The senior catcher batted .700 with 14 hits in 20 at bats. She also drove in 10 runs and scored seven times. Wilson was three-for-three with two RBIs in a victory over Griswold and followed that up by colecting four hits and four RBIs in a win over Sidney.
Class 3A: Corrine Frei, Boone
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The senior pitcher had a 6-1 record and in 46 innings of work gave up only four earned runs, 30 hits and collected 57 strikeouts. She tossed a two hit shutout with 12 strikeouts in a win over Carroll and also had a productive week at the plate. She batted .421 and drove in four runs.
Class 4A: Taylor Rodruck, Pleasant Valley
June 2, 2010 By
The sophomore outfielder was six-of nine at the plate with seven RBIs and a pair of doubles. Rodruck had two hits, including a double, and drove in four runs in a victory over Linn-Mar.
Windstream completes the purchase of Iowa Telecom
June 2, 2010 By
An Arkansas company has completed its acquisition of “Iowa Telecom.” Since June, 30th 2000 Iowa Telecom has provided local telephone service to 300 rural Iowa communities which used to be served to G.T.E. Iowa Telecom is now owned by the Arkansas-based Windstream Corporation. It’s an acquisition that has a $1.2 billion price tag.
Windstream announced the deal had closed on Tuesday and that Iowa Telecom’s C.E.O. had been named to the Windstream board of directors. Iowa Telecom has been operating nearly a quarter of a million access phone lines in Iowa and Minnesota. It has nearly 100-thousand high-speed Internet customers and about 27,000 digital TV customers in the two states.
Windstream is based in Little Rock, Arkansas, and now operates in 23 states. Windstream executives have not yet announced whether they will keep all 800 Iowa Telecom employees on the payroll, although Windstream announced last year it will keep Iowa Telecom’s headquarters open in Newton and expand the call center there.
See the announcement from Winstream here: news.windstream.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=1219
Dows teen dies in car accident
June 2, 2010 By
A north-central Iowa teenager was killed in a two-car crash near Clarion on Tuesday afternoon at the uncontrolled intersection of two gravel roads. The accident claimed the life of 15-year-old Garrett Roberts of Dows. He was the passenger in a 2000 Pontiac Grand Prix driven by 16-year-old Cory Adkins of Clarion.
The Adkins car was traveling northbound when it was struck by a westbound 1997 Chrysler Concorde driven by Nathan Wanken also of Clarion. Roberts was pronounced dead at the accident scene. Both drivers were transported to Wright Medical Center in Clarion for treatment of their injuries.
Adkins was later transferred to a Mason City hospital for further treatment while Wanken was released. Clarion Goldfield High School Prinicpal Dennis March said that grief counselors will be meeting with students throughout the day today. This is also the final day of classes at Clarion Goldfield.
The baseball and softball games between Clarion Goldfield and Iowa Falls Alden for this evening have been postponed to a later day.
By Pat Powers, KQWC, Webster City
Husband of Des Moines motorcycle accident victim charged
June 2, 2010 By
The husband of a woman who died in a motorcycle accident near the State Fairgrounds has been arrested and charged in her death. Twenty-six-year-old Michelle Lynn Branchcomb of Des Moines was riding a motorcycle being driven by her husband in April when it collided with another motorcycle and she was killed.
Branchcomb’s 35-year-old husband, Shawn, suffered a broken leg in the wreck. He was arrested Tuesday night and charged with homicide by vehicle by Operating While Intoxicated. Des Moines Police Sergeant Jeff Edwards says lab tests indicated Shawn Branchcomb and the driver of the other motorcycle “were impaired” at the time of the accident.
Senator Grassley questions finances of Boys and Girls Clubs of America
June 2, 2010 By
Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley is raising questions about the finances of the Boys and Girls Clubs of America. Grassley, a Republican, says the national non-profit organization has a “substantial” amount of money banked in offshore investments, while some local chapters are being forced to close due to shortfalls. Grassley is demanding to see what executives in the group are being paid.
Grassley says, “Next week, at the request of the leadership of the Boys and Girls Clubs, I’m meeting with both the chairman of the board of governors and the CEO about responses that I’ve gotten to written questions raised way back in March.” Grassley says he wants to question those leaders to make sure funds aren’t being “squandered” by the managers at headquarters, while some local cash-strapped clubs have no alternatives but to shut their doors.
“The overall issue is how the non-profit has used considerable money it receives from the federal treasury and also from tax-exempt funds that have been contributed by individuals,” Grassley says. “There are warning flags about whether substantial funds have been used by a top-heavy organization,” he says, at the expense of local chapters. Grassley says it’s important to draw a distinction between the national organization and the affiliated local Boys and Girls Clubs.
“This was about the national organization and not about what was going on in the local clubs,” Grassley says. “The local clubs obviously are where the rubber meets the road, playing a vital role in providing a constructive outlet for our young people.” Grassley says he wants to know why so many local clubs are being forced to close while the national organization “sits on a pile of investment income.” The first Boys and Girls Club opened in 1860 in Connecticut while the overall organization marked its centennial in 2006.
