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Iowa COVID-19 update, 2/21/21: 423 new cases; No new deaths reported

News

February 21st, 2021 by Ric Hanson

The Iowa Department of Public Health today (10-a.m., Sunday), reports 423 new COVID-19 positive test results came back from the labs over the past 24-hours, for a pandemic total of 359,380. There were no additional deaths reported. The pandemic total is currently 5,336 deaths, with 4,803 the result of underlying causes and 533 where COVID was a contributing factor. Pre-existing conditions make up 4,910 of the total number of death, while deaths at Long-Term Care (LTC) facilities account for 2,139 COVID deaths.

Beginning Saturday, the State implemented changes to the coronavirus.iowa.gov website, changing how it reports positive COVID-19 cases. The health department now reports total positive cases instead of individuals positive. That has a caused a sharp increase in total positive cases overnight Friday into Saturday.

Additionally, the health department is no longer reporting 14-day positivity rates by county. This is a metric that schools used to determine if they could apply for a waiver to provide 100% online learning. A page that previously reported this data has been taken offline.

The State data show hospitalizations declined from 238 on Saturday to 229 Sunday. COVID patients in an ICU were up slightly, to 58. There are also 38 COVID-symptom patients admitted to hospitals over the previous 24-hours, compared to 34 on Saturday, and 27 patients were on a ventilator (compared to 24 Saturday). In RMCC Region 4 (Hospitals in western/southwest Iowa), 15 people are hospitalized with COVID symptoms (four more than previously reported), five people are in an ICU, one person was admitted over the past 24-hours, and two people are on a ventilator.

Iowa’s 14-day positivity rate is up a bit, to 4.4%, and the 7-day average is now 4.0%.

In the KJAN listening area, here are the current number positive cases by County; The # of new cases since yesterday {+} – if any; and the total number of deaths in each county to date:

  • Cass, 1,312 cases; {+2}; 48 deaths
  • Adair, 907; {+3}; 26
  • Adams, 325 {+0}; 3
  • Audubon, 482 {+1}; 9
  • Guthrie, 1,154 {+2}; 28
  • Harrison County, 1,775; {+0}; 68
  • Madison County, 1,516; {+4}; 17
  • Mills County, 1,613; {+2}; 20
  • Montgomery, 1,035; {+2}; 36
  • Pottawattamie County, 10,647; {+13}; 140
  • Shelby County, 1,190; {+54}; 32
  • Union County,  1,254; {+0}; 31

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Reaves (Former Hawkeye Basketball player) dies at the age of 54

Sports

February 21st, 2021 by Ric Hanson

The Iowa Hawkeye men’s basketball team announced Saturday that a former basketball player Michael Reaves has died at age 54. A team tweet said  “We are sadden of the passing of former Hawkeye Michael Reaves. Our thoughts and prayers are with the reaves family.” The university said he died at his home in Georgia on Friday where he was with his family. Reaves played for the Hawkeyes between 1985 and 1988 for head coaches George Raveling and Tom Davis.

When he was playing for Iowa, the Hawkeyes won 95 games, which is the second-most games won in the program’s history within a four-year time frame. He also played in four NCAA tournament reaching the Elite Eight in 1987 and the Sweet 16 in 1988.

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Reaves shines as No. 9 Oklahoma tops Iowa State 66-56

Sports

February 21st, 2021 by Ric Hanson

AMES, Iowa (AP) — Austin Reaves scored 20 points to lead No. 9 Oklahoma to a wild 66-56 victory over Iowa State, Saturday. The Sooners earned their third straight win since a 57-52 loss at No. 15 Texas Tech. But the lowly Cyclones provided a stiff test. Iowa State trailed by as many as 21 in the first half before rallying to a 46-45 lead on Tre Jackson’s 3-pointer with 11:29 remaining.

The Sooners then responded with a 16-4 run to grab the lead for good. De’Vion Harmon and Umoja Gibson each made a 3-pointer before Reaves capped the decisive stretch with a free throw, making it 61-50 with 4:38 left.

