3+ day, 21+ hour ago (279+ words) (Sidney) -- An Iowa District Court judge has ruled the Fremont County Board of Adjustment must hold an appeal hearing related to zoning certificates granted for the construction of wind turbines in the county. (Sidney) -- An Iowa District Court judge has ruled the Fremont County Board of Adjustment must hold an appeal hearing related to zoning certificates granted for the construction of wind turbines in the county. The court order states the only reason given by the defendants for not holding a hearing was because the plaintiffs "did not tender a $5 filing fee," with the defendants not providing any arguments alleging the appeal was "defective for any other reason." However, Bothwell, in her ruling says that the "plain text" of the county's zoning ordinances indicate that the payment of a $5 fee refers to only the filing of "applications regarding zoning matters....

2+ week, 4+ day ago (199+ words) Processed with VSCO with wwf preset (Tabor) -- Fremont-Mills multi-sport star Lana Alley has signed to continue her track career at the next level with Northwest Missouri State. Alley, who landed F-M's first individual track championship in 45 years this past spring with a win in the 1A 100 hurdles, talked with KMA Sports prior to signing with the Bearcats about the process that led her to Maryville. "Northwest has always kind of been in the back of my head, but I always thought it was too big," Alley said. "I wasn't going to be good enough to go there. Once I got the opportunity, when the coach reached out to me, I was 100 percent." Alley says talking with Bearcats head coach Brandon Masters only helped solidify her commitment to the program and school. Alley has had a ballyhooed all-around career with Fremont-Mills, providing…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago (249+ words) (Hamburg) -- A major thoroughfare in Fremont County has reopened to traffic after the completion of three bridge replacements. (Hamburg) -- A major thoroughfare in Fremont County has reopened to traffic after the completion of three bridge replacements. Iowa Department of Transportation crew reopened the closure along Highway 2 between 240th Avenue and Bluff Road east of Interstate 29 Friday after the completion of three bridge replacement projects. The stretch of highway had closed back in mid-April to complete the bridge replacements. In a recent interview with KMA News, Iowa DOT District 4 Planner Scott Suhr said in addition to providing motorists a smoother and safer ride, the new overflow bridges are also better suited to handle any flooding. "They're a little bit longer and a little bit wider than the existing bridges were," said Suhr. "The original thought when we were developing this project was…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago (767+ words) Jonathan Ekpai and Sawyer Forney (Tabor) -- The Fremont-Mills Knights are battle-tested, resilient, and ready for another shot at redemption in the 8-Man Quarterfinals. Head coach'Greg Ernster'and his squad (82) travel to'Woodbine (9-0)'this week for a postseason rematch, against a team that defeated them 54-12 in Week 3. The Knights enter the matchup coming off back-to-back playoff road wins, including a'4028 victory over Bedford'last week.' Jonathan Ekpai ran for 122 yards and four touchdowns in their Round 2 win, while quarterback Sawyer Forney added two rushing touchdowns of his own on 52 yards. "I thought the kids played really well," Ernster said. "We kind of calmed down there at halftime. We had to overcome some adversity " our starting inside linebacker got hurt on the very first defensive play of the game, then we fumbled on the first kickoff. It was back-to-back plays that kind of put our…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago (321+ words) (Hamburg) -- Iowa Department of Transportation officials are hopeful to have a stretch of Highway 2 in Fremont County back open as early as next week. "The far east bridge has been done and complete and we're just waiting on the two middle bridges to get complete before they can open up the entire roadway and that's by contract," said Suhr. "Right now, we're hoping for a November 5th opening, but with some of the rain we've had, that might set us back a little bit." According to their contracts, Suhr says crews are required to complete the project by November 23rd, if not sooner. In addition to a smoother and safer ride for motorists, He says the new overflow bridges are also better suited to handle any flooding. "They're a little bit longer and a little bit wider than the existing bridges were,…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago (638+ words) Keyana Haggerty, Gabi Jacobs & Addyson Foster, Sidney (Sidney) -- The rubber match went to the Sidney Cowgirls on Monday night. Sidney (21-9) handled business in their 1A regional semifinal with Corner Conference rival Fremont-Mills (22-19-1), pulling out a 25-16, 25-18, 25-23 sweep. It was their second win in three tries against the Knights this year, although it was the first match between the two that was not decided in a race to 15. "We knew that we had to better," Sidney head coach Hannah Volker told KMA Sports. "We knew we had to play our game. We knew that F-M wasn't going to just hand it to us. They're a good team. They have all the parts, too, but we had to play better. We had to make them make more errors. We had to control the serve and get them out of system right away." Much of…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago (632+ words) (Fort Dodge) -- Fremont-Mills made the nearly 200-mile drive north worth it on Friday night as the Knights extended their season with a dominant postseason win. The KMAland 8-Player No. 3 and KMA Sports State No. 8 Knights (7-2) left little doubt on their way to a dominant 62-7 win over St. Edmond (5-4) in 8-Player postseason action on the KMAX-Stream. "Proud of their focus and effort," Fremont-Mills head coach Greg Ernster said. "We talked about how we wanted to see perfect effort. I think we did that." "We always take the ball because we want to score first," Ernster said. "If you get up on a team early, there's a psyche to it. We didn't want to give them any thoughts they could hang with us." The scoring continued for the Knights in the second quarter as Wyatt Madison tacked on a rushing touchdown following…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago (140+ words) An investigation continues into an injury accident in Fremont County Tuesday morning. The Fremont County Sheriff's Office and the Iowa State Patrol, among other agencies, responded to the accident ... (Sidney) -- An investigation continues into an injury accident in Fremont County Tuesday morning. The Fremont County Sheriff's Office and the Iowa State Patrol, among other agencies, responded to the accident outside Sidney Junior-Senior High School. There's no official work on how many vehicles were involved, and how many people were hurt. The patrol is expected to release more information on the accident later in the day. - Week 8 -- Friday Night Football LIVE Scoreboard - State employment appeal board finds Shen police representative committed 'prohibited practice' - UPDATE: Haidsiak withdraws from Red Oak mayor's race - Kansas man takes his own life following Mills County pursuit - Paige Marie Clark, 29, of Red Oak, Iowa...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago (578+ words) Jonathan Ekpai & Sawyer Forney, FM (Tabor) -- Fremont-Mills football will trek 192 miles north to Fort Dodge on Friday night with the hopes of making the long bus ride home as one of the final 16 teams left in the Class 8-Player field. This year's trip to the playoffs marks Fremont-Mills its 17th in program history and 16th consecutive, dating back to 2010. "Any time you can make the playoffs and get an extra game, it's exciting," Fremont-Mills head coach Greg Ernster tells KMA Sports. "We told our kids last Friday that there were many teams that had their last practice. We understand the importance of every game and every moment." The Knights enter the postseason at 6-2 overall after a 4-1 record in 8-Player District 10. Their district ranked in the top quadrant in terms of strength, according to BCMoore, as they had the 16th toughest schedule out of…...

2+ mon, 20+ hour ago (294+ words) (Sidney) -- Fremont County officials report a "decent" response to the call for the candidates in the November city-school elections. "Usually, if that situation happens," said Owen, "the city folks are really good about getting the word that they need people to write people names in, and it works out pretty well. It's a little bit different on our end, because the ballots just have all of the races with a write-in name, rather than just having a candidate's name." Another situation is in Sidney, where only two candidates filed for three city council positions--incumbents Don Benedict and Derek Bohling. Incumbent Justin Shirley is the lone candidate for mayor. Owen says October 15th is the first day to vote absentee either at the county auditor's office in person, or by mail. She says voters can request absentee ballots now. "We can't…...