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Winterset leads after first day of John J. Harris Wrestling Tournament, Atlantic-CAM sits 4th

Sports

January 24th, 2020 by admin

Day one of action is in the books for the 65th annual John J. Harris Wrestling Tournament in Corning. Tourney favorite Winterset leads the team standings with 91 points. Defending Champion Atlantic-CAM is 4th with 67.5 points.

The Trojans advanced 7 wrestlers into the semifinals and 4 into the consolation bracket for Saturday. Semifinalists are: Easton O’Brien (106), Aybren Moore (113), Ethan Follmann (120), Joe Weaver (126), Jaxson Bell (132), Kadin Stutzman (152), Cale Roller (285).

Team Scores
1 Winterset 91.0
2 Red Oak 70.5
3 Creston- Orient Macksburg 70.0
4 Atlantic 67.5
5 Tri-Center Neola 47.5
6 Mt Ayr 47.0
7 Panorama 42.5
8 Clarinda 41.0
8 Missouri Valley 41.0
10 Nodaway Valley 36.0
11 East Mills 33.0
12 Riverside Oakland 32.5
13 Adair Casey/Guthrie Center 29.0
13 Bedford/Lenox 29.0
15 Central Decatur 24.0
16 Clarke, Osceola/Murray 19.0
17 Southwest Iowa 16.0

Full results HERE.

Action picks back up at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday.

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High School Basketball Scoreboard Friday 01/24/2020

Sports

January 24th, 2020 by admin

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Hawkeye Ten Conference
Creston 56, Kuemper Catholic 39
Denison-Schleswig 57, St. Albert 54
Glenwood 95, Red Oak 67
Harlan 59, Clarinda 26
Lewis Central 73, Shenandoah 30

Western Iowa Conference
AHSTW 63, Audubon 61 (OT)
IKM-Manning 72, Tri-Center 34
Logan-Magnolia 44, Treynor 35

Rolling Valley Conference
Boyer Valley 43, Glidden-Ralston 32
CAM 57, Ar-We-Va 50
Exira-EHK 68, Woodbine 23
Paton-Churdan 53, Coon Rapids-Bayard 44

Corner Conference Tournament
Championship: Stanton 39, Sidney 21
Consolation: East Mills 53, Fremont-Mills 31

Pride of Iowa Conference
Lenox 45, Southeast Warren 41 (OT)
Mount Ayr 50, Martensdale-St Marys 47
Nodaway Valley 71, Central Decatur 52

West Central Activities Conference
Van Meter 46, Earlham 24
Des Moines Christian 59, Pleasantville 41
Woodward-Granger 50, Ogden 35

Other Scores
Bondurant-Farrar 73, Carroll 52
Ballard 58, ADM 34
Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln 43, LeMars 26
Winterset 55, Boone 48

BOYS BASKETBALL

Hawkeye Ten Conference
Atlantic 52, Saydel 49
Glenwood 71, Red Oak 41
Harlan 78, Clarinda 60
Creston 60, Kuemper Cahtolic 58

Rolling Valley Conference
Boyer Valley 72, Glidden-Ralston 33
CAM 55, Ar-We-Va 48
Coon Rapids-Bayard 64, Paton-Churdan 58
Exira-EHK 52, Woodbine 50

Western Iowa Conference
AHSTW 60, Audubon 53
Riverside 42, Missouri Valley 35
Treynor 64, Logan-Magnolia 40
Tri-Center 55, IKM-Manning 29

Pride of Iowa Conference
Central Decatur, Leon 54, Nodaway Valley 48
Lenox 51, SE Warren 50
Martensdale-St. Marys 62, Mount Ayr 45

West Central Activities Conference
Van Meter 64, Earlham 38
Woodward-Granger 52, Ogden 34

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AHSTW boys rally in the fourth to beat Audubon 60-53

Sports

January 24th, 2020 by admin

The AHSTW Vikings found a way to rally in the fourth quarter and pull out a 60-53 win over Audubon on Friday night. The Vikings trailed much of the game but Raydden Grobe and Sam Porter came up big in the fourth quarter to improve their record to 13-2. Grobe scored 11 of his game high 20 points in the fourth and Porter made 7 straight free throws down the stretch to seal the victory. AHSTW Head Coach GG Harris thought his guys showed some guts in the win.

The Vikings made 11 of 14 free throws in the second half, where as the Wheelers were only 7 of 17. Audubon led from late in the first quarter at 12-11 until midway through the fourth quarter when a Raydden Grobe three put the Vikings in front 49-48. The Vikings would never trail the rest of the way. Foul trouble was a problem all night for both teams with a total of 48 fouls called and two players fouled out

Porter finished with 15 points and Brayden Lund had a big night off the bench for AHSTW with 14. The Vikings will travel to Missouri Valley on Tuesday.

