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Carroll wins Lady Reds Relays at Missouri Valley 04/25/2023

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April 26th, 2023 by admin

Missouri Valley Lady Reds Relays
04/25/2023

Team Scores

  1. Carroll 143
  2. Treynor 124
  3. Riverside 113
  4. Harlan 95
  5. Denison-Schleswig 86
  6. Logan-Magnolia 81
  7. AHSTW 32
  8. Boyer Valley 29
  9. Missouri Valley 19
  10. West Harrison 18

Carroll won 8 events on their way to the team title. Shay Sinnard led the way with a win in the 100M and Long Jump.

Riverside got a win from Lydia Erickson in the 200M (26.77) and 400M (1:01.33). The Lady Dawgs also won the 4x800M Relay (Hailey Richerdson, Adaline Martens, Amalya Less, Bentley Rone 10:34.49).

Harlan’s Lindsey Sonderman won the 800M (2:27.25) and the 3000M (10:57.81). Cameron Springman won the Discus (107-00).

Full results: LadyRedsRelays2023

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Other Track and Field Results 04/25/2023

Sports

April 26th, 2023 by admin

Mt Ayr Boys Raider Relays

I-35 won the Class A Division and Lenox won the Class B Division. MrAyrBoysA2023
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Carlisle Wildcat Relays

Harlan boys went 6th with 56 points. Wil Neuharth won the 100M and 200M. The Cyclones also won the 4x100M Relay and 4x200M Relay.

Charger Relays at Chariton

Creston competed in the AA portion of the meet, finishing 5th with 90 points. Doryn Paup won the 400M Hurdles and the Panthers won the 4x800M Relay.

North Polk Relays

Creston boys finished 8th with 22 points.

Madrid Invitational

Nodaway Valley was 2nd in the girls race with 105 points. Kuemper Catholic finished 5th with 76 points. Nodaway Valley got wins from Annika Nelson in the 100M (16.77), Emma Lundy in the 200M (26.66), Jorja Holliday in the Discus (110-10) and the Wolverines won the 4x100M Relay (52.37).

Kuemper Catholic finished 3rd on the boys side with 115 points. Nodaway Valley was 6th with 34 points.

OABCIG Meet

Woodbine won the girls team title with 153 points. Nicole Sherer won the 800M (2:32.34), Addison Erickson won the Long Jump (15-02.25), and the Tigers won the 4x400M Relay (4:25.14) and 4x800M Relay (10:21.90).

Woodward-Granger Hawk Relays

Glidden-Ralston girls went 4th wiht 71 points. Vanessa Koehler won the 100M Hurdles, 400M Hurdles, and High Jump. The Wildcats also won the 4x100M Relay and Sprint Medley.

Glidden-Ralston boys wend 4th with 70 points. Lucas Christian won the High Jump and Wade Hunter took the Shot Put.

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Fremont-Mills girls, East Mills boys win at F-M Co-Ed Meet 04/25/2023

Sports

April 26th, 2023 by admin

Fremont-Mills Co-Ed Meet
04/25/2023

Girls Team Scores

  1. Fremont-Mills 201
  2. East Mills 100
  3. Stanton 82
  4. Glenwood 65
  5. Sidney 39
  6. Heartland Christian 43

Boys Team Scores

  1. East Mills 143
  2. Fremont-Mills 117
  3. St. Albert 104
  4. Sidney 73
  5. Glenwood 68
  6. Stanton 62
  7. Heartland Christian 19

Full results: FMCoEd2023

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Skyscan Forecast for Atlantic & the Nishna Valley: Wed., April 26, 2023

Weather

April 26th, 2023 by Ric Hanson

Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 64. Southeast wind around 9 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.
Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 41. South southeast wind 6 to 9 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.
Tomorrow: Mostly sunny, with a high near 69. South wind 9 to 13 mph.
Friday: A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 67. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Friday Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 40. Breezy. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 67. Windy.

Tuesday’s High in Atlantic was 63. Our Low this morning, 36. Last year on this date the High in Atlantic was 66 and the Low was 24. The Record High on this date was 92 in 1987 & 1989. The Record Low was 15 in 1907.

