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2014-15 FIFTH Iowa Girls Basketball Rankings

Sports

January 9th, 2015 by Jim Field

Class 5-A
1 West Des Moines Valley 9-0 2
2 Waukee 7-1 1
3 Dowling Catholic 8-2 3
4 Iowa City West 9-0 4
5 Linn-Mar 7-1 8
6 Cedar Falls 9-1 10
7 Iowa City High 7-2 7
8 Ankeny Centennial 5-4 9
9 Johnston 6-3 6
10 Southeast Polk 5-2 5
Dropped Out: None

Class 4-A
1 Harlan 8-0 1
2 Western Dubuque 9-0 3
3 Ballard 9-0 4
4 Carlisle 8-1 6
5 Perry 7-2 7
6 Waverly-Shell Rock 10-0 9
7 Davenport North 9-0 13
8 North Scott 8-1 2
9 Sioux City Bishop Heelan 6-1 5
10 Indianola 8-2 11
11 Cedar Rapids Xavier 7-3 14
12 Pella 6-2 15
13 Keokuk 7-1 8
14 Lewis Central 8-2 12
15 Grinnell 8-1 NR
Dropped Out: Davenport Assumption (10)

Class 3-A
1 Pocahontas Area 8-0 1
2 Mediapolis 9-0 2
3 Hampton-Dumont 9-0 3
4 Spirit Lake 7-2 4
5 Sioux Center 9-1 5
6 Red Oak 8-1 7
7 Nevada 7-1 8
8 Crestwood 8-1 9
9 Shenandoah 8-2 10
10 Kuemper Catholic 6-2 6
11 Osage 10-0 12
12 Solon 8-1 11
13 PCM 7-3 NR
14 Saydel 7-2 13
15 Cherokee 5-3 14
Dropped Out: Center Point-Urbana (15)

Class 2-A
1 Western Christian 7-1 1
2 Unity Christian 9-0 2
3 North-Linn 10-0 3
4 South Central Calhoun 9-0 4
5 IKM-Manning 7-1 7
6 Iowa City Regina 7-0 10
7 Dike-New Hartford 8-2 6
8 Panorama 9-2 5
9 Cascade 8-1 8
10 Okoboji 9-1 9
11 Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto 8-1 11
12 Des Moines Christian 8-3 12
13 Fort Dodge St. Edmond 5-2 13
14 Manson-NW Webster 6-2 14
15 Central Decatur 9-0 NR
Dropped Out: Hinton (15)

Class 1-A
1 Burlington Notre Dame 10-0 1
2 Colo-Nesco 9-0 2
3 Bedford 9-0 3
4 Grand View Christian 8-0 4
5 Kingsley-Pierson 8-0 5
6 Fremont-Mills 7-0 6
7 Exira-EHK 9-0 8
8 Lynnville-Sully 10-0 9
9 Newell-Fonda 6-3 7
10 Springville 9-0 13
11 Rockford 6-1 11
12 Tripoli 7-1 14
13 Turkey Valley 9-1 NR
14 George-Little Rock 7-2 NR
15 Central Lyon 6-3 12
Dropped Out: AGWSR (10), Midland (15)

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Thursday Wrestling Results

Sports

January 9th, 2015 by Jim Field

  • Atlantic/CAM 37, Logan-Magnolia 28
  • Atlantic/CAM 72, Coon Rapids-Bayard 6
  • Logan-Magnolia 72, Coon Rapids-Bayard 6
  • A-H-S-T-W 51, Griswold 24
  • A-H-S-T-W 40, Guthrie Center 39
  • A-H-S-T-W 48, Exira/EHK 27
  • Exira/EHK 30, Griswold 24
  • Guthrie Center 45, Griswold 18
  • Shenandoah 36, Denison-Schleswig 33
  • Shenandoah 48, St. Albert 25
  • Shenandoah 38, Tri-Center 37
  • Tri-Center 45, Denison-Schleswig 27
  • Tri-Center 58, St. Albert 18
  • Denison-Schleswig 54, St. Albert 23
  • Glenwood 60, East Mills 15
  • Glenwood 69, Red Oak 9
  • Glenwood 66, Riverside 15
  • Riverside 46, East Mills 27
  • Riverside 47, Red Oak 31
  • East Mills 42, Red Oak 30
  • Creston/O-M 62, Harlan 12

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BETTY WOODSIDE, 88, of Fontanelle (Svcs. 1/13/15)

Obituaries

January 9th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

BETTY WOODSIDE, 88, of Fontanelle, died Thu., Jan. 8th, at the Good Samaritan Society in Fontanelle. Funeral services for BETTY WOODSIDE will be held 10-a.m. Tue., Jan 13th, at the Avondale United Methodist Church in rural Fontanelle. Steen Funeral Home in Fontanelle has the arrangements.

