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Work release escape from Council Bluffs RCF

News

May 17th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

(COUNCIL BLUFFS) – The Iowa Department of Corrections reports 27-year old Kevon Andre Moss, who was convicted of Assault while Participating in a Felony in Pottawattamie County, failed to report back to the Council Bluffs Residential Correctional Facility as required this (Friday) morning.  Moss is a black male, height 5’8″, and weighs 188 pounds. He was admitted to the work release facility on April 16, 2019.

Kevon Moss

Persons with information on Moss’s whereabouts should contact local police. (You can see his picture in this same story on the News page at kjan.com.)

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2019 State Track – Day 2 – Class 2A and 3A

Sports

May 17th, 2019 by admin

Girls 2A Distance Medley

ACGC- 22nd (Reagan Rumelhart, Savana Fuller, Audrey Stowe, Kate Crawford) 4:29.77
Red Oak- 13th (Araina Brummett, Ashlynn Bentley, Sophie Walker, Ellie Rengstorf) 4:25.06
Treynor- 8th (Maddie Shipley, Mia Shipley, Chloe Gregory, Noel James) 4:19.28
Tri-Center- 6th (Tatum McKee, Brooklyn Hundt, Amanda Brich, Peyton Pogge) 4:16.21
Panorama- 3rd (Hope Arganbright, Kassidy Bremer, Bailey Beckman, Gwen Steffen) 4:12.94

Girls 3A Distance Medley

Atlantic- 7th (Taylor Hansen, Alyssa Derby, Haley Rasmussen, Taylor McCreedy) 4:16.53
Creston- 13th (Ashley Reynard, Brianna Fields, Makenna Hudson, Braelyn Baker) 4:24.14
Denison-Schleswig- 20th (Isabella Araujo, Cierra Kastner, Paige Andersen, Raegan Andersen) 4:28.13

Boys 2A 110M Hurdles Prelims

Luke South, Panorama- DQ
Jake Fisher, Treynor- 20th 16.15
Nathan Lindsay, Clarinda- 15th 15.93

Boys 3A 110M Hurdles Prelims

Thomas Fah, Harlan- 21st 16.10

Girls 2A 100M Hurdles Prelims

Hannah Irlbeck, Kuemper Catholic- 14th 16.20
Roxy Denton, Shenandoah- 6th Qualifies for Finals 15.68
Morgan Johnk, Panorama- 10th 15.85

Girls 3A 100M Hurdles Prelims

Vanessa Gunderson, Denison-Schleswig- 17th 16.33
Elle Scarborough, Glenwood- 8th Qualifies for Finals 15.85
Audrey Arnold, Glenwood- 18th 16.34

Boys 2A 4x200M Relay Finals

Treynor- 24th (Will Halverson, Wyatt James, Nate Molde, Braden Larsen) 1:35.23
Mount Ayr- 4th (Connor Eaton, Payton Weehler, Hunter Arends, Hunter Haveman) 1:31.14

Boys 3A 4x200M Relay Finals

Harlan- 8th (Alex Schechinger, Connor Bruck, Jonathon Monson, Elijah Boldan) 1:32.73
Glenwood- 6th (Jack Hughes, Zach Vondra, Silas Bales, Christian Stanislav) 1:32.23

Girls 2A 4x200M Relay Finals

Treynor- 1st State Champions (Rachel Kinsella, Noel James, Mia Shipley, Megan Carley) 1:46.98

Girls 3A 4x200M Relay Finals

Harlan- 11th (Savanna Musich, Delaney Wagner, Abby Alberti, Chloe Hansen 1:48.76
Glenwood- DQ (Sadey Allgood, Bailey Ostrander, Marissa Ausdemore, Coryl Matheny.

Boys 2A 400M Hurdles Finals

Sid Schaaf, Treynor- 11th 57.53
Ben Bregman, OA-BCIG- 18th 58.18
Duke Kyle, Missouri Valley- 6th 56.73

Boys 3A 400M Hurdles Finals

Jon Owens, Harlan-17th 58.26

Girls 2A 400M Hurdles Final

Taylor Wedemeyer, Clarinda- 22nd 1:12.59
Erica Rowe, Underwood- 15th 1:09.57

Girls 3A 400M Hurdles Finals

Heidi Williams, Atlantic- 17th 1:09.84
Janette Schraft, Glenwood- 1st State Champion 1:03.50
Vanessa Gunderson, Denison-Schleswig– 9th 1:07.40

