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Guthrie Center man dies after being struck while riding his bicycle

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February 1st, 2024 by Ric Hanson

(Guthrie Center, Iowa) – A man who was riding a bicycle near Guthrie Center and was struck by a pickup truck Wednesday evening, has died from his injuries. The Iowa State Patrol was called to assist the Guthrie County Sheriff’s Office with an investigation into the accident at around 5:38-p.m., in Guthrie Center.

Authorities say a 2013 Ford F-150 pickup driven by 83-year-old Francis Junior Flanery, of Panora, was westbound on Highway 44 just east of Bluff Street. A bicycle towing a bicycle buggy, and being ridden by 69-year-old Wayne Wesley Hayes, of Guthrie Center, was also westbound on Highway 44, when it was struck by the pickup truck.

Hayes was transported by Panora EMS to the Guthrie County Hospital, where he died from his injuries. Flanery was not injured in the collision. The accident remains under investigation.

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Girls State Wrestling Begins Today

Sports

February 1st, 2024 by Jim Field

The 2024 Iowa High School State Wrestling Championships begin today at Xtream Arena in Coralville.

Wrestlers who placed in the top 4 in each weight class in last week’s Super Regional tournaments make up the 32 team brackets.  Locally, S.W.A.T Valkyrie has six wrestlers in the tourney, Riverside has three, Southwest Valley has two, Lewis Central has six, Red Oak has two, while ATU and Treynor each have one.

Today’s action begins at 10:00 am with the early session running until 3:00 with first and second rounds and first round wrestlebacks.  The late session at 6:00 pm includes the quarterfinals and second and third round wrestlebacks.

We’ll have live coverage with updates today at 11:45 am, 1:45 pm, 3:45 pm and this evening between games of our basketball doubleheader and a final update once the second game is over.

Here is a look at area first round match-ups by weight class with seedings in parenthesis:

