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Nunn, Miller-Meeks blast shadowy group caught recruiting indie candidates in their districts

News

September 30th, 2024 by Jim Field

 Iowa Congressman Zach Nunn says state officials are investigating a group that recruited a fellow Republican to run against Nunn as an independent. Joe Wiederien (WEED-eh-ryn) of Scranton has withdrawn his name from the General Election ballot and attended Nunn’s campaign fundraiser this weekend. Nunn asked him to stand and be recognized.

An Associated Press report published earlier this month found a group called the Patriots Run Project had recruited candidates to run as independents in six congressional races — including Nunn’s.

Nunn, a Republican from Bondurant, is running for reelection in Iowa’s third congressional district. The Patriots Run Project also tried to recruit a candidate to run as an independent against first district Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks, but didn’t collect enough signatures on nominating petitions. Miller-Meeks referred to the situation during her remarks at Nunn’s fundraiser.

A spokesperson for the main campaign group supporting Democrats running for U-S House seats has said the organization had no knowledge or involvement in the Patriots Run Project activities in Iowa or elsewhere.

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Skyscan Forecast for Monday, September 30, 2024

Ag/Outdoor, Weather

September 30th, 2024 by Jim Field

Today:  Sunny with a high near 85. Light and variable wind becoming south southwest 5 to 10 mph in the morning.

Tonight:  Mostly clear with a low around 48. Breezy, with a north wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Tuesday:  Sunny with a high near 68. North wind at 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Wednesday:  Sunny with a high near 78. Breezy, with a south southwest wind 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Thursday:  Sunny with a high near 79.

Friday:  Sunny with a high near 74.

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Girls Cross Country Results from the Cyclone Invite

Sports

September 29th, 2024 by Christian Adams

Team Results

1. Harlan- 63 pts
2. Lewis Central – 64 pts
3. Glenwood – 66 pts
4. Treynor – 120 pts
5. Denison-Schlswg – 153 pts
6. Omaha South – 184 pts
7. Atlantic – 199 pts
8. Woodbine – 24 pts
9. CB, Abraham Lincoln – 249 pts
10. St. Albert – 283 pts
11. Clarinda – 287 pts
12. Riverside – 300 pts
13. Kuemper Catholic – 310 pts
14. CB, Thomas Jefferson – 379 pts

Individual Results

1. Lili Denton – St. Albert (18:16.15)
2. Lindsey Sonderman – Harlan (18:27.11)
3. Grace Berglund – Glenwood (18:37.69)
4. Ava Bussey – Lewis Central – (19:45.06)
5. Charlotte Gregor – Omaha South (19:47.37)
6. Ashlyn Rau – Harlan (19:50.11)
7. Breckyn Petersen – Glenwood (19:56.52)
8. Madelyn Hoss – Lewis Central (20:02.50)
9. Delayna Reese – Lewis Central (20:04.72)
10. Lola Mendlik – Denison-Schlswg (20:40.79)

Atlantic

15. Katrina Williams – 21:12.71
43. Hailey White – 23:51.76
47. Hailey Huffman – 24:18.49
49. Bella Brock – 24:27.15
55. Elynor Brummer – 24:46.34
66. Allison Middents – 25:13.07
97. Cadence Kinzie – 30:30.99

Treynor

11. Anne Miller – 20:47.75
18. Madalyn Kerkmann – 21:25.59
24. Lilly Yochum – 22:20.22

Denison-Schleswig

12. Alexa Tremblay – 20:59.01
34. Emily Bahnsen – 23:19.99
45. Piomo Okwer – 24:09.67

Clarinda

29. Riley King – 22:46.86
68. Alexa Barnes – 25:27.29
69. Richlyn Muff – 25:28.29

Riverside

33. Iviana Schechinger – 23:17.49
57. Bailey Richardson – 24:52.30
64. Danika Feigenbutz – 25:04.30

Keumper Catholic

44. Kaci Wiederien – 24:01.37
67. Addie Davis – 25:14.37
70. Madeline Segebart – 25:34.23

 

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Boys Cross Country Results from the Cyclone Invite

Sports

September 29th, 2024 by Christian Adams

Team Results

1. Lewis Central – 33 pts
2. Woodbine – 83 pts
3. Riverside – 91 pts
4. Kuemper Catholic – 131 pts
5. Red Oak – 146 pts
6. Omaha South – 178 pts
7. CB, Abraham Lincoln – 249 pts
8. Clarinda – 249 pts
9. Glenwood – 264 pts
10. Shenandoah – 270 pts
11. Denison-Schlswg – 277 pts
12. St. Albert – 277 pts
13. Harlan – 280 pts
14. Atlantic – 287 pts
15 . CB, Thomas  Jefferson – 409 pts
16. Treynor – 459 pts

