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Cards’ Wainwright says he’s ready for heavy duty

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February 19th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

JUPTER, Fla. (AP) – Adam Wainwright’s season-ending elbow injury last February was supposed to ruin the St. Louis Cardinals’ season. Now, the former 20-game winner is healthy again, ready to rejoin a rotation that was strong enough to win it all without him.  That’s a major reason why the Cardinals are optimistic at the opening of their first spring training without Albert Pujols, Tony La Russa and Dave Duncan in a very long time. Even if the 6-foot-7, 230-pound Wainwright throws fewer than 200 innings, the estimate the Cardinals have used in their desire to play it safe with a right-hander not yet a year removed from elbow reconstruction, they view it as a major plus. The 30-year-old Wainwright was a workhorse before getting hurt last spring, totaling 266 1-3 innings in 2009-10.

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Saturday’s High School Basketball Scores (from 2-18-12)

Sports

February 19th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Class 3A Region 2 Regional Semifinal:

Denison-Schleswig 53, Sgt. Bluff-Luton 51

Sioux City Heelan 86, Carroll 39 

Class 3A Region 8:

Glenwood 60, Creston 34

Regional Semifinal:

Winterset 56, Dallas Center-Grimes 49 

Class 4A Region 8 Regional Semifinal:

C. Bluffs/Lewis Central 40, C. Bluffs Abe Lincoln 17

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Adel man arrested after 26-year-old man found dead

News

February 19th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

ADEL, Iowa (AP) – A 24-year-old Iowa man is a suspect in the shooting death of a 26-year-old man.  Adel Police and the Dallas County Sheriff’s office responded to a shooting report around 11 p.m. Saturday.  Officers found Nathan Greene, of Adel, wounded outside an apartment complex. Greene died later at a hospital. Investigators say Brandon Madren is suspected of shooting Greene. Madren is being held on suspicious of first-degree murder and a weapons charge.  Madren is being held in the Dallas County Jail.

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ARLENE LEISTAD, 94, of Elk Horn (Svcs. 2-23-12)

Obituaries

February 19th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

ARLENE LEISTAD, 94, of Elk Horn, died Sun., Feb. 19th, at the Salem Lutheran Home in Elk Horn. Funeral services for ARLENE LEISTAD will be held 10:30-a.m. Thu., Feb. 23rd, at the Elk Horn Lutheran Church, in Elk Horn. Ohde Funeral Home in Kimballton has the arrangements.

Friends may call at the funeral home from 4-7pm Wed., Feb. 22nd.

Burial will be in the Elk Horn Lutheran Cemetery.

ARLENE LEISTAD is survived by:

Her children – Ronald Leistad, of Pearland, TX; Rosalie McKinney, of McMinnville, OR; & Norene Hayes, of West Des Moines.

6 grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren & 12 great-great grandchildren.

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LORRAINE E. EHLE, 86, of Lyman (Svcs. 2-25-12)

Obituaries

February 19th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

LORRAINE E. EHLE, 86, of Lyman, died Sun., Feb. 19th, at the Exira Care Center. Graveside services for LORRAINE EHLE will be held 11:30-a.m. Sat., Feb. 25th, at the Evergreen Cemetery in Anita. Hockenberry Family Care Funeral Home in Anita has the arrangements.

Visitation with the family will be from 10:30-to11:30-am Saturday, at the funeral home.

LORRAINE EHLE is survived by:

Her children – Gary (Phyllis) Ehle, & Karen (Ray) Underwood, of Lyman; and, Kent (Theresa) Ehle, of Atlantic.

4 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren.

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CAROLYN VONNAHME, 88, of Arcadia (formerly of Manning) – Svcs 2-23-12

Obituaries

February 19th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

CAROLYN VONNAHME, 88, of Arcadia (formerly of Manning), died Sun., Feb. 19th, at St. Anthony Hospital in Carroll. A Mass of Christian Burial services for CAROLYN VONNAHME will be held 10-a.m. Thu., Feb. 23rd, at the Sacred Heart Church in Manning. Ohde Funeral Home in Manning has the arrangements.

Visitation at the funeral home is from 4-9pm Wed., Feb. 22nd, with a Prayer service at 4:30-p.m., and a Rosary at 6:30-p.m.