 

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Area High School Basketball Scores from Saturday, 2/20/21

Sports

February 21st, 2021 by Ric Hanson

BOYS BASKETBALL

Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 61, Millard West, Neb. 57

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Class 3A Region 1 Championship = Cherokee, Washington 74, Panorama, Panora 46

Class 3A Region 6 Championship = West Lyon, Inwood 47, Bishop Heelan Catholic, Sioux City 41

Class 4A Region 1 Semifinals = Glenwood 73, Lewis Central 40;   Sergeant Bluff-Luton 46, LeMars 29

Class 4A Region 3 Semifinals = Creston 62, Norwalk 56; Dallas Center-Grimes 52, ADM, Adel 39

Class 4A Region 8 Semifinals = Denison-Schleswig 52, Boone 45; Harlan 74, Spencer 61

Class 5A Region 2 semifinals = Indianola 73, Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 59

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Iowa early News Headlines: Sunday, 2/21/21

News

February 21st, 2021 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 4:20 a.m. CST

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — One woman is dead and another is injured after being stabbed at an Iowa motel, and a man suspected in the altercation is hospitalized after being shot by a police officer. Cedar Rapids officers were called at 1:46 a.m. Saturday to a disturbance at a Rodeway Inn. An officer was met by two women with apparent knife wounds, who directed the officer to a man running from the motel. The officer gave chance and shot the man. Police say the man is hospitalized but had no details about his injuries. The officer was not hurt. One of the women later died.

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — An inmate has been found dead inside an eastern Iowa jail. The Quad City Times reports that 27-year-old Mark Timothy Hudson Sr. was found unresponsive in his general population cell at 10:59 a.m. Friday in the Scott County jail. Attempt to revive him failed. Scott County Sheriff’s Major Bryce Schmidt said the death does not appear suspicious.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Department of Public Health reported 560 newly confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, and no new deaths. The state has cited 332,182 confirmed coronavirus cases since the pandemic began, and 5,336 deaths. State data also shows that 278,568 people in the state have received a first vaccine dose, and 137,385 have received a second dose. Hospitalizations continue to fall. State data shows hospitalizations for the virus now at 238 after a mid-November peak of more than 1,500.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A teenager’s drowning death last year is prompting lawmakers in Iowa to consider making it a crime to fail to call emergency responders to report when someone appears to be in serious danger. The Iowa City Press-Citizen reported that the family of Noah Herring supports the bill. Herring was 15 when he drowned in April in Coralville Reservoir. The Johnson County Sheriff’s Office said three teens and an adult were present, but none placed a call to get help. Democratic State Sen. Kevin Kinney says the bill would make failing to call emergency responders an aggravated misdemeanor.

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Red Oak man escapes injury during Saturday morning accident

News

February 20th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

Police in Red Oak say there were no injuries reported following a single-vehicle accident Saturday morning in the 1900 block of N. Broadway. Authorities say 44-year old Michael Lee LaFollette, of Red Oak, was traveling northbound at around 8:07-a.m., when his 2003 Jaguar S-Type sedan went out of control just before Legion Park Drive. The car skidded sideways for about 80 yards until it came to rest on the north side of the Fire Department apron, after striking the stoplight pole.

There was no damage to the pole. The Jag sustained about $8,000 damage. LaFollette was issued a written warning for Failure to Maintain Control.

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MARGARET “Peggy” HARTKOPF-ROBINSON, 98, of Atlantic (Graveside Svcs. 2/26/21)

Obituaries

February 20th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

MARGARET “Peggy” HARTKOPF-ROBINSON, 98, of Atlantic, died Saturday, Feb. 20th, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. Graveside services for “PEGGY” HARTKOPF-ROBINSON will be held 11-a.m. Friday, Feb. 26th, in the Atlantic Cemetery. Hockenberry Family Care Funeral Home in Atlantic has the arrangements.

Visitation will be held at the funeral home on Thu., Feb. 25th, from 1-until 7-p.m., with the family present from 4-until 7-p.m.

Memorials may be directed to the family, and will be directed to some of her favorite charitable causes.

