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The Atlantic boys swim team hosted their lone home swim meet of the season on Thursday night at the Nishna Valley YMCA. The Trojans welcomed in the Sioux City Spartans and the Waukee Warriors for the meet.
Team Scores
Waukee 110, Sioux City 78
Waukee 170, Atlantic 13
Sioux City 162, Atlantic 21
Individual Performances for the Trojans
200yd Medley: Cole Sampson, Drew Engler, Alec Muff, Avery Andersen 5th place. 1:58.82.
200yd Freestyle: Bryan York 4th place 2:00.88. Alex Sampson 6th place 2:10.43.
200yd Individual Medley: Tyson Parker 5th place 2:28.51. Drew Engler 6th place 2:33.64.
50yd Freestyle: Alec Muff 5th place 25.45. Brayden Atkinson 6th place 26.74.
100yd Butterfly: Tyson Parker 5th place 1:07.88. Alec Muff DQ.
100yd Freestyle: Avery Andersen 5th place 57.22. Brayden Atkinson 6th place 58.93.
500yd Freestyle: Bryan York 2nd place 5:24.76. Cole Sampson 6th place 5:50.25.
200yd Freestyle Relay: Alex Sampson, Brayden Atkinson, Tyson Parker, Alec Muff 4th place 1:42.75. Avery Andersen, Bryce Schmidtke, Drew Engler, Bryan York DQ.
100yd Backstroke: Cole Sampson 5th place 1:09.08.
100yd Breaststroke: Drew Engler 5th place 1:12.51. Alex Sampson 6th place 1:17.29.
400yd Freestyle Relay: Bryan York, Brayden Atkinson, Tyson Parker, Avery Andersen 4th place 3:52.98. Cole Sampson, Drew Engler, Alex Sampson, Bryce Schmidtke DQ.
ADEL, Iowa (AP) — A man charged with murder and other crimes in the starvation death of his 16-year-old adopted daughter has reached a plea deal with Iowa prosecutors. Dallas County District Court records say a plea hearing is scheduled Friday afternoon for 43-year-old Marc Ray. He and his wife, 40-year-old Misty Bousman-Ray, already have pleaded not guilty in the May 2017 death of Sabrina Ray in their Perry home. Authorities say the girl weighed just 56 pounds when she died.
The records don’t outline what his plea deal includes. The records don’t show that Misty Bousman-Ray has reached any deal. Her trial is still scheduled to start Feb. 4 in Sioux City. The trial was moved to Woodbury County because of pretrial publicity in Dallas County.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A monthly survey of rural bankers in parts of 10 Plains and Western states suggests the regional economy is growing. The overall index of the Creighton University Rural Mainstreet survey for December climbed back above growth neutral to hit 54.2, compared with 49.9 in November. Any score above 50 suggests a growing economy in the months ahead, while a score below 50 indicates a shrinking economy.
Creighton University economist Ernie Goss says the surveys over the past several months indicate the regional economy is expanding outside of agriculture. The survey’s confidence index slumped to 44.3 from November’s 47.0, and Goss says tariffs, trade tensions and weak agriculture commodity prices harmed the economic outlook of bank CEOs.
Bankers from Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming were surveyed.
Jim Field has Part 2 of a two-part visit with the Shepherd family of Brainerd, Minnesota. 6 year old Ken, 4 year old Keith and 2 year old Steve were caught with their parents in the Exira flood of 1958. They clung to a gravel truck overnight to survive the disaster as part of the “Lucky 13.”
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The AHSTW Lady Vikes and Vikings both rolled to Western Iowa Conference basketball wins over the Riverside Bulldogs on Thursday night.
AHSTW raced out to a 23-5 advantage by the end of the first quarter in the girls game and continued to roll to a 58-11 victory. The running clock rule went into effect early in the third quarter as the Lady Vikes built on their 33 point halftime lead. Kinsey Scheffler led the Lady Vikes with 21 points while Claire Harris finished with 14. AHSTW improved to 6-3 and are now off for the holiday break. The Bulldogs were led by 4 points from Ashlynn Amdor as they fall to 1-7 on the season. They are also off for the holiday break until January 4th.
In the boys game the Vikings outscored the Bulldogs 24-2 in the second quarter to take control of the game. The running clock came into play in the third quarter in this game as well and the Vikings went on to a 65-25 win. AHSTW was led by 13 points from Clayton Akers and Blake Osbahr finished with 12. The Vikings get over .500 with the win and are 5-4 heading to the holiday break. The Bulldogs were led by 7 points from AJ Dillon and are now 2-7 on the season.
The area’s latest and/or top news stories at 7:06-a.m. From KJAN News Director Ric Hanson
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FORT DODGE, Iowa (AP) — A man has been imprisoned for setting fire to a vehicle in the parking garage of Iowa Central Community College in Fort Dodge. The Messenger reports that 22-year-old Terrell Adams had pleaded guilty to arson and criminal mischief. He was sentenced Tuesday to 15 years in prison. Adams admitted at the sentencing hearing that he set fire to the vehicle of an acquaintance that was parked in the garage on Sept. 4. That fire led spread, damaging at least 10 vehicles and causing structural damage to the garage.
The latest IGHSAU girls basketball rankings were released on Thursday. Area teams that are ranked include the following.
Class 1A
9. CAM
15. Ar-We-Va
Class 2A
2. Treynor
6. Panorama
Class 3A
12. Shenandoah
15. Red Oak
Class 4A
6. Lewis Central
15. Denison-Schleswig
Check out the full rankings here: GBBRankings122018