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Red Oak man arrested on an assault charge

News

April 14th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

Police in Red Oak report the arrest at around 7:35-p.m. Tuesday, of 23-year-old Page Pettis, of Red Oak. Pettis was taken into custody in the 1300 block of N. Broadway Street, for Domestic Abuse Assault/1st offense. He was being held without bond in the Montgomery County Jail.

Skyscan Forecast for Atlantic & the area: Wed., April 14, 2021

Weather

April 14th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

Today: **FROST ADVISORY until 8-a.m.** Partly cloudy & breezy. High around 54. NW @ 10-20.
Tonight: P/Cldy. Low 27 w/widespread frost possible, mainly after 1am. Low around 27. NW @ 5.
Tomorrow: P/Cldy. High near 57. NW @ 10.
Friday: Mostly cloudy w/a chance of light showers in the afternoon. High near 50.
Saturday: Mostly cloudy, with a chance of morning showers. High 48.

Tuesday’s High in Atlantic was 54. Our Low this morning, 27. Last year on this date the High in Atlantic was 46 and the Low 16. The Record High on this date was 89 in 2003. The Record Low was 11 in 1907.

Legislators pay tribute to slain state trooper

News

April 14th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – Three legislators have given emotional speeches in honor of the Iowa State Patrolman who was shot to death Friday during an armed stand-off in Grundy Center. Senator Craig Johnson knew Sergeant Jim Smith personally. “The last time I spoke with Jim he was sitting down to give blood and was dressed as the trooper he was. I remember thinking at that moment: ‘What more is this guy willing to give?'” Johnson said, his voice cracking as he continued. “That is Jim Smith.” Johnson’s and Smith’s daughters played volleyball together in Independence and will graduate in a few weeks.

“Jim Smith will be remembered by me as a friend, loving husband and dad who just adored his children,” Johnson said. Johnson had to pause briefly to compose himself as he read aloud from the Facebook post he wrote this weekend after learning Smith had been shot to death. “I cannot guess what he’d like me to say,” Johnson said, “but I’ll do my best and tell you how much he loved his Savoir and family and how much he enjoyed the wonderful experience of serving Iowans as an Iowa State Trooper.” Johnson described Smith as a man with a good heart and a quick mind.

“My family is blessed to know Jim and his wife and children,” Johnson said. “His annual Christmas letters were exceptionally funny and brought their family outings and Jim’s humor front and center.” Representative Chad Ingels of Randalia represents Smith’s hometown of Independence. Ingels told his House colleagues he did not know Sergeant Smith, so he began by reading Senator Johnson’s Facebook post in tribute.

“Sergeant Smith sounds like friends and acquaintances that we all have who serve in our communities. We can never sufficiently express our gratitude to those men and women that volunteer every day to run toward bad situations while the rest of us run away. I cannot imagine the guts and faith it takes to leave your home, ready and willing to help and protect others at what could be the expense of your own health or life. I will always be humbled by them,” Ingels said, choking up as he finished his speech.

Senator Annette Sweeney of Alden also gave brief remarks, calling Sergeant Smith’s death a tragedy. Smith’s funeral is schedule for Friday in Independence.

House bid to boost access to locally-sourced meat

Ag/Outdoor, News

April 14th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – A plan emerging from the Iowa House would provide 750-thousand dollars in grants to help small meat lockers with fewer than 50 employees expand. In addition to the money, a bill that’s passed the House would set up a task force to study creation of an artisanal butchery program at a community college or Iowa State University. Representative Phil Thompson of Jefferson says the pandemic highlighted the need for small-scale, local meat processing.

“Many of us remember walking into our grocery stores, only to find empty meat cases,” Thompson says. “…We saw outbreaks and closures of some of our larger meatpacking plants and a supply chain that struggled to keep up with demand.” The proposed state grants could be used to buy more space or equipment, like refrigerators and freezers, for meat lockers. The money is included in a separate bill for the Iowa Economic Development Authority — the state agency that would hand out the grants.