Boys 2A Distance Medley Finals

Mount Ayr- 17th (Payton Wheeler, Seth Shelman, Dawson Frost, Isaac Timmerman)- 3:45.18
ACGC- 21st (Dylan Soper, Gabe Rowley , Austin Wierick, Clay Billheimer) 3:46.50

Boys 3A Distance Medley Finals

Harlan- 23rd 3:53.67 (Alex Schechinger, Connor Bruck, Jon Owens, Thomas Frederick)
Carroll- 22nd 3:51.00 (Colby Christensen, Owen Perricn, Zach Dirkx, Jack Hagen)
Atlantic- 1st State Champions (Zade Niklasen, Colin Mullenix, Tyler Moen, Chase Mullenix) 3:31.13

Girls 2A 4x100M Relay Prelims

Treynor- 17th (Maddie Shipley, Megan Carley, Noel James, Mia Shipley)
Panorama- 9th (Bailey Beckman, Morgan Johnk, Hope Arganbright, Kassidy Bremer) 51.51

Girls 3A 4x100M Relay Prelims

Glenwood- 9th (Sadey Allgood, Bailey Ostrander, Marissa Ausdemore, Audrey Arnold) 51.21
Harlan- 18th (Savanna Musich, Delaney Wagner, Abby Alberti, Chloe Hansen) 52.00

Boys 2A 4x100M Relay Prelims

Mount Ayr- 7th Qualify for Finals (Connor Eaton, Seth Shelman, Hunter Arends, Hunter Haveman) 44.51

Boys 3A 4x100M Relay Prelims

Glenwood- 17th (Jon Lee, Zach Vondra, Cooper Silvius, Christian Stanislav) 44.91
Harlan- 23rd (Alex Schechinger, Connor Bruck, Jonathon Monson, Elijah Boldan) 45.52

Girls 2A 4x400M Relay Prelims

Panorama- 3rd Qualify for Finals (Bailey Beckman, Olivia Steffen, Lydia Linstrom, Gwen Steffen) 4:05.76
Tri-Center- 5th Qualify for Finals (Amanda Brich, Lilly Dahir, Presley Pogge, Brooklyn Hundt) 4:07.17
Treynor- 4th Qualify for Finals (Rachel Kinsella, Noel James, Mia Shipley, Megan Carley) 4:06.25

Girls 3A 4x400M Relay Prelims

Creston- 13th (Braelyn Baker, Peyton Rice, Brielle Baker, Makenna Hudson) 4:07.56
Atlantic- 5th Qualify for Finals (Alyssa Derby, Pluma Pross, Taylor McCreedy, Haley Rasmussen) 4:03.37
Glenwood- 2nd Qualify for Finals (Jaeda Wilson, Abby Hughes, Abi Schultz, Coryl Matheny) 4:02.83
Harlan- 21st (Kaia Bieker, Liv Freund, Lilly Metzger, Abby Alberti) 4:13.29

Boys 2A 4x400M Relay Prelims

Underwood- 5th Qualify for Finals (Scott Pearson, Jalen Humphrey, Cal Savin, Bayden Wollan) 3:27.33
Mount Ayr- 2nd Qualify for Finals (Payton Weehler, Connor Eaton, Hunter Haveman, Hunter Arends) 3:27.14
West Central Valley- 10th (Brice Sechrist, Kade Kunkle, Carson Wadle, Cole Arnburg) 3:28.71

Boys 3A 4x400M Relay Prelims

Atlantic- 1st Qualify for Finals (Zade Niklasen, Colin Mullenix, Tyler Moen, Chase Mullenix) 3:23.14
Harlan- 4th Qualify for Finals (Elijah Boldan, Jon Owens, Jonathon Monson, Michael Erlmeier) 3:24.69

Girls 2A Discus

Madison McDermott, ACGC- 6th 118-11
Lydia Knap, Panorama- 4th 124-00
Logan Hughes, Shenandoah- 15th 111-10
Gracie Mobley, Mount Ayr- 19th 101-10

Girls 3A Shot Put

Kelsey Fields, Creston- 3rd 38-03.00
Sidney Biermann, Glenwood- 6th 37-03.75
Ashely Onken, Carroll- 21st 33-07.00

