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West Central Valley girls, Kuemper boys win at Wildcat XC Meet

Sports

September 3rd, 2021 by admin

West Central Valley XC Meet
09/02/2021

Girls Team Scores

  1. West Central Valley 90
  2. Nodaway Valley 95
  3. Kuemper Catholic 96
  4. Audubon 105
  5. Interstate-35 113
  6. Grand View Christian 117
  7. Saydel 117
  8. Exira-EHK 161
  9. Southwest Valley 162

Girls Individual Top Ten

  1. Abbi Goering, Interstate-35
  2. Julia Kanne, Kuemper Catholic
  3. Grace Slater, Audubon
  4. Stefi Beisswenger, Audubon
  5. Taitlin Koch, West Central Valley
  6. Olivia Phillips, Interstate-35
  7. Christine Andrews, Southwest Valley
  8. Hannah Thygesen, Audubon
  9. Jazz Christensen, Nodaway Valley
  10. Clara Hol, Grand View Christian

2021 WCV XC Girls-min

Boys Team Scoring

  1. Kuemper Catholic 53
  2. Greene County 60
  3. Interstate-35 66
  4. Nodaway Valley 115
  5. Grand View Christian 116
  6. Ankeny Christian Academy 137
  7. Saydel 198
  8. CAM 212
  9. Southwest Valley 238

Boys Individual Top Ten

  1. Michael Pottebaum, Kuemper Catholic
  2. Doug Berg, Nodaway Valley
  3. Mason Maiers, Interstate-35
  4. Jacob Greving, Kuemper Catholic
  5. Logan Woodruff, Greene County
  6. Ben Reyes, Interstate-35
  7. Braeden Brough, Grand View Christian
  8. Nahum Lock, Saydel
  9. Malachi Broers, Nodaway Valley
  10. Patrick Hensel, Kuemper Catholic

2021 WCV XC Boys-min

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Pheasant outlook is good, especially in NW Iowa

Ag/Outdoor, Sports

September 3rd, 2021 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – The pheasant season last year saw hunters take the second-highest number of pheasants in more than ten years — and the numbers are lining up for a repeat. D-N-R wildlife biologist, Todd Bogenschutz oversees the roadside survey and says one area stood out. “Up in the northwest, it could be some of the best hunting they’ve seen in years,” he says. Southeastern and eastern Iowa saw fewer birds in this year’s survey — while the overall outlook pretty much mirrored 2020. Bogenschutz says in 2020 they average 20-point-three birds on each route and this year they average 20-point-one birds.

The results showed three of the nine regions — northwest, north-central, west-central averaged at or more than 30 birds on each route — which hasn’t happened since 2007. Bogenschutz says the spring season is always key in determining how many new birds live into the fall. “I think the nesting season overall was generally pretty good. But last winter was particularly tough on southern Iowa,” according to Bogenschutz. “we had snow, and then it warmed up and melted, and then we went sub-zero and got some freezing rain and that happened a couple of times — to the point that by the end of February in southeast Iowa, full-grown adults were walking on top of the snow, and not breaking through.”

Bogenschutz says he’s not too concerned about the recent flooding, as flooding has the most impact in the spring nesting period. “So, April into May and maybe the first part of June. After that flooding doesn’t have near the impact once the chicks are out and grown up a little bit,” Bogenschutz says. “The flooding we had in July and August shouldn’t have hurt the newly hatched chicks as much.” He expects at minimum a repeat of the pheasant harvest from last year. “I’m expecting we’ll have a harvest of around that 250 to 300-thousand mark again,” Bogenschutz says.

The pheasant season opens on October 30th and runs through January 10th.

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ISU, UI football team buses tout being powered by biodiesel

Ag/Outdoor, News, Sports

September 3rd, 2021 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – College football season opens in Iowa tomorrow (Saturday) and buses carrying two Iowa teams will also carry new branding. The Iowa Soybean Association and the Iowa Biodiesel Board are partnering with Windstar, the bus company that provides transportation for the Iowa Hawkeyes and Iowa State Cyclones. Iowa Biodiesel Board executive director Grant Kimberley says the buses run on biodiesel and it says so in big letters down the side. “These buses transport these teams to home games to the stadium and away games, as well,” Kimberley says. “It’s not just for football season, it’s also utilized at other times of the year for some of the other sports teams. These buses get some miles on them and they go all across the country.”

