(Glenwood, Iowa) – Police in Glenwood report a woman was arrested Wednesday for Domestic Abuse Assault and Criminal Mischief. 38-year-old Robyn Salmons, of Glenwood, was being held in the Mills County Jail on a $600 bond.
(Glenwood, Iowa) – Police in Glenwood report a woman was arrested Wednesday for Domestic Abuse Assault and Criminal Mischief. 38-year-old Robyn Salmons, of Glenwood, was being held in the Mills County Jail on a $600 bond.
(Radio Iowa) – The co-owner of the central Iowa bar that’s home of this year’s “Best Burger” competition winner says their business has picked up dramatically since the announcement. Marianne and Matt Pacha opened their “Flight Bar and Grill” in Huxley one year ago, and were hoping that milestone would help them plan. “We said, as soon as we hit the year mark, we’ll be able to know, like, usually the season is like this or that. And then this kind of threw things out the window — it’s gonna be a whole new data we’ll have to figure out — but all for good reason. We are thrilled about this,” Pacha says.
She says they had been 200 to 300 burgers in a week and Tuesday they sold 260. The couple didn’t have any background in running a restaurant, but she says her husband worked in grocery retail, and they knew there was a need for the establishment in the community. “We were a young couple have built a house here. And after we moved in, we were like let’s go grab a drink. We’re tired from the day. And there wasn’t really a place to do that at the time,” she says.
The name of the establishment comes from the Ballard school district, which mascot is the Bombers, and then they have flights of beer too. They donate one dollar from every burger sold to the Ballard Education Foundation to help support the school district. Pacha says their foundation is a double burger with several ingredients. “Lots of love and lots of fresh ingredients. We source our beef exclusively from Midwest farms. They’re also smash burgers. So cooked in their own fat, a crisp outside, but nice to see inside. We use a really high-quality brioche bun and we also have in-house aoli we use on all of our burgers,” she says.
The contest is held ever year by the Iowa Cattlemen’s Association and Iowa Beef Industry Council. Pacha says seeing all the extra people come in great because it puts more eyes on the community. “It’s exciting to get more people into Flight — but Huxley as a whole, it’s such a wonderful community we have so much to offer. We have new people come in, say ‘We didn’t even know this was here. We didn’t know there were so many new houses going up. We didn’t know you know, insert fact here.’,” Pacha says. “So it’s really exciting that people are learning that actually has more to offer than just you know, small town I am. Well, we have a great school district.”
You can find Flight just off Highway 69 on the south side of Huxley. They are open Sunday-Thursday from 11 a-m until 10 p-m, and Friday, Saturday from 11 a-m until 11 p-m.
(Des Moines, Iowa) – Iowa Governor Reynolds has announced that applications for Students First Educations Savings Accounts (ESAs) will be accepted starting May 31, 2023. The Students First Act was signed into law earlier this year and will provide state funding for eligible students who attend accredited nonpublic schools starting in the 2023-2024 school year. Additionally, the State Board of Education today adopted administrative rules that specify definitions for the program, eligibility requirements for participation, parameters for the application process, and program administration and accountability.
“As we prepare to accept applications later this month for Iowa’s landmark Students First ESA program, the rules approved today will provide families with the details they need to consider their options and prepare to apply,” stated Governor Reynolds. “We are one step closer to providing choice in education for Iowa families regardless of income or zip code.”
All incoming kindergarteners and all K-12 students currently enrolled in a public school district are eligible for the ESA program. Families whose children currently attend an accredited nonpublic school are also eligible for ESAs based on their annual income during the first two years of the program. For the 2023-2024 school year, income eligibility is 300 percent of the federal poverty level (FPL); and 400 percent FPL for the 2024-2025 school year. Beginning in the 2025-2026 school year, all K-12 students in Iowa will be eligible for an ESA regardless of income.
The following rules specify some eligibility requirements for students currently attending an accredited nonpublic school:
The administrative rules are posted in their entirety on the Iowa Department of Education’s ESA webpage, along with answers to frequently asked questions about the program. Parents interested in applying for an ESA are encouraged to sign up for notifications when information is updated on the website. Parents will complete and submit applications through an online system which the Department of Education, Office of the Chief Information Officer, and other state agencies are now implementing with Odyssey, the vendor selected to administer the ESA program. Webinars will be offered to assist parents with the application process when the system launches on May 31.
Applications will be accepted from May 31 through June 30, 2023, for the 2023-2024 school year.
The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union has released regional sites and assignments for the golf postseason.
