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GEORGE PETERSON, 67, of Greenfield (Celebration of Life at a later date)

Obituaries

June 19th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

GEORGE PETERSON, 67, of Greenfield, died Friday, June 18, 2021, at the Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines.  Celebration of Life services for GEORGE PETERSON will be held at a later date. Steen Funeral Home in Greenfield is assisting the family.

Online condolences may be left to the family at www.steenfunerals.com.

Memorials may be directed to the George Peterson memorial fund to be established by the family.

GEORGE PETERSON is survived by:

His wife – Cheryl Peterson, of Greenfield.

His brothers-in-law: Jim (Marcella) Ernst of Omaha, Mike Ernst of Adair and David Chambers of Adair.

Other relatives and friends.

IHSAA releases 1A and 2A Baseball District assignments

Sports

June 19th, 2021 by admin

District assignments for Class 2A and Class 1A for the 2021 baseball postseason have been released.

Postseason competition begins with one scheduled preliminary round game in 1A on Thursday, July 8. First round games for 2A and 1A are set for Saturday, July 10.

Pairings for 2A and 1A will be available the week of June 28 following coaches’ seeding meetings. For bracket purposes, the winners of District 1 and District 2 will play in Substate 1, the winners of District 3 and District 4 will play in Substate 2, and so on. Assignments for Class 4A and Class 3A will be released Friday, June 25.

Eight teams from each class advance to the 2021 state tournament, which will be hosted in Carroll for 2A and 1A, and Iowa City for 4A and 3A. Quarterfinals in Carroll begin July 26, while quarterfinals in Iowa City start July 28.

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High School Baseball Scoreboard 06/18/2021

Sports

June 19th, 2021 by admin

Hawkeye Ten Conference
Denison-Schleswig 12, Atlantic 2
Clear Lake 4, Red Oak 3
St. Albert 10, Shenandoah 6

Western Iowa Conference
Logan-Magnolia 18, IKM-Manning 5
Missouri Valley 7, Audubon 3
Treynor 16, Riverside 7
Tri-Center 11, Underwood 1

Rolling Valley Conference
Boyer Valley 11, Glidden-Ralston 5
CAM 14, West Harrison 3
Coon Rapids-Bayard 7, Exira-EHK 0
Woodbine 16, Whiting 0

Corner Conference
Fremont-Mills 2, Essex 1 (Game 1)
Fremont-Mills 7, Essex 4 (Game 2)
Sidney 5, East Mills 2
Stanton 6, Griswold 0

Pride of Iowa Conference
Central Decatur 12, Southwest Valley 7
Martensdale-St. Marys 6, Lenox 4
Mount Ayr 7, Southeast Warren 2
Nodaway Valley 12, Wayne 2

Other Scores
Carroll 13, Nevada 8
Winterset 7, North Polk 5

High School Softball Scoreboard 06/18/2021

Sports

June 19th, 2021 by admin

Fort Dodge Tournament
Winterset 2, Atlantic 1
Atlantic 12, Harlan 0
Pleasant Valley 6, Winterset 5

Hawkeye Ten Conference
Boone 19, Kuemper Catholic 7
CB Abraham Lincoln 5, Clarinda 3
West Monona 5, St. Albert 1

Western Iowa Conference
Audubon 6, Missouri Valley 5
Riverside 7, Treynor 6
Underwood 12, Tri-Center 3

Rolling Valley Conference
Boyer Valley 21, Glidden-Ralston 9
Exira-EHK 8, Coon Rapids-Bayard 5
West Harrison 4, CAM 2
Woodbine 10, Whiting 1

Corner Conference
Fremont-Mills 6, Essex 3 (Game 1)
Fremont-Mills 3, Essex 2 (Game 2)
Griswold 13, Stanton 5 (G: 7 runs in first inning, Jenna Reynolds 3 RBI and 2 runs)
Sidney 10, East Mills 3

Pride of Iowa Conference
Central Decatur 14, Southwest Valley 4
East Union 7, Bedford 5
Lenox 2, Martensdale-St. Marys 1

Other Scores
Carroll 9, Nevada 7

Iowa COVID-19 update for 6/19/21: No additional deaths; 98 additional cases; Positivity rate falls to 1.9%

News

June 19th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

The Iowa Department of Public Health’s Coronavirus Dashboard, Saturday, indicated there were 91 additional, positive cases of COVID-19 over the previous 24-hours, for a pandemic total of 403, 732, and no additional deaths, leaving the statewide total at 6,109. Deaths at Iowa’s Long-Term Care facilities since the start of the pandemic, stand at 2,372.

