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Tyler Richton and the High Bank Boys

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Tyler Richton and the High Bank Boys were Live in-studio today with Steve Shettler.  They covered a George Strait classic and then performed one of their own original songs off of their album.  Today was Tyler’s birthday so he was treated to a birthday cake and was serenaded by the KBOE staff singing Happy Birthday to him.  Check out their performance on our Facebook page.  Be sure to like it and share it.

Storms hammer Ottumwa

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A powerful storm blew through southern Iowa on Thursday, damaging trees and drenching the area.

Severe thunderstorm warning marched across the Ottumwa area as the storm moved east. It had formed early Thursday in Nebraska, and held together as it made its way across Iowa. At least one tree in Ottumwa was uprooted by the storm and authorities responded to reports of downed power lines as well.

 Information from Alliant Energy indicates thousands were without power after the storm.  Areas south of the Des Moines River in Ottumwa turned into a warren of closed and blocked streets. Limbs blocked roads and took down some power lines. Several areas were without power, and the fire department responded to a fire on South Davis Street at the same time. It was not immediately clear whether that fire was related to the storm.

Officially, 0.42 inches of rain was measured in Ottumwa, but radar estimates suggested an inch may have fallen on some areas. Temperatures plummeted, dropping as much as 13 degrees as the rain-cooled air moved through.

Sirens sounded as the storm reached Ottumwa. There was no tornado, but the city also uses the sirens to warn of strong winds.

KBOE voted Best Radio Station of southern Iowa for 2018

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For the second year in a row, KBOE 104.9FM Hot Country has been voted by our listeners and the readers of the Ottumwa Courier as the Best Radio Station in Southern Iowa.  We want to thank all of listeners and everyone that voted for us.  Without our listeners we wouldn’t be where we are today.  We are very excited and honored to be your #1 source…all day, every day.

Celebrating 70 years with a simple sandwich tradition Couple enjoys a hot beef sandwich, with friends and family

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For most of their 70 years together, Dean and Barbara Dennis have had a hot beef sandwich on their anniversary.

For their 70th anniversary meal, Dean and Barbara were joined at Julie’s Homestyle Cafe by their daughter, Ronda Dennis-Smithart and son-in-law Mike Smithart; Dean’s best man, Tom Tucker and his wife, Fran; and friends Peggy Klein and Debbie Snyder.

The jovial group had the ease of long friendship and shared many laughs together around a table decorated by the Dennis’ neighbor, Melissa Adams, right at the cafe’s front window.

 Dean said he and Barbara had a small, simple wedding June 26, 1948.

“The two mothers went, the two people that stood up with us went, and that was that,” Dean said. “They don’t cost anything that way.”

Barbara recalled picking flowers by the roadside.

Dean said he and Barbara were wed in the What Cheer Methodist Church around 2 in the afternoon.

“My family lived on a farm over there, so we all went out there and we left there, just her and I, and we were going to Cedar Rapids for the honeymoon,” he said. “We got as far as Marengo, so we had to eat and that’s when we stopped and had a hot beef sandwich.”

The meal cost probably less than $2 in 1948.

“It was the cheapest thing on the menu,” Barbara said.

Dean said nobody made much money in those days

“And I’d gotten married and I didn’t have a car or anything and I was making $27.50 a week, six days a week,” he said. So that’s what we had. We didn’t have parties back then like they do now. So it’s been a thing that we have fun with.”

Tom laughed and said Dean had borrowed some money from him 70 years ago and he just paid it back a week ago.

“Well now, I owed [Tom] $3, which was a lot of money,” Dean said. “A year ago, I got around to getting it paid. I gave him a two dollar bill and a silver dollar. He wanted to know about the interest. So I said when it was up we were way ahead, but I said interest went bad so that’s all you get. And we’re still best friends.”

Tom and Fran live in Milan Ill.

“We’ve been planning this for a year,” Tom said.

 Dennis-Smithart made a cake for her parents’ anniversary, one similar to the one her grandmother made for their wedding reception.

Dean said his mother made a delicious white cake with wild hickory nuts in it.

“One woman, 40-some years afterwards still mentioned about the best cake she’d ever eaten.”

Barbara reminded Dean to thank their daughter for the cake, which he did.

“Still taking orders after 70 years,” Tom cracked.

It’s all been good advice, Barbara responded.

Dean and Barbara celebrated 70 years of marriage with family, friends, lots of laughter and hot beef sandwiches.

“Think it’ll last,” asked Tucker with a chuckle.

Sickels pitches Indianola past Osky

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The last time Indianola pitcher Sydney Sickels faced Oskaloosa, she struck out nine and allowed just one hit earlier this month.

The two teams faced again on Wednesday night and, this time, she fanned 14 Oskaloosa batters and against gave up one hit as Indianola, ranked fourth in Class 5A, coasted to a 10-0 win in six innings in a Little Hawkeye Conference action.

Sickels (20-1) retired the final 16 batters she faced after allowing a two-out double to Ava Vande Wall in the first inning.

“They’re a good ball club. They’re a 5A school and with a pitcher like Sickels, you can’t give up any runs,” Oskaloosa coach Jay Harms said. “If you do, you’re going to have a hard time getting them back.”

The first two innings was a pitching duel between Sickels and Oskaloosa’s Hayley Hacker.

The two went toe-to-toe for the first two innings as Hacker struck out seven in five innings or work including striking out the side in the second before Indianola touched Hacker for a run in the third inning.