3A Boys Long Jump

Michael Erlmeier, Harlan- 10th 20-01.00
Zach Vondra, Glenwood- 19th 19-04.75
Devin Baack, Carroll- 23rd 18-11.25

2A Boys High Jump

Jack Tiarks, Treynor- Tie 4th 6-01.00
Noah James, Treynor- 10th 6-01.00
Riley Backus, Shenandoah- 13th 6-01.00
Gracen Welberg, Panorama- NH

2A Boys Discus

Chris Gardner, Underwood- 13th 135-02
Landon Nelson, Underwood- 15th 132-10
Jon Kalbach, West Central Valley- 17th 125-00

3A Girls Long Jump

Haley Rasmussen, Atlantic- 10th 15-08.00
Kaia Bieker, Harlan- 23rd 14-05.25

3A Boys Shot Put

Caleb Bieker, Harlan- 5th 51-02.50

2A Girls High Jump

Morgan Johnk, Panorma- 8th 5-02.00
Chloe Largent, ACGC- 9th 5-02.00
MacKenzie Shields, Mount Ayr- Tie 10th 5-00.00

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July trial scheduled for man accused of killing cousin

News

May 17th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A Des Moines man accused of killing his cousin has been ruled mentally competent to stand trial. The Des Moines Register reports that 30-year-old Sean Foster pleaded not guilty Monday to a charge of first-degree murder. Foster is accused of killing 50-year-old Albert Barron III in December. The two were roommates.

A court document says a judge previously ruled that Foster suffered from a mental disorder that prevented him from understanding the charges against him. The trial is scheduled to begin July 15.

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Glenwood Police report (5/17)

News

May 17th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

The Glenwood Police Department reports 53-year old Leslie Hamilton, of Glenwood, was arrested Thursday, for Driving While Revoked. She has since posted bond and was released. And, 36-year old Jeremiah KIng, of Glenwood, was arrested Thursday for OWI/1st offense. He has also posted bond.

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Teen finds prehistoric mastodon jaw in southern Iowa

News

May 17th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A teen searching for arrowheads in southern Iowa found something much bigger: the prehistoric jawbone of a mastodon. The Iowa City Press-Citizen reports that the 30-inch bone belonged to a juvenile mastodon, an elephant-like animal believed to have roamed Iowa some 34,000 years ago. Officials with the University of Iowa Paleontology Repository, which now has possession of the bone found last week, say the mastodon might have stood around 7-feet tall.

The farmers who donated the jaw and related bones to the repository did so anonymously, saying they didn’t want to encourage people to trespass on their property looking for fossils.
There likely are more fossils on the land, as the owners found other mastodon remains there decades ago.

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2019 State Track – Day 2 – Class 1A and 4A

Sports

May 17th, 2019 by admin

Girls 1A Distance Medley

Audubon- 10th (Katelyn Nielsen, Aleah Hermansen, Abigail Zaiger, Hannah Thygesen) 4:26.74
Logan-Magnolia- 7th (Olivia Diggins, Cambria Reisz, Violet Lapke, Courtney Sporrer) 4:23.15
Bedford- 12th (Hannah O’Dell, Selena Valenzuela, Vivian Tracy, Emma Lucas) 4:27.99

Boys 1A 110M Hurdles Prelims

Valentin Andrusyshyn, Riverside- 18th 15.96
Ethan Bernard, St. Albert- 2nd Qualifies for Finals 14.80
Connor McKee, CAM- 13th 15.64
Colten Brandt, IKM-Manning- 23rd 16.50
Skyler Schultes, Audubon- 17th 15.88
Tyler Brummer, Boyer Valley- 19th 15.97

Girls 1A 100M Hurdles Prelims

Lexi Shike, Nodaway Valley- 1st Qualifies for Finals 15.56
Leslie Luft, Ar-We-Va- 14th 16.95
Holly Hoepner, AHSTW- 8th Qualifies for Finals 16.28
Olivia Diggins, Logan-Magnolia- 3rd Qualifies for Finals 15.96

Girls 4A 100M Hurdles Prelims

Darby Thomas, CB Abraham Lincoln- 2nd Qualifies for Finals 14.41

Boys 1A 4x200M Relay Finals

AHSTW- DQ (Joey Cunningham, JJ Madsen, Korbin Martin, Drake Partridge)
Woodbine- 11th (Wyatt Pryor, Layne Pryor, Brock Leaders, Tyler Coberly) 1:33.52
St. Albert- 1st State Champions (Jack Geier, Ethan Bernard, Luke Blaha, Aiden Antisdel) 1:31.47