  • 100 – (15) Jazz Christensen, 11 (S.W.A.T. Valkyrie) 34-6 vs. (18) Taylor Cavanh, 10 (Iowa City, Liberty) 32-6
  • 105 – (9) Mercedes Ponce, 11 (Perry) 25-6 vs. (24) Quynn Foster, 10 (Highway 34) 27-8
  • 105 – (23) Sophia Hazen, 9 (ATU) 25-9 vs. (10) Emma Miller, 11 (Treynor) 20-5
  • 110 – (1) Jasmine Luedtke, 12 (Ottumwa) 33-0 vs. (32) Kambry Gordon, 10 (Clarinda) 27-18
  • 110 – (9) Grace Hoffman, 12 (Kuemper Catholic) 14-6 vs. (24) Abby Jager, 12 (Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont) 27-10
  • 110 – (19) Ashlyn Leslie, 10 (Nevada) 35-9 vs. (14) Maddie McCoy, 11 (Southwest Valley) 27-3
  • 110 – (23) Audra Coss, 10 (Wilton) 32-13 vs. (10) Julia Kanne, 12 (Carroll) 32-10
  • 115 – (1) Molly Sek, 12 (Sioux City North) 33-0 vs. (32) Randi Welchans, 9 (Clarinda) 20-18
  • 115 – (5) Carly Henderson, 12 (Riverside, Oakland) 39-1 vs. (28) Saphira Olsen, 9 (Clear Lake) 23-15
  • 115 – (11) Cameryn Judisch, 11 (Sumner-Fredericksburg) 28-7 vs. (22) Emily Lundvall, 12 (Glenwood) 30-9
  • 120 – (25) Sadie Smith, 10 (Kuemper Catholic) 28-15 vs. (8) Reese Berns, 11 (Central Community, Elkader) 38-4
  • 120 – (3) Avaeh Smith, 9 (Lewis Central) 40-1 vs. (30) Camryn Andersen, 9 (Sioux City North) 21-11
  • 120 – (27) Veronica Schechinger, 11 (Riverside, Oakland) 33-16 vs. (6) Grace Storjohann, 10 (AP-GC) 24-2
  • 120 – (7) Jordan Buffum, 11 (Missouri Valley) 39-4 vs. (26) Ella Deines, 10 (Southeast Polk) 11-7
  • 125 – (1) Molly Allen, 11 (Riverside, Oakland) 27-0 vs. (32) Ava Streeter, 10 (Durant) 30-16
  • 125 – (17) Edie Collins, 9 (Charles City) 32-13 vs. (16) Zoey Vandevender, 11 (Highway 34) 31-6
  • 125 – (13) Jadalynn Daily, 12 (Davenport) 25-9 vs. (20) Josie McCunn, 12 (Red Oak) 30-12
  • 125 – (7) Destiny Brown, 11 (Ridge View) 37-2 vs. (26) Chloe Wieland, 10 (CBCSD Co-Op Wrestling) 27-11
  • 130 – (5) Layla Ewing, 11 (Moravia) 8-1 vs. (28) Taya Adams, 12 (Denison-Schleswig) 25-13
  • 130 – (13) Evy Marlin, 11 (Highway 34) 33-3 vs. (20) Isabel Christensen, 11 (Sumner-Fredericksburg) 34-14
  • 130 – (27) Cierra Wieland, 10 (CBCSD Co-Op Wrestling) 33-9 vs. (6) Destiny Krum, 11 (East Buchanan) 58-7
  • 130 – (15) Nicole Bond, 11 (Red Oak) 29-5 vs. (18) Mayleigh Medberry, 10 (Central Community, Elkader) 46-13
  • 135 – (9) Annaliese Arciniega, 11 (Osage) 37-10 vs. (24) Brooklyn Lange, 12 (Missouri Valley) 36-9
  • 135 – (19) Averi Burke, 12 (Carroll) 33-7 vs. (14) Maddy Jansen, 10 (South Winneshiek) 23-9
  • 135 – (11) Clara Sapienza, 12 (Southwest Iowa) 39-3 vs. (22) Sophie Glaser, 9 (NH/TV) 29-17
  • 135 – (31) Lily Anderson, 10 (Ames) 23-19 vs. (2) Espie Almazan, 12 (Lewis Central) 38-1
  • 140 – (25) Angie Rivera, 10 (Denison-Schleswig) 28-11 vs. (8) Jolee Strohmeyer, 10 (Dubuque Senior) 30-2
  • 140 – (21) Addison Appelhans, 11 (Anamosa) 36-18 vs. (12) Kassidy Fiala, 11 (Lewis Central) 30-11
  • 140 – (23) Mia South, 12 (S.W.A.T. Valkyrie) 28-9 vs. (10) Naomi Templeman, 11 (Raccoon River-Northwest) 38-11
  • 145 – (1) Mahri Manz, 11 (Lewis Central) 28-2 vs. (32) Karlee Akers, 12 (Winterset) 18-12
  • 145 – (5) Phoenix Gryp, 12 (Williamsburg) 40-2 vs. (28) Kenzie Maeder, 10 (Southwest Valley) 20-14
  • 145 – (7) Lucy Kohnen, 11 (Manson Northwest Webster) 32-2 vs. (26) Emily Kesterson, 12 (Southwest Iowa) 38-9
  • 155 – (17) Nancy Bowman, 11 (Logan-Magnolia) 29-7 vs. (16) Elsie Lewis, 11 (Muscatine) 36-6
  • 155 – (3) Kyleigh James, 12 (Mason City) 25-2 vs. (30) Stella Beattie, 9 (S.W.A.T. Valkyrie) 21-11
  • 155 – (31) Ashlynn Carter-Shook, 12 (Mount Vernon) 15-8 vs. (2) Nicole Olson, 12 (Missouri Valley) 38-1
  • 170 – (9) Kalen Westerfield, 10 (Lewis Central) 26-13 vs. (24) Mckenna Broadhead, 10 (Denver) 23-11
  • 170 – (3) Grace Britten, 12 (S.W.A.T. Valkyrie) 36-2 vs. (30) Ellie Callahan, 10 (Mid-Prairie) 22-14
  • 190 – (17) Cadence Heggen, 10 (Boone) 20-9 vs. (16) Ellen Gerlock, 11 (S.W.A.T. Valkyrie) 24-9
  • 190 – (29) Emma Grossman, 10 (Carroll) 18-7 vs. (4) Libby Dix, 11 (Mount Vernon) 31-1
  • 235 – (9) Katelyn Brokus, 12 (Dubuque Hempstead) 25-4 vs. (24) Madison Wright, 9 (Lewis Central) 20-16
  • 235 – (21) Emma Daniels, 10 (Carroll) 26-6 vs. (12) Haley Armstrong, 10 (S.W.A.T. Valkyrie) 30-9
  • 235 – (7) Jocelyn Buffum, 11 (Missouri Valley) 33-2 vs. (26) Melanie Martinez, 12 (Ankeny) 20-10
  • 235 – (15) Savannah Sistad, 12 (Highway 34) 28-5 vs. (18) Kiara Rodriguez, 11 (Burlington) 20-10

