Class 1-A and 2-A wrestlers will begin a journey they hope will end at the state wrestling championships when the sectional meets get the post-season underway on Saturday. Each sectional meet will begin at 12:00 pm with the top two wrestlers in each weight class at each sectional advancing to the district meets scheduled for Saturday, February 9th. Click the links below to see the sectional assignments.
DES MOINES, Iowa (February 1, 2013) – Blank Park Zoo’s Red Pandas picked the winner of the Big Game this morning. Keepers placed two boxes in the exhibit of the same size and labeled the boxes with the team’s logos. They were filled equally with healthy treats that Red Pandas enjoy, such as bamboo and raisins.
Berry the Red Panda studied both teams before quickly picking Baltimore to win, while Razz thinks San Francisco will beat Baltimore. Kitar the Red Panda stayed out of the picking process for a while and eventually joined Berry in the pick for Baltimore.
“These types of activities are part of our enrichment program and provide variety to the animal’s lives. Enrichment is a normal everyday part of zoo keeping duties, and it is fun to do public demonstrations of enrichment that people can enjoy,” said Kevin Drees, Director of Animal Care and Conservation.
Blank Park Zoo’s animals have had success in the past picking the winner of the Big Game as Papa the donkey correctly chose New York to win.
Officials with the Cass County Memorial Hospital Auxiliary said Friday they will award two $1,000 scholarships to students entering into or continuing education in the healthcare field. Application forms have been sent to area high school guidance counselors. Forms are also available from the Human Resources office at Cass County Memorial Hospital.
The application must be returned to Cass County Memorial Hospital by March 31st. Applications can be dropped off or mailed to: Cass County Memorial Hospital, Attn: Human Resources, 1501 East 10th Street, Atlantic, Iowa 50022.
ELVA ARLENE COLVIN, 97, of Oakland, died Fri., Feb. 1st, at the Oakland Manor Nursing Home in Oakland. Graveside services for ELVA COLVIN will be held 2-p.m. Mon., Feb. 4th, in the Oaklawn Cemetery at Oakland. Rieken-Vieth Funeral Home in Oakland has the arrangements.
A Prayer service will be held 2-p.m. Sunday, Feb. 3rd, at the funeral home, followed by visitation with the family until 4-p.m.
ELVA COLVIN is survived by:
Her children: Wayne Colvin and wife Mary Lou; Bonnie Lytle; Dick Colvin; Diane Hamilton and husband Steve; and, Steve Colvin.
13 grandchildren, great grandchildren and her great great grandchildren, other relatives and friends.
NADINE P. GREINER,89, of Ames and formerly of Harlan died Thurs., Jan., 31 in Ames. Services for NADINE P. GREINER will be held 11:00 AM Mon., Feb., 4th at Burmeister-Johannsen Funeral Home in Harlan.
Family will greet friends from 10:00 to 11:00 AM prior to the service at Burmeister-Johannsen Funeral Home.
Friends may call the funeral home from 8:00 to 11:00 AM on Mon., Feb., 4th.
Burial will take place in the Harlan Cemetery.
NADINE P. GREINER is survived by:
Five sons: Richard Martin of Kingsport, TN; Robert (Holly) Greiner Jr. of Ames; Ronald (Pamela) Greiner of Holiday, FL; Rodney (Celia) Greiner of Ames.
Daughter, Carol Tomney of Half Way, MO
21 grandchildren, 23 great-grandchildren, two great-great grandchildren and other relatives and friends.
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NELIGH, Neb. (AP) – A northeast Nebraska man accused of killing his ex-girlfriend and her new husband has pleaded not guilty. The pleas were entered on Wednesday for 33-year-old Matthew Hinrichsen, of Ewing, in Antelope County District Court. Hinrichsen has been charged with arson, two weapons counts and two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of 25-year old Victoria Lee, a former City Councilperson from Missouri Valley, and her husband, 30-year-old Alex Vargas.
Investigators found the couple’s bodies on Dec 8th, 2012, in a burned-out mobile home near Ewing. Hinrichsen was being held without bond at the State Prison in Lincoln, NE. His trial is set to begin April 8th.
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The Iowa Supreme Court has issued a ruling that has an impact on water and railroads. In the spring of 2007 Union Pacific workers noticed a hole in the roadbed under their tracks in Hardin County and filled the hole with rock. The railroad did not know the hole was caused by the collapse of a nearly 100-year-old clay drainage tile, and the rock repair caused water drained by the tile to back up and flood farm ground. The local drainage district fixed the broken tile and sent a bill to the railroad.
The total bill — including crop losses — was over 100-thousand dollars. The railroad refused to pay, saying state law requires them to repair bridges and culverts, and a tile is not a culvert. The district court sided with the drainage district and said the railroad had to pay. But the Iowa Supreme Court ruling says the legislature was very specific in making the railroads responsible for bridges and culverts, and did not use the word drains to cover repairs to any pipes that drain water. For that reason the court said a tile is not a culvert and the railroad is not required to pay for tile repairs.
The court information says there could be hundreds of such tiles under the railroad bed that will be impacted by the ruling.
(Radio Iowa)
Two former government employees in southwest Iowa are accused of selling nearly $20,000 worth of county-owned scrap metal to a local salvage yard and pocketing the money for themselves. An investigation by the State Auditor’s office was launched after the Adair County Auditor received an anonymous letter outlining concerns with the sale of old iron and used bridge planks. Deputy State Auditor Tami Kusian says Duane Jameson and Cindy Butcher, who worked in the Adair County Engineer’s Office, sold the materials over a 10 year period. “The checks were being written to the two employees and we identified those being deposited in their accounts,” Kusian says.
Kusian says Adair County authorities learned of the alleged activity in January. Jameson was the Road Superintendent, while Butcher was the Engineer’s Office Shop Clerk. Both were fired last week. Kusian says the checks issued to Jameson and Butcher ranged from roughly $200 to $7,000. The state investigation covered the period between December 2001 and December 2011. Kusian says they identified $19,734 of undeposited collections.
The State Auditor’s report has been turned over to the Adair County Attorney and Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation.
(Radio Iowa)
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