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Clarinda sweeps titles at Audubon Bob Clark Relays 04/25/2023

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April 26th, 2023 by admin

Audubon Bob Clark Relays
04/25/2023

Girls Team Scores

  1. Clarinda 107
  2. IKM-Manning 86
  3. Underwood 82
  4. Audubon 79
  5. Tri-Center 72
  6. Southwest Valley 56
  7. ACGC 53
  8. Griswold 49
  9. Ar-We-Va 46
  10. CAM 37
  11. Panorama 29
  12. Exira-EHK 23
  13. Coon Rapids-Bayard 17

Clarinda was led by wins from Bailey Nordyke in the 400M Hurdles (1:11.49) and Raenna Henke in the 1500M (5:14.21) and 3000M (11:14.21).

Audubon’s Madison Steckler won the 200M (26.83) and was part of the winning 4x400M Relay (Kadence Sporrer, Addie Hocker, Mattie Nielsen, Steckler 4:30.43) and Distance Medley (Steckler, Nielsen, Sporrer, Stefi Beisswenger 4:39.28).

Southwest Valley’s Emma Cooper won the Long Jump (15-05.50) and Mackenzie Richards topped the Shot Put (34-00.00).

Tri-Center’s Isah VanArsdol won the 800M (2:32.81) and the Trojans won the Sprint Medley (1:56.53).

Griswold won the 4x200M Relay (Kyleigh Hering, Erynn Peterson, Emma Mundorf, Addison Adams 1:56.22)

Exira-EHK Jaelynn Petersen won the High Jump (4-08.00)

Boys Team Scores

  1. Clarinda 126
  2. IKM-Manning 113
  3. Underwood 111
  4. ACGC 102
  5. CAM 74
  6. Coon Rapids-Bayard 41
  7. Tri-Center 41
  8. Audubon 37
  9. Panorama 34
  10. Exira-EHK 31
  11. Griswold 17
  12. Southwest Valley 14

Clarinda got wins from Isaac Jones in the Long Jump (22-02.50), Treyton Schaapherder in the 1600M (4:34.91). The Cardinals also won the 4x200M Relay (1:34.40) and Sprint Medley (1:37.33).

IKM-Manning’s Caden Keller won the 800M (2:07.38) and the 3200M (9:46.78). The Wolves also won the 4x800M Relay and Distance Medley.

CAM’s Shuttle Hurdle Relay team of Jack Follmann, Cale Maas, Collin Bower, and Sam Foreman set the new meet record with a winning 1:01.11. Maas also won the 400M (52.44). Foreman won the 110M Hurdles (52.44) and Follmann won the 400M Hurdles (56.28). Corbin Peach was runner-up in the Discus (141-10).

ACGC’s Lance Bunde won the High Jump (6-01.00). Austin Kunkle won the 200M (22.30). The Chargers also won the 4x100M Relay.

Exira-EHK’s Cash Emgarten won the 100M (11.63).

Full results: bobclarkrelays2023results

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Prakel and Hiltz win U-S 1-Mile Road titles at Drake Relays

Sports

April 26th, 2023 by Ric Hanson

Sam Prakel took control in the late stages to win his second U-S 1-Mile Road Championship at the Drake Relays. The former Oregon All American won it in 2020 when it was held in August at the height of the pandemic.

Prakel had a plan for when he would make his move.

Nikki Hiltz used a late kick to take control and win the women’s division. Hiltz was coming off a win in the 15-hundred at the US Indoor Championships.

Hiltz also won the event in 2019 and the winning time of four minutes, 28 seconds is a new record in the event.

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Reigning world champ set for team shot put competition at Drake Relays

Sports

April 26th, 2023 by Ric Hanson

Reigning World Champion Chase Ealey will try to break her American indoor record in the shot put on Wednesday night in Drake Fieldhouse as part of a mixed gender team event at the Drake Relays. Ealey will also take part in the outdoor competition this weekend in the stadium where she captured her first US outdoor title in 2019.

Ealey is looking forward to competing twice this week.

Ealey says it will be the first time she will take part in a team shot put competition.

Ealey has been working on some technical changes that sjhe hopes to improve her distance this season.

Two-time Olympic gold medalist Ryan Crouser will also be in the field.

