Atlantic School District Superintendent Steve Barber has released a monthly letter to parents, students, staff and patrons of the District, with regard to COVID-19 information. See the letter below
Atlantic School District Superintendent Steve Barber has released a monthly letter to parents, students, staff and patrons of the District, with regard to COVID-19 information. See the letter below
IOWA CITY, Iowa — Seven start times for the 2021 University of Iowa football team were announced on Thursday by the Big Ten Conference in conjunction with BTN, ESPN, ABC, and FOX television networks. Four of the seven announced start times will be mid-afternoon kickoffs.
Iowa will host Indiana at 2:30 p.m. (CT) on Saturday, Sept. 4, with the game airing on BTN. This year marks the first time in 41 years that Iowa opens its season against a Big Ten opponent; the Hawkeyes faced the Hoosiers on Sept. 13, 1980, in Bloomington, Indiana, in the 1980 opener. The home opener is presented by the Eastern Iowa Airport and will honor First Responders.
FryFest is also part of opening weekend. Slated for Friday, Sept. 3, FryFest is held at the Iowa River Landing and celebrates everything Hawkeye. The National Iowa Varsity Club will celebrate the Hall of Fame class throughout the weekend.
Following the opening contest, the Hawkeyes travel to in-state rival Iowa State at 2:30 p.m. The annual Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series game will be televised on ABC.
Iowa welcomes Kent State to Kinnick Stadium on Saturday, Sept. 18, in the Gold Game. That contest is also slated to kickoff at 2:30 p.m. and will be broadcast on BTN. Fans are encouraged to wear gold.
The Homecoming contest versus Purdue, presented by GreenState Credit Union, is on Saturday, Oct. 16. That game is scheduled for a 2:30 p.m. start. The Hawkeyes are the Homecoming opponent at Wisconsin on Oct. 30, with that game designated to begin at 11 a.m.
Iowa’s regular season finale at Nebraska on Black Friday (Nov. 26) will kickoff at 12:30 p.m. and air on BTN.
The Hawkeyes have an open date on Oct. 23. Kickoff times for the remaining five games will be announced no later than 12 days prior to the game, per the media rights agreements between the Big Ten Conference and its television partners.
Fans can purchase football season tickets by visiting hawkeyesports.com/tickets. Fight for Iowa mobile passes and UI student tickets are currently on sale. Mini plan ticket packages will go on sale to the general public on June 10 at 9 a.m. Select single game tickets will go on sale in July. University of Iowa faculty/staff should contact the University of Iowa Athletics Ticket Office for season tickets. The UI Athletics Ticket Office is open weekdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The office telephone number is 1-800-IA-HAWKS.
All tickets in 2021 will be mobile. Fans may access tickets via the Hawkeye Sports App, a link via email, or account login at hawkeyesports.com/myaccount. These tickets are optimized for display on your smartphone device and should not be printed. Fans can review additional information on mobile tickets by visiting hawkeyesports.com/
Iowa’s 2021 football schedule (all listed times are CT):
AMES, Iowa – The Big 12 Conference today announced kickoff times and television broadcast assignments for Iowa State football non-conference games, as well as a date change for the Iowa State-TCU game.
Iowa State’s season-opener vs. UNI (Sept. 4) at Jack Trice Stadium will be a 2:30 p.m. CT kickoff on Big 12 Now on ESPN+. The following week (Sept. 11) will also be a 2:30 p.m. CT start, as Iowa State plays host to Iowa in the Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series on ABC.
Iowa State travels to UNLV on Sept. 18 to face the Rebels at Allegiant Stadium. The game will kickoff at 9:30 p.m. CT on the CBS Sports Network.
The Iowa State-TCU game originally scheduled for Nov. 27 at Jack Trice Stadium is now slated for the Friday after Thanksgiving (Nov. 26). Kickoff time will be either 3 or 3:30 p.m. CT on Fox or FS1.
Iowa State returns 19 starters and 10 players who have earned first or second team All-Big 12 recognition a total of 18 times from last year’s team that tied a school record for overall wins (9), broke the school mark for conference victories (8) and won the school’s first-ever New Year’s Six Bowl (Oregon, 34-17).
Among Iowa State’s top returners are the reigning Big 12 Offensive and Defensive Players of the Year from 2020 in running back Breece Hall and linebacker Mike Rose.
Iowa State’s 24 Big 12 wins since 2017 is the second-most in the league during that span.
2021 Iowa State Football Schedule
Sept. 4 UNI (Big 12 Now on ESPN+) – 2:30 p.m.
Sept. 11 %IOWA (ABC) – 2:30 p.m.
