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Residential structure fire in Casey, Thursday

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April 16th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

Firefighters from Casey, Adair, Stuart, Menlo, Greenfield and Guthrie Center responded to a fully engulfed structure fire in Casey, Thursday. Stuart Fire was requested to supply additional water, at around 12:30-p.m.  On their social media page, Stuart Fire officials reported crews worked quickly to extinguish the flames and protect adjacent exposures. The fire caused damage to two nearby homes, and destroyed the involved structure. Two pets were lost in the blaze. No injuries were reported.

Additional details were not immediately available.

(Photos by Sean Bovinett via the Stuart F.D. Facebook page)

 

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Racing and Gaming Commission approves fines

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April 16th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – The Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission approved fines Thursday for three different gambling violations. Racing and Gaming Administrator, Brian Ohorilko says the Diamond Jo Worth casino was fined for a violation of the self-gambling ban. He says the first and last name of an individual was transposed and that account was entered improperly on the self-exclusion list. Ohorilko says that allowed the person to sign up for a players club card at the casino.

The casino was fined five-thousand dollars for that violation. Diamond Jo Worth was fined 20-thousand dollars for an underage violation after an 18-year old entered the casino with two adults. “The security officer posted did not challenge the underage individual — specifically did not request I-D. And that individual was on the gaming floor for a little over an hour and had gambled at some slot machines,” Ohorilko explains. He says the two violations were treated separately because they fall under different rules.  He says the self-exclusion violation was the first offense and those violations start at five-thousand, and the first-offense underage gambling fine starts at 20-thousand dollars.

The other violation involved a late audit by the FanDuel sports gambling company. “This particular violation had to do with the daily fantasy sports operation. The annual audits are required by statute and need to be submitted within 180 days of the end of the fiscal year,” Ohorilko says.  He says the audit was submitted 74 days late and the company was fined 20-thousand dollars. The Racing and Gaming Commission took the action at their meeting in Council Bluffs.

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Atlantic Alum Newell named MVC Co-Golfer of the Week

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April 16th, 2021 by admin

Three different women’s golfers earned medalist honors this week, and each is being honored by the Missouri Valley Conference.  Brooke Newell of Missouri State, Taylor Ledwein of Bradley are this week’s MVC Golfers of the Week.

Brooke Newell of the Missouri State women’s golf team carded a 75 in the final round of play to win the ORU Spring Invite at The Club at Indian Springs on Tuesday.  Over the course of three rounds, Newell shot a 71-68-75 – 214 to blow away the tournament field as she finished with an eight-stroke advantage on Junie Khaw of Tarleton State.  Overall, MSU carded an 302-290-308 – 900 to finish 2nd among the seven-team field. The Bears were just two strokes behind Little Rock, who won the event.  Johanna Wollenhaupt (74-75-76 – 225) and Abby Cavaiani (74-73-78 – 225) joined Newell in the top-five as they finished tied for fifth.

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2021 Shenandoah Fillie Golf Invitational 04/15/2021

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April 16th, 2021 by admin

Team Scores

  1. Shenandoah 383
  2. Creston 394
  3. Glenwood 421
  4. Denison 426
  5. St. Albert 427
  6. Harlan 448
  7. Clarinda 479
  8. East Union 481
  9. Sidney 481
  10. Red Oak 484
  11. Southwest Valley 500
  12. CB Abraham Lincoln 503
  13. East Mills NTS

Individual Top Ten

  1. Rylie Driskell, Creston (77)
  2. Maria Groumoutis, Creston (92)
  3. Morgan McGargill, Shenandoah (93)
  4. Halle Wheatley, Shenandoah (95)
  5. Jocelyn Cheek, Harlan (96)
  6. Bailey Maher, Shenandoah (97)
  7. Brooke Bauer, Shenandoah (98)
  8. Mikaela Downing, Creston (100)
  9. Lainey Sheffield, St. Albert (100)
  10. Haley Woods, Glenwood (101)

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Spring Sports Scoreboard 04/15/2021

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April 16th, 2021 by admin

GIRLS SOCCER

Atlantic 2, Grand View Christian 1 (Lindley Eblen and Irelyn Gundy each had a goal and an assist for the Trojans)
AHSTW 5, Riverside 0
East Sac County 8, Logan-Magnolia 0
Denison-Schleswig 3, Creston 2
Glenwood 8, Harlan 0
Knoxville 1, Nodaway Valley/WCV 0
Lewis Central 4, Omaha South 1

BOYS SOCCER

Denison-Schleswig 3, Creston 2
Glenwood 3, Harlan 0
Logan-Magnolia 5, East Sac County 1
Riverside 4, AHSTW 1
Sioux City North 1, Lewis Central 0

GIRLS TENNIS

Glenwood 7, Sergeant Bluff-Luton 2
Harlan 5, Audubon 4
Kuemper Catholic 5, Boone 4
Red Oak 9, Southwest Valley 0

BOYS TENNIS

Denison-Schleswig 9, Bishop Heelan 0
Glenwood 6, Sergeant Bluff-Luton 0
Harlan 6, Audubon 0
Southwest Valley 9, Red Oak 0