Individual Results

1. Evan Lillie – Lewis Central (16:04.28)
2. Kyle Wagoner – Clarinda (16:11.67)
3. Marshall Arkfeld – Lewis Central (16:25.17)
4. Kevin Coots – Lewis Central (16:36.53)
5. Dayton Wiederien – Kuemper Catholic (16:45.37)
6. Gunner Wagner – Woodbine (16:55.06)
7. Kaiden Hamilton – CB, Thomas Jefferson (16:59.64)
8. Emmanuel Grass – Red Oak (17:04.62)
9. Jackson Cox – Lewis Central (17:08.56)
10. Dawson Henderson – Riverside (17:25.55)

Atlantic

33. Luke Irlmeier – 18:53.26
55. Devon Fields – 19:37.56
65. Vincent Meisinger – 19:58.93
71. Xander Cook – 20:09.75
74. Kouper Kinney – 20:18.57
79. Preston Williams – 20:31.08
84. Caleb Andersen – 20:44.31

Harlan

25. Erik Heslink – 18:30.65
26. Jeffrey Gross – 18:33.39
72. Elijah Cox – 20:13.83

Riverside

11. Brody Henderson – 17:30.11
15. Owen Fenner – 17:56.27
19. Eli Hudnall – 18:06.43

Kuemper Catholic

18. Fletch Badding – 18:06.12
32. Evan Schaefer – 18:47.31
34. Thomas Pottebaum – 18:53.81

Denison-Schleswig

13. Kevin Sanchez – 17:53.93
24. Ethan Olsen – 18:29.15
81. Ivan Ledesma – 20:37.74

Shenandoah

31. Luke Daoust – 18:47.20
51. Damien Little Thunder – 19:30.89
59. Dylan Kellogg – 19:44.99

Red Oak

12. Hayden Heitbrink. – 17:49.29
38. Pace Chaillie – 19:05.17
41. Osiel Pedersen – 19:12.68

Clarinda

45. Bryar Hudson – 19:25.05
53. Isaiah Stogdill – 19:35.50
66. Malcolm Taylor – 19:59.19

 

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Volleybal Scoreboard from Sept. 28

