Waukee, Sioux City East, and Urbandale girls cross county teams advanced to the State meet from the Class 4A State Qualifying Meet in Council Bluffs on Thursday.
Kaia Downs of Sioux City East was the individual champion. The lone individual qualifier from the area was Haley Bach of Lewis Central who finished 14th.
Full results: xc-2019-councilbluffssqm
The AC/GC girls cross country team had an impressive showing at the Class 2A State Qualifying Meet at Panora on Thursday. Kate Crawford took the Individual title and the Chargers won the team title by a wide margin. The Chargers notched 61 points, Emmetsburg had 92 in 2nd, and Chariton was 3rd with 95 points.
The Chargers also had Rylee Sloss in 4th, Kiersten Knobbe 6th, Jorja Hoover, 24th, Alyson Embleton 28th, Jenna Stringer 46th, and Taylor Lemke 48th.
Girls Team Scores
Individual Top 15 State Qualifiers
Full results HERE
Tri-Center’s Peyton Pogge was the Individual Champion and the Logan-Magnolia squad took the Team Title at the Class 1A State Qualifying Cross Country Meet at Ridge View Thursday. Pogge ran 19:26.92 to finish nearly 30 seconds ahead of Runner-Up Courtney Sporrer of Logan-Magnolia.
The Panthers took the team title with 39 points. Taylor Sporrer was 3rd, Kylie Morrison 5th, and Violet Lapke 7th for the Panthers. Tri-Center was just outside of team qualification in 4th place. They were 20 points behind third place Ft. Dodge St. Edmond. Manson-NW Webster came in 2nd. Carly McKeever of St. Albert also qualified individually with a 12th place finish.
Full results here: xc-2019-holsteinsqm
AHSTW took the team title and Nodaway Valley came in 3rd at the Class 1A State Qualifying Meet at Mount Ayr on Thursday. Van Meter came in 2nd place to round out the qualifying teams.
Clare Kelly of Van Meter won the title and her teammate Mary Kelly was Runner-Up.
Girls Team Scores
Top 15 Individual State Qualifiers
Full results: xc-2019-mtayr Girls
Taylor McCreedy battled through a foot injury to finish in 12th place at the State Qualifying Meet on Thursday and earn a trip to State. The Trojans came up just shy as a team with a 4th place finish behind Harlan, Glenwood, and ADM.
Atlantic was 17 points out of the third and final qualifying spot. The Trojans had 115 points to ADM’s 98.
Standout sophomore Ainsley Erzen of Carlisle won the Individual Title by a wide margin. Lisa Schaffer of North Polk was the Runner-Up.
Girls Team Scores (Top 3 Qualify for State)
Girls Top 15 Individual State Qualifiers
Full results: Atlantic Girls SQM 102419
The Atlantic boys cross country team is headed to State for the second straight season after earning a 3rd place finish at the State Qualifying Meet on Thursday at Nishna Hills Golf Course. The Trojans earned their way back by the slimmest of margins. Atlantic and Harlan tied for third with 107 points apiece. It then came down to the 6th place runner and Ethan Williams’ 42nd place finish was the ticket to the State Meet. Craig Alan Becker led the way for the Trojans with a very strong 3rd place finish.
The rest of the finishers for Atlantic were: Bradley Dennis 18th, Drew Engler 26th, Evan Brummer 27th, Zane Berg 33rd, Cooper Jipsen 61st.
The other two boys qualifying teams were Carlisle in 1st and North Polk in 2nd. Nate Mueller of ADM was the Individual Champion and Zach Sporas of North Polk was Runner-Up.
Boys Team Scoring (Top 3 Qualify for State)
Boys Top 15 Individual State Qualifiers
Full results: Atlantic Boys SQM 102419
(Radio Iowa) — Iowa Senator Joni Ernst says she has signed on to a resolution from a fellow Republican that condemns Democrats for failing to follow the proper process in the impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump. “Because what we’re seeing in the House is the fact that Democrats have been so heck bent on making sure they impeach this president that they are just randomly acting through this inquiry process. It’s not open, it’s not transparent, we don’t have access to the information,” Ernst says.
Ernst told reporters during her weekly conference call that the Democrats in the House are not following through on anything. “We have got to get our work done. The House needs to focus on getting things done like the U-S-M-C-A. And impeachment — if they are going to go down that road — they need to make sure that they are following standards that have been set, practices that have been set in the past. And the president is not receiving that same courtesy right now,” Ernst says.
