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Midwest Sports Headlines: 9/2/20

Sports

September 2nd, 2020 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press

CINCINNATI (AP) — Brad Miller homered twice and drove in a career-high seven runs, and the Cardinals pounded Sonny Gray and the Cincinnati Reds 16-2. Miller sparked St. Louis’ six-run first inning against Gray with a two-run double that glanced off the glove of diving first baseman Joey Votto and bounced down the line. He hit a two-run shot in the second, an RBI single in the fifth and another two-run homer in the eighth, clanging a drive off the foul pole in right. Kolten Wong went 4 for 4 and scored four times as the Cardinals set season highs for runs and hits with 23.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Reports began to filter out late Monday that Chiefs general manager Brett Veach and coach Andy Reid had agreed to six-year contract extensions that would tie them to Kansas City through the 2025 season. In typical fashion, Reid downplayed the talks Tuesday — he alluded to the fact that nothing had been signed, even if an agreement had been reached. But he did acknowledge the importance of continuity on the roster, among his coaching staff and within the front office as the Chiefs seek to turn their Super Bowl title last year into the makings of a dynasty.

UNDATED (AP) — The Big Ten Conference, already in court and under pressure from players and parents over its decision to cancel fall football, is now hearing from President Donald Trump. Trump tweeted he has spoken with Big Ten Commissioner Kevin Warren about reinstating the fall season. The Big Ten had no immediate comment. The league announced Aug. 11 it would move its football season to the spring semester because of health risks associated with the pandemic. Trump has framed the debate over player and fan safety as a political one.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Zach Plesac returned to the Indians with six solid innings after being punished for breaking coronavirus protocols, and Cleveland beat the Kansas City Royals 10-1. The right-handed Plesac allowed a run and four hits, striking out six and walking none. The 25-year-old has a 1.33 ERA in three starts this season. Plesac hadn’t pitched since Aug. 8 after being caught breaking curfew with rotation-mate Mike Clevinger. Plesac and Clevinger were placed on the restricted list and later demoted to the alternate site as punishment. Clevinger returned and made one start last week before being traded to San Diego on Monday, opening a spot for Plesac.

UNDATED (AP) — Iowa State enters this season coming off its second-best three-year stretch in program history. It has its sights set on making the Big 12 championship game for the first time. The Cyclones bring back nine starters on offense and seven on defense from a team that finished 7-6. Brock Purdy is poised to go down as the best quarterback to play at Iowa State. They also bring back high-profile players in running back Breece Hall, tight end Charlie Kolar, defensive end JaQuan Bailey and defensive back Greg Eisworth. The Cyclones open Sept. 12 against Louisiana-Lafayette.

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Iowa early News Headlines: Wed., Sept. 2nd 2020

News

September 2nd, 2020 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:40 a.m. CDT

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa continued to see significant transmission of the coronavirus with the state reporting more than 600 new cases and a federal report pegging Iowa with the nation’s highest rate of virus spread in the country. As of Tuesday morning, state health data shows 684 new confirmed virus cases in the past day with the total case count now at 65,397. Nine more people died for a total of 1,121 deaths. The state health department reported 40 people admitted to hospitals in the last 24 hours. Since late June hospital admissions have been climbing as have the number of those remaining hospitalized and those in intensive care.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Federal Emergency Management Agency has approved help for residents of 10 more counties that were damaged by an August windstorm. Gov. Kim Reynolds said in a news release Tuesday that FEMA now says individuals and business owners in Benton, Boone, Cedar, Jasper, Marshall, Polk, Poweshiek, Scott, Story and Tama counties can seek help through the Individual Assistance Program. The program makes money available for costs including housing, personal property replacement and medical expenses. Linn County, which was hardest hit by the Aug. 10 derecho, qualified for the Individual Assistance Program earlier.

JOHNSTON, Iowa (AP) — Authorities in central Iowa have identified a 3-year-old boy who was fatally hit by a car in a Johnston apartment complex parking lot. Police in the Des Moines suburb say Clayton Lloyd was killed in the Sunday afternoon accident. Police say officers and medics were called around 1:15 p.m. Sunday to the parking lot of the Cadence Apartments for reports of a child hit. Police say a car driven by a 23-year-old Johnston resident hit the child. No other details of the crash have been released, and no imminent charges were announced.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A new survey of business leaders released Tuesday shows economic improvement in nine Midwest and Plains states. That includes improvements in employment and economic outlook amid the ongoing coronavirus outbreak and the devastation from a rare wind storm earlier in the month. Creighton University economist Ernie Goss says the survey’s employment index moved above growth neutral 50 for the first time since January, coming in at 54.8 for August, compared with 48.5 in July. The overall index for the region improved to 60 in August from July’s 57.4. Any score above 50 suggests growth. The monthly survey covers Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma and South Dakota.

