Tony Lloyd Weinreich & Elsa Delgado Weinreich

By Theresa Rose · Friday, February 18th, 2022 at 10:00 pm CDT

Tony Lloyd Weinreich, 81, of New London, died Wednesday, February 16, 2022 at St. Luke’s Hospital in Cedar Rapids.  Ten hours later, his beloved wife, Elsa, followed him into Heaven.  Tony was born February 11, 1941 in Burlington, Iowa to Chris Jon and Barbara Copley Weinreich.  He was a graduate of Burlington High School and served in the United States Navy.  He was a member of the New London Christian Church and worked as a correctional officer at the Medium Security Unit in Mt. Pleasant until his retirement.

Elsa Delgado Weinreich, 83, died Thursday, February 17, 2022 at Henry County Health Center, Mt. Pleasant.  She was born October 31, 1938 in Camaguey, Cuba to Jose and Araceles Delgado.  Following high school, she graduated from the University of Havana and then taught kindergarten in Cuba.  Her family waited five years until they were admitted into the United States.  She worked in the dietary department at the Mental Health Institute and then the Medium Security Unit until she retired. She was a member of the New London Christian Church.  Elsa and Tony were married in Burlington; you never saw one without the other.  They enjoyed camping at Lake Wilderness where Tony pretended to enjoy fishing.  They loved spending time with their grandchildren and Elsa was quite a collector.

Tony was preceded in death by his parents, two sisters, and one brother.  Elsa was preceded in death by her parents, one brother Enrique Delgado and her beloved husband, Tony.  They are survived by Elsa’s son Rick (Laura) Chappotin of Pensacola, Florida; their son Chris (Jessica) Weinreich of Oskaloosa; five grandchildren; and two great-granddaughters.

A Celebration of Life will be held at 1:00 PM, March 5, 2022 at Elliott Chapel, New London with Pastor Rod Cooper officiating.  Visitation will begin at 9:00 with the family greeting friends one hour prior to the service.  Inurnment will immediately follow at Burge Cemetery, New London, with military rites by the Henry County Honor Guard.  In honor of Tony and Elsa, a memorial has been established. Online condolences may be left at www.elliottfuneralchapel.com.

Danville City Council Meeting Agenda

By Theresa Rose · Friday, February 18th, 2022 at 5:24 pm CDT

AGENDA

Monday, February 21, 2022

Order of business, regular session

Danville City Hall

NOTE:  The regular session may be conducted electronically

as allowed by Iowa Code 21.8

Citizen comments:  Comments must be directed to the subject under consideration.  The presiding officer shall rule on the relevance of the citizen comments.  Citizens making personal, impertinent, or slanderous remarks may be barred by the presiding officer from further comment before the Council during the meeting.

 

  1. Call to order, 6:00 p.m..

 

  1. Accept or amend the agenda.

 

  1. Open forum: A time set aside to receive comments from the public regarding city business.  The Mayor and City Council welcome comments from the public on any subject pertaining to City business, including items on this agenda.  You are asked to state your name and address for the record and to limit your remarks to five minutes in order that others may be given the opportunity to speak.  The Order of Business is at the discretion of the Chair.  No action will be taken.

 

  1. Action on the January 2022 Des Moines County Sheriff’s report.

 

 

  1. Update on the proposed 2022/2023 budget.
  2. Review of the upcoming proposed budget as prepared by the Council.
  3. Review of the budget requirement by presenting the Notice of Public Hearing – Proposed Max Property Tax Levy form.
  4. Action by council to set the required public hearing for this notice.
  5. Action by council to publish the public hearing notification.

 

  1. Fire Chief/Building Inspector report – action by council if needed.

 

  1. Public Works written report.
  2. Review of “Request for competitive quotes” to replace a manhole located on East Gerdes Drive and South First Avenue.  Action by council.
  3. Review of “Request for competitive quotes” to replace and relocate two fire hydrants on West Roosevelt.  Action by council.
  4. Review of “Request for competitive quotes” to replace a section of sanitary sewer on East Roosevelt.  Action by council.
  5. Review of cost estimates on a potential new city hall/community building.  Action by council if needed.
  6. Approval of the remainder of the written report as presented,

 

 

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City of Danville

 

 

  1. Approval of consent agenda.
  2. Council minutes of February 7, 2022.
  3. Building and/or electric permits.
  4. Payment of bills.