Representative Chris Hall of Sioux City says there’s a definite need, since many Iowa meat lockers aren’t taking orders until 2022 or 2023. “Past that, I think that it speaks to a greater interest in our state and many other places the where people are looking to find a connection to local agriculture,” Hall says, “and to know where their food comes from.” Representative Chad Ingels, a farmer from Randalia, is the bill’s sponsor.

“It came from a lot of discussions with farmers that wanted more opportunities to sell directly to consumers and consumers that wanted more opportunities to buy directly from farmers,” Ingels says. “These conversations were happening before 2020. Last year just kind of brought it all to a head.”

Nebraska’s legislature is considering a different route to expanding consumer access to local protein. Nebraska’s bill would let consumers buy shares in live animals, the livestock would be slaughtered and processed by a custom butcher and the meat would not be subject to federal inspection.

Chariton Boys Charger Relays 04/13/2021

Sports

April 13th, 2021 by admin

Large Class Team Scores

1
Davis County
145.50
2
I-35 Boys
134.00
3
Clarke
132.50
4
Albia
104.00
5
Creston
87.00
6
Pella
78.00
7
Chariton
43.00

Small Class Team Scores

1
Southeast Warren
146.00
2
Cardinal
132.00
3
Moravia
115.00
4
Martensdale St. Marys
110.00
5
Wayne
64.00
6
Twin Cedars
30.00

Full results HERE.

Earlham Co-Ed Track Meet 04/13/2021

Sports

April 13th, 2021 by admin

Girls Team Scores

  1. Van Meter 103
  2. Harlan 102
  3. Panorama 88
  4. South Hamilton 72.50
  5. Mount Ayr 70
  6. Earlham 54
  7. Tri-Center 50
  8. Nodaway Valley 48.50
  9. ACGC 47
  10. Des Moines Christian 40
  11. West Central Valley 31
  12. Ogden 18
  13. I-35 10
  14. Grandview Christian 3
  15. Coon Rapids-Bayard 1

Tri-Center’s Peyton Pogge won the 800M and the 3000M. Nodaway Valley’s Maddax DeVault won the 100M Hurdles and the Wolverines won the Shuttle Hurdle Relay. Harlan’s Ashley Hall won the Long Jump and the Cyclones won the 4x200M Relay and Distance Medley. Mady Kelsey of ACGC won the Shot Put.

Full results HERE.

Boys Team Scores

1
ACGC
133.00
2
Van Meter
129.00
3
Des Moines Christian
96.00
4
Earlham
89.00
5
South Hamilton
67.00
6
Mount Ayr
64.00
7
Coon Rapids-Bayard
40.00
7
West Central Valley
40.00
9
Nodaway Valley
35.00
10
Ogden
34.00
11
Grandview Christian
2.00
11
Panorama
2.00

ACGC got wins from Cael Hoing in the Discus, Shuttle Hurdle Relay, Sprint Medley and Distance Medley.

Full results HERE.

Spring Sports Scoreboard 04/13/2021

Sports

April 13th, 2021 by admin

Here’s a look at all of the other area spring sports results outside of our featured pieces.

BOYS SOCCER

Riverside 1, Logan-Magnolia 0
St. Albert 4, Treynor 3
Sioux City North 1, CB Abraham Lincoln 0

GIRLS SOCCER

CB Abraham Lincoln 2, Sioux City North 0
Glenwood 10, Denison-Schleswig 0
Kuemper Catholic 6, Carroll 0
Treynor 10, Nodaway Valley/WCV 0

BOYS GOLF

Audubon 180, Griswold 227. Medalist: Jay Remsburg, Audubon, 41
Wayne 184, Mount Ayr 223
West Monona 187, Missouri Valley 188. Medalist: Ryan Russman, Missouri Valley 44

GIRLS GOLF

Denison-Schleswig 218, Boyer Valley 219, IKM-Manning 243. Medalist: Kiley Powers, 46.
Griswold 222, Audubon NTS. Medalist: Jenna Reynolds, Griswold, 52.
Missouri Valley 247, West Monona 254. Medalist: Henley Arbaugh, Missouri Valley, 55.
Mount Ayr 204, Wayne 241.
Westwood 221, Woodbine 254
Winterset 199, Creston 211, Clarke 222. Medalist: Jaya West, Winterset, 45.

