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Secretary Pate partners with Hy-Vee to celebrate Iowa veterans

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November 6th, 2023 by Ric Hanson

(DES MOINES, Iowa) – Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate and Hy-Vee stores are once again joining forces to honor Iowa’s military members during Hy-Vee Homefront, Hy-Vee’s annual Veterans Day breakfast. Hy-Vee will host a free breakfast at all Iowa store locations for veterans and active service members on Friday, November 10. Hy-Vee will also be circulating the Iowa Secretary of State’s “Honor A Veteran” postcards, encouraging Iowans to honor a loved one who has served our country.

“We really cannot say thank you enough to Iowa’s veterans and active military members,” said Secretary Pate. “We look forward to partnering with Hy-Vee every year for this opportunity to celebrate the brave Iowa men and women who have stepped up to serve their country and defend our freedoms.” Veterans and active-duty military will be able to receive this free breakfast between 6 A.M. and 10 A.M on November 10 in honor of Veterans Day at any Iowa Hy-Vee store. This event also serves as a way for the community to show their appreciation and gratitude to our local service members.

Secretary Pate’s ‘Honor a Veteran with your Vote’ program is another way individuals can show thanks to Iowa veterans.“These brave men and women have fought tirelessly for our freedoms, including our right to vote, and there is no better way to honor their service than by exercising that right and honoring them with our vote,” said Secretary Pate.

Secretary Pate and Hy-Vee have partnered to supply approximately 36,000 ‘Honor A Veteran’ postcards for Iowans to fill out on Veterans Day. Service members can use these postcards to write a tribute to a fellow service member, a loved one, themselves, or to give to a loved one to complete. These postcards will be returned to the Iowa Secretary of State’s Office and tributes will be posted online at sos.iowa.gov/HonorAVeteran and Facebook.com/HonorAVeteran.

Both the person who creates the tribute and the service member, if they are still with us, will receive an ‘Honor A Veteran’ lapel pin from Secretary Pate in the mail. Pin recipients are encouraged to wear their pin with pride while voting. Secretary Pate hopes to inspire Iowans to participate in this breakfast and complete the postcards to honor Iowa service members this Veterans Day.

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8-Player District 10 All District Teams

Sports

November 6th, 2023 by Asa Lucas

Offensive Player of the Year:

Chase Spieker (CAM)

Defensive Player of the Year:

Jack Follman (CAM)

Lineman of the Year:

Cooper Marvel (Fremont-Mills)

Coach of the Year:

Barry Bower (CAM)

Assistant of the Year:

Travis Nelson (E-EHK)

Offense 1st Team:

QB: Chase Spieker (CAM), RB: Braxton Blackburn (Fremont Mills), RB: Alex Hansen (E-EHK), TE/WR: Cash Emgarten (E-EHK), TE/WR: Jack Follman (CAM), OL: Cooper Marvel (Fremont-Mills), OL: Chase Jahde (CAM), OL: Jackson Radcliff (E-EHK), K: Kegan Croghan (CAM), Utility: Brody Paulson (CAM)

Defense 1st Team: 

DL: Cooper Marvel (Fremont-Mills), DL: Jackson Radcliff (E-EHK), DL: Owen Hoover (CAM), LB: Jackson Embree (East-Mills), LB: Jack Follman (CAM), LB: Alex Hansen (E-EHK), DB: Cash Emgarten (E-EHK), DB: Ryan Bower (CAM), P: Quintin White (E-EHK), Utility: Austin Williams (CAM), Returner: Cash Emgarten (E-EHK)

Offense 2nd Team: 

QB: Jameson Kilworth (E-EHK), RB: Jacob Martin (Stanton/Essex), RB: Austin Williams (CAM), TE/WR: Jackson Embree (East-Mills), TE/WR: Collin Bower (CAM), OL: Josh Nelson (E-EHK), OL: Owen Hoover (CAM), OL: Caleb Brandt (Fremont-Mills), K: Logan Jahnke (Fremont-Mills), Utility: Luke Madison (Fremont-Mills)

Defense 2nd Team: 

DL: Braxton Blackburn (Fremont-Mills), DL: Jathen Devereaux-Carlile (E-EHK), DL: Kegan Croghan (CAM), LB: Brayden Chester (CAM), LB: JW Linkenhoker (Fremont-Mills), LB: Jacob Martin (Stanton/Essex), DB: Sawyer Forney (Fremont-Mills), DB: Lucas Madison (Fremont-Mills), P: Kolt Payne (Sidney), Utility: Braedon Godfread (Sidney), Returner: Michael Hensley (Sidney)
Honorable Mentions: 

