http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/iowa/aplington/ Aplington, IA News http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/iowa/aplington/content/4d9d872405049fd6c4d31fabe69b97d0.html School eligible for 25000 from Henkel International http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/iowa/aplington/content/414eb3b6a8348ac3706b2c8fe169973f.html PARKERSBURG AplingtonParkersburg High School is one of 10 national finalists for a 25000 prize from Henkel Helps Schools Winners will be chosen by online public voting later this month http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/iowa/aplington/content/792bd27dc94a0476be9e36a7e6e3ec5f.html PARKERSBURG Tin barely attached to the side of the Sinclair Elevator feed mill flapped in the breeze Monday as feed poured into a delivery truck below and grain trucks arrived with ingredients to make more http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/iowa/aplington/content/a0e4a227e71548650f019280790d52c1.html Two men were killed and three others were injured in an accident at an uncontrolled intersection near the FranklinBulter county line SundayThe accident happened just after 5 pm at the corner of 80th Street and Franklin Avenue A pickup driven by Frank Teske 47 of Ackley was westbound when it struck a southbound pickup driven by Brian Benson 42 of Aplington according to the Iowa State PatrolBenson and Richard Ball 63 of Ackley who was a passenger in the pickup driven by Teske died from injuries in the crash Neither man was wearing a seat belt according to the state patrolTeske and another passenger in his pickup 12yearold Tim Ball of Ackley were injured and taken to Franklin General Hospital in Hampton along with Roger Zweck 24 of Aplington who was in the pickup Benson was drivingAn investigation by the state patrol continues http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/iowa/aplington/content/ea93d7d91d042da811c5801623504ba4.html The unrelenting rain that fell all across the state Friday night produced a lot of lowscoring games and oddball resultsA Class 3A District 7 game between Ballard and Dallas CenterGrimes at Grimes ended with DCG winning 60 and8212; in double overtime No points were scored in regulation or the first OTBut one of the strangest finals came out of Bellevue where NorthLinn beat host Bellevue 32 No it didn't go extra inningsBellevue 12 took a 20 lead on a safety in the second quarter and NorthLinn 21 took the lead for good when junior Mike Meischeid booted a 25yard field goal in the third period Both teams had trouble establishing their offenses in the wet conditions and the field took a beatingIt was pretty bad NorthLinn Coach Jared Collum said They played the JV game ahead of time and we got out on the field and it was pretty tore up But they did a good job of pinning us in the first half I don't think we ever got beyond our 25The Lynx forced the Comets into five turnovers on the raindrenched night and8212; four fumbles and an interceptionThat was pretty much the name of the game right there Collum saidThe Lynx rushed for 92 yards and passed for another 33 and the Comets ended up with 188 total yardsWe've moved the ball pretty well Collum said We put 29 points on Tripoli and we scored 14 against Cascade Friday night was pretty much the field conditionsAnd a fine defensive effort In addition to kicking the winning field goal Meischeid was credited with 22 tackles and recovered a fumbleThe game in Bellevue wasn't the only one affected by the weather In a Class 3A battle of top 10s between No 3 Marion 21 and No 6 DeWitt Central 30 at Marion neither team could generate much offense in Central's 107 winMarion averaged 33 points in its first two wins Central 28It was a huge factor Marion Coach Tony Perkins said of the rain We had such a strong nondistrict schedule and then you get this kind of stuff and you can't run the whole offense you've got But we'll be backTriCounty topped Lamoni 2012 in an eightman game at Lamoni pretty low scoring for eightmanWhat a night for football Tricounty Coach Scott Edmundson said We struggled with the QBcenter exchange several times because of the rain which slowed down our offensive productionUnion madeUnion Community is playing its first season in 3A and blanked Mount Vernon 140 in its 3A4 opener Friday The Knights have been unscored upon in the last 10 quartersThey beat Webster City and Independence in nondistrict games and play at winless Anamosa on FridayThey're very unselfish Union secondyear Coach Joe Hadachek said of his team They don't care who makes the play We're very diverse offensively and we'll take whatever the defense gives usUnion has been led by running backs Ryan Christensen and Tad Talaska quarterback Garrett Woodson and wide receiver Jared Wauters Defensively linebackers Matt Feuerbach and Josh Dunkelberger have led the chargePlaying in 3A4 means having to tee it up against the likes of DeWitt Central Marion and Benton Community all top10 rankedWe're David versus Goliath but you get the cards your dealt said Hadachek who has coached at Drake and Buena Vista We're going to go out there and get after itQuick slantsn ESPN's prime time newsmagazine E: 60 will air a feature story on the AplingtonParkersburg football team Tuesday at 6 pm Four NFL players from the area and8212; Brad Meester Jared DeVries Casey Wiegmann and Aaron Kampman and8212; will be featured as will Coach Ed Thomasn LinnMar ended its 24game losing streak and Nevada and MansonNorthwest Webster also ended long droughts Nevada broke a 14game streak and MansonNorthwest Webster broke a string of 12 straight lossesn Cherokee's Tyler Jones passed for 141 yards and a TD in a loss Friday night and became Iowa's alltime passing leader with 7789 yards besting the mark Keokuk's James Vandenberg set last yearn Contact the writer: 319 3688841 or jeffdahngazcommcom http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/iowa/aplington/content/cfe9d97e66be233e85f757757f081491.html After a tornado snapped apart hundreds of trees in theParkersburg area HyVee and elementary school kids are replanting where those trees once stood http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/iowa/aplington/content/56f7caf5ae2a5e5839ef2e7030c75a29.html Its something of a rarity in Jasper County: all three area Class 2A football teams have a chance to go 30 http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/iowa/aplington/content/3a579852c04ab42671cdb310cce584ab.html MASON CITY North Iowa Area Community College donated a variety of equipment and music materials to the AplingtonParkersburg and WaverlyShell Rock schools which were dramatically affected by this summers tornadoes and flooding