SWAT’s Tiffany South and Augustt Manz announced as Southwest District Coaches of the Year

January 24th, 2024 by Asa Lucas

The IWOCA announced its district coaches of the year, and S.W.A.T. Head Coach Tiffany South and Lewis Central Head Coach August Manz were named the Southwest District Coaches of the Year.

South started her coaching duties as the S.W.A.T. Valkyrie Head Coach in 2022. Her team has had a strong season going 13-5 in duals and won tournament titles at Pride of Iowa, Audubon, and the S.W.A.T. scramble.

Last year, South’s team finished second behind Lewis Central at the Super Regional, qualified six athletes for the state wrestling tournament with three place winners, and ended 16^th overall.

S.W.A.T. will compete in the Super Regionals at Sioux City on Friday.

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Atlantic City Council to hold Budget & personnel meetings

January 24th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

(Atlantic, Iowa) – The Atlantic City Council will hold two Special Meetings. Both take place in the Council’s Chambers at the Atlantic City Hall. The first meeting, at 4:30-p.m., today (Jan. 24), is with regard to Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Planning.

The second meeting, at 5:30-p.m. Thursday (Jan. 25), is a Closed Session pertaining to a personnel matter, whereby the individual has requested a closed session with regard to their professional competency, hiring, performance or discharge, that is being considered.

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Ottumwa Police ask for help in locating a missing man

January 24th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

(Ottumwa, Iowa) – Police in Ottumwa are asking for the public’s help in locating a missing man. Authorities on Tuesday said 40-year-old Craig Dee Smith, of Ottumwa, was reported by his roommate as a missing person, at around 8-p.m., on January 20th. The roommate advised that he had not had any contact with Smith for two weeks. (Below is a picture of Smith)

Craig Dee Smith

Craig Smith is described as being 6-feet tall, and weighing around 240-pounds. He was wearing jeans, a hooded sweatshirt and a black coat, when he left his residence. It was also reported that Smith could have been heading to see a friend in Keokuk County, IA.

If anyone has information on Smith’s whereabouts, they are requested to contact the Ottumwa Police Department at 641-683-0661.

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Heartbeat Today 1-24-2024

Heartbeat Today, Podcasts

January 24th, 2024 by Jim Field

Jim Field visits with Iowa State University Extension & Outreach 4-H Animal Science Specialist Amy Powell about caring for our animals during cold weather.

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2 arrested in Montgomery County, Tuesday

January 24th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

(Red Oak, Iowa) – Sheriff’s officials in Montgomery County say two people were arrested on separate charges, Tuesday. At around 3:50-p.m., Deputies took 55-year-old Gregory Allen Riley, of Red Oak, into custody for Domestic Abuse Assault by impeding an airway and/or blood flow. Riley was being held without bond in the Montgomery County Jail.

And, at around 9:20-p.m., Montgomery County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested 48-year-old Scott Allen Henneman, of Villisca, on a Page County warrant for Failure to Appear or pay Child Support. Henneman was turned over to Page County Corrections and held on bond.

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Cass County Extension Report 1-24-2024

Ag/Outdoor, Podcasts

January 24th, 2024 by Jim Field

w/Kate Olson.

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Tuesday Girl’s and Boys Wrestling Results

January 24th, 2024 by Asa Lucas

Girl’s Wrestling

Denison-Schleswig 42, Glenwood 39
Denison-Schleswig 42, Kuemper Catholic 30
Glenwood 36, Kuemper Catholic 17

Boy’s Wrestling

Greene County 57, CAM 21
Greene County 66, Manson Northwest Webster 12
Manson Northwest Webster 48, CAM 28

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Carroll 54, Harlan 27
Lewis Central 43, Carroll 27
Lewis Central 54, Harlan 15
Creston 70, Harlan 10

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Logan-Magnolia 76, Audubon 6
Logan-Magnolia 60, Southwest Iowa 19
Logan-Magnolia 48, Underwood 25
Audubon 52, Southwest Iowa 18
Underwood 51, Audubon 18
Underwood 52, Southwest Iowa 29

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Atlantic 46, Clarinda 27
Glenwood 59, Atlantic 18
Glenwood 57, Clarinda 15
Glenwood 58, Denison-Schleswig 15
Glenwood 78, Kuemper Catholic 28
Kuemper Catholic 57, Denison-Schleswig 18