GIRLS GOLF

Clarke 205, Wayne 232, Southeast Warren NTS. Medalist: Abby Clark, Wayne (50)
Essex 234, Griswold NTS
Missouri Valley 251, Riverside NTS. Medalist: Henley Arbaugh, Missouri Valley (57)
Tri-Center 227, AHSTW 246. Medalist: Ally Meyers, AHSTW (46)

BOYS GOLF

Clarinda 201, Griswold 250. Medalist: Carter Larson, Clarinda (45)
Coon Rapids-Bayard finished 5th at DM Christian Tournament.
Missouri Valley 180, Riverside 201. Medalist: Ethan Reicks, Riverside (39)
Tri-Center 175, AHSTW 188. Medalist: Grant Way, Tri-Center (40)
Wayne 173, Southeast Warren 181. Medalist: Mason Merfeld, Southeast Warren (40)

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(Update) 2 injured in Montgomery County collision, Thursday afternoon

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April 16th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office reports two women were injured during a near head-on collision that occurred at around 3:45-p.m. Thursday, at the intersection of Highway 71 and 110th Street. Authorities say Debra Bender was driving a 2012 Chrysler 200 northbound on Highway 71 in the slow lane, while a non-contact vehicle was making a left turn onto westbound 110th Street. A 2000 GMC 1500 pickup driven by Gary Johnson, of rural Villisca, began to turn left (east). When Johnson failed to see Bender’s car in time, the right front side of his pickup struck the right front side of the Chrysler.

Debra Bender and her passenger were transported to the hospital. The passenger was subsequently transported by helicopter to the UNMC in Omaha. Authorities say Gary Johnson was not injured in the crash. No citations were issued. Both vehicles were declared a total loss. The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Department was assisted at the scene by personnel from the Grant, Griswold and Villisca Fire and Rescue Departments.

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Atlantic grabs win at Lewis Central Boys Golf Tournament at Fox Run 04/15/2021

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April 16th, 2021 by admin

Team Scores

  1. Atlantic 329
  2. St. Albert 352
  3. Fremont-Mills 365
  4. Creston 368
  5. Glenwood 377
  6. Shenandoah 279
  7. Lewis Central 382
  8. Omaha Roncalli 386
  9. Red Oak 439
  10. Omaha Bryan 513
  11. East Mills NTS

Atlantic got four top ten individual finishes to grab the team title at Fox Run. Drey Newell led the way with a round of 80 for 3rd Place. Lane Nelson was 4th with an 80 as well, Braden Smith 5th with an 82, and Garrett McLaren was 8th with an 87.

Atlantic Head Coach Ed DenBeste: “Our goal today was to shoot a better team score than we did at Shenandoah Tournament. Great to see our boys come through today. I challenged them to a score between 320 and 330. Drey lead the way for the team. Had some struggles to start but ended well with a 9 over round. Lane also played well today. Great to see him take 10 strokes off of Tuesday’s score. He had a good start with a birdie on his first hole. Braden continued to work on his game today. Not the front score he wanted but played really well on the back except for one hole. Garrett had some struggles at times today. A little higher score than he was hoping. Both Cruz and Roth had some putting issues at times. The greens were fast and hard. However both worked to keep the score down as much as possible. This was a great win for us. Need to take this play into next week.”

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Clarke Goos Boys Track Invitational 04/15/2021

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April 16th, 2021 by admin

Class A Team Scores

1
Central Decatur
125.00
2
I-35
113.00
3
Clarke
110.00
4
Albia
97.00
5
Nodaway Valley
68.00
6
Southwest Valley
34.00
7
Chariton
30.00
8
Wayne
7.00

Nodaway Valley’s Doug Berg won the 3200M. Southwest Valley’s Marshall Knapp won the High Jump.

Class B Team Scores

1
East Union
142.00
2
Bedford
120.00
3
Southeast Warren
96.00
4
Seymour
90.00
5
Martensdale St. Marys
75.00

Full results HERE.

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Waukee Boys Track Invitational 04/15/2021

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April 16th, 2021 by admin

Division A Team Scores

1
Pella
147.00
2
D.C.G.
120.00
3
Carlisle
118.00
4
Treynor
105.00
5
Harlan Community
57.00
6
Algona
28.00

Treynor got wins from Todd Pedersen in the 400M, Cole Dooley in the 3200M, Noah James in the 400M Hurdles and High Jump. Harlan’s Aidan Hall won the 100M and Will Neuharth took the 200M.

Full results HERE.

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AC/GC Lady Charger Track Invitational 04/15/2021

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April 16th, 2021 by admin

Team Scores

  1. AC/GC 123
  2. Audubon 104
  3. Panorama 81
  4. Earlham 75
  5. CAM 60
  6. West Central Valley 60
  7. Lenox 58
  8. PCM 53
  9. Glidden-Ralston 48
  10. Nodaway Valley 34
  11. Exira-EHK 20
  12. Paton-Churdan 16

AC/GC won their home girls track invite on Thursday behind wins from Jorja Hoover in the 400M, Rylee Sloss in the 1500M and 3000M, EmmaKay McClain in the 400M Hurdles, Chloe Largent in the High Jump, and 4x800M Relay. Audubon grabbed wins from Elizabeth Zaiger in the Discus, Shuttle Hurdle Relay, and Sprint Medley. CAM’s Molly Venteicher won the Shot Put.

Full results HERE.

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