He says the partnership and the rebranding of the buses is a great way to educate people about biodiesel. “We can reach a wide audience this way,” Kimberley says. “People that may not normally see a lot about agriculture or about biofuels. It’s a way to get a good cross-section of people.” The Hawkeye and Cyclone team buses have a broad reach, all the while advertising one of Iowa’s biggest biofuels. “People told me that they’ve seen these buses in places like Los Angeles and Denver and even driving by the Capitol in Washington D.C.,” Kimberley says. “They do get around a lot of different places and that’s why we think it’s a great partnership with the university.”

Iowa’s farmers are expected to harvest more than 525-million bushels of soybeans this fall. Every bushel will enhance Iowa’s standing as the nation’s top producer of biodiesel.

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IRENE M. LARSEN, 96, of Elk Horn (Svcs. 9-8-21)

Obituaries

September 3rd, 2021 by Ric Hanson

IRENE M. LARSEN, 96, of Elk Horn, died Thursday, Sept. 2nd, in Elk Horn. Funeral services for IRENE LARSEN will be held 1-p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 8th, at the Elk Horn Lutheran Church. Burmeister-Johannsen Funeral Home, in Harlan has the arrangements. Masks are recommended and will be available.

Friends may call at the church from 11-a.m. until 1-p.m., Wednesday; Online condolences may be left at www.burmeisterjohannsen.com.

Burial is in the Elk Horn Lutheran Cemetery.

IRENE LARSEN is survived by:

Her daughters – Angela (Dennis) Hemminger of Blair, NE. Lynda Martin of Exira.

Her son – Eugene Larsen of Exira.

Her sisters – Harriet Campbell of Audubon. Shirley (Martin) Nelson of Elk Horn.

6 Grandchildren, several Great-Grandchildren & Great-Great-Grandchildren, other Relatives, and Friends

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MARVIN ALLEN PIITTMANN, 86, of Avoca (Memorial Svcs. 9/4/21)

Obituaries

September 3rd, 2021 by Ric Hanson

MARVIN ALLEN PIITTMANN, 86, of Avoca, died Aug. 30th, at Myrtue Medical Center, in Harlan. Memorial services for MARVIN PIITTMANN will be held 2-p.m. Saturday, Sept. 4th, at the Pauley-Jones Funeral Home, in Avoca.

Burial is in the Graceland Cemetery at Avoca.

MARVIN PIITTMANN is survived by:

His wife – Barbara [Wendt] Piittmann, of Avoca.

His son – Troy Piittmann, of Avoca.

His daughter – Audra (Russ Dickerson) Piittmann, of Boone.

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DAVID W. SCHRAMPFER, 79, of Exira (Celebration of Life, 9/8/21)

Obituaries

September 3rd, 2021 by Ric Hanson

DAVID W. SCHRAMPFER, 79, of Exira, died Wed., Sept. 1st, at Accura Healthcare, in Manning. A Celebration of Life for DAVID SCHRAMPFER will be held 10:30-a.m. Wed., Sept. 8th, at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Audubon. Kessler Funeral Home in Exira has the arrangements.

Family visitation at the funeral home is on Tue., Sept. 7th, from 5-until 7-p.m.

Burial, at a later date, is in the Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery, in Cedar Rapids.

DAVID SCHRAMPFER is survived by:

His wife – Joan Schrampfer, of Exira.

His daughters – Denise ( Lonn) Kilworth, of Exira, and Debra (& wife Sherrie) Campbell, of Omaha.

His sister – Marian (Rudy) Hesla, of Waterville, Iowa.

3 grandchildren, his sisters-in-law, other relatives & friends.

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Skyscan Forecast for Atlantic & the area: Friday, 9/3/21

Weather

September 3rd, 2021 by Ric Hanson

Today: Any showers will be ending this morning; Partly cloudy. High near 80. NW @ 10-15.

Tonight: P/Cldy w/isolated showers late. Low 63. Winds light & variable.

Tomorrow: P/Cldy w/isolated morning showers. High 81. NW @ 10-15.

Sunday: P/Cldy. High 82.

Monday (Labor Day): P/Cldy High 86.

Thursday’s High in Atlantic was 75. We received .28″ rain overnight into early this morning. Our Low was 65. Last year on this date the High in Atlantic was 91 and the Low was 52. The Record High on this date was 102 in 1937. The Record Low was 32 in 1974.

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Axne supports roll back of inheritance tax changes Biden has proposed

Ag/Outdoor, News

September 3rd, 2021 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – Congresswoman Cindy Axne, a Democrat from West Des Moines, says she’d like to see a proposed tax change get rolled back, so it only applies to the country’s richest families. President Biden has proposed treating the transfer of inherited property as if it were a sale, so capital gains taxes would be collected. Individuals would be able to inherit a million dollars worth of property and couples up to two million dollars worth of land or buildings, but Axne says that’s not a big enough exemption for family farms.