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State Wrestling Championship Results

Sports

February 20th, 2021 by Jim Field

CLASS 3-A

  • 106:  Carter Freeman of Waukee beat Blake Gioimo of Cedar Rapids Prairie MAJOR DECISION 12-4
  • 113:  Nathanael Jesuroga of Southeast Polk beat Koufax Christensen of Waukee DECISION 11-4
  • 120:  Trever Anderson of Ankeny beat Chad Bellis of Dubuque Hempstead DECISION 3-2
  • 126:  Dustin Bohren of Bettendorf beat Thurman Christensen of Waukee MAJOR DECISION 10-2
  • 132:  Drake Ayala of Fort Dodge beat Ryder Block of Waverly-Shell Rock MAJOR DECISION 11-3
  • 138:  Hunter Garvin of Iowa City West beat Dylan Whitt of Cedar Falls  FALL 5:10
  • 145:  Joel Jesuroga of Southeast Polk beat Dreyzon Phillips of Fort Dodge DECISION 6-1
  • 152:  Aiden Riggins of Waverly-Shell Rock beat Caleb Rathjen of Ankeny DECISION 3-2
  • 160:  Tate Naaktgeboren of Linn-Mar beat Caleb Corbin of Valley West Des Moines DECISION 3-1
  • 170:  Caleb Helgeson of Johnston beat Mickey Griffith of Des Moines Lincoln DECISION 4-1
  • 182:  McCrae Hagarty of Waverly-Shell Rock beat Griffin Gammell of Waukee DECISION 3-2
  • 195:  Ben Kueter of Iowa City High beat Jake Walker of Waverly-Shell Rock DECISION 5-0
  • 220:  Bradley Hill of Bettendorf beat Luke Walker of Waverly-Shell Rock DECISION 5-3
  • 285:  Griffin Liddle of Bettendorf beat Gabriel Greenlee of Ames DECISION 3-1

CLASS 2-A

  • 106:  Kade Blume of Roland Story beat Gavin Jensen of Williamsburg DECISION 6-4 (SV-1)
  • 113:  Camron Phetxoumphone of Webster City beat Anders Kittelson of Crestwood DECISION 2-1
  • 120:  McKinley Robbins of Greene County beat Blaine Frazier of Notre Dame/W.B./Danville DECISION 7-5
  • 126:  Carter Fousek of Crestwood beat Dominik Ridout of East Marshall DECISION 6-4
  • 132:  Brandon O`Brien of Independence beat Averee Abben of Osage DECISION 4-3 (TB-1)
  • 138:  Isaiah Weber of Independence beat Nathaniel Genobana of Centerville DECISION 2-0
  • 145:  Matthew Lewis of Centerville beat Nick Fox of Osage DECISION 3-2
  • 152:  Jack Gaukel of Sergeant Bluff-Luton beat Tyler Brown of Winterset MAJOR DECISION 10-2
  • 160:  Hayden Taylor of Solon beat Wyatt Appleseth of Panorama DECISION 7-2
  • 170:  Carson Babcock of NH/TV beat Mitchell Joines of Bishop Heelan DECISION 7-0
  • 182:  Spencer Mooberry of Osage beat Adam Ahrendsen of Union DECISION 6-4 (SV-1)
  • 195:  Wyatt Voelker of West Delaware beat Jacob Reicks of NH/TV MAJOR DECISION 15-7
  • 220:  Kobe Simon of West Liberty beat Dylan Winkel of Central Lyon-G-LR DECISION 6-4
  • 285:  Carson Petlon of West Delaware beat Kamrin Steveson of Grinnell DECISION 3-0

CLASS 1-A

  • 106:  Kale Petersen of West Fork beat Eli Becerra of Missouri Valley DECISION 16-9
  • 113:  Garret Rinken of Nashua-Plainfield beat Braden Graff of West Sioux DECISION 4-2
  • 120:  Marcel Lopez of New London beat Brandon Paez of Lisbon DECISION 1-0
  • 126:  Cade Siebrecht of Lisbon beat Stevie Barnes of Underwood DECISION 11-5
  • 132:  Aidan Noonan of Western Dubuque beat Gable Porter of Underwood DECISION 6-2
  • 138:  Wyatt Reisz of Logan-Magnolia beat Kael Brisker of Wilton DECISION 7-3
  • 145:  Robert Avila Jr. of Lisbon beat Cael Rahnavardi of Don Bosco DECISION 5-2
  • 152:  Maximus Magayna of Columbus Catholic beat Briar Reisz of Logan-Magnolia DECISION 7-5
  • 160:  Tate Entriken of Hudson beat Cael Frost of Don Bosco DECISION 8-6 (SV-1)
  • 170:  Cade Tenold of Don Bosco beat Blake McAlister of South Central Calhoun TECH FALL 5:59 (20-5)
  • 182:  Carson Tenold of Don Bosco beat Jackson Dewald of Westwood DECISION 3-1 (SV-1)
  • 195:  Tristan Mulder of Western Christian beat Blake Brocka of Tripoli TECH FALL 4:41 (16-0)
  • 220:  Cole Clark of Lisbon beat Derek Anderson of Hinton DECISION 6-3
  • 285:  Chet Buss of North Butler-Clarksville beat Rex Johnsen of Logan-Magnolia FALL 1:40

