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IHSAA announces 2018-2019 football districts, Atlantic to 2A-District 9

Sports

January 25th, 2018 by admin

The Iowa High School Athletic Association released the high school football districts for the 2018-2019 two year cycle on Thursday morning. As expected Atlantic will now be a Class 2A program and will be in District 9 along with Greene County, Kuemper Catholic, OA-BCIG, Red Oak, and Shenandoah.

The Griswold Tigers will make the move to 8-Player and will be in District 7. The Tigers will join many schools from the Corner Conference that they are joining for all other sports. District 7 also includes Bedford, Clarinda Academy, East Mills, Essex, Fremont-Mills, Sidney, and Stanton.

8-Player District 8 will house other area schools: Audubon, Boyer Valley, CAM, Coon Rapids-Bayard, Exira-EHK, Glidden-Ralston, West Harrison, and Woodbine.

Class A will be home for a number of area schools as well. District 9 will include AHSTW, Earlham, Nodaway Valley, Riverside, Southwest Valley, and St. Albert. District 10 will include Lawton-Bronson, Logan-Magnolia, Tri-Center, West Monona, Westwood, and Woodbury Central.

Class 1A District 8 will include AC/GC, Clarinda, Mount Ayr, Panorama, Van Meter, and West Central Valley. Clarinda makes the drop down to Class 1A from 2A.

Class 3A will welcome back Lewis Central as they drop from 4A. The Titans will be in District 9 with ADM, Creston, Glenwood, Harlan, and Winterset.

Class 4A District 7 will be home to Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln, Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson, Ames, Des Moines North, Urbandale, and West Des Moines Valley.

Check out all of the districts for each class below.

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Union County man charged w/intimidation w/a dangerous weapon

News

January 25th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

The Union County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest at around 12:40-a.m. Wednesday, of 55-year old Karl Shawn Kirchner, from Lorimor.  Kirchner was arrested at the Union County Law Enforcement Center, and charged with intimidation with a dangerous weapon. He remains held in the Union County Jail without no bond, until seen by a Judge.

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Accident in Creston Thursday morning: No injuries reported

News

January 25th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

Authorities in Creston say no injuries were reported following a collision that occurred at around 5:55-a.m.  Officials say a 2007 GMC Envoy driven by 25-year old Frankie Lynn Rice, of Afton, was traveling west on Highway 34, when an eastbound 2019 Pontiac G6 turned left onto Commerce Street. The vehicle, driven by 55-year old Patti Elaine Page-Jones, of Creston, was struck by the SUV, on the right rear side. Damage from the collision amounted to $5,500. No citations were issued.

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Fewer than 1/2 of 1% of Iowans donate to the Chickadee Checkoff

Ag/Outdoor, News

January 25th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

As Iowans begin the task of filling out their state tax returns, they’re encouraged to make a donation to what’s nicknamed the “Chickadee Checkoff” to support wildlife conservation statewide. Stephanie Shepherd, a wildlife biologist at the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, says the amount collected last year for the Fish and Wildlife Fund rose from the year before, but still, very few Iowans donate to the cause. “We were really excited to see that the numbers went up to about $147,000,” Shepherd says. “That was up by roughly $15,000 from the year before. That was a really nice increase and we were really happy to see it, but in its heyday, it brought in over $200,000.”

Iowa has one-point-six million taxpayers and last year about 78-hundred donated to the fund, an increase of about 300 from the year before. “Less than half of one percent of taxpayers actually donate to the checkoff,” Shepherd says. “If every taxpayer in Iowa, for example, gave one dollar to the checkoff, that would mean $1.5 million for wildlife conservation.” Of the Iowans who donated last year, they averaged about 19-dollars each. The fund benefits a wide array of Iowa’s most vulnerable creatures — more than a thousand species, including eagles, songbirds, turtles, lizards and butterflies. Avenues include education, research and habitat management. “The money from the Chickade Checkoff is used to support non-game wildlife or wildlife that you can’t hunt, fish or trap,” Shepherd says. “It was instrumental in developing the Wildlife Diversity Program here at the Iowa DNR where we focus entirely on non-game species.”

