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MARY SCHRIER, 79, of Cumberland (Svcs. 1/26/23)

Obituaries

January 21st, 2023 by admin

MARY SCHRIER, 79, of Cumberland passed away on Friday, January 20th at the Exira Care Center in Exira.  Funeral services for MARY SCHRIER will be held 10:30-a.m. Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023, at the Lamb Funeral Home in Massena.

Burial in the Reno Methodist Cemetery south of Cumberland, will follow the service.

Friends may call at the funeral home on Wednesday, Jan. 25th, from 3-until 7-p.m., with the family greeting friends from 5-until 7-p.m.; Online condolences may be left to the family at www.lambfuneralhomes.com.

Memorial may be directed to the Mary Schrier Memorial Fund to be established by the family at a later date.

MARY SCHRIER is survived by:

Her son – Daniel (Billie) Schrier, of Cumberland.

Her sister – Sandra (Russ) Spensley, of Dubuque.

2 grandsons, other relatives and friends.

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Cabin Fever Escape program cancelled due to poor road conditions

Ag/Outdoor, News

January 21st, 2023 by admin

The Cass County Conservation Board regretfully must cancel the Cabin Fever Escape program due to poor road conditions inside the park. The program/open house was to be held on Saturday, January 21st from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Outdoor Educational Classroom near Massena.

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Skyscan Forecast 01/21/2023

Weather

January 21st, 2023 by admin

Skyscan Forecast  Saturday, January 21, 2023  Austin Romer

Today: Mostly cloudy and foggy. SW @ 10. High 30.

Tonight: Overcast. Chance of snow. N @ 5. Low 22.

Sunday: Mostly cloudy with some fog early. NW @ 5. High 27.

Sunday night: Partly cloudy. WNW @ 7. Low 14.

Monday: Partly cloudy. W @ 10. High 32.

Tuesday: Overcast. N @ 5. High 30.

Yesterday’s high was 31 and last night’s low was 22. This day last year the high was 26 and the low was -2. The all-time record high was 58 in 1933. The record low was -32 in 1976. Sunrise today is 7:41 a.m. and Sunset tonight is 5:21 p.m.

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Creston with big lead after day one of John J. Harris Tournament

Sports

January 20th, 2023 by admin

The Creston Panthers lead big in the team scoring after day one of the 68th Annual John J. Harris Wrestling Tournament in Corning. Atlantic currently sits in third place behind the panther and Winterset after day one of action.

Team Scores
1 Creston 108.5
2 Winterset 78.5
3 Atlantic 66.0
4 Adair Casey/Guthrie Center 46.0
5 Washington 42.0
6 Earlham 41.0
6 Missouri Valley 41.0
6 Shenandoah 41.0
9 Red Oak 38.0
10 Nodaway Valley 37.5
11 MVAOCOU 37.0
11 Panorama 37.0
13 Clarinda 29.0
14 Southwest Valley 28.0
15 Lenox 25.0
15 Southwest Iowa 25.0
17 CAM 24.5
18 Riverside, Oakland 24.0
19 Centerville 22.0
20 Denison 20.0
21 Central Decatur 19.0
21 Tri-Center Neola 19.0
23 East Mills 16.0
24 Mt Ayr 12.0
25 Clarke, Osceola/Murray 10.0
26 Wayne, Corydon 6.0
27 Bedford 5.0
28 Griswold 0.0

Atlantic’s Aiden Smith is in to the Semifinals at 113. Jarrett Armstrong made the semis at 170. Brenden Casey is a semifinalist at 182 and Evan Sorensen is into the Semis at 285.

Full results from day one HERE

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Council Bluffs man arrested on Shelby County Warrant in Red Oak.

News

January 20th, 2023 by admin

The Red Oak Police Department reports the arrest of 35-year-old Richard Dean Pierce III of Council Bluffs on a valid Shelby County Warrant for Theft 2nd Degree. Pierce III was arrested at approximately 4:33 p.m. in the 700 block of East Market Street in Red Oak and taken to the Montgomery County Jail. He was held on $5,000 bond awaiting extradition by Shelby County.

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High School Basketball Scoreboard 01/20/2023

Sports

January 20th, 2023 by admin

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Hawkeye Ten Conference

Kuemper Catholic 70, Creston 44
Lewis Central 54, Shenandoah 31
St. Albert 65, Denison-Schleswig 34

Western Iowa Conference

AHSTW 53, Audubon 35
Logan-Magnolia 42, Treynor 35
Riverside 43, Missouri Valley 39
Tri-Center 52, IKM-Manning 36

Rolling Valley Conference

Coon Rapids-Bayard 46, Woodbine 45
Exira-EHK 62, CAM 39
Glidden-Ralston 53, Boyer Valley 51
Paton-Churdan 61, West Harrison 53 (OT)

Corner Conference Tournament

3rd Place: East Mills 49, Sidney 16
Championship: Stanton 39, Fremont-Mills 19

Pride of Iowa Conference

Lenox 74, Southeast Warren 56
Nodaway Valley 57, Central Decatur 44
Martensdale-St. Marys 47, Mount Ayr 44
Wayne 52, Bedford 42

Other Scores

LeMars 62, CB Abraham Lincoln 49
Sioux City East 94, CB Thomas Jefferson 22
Twin Cedars 49, Orient-Macksburg 39

