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ACGC Takes hme Championship in Shuttle Hurdle Relay

Sports

May 24th, 2025 by Christian Adams

A group that had battled through adversity all season is now the state champion. ACGC’s Morgun Nolte, Tate Fever, Tommy Skram, and Brexton Schneider took the 1A shuttle hurdle relay crown. After losing team member Jathan South to a leg injury and a couple of rough meets, Schneider was unsure if they even wanted to compete in the event.

However, the Chargers battled through adversity,and what seemed impossible became possible.

That was Skram as the Chargers broke a school record running a 59.94. In addition to battling through some jitters, they also had to go through a recall as South O’Brien was disqualified. Despite it all, Nolte’s start put the Chargers in a good position.

The win helped propel the Chargers boys to a third-place finish

 

Team Results from the Iowa High Scool State Track and Field Meet

Sports

May 24th, 2025 by Christian Adams

1A Boys

  • 2nd – ACGC – 44 pts
  • 4th – Riverside – 31 pts
  • 5th – Woodbine – 30 pts
  • 18th – Nodaway Valley – 14 pts
  • 21st – Paton-Churdan – 12 pts
  • 27th – AHSTW – 10 pts
  • 27th – Coon Rapids-Bayard – 10 pts
  • 39th – St. Albert – 5 pts
  • 40th – Griswold – 4.5 pts
  • 44th – IKM-Manning – 3 pts
  • 47th – Southwest Valley – 2 pts
  • 47th – Boyer Valley – 2 pts

1A Girls 

  • 1st – St. Albert – 46 pts
  • 8th – CAM – 28 pts
  • 8th – Fremont-Mills – 28 pts
  • 14th – Stanton – 18 points
  • 15th – Riverside – 17 pts
  • 21st – Mount Ayr – 13.5 pts
  • 25th – ACGC – 11 pts
  • 28th – Griswold – 10 pts
  • 37th – Coon Rapids-Bayard – 5 pts
  • 48th – IKM-Manning – 2 pts

2A Boys

  • 3rd – Treynor – 48 pts
  • 11th – MVAOCOU – 22 pts
  • 17th – Clarinda – 14 pts

2A Girls 

  • 8th – Treynor – 21 pts
  • 11th – Tri-Center 11 pts
  • 18th – Clarinda – 12 points
  • 40th – Red Oak – 5 pts
  • 48th – MVAOCOU – 3.5 pts

3A Boys

  • 34th – Creston – 2 pts
  • 34th – Atlantic – 2 pts

3A Girls

  • 18th – Harlan – 14 pts
  • 20th – Glenwood – 12 pts
  • 39th – Creston – 1 pt

2 public hearings set for Tuesday’s Montgomery County Board of Supervisor’s meeting

News

May 24th, 2025 by Ric Hanson

(Red Oak, Iowa) – Two public hearings will be held during Tuesday morning’s regular meeting of the Montgomery County Board of Supervisors, in Red Oak. The Board’s meeting begins at 9-a.m. in their Courthouse Board Room.

The first hearing – at 9:15-a.m. – is with regard to a Proposed FY 24/25 Montgomery County Budget Amendment, followed by action on passing a Resolution adopting the amended budget, as proposed.

The second hearing – at 9:20-a.m. – is with regard to Proposed Wind Ordinance Amendments to the Montgomery County Zoning Ordinance. The Board set the hearing date and time during their meeting on May 6th. The wind ordinance hearing will be followed by the 1st Reading of the Ordinance, and possible waiving of the 2nd and 3rd Readings, if necessary.

In other business, the Montgomery County Supervisors will receive a Maintenance update from Maintenance Director Dan Wright, who will discuss a proposal to concrete the Courthouse parking lot, and a proposal with regard to the Courthouse Elevator.

The Board is expected to act on approving FY25/26 Public Library contracts for financial support, as follows:

  • Red Oak – $17,820
  • Stanton – $6,020
  • Elliott – $6,020
  • Villisca – $7,645.

Fatal rollover accident SE of Marne Saturday afternoon

News

May 24th, 2025 by Ric Hanson

(Marne, Iowa) – One person died following a single-vehicle rollover accident early this (Saturday) afternoon, southeast of Marne. The crash, involving a pickup, occurred just before 1-p.m., at Highway 83 (the Marne Road) and Fayette Road. Cass County Sheriff John Westering confirms the driver/lone occupant of the vehicle was ejected, and died from their injuries. The individual was a Cass County (IA) resident. Their name was not released.

Highway 83 was closed for about an hour, following the crash. All Marne units returned to their station a little after 3-p.m.