CAM: Jace Thomsen OL, Brody Paulsen DB
E-EHK: Cannon Hansen LB, Bryce Brabham D
East-Mills: Layne Mastin DL, Sheldon Vandenberg U
Fremont-Mills: Dylan Linkenhoker Utility, Mason Reed OL
Griswold: RJ Dishong OL, Bode Wyman QB
Sidney: LaDarius Albright LB, Grant Whitehead QB
Stanton: Logan French Utility, Nolan Grebin QB

All Academic: 

All Academic 3.25+ GPA, (Sophomores-Seniors)

Fremont Mills
Seniors: Caleb Brant, Braxton Blackburn, Cooper Marvel, Dylan Linkenhoker, Lucas Madison, Lawson Kling Juniors: Jordan McLaughlin, Landon Roof, Sophomores: Johnathon Ekpai,
Sawyer Forney, Blake Schaaf, Carter Rycroft, Landon Ramos, Mason Reed.

East Mills
Seniors: Layne Mastin, Levi McDonald, Zach Thornburg Juniors:
Jackson Embree, Matthew Haley, Caleb Urban, Sheldon Vandenberg
Sophomores: Isaac Mills.

Griswold
Juniors: Payton Cook, Bode Wyman, Cody Dorscher, Camden Rossell, Jacob Carnes Sophomores: Mason Steinhoff, Shane Taylor.

CAM
Seniors: Tristan Becker, Ryan Bower, Jack Follmann, Rylan Oglesbee, Brody Paulsen Juniors: Brayden Chester, Makade Paulsen
Chase Spieker, Coby Venteicher Sophomores: Collin Bower.
E-EHK
Seniors: Eric Wilson, Jaiden Pettepier, Jonas LaCanne, Jameson Kilworth, Cash Emgarten, Jathen Devereaux-Carlile Juniors:
Joshua Nelson, Cannon Hansen, Alex Hansen Sophomores: Josten Kilworth, Augustus Greving, Parker Fister.
Stanton 
Seniors: Nolan Grebin, Evan Hopf Juniors: Gavin Ford, Brody Gibbs Sophomores: Rylan Grebin, Jasmine Osher, Brodee Sowers.
Sidney
Seniors: Trevor Contreras-Bohlen, Gabe Johnson, Elliott Ward
Juniors: Grant Whitehead, Kolt Payne, Isaac Hutt, Michael Hensley
Braedon Godfread, Andreas Buttry, LaDarius Albright Sophomores: Aiden Stenzel, Tate Mount

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Mills County Sheriff’s report, 11/6/23: 2 arrested, including a man from Creston

News

November 6th, 2023 by Ric Hanson

(Glenwood, Iowa) – Sheriff’s officials in Mills County report two recent arrests. Sunday morning, 50-year-old Orlando Elisha Norwood was arrested at the Harrison County Jail, on a Mills County warrant for Failure to Appear on a Driving While Barred, charge. Bond was set at $2,000.

And, Friday afternoon, 33-year-old Bryan Michael Vannausdle, of Creston, was arrested in Mills County, on a warrant for Violation of Probation. His bond at the Mills County Jail was set at $5,000.

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Guard member who became a symbol of Flight 232 response dies

News

November 6th, 2023 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – A retired Iowa Air National Guard member who became a symbol of the effort to save lives in the crash of United Flight 232 at the Sioux City Airport in 1989 has died. Colonel Dennis Nielsen of the 185th Air wing was caught in a photo carrying three-year-old Spencer Bailey from the plane wreckage following the crash. Gary Brown was Woodbury County’s Emergency Services Director at the time and was also a friend of Nielsen. “Denny was a very humble person. He did not enjoy the notoriety that came with that photograph,” Brown says. “But he also was respectful of the fact that his photograph was representing the hundreds and hundreds of emergency responders in the hundreds of people from the military and the 185th.”

Flight 232 Spirit of Siouxland Memorial featuring Colonel Dennis Nielsen

The picture by Sioux City Journal Photographer Gary Anderson later became the model for the Spirit of Siouxland Sculpture on the Sioux City riverfront. Sioux City’s response to the disaster was praised across the country. Brown says Nielsen was an early member of the local team that train for such emergencies. “Denny first joined with us in the disaster committee preparedness when it was first established back in the 80s. He was assigned there by Commander Dennis Swanstrom and he was an amazing ambassador for the 185th,” he says. Nielsen retired from the 185th Air Wing in 202 and moved to Raleigh North Carolina, where he died in September at the age of 76. Brown kept in touch with Nielsen.

