CLASS 1A
Third Place
Southeast Warren 4, Wayne 0
Championship
Newell-Fonda 4, Lisbon 1
CLASS 2A
Third Place
Central Springs 12, Wilton 1 (6 innings)
Chamionship
North Linn 1, Earlham 0
CLASS 1A
Third Place
Southeast Warren 4, Wayne 0
Championship
Newell-Fonda 4, Lisbon 1
CLASS 2A
Third Place
Central Springs 12, Wilton 1 (6 innings)
Chamionship
North Linn 1, Earlham 0
Cass County Auditor Dale Sunderman says the last day to file nomination papers for city office to appear on the November 2, 2021 city election ballot is September 16, 2021. Nomination forms available from County Auditor, City Clerk or online. City Elections and School Board Elections are held on the same day: November 2, 2021. For the majority of voters, the voting site will be the site used for the “General Election.” There will be separate ballot styles for the city and rural voters since only city voters cast a ballot for city offices. [As changed in 2019: The City of Marne will vote at the Cass County Community Building in Atlantic.]
City Elections will take place on November 2, 2021. NOTE: This year nomination papers for elected city office positions must be filed with the county auditor rather than with the city clerk. Nomination papers may be filed with the county auditor from August 23, 2021 thru September 16, 2021.
Becoming a candidate for elective city office:
Each candidate who successfully files a completed nomination petition is assured a place on the ballot.
In Cass County, Iowa the following offices will appear on the ballots for the respective cities on November 2, 2021:
Anita: Three at Large Council seats (4 year terms). Incumbents: appointee Simon Jensen, Ben Daughenbaugh and Tim Wheelock; Mayor (remainder 4 year term ending 2023). Incumbent: appointee John Knutson; One at Large Council seat (remainder 4 year term ending 2023). Incumbent: appointee Mark Harris.
Atlantic: MAYOR (4 year term). Incumbent: David Jones; Council Ward 2 (4 year term). Incumbent: Kathy Somers; Council Ward 5 (4 year term). Incumbent: Richard Casady; Council At Large (4 year term). Incumbent: Gerald Brink; One Atlantic Parks & Recreation Board (4 year term – term begins November 16). Incumbent: Stuart Dusenberry.
Cumberland: Mayor (2 year term). Incumbent: Nancy Virginia Coughlin; Three At Large Council (4 year term). Incumbents: Darrin Hardisty, Michael Martin and Mike Hill.
Griswold: Mayor (4 year term). Incumbent: Brad Rhine; Two At Large Council (4 year term). Incumbents: Julianne Adams and Carol Preston.
Lewis: Two At Large Council (4 year term). Incumbents: appointee Mary Neece and Ryan Archibald; One at Large Council seat (remainder 4 year term ending 2023). Incumbent: appointee Teresa Comer.
Marne: Two At Large Council (4 year term). Incumbents: Angela Redler and Aaron Williams.
Massena: Mayor (2 year term). Incumbent: Phil Przychodzin; Two At Large Council (4 year term). Incumbents: Jackson Bissell and Douglas Venteicher.
Wiota: Mayor (2 year term). Incumbent: Ford Lillard; Three At Large Council (4 year term). Incumbents: Jeff Lillard, Charles Bechtold and Lamar Spies.
Cass County Auditor Dale Sunderman reports nomination papers for offices to be filled in 2021 can be filed (with the school board secretary) August 23, 2021 through September 16, 2021. All offices are four year terms. In Cass County, Iowa the following offices will appear on the ballots for the respective
school districts on November 2, 2021:
Atlantic Community School District
CAM Community School District
Griswold Community School District
Election information, including the candidate nomination form, is available online at the Iowa Secretary of State’s website, from the local school board secretary’s offices and from the county auditor’s office. Check with your local school board secretary for local school board director district boundaries.