 

FRANK SACKETT, 94, of Greenfield (Celebration of Life 5/31/25)

Obituaries

May 24th, 2025 by Ric Hanson

FRANK SACKETT, 94, of Greenfield, died Friday, May 23, 2025, at the Community Care Center, in Stuart. A Celebration of Life service for FRANK SACKETT will be held 10:30-a.m. Saturday, May 31, 2025, at the Greenfield United Methodist Church. Lamb Funeral Home in Greenfield has the arrangements.

Burial with  full military graveside services conducted by the Greenfield American Legion Head-Endres Post No. 265 and V.F.W. Post No. 5357, and the Air Force Military Honor Guard, will be held  in the Greenfield Cemetery, following the service.

A luncheon at the church will follow the burial.

The family will greet friends on Friday, May 30, 2025, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the Lamb Funeral Home in Greenfield.

Memorials: To the family to be established at a later date.

FRANK SACKETT is survived by:

His daughters – Brenda (Bill) Besonen, of West Des Moines, and Sherry Miller, of Blue Springs, MO.

His sister – Lou Maynes, of Carson.

8 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; 2 great-great grandchildren; other relatives and friends.

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

Results from Day 3 of the Iowa High School State Track Meet

Sports

May 24th, 2025 by Christian Adams

1A Boys 4x400m Relay Final

  • 2nd – Riverside (3:23.27)
  • 3rd – ACGC (3:24.84)
  • Woodbine – DQ

2A Girls 4x400m Relay Final

  • 6th – Tri-Center (4:05.60)
  • 7th – Treynor (4:05.99)

1A Girls 4x400m Relay Final

  • 3rd – Riverside (4:03.66)
  • 5th – St. Albert (4:03.94)

3A Boys 4x100m Relay Final

  • 7th – Atlantic (43.05)

2A Boys 4x100m Relay Final

  • 1st – Treynor (42.09)

1A Boys 4x100m Relay Final 

  • 3rd – ACGC (43.46)
  • 6th – IKM-Manning (44.18)

1A Girls 4x100m Relay Final 

  • 1st – Fremont-Mills (49.39)
  • 7th – IKM-Manning (51.25)
  • 8th – Mount Ayr (51.30)

Boys 400m Wheelchair

  • 5th – Karson Johnson – Clarinda (1:34.83)

2A Boys 1600m 

  • 2nd – Kyle Wagoner – Clarinda (4:19.48)
  • 12th – Haven Weers – Tri-Center (4:30.80)

1A Boys 1600m

  • 8th – Parker Heisterkamp – St. Albert (4:28.67)
  • 12th – Holden Jensen – Griswold (4:31.86)
  • 14th – Dane Gorham – Boyer Valley (4:33.82)
  • 15th – Brody Henderson – Riverside (4:34.24)

3A Girls 1500m

  • 3rd – Lindsey Sonderman – Harlan (4:38.60)
  • 13th – Grace Berglund – Glenwood (4:52.92)

2A Girls 1500M 

  • 17th – Madeline Knipsel – Treynor (5:02.42)

1A Girls 1500m 

  • 1st – Lili Denton – St. Albert (4:30.63)
  • 5th – Ava Campbell – ACGC (4:46.55)
  • 16th Izzy Eisbach – Nodaway Valley (5:04.22)
  • 21st – Clare Gorham –  Boyer Valley (5:10.44)
  • 23rd – Reagan Cogdill – Woodbine (5:16.91)

2A Boys 200m Final 

1st – Cauy Konz – Treynor (21.70)

1A Boys 200m Final 

5th – Luke Sternberg – AHSTW (22.37)

6th – Brody Pryor – Woodbine (22.44)

1A Girls 200m Final

  • 5th – Emma Reynolds – Mount Ayr (26.11)

Boys 200m Ambulatory 

4th – Willie Baker – Mount Ayr (33.50)

Boys 200m Wheelchair 

  • 4th – Karson Johnson – Clarinda (49.20)

2A Boys 110m Hurdles Final 

  • 1st – Brady Wallace – Treynor (13.91)

1A Boys 110m Hurdles Final

  • 6th – Jett Rose – Riverside (14.95)

2A Girls 100m Hurdles Final 

  • 6th – Rylee Hemmingsen – Treynor (15.23)

1A Girls 100m Hurdles Final 

  • 1st – Lana Alley – Fremont-Mills (14.75)
  • 2nd – Hannah Olson – Stanton (14.88)
  • 4th – Ada Hansen – CAM (15.09)
  • 8th – Carsyn Adams – Griswold (16.54)

2A Boys 100m final 

2nd – Cauy Konz – Treynor (10.78)

1A Boys 100m Final 

  • 7th – Caden Oswald – Coon Rapids-Bayard (11.31)