“We’re gonna miss Denny, he’s an Iowa boy he was born in Shelby, Iowa on February of 1947,” Brown says. “And I’m going to miss him personally we just wish him a speedy journey.” The plane crashed and cartwheeled down the runway, but the effort of first responders helped save 184 of the 296 people on board the plane.

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Jay Higgins Named Butkus Award Semifinalist

Sports

November 6th, 2023 by Asa Lucas

IOWA CITY, Iowa — University of Iowa senior Jay Higgins has been named a 2023 Dick Butkus Award semifinalist. The announcement was made on Monday by the Butkus Foundation.

Higgins is one of 12 semifinalists for the Butkus Award, presented to the nation’s most outstanding linebacker. He is one of three players from the Big Ten Conference on the list along with Ohio State’s Tommy Eichenberg and Penn State’s Curtis Jacobs.

Higgins leads the Big Ten and ranks second nationally (the most by a Power 5 player) with 12.6 tackles per game. He has two 15+ and seven 10+ tackle games this season.

The Indianapolis native has 81 tackles in six Big Ten games, averaging 13.5 tackles per contest. Higgins had 18 tackles at Penn State, tied for the second-most in a game this season and the most by a Hawkeye since Jack Campbell in 2021.

Campbell won the award in 2022 and was a semifinalist in 2021, while Josey Jewell was a finalist for the Butkus Award in 2016 and a semifinalist in 2017.

Higgins was named a midseason first-team All-American last month by FOX and Sporting News and a second-team honoree by the Associated Press.

Teammate Cooper DeJean was named a semifinalist for the Jim Thorpe Award, presented to the best defensive back in college football, last week.

Iowa (7-2, 4-2) returns to action on Saturday against Rutgers (6-3, 3-3). Kickoff is set for 2:30 p.m. (CT) on Duke Slater Field at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City. The game will be televised on BTN and broadcast on the Hawkeye Radio Network.

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October 2023 Guthrie County Jail stats

News

November 6th, 2023 by Ric Hanson

(Guthrie Center, Iowa) – Guthrie County Deputy Sheriff/Jail Administrator Jesse Swensen, today (Monday, 11/6/23), released reports on October jail statistics for Guthrie County. Swensen said “We processed 54 inmates through the jail in October and netted approximately $22,500 from holding out of county inmates.” He commended his staff, “…and the Heart of Iowa staff as [they] took in two problem inmates from other counties that they were unable to house due to their behavior and mental status.”

You can view the Average [Jail] Population, October billing and October Summary of Jail activity, by clicking on the pdf forms below:

Average Population October

October Billing

October Summary

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Adair County Sheriff’s report, 11/6/23

News

November 6th, 2023 by Ric Hanson

(Greenfield, Iowa) – Adair County Sheriff Jeff Vandewater reports three arrests from over the past week. On Oct. 29th, Police in Adair arrested 33-year-old Juan Everado Estrada-Calderon, Jr., of Omaha, for OWI/1st offense. He was later released on a Recognizance Bond (ROR).

On Oct. 30th, 36-year-old Lee Delmar Goll, of Ankeny, was arrested by Adair County Sheriff’s Deputies on 380th Street, in Stuart, on two counts Contempt of Court/Violation of a No Contact Order. Goll was being held in the Adair County Jail on a $5,000 cash-only bond.

And, Deputies arrested 42-year-old Stormy Allen, of Stuart, on November 1st, for Violation of Probation. She was released the following day on the Own Recognizance.

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Illinois, Indiana and Iowa Earn Weekly Football Honors

Sports

November 6th, 2023 by admin

Offensive Player of the Week

Isaiah Williams, Illinois

WR – Jr. – St. Louis, Mo. – Trinity Catholic

  • Posted 13 receptions, the most by a Big Ten player this season and tied for the fifth-most by any FBS player in 2023, for 131 yards and two touchdowns in Illinois’ 27-26 win at Minnesota
  • Recorded the game-winning 46-yard touchdown catch with 50 seconds remaining in the game and Illinois trailing by five points
  • Kept Illinois alive with a 22-yard reception on 4th-and-11 from the Minnesota 15-yard line with 1:25 remaining
  • Earns his first career Offensive Player of the Week award
  • Last Illinois Offensive Player of the Week: Chase Brown (Oct. 17, 2022)