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High School Volleyball Scoreboard Tuesday 09/01/2020

Sports

September 1st, 2020 by admin

(3-0) Stanton 25-25-25, Clarinda 21-11-18
(3-2) Ar-We-Va 25-18-25-20-15, Audubon 21-25-18-25-10
(3-1) CAM 25-25-14-25, East Union 15-16-25-17
(3-0) Gilbert 25-25-25, Carroll 20-14-17
(3-0) Panorama 25-25-26, Ogden 6-18-24
(3-2) Earlham 21-25-16-28-15, West Central Valley 25-21-25-26-9
(3-1) East Mills 23-25-25-25, Lenox 25-15-7-21
(3-0) Southwest Valley 25-25-25, Central Decatur 7-11-23
(3-0) Westwood 25-25-25, West Monona 15-20-19
(3-1) Harlan 23-25-25-25, Denison-Schleswig 25-15-18-21
(2-0) Nodaway Valley 25-25, Griswold 17-12
(2-0) Nodaway Valley 25-25, AHSTW 14-20
(2-1) Griswold 20-25-15, AHSTW 25-16-9
(3-2) Sidney 25-21-22-25-18, Johnson-Brock 18-25-25-21-16
(3-0) East Sac County 25-25-25, IKM-Manning 13-18-9

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Harlan sweeps the podium at Shenandoah Early Bird XC Meet

Sports

September 1st, 2020 by admin

The Harlan Cyclones swept the podium individually and team wise at the Shenandoah Early Bird Cross Country Meet on Tuesday. Kaia Becker won the girls race and Trey Gross won the boys race to pace the Cyclones.

Girls Team Results

  1. Harlan 18
  2. Shenandoah 61
  3. Clarinda 70
  4. Red Oak 76
  5. Treynor 100

Girls Individual Top Ten

  1. Kaia Bieker, Harlan 20:43.69
  2. Abi Albertson, Harlan
  3. Brecken VanBaale, Harlan
  4. Mayson Hartley, Clarinda
  5. Liv Freund, Harlan
  6. Alexa McCunn, Red Oak
  7. Ellie Gross, Harlan
  8. Kennedy Kjergaard, Harlan
  9. Olivia Anderson, Harlan
  10. Brenna Godfread, Shenandoah

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Boys Team Results

  1. Harlan 36
  2. Clarinda 60
  3. Red Oak 72
  4. Shenandoah 84
  5. Treynor 89
  6. East Mills 125
  7. Essex 164

Boys Indvidual Top Ten

  1. Trey Gross, Harlan 16:49.00
  2. Cole Dooley, Treynor
  3. Baylor Bergren, Red Oak
  4. Jon McCall, Clarinda
  5. Mitchell Rueschenberg, Harlan
  6. Kaden Johnson, Red Oak
  7. Ian Shelton, Harlan
  8. Michael Meyer, Clarinda
  9. Reed Boardman, Harlan
  10. Mason Yochum, Treynor

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Becker takes 2nd at DC-G Invite, Trojan Boys 6th and Girls 8th

Sports

September 1st, 2020 by admin

Dallas Center-Grimes Invitational 09/01/2020

Girls Team Results

  1 Dallas Center Grimes     48
  2 Norwalk                  86
  3 Indianola                87
  4 Carlisle                122
  5 Johnston                140
  6 Des Moines Christian    168
  7 Van Meter               170
  8 Atlantic                173
  9 Creston                 200
 10 Winterset               292
 11 Kuemper Catholic        297 

Girls Individual Top Ten

    1 Ainsley Erzen, Jr          18:44    Carlisle             
    2 Megan Sterbenz, Sr         19:06    Dallas Center Grimes 
    3 Joey Werling, Jr           19:12    Indianola            
    4 Emily Naughton, So         19:38    Indianola            
    5 Breelie Mauro, So          19:48    Norwalk              
    6 Miranda Muhlstein, Sr      19:56    Dallas Center Grimes 
    7 Clare Kelly, So            19:59    Van Meter            
    8 Braelyn Baker, Sr          20:04    Creston              
    9 Mary Kelly, So             20:05    Van Meter            
   10 Kami Smith, So             20:10    Dallas Center Grimes

