(Guthrie Center, Iowa) – Guthrie County Deputy Sheriff/Jail Administrator Jesse Swenson, today (Wednesday), released December’s Jail statistics for Guthrie County. Swenson said “December was a busy month for the jail. We processed 70 inmates during the month. We held 30 out of county inmates for different periods of time. We brought in $29,580 from holding out of county inmates.”
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The (4-6) Audubon Wheelers basketball team used the Christmas break wisely giving time off for their players to rest in preparation for the second half of the season. The Wheelers started the year off 1-4, with their only victory from a last place Missouri Valley team. Head Coach Darran Miller knew something had to change and decided to shift his team’s focus to defense and saw them gel better together. Audubon went on to win the next 3 out of 5 with strong wins against Riverside and Boyer Valley. Coach Miller credits the higher intensity on defense and rebounding for the Wheelers recent success.
A large part of the Wheelers dynamic has been the play of senior Edward Miller on both sides of the floor. Miller is averaging over 15 points and close to 9 boards per game. Coach Miller mentioned that Edward Miller does a nice job of deciding when to attack the basket or settling for an outside shot.
Miller is not the only high contributor for Audubon. Junior Aaron Olsen is the second highest scorer on the team with 10.9 points per game and has 24 steals. Now through 10 games into the year and Coach Miller notices that he has team who has no problem hustling for the ball. This year’s group does not get easily intimidated and will play as hard as they can through all four quarters.
Audubon resumes Western Iowa conference action this Friday on the road against a (3-6) IKM-Manning team who share a similar 3-2 record in their last 5 games. The Wolves are led by sophomore Ben Ramsey averaging over 16 points a game and a respectable 35% from behind the arc as a team. Coach Miller has his team looking to be a cohesive defensive unit to have 2024 start off with an Audubon win.
Tipoff is set for 7:15pm Friday January 5th.
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(Shelby, Iowa) – The Carstens 1880 Farmstead, Inc. will hold its annual meeting on Tuesday, January 9, 2024 at the Shelby Community Hall in Shelby at 7:00 pm. Carstens’ Board President Charlie Leaders, of Minden, says “Everyone is invited to come to the meeting and hear about what’s happening at the farm.”
Members of Carstens Farm will be voting for three positions on the board of directors. The following board members’ terms are ending as of the date of the meeting: David Dittmer of Minden, Doug Martin of Shelby and Dale Schroder of Avoca will be up for re-election for another term. All are running for another term. Continuing board members are Ben Ausdemore, Charlie Leaders and Gerald McCool of Minden, Bill Johnson and Stan Kern of Shelby, Harvey Ferris of Missouri Valley, Rick Newland of Persia and Terry Torneten of Harlan. Results of the election will be announced following the meeting. Leaders says “We will take ideas for projects in 2024. We’ve got several projects planned that we’ll talk about. Building upkeep and repair are always projects we work on. Reports will be given on the 2023 Carstens Farm Days show. I hope to see many members as well as the general public at the meeting because we want to continue to grow our membership.”
Via carstensfarm.com
Carstens 1880 Farmstead, Inc. members as well as members of the public are welcome and encouraged to attend. Those attending will have the opportunity to renew their memberships or to purchase new memberships. Memberships from the public are important for sustaining the farm’s operations. New or renewing members should note that membership rates remain the same as last year: $25 for family; $15 for an individual. Visit the farm’s website for membership information.
Carstens 1880 Farmstead, Inc., a non-profit group of local volunteers, oversees the working farmstead museum exhibit located south of Shelby, Iowa. The farmstead hosts several thousand people annually during Carstens Farm Days which is held the first weekend after Labor Day. For more information visit www.carstensfarm.com
(Des Moines, Iowa) – State, city and county food inspectors have cited Iowa restaurants and stores for hundreds of food-safety violations during the past five weeks, including insects, rodents, moldy fruit and salad dressings that were several months out of date. The Iowa Capital Dispatch says inspectors reported one restaurant had no handwashing sink for the kitchen staff, while another was rinsing dirty utensils in a sink where raw seafood was being prepped and trimmed for raw consumption by diners.
The findings are reported by the Iowa Department of Inspections, Appeals and Licensing, which handles food-establishment inspections at the state level.
The state inspections department reminds the public that their reports are a “snapshot” in time, and violations are often corrected on the spot before the inspector leaves the establishment.