Burial will be in the Sacred Heart Cemetery in Manning.

CAROLYN VONNAHME is survived by:

Her children – Tom Vonnahme, of Vail; David Vonnahme, of Westside; Don Vonnahme, of Manning; Nancy Wittrock, of Audubon; Laurie Berger, of Westside; & Mike Vonnahme, of Manning.

26 grandchildren and 34 great-grandchildren.

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(Update 5:33-pm) Clarinda man dies in small plane crashe

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February 19th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

CLARINDA, Iowa (AP) – Officials are investigating a small plane crash in southwest Iowa that killed the pilot.  Page County Sheriff Lyle Palmer says 53-year-old Jac Crain, of Clarinda, was killed in the crash that happened around 1:30 p.m. Sunday.  Crain’s BD-4 experimental, single-engine plane came to rest about 100 yards away from a farm house that’s about 2 miles southwest of Clarinda. The plane was registered to Crain Construction, Incorporated. It was manufactured in 2005.

A BD-4 experimental aircraft similar to one that crashed (from BD-4.org)

Sheriff’s Officials couldn’t say Sunday evening if Crain had issued a distress call, or if there was any indication of engine failure prior to the crash. Investigators from the Federal Aviation Administration will work with local officials on Monday, to determine what caused the crash.

FAA records show the BD-4 Crain flew had a Lycoming engine capable of producing up to 200-horsepower.

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Villisca men arrested

News

February 19th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office reports two Villisca men were arrested over past few days. Sunday afternoon (Feb. 19th), 30-year old Adam Leroy Mattson, of Villisca, was taken into custody on a charge of Simple Assault, following an incident in the 400 block of 3rd Street, in Villisca. Mattson was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on $300 bond.

And, late Thursday morning (Feb 16th), 28-year old Chad Allen McCuen, of Villisca, was arrested for Breach of Public Peace, following an incident in the 300 block of South 3rd Avenue, in Villisca. McCuen was also being held in the Montgomery County Jail on $300 bond.

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State Wrestling Team Scores – Final

Sports

February 18th, 2012 by Jim Field

Class 3-A

1. Bettendorf 170.0
2. Southeast Polk 156.5
3. Iowa City, West 126.5
4. Linn Mar, Marion 126.0
5. Prairie, Cedar Rapids 86.5
6. Valley, West Des Moines 84.0
7. Mason City 70.0
8. Pleasant Valley 70.0
9. Waverly-Shell Rock 70.0
10. Lewis Central 64.0
11. Urbandale 59.5
12. Ankeny 58.5
13. Indianola 44.0
14. Spencer 43.0
15. Burlington 39.0
16. Johnston 33.5
17. Des Moines, Roosevelt 28.0
18. Fort Madison 26.5
19. Cedar Falls 22.0
20. Cedar Rapids, Kennedy 21.0
21. North Scott, Eldridge 19.5
22. Dowling Catholic, West Des Moines 18.0
23. Clinton 17.0
24. Sioux City, East 17.0
25. Fort Dodge 16.0
26. Keokuk 15.0
27. Oskaloosa 15.0
28. Epworth, Western Dubuque 13.0
29. Dubuque, Hempstead 12.5
30. Cedar Rapids, Washington 9.0
31. Davenport West 9.0
32. Sioux City, North 9.0
33. Iowa City, City High 8.0
34. Knoxville 8.0
35. Des Moines, North-Hoover 7.0
36. Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson 6.0
37. Decorah 6.0
38. Muscatine 6.0
39. Dubuque, Senior 5.0
40. Davenport Central 4.0
41. Mount Pleasant 4.0
42. Ames 3.0
43. Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 3.0
44. Marshalltown 2.0
45. Xavier, Cedar Rapids 2.0
46. Boone 1.0
47. Davenport North 1.0
48. Des Moines, East 1.0
49. Carroll 0.0
50. Cedar Rapids, Jefferson 0.0
51. Denison-Schleswig 0.0
52. Glenwood 0.0
53. Norwalk 0.0
54. Sioux City, West 0.0
55. Storm Lake 0.0
56. Waukee 0.0