There remain three Long-Term Care (LTC) facility outbreaks in Iowa, with a total of 29 positive cases among patients and staff, and four persons who have recovered. Iowa’s 14-day and seven-day positivity rates are each at 1.9%.

There are a total of 68 Iowans hospitalized with COVID. Health officials report 17 patients are in an ICU; 13 COVID patients were admitted to a hospital, and 10 patients are on a ventilator. In RMCC Region 4 (hospitals in western & southwest Iowa), there is one person hospitalized with COVID-19, one person was in an ICU. No one was admitted over the previous 24-hours, and once again there were no COVID patients on a ventilator.

In the immediate KJAN listening area, here are the current number positive cases by County (since the beginning of the pandemic) and the total number of deaths (Since the beginning of the pandemic) in each county to date:
Cass, 1,476 cases; 55 deaths
Adair, 993; 32
Adams, 354; 4
Audubon, 553; 11
Guthrie, 1,317; 32
Harrison County, 1,935; 73
Madison County, 1,788 19
Mills County, 1,806; 24
Montgomery, 1,117; 38
Pottawattamie County, 12,361;174
Shelby County, 1,378; 37
Union County, 1,382; 35

(Podcast) KJAN morning Sports report, 6/19/21

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New Miss Iowa talks about her goals

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June 19th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – The new Miss Iowa was recently crowned at the pageant in Davenport and says she is still getting used to the title. Twenty-two-year-old Grace Keller is a native of Illinois, who just graduated from the University of Iowa with a degree in journalism. She says she fell in love with Iowa when searching for a college. “I always say that I was born and raised in Illinois and that was great to have that be my home. But, Iowa was the home that I got to choose. And I really got to see a lot of places and settled on Iowa because of that Iowa nice and the sense of community that we have here,” Keller says. Keller says she had been involved in pageants several years ago but had taken a break to be a college student. She decided to compete again, in part, because the Miss America program is a large scholarship program and she was low on funds.

She says she really wanted to just go and have fun and perform her talent, which is dance, with the hope of winning some scholarship money. Keller’s Social Impact initiative is to promote literacy in kindergarten thru third grade. She says she is passionate to promote the cause.  “I want to be that person for those people all across Iowa who are just looking for a mentor or an inspire to really push them into that love, so that they can reach those benchmarks and set themselves up for success later in their education,” she says. The new Miss Iowa is still getting used to the idea of the title — and says she still was not anticipating earning the title even after she was in the final two on the stage.

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She says she was proud to even get first-runnerup. “And then they announced me as the winner. And I think in that moment I was like are they sure, is this actually happening? And then the Miss Iowa who was passing on her title came over and gave me a hug and that’s when I realized oh my gosh this actually happened, they called me up the winner,” Keller says. Keller had taken a position with a start-up podcast company and will go back to that. She says she’s excited to represent the state and meet people across Iowa.

Skyscan Forecast for Atlantic & the area: Saturday, June 19th 2021

Weather

June 19th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

Today: Partly cloudy to cloudy. High 88. E @ 5-10.

Tonight: P/Cldy to cloudy w/scattered late showers & thunderstorms. Low 70. SE @ 10.

Tomorrow: P/Cldy to Cldy w/scattered showers & thunderstorms. High 88. SW-NW @ 10-20.

Monday: P/Cldy. High 78.

Tuesday: P/Cldy. High 82.

Friday’s High in Atlantic was 88. Our Low was 64. We received pea-to-half-dollar size hail at around 11:30-p.m., Friday. Rainfall amounted to .32″.   Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 75 and the Low was 69. The Record High was 104 in 1974, and the Record Low was 42 in 1900.