“Both pitchers started out really throwing well with a lot of strikeouts early,” Harms said. “We threw a lot more off-speed than the first time against them. It got away from us and was almost a carbon copy of what happened at their place.”

Meet Bandit the fox terrier

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Bandit the fox terrier mix is our KBOE/KMZN Pet of the Week.  Bandit, estimated at approximately 1 1/2 years old, is a sweet and, at least while here at the studio, frisky little guy looking for his forever home.  Bandit was abandoned and brought to Stephen Memorial Shelter.  Bandit is ready for adoption now so submit an application to give him a loving home.  Call Stephen Memorial Animal Shelter at (641) 673-3991 for more information about Bandit or a wide assortment of other loving and adoptable pets!

Housley, Agee, Anderson, Griffiths and Sutter Take Wins on Mahaska Kids Night

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Oskaloosa, Iowa (June 27th, 2018) – Racing finally came back to the Musco Lighting Southern Iowa Speedway presented by KBOE 104.9 FM for the first time in four weeks. Mahaska Bottling was the nights sponsor meanwhile the kids got involved with car rides after hot laps then a Candy and Nickel Toss at intermission.

Thanks to Trent Orwig, East Market Grocery, Wood Racing, Iowa Sportsman Series, Dustin Griffiths, Travis Bunnell, Ryan Humphry and Travis Musgrove for donating the candy. Money for the nickel toss was donating by Josh Woods, Hopwood Racing, Travis Bunnell, Billy Cain Racing, Josh Gordon, Leighton State Bank, The Perfect Piece, Osky Mini Warehouses, Iowa Sportsman Series and Dustin Griffiths.

Sixty-Seven cars checked in on Wednesday Night including 10 Sport Compacts, 12 Stock Cars, 15 Sport Mods, 19 Hobby Stocks and 11 Iowa Sportsman Series. Brandon Housley (Sport Compacts), Derrick Agee (Stock Cars), Logan Anderson (Sport Mods), Dustin Griffiths (Hobby Stocks) and Tyler Sutter (Iowa Sportsman Series) all took the feature wins.

First feature of the night was the Finish Line Auto Sales 10 lap Sport Compacts feature. Trent Orwig started outside the front row and took advantage of grabbing the top spot early. Orwig soon experienced issues in turn three ending his night and giving the lead over to Bill Whalen Jr on the restart. Barry Taft restarted third but found himself in the top spot on lap two. Taft led until Brandon Housley worked his way from tenth starting spot up to the lead on lap nine. Housley went on to win fifth feature win in a row in Oskaloosa ahead of Taft, Kyle Boyd, Whalen and Billy Cain.

Derrick Agee wrestled the lead early away from Michael Peterson in the Midstate Machine Stock Cars 18 lap feature. Agee and the field saw the yellow come out on lap five for Dustin Griffiths experiencing issues and came to a stop. On the restart, Scott Dickey took over the top spot from Agee but Agee did not go away as he reclaimed the lead on lap 12. Agee leading, Dickey and Mike Hughes battled it out for second and third behind him, they got together at one point. Agee went on to take the win with Nathan Wood grabbing the second spot. Hughes claimed third, Dickey was fourth and Donnie Pearson finished fifth.

Logan Anderson led all 15 laps in the Carter Manufacturing / Van’s Racing Sport Mods feature event claiming his first win of the season at SIS. Curtis VanDerWal started seventh but came across the line in the second spot. Blaine Webster, Thomas Egenberger and Greg Cox rounded out the top five.

Before a single lap in the books in the Parker Tree Service Hobby Stocks feature, the caution came out for Rick Goldsberry spinning on the back stretch. Craig Brown grabbed the lead when the race finally did get going but Dustin Griffiths took the lead away from Brown on lap five. Griffiths, Brown and Aaron Martin began a three car battle until a caution came out on lap 12 for Mike Kincaid spinning in turn four and Travis Bunnell made contact. On the restart, Darin Dezwarte and Jared Stephens when on a spin cycle in turn four. Griffiths went on to take his third win of the season. Brown, Martin, Clint Nelson and Christian Huffman finished second through fifth.

Final feature of the night was the Iowa Sportsman Series 20 lap feature. Doug Weiss, winner of the previous three Iowa Sportsman Series Races in 2018, led the first lap. Tyler Sutter grabbed the top spot on lap two and pulled away to take the win before lapping the entire field. Weiss finished a distant second. Austin Meiners, John Watts and Josh Paddellford rounded out the top five.

Iowa Sportsman Series

Feature – 1. 14 Tyler Sutter (Pleasantville); 2. 3 Doug Weiss (Dallas Center); 3. 8 Austin Meiners; 4. 2 John Watts (Oskaloosa); 5. 14T Josh Padellford; 6. 11R Bradden Richards; 7. 13X Wayne Webert (Williamsburg); 8. 33 Jamie Mathney; 9. 22 Leroy Kline (Brooklyn); 10. 3X Sheldon Webert (Williamsburg); DNS 57 Justin Meiners.

June 28th: On this day

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On this day in 1986, Kellie Pickler was born in Albemarle, North Carolina.  Kellie gained fame as a contestant on the fifth season of American Idol. Her debut album, Small Town Girl, produced three singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts: “Red High Heels”, “I Wonder” and “Things That Never Cross a Man’s Mind”.

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