give the secretary those tools. I’m also working with another senator to ensure that whistleblowers in the V-A are not retaliated against,” Grassley says. “Because if they had been listened to a long time before it became public, we wouldn’t have had the problems that we had.” Grassley made his comments at the annual state Veterans Day ceremony.

(Radio Iowa)

Ringgold County man arrested on Union County warrant

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November 12th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

The Creston Police Department reports a Ringgold County man was arrested Wednesday afternoon, on a Union County warrant charging him with Violation of Probation. 58-year old William Powell, of Diagonal, was taken into custody at around 4-p.m. and held in the Union County Jail while awaiting a bond hearing.

(Podcast) KJAN Morning Sports report, 11/12/2015

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November 12th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

The 7:20-a.m. Sportscast w/Jim Field.

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(Podcast) KJAN Morning News & funeral report, 11/12/2015

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November 12th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

The area’s top news at 7:06-a.m., w/KJAN News Director Ric Hanson

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Rainfall Totals Ending at 7:00 am November 12

Weather

November 12th, 2015 by Jim Field

  • KJAN (Atlantic)  .81″ (trace of snow!)
  • Massena  .89″
  • Missouri Valley  1.51″
  • Woodbine  1.98″
  • Logan  1.2″
  • Bedford  .47″
  • Council Bluffs  .54″

Freese-Notis weather forecast & weather data for Atlantic: 11/12/15

Weather

November 12th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

Today: Wind Advisory in effect through this evening; Partly Cloudy & Windy. High around 50. W/NW @ 20-40mph.
Tonight: Clear & blustery. Low around 28. W/NW @ 10-20 diminishing late to around 5mph.
Friday: Sunny. High near 50. W/NW @ 5-15 becoming SW during the afternoon
Friday Night: Clear, with a low around 31.
Saturday: P/Cldy & breezy, with a high near 60
Sunday: P/Cldy & breezy. High near 60.

Wednesday’s High in Atlantic was 61. Our 24-hour Low as of 7-a.m. today, was 33. We received .81” rain yesterday and light snow last night that amounted to a Trace. Last year on this date, our High was 21 and the Low was 12. The All-Time Record High in Atlantic for Nov. 12th was 73 in 2005, while the Record Low was -4 in 1968.

More than 12 stores rid of tainted beef from Omaha supplier

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November 12th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – More than a dozen Nebraska and Council Bluffs grocery stores have eliminated tainted beef from suppliers that used products from an Omaha meat-processing facility. The Omaha World-Herald reports that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention hasn’t listed any E. coli outbreaks in Nebraska or Iowa this week. The newspaper says local health departments weren’t available for comment Wednesday.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued a nationwide recall last week for more than 167,000 pounds of All American Meats Inc. ground beef products for possible E. coli contamination. The bacteria can cause death or illness. More than 100 retailers in about 20 states were on a USDA-issued list of locations that might have tainted meat on their shelves.