Audubon had three players finish in double figures; Marcus Olsen 13, Skyler Schultes 11, and Ethan Klocke 10. Audubon falls to 6-8 and will travel to IKM-Manning on Monday.

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Jones’ buzzer beater lifts AHSTW over Audubon in overtime thriller

Sports

January 24th, 2020 by admin

Kailey Jones rebounded a Claire Denning miss and put it in as time expired to give AHSTW a thrilling 63-61 overtime win over Audubon on Friday night. Aleah Hermensen had just tied the game at 61 with a long three with about 10 seconds to play before Denning raced up the floor and got free for a floater that bounced left off the rim to Jones. After the game Denning said it was a night to remember.

AHSTW Head Coach Steve Sauvain said they run a drill that tries to simulate those type of late game situations and he had a feeling they would at least get a look at the winning bucket.

Jones finished with 26 points to lead all scorers on the night, 14 of those coming in the fourth quarter and overtime. Claire Denning finished with 18 and Claire Harris had 12. The Vikings were able to avenge their only loss of the season, which was another overtime game on December 13 against the Wheelers that they dropped 54-48. Coach Sauvain said he was proud of the way the team battled.

The game was back and forth all night long with both teams making great plays. The Lady Vikes led 20-16 at the end of the first, Audubon grabbed a one point lead at half 30-29, and it was tied after three at 41 and at 53 at the end of regulation. The Lady Vikes improved to 14-1 with the victory and will now head to Missouri Valley on Tuesday.

Audubon was led by 20 points from Aleah Hermensen, 12 from Rylie Hartl, and 11 from Leah Subbert. The Wheelers fall to 10-4 and will next travel to IKM-Manning on Monday.

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Hamburg superintendent optimistic about recertification

News

January 24th, 2020 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) — The Iowa Board of Education had a split 4-4 vote Thursday — nullifying the Hamburg School District’s certification request. But Superintendent Mike Wells says it was still a positive meeting. “We had very good conversation, and they are considering a different model for education for small schools in Iowa. Sometimes you go in front of boards, and you figure it’s just lip service. They don’t really listen to you. This board took the time. It was only scheduled for 20 minutes, and we were in there for an hour-and-a-half,” Wells says.

Wells believes Hamburg had a solid plan to resurrect high school classes under a career academy format, in which students would receive a certificate for special skills, in addition to their high school diploma. Wells says the key to the plan is sharing instructors with Essex–where he is also superintendent. “Finding certified staff is very difficult,” he says. “By being able to share a high quality staff that Essex has for some of the programs–and we have some teachers that are certified at our current school for high school–without Essex, this doesn’t work.”

While saying the board liked the career academy format, Wells says some members questioned Hamburg’s projected enrollment numbers. “The numbers we presented to them were 25 students–not counting any kids from Sidney,” Wells says. “That would be the number for year one of the program. We do have kids in each grade level. We have home schooled kids that will be coming. We know that number will be higher than that, but we wanted to be realistic. We just assumed that those kids that are currently going to Sidney will stay there. So, there were concerns with that.”

Hamburg high school students are now attending classes in Sidney under a tuition-in agreement. Because one board member was absent, the board set another meeting with Hamburg for its February meeting. Wells says the district will be better prepared for the second go-around next month. “We will have an actual schedule as to what Hamburg’s schedule would look like. We will meet with the Iowa Department of Education, and we will go through to make sure we can meet, offer and teach,” Wells says.

“We feel that the plan we presented does that, but we want to make sure that when we get to that meeting, there are no red flags from the Iowa Department of Education.” State education board officials rejected Hamburg’s first certification request late last March–right during the Missouri River flooding that swamped most of the community.

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Klobuchar to criss-cross IA next week, w/stops in Atlantic, C. Bluffs & Winterset

News

January 24th, 2020 by Ric Hanson

Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar, a Democrat candidate for president, will be criss-crossing Iowa next week in the days leading up to the Feb. 3rd Iowa caucuses. The three-term senator plans on engaging with caucus goers in rural, urban and suburban communities.

On Thursday, January 30, Klobuchar will campaign in Sioux City, Council Bluffs, Atlantic and Winterset.  Details for those and other events are expected to be released soon. All events are subject to change IF the impeachment proceedings progress well into the week.

In the meantime, you can check her campaign’s website for the latest information.

