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5 Candidates on Nov. 4 Ballot for Shelby County Extension Council

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October 17th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

Voters in Shelby County will have the opportunity to elect five members of the County Extension Council from a slate of five candidates at the Nov. 4th general election. Mary Taggs, Shelby County Extension Educator said “The council members elected this year will be involved in bringing educational opportunities to Shelby County for the next four years.”

Extension council members are elected at large, and all voters in the county are eligible to vote for five candidates. Candidates on this year’s ballot include: Elaine Baughman, of Kirkman; Renee Hansen, of Harlan; Jo Kenkel, from Defiance; Lorie Knudsen, of Harlan; and Ellen Walsh-Rosmann, of Harlan.

Council members whose terms expire this year are: Laura Freund, Earling; Kay Goshorn, Harlan; Jo Kenkel, Defiance; Travis Lane, Shelby; Jake Schechinger, Harlan. Carryover council members whose terms continue through the end of 2016 are: Scott Burchett, Harlan; Rowly Burton, Irwin; Julie Klein, Harlan, and Michele Monson, of Irwin.

Successful candidates will take office in January 2015. Extension council members make policy, programming and budget decisions for Shelby County Extension and Outreach. For more information, visit www.extension.iastate.edu or contact Shelby County Extension & Outreach (712) 755-3104.

 

Independent US Senate candidate showed up in Sioux City last night

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October 17th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

Rick Stewart, the independent candidate for Iowa’s U.S. Senate seat, did not meet the criteria for participation in Thursday’s night’s debate in Sioux City between Democratic candidate Bruce Braley and Joni Ernst, the Republican candidate. Stewart showed up anyway, with a mock-up of his living room in a cargo trailer parked outside of the auditorium at Morningside College where the debate was held. “Since a lot of Iowans didn’t have a chance to come visit me for waffles on Sunday morning, I’ve got a sofa and some chairs and some homemade cookies and I invite Iowans to come in and sit down and chat about politics in general,” Stewart said.

Stewart, who lives in Cedar Rapids, was disappointed he wasn’t allowed to participate in the debate. “I’m actually even more disappointed for the state of iowa. The voters didn’t get to see the candidates. They only got to see two of ’em,” Stewart says. “…I think most Iowans would have liked to see all of us, at least once.”

Six candidates are listed on Iowa’s 2014 General Election ballots in the race for Iowa’s U.S. Senate seat. In addition to Braley, Ernst and Stewart, there are two other independent candidates on the ballot.

One is Bob Quast of Blue Grass, representing “Bob Quast for Term Limits.” The other is Ruth Smith of Lamoni, who has run before as a Democratic candidate for seats in the Iowa House and Senate but is now running as an independent candidate for the U.S. Senate. The sixth candidate, Libertarian Doug Butzier, died this week in a plane crash in Dubuque. At the start of last night’s debate between Braley and Ernst, both major party candidates offered their condolences to the Butzier family.

(Radio Iowa)

Big Ten foes Iowa, Maryland poised for 1st meeting

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October 17th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) – Iowa and Maryland will meet on the football field for the time Saturday in a Big Ten clash at Byrd Stadium. The Hawkeyes are 5-1 overall, have won three straight and can remain in first place in the West Division with a victory. Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz says his players shouldn’t have a problem in a venue they’ve never seen before. The plan, he says, is to simply, “look around a little bit” and then go play.

Maryland is coming off a bye and seeking its first Big Ten win at home. The Terrapins lost to Ohio State 52-24 two weeks ago. Maryland brings a 4-2 record into the second half of the season, 1-1 in the Big Ten.

8AM Sportscast 10-17-2014

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October 17th, 2014 by admin

w/ Jim Field

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(Podcast) 8-a.m. News & funeral report, Fri. 10/17/2014

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October 17th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

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Heartbeat Today 10-17-2014

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October 17th, 2014 by admin

Jim Field talks about what the Ebola Virus is.

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Creston woman arrested for violating a court order

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October 17th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

A Creston woman was arrested Thursday evening for violating a court order. Creston Police report 30-year old Alicia Lovell was arrested at her home for Violation of a No Contact/Protection Order. Lovell was being held in the Ringgold County Jail, while awaiting a bond hearing.

(Podcast) 7:20-a.m. KJAN Sports, 10/17/2014

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(Podcast) 7:07-a.m. Area/Local News, Fri., 10/17/2014

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Hawkeye 10 Cross Country Championship Results

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October 17th, 2014 by Jim Field

Tiffany Williams of Atlantic is the Hawkeye 10 Girls Cross Country Champion.  She ran a time of 15:33.26 to beat second place Kye Madsen of Lewis Central by :16 to win the race.  Lewis Central won the team title.  The boys champion is Cooper McDermott of Creston who beat teammate Jay Wolfe in the boys race.  Harlan captured the boys team title.  Click these links for the complete results:

H-10 champ xc varsity girls 2014

H-10 champ xc varsity boys 2014

H-10 champ xc jv girls 2014

H-10 champ xc jv boys 2014

H-10 champ xc ms girls 2014

H-10 champ xc ms boys 2014