BETTY WALTER-SIEVERS, 92, of Walnut died Thursday, January 6th at Peace Haven Retirement Home in Walnut. There are no services for BETTY WALTER-SIEVERS scheduled at this time. Pauley-Jones Funeral Home in Avoca has the arrangements.
BETTY WALTER-SIEVERS, 92, of Walnut died Thursday, January 6th at Peace Haven Retirement Home in Walnut. There are no services for BETTY WALTER-SIEVERS scheduled at this time. Pauley-Jones Funeral Home in Avoca has the arrangements.
2021-22 SIXTH Iowa Girls High School Basketball Rankings
Compiled by the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union
Thursday, January 6, 2022
Class 1A
School Record LW
1 Newell-Fonda 9-1 1
2 Bishop Garrigan 8-3 2
3 Exira-EHK 8-0 3
4 Springville 12-0 4
5 North Linn 10-1 5
6 MMCRU 8-0 6
7 Burlington Notre Dame 9-0 7
8 North Mahaska 8-1 8
9 Storm Lake St. Mary’s 7-0 9
10 Martensdale St. Mary’s 11-0 11
11 East Buchanan 7-2 10
12 Stanton 8-0 12
13 Westwood 10-1 13
14 Montezuma 8-2 14
15 Woodbine 6-1 15
Dropped Out: None
Class 2A
School Record LW
1 Dike-New Hartford 8-1 1
2 Denver 10-1 2
3 Central Lyon 9-1 3
4 Panorama 10-0 4
5 Treynor 10-1 6
6 West Hancock 8-2 8
7 Sibley-Ocheyedan 8-3 7
8 Iowa City Regina 8-2 14
9 Jesup 8-2 15
10 South Central Calhoun 9-1 12
11 Mediapolis 9-0 13
12 Grundy Center 7-2 5
13 West Branch 7-2 9
14 Aplington-Parkersburg 8-2 11
15 Cascade 8-2 10
Dropped Out: None
Class 3A
School Record LW
1 Unity Christian 8-1 1
2 West Lyon 9-0 2
3 Ballard 10-2 3
4 Estherville-Lincoln Central 11-1 4
5 Sergeant Bluff-Luton 7-1 5
6 Center Point-Urbana 9-1 6
7 Clear Lake 5-1 7
8 Cherokee 8-2 8
9 West Liberty 7-2 9
10 Roland-Story 7-2 11
11 Davenport Assumption 6-4 10
12 West Marshall 10-1 13
13 Harlan 7-3 NR
14 Williamsburg 6-3 NR
15 Forest City 7-2 15
Dropped Out: Vinton-Shellsburg (12), West Burlington (14)
Class 4A
School Record LW
1 Glenwood 7-1 1
2 Bishop Heelan 8-0 2
3 North Polk 10-1 3
4 Dallas Center-Grimes 7-3 6
5 Indianola 7-2 7
6 Grinnell 7-1 4
7 Waverly-Shell Rock 8-2 5
8 Cedar Rapids Xavier 7-3 8
9 Pella 7-2 11
10 North Scott 7-3 12
11 Central DeWitt 6-3 9
12 Spencer 7-3 10
13 Keokuk 6-3 NR
14 Winterset 6-2 14
15 Norwalk 6-3 NR
Dropped Out: Benton Community (13), Bondurant-Farrar (15)
Class 5A
School Record LW
1 Johnston 11-0 1
2 Iowa City High 8-0 2
3 Waterloo West 8-1 3
4 Dowling Catholic 10-0 4
5 Iowa City West 7-1 5
6 Des Moines Roosevelt 6-2 6
7 Ankeny Centennial 7-2 7
8 Ankeny 7-2 9
9 West Des Moines Valley 8-2 10
10 Cedar Falls 7-2 12
11 Pleasant Valley 8-1 13
12 Southeast Polk 5-4 8
13 Waukee Northwest 7-4 11
14 Linn-Mar 6-3 NR
15 Cedar Rapids Washington 6-4 14
Dropped Out: Sioux City East (15)
(Radio Iowa) – The U-S Army Corps of Engineers predicts dry conditions will persist in the Missouri River Basin this year. Last year, the runoff in the Missouri River basin above Sioux City was just 59 percent of average volume — the 10th lowest annual runoff in 123 years of record keeping. According to a news release from the Army Corps of Engineers office in Omaha. the ongoing drought shows no relief in sight. The water flow out of upstream reservoirs was reduced this past July.
There will be releases from Gavins Point Dam this winter, at minimum levels, though. The Army Corps says the flow in the Missouri River along Iowa’s western border will meet with needs of cities that use the river as a source of drinking water.
JACK JOHNSON, 78, of Atlantic, died Wednesday, Jan. 5th, at the Heritage House Assisted Living Facility. A Celebration of Life Memorial service for JACK JOHNSON will be held 11-a.m. Jan. 15th, at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Atlantic. Roland Funeral Service in Atlantic has the arrangements.
Visitation with the family, at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, will take place from 10-until 11-a.m., January 15th.
Burial is in the Brighton Township Cemetery at Marne.
JACK JOHNSON is survived by:
His wife – Carolyn.
His sons – Craig (Hope) Johnson, of Clive, and Brad (Stephanie) Johnson, of Simpsonville, SC.
and 2 grandchildren.
ADAIR COUNTY, Iowa – Officials with the Iowa Department of Criminal Investigation (DCI), Thursday, released additional information with regard to an Officer-Involved shooting that occurred December 29th, in Adair County. The officer involved in the shooting was identified as Adair County Deputy Josh Armstrong. Deputy Armstrong is a 2 ½ year veteran with the Adair County Sheriff’s Office. A copy of the report of the DCI’s investigation will be forwarded to the Adair County Attorney’s Office for review.
