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WILLIAM C. “BILL” PRIESTLEY, 64, of Guthrie Center (Memorial Svcs. 4/13/19)

Obituaries

April 10th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

WILLIAM C. “BILL” PRIESTLEY, 64, of Guthrie Center, died Tuesday, April 9th. Memorial services for BILL PRIESTLEY will be held 10:30-a.m. Saturday, April 13th, at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Guthrie Center. Twigg Funeral Home in Guthrie Center has the arrangements.

Friends may call at the funeral home on Friday, April 12th, from 5-until 7-p.m.

A luncheon will follow the Memorial service, and will take place at the Christian Fellowship Hall on North 4th Street in Guthrie Center.  

Memorials may be directed to the ALS Association at alsa.org.

Burial of cremains will be held at a later date.

WILLIAM “BILL” PRIESTLEY is survived by:

His wife of 46 years – Marcia Priestley.

His children – Andy (Julie) Priestley, of Adel, and Ali (Cary) Coppola, of West Des Moines.

His sisters – Julie (Bob) Christensen, and Pam (Denny) Kunkle.

5 grandchildren, his mother-in-law, Betty Sorensen, and many other family and friends. 

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Adams County Special Election results

News

April 10th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

Voters in a section of Adams County went to the polls Tuesday, to decide who will fill the Supervisor District 5 seat vacated by Karl McCarty. According to the Adams County Auditor’s Office, after 195 votes were cast in the single precinct election, the winner, with 94 votes (48.21%), was Republican Bobbi J. Baker-Maynes.

Votes for the other candidates are as follows:

  • Current appointee, Democrat Corey B. Moore: 53 votes (27.18%)
  • Karen A. Carlson 1 vote and Tim Peterson 45 votes. Both were Nominated by Petition.
  • There were also 2 Write-In votes.

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(Update 6:55-a.m.) Machine Shed fire near Massena

News

April 10th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

Firefighters from Massena were called out early this (Wed.) morning, to a machine shed fire. The incident at a site just east of 77224 Newport Road was reported at around 2:50-a.m. Massena Fire Chief Drew Williams…

Firefighters were on the scene for a little more than 90-minutes. The approximately 30–by 40-foot open front shed was a complete loss, with a value, contents included, estimated at $10,000 to $15,000. Chief Williams said the cause of the fire was not immediately known, but they have their suspicions.

There were no injuries reported.

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Midwest Sports Headlines: 4/10/19

Sports

April 10th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

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

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Dee Gordon got three hits and drove in two runs as the high-scoring Seattle Mariners extended baseball’s best record with a 6-3 victory over the Kansas City Royals. The Mariners improved to 11-2 and have scored at least five runs in 12 of those games. The Royals lost their eighth in a row. Whit Merrifield extended his hitting streak to 30 games, tying a Royals record set by George Brett in 1980.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Whit Merrifield has extended his hitting streak to 30 games, matching the Kansas City Royals’ team record set by George Brett in 1980. Merrifield led off the bottom of the first inning with an opposite-field triple to right against Seattle. Merrifield ended last season with a hit in 20 straight games, and has gotten a hit in all 10 Royals games this year. The major league record is a 56-game hitting streak by Joe DiMaggio in 1941.

UNDATED (AP) — The Iowa Hawkeyes have a long pipeline to the pros for tight ends and this year they have a pair of prospects expected to be first-round selections in the NFL draft. T.J. Hockenson is the reigning Mackey Award winner as the nation’s top tight end. His teammate Noah Fant says the two of them have a friendly but fierce competition going to see who will be the first tight end taken in the draft.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Yadier Molina drove in three runs, Paul Goldschmidt homered and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-0, overcoming an embarrassing play by Marcell Ozuna. St. Louis already had a 4-0 lead when Kiké Hernández led off the eighth with a drive to left. Ozuna went back and climbed up the wall, but he misjudged the ball and tumbled onto the warning track as he tried to make the play. Hernandez’s drive bounced over for a ground-rule double, but the Cardinals escaped the threat.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers have placed left-hander Hyun-Jin Ryu on the 10-day injured list with a strained left groin. The same injury sidelined Ryu for more than half of last season, but he said Monday night that this injury did not feel as serious. Ryu left with two outs in the second inning of a loss to the St. Louis Cardinals. Manager Dave Roberts said Ryu did not undergo an MRI and that Ryu “did feel a little better” on Tuesday.