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Iowa State players set for NFL Draft

Sports

April 26th, 2023 by Ric Hanson

Several Iowa State players could be selected in the NFL Draft which begins Thursday night in Kansas City. Cyclone All-American receiver Xavier Hutchinson is expected to be a mid to late round selection after setting a single season record at ISU with 107 receptions.

Hutchinson says he has enjoyed the entire process.

Hutchinson says his main goal is to get a chance to make a roster.

Cyclone defensive back Anthony Johnson says his move from corner to safety as a senior has helped his prospects.

Johnson says he never questioned the move.

Johnson says recent Cyclone players who have made NFL rosters helped him navigate the process.

Defensive end Will McDonald could be the first Cyclone taken in the opening round in 49 years. ISU’s all-time leader in sacks says it was the players he learned from that provided this opportunity.

Some mock drafts have McDonald going late in the first round but he is not trying to focus on when he will be taken.

McDonald just wants a chance to make a roster.

Multiple draft picks have become a regular thing under coach Matt Campbell.

Campbell believes those three along with linebacker O’Rien Vance will get a chance to make a roster.

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Water quality funding shift in Senate GOP spending plan

Ag/Outdoor, News

April 26th, 2023 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – Republicans in the Iowa Senate have approved a budget plan for the Departments of Natural Resources and Agriculture that includes more money to prepare for a potential outbreak of a foreign animal disease, like African Swine Fever. Senator Eric Giddens, a Democrat from Cedar Falls, says the bill falls short in other areas.  “Year after year, there’s been status quo budgets for DNR operations, forestry management and state park operations,” Gidden says. “Our state parks are important to attracting and retaining residents in this state.”

Senator Dan Zumbach, a Republican from Ryan, says he met with the D-N-R’s director to shift money within the agency’s budget, to focus on priorities. “I don’t think there’s anything more enjoyable to drive through Backbone State Park and see it mowed and see the benches fixed and see the shelters in good shape for they’re much more usable for us,” Zumbach says. The 16 Democrats in the Senate voted against the budget plan.

Senator Janice Weiner, a Democrat from Iowa City, says the bill cuts funding for the Iowa Nutrient Research Center at Iowa State University and likely ends its collaboration with the Iowa Flood Center at the University of Iowa. Weiner says it’s University of Iowa staff who’ve been measuring whether water quality projects are working.  “We know that water quality is a problem,” Weiner says. “We know that Iowans deserve better, but without data it will be easy to say: ‘There’s no problem’ or ‘We don’t know how to measure the problem’ — so problem solved.”

Zumbach says the water quality funds shifted to the Iowa Department of Agriculture will be spent on science-based initiatives. “What we do know is practices on the land and in our towns is what makes cleaner water,” Zumbach says, “and so when we made the decisions on how to appropriate dollars, it was all about let’s put practices that help clean our water.” Democrats like Senator Sarah Trone-Garriott, of Waukee, also object to language in the bill that would repeal a law that says the State of Iowa should aim to have 10 percent of Iowa land be parks, wilderness areas and other property available for public use.

“To sneak this into our budget work really robs our public from the opportunity to speak out against it,” Trone Garriott says. Zumbach says it’s about priorities. “We have a lot of land in public use that’s not being taken care of the way it should be,” Zumbach says.

The State of Iowa currently owns about 390-thousand acres of land that is to be maintained by the D-N-R. That’s about one percent of the 36 million acres in Iowa according to a D-N-R land inventory.

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Senate OKs Iowa DOT budget, including money for new Davenport maintenance garage

News

April 26th, 2023 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – The Iowa Senate has unanimously approved a budget for the Iowa Department of Transportation that includes money for a new maintenance garage in eastern Iowa. Republican Senator Carrie Koelker, of Dyersville, says lawmakers are setting aside nearly 22 million dollars for the project.

“This is to demolish and build a new DOT facility in Davenport, a facility that’s not been upgraded in decades,” she says. A budget report prepared by the Legislative Services Agency indicated the current facility is deteriorating due to age and is too small to accommodate the size of snow plows and other D-O-T equipment.

The Iowa D-O-T has 109 maintenance garages. The one in Davenport is responsible for clearing snow and other maintenance on Interstate 80 and other highways in the Quad Cities area.

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