Sports

September 29th, 2024 by Christian Adams

Boyer Valley Tournament 

Denison-Schleswig – 2  vs Audubon – 0

IKM-Manning-2 vs Boyer Valley -1

IKM-Manning – 2 vs Audubon – 0

Denison-Schleswig – 2 vs Missouri Valley – 1

Boyer Valley – 2 vs Audubon – 0

IKM-Manning – 2 vs  Missouri Valley – 1

Denison-Schleswig – 2 vs  Boyer Valley – 1

Missouri Valley – 2 vs Audubon – 1

Missouri Valley – 2 Boyer Valley – 0

Denison-Schleswig – 2 vs IKM-Manning – 1

Southwest Valley Tournament 

Lenox – 2 vs CAM – 1

Lenox -2 vs East Atchison – 1

East Atchison – 2 vs CAM – 0

Southwest Valley – 2 vs Diagonal – 0

Clarke – 2 vs AHSTW – 1

Southwest Valley – 2 vs  Clarke – 0

AHSTW – 2 vs Diagonal – 0

Southwest Valley – 2 vs AHSTW – 0

Clarke – 2 vs Diagonal – 0

Southwest Valley – 2 vs East Atchison – 0

Lenox – 2 vs Clarke – 0

Fifth Place: CAM – 2 vs AHSTW – 0

Third place: East Atchison – 2 vs Clarke – 0

Championship: Southwest Valley – 2 vs Lenox – 0

Bedford Tournament 

Stanton – 2 vs Lamoni – 0

East Mills – 2 vs Mount Ayr – 1

Stanton – 2 vs  Mount Ayr – 0

East Mills – 2  vs Lamoni – 0

East Mills – 2 vs Stanton – 0

Sidney – 2 vs Bedford – 0

Mid-Buchanan – 1 vs St. Albert – 2

Sidney – 2 vs  Mid-Buchanan – 1

St. Albert – 2 vs Bedford – 0

Sidney – 2 vs St. Albert – 0

Mid-Buchanan – 2 vs Bedford – 0

Mount Ayr – 2 vs Lamoni 15-11

St. Albert – 2 vs Lamoni – 0

Mount Ayr – 2  vs Bedford – 0

St. Albert – 2 vs  Mount Ayr – 0

Mid-Buchanan def. East Mills

Sidney – 2 vs  Stanton – 0

Championship: Mid-Buchanan – 2 vs  Sidney – 0

Nevada Tournament

Dallas Center-Grimes – 2 vs  Harlan – 0

Winterset – 2 vs Harlan – 1

Des Moines Christian – 2 vs Harlan – 0

Lake Mills – 2 vs Harlan – 0

Carlisle Tournament 

Glenwood – 2  vs Pella – 0

Glenwood – 2 vs Des Moines East – 0

Glenwood -2 vs Carlisle – 1

Glenwood – 2 vs Southeast Polk – 0

Sioux City East Tournament 

Lewis Central – 2 vs Abraham Lincoln – 0

Lewis Central – 2 vs Sioux City North – 1

Lewis Central – 2 vs Hinton – 1

Bishop Heelan Catholic – 2 vs Lewis Central – 1

Sioux City East – 2 vs Lewis Central – 0

 

 

 

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Iowa DC Phil Parker on improvement

Sports

September 29th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

Iowa defensive coordinator Phil Parker says the Hawkeyes worked on tackling during their bye week. Iowa is 3-1 and returns to action Saturday at third ranked Ohio State.

The Hawkeyes have been burned by the big play but the Hawkeyes rank fourth in the nation by giving up only 62 yards of rushing per game.

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Atlantic Little League Park damaged by a vehicle over the weekend

News

September 29th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

(Atlantic, Iowa) – A Little League Field fence at the Atlantic Sports Complex was damaged over the weekend by a vehicle. A video posted to Facebook by Parks and Rec Coordinator Jeff Christensen, Sunday, showed tracks left in the gravel by an unknown vehicle that was apparently doing “donuts,” when it crashed into a fence, causing the fence to be bent over and broke in some spots. https://fb.watch/uVifR8Agra/

(Christensen said in the video “This is gonna take a little money to fix, people. We need to stop doing this to our stuff.” He urged anyone with information about who may have perpetrated the damage to call the Atlantic Police Department.)

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PHYLLIS MEWHIRTER, 99, of Atlantic (Celebration of Life Svcs. Oct. 5, 2024)

Obituaries

September 29th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

PHYLLIS MEWHIRTER, 99, of Atlantic, died September 2nd, 2024, at Heritage House in Atlantic.  Celebration of Life services for PHYLLIS MEWHIRTER will be held 11-a.m. Saturday, October 5th, 2024, at the First United Methodist Church, in Atlantic. Roland Funeral Home in Atlantic is assisting the family.

The service will be recorded and available underneath Phyllis’ obituary on the funeral home website by end of day on October 7th.

Immediately following the service, the family invites you to join them for a time of visitation and lunch in the fellowship hall.

A private family inurnment will be held in the Atlantic Cemetery.

PHYLLIS MEWHIRTER is survived by:

Her sons – Roger (Corinne) Mewhirter, of Las Vegas, NV; Richard (Judy) Mewhirter, of Dallas, TX, and Brian (Joan) Mewhirter, of Atlantic.

10 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandson.

Condolences may be left at www.rolandfuneralservice.com.

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Red Oak man arrested on an Assault charge, Saturday

News

September 29th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

(Red Oak, Iowa) – Red Oak Police, early Saturday morning, arrested a man on an Assault charge. 31-year-old Kyle Robert Danick, of Red Oak, was arrested at around 1:50-a.m., in the 100 block of East Reed Street. Danick was charged with Simple Assault. He was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on a $300 bond.

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Body recovered from a pickup truck that went into the Missouri River in Sioux City

News

September 29th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

SIOUX CITY (KTIV) – After authorities searched for about 10-hours, a body was recovered, Friday, from a pickup truck that entered the Missouri River early Friday morning, in Sioux City. KTIV in Sioux City reports a pickup traveling south on Interstate 29 went into the river at around 6:35-a.m., Friday, near the railroad bridge.

A passenger who was in the vehicle during the crash told authorities that the driver had a medical episode. Sioux City Police believe that caused the pickup to go off I-29, through a fence, over a walking trail and into the river. The passenger was able to get out of the pickup and was sent to a Sioux City hospital. Authorities have not identified the driver or passenger.

Sioux City Fire Rescue led the recovery efforts along the Iowa side of the river. The area they were searching in the water was 17 feet deep, and the water was moving at nearly 10 mph in the spot where the pickup was located.

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