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State Wrestling Consolation Place Winners

Sports

February 20th, 2021 by Jim Field

CLASS 3-A

106
3rd Place – Bowen Downey of Indianola
4th Place – Khyler Carstarphen of Dowling Catholic
5th Place – Dru Ayala of Fort Dodge
6th Place – Zane Behrends of Waverly-Shell Rock
7th Place – Kael Kurtz of Iowa City, City High
8th Place – Benjamin Hansen of Ankeny

113
3rd Place – Cale Seaton of Iowa City, City High
4th Place – Aime Mukiza of Des Moines North-Hoover
5th Place – Trace Gephart of North Scott
6th Place – Kaden Karns of Waterloo West
7th Place – Corbin Grace of Ottumwa
8th Place – Max Bishop of Fort Dodge

120
3rd Place – Bailey Roybal of Waverly-Shell Rock
4th Place – Lane Cowell of Fort Dodge
5th Place – Kane Naaktgeboren of Linn-Mar
6th Place – Rheiner Stahlbaum of Johnston
7th Place – Jayce Luna of Bettendorf
8th Place – Travis Hodges of Davenport West

126
3rd Place – Nick Walters of Sioux City North
4th Place – Cael Cox of Ankeny
5th Place – Jacob Fistler of Dallas Center-Grimes
6th Place – Grant O`Dell of Iowa City, West
7th Place – Carter Fecht of Waverly-Shell Rock
8th Place – Owen Kruse of Fort Madison

132
3rd Place – Bryce Parke of Linn-Mar
4th Place – Ryder Downey of Indianola
5th Place – Jace Rhodes of Mason City
6th Place – Ayden Kingery of Southeast Polk
7th Place – Grant Harbour of Norwalk
8th Place – Connor Kelley of Waukee

138
3rd Place – Cole Ferguson of Waukee
4th Place – Carter Martinson of Southeast Polk
5th Place – Owen Helgeson of Johnston
6th Place – Josh Connor of North Scott
7th Place – Jace Anderson of Ankeny
8th Place – Cayden Langreck of Waverly-Shell Rock

145
3rd Place – Christian Stanek of Xavier, Cedar Rapids
4th Place – Peyton Westlin of North Scott
5th Place – Josiah Schaetzle of Dubuque Hempstead
6th Place – Leland Evans of Oskaloosa
7th Place – Brent Slade of Ames
8th Place – Ethan Emmick of Sioux City West

152
3rd Place – Carson Martinson of Southeast Polk
4th Place – Graham Gambrall of Iowa City, West
5th Place – Abass Kemokai of Linn-Mar
6th Place – Abraham Dirkx of Carroll
7th Place – Colin Driscoll of Waukee
8th Place – Sam Zindel of Johnston

160
3rd Place – Deven Strief of North Scott
4th Place – Logan Adamson of Bettendorf
5th Place – Carter Cahill of Ankeny Centennial
6th Place – Ryan Van Donselaar of Pella
7th Place – Kody Cook of Fort Dodge
8th Place – Trestin Sales of Burlington

170
3rd Place – Ashton Barker of Iowa City, West
4th Place – Timothy Nimely of Muscatine
5th Place – Ivan Thomas of Xavier, Cedar Rapids
6th Place – Andrew Reed of Southeast Polk
7th Place – Trevor Summers of Ottumwa
8th Place – Tristen Duncan of Norwalk

182
3rd Place – Aiden Grimes of Southeast Polk
4th Place – Cade Bennethum of Ankeny
5th Place – AJ Petersen of North Scott
6th Place – Ryan Volk of Xavier, Cedar Rapids
7th Place – Jayden Angle of Boone
8th Place – Evan Surface of Epworth, Western Dubuque