Sept. 18 at UNLV (CBS Sports Network) – 9:30 p.m.
Sept. 25 *at Baylor – TBA
Oct. 2 *KANSAS – TBA
Oct. 16 *at Kansas State – TBA
Oct. 23 *OKLAHOMA STATE – TBA
Oct. 30 *at West Virginia – TBA
Nov. 6 *TEXAS – TBA
Nov. 13 *at Texas Tech – TBA
Nov. 20 *at Oklahoma – TBA
Nov. 26 *TCU (Fox or FS1) – 3 or 3:30 p.m.
Dec. 4 &at Big 12 Championship
*Big 12 Conference game
%Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series
&Arlington, Texas
(Radio Iowa) – A jury in Davenport will soon start deliberations on the case against the man accused of murdering 20-year-old Mollie Tibbetts nearly three years ago as she was jogging in her hometown. It comes a day after Cristhian Bahena Rivera testified that he did not kill Tibbetts and claimed two masked men forced him to participate in the crime. Prosecutor Scott Brown delivered closing arguments this (Thursday) morning.
Brown spoke to the jury for an hour. Shortly after 11 o’clock, Bahena’s defense attorney started his closing arguments. Chad Frese asked the jury not to seek vengeance for Tibbetts, but to apply logic to what they heard in court and make a judgement based on the facts presented. Frese suggested Bahena had been spoon fed a confession and investigators had not followed leads on other suspects.
(check back for updates throughout the day)
Atlantic, IA – The Cass Health Foundation recently awarded the Louie and Elsie Hansen Scholarships. The recipients are McKenzie Waters, Jennifer Steffens, and Genevieve Martinez.
The Louie and Elsie Hansen Scholarship was established through the generosity and careful planning of these two life-long Cass County residents. The Hansen’s believed in higher education, so much so that over 70% of their estate was bequeathed for that purpose, including a gift to the Cass Health Foundation.
Under the supervision and guidance of the Cass Health Foundation, scholarship opportunities are provided yearly. As per the Hansens’ wishes, scholarship candidates must have graduated from a Cass County high school and be enrolled in and accepted to an accredited nursing or medical doctor school pursing a degree as LPN, RN, BSN or MD.
Exira-EHK High School Administrative Assistant Jan Greving, today (Thursday), released to the media the name of 2020-21 Exira Middle/High School Honor Roll students. The 2nd Quarter/4th Semester lists follows, below:
2nd Semester HS Honor Roll High Honor Roll (3.50 and above)
Seniors
Hunter Andersen Madison Carey Wyatt Fahn Imagen Gessert Tatum Grubbs Madison Larsen Brooklin Marxen Mia Muller Camryn Paulsen Blake Petersen Tyler Petersen Reid Schlueter |
Juniors
Justice Doherty Macy Emgarten Brody Haag Ashley Hansen Kate Hansen Jack LaCanne Davis Larsen Easton McCarthy Alisa Partridge Mollie Rasmussen
|
Sophomores
Katie Andersen Shay Burmeister Madelyn Christensen Joshua Despenas Quinn Grubbs McKenna Larsen Easton Nelson Ella Petersen Trey Petersen Makenzie Riley Molly Schneider |
Freshmen
Hailey Berns Emily Bricker Aiden Flathers Gemini Goodwin Jameson Kilworth Hannah Nelson Jaiden Pettepier Hailie Snider Eric Wilson |
Honor Roll (3.0-3.49)
seniors
Alexa Andersen Claire Schlueter |
Juniors
Haley Harris Aiden Potts
|
sophomores
Gavin Bengard Cole Fahn Jessi Marshall Braxton Marxen Madison Miller Colby Smith Shayle Young |
freshmen
Kenyen Bolin Cash Emgarten Jonas LaCanne Desiree Lopez Myrna Schneider Mariah Traver |
2nd Semester JH Honor Roll
HIGH HONOR ROLL
(3.50 and above) Brylie Andersen Mara Christensen Augustus Greving Owen Juhl Josten Kilworth Sophie Kitelinger Jakob LaCanne Austin Rasmussen Ries Andersen Gracie Bartz Hailey Bieker Jasmine Doherty Harlee Fahn Alex Hansen Levi Jessen Mayne Jorgensen Gideon King Irelynd McCarthy Bella Muller Gracie Olsen Shelbi Partridge Anna Potts Jacey Smith |
HONOR ROLL
(3.0-3.49) Bryce Brabham Graic Hill-Borger Isabelle Thibodeaux Edyn Halterman Cannon Hansen Hannah Jensen
|
4th Quarter HS Honor Roll High Honor Roll (3.50 and above)
Seniors
