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Omaha man arrested for OWI in Glenwood

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March 6th, 2023 by Ric Hanson

(Glenwood, Iowa) – Police in Glenwood say a man from Omaha was arrested Sunday. 25-year-old Dakota Swaim was arrested for OWI/1st offense. His cash or surety bond was set at $1,000.

Shelby County BOS to receive update on assessments

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March 6th, 2023 by Ric Hanson

(Harlan, Iowa) – The Shelby County Board of Supervisors are set to meet Tuesday morning, at the courthouse in Harlan. Auditor/Board Secretary Mark Maxwell has provided us with a copy of the Board Agenda.

  1. Tony Buman, Shelby County Assessor-update on Assessments
  2. Todd Valline Shelby County Chamber of Commerce report-
  3. County engineer report
  4. Cost Advisory Services authorization to sign-Action Item
  5. Auditor Transfer authorization- Action Item
  6. Set a hearing date of March 21st, 2023 at 9:00 AM for a public hearing regarding the consideration and possible passage of a resolution officially determining levy and cost funding recommendations. -Action Item
  7. Budget discussion Set Max Levy Hearing date and Publication-Action Item
  8. Overview of IT Audit by Joel and Micah from ICIT
  9. Taryn Knapp with report of current IT and support contracts, and IT Committee recommendation -Action Item
  10. Recommendation for future IT support for Shelby County-Action Item
  1. Enter Closed session-Iowa Code 21.5 section 1-A  Iowa Code § 22.7(50) (2017) for   Shelby County IT security discussion – Action Item
  2. Resume open meeting-Action Item
  3. Adjourn

22 bond referendums to be decided by Iowa voters tomorrow

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March 6th, 2023 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – Voters in 35 Iowa counties will be casting ballots for tomorrow’s (Tuesday’s) bond referendums. According to Iowans for Tax Relief, voters in five cities, 16 school districts and one community college district will decide on a range of projects financed with bonds that would be paid off with local property taxes. Hawkeye Community College is seeking approval for a 35 million dollar to plan to upgrade its campus. The Bettendorf Community School District is asking for approval of a 69 million dollar plan to upgrade athletic and music facilities for high schoolers and remodel a middle school built in the 1960s.

Voters in the Des Moines suburb of Urbandale will decide whether to finance a 43 million dollar U-Plex — a recreation center that would feature pickleball and basketball courts, a walking track and a playground.

Boys State Basketball Tournament Schedule 03/06/2023

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March 6th, 2023 by admin

Class 1A Quarterfinals

10:30am—#1 Grand View Christian (24-0) vs. #8 New London (19-6)

12:15pm—#4 West Harrison (23-1) vs. #5 Dunkerton (24-1)

2:00pm—#2 North Linn (24-0)  vs. #7 Madrid (22-2)

3:45pm—#3 Gladbrook-Reinbeck (23-2) vs. #6 St. Mary’s, Remsen (22-2)

Class 2A Quarterfinals

5:30pm—#1 Central Lyon (21-1) vs. #8 Des Moines Christian (18-6)

7:15pm—#4 Pella Christian (15-9) vs. #5 MFL MarMac (24-1)

WEEK OF MARCH 6, 2023

Trading Post

March 6th, 2023 by Lori Murphy

FREE:  need a good home for Toby a striped grey kitty . He loves to lay on your lap and play too….and I still have female gray kitty that’s declawed and spayed and orange kitty named Jojo that is neutered but has claws.  Black and white male named Max that is neutered also.  All are up to date on shots and are in Atlantic.   531-530-9492.

WANTED: A small wagon or cart to pull behind a small 4-wheel scooter. Call 243-4016.

FOR SALE:  2 double-wide carport enclosures for $100 each.  Also, portable gas-operated cement cutter (with a $140 blade) for $150.  Call 712-355-1566 in Council Bluffs.

WANTED:  a washer and dryer and a carport for a rental property.  Call 712-355-1566.

FOR SALE:  18″×18″×2″ plant stand or end table.  Made of cherry wood. $40.  Call Tim at 712 249 9242 and leave voice mail.

FOR SALE: 4 tires plus a spare. 265/75/R15. They have 75% tread on 5 bolt aluminum rims. Will deliver. Make an offer 712-363-4286.

RICHARD RAYMOND BOOK, 84, of Colorado Springs, CO. (Mass of Christian Burial 3/10/23)

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March 6th, 2023 by Ric Hanson

RICHARD RAYMOND BOOK, 84, of Colorado Springs, CO., died Feb. 19, 2023. A Mass of Christian Burial for RICH BOOK will be held 11-a.m. Friday, March 10th, at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Harlan. Pauley-Jones Funeral Home in Harlan has the arrangements.

Burial is in the Harlan Cemetery.

RICHARD RAYMOND BOOK is survived by:

His wife – Lois (Blum) Book.

His sons – Dave Book, of Colorado Springs, CO; Dan (Aubree) Book, of Danville, CA.

His daughter – Dina Tilgner, of Omaha, NE.

His sister – Yvonne (Delbert) Bruck, of Harlan.