BOYS BASKETBALL

Hawkeye Ten Conference

Denison-Schleswig 81, St. Albert 49
Kuemper Catholic 88, Creston 65
Lewis Central 61, Shenandoah 9

Western Iowa Conference

AHSTW 60, Audubon 38
IKM-Manning 59, Tri-Center 56
Missouri Valley 57, Riverside 53 (R: Grady Jeppesen eclipsed 1,000 points for career)
Underwood 64, Parkview Christian 43

Rolling Valley Conference

Boyer Valley 56, Glidden-Ralston 42
Exira-EHK 62, CAM 51
Woodbine 52, Coon Rapids-Bayard 44

Pride of Iowa Conference

Bedford 60, Wayne 42
Lenox 68, Southeast Warren 67
Mount Ayr 64, Martensdale-St. Marys 32

Other Scores

ACGC 83, Panorama 73
CB Abraham Lincoln 56, LeMars 43
Sioux City East 93, CB Thomas Jefferson 37

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Exira-EHK wins physical battle over CAM

Sports

January 20th, 2023 by admin

The Exira-EHK boys basketball team ground their way to a 62-51 home win over CAM on Friday night. The Spartans jumped on top early and were able to fight off any run the Cougars had the rest of the way.

The Spartans opened the game with a 21-8 lead by the end of the first quarter and built that up to 25-8 before the Cougars fought back. CAM eventually clawed back within five early in the second half at 34-29 but the Spartans responded with a 6-0 run to seize control right back.

It was a physical game inside and the Spartans got into the double-bonus before the start of the fourth quarter. Exira-EHK ended up cashing in on 15 of 20 foul shots in the second half. Derrek Kommes led the Spartans with 15 points, Trey Petersen added 13 and Cash Emgarten scored 10. Kommes talked about how they handled the rough nature of the game.

Kommes said even though it was tough sledding inside, they still wanted to get in the paint to force some fouls.

Exira-EHK improves to 13-1 on the season and will get a chance to avenge their lone loss of the season on Monday when they host West Harrison.

CAM was led by 18 from Chase Jahde and 10 from Sam Foreman. The Cougars fall to 6-6 on the year and they will host West Harrison on Tuesday.

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Hot shooting Spartans roll past CAM

Sports

January 20th, 2023 by admin

Seniors Quinn Grubbs and Shay Burmeister were knocking down shots early and led Exira-EHK to an emphatic 62-39 win over CAM on Friday night in Elk Horn. The Spartans started the game on a 9-0 run to grab the edge early. Sparty built a 35-21 lead by half and continued to build on the advantage in the second half. Exira-EHK head coach Tom Petersen said it’s great to have two guards controlling the game and shooting well out front.

Burmeister finished with 19 and Grubbs had 18. Fellow senior Mackenzie Riley provided great energy and dropped 11 of her 16 points in the second half. Coach Petersen said she is a great member of the team.

The Spartans improved to 13-2 on the season and will host West Harrison for their next game on Monday.

CAM was led by 15 points from Keira Nichols and 13 from Meredith Rich. The Cougars fall to 10-5 and will host West Harrison on Tuesday.

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Hupke Wrestling Productions Rankings 1/20/2023

Sports

January 20th, 2023 by admin

Class 1A:https://hupkewrestlingproductions.com/class-1a/
Class 2A: https://hupkewrestlingproductions.com/class-2a/
Class 3A: https://hupkewrestlingproductions.com/class-3a/

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Reynolds open to repeal of ‘gender balance’ rule for gov’t boards

News

January 20th, 2023 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – Governor Kim Reynolds is open to repealing the requirement that state and local officials ensure there’s an equal balance of men and women appointed to boards and commissions.

A bill to repeal that gender balance requirement is eligible for debate in the Senate State Government Committee. Reynolds is not committing to sign the bill into law, but the concept is something she supports.

“First of all, I think you need to want to be a part of it, that you want to be on a board because you have a passion about it,” Reynolds said during an interview with Radio Iowa. “…I just feel like the best, most qualified and somebody who wants to do it is the person we should put in that position.”

General balance has been required on all boards and commissions in state government since 1987. In 2009, the legislature passed a law to require gender balance on city and county boards and commissions established by state law.

“Boy, sometimes things go full circle. I actually spoke against that bill when I was a senator in the Iowa state Senate,” Reynolds said.

It has become increasingly hard in rural Iowa to find people to serve on local boards and commissions, according to Reynolds and others who support the bill, and this added requirement makes even it tougher.

Iowa governors are responsible for appointing the members of all boards and commissions in state government. Reynolds said her approach to filling those positions isn’t likely to change if the gender balance requirement is lifted.

“Intuitively I do that anyway because I just think I’m always looking for balance. I think it’s important. I think you need that kind of dynamics to really drive a healthy discussion, get a balanced discussion, so I think that inherently would happen,” Reynolds said. “I just have never have felt good about that: ‘We need three women here to fill three slots.’”

Supporters of the gender diversity requirement say the law helps bring women who might be overlooked into leadership roles on boards and commissions. Iowa is among eight states that have a gender equity requirement for government boards. Last summer, a Los Angeles court ruled California’s gender diversity requirement was unconstitutional. The State of California is appealing that ruling.

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