The Class 1A and 2A regional first round tournaments will be played on May 12th. Regional finals for all four classes are on May 17th.
View the complete list of sites and assignments HERE.
Check out the regions where area teams will be playing, grouped by final site, below.
CLASS 1A REGION 1 FINAL @ CAM
Region 1A First Round at Aurelia (Boyer Valley, Glidden-Ralston, Woodbine)
Region 1B First Round at IKM-Manning (Audubon, CAM, Exira-EHK, IKM-Manning, Logan-Magnolia, Riverside, St. Albert, Tri-Center)
Region 1C First Round at Sidney (Bedford, East Mills, Essex, Griswold, Hamburg, Lenox, Sidney, Southwest Valley)
CLASS 1A REGION 3 FINAL @ LYNNVILLE-SULLY
Region 3A First Round at Grundy Center
Region 3B First Round at Woodward-Granger (Coon Raipds-Bayard, Martensdale-St. Marys)
Region 3C First Round at Mount Ayr (East Union, Lamoni, Melcher-Dallas, Mormon Trail, Mount Ayr, Nodaway Valley/Orient-Macksburg, Southeast Warren, Wayne)
CLASS 2A REGION 2 FINAL @ CARROLL/KUEMPER CATHOLIC
Region 2A First Round at Red Oak (Clarinda, Kuemper Catholic, Missouri Valley, Red Oak, Shenandoah, Treynor, Underwood)
Region 2B First Round at Roland-Story
CLASS 3A REGION 1 @ STORM LAKE
Harlan
CLASS 3A REGION 2 @ CARROLL
Atlantic, Denison-Schleswig, Glenwood
CLASS 3A REGION 3 @ OSKALOOSA
Creston
CLASS 4A REGION 2 @ WDM VALLEY
CB Thomas Jefferson, CB Abraham Lincoln, Lewis Central
GIRLS SOCCER
Lewis Central 3, CB Thomas Jefferson 1
Girls Hawkeye Ten Tennis Tournament
05/03/2023 @ Caroll
Team Scores
Lewis Central’s Lanee Olsen was the winner at #1 Singles with an 8-3 win over St. Albert’s Landry Miller in the final.
Mallory Kjeldgaard of Lewis Central was the winner at #2 Singles with a tiebreak win over Sammy Swensen of Harlan in the final.
Clarinda’s Mayson Hartley and Taylor Cole claimed their third consecutive title at #1 Doubles. They defeated Red Oak’s Merced Ramirez and Tessa Rolenc in the final 8-1.
Clarinda’s Avery Walter and Brooker Brown won the #2 Doubles bracket for the second straight season with an 8-0 win over St. Albert’s Lily Barnes and Mari Valdivia.
DOUGLAS HOWARD, 65, of Atlantic, died December 30th, 2022, at Cass County Memorial Hospital, in Atlantic. A Graveside service for DOUG HOWARD will be take place 11-a.m. Saturday, May 6th, in the Atlantic Cemetery. Roland Funeral Service in Atlantic is handling the arrangements.
Memorials may be made to Gideon’s International.
Condolences may be left at www.rolandfuneralservice.com
Pride of Iowa Conference Boys Golf Tournament
05/03/2023 @ Leon Golf & Country Club (Par 72)
Team Scores
1 | Mount Ayr | 347 |
2 | Nodaway Valley | 365 |
3 | Bedford | 366 |
4 | Wayne | 375 |
5 | Southwest Valley | 378 |
6 | East Union | 381 |
7 | Lenox | 404 |
8 | Southeast Warren | 406 |
9 | Martensdale-St. Marys | 428 |
Individual Top Ten
1 | Micah Johnson | Bedford | 82 | |
2 | Drew Ehlen | Mount Ayr | 82 | |
3 | Tanner Streit | Mount Ayr | 82 | |
4 | Landon Klobnak | Nodaway Valley | 82 | |
5 | Austin Ledlie | Southeast Warren | 82 | |
6 | Nash Buckingham | Wayne | 84 | |
7 | Isaac Currin | Southwest Valley | 86 | |
8 | Cole Keller | Martensdale-St. Marys | 87 | |
9 | Josh Lopez | East Union | 88 | |
10 | Jaxson Greene | Mount Ayr | 88 |
Full Results HERE
Corner Conference Boys Golf Tournament
05/03/2023 @ Griswold Golf Course (Par 72)
Team Scores
Individual Top Ten
Full results HERE
Corner Conference Girls Golf Tournament
5/3/2023 @ Griswold Golf Course (Par
Team Scores
Individual Top Ten
Full results HERE