Girls 1A 4x200M Relay Finals

IKM-Manning- 21st (Jodi Opperman, Alexa Ahrenholtz, Lexi Branning, Gabby Cadwell) 1:52.26
Riverside- DQ (Izzy Bluml, Gracie Bluml, Emily Brown, Kelly Clevenger)
Nodaway Valley- 7th (Jena Yonker, Maddax DeVault, Natalie Yonker, Reagan Weinheimer) 1:49.20
Logan-Magnolia- 22nd (Abby Goodrich, Ruby Nolting, Kaelin Armstrong, Cambria Reisz) 1:53.36

Boys 1A 400M Hurdles Finals

Connor McKee, CAM- 6th 56.29 Interview with Connor HERE
James Switzer, Fremont-Mills- 20th 58.72
Tyler Brummer, Boyer Valley- FS DQ

Girls 1A 400M Hurdles Finals

Lauren Williams, St. Albert- 7th 1:08.28
Holly Hoepner, AHSTW- 3rd 1:05.92
Tara Peterson, Stanton- 6th 1:07.00

Boys 1A Distance Medley Finals

IKM-Manning- 15th (Stephen Grimm, Keaton Allmon, Adam Gruhn, Nathan Blankman) 3:45.52
St. Albert- 7th (Jack Geier, Aiden Antisdel, Connor Cerny, Ryan Hughes) 3:39.21

Girls 1A 4x100M Relay Prelims

Riverside- 15th (Izzy Bluml, Emily Brown, Gracie Bluml, Kelly Clevenger) 52.35
Woodbine- 21st (Oakley Van Pelt, Jayde Clark, Amanda Foster, Kerragen Hamblen) 53.66
Nodaway Valley- 3rd Qualify for Finals (Jena Yonker, Lexi Shike, Reagan Weinheimer, Maddax Devault) 51.59
Sidney- 9th (Jaden Daffer, Olivia Larsen, Ally DeFroment, Maddy Duncan) 51.95

Boys 1A 4x100M Relay Prelims

Audubon- 18th (Jackson Jensen, Tate Killeen, Skyler Schultes, Lane Lawson) 45.32
St. Albert- 15th (Dillon White, Jack Geier, Luke Blaha, Aiden Antisdel) 45.04
AHSTW- 13th (Joey Cunningham, JJ Madsen, Korbin Martin, Drake Partridge) 44.89

Girls 1A 4x400M Relay Prelims

Logan-Magnolia- 11th (Kylie Morrison, Abby Goodrich, Alexis Christians, Violet Lapke) 4:13.20
AHSTW- 6th Qualify for Finals (Holly Hoepner, Talia Welsh, Kelsi Cornejo, Ryann Portch) 4:11.34
Audubon- 16th (Abigail Zaiger, Aleah Hermansen, Hannah Thygesen, Grace Slater) 4:14.51

Girls 4A 4x400M Relay Prelims

CB Abraham Lincoln- 14th (Hanna Schimmer, Kensi LaSale, Kayla Schleifman, Jillian Shanks) 4:06.31

Boys 1A 4x400M Relay Prelims

St. Albert- 2nd Qualify for Finals (Ethan Bernard, Connor Cerny, Ryan Hughes, Sam Rallis) 3:25.79
IKM-Manning- 7th Qualify for Finals (Stephen Grimm, Adam Gruhn, Parker Behrens, Alex Lingle) 3:29.28
Woodbine- 6th Qualify for Finals (Wyatt Pryor, Layne Pryor, Brock Leaders, Tyler Coberly) 3:27.51

Boys 4A 4x400M Relay Prelims

Lewis Central- 24th (Drake Nettles, Nathan Sell, Bryson Bowman, Collin Rew) 3:35.50

Girls 4A Shot Put

Lucy Turner, CB Abraham Lincoln- 19th 34-01.50
Lauren Payne, Lewis Central- 2nd 41-02.25

Girls 1A Discus

Jaci Christensen, Audubon- 14th 108-05
Kendra Fichter, Fremont-Mills- 10th 112-05
Kinsey Scheffler, AHSTW- 7th 121-00
Sophie Phillips, Fremont-Mills- 4th 125-00