 

  1. Council reports and correspondence.
  2. Discussion on attending the upcoming RPGI meeting in Tipton, February 24th.  Action if needed.

 

  1. Adjournment. The next regular session of the Danville City Council is scheduled for

Monday, March 7, 2022, Danville City Hall, 6:00 p.m..

 

 

Work session of the Danville City Council.  No formal action will be taken during this work session.

Review of the Danville Personnel Manual for the City Employees.

Adjustments if needed to the upcoming 2022/2023 budget.

Henry County Board of Supervisors Meeting Agenda

By Theresa Rose · Friday, February 18th, 2022 at 3:39 pm CDT

AGENDA

 

February 22, 2022

 

Approve Agenda

 

Approve Minutes

 

9:00 Jake Hotchkiss, Engineer Weekly Update

 

9:30 Denise Ballard, IGHCP Present Health Insurance Renewal

10:00 Public Hearing on Max Levy for FY23 Budget

Approve Resolution for Max Levy for FY23 Budget

 

Other County Business as time allows

 

Supervisors Sub-Committee Updates

 

Prep Wrestling: Iowa High School State Wrestling Championships Day Two

By Nathan Bloechl · Friday, February 18th, 2022 at 2:49 pm CDT

By: Nathan Bloechl — sports@kilj.com 

Des Moines — It’s separation day at the Iowa High School State Wrestling Championships.

Follow along on the air and here for updates throughout Day Two

9:00 a.m. (2A)

106 Quarterfinals – Carter West (NDWB) wins by dec. (5-2) over Jayson Stevens (Hampton-Dumont)

  • 106 Semifinals – Carter West (NDWB) wins by dec. (1-0) over Ethan Skoglund (Sergeant Bluff-Luton)
    • 1st Place Match – Carter West (NDWB) vs. Jace Hedeman (Union)

113 Quarterfinals – Kaiden Dietzenbach (NDWB) wins by injury default over Gavin Jensen (Williamsburg)

  • 113 Semifinals – Kaiden Dietzenbach (NDWB) loses by dec. (3-1) to Carter Anderson (Albia)
    • 113 Consolation Semifinals – Kaiden Dietzenbach (NDWB) vs. Vincent Mayberry (Glenwood)

120 Quarterfinals – Lane Scorpil (CC-WMU) wins by dec. (11-4) over Caelan Oakes-Sudhish (Southeast Valley)

  • 120 Semifinals – Lane Scorpil (CC-WMU) loses by dec. (10-3) to Kale Peterson (Greene County)
    • 120 Consolation Semifinals – Lane Scorpil (CC-WMU) vs. Carson Less (West Delaware)

120 Consolation Second Round – C.J. Davis (NDWB) wins by MD (12-0) over Cael Nelson (Carroll)

  • 120 Consolation Third Round – C.J. Davis (NDWB) loses by dec. (4-1) to Carson Less (West Delaware)
    • 7th Place Match – C.J. Davis (NDWB) vs. Caelan Oakes-Sudhish (Southeast Valley)

132 Quarterfinals – Blaine Frazier (NDWB) wins by by dec. (11-4) over Tyce Ruffridge (Pocahontas Area)

  • 132 Semifinals – Blaine Frazier (NDWB) wins by dec. (11-4)  Jonathon Burnette (Spirit Lake) 
    • 1st Place Match – Blaine Frazier (NDWB) vs. McKinley Robbins (Greene County)

