Butler County Conservation addresses migration topics
Butler County Conservation Naturalist Annette Wittrock has spent time studying the migratory behavior of locally found animals. She says some species are commonly thought to migrate, but remain in Iowa throughout their lives. “The one I always
Friday, March 28
Track & Field
North Iowa Indoor Boys Championships @ Clear Lake –
(Clarion-Goldfield-Dows, Hampton-Dumont-CAL, Iowa Falls-Alden)
Clarion-Goldfield-Dows
7th in 60m Hurdles, Chaz Lane – 9.17
7th in the High Jump, Chaz Lane – 5-10
13th in Shot Put, Huxley Lingenfelter – 41-06.50
8th in Shuttle Hurdle Relay – 38.65
11th in 4×400 – 4:01.59
12th in 4×800 – 10:02.15
14th in Sprint Medley Relay – 4:33.43
Hampton-Dumont-CAL
6th in 60m Hurdles, Aaden Keehn – 8.95
7th in Shot Put, Beau Morton – 45-01.25
15th in Long Jump, Carter Arends – 18-05.25
3rd in the Shuttle Hurdle Relay – 36.49
8th in the 4×200 – 1:40.35
10th in 4×400 – 3:55.56
11th in the Sprint Medley Relay – 4:12.44
Iowa Falls-Alden
4th in 400m, Jack Duit – 54.90
4th in High Jump, Cade Olberding – 6-00
4th in Long Jump, Andrew Bartlett – 20-07.50
8th in 800m, Drake Sanders – 2:12.88
8th in Shot Put, Carter DeBates – 43-09.25
9th in 200m, Levi Langfitt – 24.30
10th in 200m, Andrew Bartlett – 24.37
10th in 60m Hurdles, Cade Olberding – 9.35
11th in 60m, Andrew Bartlett – 7.33
12th in 1600m, Sam Kirchoff – 5:18.07
13th in 800m, Carter Weaver – 2:17.84
15th in 800m, Matthew Kirchoff – 2:18.90
15th in 3200m, Sam Kirchoff – 12:00.34
3rd in the 4×800 – 9:05.84
4th in the Shuttle Hurdle Relay – 37.04
5th in 4×400 – 3:43.56
6th in the 4×200 – 1:37.77
10th in the Sprint Medley Relay – 4:12.05
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Budget related items discussed by the Dumont Council Thursday
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Annual meeting held by Butler County REC
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New equipment purchase approved by the Allison City Council
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