Three additional charges have been filed on the suspect who was shot by the Deputy. Authorities says 57-year-old Charles R Bradshaw, of Jefferson, is now charged with:
1. Attempted murder of a peace officer (707.11 (5) (A)) Class B-Felony,
2. Assault on a police officer (708.3A (2)) Class D-Felony
3. Intimidation with a dangerous weapon (708.6, Class C-Felony).
The incident that resulted in Bradshaw being shot in both arms and taken into custody, begin at around 8:30-p.m., Dec. 29th, when a Stuart Police Officer attempted to stop a vehicle for a traffic violation. The suspect (Later Identified as Bradshaw) failed to stop and a pursuit was initiated. Several agencies assisted in the pursuit, including Stuart Police, Greenfield Police, Guthrie and Adair County Sheriff’s Deputies.
The pursuit ended in rural Adair County just north of 130th Street on Jordan Ave when Bradshaw’s vehicle abruptly turned around in the roadway. A Stuart Police Officer was unable to stop and struck the Bradshaw vehicle, which continued to travel a short distance and ultimately struck a Guthrie County deputy’s vehicle before it came to a stop. During this series of events an Adair County Deputy heard a gunshot from the suspect vehicle.
Deputy Armstrong exited his patrol car just as Bradshaw’s vehicle became disabled and observed the Bradshaw to be in possession of a handgun. The Deputy fired his service weapon and struck the Bradshaw, causing non-life threatening injuries.
Bradshaw was taken a hospital to be treated for his injuries and then taken into custody. A black .9mm handgun and a spent shell casing was found during a search of the vehicle, along with a substance believed to be meth. Bradshaw had previously been convicted on a felony drug charges in Missouri.
He remains in the Adair County Jail.
JAMES DORY, 83, of Anita, died Wednesday, January 5, 2022, at Cass Health in Atlantic. Cremation has taken place, and no services for JIM DORY are planned at this time. Schmidt Family Funeral Home in Anita assisted the family.
Memorials may be made out to A.M.U of Anita, United Methodist Church, Anita Library, Anita Wellness Center, the Anita Ambulance, and may be mailed to the Schmidt Family Funeral Home P.O. Box 523, Atlantic, IA 50022.
JIM DORY is survived by:
His wife – Bette
Children – Brenda, Betsy, Jeffery, and Joel.
His brother – Joe.
Sister-in-law Virginia.
3 grandchildren, and 5 great-grandchildren.
(Radio Iowa) – Consumer spending in Iowa is driving state sales tax revenue higher. Over the past six months, there’s been a more than 10 percent increase in sales tax payments to the state. The latest report of overall tax collections shows total state revenue grew just over nine percent last month compared to December of 2020. Jeff Robinson is the senior fiscal analyst with the Legislative Services Agency.
“In summary, Iowa net General Fund revenue continues to grow at a strong pace, with sales tax posting remarkable year-over-year gains,” Robinson says. “Corporate income tax growth has moderated, but remains positive.”
Robinson says it’s likely there was a modest gain in the amount of personal income tax payments made to the state, however an accounting change made in mid-November makes a precise reading difficult. That’s because the Department of Revenue set up a single account on November 15th for depositing ALL tax payments made to the state and Robinson says it’s taking some time for payments to be separated and reported in each tax category.
(Audubon, Iowa) – School Administrators across Iowa and the nation, for that matter, are planning to enact one of two options with regard to Federally Mandated employee COVID-19 vaccinations. The mandate says businesses with 100 or more employees must ensure those employees are vaccinated, or submit to weekly testing. The U-S Supreme Court is expected to received oral arguments tomorrow (Friday), on whether or not to enforce the Mandate. That would include most school districts, including Atlantic, Audubon and Griswold. As previously mentioned, the Griswold School Board has a special meeting this evening to discuss the matter and enact a plan. Atlantic will hold a vaccine policy meeting at Noon on Monday, Jan. 10th in the District Central Office at 1406 S.W. 7th Street (The meeting will be streamed on YouTube, with the link to be made available prior to the meeting).
Atlantic’s Policy says “Employees must submit to the Superintendent (or their designee) acceptable proof of vaccination status no later than January 10, 2022. Beginning Feb. 9, 2022, any employees who are not fully vaccinated must submit proof of negative COVID-19 test results every seven days. Audubon Superintendent Eric Trager says the Audubon School Board will meet in special session 7-a.m. Monday, to discuss the federal policy and their response.
He says this situation is still very fluid, and could very well change, but the deadline for having those policies in-place, is Monday, Jan. 10th.
If the high court rules against the mandate, the Audubon School District will cancel the meeting and take no action at all. Either way, Trager said the “Timing is not ideal here.”
The Audubon School Board, he said, is not alone in having to act on the policy one way or another.
The Audubon School Board meeting takes place 7:00 a.m. Monday, January 10th, in the Board Room at the High School.
(Radio Iowa) – A northwest Iowa woman has been sentenced to 30 days in federal prison after pleading guilty to money laundering.Twenty-three-year-old Yesenia Ledesma-Ledezma, of Albert City, has agreed to forfeit the house she bought in April of last year with 65-thousand dollars in cash. According to a plea agreement, she admits smuggling counterfeit goods into the country and selling them for a profit.
A news release from U.S. Attorney’s Office indicated the value of those smuggled goods was 370-thousand dollars.