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Iowa early News Headlines: Wednesday, April 10, 2019

News

April 10th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

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

GRINNELL, Iowa (AP) — Young voters, many of whom reside in delegate-rich areas of the state and can be powerful multiplying forces if they’re engaged enough to convince friends and family members to show up and support their candidates, could be a major force in this cycle’s Iowa caucuses. So the Democratic presidential candidates are already making an early effort to court this voting bloc and get students to turn out to caucus this fall.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A Des Moines woman faces up to 35 years in prison when she’s sentenced in May for hitting and killing a pedestrian while she was driving drunk. The Des Moines Register reports that 23-year-old Oleaf Teoh was found guilty Friday of vehicular homicide by operating while intoxicated and vehicular homicide by reckless driving in the February 2018 death of 33-year-old Matthew Otto, of Des Moines.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Plains and Midwest states are bracing for another massive winter storm and the prospect of renewed flooding. The National Weather Service says the storm moving east out of the northern Rockies Wednesday and Thursday will pack heavy snow and strong winds. It brings the specter of renewed flooding to a part of the country where massive flooding over the past month has caused billions of dollars in damage, though rivers aren’t likely to rise as much as they did last month.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa social worker has been charged with perjury for giving false testimony in a court proceeding in which a judge removed four children from their parents. Criminal complaints allege that former Department of Human Services case manager Chelsie Gray lied repeatedly during a 2017 hearing in which she recommended a judge terminate the parental rights of a mother and father and be placed in foster care. Gray was arrested and released from jail on bond.

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Woodbine and Underwood take wins at Griswold Girls Tiger Relays

Sports

April 9th, 2019 by admin

Class A Team Scores

  1. Woodbine 153
  2. Fremont-Mills 140
  3. Griswold 139
  4. Riverside 94
  5. Essex 22
  6. South Page 10

Griswold’s Charli Adams won the 800M and Hope Ogg took the 100M Hurdles title. Jocelyn Amos won the 400M Hurdles and the Long Jump for the Tigers and they took the 4x100M Relay and Distance Medley. Riverside’s Kelly Clevenger won the 200M and Izzy Bluml won the 400M. Alexis Post also won the 1500M and the 3000M for the Lady Dawgs, who also won the Sprint Medley and the 4x100M Relay.

Full results here.

Class AA Team Scores

  1. Underwood 150
  2. AHSTW 145
  3. Southwest Valley 84
  4. Kuemper Catholic 77
  5. Sidney 58
  6. Red Oak 57

Ryann Portch of AHSTW won the 200M and 400M, Jade Draman won the 1500M, Chloe Falkena took the 3000M, Holly Hoepner won the 400M Hurdles, and Kinsey Scheffler won the Discus for the Lady Vikes.

Full results here.

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High School Soccer Scoreboard Tuesday 04/09/2019

Sports

April 9th, 2019 by admin

Girls Soccer

Atlantic 5, Missouri Valley 2
CB Thomas Jefferson 10, Logan-Magnolia 0
Glenwood 10, Denison-Schleswig 0
Kuemper Catholic 3, Creston 2 (OT)
Lewis Central 1, Omaha South 0
Treynor 8, Nodaway Valley/WCV 0
Tri-Center 7, Harlan 1

Boys Soccer

Atlantic 7, Missouri Valley 0
CB Abraham Lincoln 4, Sioux City North 3
CB Thomas Jefferson 8, Logan-Magnolia 0
Creston 3, Underwood 2 (OT)

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Iowa State defeats Iowa in Cy-Hawk softball game

Sports

April 9th, 2019 by admin

IOWA CITY, Iowa – Iowa State (23-15) continued its winning ways with a 2-0 Cy-Hawk victory over Iowa (15-19) on Tuesday at Bob Pearl Field. The Cyclones are winners of five straight and have won four of their last five meetings against the in-state rival Hawkeyes.

Junior Sami Williams went 3-for-3 with a home run and a double, and also drew a walk to lead the way offensively. Harlan alum Logan Schaben was 2-of-3 at the plate with two doubles and broke up a 0-0 tie with her two-out RBI shot down the left field line in the top of the sixth inning.

The senior pitching duo of Savannah Sanders and Emma Hylen was simply tremendous on the night, combining to surrender just two hits in the shutout win.

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Atlantic splits with Glenwood tennis

Sports

April 9th, 2019 by admin

The Atlantic Boys swept past Glenwood and the Rams returned the favor in girls tennis on Tuesday night.

The Trojan boys tennis team was a 9-0 winner over the Rams with Nile Petersen leading the way in the number one singles and teaming up with Jesse Reid to win top doubles pairing as well.

The Trojan girls fell 9-0 to Glenwood. Brooklyn Taylor won the top singles match over Hana Holtz and teamed up with Brielle Smith to win the top doubles match as well.

Full results: ATL_GWD_BGtennis19

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OA-BCIG wins the West Monona Girls Spartan Invitational

Sports

April 9th, 2019 by admin

The OA-BCIG girls track team won the Spartan Invitational hosted by West Monona on Tuesday night. The Falcons scored 142 points and Logan-Magnolia scored 111 in second.

Logan-Magnolia’s Courtney Sporrer won the 400M and 1500M. Kylie Morrison won the 800M. Taylor Sporrer won the 3000M.

Team Scores

  1. OA-BCIG 142
  2. Logan-Magnolia 111
  3. West Monona 88
  4. Missouri Valley 58
  5. MVAOCOU 54
  6. Boyer Valley 42
  7. Westwood 29
  8. West Harrison 28
  9. Whiting 21
  10. Ar-We-Va 14

Full results here: 2019 West Monona Girls Spartan Invite

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