BOYS TENNIS

Ballard 9, Clarke 0
Red Oak 5, Audubon 1
Southwest Valley 8, Clarinda 1

GIRLS TENNIS

Clarinda 7, Southwest Valley 2
Clarke 5, Ballard 4
Lewis Central 8, Harlan 1
Red Oak 9, Audubon 0
St. Albert 5, Shenandoah 4

Griswold Girls Tiger Relays 04/13/2021

Sports

April 13th, 2021 by admin

Class A Team Results

1
Woodbine
177.00
2
Essex
140.00
3
Griswold
87.00
4
East Mills
82.00
5
Boyer Valley
76.00
6
Heartland Christian
5.00

Hope Ogg won the 100M Hurdles for Griswold and Paige Luft won the DIscus for the Tigers.

Full results HERE.

Class AA Team Results

1
Underwood
153.00
2
AHSTW
124.50
3
Riverside
111.00
4
Red Oak
69.00
5
Kuemper Catholic
68.00
6
Sidney
31.00
7
Southwest Valley
25.50

Holly Hoepner won the 100M Hurdles and 400M Hurdles and Chloe Falkena grabbed the 1500M and 3000M for AHSTW. Riverside won the Distance Medley, 4x100M Relay, and got individual wins from Lydia Erickson in the 400M and Veronica Andrusyshn in the 100M.

Full results HERE.

Tri-Center Boys Track Invitational 04/13/2021

Sports

April 13th, 2021 by admin

Team Scores

1
Riverside
118.00
2
West Harrison
76.00
3
Westwood
65.00
4
Missouri Valley
62.00
5
Tri-Center
60.00
6
Glidden-Ralston
58.00
7
Logan-Magnolia
55.00
8
Boyer Valley
41.00
9
AHSTW
40.00

Riverside picked up wins from Brogan Allensworth in the High Jump and the 4x800M Relay team. Aiden Bell grabbed 2nd in the 1600M Run. Tri-Center  grabbed a win in the 800M by Brett McGee, Eli Marsh in the Long Jump, and the Trojans Sprint Medley team was victorious.

Full results HERE.

Atlantic splits with Glenwood tennis teams

Sports

April 13th, 2021 by admin

Atlantic Girls Tennis vs Glenwood, Tuesday, April 13, 2021, 4:30pm
Glenwood 5, Atlantic 4
1. Tessa Grooms 12 (A) def Rylie Morgenstern 11 (G) 8-6
2. Nellie Grooms 12 (A) def Ashley Goy 12 (G) 8-5
3. Genevieve Martinez 12(A) def Madeline Becker 12 (G) 8-6
4. Maya Silvius 12 (G) def Olivia Engler 12 (A) 8-5
5. Coryl Matheny 11 (G) def Addi Schmitt 11 (A) 8-0
6. Riley Wiese 11 (G) def Aspen Niklasen 11 (A) 8-5
Doubles
1. Grooms/Grooms (A) def Morgenstern/Goy (G) 8-6
2. Becker/Silvius (G) def Martinez/Engler (A) 8-6
3. Matheny/Wiese (G) def Schmitt/Niklasen (A) 8-2

Atlantic Boys Tennis at Glenwood, Tuesday, April 13, 2021, 4:30pm
Atlantic 6, Glenwood 3
1. Grant Sturm 12 (A) def Teagan Matheny 12 (G) 10-6
2. Ethan Sturm 11 (A) def Logen Clark 12 (G) 10-1
3. Bodie Johnson 12 (A) def Tyler Harger 10 (G) 10-7
4. Dayton Templeton 11 (A) def Josh Nieman 11 (G) 10-5
5. Trice Buchanan 10 (G) def Hunter Weppler 11 (A) 10-7
6. Bryant Keller 9 (G) def Bryan York 11 (A) 10-7
Doubles
1. GStrum/ESturm (A) def Matheny/Clark (G) 10-4
2. Johnson/Templeton (A) def Harger/Nieman 10-1
3. Buchanan/Keller (G) def Weppler/York (A) 11-10 (3)