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2022 State Wrestling – 3-A First Round & Consolation Results

Sports

February 17th, 2022 by Jim Field

First Round:

  • 106 – Jaymeson Vandervelde (CB Abraham Lincoln) lost to Caden Leonard (Johnston) 7-0
  • 106 – Carter Schorsch (Lewis Central) lost to Timothy Koester (Bettendorf) FALL 1:24
  • 113 – Jonathan Ryan (CB Abraham Lincoln) lost to Blake Gioimo (CR Prairie) FALL :38
  • 170 – Braylon Kammrad (Lewis Central) beat Xander Kenworthy (Ankeny) 5-2
  • 182 – Carlos Andrade (CB Abraham Lincoln) lost to Griffin Gammell (Waukee NW) FALL :19
  • 195 – Dillon Woods (Lewis Central) lost to McCrae Hagarty (Waverly-Shell Rock) FALL 1:08
  • 195 – Jaxson Hildebrand (Denison-Schleswig) lost to Colin Flannagan (CR Kennedy) MAJOR DEC 12-3

Consolation:

  • 106 – Carter Schorsch (Lewis Central) lost to Mitchell Pins (Dubuque Hempstead) 6-0
  • 106 – Jaymeson Vandervelde (CB Abraham Lincoln) lost to Reid Foster (Bondurant-Farrar) FALL 4:00
  • 113 – Jonathan Ryan (CB Abraham Lincoln) lost to Ryker Graff (SE Polk) TECH FALL 18-2
  • 182 – Carlos Andrade (CB Abraham Lincoln) lost to Rusty VanWetzinga (Pleasant Valley) 3-1
  • 195 – Jaxson Hildebrand (Denison-Schleswig) beat Dillon Woods (Lewis Central) MAJOR DEC 16-6

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Sunnyside Park Roads are once again open

Ag/Outdoor, News

February 17th, 2022 by Ric Hanson

(Atlantic, Iowa) – Atlantic Parks and Recreation Department Director Bryant Rasmussen reports the roads in Sunnyside Park are once again open. The Park’s roads were closed for the season Dec. 10, 2021. Rasmussen said, while the roads in Sunnyside Park are open, the restrooms will remain closed until warmer temperatures are more consistent.

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RICHARD “KEVIN” McCONEGHY, 71, formerly of Oakland (Svcs. at a later date)

Obituaries

February 17th, 2022 by Ric Hanson

RICHARD “KEVIN” McCONEGHY, 71, formerly of Oakland, died Feb. 7th. Services for RICHARD McCONEGHY will be held at a later date. Rieken Vieth Funeral Home in Oakland is assisting the family.

RICHARD McCONEGHY is survived by:

His brother – John (Kathy) McConeghey, of  Albuquerque, New Mexico.

His sisters – Stephanie (Bryce) Behrens, of Treynor, and Cheryl Waggoner, of Oakland.

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Search begins for the new Cass County Auditor

News

February 17th, 2022 by Ric Hanson

(Atlantic, Iowa) – With the announcement on Wednesday from Cass County Auditor Dale Sunderman that he intends to resign from the position effective April 15th, comes the next step of finding someone to succeed him. He’s served as an elected official for more than 37-years. Cass County Supervisor’s Board Chairman Steve Baier told KJAN News because Sunderman “has served the County so well for so many years, it’s leaving some really big shoes to fill.”

He said Sunderman’s attention to detail is what makes him a good Auditor.

Cass Co. Auditor Dale Sunderman demonstrates a new voting machine for the blind/visually impaired. (File Photo)

Baier says the Supervisors are now tasked with finding someone to work with Sunderman before his last day in office. Applications will be available on the County’s website and Cass County Auditor’s Office.

He says they hope candidates who file an application will be interviewed within about a week’s time, and by mid-March have a person who will become the Auditor, at least until the November election.

Steve Baier said he has known Dale Sunderman most of his life, since the time they were growing up in the Noble Center community.

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House panel approves uniform rules for election recounts

News

February 17th, 2022 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – A House committee has approved legislation to require Iowans casting an early vote to put their voter I-D number or driver’s license number on the outside of the absentee ballot envelope. It would prohibit Iowa’s secretary of state and county auditors from accepting private donations to help run elections. Republican Representative Bobby Kaufmann of Wilton is one of the bill’s authors. The point of this bill is the banning of outside money for influencing public elections, ensuring that the voter ID loop is closed and we’ve checked off all of those boxes,” Kaufmann says.