Class 2-A

1. Denver-Tripoli 126.0
2. Assumption, Davenport 119.5
3. West Delaware, Manchester 119.0
4. Creston/Orient-Macksburg 90.5
5. New Hampton 77.5
6. Union – LaPorte City 64.5
7. Mediapolis 60.0
8. Solon 59.0
9. Perry 55.0
10. Spirit Lake Park 53.0
11. Charles City 44.5
12. Williamsburg 44.5
13. Osage 40.5
14. Sheldon South O`Brien 39.5
15. Sergeant Bluff-Luton 30.5
16. Red Oak 29.0
17. Webster City 28.0
18. Independence 27.0
19. South Tama County, Tama 27.0
20. Dallas Center-Grimes 26.0
21. Winterset 25.5
22. Central Lyon/George-Little Rock 24.0
23. Clear Lake 24.0
24. Albia 23.0
25. Louisa Muscatine, Letts 23.0
26. South Central Calhoun 22.0
27. PCM, Monroe 20.0
28. Atlantic 19.0
29. Estherville-Lincoln Central 18.0
30. New London 18.0
31. East Marshall/GMG 15.0
32. Laurens-Marathon 15.0
33. West Liberty 15.0
34. Central Clinton, DeWitt 14.0
35. Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 14.0
36. Mount Vernon 14.0
37. ADM, Adel 13.0
38. Missouri Valley 13.0
39. North Polk, Alleman 13.0
40. Monticello 12.0
41. OA-BCIG 12.0
42. Wahlert, Dubuque 12.0
43. Wilton 12.0
44. Bondurant-Farrar 11.0
45. Anamosa 10.0
46. Ballard 9.0
47. Clear Creek-Amana 9.0
48. MFL-Central 9.0
49. Boyden Hull/Rock Valley 8.0
50. Centerville 8.0
51. Carlisle 7.0
52. Grinnell 7.0
53. JSPCEG 7.0
54. Fairfield 5.0
55. Riceville/Saint Ansgar 5.0
56. Saydel 5.0
57. Cherokee, Washington 3.0
58. Clarinda 3.0
59. Gilbert 3.0
60. Hampton-Dumont 3.0
61. MOC-Floyd Valley 3.0
62. Northeast, Goose Lake 3.0
63. Washington 3.0
64. Davis County, Bloomfield 2.0
65. Harlan 2.0
66. Van Meter 2.0
67. Woodward-Granger 2.0
68. Algona/NSK 1.0
69. Beckman, Dyersville 0.0
70. Bedford/Lenox 0.0
71. Central Decatur, Leon 0.0
72. Chariton 0.0
73. Columbus Community, Columbus Junction 0.0
74. Crestwood, Cresco 0.0
75. East Sac County 0.0
76. Nevada 0.0