Hunter Andersen Madison Carey Wyatt Fahn Imagen Gessert Tatum Grubbs Madison Larsen Brooklin Marxen Mia Muller Camryn Paulsen Blake Petersen Tyler Petersen Claire Schlueter Reid Schlueter |
Juniors
Justice Doherty Macy Emgarten Brody Haag Ashley Hansen Kate Hansen Davis Larsen Easton McCarthy Alisa Partridge Mollie Rasmussen
|
Sophomores
Katie Andersen Shay Burmeister Madelyn Christensen Joshua Despenas Quinn Grubbs McKenna Larsen Easton Nelson Ella Petersen Trey Petersen Makenzie Riley Molly Schneider
|
Freshmen
Hailey Berns Emily Bricker Cash Emgarten Aiden Flathers Gemini Goodwin Jameson Kilworth Hannah Nelson Jaiden Pettepier Hailie Snider Eric Wilson |
Honor Roll (3.0-3.49)
Seniors
Alexa Andersen |
Juniors
Jack LaCanne Trisha Nichols Aiden Potts |
Sophomores
Gavin Bengard Cole Fahn Braxton Marxen Madison Miller Colby Smith |
Freshmen
Kenyen Bolin Kolten Christensen Jordan Jensen Jonas LaCanne Desiree Lopez Myrna Schneider Mariah Traver |
4th Quarter JH Honor Roll
HIGH HONOR ROLL
(3.50 and above) Brylie Andersen Mara Christensen Augustus Greving Owen Juhl Josten Kilworth Sophie Kitelinger Austin Rasmussen Ries Andersen Gracie Bartz Hailey Bieker Jasmine Doherty Harlee Fahn Alex Hansen Mayne Jorgensen Irelynd McCarthy Bella Muller |
HONOR ROLL
(3.0-3.49) Bryce Brabham Isabelle Thibodeaux Cannon Hansen Levi Jessen Gideon King Gracie Olsen Shelbi Partridge Anna Potts
|
After being canceled last-year due to concerns over COVID-19, the 41st Annual TivoliFest will take place Friday and Saturday, May 28th and 29th, in the western Iowa Danish communities of Elk Horn and Kimballton. Lisa Steen-Riggs, event organizer, says the event is being dubbed “TivoliFest Lite.”
Some of Sunday’s events were moved to Saturday, but there were still be a tractor drive Sunday morning there are still many things to see and do. Things get started Friday afternoon, when the Iowa Beer Tent arrives in Elk Horn, and culminates with a big fireworks show Saturday night. Steen-Riggs said people come in from all over the country to explore their Danish heritage.
TivoliFest features bands and other forms of musical entertainment, to name a few.
The Museum of Danish America will have free admission from 10-a.m., until 4-p.m., both days, there’s a Viking Encampment with demonstrations, a working blacksmith shop and wood working area, as well as axe throwing. For more information on the events in Elk Horn and Kimballton, go to: https://www.danishwindmill.com/event/tivoli-fest-2021/ or follow Tivoli Fest Elk Horn Iowa, on Facebook.
The Boys State Golf tournaments for Class 1A, 2A, and 3A start today and finish on Friday.
The Class 1A Tournament is being played at Westwood Golf Course in Newton and tees off at 10:30 a.m. St. Albert and Fremont-Mills are in the team field and Kyle Beam of Sidney will be among the individual field.
The Class 2A Tournament is being contested at Lakeside Golf Course in Fort Dodge. Kuemper Catholic is participating in the team race. Grant Caltrider of West Central Valley and Tyler Brandt of IKM-Manning will compete individually. Play begins at 10:00 a.m.
The Class 3A Tournament is being played at Elmwood Country Club in Marshalltown. ADM and Winterset are among the teams competing and Parker Bekkers of Denison-Schleswig is an individual qualifier. Play begins at 10:00 a.m.
(Radio Iowa) – A pedestrian walking on Interstate 80 near Des Moines was killed by a car early this (Thursday) morning. The state patrol says the unidentified woman was walking in the traffic lane near mile marker 142 in Altoona when she was struck and killed around 4:15 A-M. No charges are filed against the motorist.
It’s the second time this month a woman has been hit and killed as she walked along a Des Moines metro area interstate. Thirty-eight-year-old Stephanie Waddell of Oskaloosa died on May 9th when she was hit along I-35 in West Des Moines. This week, 19-year-old Frank Davidson of Earlham was arrested on multiple charges in Waddell’s death.
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