The bill also updates the rules for election recounts — like the one in the second congressional district that saw some counties run the ballots through counting machines and others do a recount by hand.  “Bipartisan recount reform, so there’s uniformity across the system for all 99 counties,” Kaufmann says.

Representative Mary Wolfe, a Democrat from Clinton, says making recount procedures the same across all counties makes sense. She’s concerned about the change to require voters to write their driver’s license number or voter I-D number on what’s called the affidavit envelope for their absentee ballot. Wolfe says that needs to be prominently noted and clearly explained. “In order to avoid people completely, inadvertently not seeing that,” Wolfe says, “not realizing what it is, sending their absentee ballot back in and having their ballot not count.”

The bill also would let Iowa political parties post the date and time of caucuses on the party’s public website. Under current law, parties have to publish the date, time and location of precinct caucuses in local newspapers.

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2022 State Wrestling – Class 2-A 1st Round & Consolation Results

Sports

February 17th, 2022 by Jim Field

First Round:

  • 106 – Dreylen Schweitzer (Carroll) lost to Colin Cassidy (West Liberty) MAJOR DEC 15-7
  • 106 – Aiden Smith (Atlantic/CAM) lost to Emmitt Newton (Davis County) MAJOR DEC 14-3
  • 113 – Vincent Mayberry (Glenwood) beat Jacob Maes (Assumption) FALL 1:47
  • 113 – Seth Ettleman (SW Iowa) lost to Kade Blume (Roland-Story) FALL 1:46
  • 120 – Cael Nelson (Carroll) beat Kade Bauer (Sioux Center) FALL 2:41
  • 126 – Matthew Been (Glenwood) beat Derrick Bass (Assumption) FALL 3:50
  • 126 – Ethan Follmann (Atlantic/CAM) beat Jakob Regan (Waukon) MAJOR DEC 10-2
  • 132 – Easton O’Brien (Atlantic/CAM) lost to Blaine Frazier (Notre Dame) FALL 1:40
  • 138 – Austin Evans (Creston) lost to Carter Fousek (Crestwood) FALL 1:40
  • 138 – Carter Drake (Carroll) lost to Ty Koedam (Sergeant Bluff-Luton) 6-4
  • 145 – Triston Barncastle (Creston) lost to Cooper Sanders (Vinton-Shellsburg) 9-3
  • 145 – Kale Downey (Clarinda) beat Justin Keller (Albia) MAJOR DEC 15-2
  • 152 – Brian South (Atlantic/CAM) lost to Garrett Seaba (Clarion-Goldfield-Dows) FALL 1:39
  • 160 – Dawson Bond (Red Oak) beat Zach Jensen (Spirit Lake Park) 3-1
  • 160 – Karson Downey (Clarinda) lost to Jadyn Peyton (West Delaware)  FALL 1:42
  • 170 – Kadin Stutzman (Atlantic/CAM) beat Mack Seaba (Clarion-Goldfield-Dows) MAJOR DEC 16-8
  • 170 – Sterling Rodman (Carroll) lost to Brady Ortner (Vinton-Shellsburg) MAJOR DEC 12-4
  • 182 – Zane Bendorf (Harlan) beat Johnny Argo (Assumption) MAJOR DEC 9-1
  • 182 – Jase Wilmes (Clarinda) lost to Nick Reinicke (Dike-New Hartford) MAJOR DEC 15-4
  • 195 – Brenden Casey (Atlantic/CAM) lost to CJ Carter (Glenwood) FALL 1:18
  • 285 – Logan Green (Clarinda) beat Dugan Tolley (Winterset) FALL 4:55
  • 285 – Quinten Fuller (Creston) lost to Aaron Graves (SE Valley) FALL 1:46

1st Round Consolation:

  • 106 – Dreylen Schweitzer (Carroll) beat Peyton Pilgrim (Assumption) 9-7
  • 106 – Aiden Smith (Atlantic/CAM) beat Ethan Long (Monticello) FALL 1:36
  • 113 – Seth Ettleman (SW Iowa) lost to Jack Showalter (Hampton-Dumont-CAL) FALL 1:06
  • 132 – Easton O’Brien (Atlantic/CAM) lost to Luke Spaur (Knoxville) 9-6
  • 138 – Austin Evans (Creston) lost to Carter Drake (Carroll) 5-2
  • 145 – Triston Barncastle (Creston) lost to Joshua Zeman (West Liberty) 6-4
  • 152 – Brian South (Atlantic/CAM) lost to Gavin Scheuermann (Greene County) MAJOR DEC 15-2
  • 160 – Karson Downey (Clarinda) lost to Zayvion Ellington (Sergeant Bluff-Luton) 6-1
  • 170 – Sterling Rodman (Carroll) beat Tate Schmitt (Hampton-Dumont-CAL) FALL 1:05
  • 182 – Jase Wilmes (Clarinda) lost to Johnny Argo (Assumption) 8-4
  • 195 – Brenden Casey (Atlantic/CAM) lost to Jack Geels (Williamsburg) 4-3
  • 285 – Quinten Fuller (Creston) lost to Dugan Tolley (Winterset) FALL 1:32A

Team Scores:
1. Notre Dame, Burlington 25.0
1. West Delaware 25.0
3. Vinton-Shellsburg 19.0
4. Sergeant Bluff-Luton 17.0
5. Osage 16.5
6. Union, La Porte City 15.0
6. Winterset 15.0
8. Webster City 14.0
9. Clarion-Goldfield-Dows 13.0
10. Glenwood 12.0
10. Sioux Center 12.0
10. West Liberty 12.0
13. Albia 10.5
14. Greene County 10.0
15. Atlantic-CAM 9.0
15. Carroll 9.0
15. Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont 9.0
15. Hampton-Dumont-CAL 9.0

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Glenwood Police report, 2/17/22

News

February 17th, 2022 by Ric Hanson

(Glenwood, Iowa) – The Glenwood Police Department reports one person was arrested Wednesday: 58-year-old Scott Clarke, of Glenwood, was arrested for Possession of a Controlled Substance. His cash or surety bond was set at $1,000.

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LARRY KLOPPENBURG, 64, of Omaha [formerly of Wiota] (Graveside Svc. 2/20/22)

Obituaries

February 17th, 2022 by Ric Hanson

LARRY KLOPPENBURG, 64, of Omaha (& formerly of Wiota), died Monday, Feb. 14th, at the Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha NE.  A Graveside Service for LARRY KLOPPENBURG will be held on Sunday, February 20th at 2:00 p.m. at First Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, 70139 Memphis Road, in Wiota.

Visitation will be held on Saturday, February 19th from 4-until 6-pm, at Heafey-Hoffmann-Dworak-Cutler Funeral Home/West Center Chapel, in Omaha, with a prayer service following at 6-pm.

To view a live broadcast of the Funeral Service, please go to www.heafeyheafey.com and click the “View Live Cast” button on the home page.

LARRY KLOPPENBURG is survived by:

Mary Calabro.

His daughters – Shannon Libby, and Kristin Simon.

His brothers – Terry and Rick Kloppenburg.

His mom – Belva Kloppenburg.

1 grandchild, and other relatives.

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Elderly Newton bus driver fired after arthritis meds made her fail drug test

News

February 17th, 2022 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – A long-time bus driver for the Newton Community School District was recently fired after failing a drug test. Seventy-six-year-old Peg Esperanza says she was shocked and devastated to learn that CBD oil used for her arthritis had triggered a positive drug test. Esperanza said she started using the product a couple of months ago. She said the treatment has helped her on the job, driving children with special needs to and from school. Esperanza said she was drug tested after a minor accident in a school vehicle and failed the drug test, which came as a complete surprise. Esperanza was told the drug test contained small amounts of THC.

In Iowa, however, it is legal for CBD oil to contain THC. Esperanza said she plans to move from the Newton area because she can no longer afford her apartment. The Newton Community School District has declined comment on the matter.

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Boil Advisory issued for areas between Minden and Neola

News

February 17th, 2022 by Ric Hanson

(Pottawattamie County) – Authorities in Pottawattamie County late Wednesday evening ordered a Boil Water Advisory until further notice for Regional Water/Rural Water Association customers south of I-80, along and west of 335th St, east of 300th St (between Minden & Neola), and north of Rosewood Road, who did not have water Wednesday night. The Pott. County Emergency Management Agency reports a construction crew hit one of the water mains just north of the I-80 Minden exit. Crews will be repairing the leak in this morning.When the water comes back on after repairs, all of the aforementioned customers will be under a Boil Advisory.
If you are in the town of Minden, you are not affected. Minden is currently using their own wells.

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