195
3rd Place – Taner Harvey of Boone
4th Place – Sawyer Nauman of Epworth, Western Dubuque
5th Place – Gabe Hemsted of Carlisle
6th Place – Tanner Spyksma of Waukee
7th Place – Joey Petersen of North Scott
8th Place – Cade Sheedy of Davenport North

220
3rd Place – Kalob Runyon of Southeast Polk
4th Place – Colton Hoag of LeMars
5th Place – Luke Gaffney of Linn-Mar
6th Place – Carson Williams of Marshalltown
7th Place – Cael Knox of Cedar Rapids Kennedy
8th Place – Jaylin Smith of Indianola

285
3rd Place – Maddux Borcherding-Johnson of Norwalk
4th Place – Ben Reiland of Waukee
5th Place – Togeh Deseh of Muscatine
6th Place – Bryan Jurado of Valley, West Des Moines
7th Place – Julian Gomez of Marshalltown
8th Place – Kody Huisman of Pella

CLASS 2-A

106
3rd Place – Carson Doolittle of Webster City
4th Place – Carter Anderson of Albia
5th Place – Jaxon Bussa of Camanche
6th Place – Kaden Kremer of Independence
7th Place – Jacob Zabka of Algona
8th Place – Brayden Maury of West Delaware

113
3rd Place – Lane Scorpil of Columbus Community
4th Place – Tucker Stangel of Osage
5th Place – Kale Wieland of Independence
6th Place – Carson Less of West Delaware
7th Place – Dalton Rowe of Bondurant-Farrar
8th Place – Osvaldo Ocampo of Sheldon-S. O`Brien

120
3rd Place – Keaton Zeimet of Central DeWitt
4th Place – Jaiden Moore of Benton Community
5th Place – Ethan Follmann of Atlantic/CAM
6th Place – Jonathon Burnette of Spirit Lake Park
7th Place – Matthew Beem of Glenwood
8th Place – Rylie Anderson of Bondurant-Farrar

126
3rd Place – Chase Fiser of Bondurant-Farrar
4th Place – Joe Weaver of Atlantic/CAM
5th Place – Luke Musich of Harlan
6th Place – Kellen Moore of Forest City
7th Place – Blake Engel of West Delaware
8th Place – Cael Ihle of Gilbert

132
3rd Place – Logan Arp of South Tama County
4th Place – Brock Moore of Forest City
5th Place – Reily Dolan of West Delaware
6th Place – Taylor Huggins of Davis County
7th Place – Jackson Jaspers of Mount Vernon
8th Place – Triston Barncastle of Creston/O-M

138
3rd Place – Chase Thomas of Crestwood, Cresco
4th Place – Dao Keokhamthong of Sioux Center
5th Place – Reed Abbas of Clarion-Goldfield-Dows
6th Place – Brady Ortner of Vinton-Shellsburg
7th Place – Michael Macias of Assumption, Davenport
8th Place – Staveley Maury of West Delaware

145
3rd Place – Eric Kinkaid of Camanche
4th Place – Jackson Rolfs of Decorah
5th Place – Landon Fenton of PCM, Monroe
6th Place – Ethan DeLeon of Bishop Heelan
7th Place – Logan Peyton of West Delaware
8th Place – Christian Eslick of Roland Story

152
3rd Place – Jadyn Peyton of West Delaware
4th Place – Zander Ernst of Ridge View
5th Place – Colby Tool of PCM, Monroe
6th Place – Grifen Molle of Notre Dame/W.B./Danville
7th Place – Chance Bockenstedt of North Polk
8th Place – Carl Barkema of Hampton-Dumont

160
3rd Place – Allen Catour of Assumption, Davenport
4th Place – Garrett Seaba of Clarion-Goldfield-Dows
5th Place – Hunter Worthen of Union, LaPorte City
6th Place – Landon Kirby of Grinnell
7th Place – Gabriel Christensen of Ballard
8th Place – Nick Reinicke of Dike-New Hartford

170
3rd Place – CJ Walrath of Notre Dame/W.B./Danville
4th Place – Kalen Meyer of Central Lyon-G-LR
5th Place – Jared Voss of West Delaware
6th Place – Lucas Henderson of Centerville
7th Place – Colin Muller of Osage
8th Place – Logan Waltz of Camanche