Boys 1A High Jump

Matthew Benedict, Sidney- 22nd 5-09.00
Grant Borkowski, Glidden-Ralston- 15th 5-11.00
Jocob Holste, CAM- 8th 6-01.00
Keegan Simons, Ar-We-Va- 2nd 6-05.00

Boys 4A Shot Put

Logan Joens, Lewis Central- 1st State Champion 60-02.00

Boys 1A Discus

Adam Gubbels, St. Albert- 23rd 111-04
Tallen Myers, Southwest Valley- 7th 141-10
Dylan Berens, Boyer Valley- 20th 124-09
Connor Alley, Fremont-Mills- 5th 148-05
Grant Stracke, IKM-Manning- 4th 149-04
Tre Melby, Logan-Magnolia- 2nd 154-10
Layne Pryor, Woodbine- 1st State Champion 155-03

Girls 4A Long Jump

Emily Mersick, Lewis Central- 21st 15-06.75
Darby Thomas, CB Abraham Lincoln- 1st State Champion 18-11.00 (Third straight title for Thomas in the Long Jump)

Girls 1A High Jump

Jade Jackson, CAM- 14th 04-10.00
Riley Jensen, Essex- 20th 04-08.00
Alexa Ahrenholtz, IKM-Manning- 16th 04-08.00

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FRIDAY, MAY 17th

Trading Post

May 17th, 2019 by Jim Field

WANTED:  a used tailgate for a 1991 Ford F-150 Lariat pickup.  Any color.  Call 712-243-2860.

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Backyard & Beyond 5-17-2019

Backyard and Beyond, Podcasts

May 17th, 2019 by Jim Field

LaVon Eblen visits with Cass County Naturalist Lora Kanning about upcoming events.

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Iowa Supreme Court upholds law ending rights for some unions

News

May 17th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Supreme Court has upheld a state law passed in 2017 by a Republican-run legislature that removed bargaining rights for many state employees.
In cases filed by the Iowa State Education Association and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, the court ruled 4-3 on Friday that the law withstands constitutional challenges. Both decisions were written by Justice Thomas Waterman, an appointee of former Republican Gov. Terry Branstad who supported the new law. Waterman found the law rational and that it should remain in effect.

Waterman was joined by another Branstad appointee and two justices recently named to the court by Gov. Kim Reynolds. They concluded the Legislature was rational in giving certain public safety employees the right to bargain over many more issues than those in unions in which fewer than one-third of members are public safety workers. The unions challenged the law, saying it violated the equal protection clause of the Iowa Constitution. The three dissenters say portions of the law are not rationally explainable.

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CLICK IT OR TICKET CAMPAIGN May 20 – June 2, 2019

News

May 17th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

Memorial Day and the traditional beginning of summer are quickly approaching.  Unfortunately, with the increase in summer traffic there will also be a rise in traffic crashes and fatalities. The Iowa Dept. of Public Safety reports last year, there were four traffic fatalities on Iowa roadways over the Memorial Day weekend; four deaths that may have been prevented.  According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) in 2017 there were 10,076 unbuckled passenger vehicle occupants killed in crashes nationwide.  A majority of those lives could have been saved if they had been wearing seat belts.  The national Click It or Ticket campaign will take place May 20 – June 2, 2019.  State and local law agencies across the state will be stepping up seat belt enforcement with the goal of protecting you and your family.

Seat Belt Myth Busters

Vehicle Type:  There seems to be a misconception among those who drive and ride in pickup trucks that their large vehicles will protect them better than other vehicles would in a crash.  Fifty-nine percent of pickup truck occupants who were killed in 2017 were not buckled compared to 42 percent of car occupants.*

Seating Position:  Too many people believe they are safe in the back seat unrestrained.  Forty-six percent of all front-seat passenger killed in 2017 crashes were unbelted but 56 percent of those killed in the back seat were unbelted.*

Rural versus Urban:  People who live in rural areas might believe that their chance of being in a crash is lower but in 2017 there were 12,786 passenger vehicle fatalities in rural locations compared to 10,316 fatalities in urban locations.  Of those fatalities, 49 percent of those killed in rural locations were not wearing their seat belts compared to 44 percent in urban locations.*
(*National data supplied by NHTSA)

The Iowa Department of Public Safety and the Governor’s Traffic Safety Bureau want to remind all drivers of the importance of seat belt use.  Buckle up every trip, every time!

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