His brother – Robert (Janice) Book, of Atlantic.

8 grandchildren, 5 great-grandchildren, and other relatives.

Four Cyclones recognized by Big 12 Basketball Coaches

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March 6th, 2023 by admin

IRVING, Texas – Four Iowa State Cyclones were named to various All-Big 12 Men’s Basketball Teams Sunday by the league coaches.

Senior Gabe Kalscheur earned All-Big 12 Second Team honors and was also named to the Big 12 All-Defensive Team. Senior Jaren Holmes was named All-Big 12 Honorable Mention, while also earning a spot on the Big 12 All-Newcomer Team. Senior Osun Osunniyi also earned All-Big 12 Honorable Mention honors. Freshman Tamin Lipsey picked up a spot on the Big 12 All-Freshman Team.

Kalscheur is just the fourth Cyclone in school history to earn a spot on the Big 12 All-Defensive Team and the first since Jameel McKay in 2015. Kalscheur was second on the team with 12.7 points per game, while also averaging 1.5 steals per game. Defensively, Kalscheur was tasked with locking down the oppositions top scoring threat. The Cyclones held the opposing team below its season scoring average in 17 of 18 Big 12 games.

Holmes led the Cyclones with 13.2 points per game, while also dishing out the second-most assists on the team with 3.3 per game. A starter in all 30 games, the Cyclones went 17-4 when Holmes reached double figures, including a 4-0 record when he went for 20 or more points.

Osunniyi averaged 1.1 blocked shots per game, while also adding 8.6 points, 4.0 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game. He went over 1,000 career rebounds during the season, becoming just the second active NCAA Division I player with 1,000 points, 1,000 rebounds and 300 blocked shots in their career.

Lipsey was one of three unanimous selections on the all-freshman team. He averaged 4.6 assists per game, the most among any freshman in America. A starter in all 30 games, Lipsey dished out five or more assists in a game 14 times this year, with the Cyclones going 10-4 in those games. Lipsey’s 137 assists this season are the fourth-most by a freshman in ISU history, while his 62 steals are the third-most among Cyclone freshmen.

The Cyclones return to action Thursday morning, as fifth-seeded Iowa State faces fourth-seeded Baylor in the 2023 Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship Quarterfinals. Tipoff is set for 11:30 a.m. on either ESPN or ESPN2.

Player of the Year: Jalen Wilson, Kansas
Freshman of the Year: Keyonte George, Baylor
Newcomer of the Year: Keyontae Johnson, Kansas State
Defensive Player of the Year: Dajuan Harris, Kansas
Sixth Man Award: Sir’Jabari Rice, Texas
Most Improved Player: KJ Adams Jr., Kansas
Coach of the Year: Jerome Tang, Kansas State

All-Big 12 First Team
Adam Flagler, Baylor
Jalen Wilson, Kansas
Keyontae Johnson, Kansas State
Marquis Nowell, Kansas State
Marcus Carr, Texas

All-Big 12 Second Team
Keyonte George, Baylor
Gabe Kalscheur, Iowa State
Gradey Dick, Kansas
Damion Baugh, TCU
Mike Miles Jr., TCU

All-Big 12 Third Team
LJ Cryer, Baylor
Kevin McCullar Jr., Kansas
Kalib Boone, Oklahoma State
Sir’Jabari Rice, Texas
Erik Stevenson, West Virginia

All-Big 12 Honorable Mention
Jaren Holmes (Iowa State), Osun Osunniyi (Iowa State), KJ Adams Jr. (Kansas), Dajuan Harris Jr. (Kansas), Jalen Hill (Oklahoma), Grant Sherfield (Oklahoma), Emanuel Miller (TCU), Timmy Allen (Texas), De’Vion Harmon (Texas Tech), Kevin Obanor (Texas Tech)

Big 12 All-Defensive Team
Gabe Kalscheur, Iowa State
Dajuan Harris Jr., Kansas
Kevin McCullar Jr., Kansas
Markquis Nowell, Kansas State
Moussa Cisse, Oklahoma State

Big 12 All-Newcomer Team
Keyonte George, Baylor
Jaren Holmes, Iowa State
Gradey Dick, Kansas
Keyontae Johnson, Kansas State
Sir’Jabari Rice, Texas

Big 12 All-Freshman Team
Keyonte George, Baylor
Tamin Lipsey, Iowa State
Gradey Dick, Kansas
Milos Uzan, Oklahoma
Pop Isaacs, Texas Tech

ISU’s Johnson and Carr win Big 12 Titles

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March 6th, 2023 by admin

TULSA, Okla. – Paniro Johnson and David Carr both secured individual Big 12 titles for Iowa State Saturday night inside the BOK Center. Johnson, who entered the tournament as the No. 3 seed, earned his first conference title at 149 pounds while Carr won the fourth of his career and his first at 165 pounds.

Carr is the second Iowa State wrestler, and first since 2002, to win four Big 12 titles. He becomes the 11th wrestler in conference history to win four titles in the Big 12 era (1997-pres.).