(In an update to our previous report w/regard to search warrants)
DES MOINES, IOWA — Twenty-seven defendants are facing federal criminal charges as part of a joint federal and state investigation of a heroin and fentanyl drug trafficking organization. Twenty-one defendants are from Des Moines, five are from Chicago, and one is from Knoxville.
Most of the defendants were arrested on July 21, 2021; three individuals have yet to be arrested. The following defendants are charged with federal drug offenses in two criminal indictments:
• Malek Shawn Holmes, age 21, of Des Moines
• Pierre Fontain Black, age 30, of Des Moines
• Deshawn Levell Greer, age 29, of Des Moines
• Desmond Lamar Howard, age 30, of Des Moines
• Carl Murphy, age 52, of Chicago, Illinois
• Earl Otis Clay, III, age 29, of Des Moines
• Gregory Izell Spight, age 42, of Des Moines
• Michael Byrd, age 28, of Chicago, Illinois
• Azim Abdul-Ahad, age 22, of Des Moines
• Ronald Harris, age 35, of Des Moines
• Derrick Fleming, age 27, of Chicago, Illinois
• Patrick Staples, age 28, of Chicago, Illinois
• Brandon Reed, age 28, of Chicago, Illinois
• Tabaris Brown, age 22, of Des Moines
• Dandre Cox, age 21, of Des Moines
• Daeante Dewayne Neely, age 28, of Des Moines
• Elijah Seymour, age 33, of Des Moines
• Felicia Olson, age 29, of Des Moines
• Sarah Hume, age 39, of Des Moines
• Andrew Price, age 29, of Des Moines
• Jason Beaman, age 46, of Knoxville
• Jamisha Canada, age 44, of Des Moines
• Tonie Canada, age 39, of Des Moines
• Rickey’a Dee Jackson, age 22, of Des Moines
• Devante Jave Taylor, age 26, of Des Moines
• Tyler Robert Wood, age 30, of Des Moines
• Zakar Jeffrey, age 28, of Des Moines
All defendants arrested on July 21 have or will soon appear in federal court on the charges. The charges stem from a months’ long investigation into heroin and fentanyl distribution within the Des Moines area. The charges carry maximum penalties of up to life imprisonment, with a ten-year mandatory minimum prison term as to Malek Holmes, and five-year mandatory minimum prison terms as to Pierre Black, Deshawn Greer, Carl Murphy, Earl Clay, III, Gregory Spight, Michael Byrd, Azim Abdul-Ahad, Ronald Harris, Derrick Fleming, Patrick Staples, Brandon Reed, Tabaris Brown, Daeante Neely, Felicia Olson, Andrew Price, Jason Beaman, Jamisha Canada, and Tonie Canada. The public is reminded that charges contain only accusations and are not evidence of guilt. The defendants are presumed innocent and entitled to a fair trial at which the government has the burden of proving guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. If convicted, the Court must impose reasonable sentences under federal sentencing statutes and the advisory U.S. Sentencing Guidelines.
The charges were announced by Richard D. Westphal, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa. Investigating and assisting agencies include: the Mid-Iowa Narcotics Enforcement Task Force; Central Iowa Gang Task Force; Des Moines Police Department; Iowa Division of Narcotics Enforcement; Polk County Sheriff’s Office; Bureau of
Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives; Iowa State Patrol; Iowa Division of Intelligence and Fusion Center; Iowa State Patrol SWAT; United States Marshals Service; Central Iowa Drug Task Force; Drug Enforcement Agency; Mid-Iowa Narcotics Enforcement Task Force East; Homeland Security Investigations; Altoona Police Department; Story County Sheriff’s Office; Ames Police Department; Norwalk Police Department; West Des Moines Police Department; Ankeny Police Department; METRO Star; SERT; Iowa 5th Judicial District; Federal Bureau of Investigation Chicago; Federal Bureau of Investigation Kansas City; Federal Bureau of Investigation Minneapolis; Federal Bureau of Investigation Omaha; and the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF).
