KJAN Podcasts

KJAN's Chris Parks and Cass/Adair County Conservation Officer Grant Gelly talk about all things outdoors. This week they discuss spring wildlife spotlight surveys, tips on prepping for turkey season, prescribed burns, and seasonal park positions.

Jim Field visits with Cass County Emergency Management Coordinator Mike Kennon about severe weather awareness.

w/Kate Olson.

Jim Field visits with Iowa DOT District Transportation Planner Scott Suhr about area spring and summer road construction projects.

Jim Field visits with Kate Olson about the Cass County Master Gardeners Scholarship and the Spring Garden Seminar.  The seminar will be held on Saturday, April 1, 2023 at the Cass County Community Center.  April 1 is also the deadline for scholarship applications.  To learn more about both visit:  www.extension.iastate.edu/cass.

Jim Field talks about some tips for preparing your garden tools for the spring.

A familiar face will be donning the head coaches' headset for Exira-EHK football in 2023. Former player and recent assistant coach Drew Buckholdt has been hired to lead the Spartans football program. The Exira-EHK school board approved his hire at their meeting this week.

Buckholdt played for Exira-EHK from 2013-2016 and went on to play college ball at Waldorf University. He has been an assistant on the Spartans staff the past few seasons and is excited to take over the head role.

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Buckholdt said it's been great to learn from Tom Petersen and he also got the chance to learn at Waldorf.

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Buckholdt takes over a Spartan team that went 4-4 last season and he said he hopes to improve the physical style they want to play..

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Buckholdt takes over for his former coach Tom Petersen who resigned after last season due to some health concerns and wanting to lighten his load. Buckholdt said it will be great to have Coach Petersen around as AD and someone to bounce things off of.

Listen to the full interview with Buckholdt below.

Jim Field speaks with Ryan Archibald about a fundraising event this Saturday for the Jeff and Debbie Pope Family. The event will be held on Saturday, March 25th from 5-7pm at the Lewis Fire Station. They will have a pulled pork meal, silent auction, and live auction.

Middents, Huffman, Mullenix, and Rush at State Meet 2022.

The Atlantic girls track and field team is excited for the 2023 season and has some lofty goals in sight. The Trojans are coming off a solid season last year with seven qualifiers for the State Meet and a 5th place finish in the Hawkeye Ten Conference Meet. The Trojans are hoping to take the next step this year and compete for a conference crown and take home some more medals at State. Atlantic head coach Matt Mullenix said they set a great standard last year.

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The Trojans will be very strong in the middle-distance races. The 4x400M Relay team that placed 4th at state last season are all back to try to improve on that placing and lead the team. Chloe Mullenix, Ava Rush, Nicole Middents, and Mariah Huffman made up that relay last year. Rush didn't hold back her excitement for the event.

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Mullenix also qualified in the 400M Hurdles last season and she said they have been working hard to improve overall team speed and endurance.

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Rush said the speed work emphasis they've had the past few seasons has really been beneficial.

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Middents said it's a great group to work with and they have a great team comradery heading into the season.

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Coach Mullenix said some of those middle-distance runners are very versatile so they may be able to move some runners around to events that suit them best to produce a really strong team effort.

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The Trojans opened up last weekend at the Northwest Missouri State Indoor Meet and are scheduled to get the outdoor season rolling on the 28th at Earlham.

Listen to complete interviews with Chloe Mullenix, Ava Rush, Nicole Middents, Mariah Huffman, and Coach Mullenix below.

Jim Field visits with Atlantic Public Library Director Michelle Andersen about the Cass County Library Association "Pizza, Puzzles & Pub Night" fundraiser for the Dolly Parton Imagination Library project on April 15.