Defensive Players of the Week

Aaron Casey, Indiana

LB – Sr. – Douglasville, Ga. – Alexander

  • Piled up nine tackles with seven coming in the fourth quarter to hold Wisconsin scoreless in the final frame and seal the Hoosiers’ 20-14 win
  • Added 4.0 tackles for loss, the most by a Hoosier since 2016, which included 2.0 sacks, with all four tackles for loss coming in the second half, with three in the fourth quarter
  • Forced a fumble in the fourth quarter, which led to IU’s first recovered fumble of the season
  • Earns the first Defensive Player of the Week accolade of his career
  • Last Indiana Defensive Player of the Week: Micah McFadden (Dec. 7, 2020)

 

Special Teams Player of the Week

Drew Stevens, Iowa

K – So. – North Augusta, S.C. – North Augusta

  • Made a 53-yard field goal with 14 seconds remaining to give the Hawkeyes a 10-7 victory over Northwestern at Wrigley Field
  • The kick put Iowa alone at the top of the Big Ten West Division standings with three weeks to play
  • The game-winner is the second of Stevens’ career (at Minnesota, 2022), it is tied for the second longest of his career and it is his fourth career make from 50+ yards
  • Garners the first Special Teams Player of the Week honor of his career
  • Last Iowa Special Teams Player of the Week: Tory Taylor (Oct. 16, 2023)

 

Freshman of the Week

Kaden Feagin, Illinois

RB – Atwood, Ill. – ALAH

  • Recorded a career-high 148 yards of offense in Illinois’ 27-26 win at Minnesota
  • Added 22 carries for 89 yards on the ground, highlighted by a 54-yard touchdown reception for the first receiving score of his career to give Illinois a 21-20 lead in the third quarter
  • His 54-yard touchdown catch was the longest reception by an Illini this season and led all players in the game with 148 yards of offense
  • Earns the second Freshman of the Week honor of his career
  • Last Illinois Freshman of the Week: Kaden Feagin (Oct. 16, 2023)

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Stevens Tabbed B1G Special Teams POW

Sports

November 6th, 2023 by admin

IOWA CITY, Iowa — University of Iowa sophomore place kicker Drew Stevens has been named Big Ten Special Teams Player of the Week following his game-winning field goal with 14 seconds remaining to defeat Northwestern at Wrigley Field, it was announced Monday by the Big Ten office.

With the game tied 7-7 and 1:46 remaining in the fourth quarter, the Hawkeyes drove 37 yards over seven plays to get into field goal range. Stevens then drilled the 53-yard attempt, equaling a season long (Michigan State).

The native of North Augusta, South Carolina, leads the team in scoring this season with 58 points and is second in the Big Ten in field goals per contest (1.56).

This is the second weekly honor for Stevens — both coming in outstanding performances against the Wildcats. Stevens was recognized as the Big Ten Freshman of the Week on Oct. 31, 2022, after making all four field-goal attempts, including a 54-yarder, against Northwestern in Kinnick Stadium.

This marks the fifth time this season that Hawkeye football players have earned Big Ten weekly recognition. Tory Taylor was an honoree (special teams) in back-to-back weeks after wins over Purdue and Wisconsin. Cooper DeJean (special teams) and Nick Jackson (defense) were recognized after Iowa’s win over Michigan State. Sebastian Castro (defense) was honored following the Hawkeyes’ triumph at Iowa State.

Iowa (7-2, 4-2) returns to action on Saturday against Rutgers (6-3, 3-3). Kickoff is set for 2:40 p.m. (CT) on Duke Slater Field at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City. The game will be televised on Big Ten Network and broadcast on the Hawkeye Radio Network.

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Trout stocking set to take place this Thursday in Atlantic

Ag/Outdoor, News

November 6th, 2023 by Ric Hanson

(Atlantic, Iowa) – The Schildberg Recreation Area on the northwest side of Atlantic will be the scene this Thursday, for the stocking of well over 200 rainbow trout. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is partnering with Atlantic Parks and Recreation and Optimal Aquafeed, to load the small pond at the SRA with the fish Thursday afternoon.

DNR Fisheries Biologist Bryan Hayes says this is “something new, something unique, something we’ve never done before.”

The trout are making the road trip to Atlantic from Shenandoah.

The pond 1 at the Schildberg Recreation Area was selected for stocking because of its small size and proximity to Atlantic.

Hayes says the trout range from three-quarters of pound to as much as four-pounds.

Anglers must have a valid fishing license and pay the $14.50 trout fee to fish for or possess trout. The daily limit is five trout per licensed angler with a possession limit of ten. Children aged 15 or younger can fish for trout with an appropriately licensed adult, but they must limit their catch to one daily limit. The child can buy a trout fee, allowing them to catch their limit of five trout.

For more information, contact Bryan Hayes at 712-769-2587.

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