Class 1-A

1. Don Bosco, Gilbertville 95.5
2. Nashua-Plainfield 90.0
3. Alburnett 79.0
4. North-Linn, Troy Mills 72.5
5. West Branch 66.0
6. Lisbon 61.0
7. Martensdale-St Marys 61.0
8. Underwood 58.5
9. Eddyville-Blakesburg 52.0
10. South Winneshiek, Calmar 49.0
11. Clarion-Goldfield 48.0
12. Emmetsburg 46.0
13. West Hancock, Britt 43.0
14. Woodbury-Central, Moville 42.5
15. Maquoketa Valley, Delhi 40.0
16. Manson Northwest Webster 38.0
17. St. Albert, Council Bluffs 36.0
18. Aplington-Parkersburg 34.0
19. Okoboji, Milford 31.0
20. Highland, Riverside 30.0
21. Clarksville 29.0
22. Akron-Westfield 26.5
23. Tri-Center, Neola 26.0
24. Columbus Catholic, Waterloo 24.0
25. Tri-County-Montezuma 24.0
26. Sigourney-Keota 20.0
27. Valley Community, Elgin 20.0
28. Central Springs 19.0
29. Ogden 19.0
30. Logan-Magnolia 18.0
31. Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn 18.0
32. Sumner-Fredericksburg 18.0
33. English Valleys, North English 17.0
34. Graettinger-Terril 17.0
35. Audubon 16.0
36. Midland, Wyoming 16.0
37. Corning 15.0
38. St. Edmond, Fort Dodge 15.0
39. B-G-M, Brooklyn 14.0
40. Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn 13.0
41. Iowa Valley, Marengo 13.0
42. Ridge View 13.0
43. Hudson 12.0
44. Jesup 11.0
45. Riverside, Oakland 11.0
46. East Buchanan, Winthrop 10.0
47. Guthrie Center 10.0
48. Newman Catholic, Mason City 10.0
49. Woodbine 10.0
50. Westwood, Sloan 9.0
51. South Hamilton, Jewell 8.0
52. North Cedar, Standwood 7.0
53. EHK-Exira 6.5
54. Belle Plaine 6.0
55. Edgewood-Colesburg 6.0
56. West Marshall, State Center 6.0
57. Durant 5.0
58. Lake Mills 5.0
59. Pekin 5.0
60. Rockford 5.0
61. Western Christian, Hull 5.0
62. Regina, Iowa City 4.0
63. Cardinal, Eldon 3.0
64. Pocachontas Area/Pomeroy-Palmer 3.0
65. Van Buren, Keosauqua 3.0
66. West Sioux, Hawarden 3.0
67. East Mills 2.0
68. Lynnville-Sully 2.0
69. Mount Ayr 2.0
70. Pleasantville 2.0
71. West Central Valley, Stewart 2.0
72. Dike-New Hartford 1.0
73. Tipton 1.0
74. Colfax-Mingo 0.0
75. Coon Rapids-Bayard 0.0
76. Interstate 35, Truro 0.0
77. Lawton-Bronson 0.0
78. Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto 0.0
79. Nodaway Valley 0.0
80. North Butler, Greene 0.0
81. Panorama 0.0
82. Sibley-Ocheyedan 0.0
83. Southeast Warren, Liberty Center 0.0
84. Treynor 0.0
85. Turkey Valley, Jackson Junction 0.0
86. West Monona, Onawa 0.0

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State Wrestling Championship Matches

Sports

February 18th, 2012 by Jim Field

Class 3-A

  • 106: Matt Wempen (Linn Mar) 48-2 won 3-1 in overtime over Travis Willers (Pleasant Valley) 50-3
  • 113: Phillip Laux (Iowa City West) 50-3 won by 3-1 decision over Fredy Stroker (Bettendorf) 42-2
  • 120: Tyler Willers (Pleasant Valley) 51-2 won by 3-1  decision over Chris Walters (CR Prairie) 40-4
  • 126: Cory Clark (Southeast Polk) 46-1 won by 6-2 decision over Eric DeVos (Waverly-Shell Rock) 44-4
  • 132: Dakota Bauer (Iowa City West) 52-2 won by 5-4 decision over Luke Kremer (Cedar Rapids Kennedy) 39-6
  • 138: John Meeks (DM Roosevelt) 45-0 won by 9-6 decision over Connor Ryan (Bettendorf) 39-5
  • ***John Meeks is the 6th Iowa wrestler to end his career undefeated with 4 state titles***
  • 145: Gabriel Moreno (Urbandale) 41-0 won by 8-1 decision over Ross Lembeck (Linn Mar) 48-3
  • 152: Zach Witte (CR Prairie) 23-0 won by 5-3 decision over Dylan Blackford (SE Polk) 44-4
  • 160: Zeb Wahle (Lewis Central) 50-2 won by 3-2 decision over Justin Koethe (Iowa City West) 53-2
  • 170: Alex Meyer (Southeast Polk) 46-1 won by 10-4 decision over Colbey Vance (Bettendorf) 39-6
  • 182: Jared Bartel (Mason City) 49-0 won by 5-0 decision over Mark Atwater (Linn Mar) 31-4
  • 195: Ross Larson (Ankeny) 41-0 won by pin (1:21) over Bud Smith (Southeast Polk) 37-5
  • 220: Willie Miklus (Southeast Polk) 47-0 won by pin (1:49) over Zach Renshaw (Lewis Central) 48-3
  • 285: Nate Shaw (Bettendorf) 31-1 won 6-4 in overtime over Don Dawson (Indianola) 37-3