In a highly anticipated rematch from last month, Carr pinned defending Big 12 and National Champion Keegan O’Toole in sudden victory (7:38). It is the 14th title match in Big 12 history to be decided by fall.

Carr was named the 2023 Big 12 Championship’s Most Outstanding Wrestler, becoming the sixth Cyclone to ever receive the honor.

Johnson won his rematch over top-seeded Brock Mauller, 10-4, thanks to three takedowns, including a feet-to-back toss for a pair of near fall points as time expired in the match. Johnson, a freshman, is Iowa State’s first Big 12 Champion at 149 pounds is the 24th wrestler in Big 12 history to win a title as a No. 3 seed or worse.

Iowa State finished third  in the team race with 131 points behind Oklahoma State (134) and Missouri (148), which wrapped up its second consecutive team championship.

Three other Cyclones secured runner-up finishes on the night.

At 184 pounds, Coleman couldn’t overcome a pair of first-period takedowns by Northern Iowa’s Parker Keckeisen and fell, 7-2. Coleman’s runner-up finish is the best Big 12 placement of his career.

Schuyler struggled on bottom against Air Force’s Wyatt Hendrickson in the heavyweight title bout. The Kings Park, N.Y. native dropped the match, 8-2, to Hendrickson. Schuyler’s runner-up finish is the best Big 12 placement of his career.

In the 133-pound title match, Redding fell to Daton Fix, 10-2. The Cyclone was unable to stop Fix from his fourth Big 12 title.

Final Team Standings

1. Missouri 148.0
2. Oklahoma State 134.0
3. Iowa State 131.0
4. Oklahoma 97.5
5. North Dakota St. 89.0
6. South Dakota St. 86.5
7. Northern Iowa 73.0
8. Air Force 64.5
9. Northern Colorado 50.0
10. Wyoming 41.0
11. Utah Valley 37.5
12. West Virginia 34.5
13. California Baptist 1.0

Up Next
Iowa State returns to Tulsa in two weekends for the NCAA Championships March 16-18.

Lee, Woods win Big Ten Titles; Lee earns top Big Ten honors

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March 6th, 2023 by admin

ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Top seeds Spencer Lee and Real Woods won Big Ten Conference individual titles and Lee took home two of the top individual honors on Sunday night at the 2023 Big Ten Championships at Crisler Arena

Lee was voted the Big Ten Wrestler of the Year for a third time in his career (2020, 2021) and he was selected as the Outstanding Wrestler of the Big Ten Championships for the first time in his career.  He went 3-0 with two technical fall victories and outscored his opponents, 45-4.

He is the second Hawkeye all-time to earn three Big Ten Wrestler of the Year honors, joining Mark Ironside (1996, 1997, 1998) as a three-time recipient.  Iowa has had 11 wrestlers garner 13 Outstanding Wrestler of the Championships honors and 10 wrestlers have garnered 15 Big Ten Wrestler of the Year accolades.

Lee and Woods are the 209th and 210th Big Ten champions in program history. Woods is the 118th Big Ten champion all-time.  Both were named to the 2023 All-Big Ten team.

The Hawkeyes had all 10 wrestlers place in the top seven of the championships with all 10 qualifying for the NCAA Championships later this month in Tulsa, Oklahoma.  Iowa finished the tournament with 134.5 points to finish as the team runner-up, while Penn State won the title with 147 points.

FINAL TEAM STANDINGS

  1. Penn State          147.0
  2. Iowa                    134.5
  3. Nebraska            104.5
  4. Ohio State           99
  5. Michigan             84.5
  6. Minnesota          79
  7. Northwestern     78.5
  8. Wisconsin          55.5
  9. Purdue               47.0
  10. Illinois                46.5
  11. Rutgers              32
  12. Indiana              30
  13. Michigan State  28.0
  14. Maryland           24.0

Iowa Placewinners

1st: Spencer Lee (125), Real Woods (141)
2nd: Patrick Kennedy (165)
3rd: Max Murin (149), Tony Cassioppi (285)
5th: Nelson Brands (174), Jacob Warner (197)
7th: Brody Teske (133), Cobe Siebrecht (157), Abe Assad (184)

Cass County Supervisor’s agenda for 3/7/23

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March 6th, 2023 by Ric Hanson

(Atlantic, Iowa) – The Cass County Board of Supervisors have a light agenda for their meeting that begins at 9-a.m., Tuesday, March 7th. Auditor Kathy Somers explains (as usual), the order of agenda items may change based on when personnel are available and when time allows.

1. Call to order
2. Approve Agenda
3. Approve minutes from the February 28 meeting.
4. Public Comments
5. Report on health insurance rates by Ryan Berven, Assured Partners
6. Approve new jailer, Casey Symonds. Start date March 8th, $21.94/hr; Approve new Operator I, Tony Gustafson. Start date March 8th, $22.50/hr.
7. Report from Cass County Engineer Trent Wolken
8. Appointments (if available):
• Brighton Township Clerk
• Victoria Township Trustee
9. Supervisor Committee Reports
10. Filed Reports:
• Recorder
• Sheriff
11. Approve claims
12. Adjournment
13. Next Meeting: Tuesday, March 14, 2023