10+ mon, 2+ week ago (401+ words) (Sidney) -- Union representatives are calling on Fremont County to offer more fair compensation for sheriff deputies. (Sidney) -- Union representatives are calling on Fremont County to offer more fair compensation for sheriff deputies. Teamsters Local 238, in a press release Thursday, called on the county board of supervisors to "step up and "ensure fair compensation for sheriff's deputies" as contract negotiations approach. Andre Johnson is a business agent and the lead negotiator for the deputies. Johnson tells KMA News that while most other staff within the department are around the average of several other similar-sized departments in the region, deputies are paid nearly $6 less than the average. "Over the last few years, the gap between them and other groups their size has grown," said Johnson. "At one time it was $5 and now it's all the way up to $6. It also looks like…...

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…...

5+ mon, 4+ week ago (654+ words) (Tabor) -- There was no shortage of deserving candidates for the 2025 KMAland Track & Field Coach of the Year honor. However, this year's honor goes to the coach who has perhaps put in the most time and energy over the last three decades: Fremont-Mills' Kyle Fichter. "I honestly couldn't tell you," Fichter said when asked about his tenure as F-M's head coach. "I think I'm at 20, but I don't know for sure." Nonetheless, Fichter's latest season leading the Fremont-Mills girls track & field program was its most successful as they were a contender to win every meet they attended, won another Corner Conference title, claimed the district title and flirted with collecting a team trophy at the Class 1A State Track & Field Championships while also reaching new heights the program hadn't seen in decades. "I'm just really excited for the kids to end the…...

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…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago (1962+ words) (KMAland) -- Riverside, Fremont-Mills, Southeast Warren and Coon Rapids-Bayard all claimed tournament team championships while East Mills, Missouri Valley and Lewis Central were runner-up finishers on Saturday in KMAland volleyball. Check out the full recap below. Riverside claimed the tournament championship with a perfect day that included sweeps of Atlantic, CAM, MVAOCOU, AHSTW, Earlham and East Mills. East Mills finished in second with a 4-1 mark while Atlantic went 3-2, AHSTW finished 2-3, Earlham was 1-4 and CAM finished 0-5. Reported East Mills statistics for the totality of the tournament: "Loycee Palmer: 43 kills, 29 digs "Brooke Jones: 35 kills, 12 blocks, 28 digs "Venna Sayers: 63 assists "Brynn Williams: 47 assists "Ava Grindle: 11 blocks "Ellie Hagen: 33 digs "Ruby Hastie: 29 digs "Jaci Eden: 7 kills, 10 assists, 18 digs "Courtney Follmann: 32 assists, 5 kills, 27 digs "Ruthie Rich: 13 kills "Ada Hansen: 8 kills "Keeley Kinney: 14 digs "Morgan Will: 10 digs "Kendra Nelsen: 24 digs "Maddie Lynds: 12 digs "Krista James: 5 blocks Find…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago (384+ words) (Sidney) -- The Fremont County fair is underway in Sidney and is set to run through the weekend. The fair kicked off on Wednesday and will run until Sunday. KMA spoke with Jessica Prazan, the county youth coordinator for Fremont County, about some of the events scheduled for this week. "Today, we are currently finishing up our swine show," Prazan said. "We have some cherry pie baking going on with some muffins from our Clover Kids going on this morning. After lunch, we kick off our sheep show at 2:00 and our goat show at 3:30." "Tonight, at about 6:30, we have a bunch of awards with our Share of the Fun," Prazan said. "It's just some fun entertainment with the kids. Then, we start Saturday morning with our beef show at 8 AM, followed by our open-class beef." Thursday evening, Lana Alley of Tabor…...

10+ mon, 3+ week ago (735+ words) (Sidney) -- The Fremont County Sheriff's Office is working to raise funds for a new four-legged officer. (Sidney) -- The Fremont County Sheriff's Office is working to raise funds for a new four-legged officer. The Sheriff's Office K-9 Unit recently announced that it is accepting donations to help cover the costs of bringing a new Crisis Response Therapy K-9 to the Sheriff's Office school resource program. Deputy Logan Roberts is currently the school resource officer for both the Sidney and Fremont-Mills school districts and will serve as the handler for the new K-9. Roberts tells KMA News he got the of pursuing the crisis response therapy K-9 after meeting with Crisis Canines of the Midlands at a recent conference with SROs from across the state and hearing first-hand experiences from a fellow SRO in northern Iowa who handled a crisis response therapy K-9. "She spoke about the…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago (143+ words) (Sidney) -- At least three more crane crossings associated with the Shenandoah Hills Wind Farm's construction are planned in Fremont County this week. (Sidney) -- At least three more crane crossings associated with the Shenandoah Hills Wind Farm's construction are planned in Fremont County this week. MidAmerican Energy and Mortensen Construction say the latest crossings are scheduled Wednesday at 8 a.m. on 290th Avenue between County Roads T-68 and T-27, 270th Avenue between County Roads T-9 and T-28 and 280th Avenue between County Roads T-27 and T-71. - Week 2 -- Friday Night Football LIVE Scoreboard - Davis shines in 2025 Iowa Rocks Talent Contest - Shenandoah man faces additional sexual abuse, indecent contact with child charges - World War II veteran honored in Red Oak, shares stories of his time with Scouts and Raiders - Study: Iowa a major hotspot for factory farms...

2+ mon, 18+ 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…...

7+ mon, 1+ week ago (208+ words) Fremont-Mills officials thank Coach Greg Elster for his efforts in coordinating shelter with Shenandoah school officials, as well as coaches Tracy Malcolm, coach Kyle Kesterson and bus driver Kevin ... (Tabor) -- Fremont-Mills students and staff avoided Thursday's tornadoes--with help from another KMAland district. Severe weather developed Thursday night during the Fremont-Mills School Board's regular meeting. Though the F-M high school track team returned safely, conditions worsened as the middle school track team traveled home from a meet in Griswold. With tornado warnings issued and sirens activated across nearby communities, the F-M staff rerouted the bus to Shenandoah, where it sheltered on the south side of the community before Shenandoah school officials opened one of the district's buildings. While National Weather Service officials confirmed an EF-0 tornado touched down south of the F-M Junior-Senior High School, all students, coaches and staff…...