138 Consolation Second Round – Tate O’Shea (NDWB) loses by dec. (1-0)  Kellen Moore (Forest City) 

152 Quarterfinals – Isaiah Fenton (NDWB) loses by dec. (7-2) in TB-1 to Chase Thomas (Osage)

  • 152 Consolation Second Round – Isaiah Fenton (NDWB) wins by MD (12-3) Gavin Scheuermann (Greene County)
  • 152 Consolation Third Round – Isaiah Fenton (NDWB) loses by dec. (10-9) to Zander Ernst (Sergeant Bluff-Luton)

160 Quarterfinals – Sam West (NDWB) loses by dec. (6-3) to Allen Catour (Assumption)

  • 160 Consolation Second Round – Sam West (NDWB) wins by dec. (9-3) over Zayvion Ellington (Sergeant Bluff-Luton)
  • 160 Consolation Third Round Sam West (NDWB) loses by dec. (3-2) to  Logan Fairchild (Winterset)
    • 7th Place Match – Sam West (NDWB) vs. Kam Royster (Williamsburg)

170 Quarterfinals – River Belger (NDWB) loses by dec. (6-2) Brady Ortner (Vinton-Shellsburg)

  • 170 Consolation Second Round – River Belger (NDWB) loses by fall (1:58) to Mack Seaba (Clarion-Goldfield-Dows)

182 Quarterfinals – C.J. Walrath (NDWB) wins by fall (1:46) over Will Ward (West Delaware)

  • 182 Semifinals – C.J. Walrath (NDWB) wins by dec. (5-1) over Nick Reinicke (Dike-New Hartford)
    • 1st Place Match – C.J. Walrath (NDWB) vs. Fernando Villaescusa (Gilbert)

2:30 p.m. (1A)

126 Quarterfinals – Marcel Lopez (New London) wins by TF (20-5) over Kendrick Huck (Nashua-Plainfield)

  • 126 Semifinals – Marcel Lopez (New London) wins by dec. (5-1) Quincy Happel (Lisbon)
    • 126 Finals – Marcel Lopez (New London) vs. Jace Rose (Riverside)

138 Quarterfinals – Quinten Aney (Mediapolis) loses by dec. (3-1) to Cade Siebrecht (Lisbon)

  • 138 Consolation Second Round – Quinten Aney (Mediapolis) wins by MD (9-0) over Ryan Steinlage (Interstate 35)
  • 138 Consolation Third Round – Quinten Aney (Mediapolis) loses in SV-1 by dec. (6-4) Trey Nelson (Nashua-Plainfield)
    • 7th Place Match – Quinten Aney (Mediapolis) vs. Hayden Fischer (AHSTW)

145 Quarterfinals – Louden Huisenga (WACO) loses by fall (5:16) to Hagen Heistand (Underwood)

  • 145 Consolation Second Round – Louden Huisenga (WACO) loses by dec. (9-2) to Nick Steinlage (Interstate 35)

152 Quarterfinals – Dominic Lopez (New London) wins by MD (20-11) McKade Nunn (Nashua-Plainfield)

  • 152 Semifinals – Dominic Lopez (New London) loses by dec. (4-3) to Gabe McGeough (MFL-MarMac)
  • 152 Consolation Third Round – Dominic Lopez (New London) vs. Jace Nelson-Brown (Emmetsburg)

182 Quarterfinals – Josh Glendening (New London) wins by fall (0:57) over Brecken Freeburg (Tri-Center)

  • 182 Semifinals – Josh Glendening (New London) lose by dec. (4-3) Jackson Dewald (Westwood, Sloan)
  • 182 Consolation Third Round – Josh Glendening (New London) vs. Carson Hartz (Columbus Catholic)

220 Quarterfinals – Jonah Clark (WACO) wins by fall (1:02) over Cooper Nielsen (Audubon)

  • 220 Semifinals – Jonah Clark (WACO) wins by dec. (6-3) Matthew Francis (West Hancock)
  • 220

Women’s College Basketball: Wesleyan Earns Top Seed in CAC Tournament

By Nathan Bloechl · Friday, February 18th, 2022 at 2:32 pm CDT

Mount Pleasant — The Iowa Wesleyan women’s basketball has earned the top seed for the upcoming CAC Tournament, the league has announced.