182
3rd Place – Fernando Villaescusa of Gilbert
4th Place – Cael Meyer of West Delaware
5th Place – Austin Roos of Benton Community
6th Place – Riley Hoven of Winterset
7th Place – Keenan Tyler of Decorah
8th Place – Kale Rodgers of North Fayette Valley

195
3rd Place – Jackson Kinsella of Creston/O-M
4th Place – Reese Moore of Forest City
5th Place – Matthew Wirtz of Emmetsburg
6th Place – Brayden Smith of South Tama County
7th Place – Mason Askelsen of Ballard
8th Place – Cael Garvey of Mid-Prairie

220
3rd Place – Conner Murty of East Marshall, LeGrand
4th Place – Crew Howard of Clarinda
5th Place – Treyton Burnikel of Crestwood, Cresco
6th Place – Gage Marty of Solon
7th Place – Easton Fleshman of West Lyon, Inwood
8th Place – Kain Nelson of Clarion-Goldfield-Dows

285
3rd Place – Jordan Ver Meer of West Lyon, Inwood
4th Place – Aaron Graves of Southeast Valley (Gowrie)
5th Place – Ethan Hooyer of Sioux Center
6th Place – Chase Crooks of Charles City
7th Place – Keean Kamerling of Mount Vernon
8th Place – Nick Bronstad of Okoboji/HMS

CLASS 1-A

106
3rd Place – Caleb Coffin of Don Bosco, Gilbertville
4th Place – Brody Brisker of Wilton
5th Place – Easton Schlabaugh of Highland, Riverside
6th Place – Kendrick Huck of Nashua-Plainfield
7th Place – Kolton Munson of Ogden
8th Place – Drew Ehlen of Mount Ayr

113
3rd Place – Dawson Schmit of Wapsie Valley, Fairbank
4th Place – Donavon Hanson of West Bend-Mallard
5th Place – Bryce Thompson of Highland, Riverside
6th Place – Dawson Bergan of Edgewood-Colesburg
7th Place – John Schroder of Riverside, Oakland
8th Place – Andrew Kimball of Don Bosco, Gilbertville

120
3rd Place – Garrett Funk of Don Bosco, Gilbertville
4th Place – Jace Rose of Riverside, Oakland
5th Place – Tanner Arjes of North Butler-Clarksville
6th Place – Kellen Smith of West Hancock, Britt
7th Place – Elliot Cooney of Nodaway Valley
8th Place – Cade Cook of North Linn, Troy Mills

126
3rd Place – Clayton McDonough of Central Springs
4th Place – Cameron Clark of West Sioux, Hawarden
5th Place – Brooks Meyer of Denver
6th Place – Beau Klingensmith of Woodbury Central, Moville
7th Place – Damon Huston of Midland, Wyoming
8th Place – Kaiden Knaack of Don Bosco, Gilbertville

132
3rd Place – Hagen Heistand of Logan-Magnolia
4th Place – Mikey Baker of West Sioux, Hawarden
5th Place – Quinten Aney of Mediapolis
6th Place – Michael McClelland of Don Bosco, Gilbertville
7th Place – Trey Nelson of Nashua-Plainfield
8th Place – Cael Bridgewater of North Linn, Troy Mills

138
3rd Place – Cullen Koedam of West Sioux, Hawarden
4th Place – Karter Krapfl of Hudson
5th Place – Bryce McDonough of Central Springs
6th Place – Sam Hackett of Columbus Catholic
7th Place – Randy Jimenez of SE Warren, Lib. Ctr./M.D.
8th Place – Dalton Thorson of Lake Mills

145
3rd Place – Dominic Lopez of New London
4th Place – Nick Hageman of Beckman Catholic, Dyersville
5th Place – Jerret Delagardelle of Jesup
6th Place – Trae Ehlen of Mount Ayr
7th Place – Garrett Sarringar of Sibley-Ocheyedan
8th Place – Alex Beaty of Lake Mills

152
3rd Place – Lawson Losee of Riceville
4th Place – TJ Lau of East Buchanan, Winthrop
5th Place – Ben Foelske of Denver
6th Place – Jace Mulder of Western Christian, Hull
7th Place – Josh Glendening of New London
8th Place – Lincoln Holub of Lisbon