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Audubon hosts AHSTW for WIC basketball doubleheader tonight on KJAN

Sports

January 24th, 2020 by admin

The Audubon Wheelers play host to the AHSTW Lady Vikes and Vikings tonight for a Western Iowa Conference basketball doubleheader and we’ll have coverage on KJAN. It’s the second meeting of the season for the teams after playing in Avoca back on December 13th.

Audubon pulled off a win in the girls game the last time 54-48 in overtime. It was a great back and forth game and Rylie Hartl came up big for Audubon with four 3’s and 16 total points to help the Wheelers get the W. That remains the lone loss on the season for the 13-1 Lady Vikes. The Wheelers enter tonight with a 10-3 record.

The boys game was won by AHSTW last time 75-59. The Vikings used a big third quarter in that game to pull away from the Wheelers. Michael Mantell led the Vikings that night with 14 points. The Vikings are now 12-2 coming into tonight against the 6-7 Wheelers.

Chris Parks has the call tonight from Audubon with pregame at 5:50 p.m. before the girls game starts at 6:00 p.m. with the boys to follow. Tune in on AM 1220, FM 101.1, and online at kjan.com

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Group’s video shows suffering at Iowa lawmaker’s pig farm

Ag/Outdoor, News

January 24th, 2020 by Ric Hanson

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – An animal welfare group that gained access to an Iowa lawmaker’s hog farm has posted a video and photos online that show pigs suffering and even dying in what appear to be inhumane conditions. Members of California-based Direct Action Everywhere entered a hog farm owned by Iowa Sen. Ken Rozenboom last April through an unlocked door.

Rozenboom says the farm was managed then by others who didn’t follow proper animal care protocols. He says his family is overseeing operations and properly caring for animals.

Rozenboom managed a law passed last year that heightens trespass penalties for undercover operations on farms.

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Investigation Leads to Notification of DHS Data Breach

News

January 24th, 2020 by Ric Hanson

(Des Moines, Iowa) – The Iowa Department of Human Services (DHS) announced today (Friday), that there was a breach in personal information related to some Dallas County income maintenance and social work cases. The breach occurred on November 25, 2019. There are 4,784 individuals whose information was included in the breach.

The breach occurred when a contracted custodial company mistakenly emptied boxes containing documents to be shredded into the office’s garbage dumpster. The incident was not discovered until after the garbage dumpster had been emptied. DHS cannot be certain which documents from each worker’s cases had been printed. As a precaution, notifications were sent to all case parties whose information may have been printed and thrown into the garbage dumpster without being confidentially shredded. The Department has had no reports that any affected parties had their information misused.

The types of information involved potentially could include name, mailing address, date of birth, social security number, driver’s license number, banking or wage information, disability information, medical information, receipt of Medicaid, mental health information, provider information, substance abuse information, illegal drug use information, or prescription drug information.

The Department launched an internal investigation on December 2, 2019, once the issue was identified by a social work supervisor. Officials found that the custodial worker was not aware of the confidential nature of the paperwork in the boxes under the employees’ desks and threw out the paperwork thinking it was trash. DHS has clarified with all employees that all confidential paperwork must be secured to ensure confidentiality of its clients and the employees in the office were required to take refresher confidentiality training.

The chance that this information was accessed in the process of it being transported from the office to the garbage dump site is small, but officials say the affected persons involved in these cases may wish to take steps to be sure their information wasn’t misused.

Individuals who receive a letter notifying them of the breach can get more information if they are concerned their identity may be compromised, including signing up for free credit monitoring. They can call the TransUnion Credit Bureau at 855-288-5422.

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KEVIN “Pizza” BAUER, 61, of Manning (Mass of Christian Burial 1/29/20)

Obituaries

January 24th, 2020 by Ric Hanson

KEVIN “Pizza” BAUER, 61, of Manning, died Thursday, Jan. 23rd, at Accura Healthcare of Manning. A Mass of Christian Burial for KEVIN “Pizza” BAUER will be held 11-a.m. Wed., Jan. 29th, at the Sacred Heart Church in Manning. Ohde Funeral Home in Manning has the arrangements.

Friends may call at the Sacred Heart Church in Manning, on Wed., Jan. 29th, from 10-until 11-a.m. (Prior to the Mass).

Burial is in the Sacred Heart Cemetery in Manning.

KEVIN “Pizza” BAUER is survived by:

His brothers – Keith (Susanna) Bauer, of Ankeny; Jim (Melissa) Bauer, and Kerry Bauer, all of Manning, and Kenny (Diane) Bauer, of Manilla.

Many nieces and nephews.

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