Full Girls Results HERE

Boys Team Results

  1 Norwalk                  39    5    7    8    9   10   26   32    16:59    0:10
  2 Dallas Center Grimes     54    1    3   11   17   22   29   30    16:57    1:59
  3 Carlisle                123   14   18   20   35   36   37   38    17:43    0:54
  4 Des Moines Christian    124    4   13   19   40   48   60   67    17:44    1:52
  5 Indianola               140    6   12   33   39   50   52   55    17:49    1:49
  6 Atlantic                141    2   23   27   31   58   62   65    17:47    2:50
  7 Johnston                187   24   34   42   43   44   46   47    18:18    0:46
  8 Winterset               206   25   28   49   51   53   56   59    18:25    1:01
  9 Kuemper Catholic        239   16   45   54   61   63   64   66    18:51    2:08
 10 East                    286   15   41   73   78   79   80   82    20:35    5:51
 11 Creston                 325   21   72   75   76   81              20:57    6:05
 12 Van Meter               335   57   68   69   70   71   74   77 

Boys Individual Top Ten

    1 Aidan Ramsey, Jr           15:49    Dallas Center Grimes 
    2 Craig Alan Becker, Sr      16:17    Atlantic             
    3 Jacob Ewers, Jr            16:28    Dallas Center Grimes 
    4 Carson Houg, Jr            16:48    Des Moines Christian 
    5 Derek Webster, Sr          16:51    Norwalk              
    6 Logan Hoger, Jr            16:59    Indianola            
    7 Donovan Card, So           17:01    Norwalk              
    8 Patrick Foster, Sr         17:01    Norwalk              
    9 Brody Lucas, Jr            17:01    Norwalk              
   10 Jack Brown, So             17:01    Norwalk              
   11 Tate McDermott, Fr         17:02    Dallas Center Grimes 

Full Boys Results HERE

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Logan-Magnolia Cross Country Meet 09/01/2020

Sports

September 1st, 2020 by admin

Boys Individual Top Ten

1 McGee, Brett 12 Tri-Center 15:52.07 1
2 Dreyer, Quentin 12 Ikm-Manning 16:15.80 2
3 Porter, Gable 10 Underwood 16:28.02 3
4 Flores, Leo 10 Denison-Schleswig 16:45.12 4
5 Heffernan, Patrick 10 Boyer Valley 16:52.20 5
6 Gilpin, Cody 11 Missouri Valley 16:59.43 6
7 Piskorski, Hadyn 11 Saint Albert 17:10.03 7
8 Winkel, Noah 12 Bishop Heela 17:34.51 8
9 Keller, Connor 12 Ikm-Manning 17:36.10 9
10 Patten, Bryce 11 Underwood 17:38.28 10

Boys Team Results

1 IKM-Manning 76
2 Missouri Valley 76
3 Tri-Center 87
4 Underwood 94
5 Bishop Heelan High School 118
6 Denison-Schleswig 137
7 Boyer Valley 149
8 Saint Albert 175
9 Logan-Magnolia 193
10 MVAOCOU 298
11 Whiting 309

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Girls Individual Top Ten

1 Sporrer, Courtney 11 Logan-Magnolia 18:41.11 1
2 Mahaney, Grace 12 Bishop Heela 19:14.20 2
3 Demke, Maddie 09 Bishop Heela 19:28.80 3
4 Paulson, Georgia 09 Underwood 19:31.94 4
5 Newberg, Jada 10 Bishop Heela 19:32.64 5
6 Slater, Grace 11 Audubon 19:33.61 6
7 Duncan, Reese 09 Saint Albert 19:38.77
8 Thygesen, Hannah 11 Audubon 19:46.71 7
9 Miller, Claire 10 Denison-Schleswig 20:14.15 8
10 Stanley, Brooklyn 09 Bishop Heela 20:15.09 9

Girls Team Results

1 Bishop Heelan 32
2 AHSTW 80
3 Logan-Magnolia 84
4 Audubon 123
5 Denison-Schleswig 129
6 Underwood 140
7 Tri-Center 143
8 Missouri Valley 207

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Burn ban issued for the City of Stuart

Ag/Outdoor, News, Weather

September 1st, 2020 by Ric Hanson

Stuart Fire Chief Mike Renslow has sent a request to the office of the State Fire Marshal that open burning be prohibited in the City both in Adair and Guthrie counties. It was therefore ordered that no person shall engage in open burning from now until October 1st at midnight, except as specifically permitted by Iowa Code.

The ban may be extended or rescinded at any time that such conditions dangerous to life or property no longer exist. Any violation of this proclamation is a simple misdemeanor. Guthrie County has been experiencing moderate to extreme drought conditions for almost two months, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor.

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10 more Iowa counties qualify for FEMA assistance program

News

September 1st, 2020 by Ric Hanson

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Federal Emergency Management Agency has approved help for residents of 10 more counties that were damaged by an August windstorm. Gov. Kim Reynolds said in a news release Tuesday that FEMA now says individuals and business owners in Benton, Boone, Cedar, Jasper, Marshall, Polk, Poweshiek, Scott, Story and Tama counties can seek help through the Individual Assistance Program.