160
3rd Place – Gabe McGeough of MFL, MarMac
4th Place – Casey Hanson of Lake Mills
5th Place – Bryer Subject of West Hancock, Britt
6th Place – Kole Reis of Kingsley-Pierson
7th Place – Drake Tiedemann of Northwood-Kensett
8th Place – Gavin Maguire of Logan-Magnolia

170
3rd Place – Max Kohl of Lisbon
4th Place – Aidan Udell of Regina, Iowa City
5th Place – Cael McLaren of St. Albert, C.B.
6th Place – Dahson DeJong of Sibley-Ocheyedan
7th Place – Carson Hartz of Columbus Catholic
8th Place – Kolby Scott of MVAOCOU

182
3rd Place – Carson Lynott of West Sioux, Hawarden
4th Place – Elijah Wagner of Lake Mills
5th Place – Cayden Miller of Midland, Wyoming
6th Place – Ty Dennison of Woodbury Central, Moville
7th Place – Mason Juhl of Pekin
8th Place – Brody Sampson of Collins-Maxwell

195
3rd Place – Mathew Francis of West Hancock, Britt
4th Place – Cedric Yoder of Don Bosco, Gilbertville
5th Place – Owen Huehnergarth of Beckman Catholic, Dyersville
6th Place – Truman Krob of Lisbon
7th Place – Brandon Mier of Alta-Aurelia
8th Place – Trevor Thompson of South Hamilton, Jewell

220
3rd Place – Cole Kelly of West Hancock, Britt
4th Place – Tallen Myers of Southwest Valley
5th Place – Jared Thiry of Don Bosco, Gilbertville
6th Place – Damon Meyer of South Winneshiek, Calmar
7th Place – Luke Recker of East Buchanan, Winthrop
8th Place – Jayden Soard of South Central Calhoun

285
3rd Place – Brant Baltes of Lisbon
4th Place – Dane Johnson of Pocahontas Area
5th Place – Mitchel Marr of Riceville
6th Place – Matthew Kauffman of Pleasantville
7th Place – Cody Fox of East Buchanan, Winthrop
8th Place – Easton Eledge of Underwood

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Iowans help NASA set satellite missions

News

February 20th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – Two professors from Iowa State University and the University of Iowa recently served on a panel that determines the future of NASA satellite missions. ISU agronomy professor, Brian Hornbuckle, says these are satellites that are experimental. “When you watch the news or look at the radar on the web you might see some satellite images. We would call those operational satellites that have been launched by the weather service or something like that. We know how they work,” Hornbuckle says. “But the things that NASA does, they launch new types of satellites — kind of like discovery things — because we don’t know for sure how they are going to work and what they are going to see.”

Hornbuckle says the panel he served on helps determine how long missions last on these discovery satellites. He says they usually have a prime mission of three to five years where they collect information — but every satellite is built to last longer — and they often find out that the information collected is really important.

Hornbuckle says they usually have one or more new satellites proposed each year as the older ones are taken out of service. That depends on the budget for NASA, and he says that is why the review panel is important, because there is a finite amount of money. Hornbuckle says the satellites go through all types of testing — including flying on planes — to see if they work before rocketing into space. But even that testing sometimes fails to find flaws and the satellite mission doesn’t pan out.

“That’s the thing about research is that no one has done it before, so you don’t know what is going to happen,” according to Hornbuckle. “There is some amount of risk that you take.” Hornbuckle was chosen to be on the panel because of his work with NASA using a satellite that determines how much water is stored in the soil.

“That’s a really important component of weather and weather prediction, and something that we aren’t able to measure very well right now,” Hornbuckle says. “And it’s especially important here in Iowa, because we have these big crops that pull a lot of water out of the ground during the summer and put it back in the atmosphere.”

Hornbuckle has worked on other NASA satellite projects as well, and says they provide lots of information on a variety of issues that help researchers. He says these discovery type satellites don’t get all the attention that things like trips to the space station get.
“It’s a really important aspect of NASA that I am excited to highlight because it’s going to enable us to make good decisions about what we do in the future — which is important — because this is the only planet that we can live on,” Hornbuckle says.

University of Iowa Chemical and Biochemical Engineering professor Jun Wang served on the panel with Hornbuckle.

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