2A Girls 100m Final 

  • 3rd – Jerzee Knight – Clarinda (12.13)

Boys Wheelchair 100m

  • 6th – Karson Johnson – Clarinda (26.52)

2A Boys 4x110m Shuttle Hurdle Relay Final

  • 1st – Treynor (57.66)

1A Boys 4x110m Shuttle Hurdle Relay Final

  • 1st – ACGC (59.94)
  • Riverside – DQ

3A Girls 4x100m Shuttle Hurdle Relay Final

  • 5th – Glenwood (1:07.69)

2A Girls 4x100m Shuttle Hurdle Relay Final 

  • 1st – Treynor (1:05.15)
  • 3rd – Tri-Center (1:06.26)

1A Girls 4x100m Shuttle Hurdle Relay Final

  • 1st – Stanton (1:04.69) *State Record*
  • 2nd – Fremont-Mills (1:04.75)
  • 4th – CAM (1:08.09)
  • 5th – Griswold (1:08.25)
  • 6th – Coon Rapids-Bayard (1:09.11)

2A Boys 800m 

  • 21st – Kyle Wagoner – Clarinda (2:00.49)
  • 23rd – Reese Montgomery – Red Oak (2:01.22)

1A Boys 800m 

  • 6th – Parker Heisterkamp – St. Albert (1:57.24)
  • 7th – Dane Gorham – Boyer Valley (1:57.29)
  • 9th – Colin Harder – AHSTW (1:58.21)
  • 12th – Joseph Mazzella – St. Albert (1:59.18)
  • 13th – Dawson Henderson – Riverside (1:59.26)
  • 18th – Cruz Jaquez – Riverside (2:00.91)
  • 19th – Owen Wingert – Woodbine (2:00.93)

3A Girls 800m

  • 18th – Grace Berglund – Glenwood (2:24.60)
  • 22nd – Haylee Hughes – Glenwood (2:27.50)

2A Girls 800m

  • 12th – Isah VanArsdol – Tri-Center (2:21.79)

1A Girls 800m

  • 2nd – Lili Denton – St. Albert (2:12.40)
  • 6th – Ava Campbell – ACGC (2:17.43)
  • 18th – Hannah Wilson – Fremont-Mills (2:27.34)

3A Boys 800m Sprint Medley Relay

  • 19th – Atlantic (1:35.48)
  • 20th – Glenwood (1:35.60)

2A Boys 800m Sprint Medley Relay

  • 7th – Clarinda (1:34.79)
  • 17th – Tri-Center (1:36.66)

1A Boys 800m Sprint Medley Relay

  • 1st – Woodbine (1:32.52)
  • 3rd – ACGC (1:34.50)
  • 11th – Riverside (1:36.01)
  • 18th – Griswold (1:36.65)
  • 2oth – IKM-Manning (1:36.93)

3A Girls 800m Sprint Medley Relay

  • 17th – Glenwood (1:50.88)
  • 23rd – Creston (1:54.57)

2A Girls 800m Sprint Medley Relay

  • 20th – MVAOCOU (1:54.34)
  • 22nd – Tri-Center (1:55.57)

1A Girls 800m Sprint Medley Relay

  • 2nd – CAM (1:50.12)
  • 6th – Mount Ayr (1:51.75)
  • 14th – St. Albert (1:54.84)
  • 15th – Fremont-Mills (1:55.07)
  • 20th – Riverside (1:56.33)

 

Former IA City West/ IWCC football ball star dies during a marathon run in Brooklyn

Sports

May 24th, 2025 by Ric Hanson

IOWA CITY, Iowa (KCRG) – A former Iowa City West star died while running the Brooklyn Half Marathon, on May 17th. Charles Rogers graduated from Iowa City West in 2012.

As a senior in high school, Rogers was named an Elite All-State selection. He then continued his football career at Iowa State, where he played two seasons for the Cyclones.

In 2014, Rogers transferred to Iowa Western Community College. He then went on to play two seasons at the University of Minnesota. Rogers ended his football career at Lindenwood University in Missouri.

University of Minnesota football honored Rogers on Facebook Tuesday.

Large bag of weed found in a central Iowa discount store bin

News

May 24th, 2025 by Ric Hanson

CLIVE, Iowa [KCCI] — Police in Clive are investigating, after a one-pound bag of marijuana was found at a discount store. The large bag was discovered by a man who was looking through the bins and opened a USPS box at the “Where ya Bin” store on University Avenue, the former “Toys R Us” building.

Authorities have not provided any further information. KCCI reports Where Ya Bin officials declined to comment on the matter.