Class 2-A

  • 106: Doug Miner (Spirit Lake Park) 46-0 won by pin (3:03) over Mason Miller (Winterset) 41-4
  • 113: Max Thomsen (Union) 47-1 won by 6-0 decision over Shadow Leshen (Albia) 44-6
  • 120: Dylan Peters (Denver-Tripoli) 48-0 won by pin (:37) over Tony DeVriese (Dav. Assumption) 45-6
  • 126: Colton McCrystal (Sergeant Bluff-Luton) 45-1 won by 8-6 decision over Kyle Springer (Dav. Assumption) 50-2
  • 132: Brandon Sorensen (Denver-Tripoli) 49-1 won by 3-1  decision over Topher Carton (Dav. Assumption) 49-2
  • 138: Jake Marlin (Creston/O-M) 51-1 won by 10-2 major decision over Logan Thomsen (Union) 45-2
  • ***Jake Marlin wins his 3rd straight state title***
  • 145: JC Vercande (Williamsburg) 53-1 won by 19-4 tech fall over Cory Chapin (Denver-Tripoli) 40-4
  • 152: Nick Georgean (Dav. Assumption) 50-1 won by 8-5 decision over Cody Fritz (Solon) 46-1
  • 160: Erik Lux (South Tama County) 45-3 won by pin (5:31) over Chase Shedenhelm (Denver-Tripoli) 37-3
  • 170: Nick Fuller (Independence) 49-1 won by 9-0 major decision over JJ Hanus (Solon) 44-4
  • 182: Seth Esaias (Red Oak) 50-0 won by pin (6:41) over Garrett Smith (Denver-Tripoli) 29-2
  • 195: Adam Reth (West Delaware) 44-0 won by 3-2 decision over Keaton Hulett (Creston/O-M) 49-3
  • 220: Kane Seeley (Perry) 48-1 won by 24-9 tech fall over Terron Geerdes (Central Lyon/GLR) 35-2
  • 285: Collin Bevins (Creston/O-M) 52-1 won by pin (2:50) over Logan Hopp (New Hampton) 41-2

Class 1-A

  • 106: Hunter Washburn (Alburnett) 46-0 won by 11-2 major decision over Blake Dietz (Nashua-Plainfield) 44-3
  • 113: Jordan Bremer (Woodbury-Central) 47-1 won by 5-3 decision over Kyler Kiner (Ogden) 24-2
  • 120: Charlie Jones (Columbus Catholic) 45-7 won by 8-2 decision over Aaron Anderson (Clarion-Goldfield) 37-1
  • 126: Tyler Shulista (Alburnett) 46-1 won by pin (1:22) over Kyle White (Central Springs) 46-8
  • 132: David Walker (Martensdale-St Marys) 52-0 won by 13-3 major decision over Kolbi Kohl (Lisbon) 31-5
  • 138: Logan Mulnix (North-Linn) 45-0 won by 7-1 decision over Payton Rice (NW Webster) 46-4
  • 145: Robert Walker (Martensdale-St Marys) 30-0 won by 13-4major decision over Jake Slocum (West Branch) 44-5
  • 152: Loren Williams (Tri-Center) 52-0 won by 5-3 decision over Tait Simpson (Lisbon) 30-1
  • ***This is Loren Williams 2nd state title***
  • 160: Mark Weber (Don Bosco) 45-7 won by 3-2 decision over Taylor Wedeking (Nashua-Plainfield) 40-9
  • 170: Brendan Schott (North-Linn) 46-0 won by 9-3 decision over Brett Roberts (Eddyville-Blakesburg) 52-3
  • 182: Andy Glaser (Nashua-Plainfield) 43-3 won by  3-2 decision over Tanner Taylor (Okoboji, Milford) 43-1
  • 195: Caleb Ciavarelli (Clarksville) 36-2 won by pin (2:17) over Cade Jones (West Branch) 39-7
  • 220: Nick Schmelzer (South Winneshiek) 38-3 won by 6-3 decision over Derrick Miller (West Branch) 43-6
  • 285: Marco Naughton (St. Albert) 37-0 won by 11-2 major decision over Brandon McCracken (Aplington-Parkersburg) 43-5

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