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Iowa News Headlines: Mon., Jan. 6th 2014

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January 6th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press…

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowans are preparing to deal with bitter cold temperatures over the next few days. The National Weather Service says temperatures will fall as low as 15-to-25 degrees below zero overnight into Monday. And strong northwest winds will create wind chills of 35-to-60 degrees below zero across the state.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Many school districts in Iowa and Nebraska will remain closed today because of the dangerously cold weather. Wind chills as cold as 55 degrees below zero are expected in parts of Iowa Monday morning.

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — Roughly 130 members of an Iowa Army Reserve unit are being deployed to Cuba to help guard prisoners at Guantanamo Bay’s prison for about a year. The Quad-City Times reports family members gathered Saturday to say goodbye to the soldiers of the 339th Military Police Company. The unit left Sunday for a month of training in Texas before going to Cuba. The Davenport-based unit has also deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan in the past.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Ben Brust scored 19 points and Number 4 Wisconsin remained unbeaten with a 75-71 victory over Number 22 Iowa last night. The game was physical at times, and Iowa coach Fran McCaffery was hit with two technical fouls almost 8 minutes into the second half after a foul was called on Gabriel Olaseni in Madison, Wisconsin.