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The Tri-Center boys and Denison-Schleswig girls teams took home titles at the Logan-Magnolia cross country meet on Tuesday night.
In the boys race Gage Graeve of Missouri Valley was the individual champ with a time of 16:35.07. Justin Ambrose of Boyer Valley was runner-up.
Tri-Center won the boys teams title with 52 points. St. Albert was second with 90.
Boys full results: loma xc meet 2017 results hs boys
In the girls race Karley Larson of Underwood won with a time of 18:24.97. Raegen Andersen of Denison-Schleswig was runne-up.
Denison-Schleswig had 4 runners finish in the top 10 on their way to the title with 35 points. Logan-Magnolia was runner-up with 97.
Girls full results: loma xc meet 2017 results hs girls
Jim Field visits with Terry Torneten about the 35th Annual Carstens 1880 Farmstead Farm Days on September 9 & 10.
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There were 581 Iowans convicted of passing a stopped school bus last year. Iowa Department of Transportation director Mark Lowe says the best way to avoid a ticket — or a crash — is to obey the speed limit and keep your eyes on the road. “One of the most common comments that I hear from people is that: ‘I didn’t see the school bus. I just didn’t see it in time,’ or ‘I couldn’t stop in time,'” Lowe says. “And I think it brings us to a really important point of school bus safety, which is it’s really important for all of us to know and understand the safe and legal way to interact with a school bus and kids around a school bus, but we can’t do that if we don’t see the school bus in the first place.”
Lowe says there have been “at least two incidents in the past two years” in which drivers have been killed when their vehicle smashed into the back of an Iowa school bus. Acting Lieutenant Governor Adam Gregg says the 10-foot perimeter around a school bus is sometimes called the “danger zone.”
“The danger zone makes it hard to see children trying to get on or off the bus or cross a highway,” Gregg says. “Add that in with drivers’ hectic schedules, the lack of a morning coffee, the distraction of a phone buzzing, the stress of a busy day or even the morning or afternoon sun and it’s a potential recipe for disaster.”
Drivers are to stop when the yellow lights on a school bus are flashing, unless the bus is on a road that’s four-lanes wide. In that instance, vehicles on a four-lane road that are BEHIND the bus must stop. According to the D-O-T, there have been “at least two incidents in the past two years” in which drivers have been killed when their vehicle smashed into the back of an Iowa school bus.
Five years ago, the penalties for passing a stopped school bus were raised and first-time offenders lose their driver’s license for 30 days. “Kadyn’s Law” was named after seven-year-old Kadyn Halvorson of Northwood. She was struck and killed by a pick-up while she was crossing the road to board her school bus.
(Radio Iowa)
LIANE CHRISTENSEN, 94, of Harlan (& formerly of Kimballton), died Aug. 24th. A Celebration of Life Service for LIANE CHRISTENSEN will be held 10-a.m. Saturday, Sept. 9th, at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Kimballton. The Good Shepherd Funeral Home in Omaha has the arrangements.
Visitation will be held one-hour prior to the service, Saturday, (9-a.m. to 10-a.m.) at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Kimballton.
Burial will follow services at the Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery in Kimballton.
Flowers may be delivered to the church the afternoon of September 8th.
LIANE CHRISTENSEN is survived by:
Her children: Herb (Brenda) Christensen, of Council Bluffs; Jim (Debbie) Christensen, of Adel; Dean (Faye) Christensen, of Omaha; Debra Larson, of Harlan, and Denise (Larry) Buttry, of Harlan.
15 grandchildren, 16 great grandchildren and 1 fifth generation granddaughter.
Nieces, Nephews, Other Relatives, and Friends.
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) – The Woodbury County Board of Supervisors has taken quick action to repair crumbling columns at the county courthouse. The Sioux City Journal reports that the board approved an emergency resolution Tuesday that lets the county skip the process of formal bids. The estimated repair cost: $50,000.
It’s at least the third time in 18 months that emergency repairs have been ordered for the aging structure. Next year will be the building’s 100th year of public service.
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