OCDETF identifies, disrupts, and dismantles the highest-level drug traffickers, money launderers, gangs, and transnational criminal organizations that threaten the United States by using a prosecutor-led, intelligence-driven, multi-agency approach that leverages the strengths of federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies against criminal networks.
(Radio Iowa0 – Iowa Congressman Randy Feenstra suggests the expansion of 5-G cellular communication could interfere with weather radar and the ability to get a decent forecast. Feenstra, a Republican from Hull, addressed the topic during this week’s meeting of the U-S House Science, Space and Technology Committee, saying it’s vital to have reliable eyes on the sky.
“Getting accurate weather information can save both lives and livelihoods of those in my district,” Feenstra says. “We saw several tornadoes last week in Iowa.” He says a report from the Government Accountability Office revealed multiple agencies must improve collaborative efforts to prevent interference with the ability to predict the weather. Feenstra says global positioning system satellites, which aid navigation, could also be impacted.
“A report…suggested that we have lost the ability to rely on GPS due to an outage,” Feenstra says. “It would cost our economy about a billion dollars a day if this happens. An outage during the springtime planting season could increase losses closer to $1.5 billion a day.” Feenstra says he’s working to find a remedy.
“I am currently drafting legislation, trying to find technological solutions to weather radar blockages and ghost echoes,” he says. Feenstra says 5-G expansion is important, but cannot come at the expense of accurate weather forecasting models that ag producers in his district rely on every day.
(Radio Iowa) – A nine-year-old from Spencer is preparing for a year of travel around the state as Li’l Miss Iowa. Caitlyn Barr participated in the pageant last year and won it this year. “My favorite parts have been meeting new people and having fun and I decided to come back this year because I didn’t win and I wanted to have that experience again,” she says. The pageant encourages contestants to focus on volunteering and community involvement.
“I volunteered at ‘Kindness for Covid’…One thing we did is we sang outside the hospital for Christmas,” she says. “That was really fun. I got to meet some new kids and we went to a nursing home and made signs for them, like one said, ‘You are loved’ or ‘Get Well Soon’ or ‘You are the best’.” During the pageant, Barr was recognized for having the best interview with the judges for contestants in her age group. Barr, who is entering fourth grade this fall, says after high school she’d like to be an Olympic gymnast and a cheerleader at the University of Northern Iowa.
Caitlyn Barr
“Then I’d like to be a teacher or a police officer, but I really want to be the teacher,” she says. The Miss Iowa Youth Program started 28 years ago for girls between the ages of six and 12. A Li’l Miss Iowa and a Junior Miss Iowa are crowned each year at a pageant held in Muscatine.
DES MOINES– Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds today (Thursday) announced her appointment of Gina Badding as a judge of the Iowa Court of Appeals. Badding, of Carroll (Iowa), currently serves as a district judge in Judicial Election District 2B. She previously practiced law with Neu, Minnich, Comito, Halbur, Neu & Badding, P.C., in Carroll. Badding received her undergraduate degree from the University of Iowa and her law degree from the University of Iowa College of Law.
Judge Gina Badding (Iowa Judicial Branch official photo)
The Iowa Court of Appeals is Iowa’s intermediate appellate court. It is composed of nine judges and decides appeals from district courts across Iowa. Badding will fill the vacancy created by the upcoming retirement of Iowa Court of Appeals Judge Richard H. Doyle of Des Moines.
JOYCE A. GIRKIN, 82, of Adair, died Thursday, July 22, 2021, at the Community Care Center, in Stuart. Funeral services for JOYCE GIRKIN will be held 11-a.m. Monday, July 26th, at the First Presbyterian Church in Adair. Hockenberry Family Care in Adair has the arrangements.
Visitation will take place at the church, prior to the funeral, from 9-until 11-a.m., Monday.; Online condolences may be left at www.hockenberryfamilycare.com.
Burial is in the Dalmanutha Cemetery in rural Guthrie County.
Memorials may be directed to the family for later designation.