Wesleyan will tussle with eighth-seeded Fisher College in the quarterfinal round, which will take place on February 25th at 8:15 p.m.

The complete seeding is listed below.

1: Iowa Wesleyan University

2: Haskell Indian Nations University

3: Wilberforce University

4: Washington Adventist

5: Northern New Mexico College

6: Crowley’s Ridge College

7: Cottey College

8: Fisher College

Iowa Wesleyan will close their over this weekend, taking on Cottey College tonight before battling College of the Ozarks on Saturday.

Prep Basketball: Danville Wins Thriller, New London Rolls; Other Prep Finals

By Nathan Bloechl · Friday, February 18th, 2022 at 2:29 pm CDT

Danville 42, Notre Dame 41

Caiden Gourley’s buzzer-beating field goal lifted Danville to a heroic, 42-41 win over Burlington Notre Dame last night.

The win propelled the Bears to Tuesday’s district final.

Drake Johnson led the way for Danville, with a game-high 17 points while shooting 6-of-11 from the field.

Sawyer Nelson and Ty Carr both added eight, while Gourley finished with seven — none bigger than the final two.

Notre Dame was paced by Gedi Boal and Jackson Brent who both had 10.

The Nikes ended their year 8-15, Danville improved to 21-2.

Winfield-Mount Union 48, Hillcrest Academy 43

It wasn’t pretty, but Winfield-Mount Union advanced to the district final to play Danville, earning a 48-43 win over Hillcrest Academy last night.

Winfield-Mount Union will play the Bears next Tuesday at Central Lee.

Cam Buffington poured in a game-high 22 points to lead the Wolves, while Andrew Brown added nine.

Abram Edwards finished with eight.

Winfield-Mount Union improved to 21-2.

Hillcrest Academy, who closes their chapter at 15-7, was led by Luke Schrock’s 15 points.

New London 78, Iowa Valley 57

No team in southeast Iowa is hotter than New London. The Tigers got 25 points from Kade Benjamin while Devin Swanson added 18 as New London cemented Iowa Valley 78-57.

The win moves New London to Tuesday’s district final.

Kooper Schulte and Blaise Porter both chipped in with 14 for the Tigers, who had four double-figure scorers.

Brody Ward led Iowa Valley with 18 points while Peyton Loffer chipped in with 11.

They end their season 18-5.

WACO 46, Montezuma 42

WACO used to a 17-5 fourth quarter run to bury the defending state champion Montezuma Braves, 46-42 last night.

The Braves led by eight at the end of the third quarter before the monstrous fourth.

Simeon Reichenbach, an all-state running back this past fall, scored a game-high 20 points while hauling in nine boards, as well.

Hunter Hughes added seven for WACO.

Montezuma, who beat perennial power North Linn in last year’s state finals, finishes this year 18-5.

WACO is now 19-4, they’ll play New London at Mediapolis next Tuesday in the district final.

 

 

 

Daily Jail Count

By Theresa Rose · Friday, February 18th, 2022 at 12:10 pm CDT

In the interest of keeping Henry County residents informed, the Henry County Sheriff’s office has requested KILJ post the daily jail count. During the jail referendum campaign it was publicized that the jail would be able to house additional inmates from surrounding counties and this would generate revenue for Henry County.

  24__      Henry County Inmates

 

 58 __      Out of County Contract Inmates              

 

 82__     TOTAL

InMotion Headed for the Dutch Masters Competition

By Theresa Rose · Friday, February 18th, 2022 at 11:57 am CDT

Mount Pleasant’s show choir InMotion will be among 11 high school ensembles vying for honors Saturday at the 14th Dutch Masters Show Choir Competition at Pella High School. Mount Pleasant is scheduled to perform at 3:00 pm.

Two other area schools will also be competing at Pella. Fort Madison’s prep group Crimson & Black will hit the stage at 10:00 am and Swingspan goes at 2:30 pm. Central Lee’s CENTRifucAL Force performs at 11:30 am.

The top six groups from the daytime round will square off in the finals that begin at 6:15 pm.