The Fish and Wildlife Fund was created by the Iowa Legislature in the 1980s as a way for citizens to donate to wildlife conservation on the state tax form. Before that, non-game wildlife had no dedicated funding. Shepherd says donating on the tax form is easy: simply write the amount next to the Fish and Wildlife Check-Off, line 57 on Form 1040. The sum is either automatically deducted from the refund or added to the amount owed. Plus, it’s deductible from next year’s taxes.

(Radio Iowa)

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(Podcast) KJAN 8-a.m. News, 1/25/2018

News, Podcasts

January 25th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

More area and State news from KJAN News Director Ric Hanson.

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Harrison County rescuers called to scene of submerged vehicle

News

January 25th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

Omaha television station WOWT reports authorities in Harrison, County Iowa have brought in a Denison dive team to assist with truck submerged in a sand pit. The Harrison County Sheriff’s Office told the station the vehicle is in the water near Hallett Materials on Highway 30 southwest of Dunlap. The Boyer runs past that location. The driver has been reported missing. The circumstances remain under investigation as authorities converge to pull the truck from the water. Early indications are that the vehicle went into the water at around 5-a.m. today (Thursday).

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AC/GC hires Madrid native Cody Matthewson as new Head Football Coach

Podcasts, Sports

January 25th, 2018 by admin

The AC/GC Chargers announced the hiring of Cody Matthewson as their new Head Football Coach on Tuesday night. Matthewson is a native of Madrid and after starring for the Tigers in high school went on to play Linebacker for Northwest Missouri State from 2009-2014.

Matthewson said he is very excited to get back to small town Iowa and get the area excited about the Chargers football program. He said he hopes he can carry his experience with success at Madrid and Northwest with him to the AC/GC program and get the kids to buy in to a family type mindset.

Matthewson started 14 of 15 games for Northwest Missouri State during their 2013 National Championship season, racking up 46 tackles with 4.5 tackles for loss, a forced fumble and fumble recovery.

His Madrid teams went 40-6 during his four seasons and he was an elite all-state first team selection leading the Tigers to an 11-2 record and state semifinal appearance his senior season in 2008. He rushed for 4,508 yards and 51 touchdowns at Madrid.

Matthewson is currently a strength and conditioning teacher at Pioneer Ridge school and a coach at Truman High School in the Kansas City metro. He will be finishing his duties as a baseball coach in the spring and heading back to Iowa to get settled in late spring.

Listen to a full interview with Coach Matthewson below.

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Heartbeat Today 01/25/2018

Heartbeat Today, Podcasts

January 25th, 2018 by admin

Jim Field speaks with Kara Sherman, Executive Director, Wilson Performing Arts Center about “On Golden Pond” to be presented along with some other upcoming features.

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(Podcast) KJAN Morning Sports report, 1/25/2018

Podcasts, Sports

January 25th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

The 7:20-a.m. Sportscast w/Chris Parks.

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NE man arrested for the alleged abduction of a woman found in northern IA

News

January 25th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

Sheriff’s officials in northern Iowa’s Humboldt County say Lavista, Nebraska man was arrested Tuesday on a felony kidnapping charge after authorities received a report that at around 2:36-a.m. Tuesday, about the alleged abduction of a young woman from Fremont, NE. 36-year old Valentin Velez was being held in the Humboldt County Jail. If convicted, he faces up to 10-years in jail.

Authorities say the woman had used social media to contact friends and family. Deputies from Humboldt and Wright Counties were able to locate her at 503 McCurry Street, in Renwick. Authorities say the young lady was able to escape the residence and was taken by ambulance to the Humboldt County Memorial Hospital, where she was treated.

The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office was assisted in its investigation by the Humboldt County Attorney’s Office, Iowa DCI, the Wright County Sheriff’s Office, Iowa State Patrol, Iowa Department of Narcotics Enforcement, and the Renwick  Ambulance Service.

 

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