 

Iowa DNR advises No Swimming at 4 State beaches this weekend

Ag/Outdoor, News

May 24th, 2025 by Ric Hanson

DES MOINES, Iowa — Memorial Day weekend is the unofficial start of summer, and that means swimming. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources has released its first beach advisory this year. Swimming is not recommended at four including the beaches at Backbone, Beeds Lake, Black Hawk and Nine Eagle state parks.

Forty-one beaches were tested. E. coli levels were found to exceed the standard at those four. The DNR tests weekly through Labor Day.

https://iaenvironment.salsalabs.org/weeklywaterwatch-5-23-25?wvpId=84cddfd2-63c4-4a40-ad0b-c724fc23c4b7

Memorial Day Service information for Atlantic

News

May 24th, 2025 by Ric Hanson

(Atlantic, Iowa) – Memorial Day services in Atlantic will be held Monday in the Atlantic Cemetery, beginning at 10:00 a.m.

The ceremony will begin with the firing of cannons, followed by the presentation of the National Flag, the National Anthem, the Pledge of Allegiance, a welcome address, a performance of God Bless America by the Atlantic High School Band, an invocation, an Armed Forces Salute, and keynote speaker, Mark McNees.

A new addition to the service this year, is a presentation by the Cass Health Nurses Honor Guard, who will pay tribute to those nurses in the military who have died in service to their country.

There will also be the traditional placement of the wreaths, a Benediction, an Atlantic Color Guard “Fall In”, and they will read the names of more than a dozen veterans who have passed-on since Memorial Day, 2024.

The ceremony will conclude with a salute by the Atlantic Color Guard Rifle Squad, and Taps.

The forecast calls for a 50% chance of rain. If there is inclement weather on Monday, the service will moved to another location to be announced. We will have live video on KJAN TV if you can’t make it to the service. The list of other Memorial Day Services around the area includes:

Brayton Legion Post #350 will hold their Memorial Day Services on Monday, May 26 beginning at 10:00 am at the Brayton Town Hall in Brayton.  After the service they will move to the bridge east of town to honor the Navy dead and then to Oakfield, Bowen and Oakhill cemeteries.

Anita American Legion Post #210 will hold their Memorial Day Ceremony on Monday, May 26 at 10:30am at the Anita Evergreen Cemetery. Members wanting to participate will need to meet at the Legion Hall by 9am.  Help with flags…Be at the Legion Hall Saturday, May 24 at 8am to put flags up and 3pm on Monday, May 26 to help take flags down.

Anita Congregational United Church Of Christ Annual Memorial Day Dinner takes place on Monday, May 26 from 11am-1pm. Serving Ham Balls, Cheesy Potatoes, Green Beans, Salads, Roll, Pies and Drinks. Adults $13, kids 5 and under free. Carry-out is available.

The Griswold American Legion Auxiliary will be holding their annual Memorial Day Service and Lunch on Monday, May 26th at 10:30 at the Griswold Community Building.  The speaker for the event will be Mitch Holmes – Cass County Director of Veterans Affairs.

Prescott United Church Memorial Day Dinner and Quilt Bazaar will be held on Monday, May 26 from 11-1 at 405 6th Avenue in Prescott. Menu includes Homemade Chicken & Noodles, Mashed Potatoes, Corn, Green Beans, Rolls, Assorted Salads, Pies and Desserts. Carry out is available by calling 515-669-5375 or 641-202-4222. Adults $12. Kids 5 t0 12 years of age are $8 and under 5 years are free. If you are unable to attend but wish to donate, send payment to Venmo: @Prescott-Church.

Cumberland Fitness Center will host a free breakfast on Monday, May 26 at 9:00 am at the Cumberland Community Building and the Memorial Day program will follow at 10:30 am.

The Massena Memorial Day Service will be held at 10:30 am at the CAM Elementary School commons.  Refreshments will be served before and after the program.

Audubon Memorial Day services sponsored by American Legion Post #120 will be held at 10:00 am at the Arlington Heights/Maple Grove Cemetery at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.  Guest speaker is Command Sgt. Major Matthew T. Strasser.

Elk Horn Memorial Day Services will begin at 9:00 am at the fire station and proceed to Clay Township Cemetery, the Monroe Church and end with services and salute at the Elk Horn Lutheran Church followed by a free lunch.

Kimballton Memorial Day Services will begin at 9:30 am at the Jacksonville Cemetery, move to the Bethany Cemetery at 10:15 and then to the Kimballton Cemetery at 11:00 am.

Exira Memorial Day Services will begin at 9:45 am at the cemetery with the band playing and the service at 10:00 am.  Pastor Glen Meyers will be the speaker.  After the services at the Exira Cemetery, they will travel to Holy Trinity Catholic Cemetery, St. John’s Cemetery west of Exira and then to the river to honor the Navy dead.