The program makes money available for costs including housing, personal property replacement and medical expenses. Linn County, which was hardest hit by the Aug. 10 derecho, qualified for the Individual Assistance Program earlier.

 

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Axne says there should be a State and National Mask mandate

News

September 1st, 2020 by Ric Hanson

Iowa Third District Democrat Representative Congresswoman Cindy Axne made the rounds in southwest Iowa, Tuesday. One of her stops was in Atlantic, where she spoke with KJAN News with respect to a number of topics. Axne says Iowans are still “still hurting a lot,” from the effects of the Coronavirus pandemic. She said “Unfortunately we’re starting to run into some difficult times in regard to people not having what they need to put food on the table. Certainly State and local municipalities are losing a lot of revenue that is going to be needed to make sure that we can keep our teachers and our police officers employed, and all of those things that we rely on.”

She said “We’re all ready to have this COVID over, we all know that, but I certainly think people are buckling down trying to stay safe and in the mean time really knowing that if we don’t at least get one other good package through to assist with COVID, that we’re gonna be in a bad place this Fall.” She said with regard to the economic relief package, she’s “working hard to make that happen.”

Axne said with regard to a mandatory face mask policy in Iowa, “I think we should,” based on the scientific data available. “Data shows that we can reduce the transmission [of the virus]. President Trumps Administration has advised that Iowa does this. The [CDC] has advised that Iowa go to a mask mandate, so I’m gonna listen to the folks who do this for a living, who read the data, and who say that ‘if we put masks on, we can lower the spread.” She a national mask mandate should also be in-place. Axne says if a mandate and additional procedures had been in-place early on, “We could probably be back to a much more normal lifestyle by now, instead of seeing bars closed again, businesses get hurt again, because we didn’t want to ‘buckle down.”

When asked if she supports House Speak Nancy Pelosi’s bargaining position with the White House, with regard to a second pandemic relief package, Axne said she’s in favor of the House and Senate coming together on a final COVID bill. The problem, she says, is “We have people on both sides of the aisle, Republicans and Democrats who have put fat into the bill. We have people who won’t come off a negotiation because of some pet project that they’ve gotten there. Instead of focusing on the big issues that we’re facing right now.

“People who need some money in their pockets because they’re unemployed, folks who are going to be kicked-out of their rental housing because they can’t afford it any longer, businesses that won’t be able to start-up again and provide money for their family, PPE for our teachers and our schools to make sure they can educate our kids…these are the things we should be caring about…not laptops for congressional workers that the Democrats have in the bill, and not a new FBI building the Republicans have in the bill. Let’s come to the table with the clean stuff, and let’s get this thing done.”

Pelosi has said she and the Democrats could compromise on a $2.2-Trillion limit, while the White House indicated its support for going up to $1.3-Trillion. Axne says she expects to see a package closer to the $2.2-Trillion by the time all is said and done.

And, with regard to the upcoming elections, Axne says she thinks the race between Republican Incumbent Senator Joni Ernst and her Democrat challenger Teresa Greenfield, will be “Really tough. I think that it was Joni’s to have, but unfortunately I think she’s slippin’ a little bit. She needs to be doing some stuff for Iowans, like stepping up and saying ‘I want ethanol literally listed as a recipient for support,” because our ethanol industry is dying by the wayside. Greenfield, she said, is “Getting a lot of traction, she understands the district.” She expects it to be a “toss-up.”

As for her own race against Republican David Young, Axne says her record shows she’s stood-up for Iowa and she’s hoping to continue working for Iowans and being the voice for their interests.

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Vilsack says Perdue needs to hear from Iowa farmers about biofuels woes

Ag/Outdoor, News

September 1st, 2020 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) — Former U-S Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has some advice for current AG Secretary Sonny Perdue, who is scheduled to visit Iowa tomorrow (Thursday). “First and foremost Secretary Perdue obviously needs to visit a farm. He needs to talk to farmers and he also needs to hear the concerns that have been expressed by the biofuels industry about the waivers,” Vilsack says.

The oil industry is seeking exemptions from the Renewable Fuels Standard requirement that ethanol be blended into gasoline. Vilsack says Perdue can carry the message from farm country back to Washington. “He needs to hear the fact that the EPA is sitting on 98 waivers,” Vilsack says, “that they need to be acted on and denied.” Vilsack says four billion fewer gallons of ethanol have been produced over the last several years, pushing corn prices lower.

Perdue is scheduled to take a helicopter tour over fields leveled by last month’s derecho and visit agribusinesses in the Ames area. Perdue also plans to visit a farm where wetlands have been restored.

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