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Iowa State women beat Oklahoma State

Sports

January 31st, 2024 by Asa Lucas

The Iowa State women halted a three game losing skid. The Cyclones outscored Oklahoma State 10-0 to close the third quarter in 78-67 win in Ames. Freshman center Audi Crooks had season high 29 points as ISU improved to 7-3 in the Big 12.

Crooks gave credit to the passing by the guards.

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Clark sets BIG scoring mark as No. 3 Iowa wins at Northwestern

Sports

January 31st, 2024 by Asa Lucas

The third ranked Iowa Hawkeye women connected on 56 percent for the game and made 13 three pointers in a 110-74 win at Northwestern. Iowa coach Lisa Bluder.

It was another record breaking night for Caitlin Clark who finished with 35 points and 10 assists.

Clark passed former Ohio State star Kelsey Mitchell to become the Big Ten’s all time leading scorer.

The Hawkeyes are 9-1 in the Big Ten and 20-2 overall.

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Drake men claim 17th straight home win

Sports

January 31st, 2024 by Asa Lucas

Drake claimed a 17th straight home win. The Bulldogs pulled away in the second half to beat Valparaiso 81-70. Darnell Brodie scored 19 points and had a career-high 18 rebounds.

Drake coach Darian DeVries. The Bulldogs are 9-2 in the Missouri Valley Conference and visit Valley leader Indiana State Saturday.

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Hawkeyes Go Undefeated in Inaugural Season

Sports

January 31st, 2024 by Asa Lucas

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – The second-ranked University of Iowa Women’s Wrestling team defeated the Sioux Falls Cougars on Wednesday evening, 39-7, inside of the Stewart Center. The Hawkeyes finish their inaugural season undefeated in dual competition.

Emilie Gonzalez started the night off at 101 pounds with a quick technical fall over Ava McNeal, 10-0. After a forfeit at 109, Brianna Gonzalez defeated Paige Denke, 12-2, at 116. Cali Leng came in at 123 with another 10-0 tech. fall for the Hawkeyes over Reianna Ogden. At 130, Emily Frost recorded the first fall of the night in 1:31. Emmily Patneaud followed with another pin defeating McKenna Hendrickson in 1:23 at 136. Ella Schmit notched an 11-0 tech. fall downing Brinley Green at 143, and Bella Mir followed at 155 earning her seventh pin on the season over Aliyah Villarreal, 1:01. Kylie Welker took the forfeit at 170, and Alivia White finished strong with an 8-4 decision over Zoe Adams, sealing the Hawkeyes victory.

Iowa finished its inaugural season going 16-0 and outscored their opponents 593-108 in dual competition.

HEAR FROM HEAD COACH CLARISSA CHUN

“It was amazing to feel the support from the Hawkeyes faithful. The gym was filled with over 500 people, and it felt like a lot of Iowa fans out there. It was so special to feel like we were in a home crowd. This was a great opportunity for some of our girls in the lineup to get some great matchups with Sioux Falls. I am really grateful for the Sioux Falls program for inviting us to dual here, because it is so important to grow this sport and have competitions in these different areas, especially places like South Dakota.”

UP NEXT 

The Hawkeyes will take the short trip to Des Moines, Iowa, to compete in the Grand View Open on Saturday. Competition will be all day and can be followed live on trackwrestling.com.

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Lady Vikes Basketball is feeling enhanced during the second half of the year

Sports

January 31st, 2024 by Asa Lucas

The (10-6) AHSTW Girl’s Basketball Team was riding a five-game winning before falling to top ranked St. Albert on Tuesday night 41-31. The season started off slow for Head Coach Jason McCall and the Lady Vikes with an 0-2 record and a 27-point loss to CAM. Since then, AHSTW has had all of their starters healthy and playing with awareness on the court that was not there a month ago.