JOYCE GIRKIN is survived by:
Her daughter – Tami (Glen) Watts-McPhail, of Ankeny.
Her son – Mike, of San Antonio, TX.
Her sisters – Marjorie Young, of Adair, and Elaine Sheumaker, of Penfield, NY.
IOWA CITY, Iowa – University of Iowa junior center Tyler Linderbaum has been named to the Big Ten Conference preseason honors list. The announcement was made by the league office Thursday.
Ten members were selected by a media panel, with five representatives from the East and West divisions.
Linderbaum (6-foot-3, 289-pounds) was a finalist for the Rimington Trophy a year ago and earned first-team All-America honors from The Athletic and Pro Football Focus. He was named second-team All-America by the Associated Press, Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), Phil Steele and the Walter Camp Foundation. He was a first-team All-Big Ten selection by league media.
The Solon, Iowa, native was named a preseason first-team All-Big Ten selection and preseason first-team All-America selection by Athlon Sports.
The Hawkeyes have had eight players named to the Big Ten Preseason Honors List in the last eight seasons. They include Linderbaum (2021), defensive end AJ Epenesa (2019), tight end Noah Fant (2018), linebacker Josey Jewell (2017), quarterback C.J. Beathard (2016), defensive back Desmond King (2016), defensive end Drew Ott (2015), and offensive tackle Brandon Scherff (2014). Epenesa, Fant, Jewell, Beathard, King, and Scherff were selected in the NFL Draft after making the list.
The other Big Ten players on the 2021 list include Michael Penix Jr. (Jr., QB, IND), Thayer Munford (Sr., LT, OSU), Chris Olave (Sr., WR, OSU), Garrett Wilson (Jr., WR, OSU), and Jahan Dotson (Sr., WR, PSU) in the East Division. The West Division includes Linderbaum, Mohamed Ibrahim (Sr., RB, MINN), Brandon Joseph (So., S, NU), David Bell (Jr., WR, PUR), and Jack Sanborn (Sr., LB, WIS).
The Hawkeyes open the 2021 season Sep. 4, hosting Indiana. For ticket information, visit hawkeyesports.com/
AMES, Iowa – Iowa State softball head coach Jamie Pinkerton has announced the promotion of assistant coaches Courtney Herron-Martinez and Kate Sinnott. Both will now be associate head coaches.
“In their four years together, they’ve done a great job with their positions,” Pinkerton said. “It was important to me to keep the continuity of our program together. This keeps our program going in the direction we want and keeps our staff together. Both are very deserving of the promotion.”
The contributions of both coaches led to the greatest season in Iowa State history in 2021, as the Cyclones went 34-23 and advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1988.
Sinnott’s 2021 pitching staff was a critical piece to the greatest season in program history. Behind the arms of Karlie Charles and Ellie Spelhaug, Iowa State advanced to the NCAA Columbia Regional Final for the first regional final in school history. Sinnott’s work with one of the youngest pitching staffs in the entire country was no small feat. With a bullpen that featured just one player with Big 12 experience, 86 percent of all innings during the 2021 season were thrown by underclassmen. Iowa State’s 3.25 and 3.18 ERA’s in 2019 and 2020 were the two lowest totals in over 10 years for the Cyclones.
Martinez’s work with the Cyclone offense has led to an incredible turnaround for the program. The Cyclones have set a new single-season program home run record in each of the three full season she has been on staff. The work culminated in 2021’s offense that hit 64 home runs in just 57 games. Iowa State also set school records in runs, RBI and walks in 2021. Martinez’s work with Cyclone phenom Sami Williams was instrumental in bringing the ISU program to new heights. With Martinez as a guide, Williams became the first NFCA First Team All-American in program history and was selected number eight overall in the Athletes Unlimited collegiate draft. Under Martinez’s tutelage, Williams put together a staggering statistical season in 2021. Williams broke single-season program records for batting average (.446) and home runs (21) on the year with 54 RBI and an incredible .902 slugging percentage.