Ernst was asked if she defends the president’s actions. “I can’t go down that path right now — because again — I haven’t seen all of the information. And bottom line, we don’t even know what the articles of impeachment are. (House Speaker) Nancy Pelosi has not indicated what they are trying to do other than go after the president,” Ernst says. “So gain, it’s more of a political show over there than actually getting toward an objective.”
Ernst says she doesn’t have any information to make any kind of a decision on whether the president’s dealings with the Ukraine were an impeachable offense. “As I read through the transcript of the call, of course I didn’t see an impeachable offense there. We will need to hear from additional witnesses and I’m sure that the House will bring those witnesses forward. They will have to. I mean they will have to when they bring it over to the Senate for a trial,” Ernst says. “So again, I want to make sure that I am evaluating all the information as presented by the House prosecutors — that is under the assumption that they are going to send articles of impeachment over.”
Ernst says she will sit as a judge in the Senate if the inquiry moves forward and will make a decision based on the information. South Carolina Senator Lindsay Graham, who is the chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, introduced the resolution.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Sen. Joni Ernst says she’s pushing EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler to fulfill the promises the president has made to blend a mandated 15 billion gallons of ethanol into the nation’s fuel supply. Ernst says she’ll call for President Donald Trump to fire Wheeler if the EPA doesn’t meet those blending promises.
Like other Iowa Republicans, Ernst has criticized the EPA but rarely Trump when questioned about the administration’s granting of oil refinery exemptions from blending ethanol into gasoline. That has removed 4 billion gallons of corn-based ethanol from the market, angering farmers.
Speaking to Iowa reporters Thursday, Ernst laughed when told Trump on Wednesday told the natural gas industry in Pittsburgh that Wheeler was working with small refineries to “give them everything they need” to stay in business. Trump applauded Wheeler as doing a “fantastic” job.
When asked if she would hold Trump responsible if the administration doesn’t meet his promises, Ernst said she’d watch the EPA and seek Wheeler’s firing if less ethanol is blended.
The Mills County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest at around 9:10-p.m. Thursday, of 42-year old John Robert Burson, from Sidney. Burson was arrested for OWI/1st offense, with his bond set at $1,000.
And, four people were arrested earlier this week on separate warrants, in Mills County. The Sheriff’s Department said on Wednesday, 23-year old Johnathan Robert Sibbitt, of Council Bluffs, was arrested at the Pottawattamie County Jail, on a warrant for Probation Violation. And 36-year old Misty Bea Petterson, of Glenwood, was arrested for the same type of warrant, at the Mills County Jail.
On Monday, 38-year old Tyler Nicholas Blakely, of Council Bluffs, was arrested at the Mills County Sheriff’s Office on warrants for two counts of Probation Violation. And, on Oct. 4th, 33-year old Shaw Aaron Peterson, of Glenwood, was arrested at the Mills County Jail, also on a warrant for Probation Violation.
Peterson’s bond was set at $20,000. Blakely’s bond was set at $10,000. Bond for Sibbit and Petterson were set at $4,000 and $5,000, respectively.
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa – Oct. 24, 2019 – The Iowa Department of Transportation’s District 4 Office in Atlantic, report southbound Interstate 29 from exit 56 to exit 55 will be closed starting Monday, Oct. 28 at 10 a.m. until Monday, Nov. 5, weather permitting. Officials say the closure is necessary to allow contractors to raise portions of the interstate recently impacted by flooding. That will be accomplished by adding layers of asphalt in some areas.
During the closure, traffic bound for Council Bluffs will be detoured using the following route: south on 16th Street to Nash Boulevard, west on Nash Boulevard to N. 25th Street, north on 25th Street back to I-29 at Exit 55 (N. 25th Street).
Traffic moving past Council Bluffs will be detoured at Exit 71 near Loveland onto eastbound Interstate I-880 (formerly I-680) to westbound Interstate 80 near Neola at Exit 29, to southbound I-29 at Exit 4.
Also at 3 p.m. Monday, Oct. 28, one lane of northbound I-29 will open Exit 55: (N. 25th Street). Because traffic can become congested in this area during peak travel times, traffic moving past Council Bluffs will be encouraged to continue using the detour route of eastbound I-80, then westbound I-880 (formerly I-680) until both northbound lanes are open.
The Iowa DOT reminds motorists to drive with caution, obey the posted speed limit and other signs in the work area, and be aware that traffic fines for moving violations are at least double in work zones. As in all work zones, drivers should stay alert, allow ample space between vehicles, and wear seat belts.
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