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Tri-Center 48, Griswold 18
Missouri Valley 81, Griswold 0
Missouri Valley 60, Tri-Center 18
Missouri Valley 52, Treynor 19
Treynor 60, Griswold 12
Treynor 57, Tri-Center 21

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AHSTW 48, Coon Rapids-Bayard 21
Riverside 48, AHSTW 32
Riverside 72, Coon Rapids-Bayard 12

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Remains of a WWII Iowa fighter pilot are finally accounted for

January 24th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

(Washington, D.C.) – The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) has announced an Iowa World War II fighter pilot’s remains have been accounted for. U.S. Army Air Forces Major Theodore Willhite, 26, of Muscatine, who died during WWII, was accounted for Sept. 19, 2023.

In March of 1944, Willhite was assigned to the 724th Bombardment Squadron, 451st Bombardment Group, 15th Air Force in the Mediterranean and European Theater of Operations. On Mar 11, Willhite was piloting a B-24 “Liberator,” when it was struck by anti-aircraft fire after a bombing raid on a German position near Toulon, France. Eyewitnesses on another B-24 reported seeing Willhite’s aircraft spinning out of control at approximately 3000 feet before breaking apart and crashing into the sea. All 11 crewmembers aboard the aircraft were lost in the incident and not identified following the war.

USAF Maj. Theodore Willhite (DPAA photos)

Beginning in 1945, the American Graves Registration Command (AGRC), Army Quartermaster Corps, was the organization tasked with recovering missing American personnel in the European Theater. Following the war, the AGRC disinterred and identified seven sets of remains recovered from the Lagoubran Cemetery, at Toulon, France. At the time they were unable to identify Willhite and other crewmembers, and they were interred in the Rhône American Cemetery.

In 2019, DPAA investigators and American Battle Monuments Commission personnel exhumed the remains of X-84 Luynes, X-85 Luynes, X-86 Luynes, and X-92 Luynes and sent them to the DPAA laboratory for analysis and identification. To identify Willhite’s remains, scientists from DPAA used anthropological analysis. Additionally, scientists from the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System used mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) analysis.

Willhite’s name is memorialized on the Walls of the Missing at Rhône American Cemetery, an American Battle Monuments Commission site in Draguignan, France, along with others still missing from WWII. A rosette will be placed next to his name to indicate he has been accounted for. Willhite will be buried at a place and time to be determined by the family.

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High School Boys Basketball Scores Tuesday

January 24th, 2024 by Asa Lucas

Hawkeye Ten Conference:
Harlan Community 48, Denison-Schleswig 37
Lewis Central 81 Shenandoah, 36
Creston 61 Glenwood, 57
Red Oak 76 St. Albert, 64

Western Iowa Conference:
#5 Underwood 72, Logan-Magnolia 44
Riverside 52, Audubon 36
Missouri Valley 48 AHSTW, 44
#8 Treynor 53 Tri-Center, 50

Rolling Valley Conference:
West Harrison 65, Paton-Churdan 53
CAM 76, Boyer Valley 55
Coon Rapids-Bayard 55, Exira-EHK 51
Woodbine 64, Glidden-Ralston 39

Corner Conference:
Sidney 65, Griswold 51
East Mills 64 Stanton, 52

West Central Conference:
Ogden 62, Woodward Academy 52
#4 Madrid 67, Panorama 52
Pleasantville 54, Earlham 37

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High School Girl’s Basketball Scores Tuesday

January 24th, 2024 by Asa Lucas

Hawkeye Ten Conference:
#9 Lewis Central 57, Shenandoah 32
Glenwood 55, Creston 32
#7 Harlan Community 62, Denison-Schleswig 36
Clarinda 47, Riverside 25 (NC)
St. Albert 101 Red Oak, 22

Western Iowa Conference:
Underwood 41, Logan-Magnolia 39
Tri-Center 45, #12 Treynor 40
IKM-Manning 65 Ar-We-Va, 37 (NC)
AHSTW 46 Missouri Valley, 31

Rolling Valley Conference:
#9 CAM 72, Boyer Valley 29
#10 Woodbine 82, Glidden-Ralston 37
West Harrison 43 Paton-Churdan, 38
#12 Coon Rapids-Bayard 48 Exira/EHK, 22

Corner Conference:
Sidney 35, Griswold 34
Stanton 42, East Mills 33

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