Class 4A Quarterfinals – Wednesday, July 25
11:00—#4 Valley, West Des Moines (27-15) vs. #5 Waukee (29-11)
1:30—#1 Johnston (34-5) vs. #8 Cedar Rapids, Washington (25-17)
5:00—#3 North Scott, Eldridge (28-10) vs. #6 Epworth, Western Dubuque (33-9)
7:30—#2 Urbandale (33-6) vs. #7 Marshalltown (20-18)
Former Atlantic golf star Brooke Newell took 4th place at the Iowa Women’s Amatuer Golf Tournament on Saturday. Brooke shot a three day total +22 238 at Spirit Hollow Golf Club in Burlington. The University of Nebraska redshirt freshman shot rounds of 79, 83, and 76.
The tournament was won by Indiana State University junior Sierra Hargens who finished with a +12 228 for the tournament.
The Southwest Iowa Swarm softball teams turned in some good performances at the Iowa Games this past weekend.
Their are four age divisions that compete for the invite only teams. The team is organized by Trevor Gipple and he said the teams have three coaches for each age group and they all pitch in to coach the entire program.
At the Iowa Games the 8-U team played up into the 10-U bracket and gained some good experience. The 10-U team placed 4th out of 12 teams. The 12-U team finished 3rd. The 14U team placed 2nd.
The older teams will scrimmage some other select teams from here.
(Radio Iowa) — The near-trillion-dollar Farm Bill is headed to a conference committee where differences between the House and Senate versions will be ironed out. Iowa Farmers Union President Aaron Lehman says he’s encouraged the new five-year piece of legislation will pass before the current Farm Bill expires at the end of September. “We are still hopeful that we can see some signs that serious compromises need to be made in order to move a good product ahead,” Lehman says. “It’s a good sign but we know there’s quite a bit yet to be done to get us to where we need to be in the end.”
Lehman says members of the conference committee have plenty of work ahead. House Republicans proposed sweeping changes to the food stamp program or SNAP, including a work requirement. Senators didn’t include any major changes in food stamps in the 956-billion dollar Farm Bill. “The window is getting tight to get the work done and that is certainly the issue that we anticipate is going to be front and center between the two versions,” Lehman says, “but I’ve got to tell you, there’s a lot of other issues that are so important that the two versions are very different.”
Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley added an amendment to the Farm Bill which aims to close the loophole he says enables Wall Street bankers to get federal farm dollars, even if they’ve never had dirt under their fingernails. Grassley says, “Allowing these types of nonfarmers to milk the farm safety net for millions of dollars in subsidies each year is ridiculous.” Lehman hopes members of the conference committee will include Grassley’s proposal in the final package. “It’s so important to direct our dollars in the right way to family-sized operations as much as possible,” Lehman says. “We’ve got a limited pool of money that we can work with in the farm bill and we’ve always felt that we haven’t dedicated the resources we need to in order to help farmers.”
He adds he’s hopeful Grassley’s proposal will “win the day.”
MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa (AP) — The Marshalltown mayor says the Marshall County Courthouse may be closed for up to a year for tornado repairs. Last week’s tornado caused severe structural and water damage throughout the building and knocked down the cupola. Mayor Joel Greer toured the courthouse Tuesday and told station KCCI that “it’s going to take a lot longer than they thought to fix it, and so we will be looking for temporary quarters that will have to last a year.”
The courthouse operations are being moved elsewhere in town, except for civil courts. They’re being relocated to Nevada in Story County.
ELDON L. OSLER, 92, of Lewis, died Tuesday, July 24th, at Atlantic Specialty Care. Per his wishes, cremation has taken place, and no services are planned for ELDON OSLER. Roland Funeral Home in Atlantic has the arrangements.
A private graveside service will be held at a later date in the Oakwood Cemetery, in Lewis.
Online condolences may be left at www.rolandfuneralservice.com.