None of the violations at inspected establishments were in western Iowa. Four are in Des Moines, two each are in Davenport and Cedar Rapids. Other violations were found during inspection of establishments in Ames, Clinton, Osceola, Waverly, Walcott, Marshalltown, Sibley and Marion.
For a more complete list of all inspections, along with additional details on each of the inspections listed below, visit the Iowa Department of Inspections, Appeals and Licensing website.
CORAL GABLES, Fla. — University of Iowa swimming split Tuesday’s double dual, defeating Vanderbilt, 178-83, but falling to Miami, 168-93 at the Whitten Center Pool.
“We raced really well today against two very good teams,” Iowa head coach Nathan Mundt said. “It was an exciting start to the second half of our season, and we look forward to having some quality training down here in Miami the rest of the week. The meet builds momentum into our next meet.”
The Hawkeyes tallied four individual wins. Freshman Olivia Swalley earned three first-place finishes in both the 100 (1:03.55) and 200 breaststroke (2:19.67) and in the 200 IM (2:05.42). Sophomore Scarlet Martin added to the individual wins in the 200 butterfly with a time of 2:02.70.
The Hawkeyes return to action, Jan. 12, against Illinois at 11 a.m. at the ARC Pool in Champaign, Illinois.
Jim Field visits with Cass County Naturalist Lora Kanning about the “Soiree with the Swans’ event Saturday, January 6 from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm at the Schildberg Recreation Area in Atlantic.
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(Johnston, Iowa) – Officials with the Iowa Army National Guard report 20 Iowa National Guard Soldiers with the 186th Military Police Company will deploy this Sunday (Jan. 7th) to Kosovo, for a 9-month tour. Their mission is in support of the same NATO peacekeeping operation where the Guard recently deployed Service Members from the 2-211th General Support Aviation Battalion, out of Waterloo.
The primary mission of the 186th MP Co. will be to provide law and order support to US and NATO forces during the ongoing international peacekeeping operation and promoting local and regional stability.
Photo from the 186th Military Police Facebook page (May, 2023)
The community send-off ceremony will be held at Building S-60 on Camp Dodge Joint Maneuver Training Center (7105 NW 70th Ave, Johnston, IA 50131) on January 7th at 8 a.m. and is open to the public. The unit will depart immediately following the ceremony and head to Fort Cavazos, Texas to complete their pre-mobilization training.
(Radio Iowa) – Former Iowa Congressman Steve King has endorsed Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy. King says Ramaswamy is principled and smart — and knows the Constitution. King and Ramaswamy are outspoken critics of giving Summit Carbon Solutions eminent domain authority to force unwilling landowners to let the carbon pipeline run through their property.
King, in a written statement, praised Ramaswamy for promising to pardon peaceful January 6th protesters if he’s elected president and to end birthright citizenship. King served nine terms in the U-S House, but was rebuked by some fellow Republicans for controversial comments, stripped of his House committee assignments and defeated by Randy Feenstra in a Republican Primary in 2020.
King endorsed Fred Thompson before the 2008 Iowa Caucuses and campaigned with Ted Cruz in 2016. State Treasurer Roby Smith endorsed Ramaswamy this summer. Former Iowa Secretary of State Matt Schultz and former Iowa Senate President Jake Chapman are on Ramaswamy’s campaign team and often introduce the candidate at events.
Ramaswamy has wrapped up his second tour of Iowa’s 99 counties and has five more stops on his schedule today (Wednesday).
(Creston, Iowa) – Officials with the Creston Police Department say two people were arrested early this (Wednesday) morning in the 1700 block of W. Townline Road. Authorities report 48-year-old Jennifer Suzanne Donez, of Cromwell, and 24-year-old Wiley James Lewallen, of Riverside, TX, were arrested on charges of Interference with Official Acts and Provide False Identification. Donez and Lewallen were being held in the Union County Jail, with bond set at $600 each.
Late Tuesday morning, Creston Police arrested 22-year-old Jesus Eduardo Gallo, of Mission, TX. He taken into custody at the Union County Law Enforcement Center and charged with Failure to Appear. Gallo posted a $2,000 bond and was released from the Union County Jail.
DES MOINES, Iowa — A man charged in a deadly crash with a tow truck driver will go on trial for vehicular homicide next month. According to court documents, Dmytro Prysich hit Joshua Villa, as Villa was getting out of his truck to help with a separate crash along Interstate 80/35, back in November.
Dmytro Prysich
Investigators say Prysich then left the scene. He was later pulled over and arrested by police in Clive. His trial is now scheduled to start Feb. 26.
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