A large help to this refreshed Lady Vikes team is the consistent scoring and post play from senior Delaney Goshorn. At around 13 points a game and 88 rebounds, Goshorn is the leading scorer and rebounder for AHSTW. She’s also embraced the role of being a gritty low post defender and facilitating the offense.

Next to her in offensive production with 103 points is senior Ella Langer. Not only is she the second highest scorer on the team but leads in steals as well. Coach McCall remarked that Langer’s ability on defense has matured making her a tough player to score against.

Now the Lady Vikes are looking directly at two tough upcoming Western Iowa road games. Thursday’s game will be against a solid (9-8) Riverside team and then on Friday AHSTW faces the top team in the WIC a (12-4) Treynor squad who has won their last three contests. Coach McCall knows the competition level for these two matchups will be high and he has confidence his team can match.

KJAN will bring you the coverage of Thursday’s matchup between the Lady Vikes and the Bulldogs with the pregame show starting at 5:50 p.m.

 

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Guthrie County Sheriff’s Department issues monthly jail report

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January 31st, 2024 by Ric Hanson

(Guthrie Center, Iowa) – January was a bit of a slower month for processing inmates at the Guthrie County jail. Deputy Sheriff Jesse Swensen, in his monthly report issued today (Wednesday), said “The weather was partially to blame. We processed 65 inmates during the month.

“We held 33 out of county inmates for different periods of time. We brought in $22,250 from holding out of county inmates. With the 14 inmates we received from Polk County yesterday, February’s revenue should be significantly higher.”

You can view pdf reports on the jail stats, below:

January Average Population

January Monthly Summary

January Billing

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Congressman Feenstra calls for response to deadly drone attack on U.S. troops

News

January 31st, 2024 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – Iowa Congressman Randy Feenstra, a Republican from Hull says the time for the U.S. to respond to the drone attack that left three American soldiers dead in Jordan is now.

“Well, first of all, it’s a tragedy when we lose three military personnel. That should never happen. And we have to hold Iran accountable. We know Iran, Iran is behind this,” Feenstra says. “Obviously, we have to make sure Iran’s oil is cut off. You know, we also have to make sure that we stop Iran from using drones and coming after us. I mean, we have to make this punitive and they have to know that they don’t mess with America.”

Randy Feenstra

The House is set to vote on the impeachment resolution for Homeland Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. Feenstra says thousands of illegals are crossing the U-S boarder every day because the Secretary is not doing his job. “I will be voting yes to impeach Mayorkas. I think this is one time where a cabinet member has not done their job and is creating just a terrible situation in the United States it’s a complete dereliction of duty,” Feenstra says.

Mayorkas would be the first cabinet secretary to be impeached in nearly 150 years.

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Deer gets antlers tangled in backyard hammock in Sioux City

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January 31st, 2024 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – A deer in Sioux City somehow got its antlers stuck in hammock tied between two trees behind a house. Police and animal control were called to try and untangle the creature’s antlers from the mesh as it was hopelessly stuck.

Officer Mike Koehler says when he arrived, he saw the deer had minor injuries. “The buck was about an eight-point buck, it was a mature deer and it was a pretty strong animal,” Koehler says. “The big thing was, when I approached with my trainee, I told him to be careful because the deer has antlers that can be used as weapons and also the hooves are very dangerous and he’s full of adrenaline and he’s going to be scared.”

Koehler came up with a plan to set it free by cutting the ropes with his knife. With the deer thrashing around, they couldn’t get too close, but managed to eventually trim off most of the mesh and set it loose.

Sioux City Police had to cut a deer free from a backyard hammock. (SCPD photo)

“The buck was free,” Koehler says. “It was able to run off. I’m sure it was tired. I’m sure it was scared. It did have a big tangle of netting from the hammock in its antlers, but we’re thinking those are gonna fall off here when the bucks shed their antlers here in late January and early February, so hopefully he made it.”

Officer Cade Gill also responded to the call to help the struggling animal. “It’s definitely one of the most unusual ones for me that I’ve ever responded to, particularly when it concerns an animal like a deer,” Gill says. “It was pretty exciting. It felt good after the fact, knowing that we had gotten there and were able to rescue that deer.”

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