Today: Partly cloudy to cloudy w/scattered showers & thunderstorms this afternoon. High 84. SE @ 10-15 mph.
Tonight: Mostly cloudy w/scatt. Shwrs & tstrms. Low 64. SE-NW @ 5-10.
Tomorrow: P/Cldy. High 80. NW @ 10-15.
Friday: P/Cldy. High 82.
Saturday: Mo. Cldy w/scatt. Shwrs & tstrms. High 80.
Yesterday’s High in Atlantic was 86. Our Low this morning was 55. Last year on this date our High was 93 and the Low was 70. The record High in Atlantic on this date was 117 in 1901 (which was also the ALL-TIME record High in Atlantic). The Record Low on this date was 44 in 1894.
The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office reports a man from Cass County was arrested Tuesday evening on an assault charge, in Elliott. 43-year old Levi Darrel Stroup, of Atlantic, was taken into custody at around 7:40-p.m. in the 500 block of 5th Street. Stroup was charged with Aggravated Domestic Violence using a weapon. He was transported to the Montgomery County Jail and held on a $2,000 cash only bond.
A collision between a car and a pickup truck Tuesday afternoon in Ringgold County, resulted in a man being flown to a hospital in Des Moines. The Iowa State Patrol reports 20-year old Chase Shiltz, of Creston, was driving a 2008 Nissan Altima westbound on Highway 2 at around 4:30-p.m., when for reasons unknown, the car crossed the centerline of the road and crashed into an eastbound 1999 Dodge RAM 3500 truck.
Shiltz, who was wearing his seat belt, suffered serious injuries and was flown by Life Net to Mercy Hospital in Des Moines. The driver of the pickup, 59-year old Ivan Stoltzfus, of Leon, was not hurt in the crash, which remains under investigation.
Deputies with the Ringgold County Sheriff’s Office assisted the ISP at the scene.
Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press
CINCINNATI (AP) — Left-hander Austin Gomber took a no-hitter in the seventh inning and Dexter Fowler hit a two-run shot in the 11th, leading the St. Louis Cardinals to a 4-2 victory over the Cincinnati Reds. Fowler connected off left-hander Amir Garrett for only his second homer while batting right-handed. Fowler has been mired in a season-long slump.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Burch Smith picked up his first win in nearly five years, Mike Moustakas and Salvador Perez homered, and the Kansas City Royals beat the Detroit Tigers 5-4. Smith gave up just one hit _ a single by Niko Goodrum to leadoff the fourth _ and walked two while striking out six in 6 1/3 innings. He got his second career win, and first since Sept. 15, 2013, for San Diego against Atlanta. Injuries limited the right-hander’s career to just 5 1/3 innings the next three seasons.
CHICAGO (AP) — Parker Hesse has turned into a productive defensive end for Iowa after he was lightly recruited coming out of high school. He had 43 tackles, four sacks, one interception and a fumble recovery last season, helping the Hawkeyes to an 8-5 record and a 27-20 victory over Boston College in the Pinstripe Bowl.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota will play Oklahoma State on Nov. 30 at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis. That’s the site of this season’s NCAA Final Four. It’s the first basketball game at the football stadium, which opened in 2016 for the Vikings and hosted the Super Bowl five months ago. The U.S. Bank Stadium Basketball Classic will also include a Division III game between St. Thomas and Wisconsin-River Falls and contests between North Dakota State and Drake and between South Dakota State and Northern Iowa.
LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — Five-time Maui Invitational champion Duke will open against San Diego State in the quarterfinals of this year’s bracket, with a potential showdown against Arizona or Gonzaga in the title game. This year’s tournament is from Nov. 19 to Nov. 21 at the Lahaina Civic Center. The field also includes Xavier, Auburn, Iowa State and Illinois.
ROCHESTER, Mich. (AP) — Oakland University has hired Steven Waterfield as its new athletic director. Waterfield arrives after serving as an executive associate AD at Nebraska. He replaces Jeff Konya, who left in February for Northeastern.
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