“Let’s say the farm was, I don’t know, $1000 an acre when they first got it and now it’s $7000 — so it’s a $6000 increase per acre and they’ve got 500 acres. You’re talking a lot of money that you’ve got to pay the taxes on. If you do that, you may end up having to sell some of the land to pay the taxes,” Axne says. “What we don’t want is to sell family farms.”

Axne says small business owners also could be prevented from passing their business onto the next generation. “I look at this as a Main Street issue,” Axne says, “and we’ve got to get this fixed.” Axne says it’s not just an issue in rural America. She cites as an example a couple who bought a property in the Bronx and have run a bodega for decades, as they would be unlikely to be able to pass the small convenience store onto their children or grandchildren.

“Let’s say they bought it back in the day for a couple of hundred thousand dollars 50 years ago and now with all the gentrification, everything in the Bronx, it could be worth $4 million,” Axne says. “They will not be able to pay the taxes on $3.8 million. Who’s going to come in there? 7-Eleven — it’s going to be a large company — so this is an issue across this country.”

Axne made her comments after a meeting in Adel with representatives of more than a dozen farm and ag-related organizations.

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(Update) – Governor seeks to overturn 2018 ruling that upheld abortion rights in Iowa

News

September 3rd, 2021 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – Governor Kim Reynolds is asking the Iowa Supreme Court to overturn a 2018 ruling that said Iowa women have a fundamental right to an abortion. Reynolds calls the court’s 2018 ruling one of the most liberal abortion decisions in the country. A DISTRICT court judge recently cited that 2018 Iowa SUPREME Court ruling as he struck down a law Reynolds signed in 2020 that would have required a waiting period for abortions. The state is appealing the district court’s ruling.

A legal brief filed August 24th argues U.S. case law on abortion is based on the federal constitution and the court’s 2018 ruling was “the definition of erratic.” The court ruled that under Iowa’s constitution, women have a right to an abortion in Iowa. The make-up of the court has changed since that 2018 decision, though. Governor Reynolds has appointed four of the seven justices serving on the Iowa Supreme Court today.

Senate Democratic Leader Zach Wahls says it’s time for Iowans to make their voices heard in opposition to extreme abortion laws, like a new Texas law banning abortions after the sixth week of a pregnancy. The Texas law gives its citizens the right to sue anyone they think is violating the law. Earlier this week, the Associated Press reported 60 Republican members of the IOWA legislature have signed onto a brief that asked Iowa’s Supreme Court to overturn its 2018 ruling that upheld abortion rights.

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High School Football Schedule – Week 2 – 09/03/2021

Sports

September 2nd, 2021 by admin

HIgh School Football Week 2
09/03/2021
Games listed by class of home team

Class 5A

Denison-Schleswig @ CB Abraham Lincoln- ON KDSNTV

CLass 4A

Indianola @ Glenwood
Carlisle @ Lewis Central
CB Thomas Jefferson @ Omaha South

Class 3A

Balllard @ ADM
Winterset @ Creston
Carroll @ Gilbert
Harlan @ Grinnell
Knoxville @ Oskaloosa
South Tama @ Saydel

Class 2A

Perry @ Greene County
West Central Valley @ Red Oak
Underwood @ Clarinda

Class 1A

Atlantic @ Kuemper Catholic –ON KJAN AND KJANTV
ACGC @ Woodward-Granger
Shenandoah @ Nodaway Valley
Pleasantville @ I-35
Cherokee @ West Monona
Ridge View @ East Sac County- ON ESCN

Class A

Treynor @ Tri-Center
AHSTW @ Earlham
Riverside @ St. Albert
Central Decatur @ Mount Ayr
IKM-Manning @ Westwood
Missouri Valley @ Lawton-Bronson
Sidney @ Southwest Valley
Logan-Magnolia @ Woodbury Central

8-Player

Kingsley-Pierson @ Ar-We-Va- ON ROCKET MEDIA PRODUCTIONS
Boyer Valley @ Audubon- ON BVTV
Woodbine @ CAM- ON CAM COUGAR CHANNEL
Woodward Academy @ Coon Rapids-Bayard
West Harrison @ Exira-EHK- ON SPARTAN MEDIA
Lamoni @ East Union
Bedford @ Griswold- ON GrizTigerVision
Lenox @ East Mills
Moravia @ Martensdale-St. Marys
Glidden-Ralston @ GTRA
Mormon Trail @ Southeast Warren
Fremont-Mills @ Stanton

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