Visitation at the funeral home is from 3-until 8-pm on Monday (Jan. 12th), with the family present from 6-to 8-pm.; Online condolences may be left to the family at www.steenfunerals.com.

Burial will be in the Greenfield Cemetery.

Memorials may be directed to the Betty Woodside memorial fund to be established by the family at a later date.

BETTY WOODSIDE is survived by:

Her daughter – Sherry Stuva and husband Denny of Bridgewater.

Her sisters – Nita Kester of Fotnanelle, Marilyn Hoepner and husband Ernest of Texas and Dorothy Fritz of Des Moines.

Her brother – Sam Thompson, Jr. and wife Carol of Florida

2 grandsons; 8 great grandchildren; 2 great great grandsons;; other relatives and friends.

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Wellmark Foundation announces 2014 “MATCH” grant recipients

News

January 9th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

Officials with the Wellmark Foundation have announced 14 recipients of its 2014 Matching Assets to Community Health (MATCH) grant program in Iowa.image001 The 14 competitively awarded grants create pilot efforts or expand health initiatives that focus on childhood obesity prevention and community-based wellness projects. Among the grant recipients was Live Well Council Bluffs, which received a $75,000 grant for the “Council Bluffs Bike Sharing Pilot” project.

Live Well Council Bluffs is creating a pilot bike-sharing program in Council Bluffs that will be run in conjunction with an existing bike-sharing program in the Omaha/Council Bluffs metro area: Omaha B-Cycle. The funding request is to start the program, not to maintain it.

And, the Rebuild and Recover Mapleton Foundation and the Monona County Alliance, which was awarded a $75,000 grant, for their “Mapleton Active Living by Design” project.

While planning for long-term disaster recovery, Mapleton’s Rebuild and Recover Committee became aware that many in Mapleton could not walk to or safely access recreational and educational sites by any means other than driving. In an analysis of infrastructure and activity, assisted by Iowa State University, landscape architects and Iowa DOT, they learned that the barriers of highways and discontinuous and broken sidewalks combined with poor lighting inhibited children from walking or biking to school and made access to recreational facilities and nearby necessities like groceries difficult for every age group. They plan to build safe highway crossings and well-lit complete sidewalks to enhance access to school.

This was the second year that The Wellmark Foundation offered the MATCH grant program. To view the grant opportunities available for 2015, visit the Wellmark Foundation website.

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Winter weather update 5:45-a.m. 1/9/15

Weather

January 9th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

AREA COUNTIES: MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CST THIS MORNING.

* WIND CHILL VALUES…RANGING FROM 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO.

* IMPACTS…FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR IN 30 MINUTES OR LESS IN THESE CONDITIONS.

AREA COUNTIES: CRAWFORD-CARROLL-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS.

…WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY…
…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY…WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

* TIMING…TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILLS WILL BE DANGEROUSLY LOW THIS MORNING THEN IMPROVE SOMEWHAT BY NOON.

* WINDS…NORTHWEST AT 15 TO 25 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES/WIND CHILL VALUES…LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS BELOW ZERO…WITH WIND CHILLS 20 TO 25 BELOW ZERO.

* IMPACTS…FROST BITE WILL OCCUR IF APPROPRIATE PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

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Wind Chill Advisory continues for parts of western IA until 11-a.m. Fri.

Weather

January 9th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTIES:
330 AM CST FRI JAN 9 2015

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CST THIS MORNING…

* WIND CHILL VALUES…RANGING FROM 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO.

* IMPACTS…FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR IN 30 MINUTES OR LESS IN THESE
CONDITIONS.

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(Update) Winter Weather Advisory in effect until Noon 1/9/15

Weather

January 9th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-CRAWFORD-CARROLL COUNTIES:
258 AM CST FRI JAN 9 2015

…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR COLD AND BLOWING SNOW…WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY.

* SHORT TERM TRENDS…ISOLATED LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL END BEFORE SUNRISE. WINDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH BUT REMAIN BRISK AND GUSTY THROUGH THE MORNING. WIND CHILLS WILL CONTINUE TO FALL FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS…THEN INCREASE BY LATE MORNING.

* WINDS…NORTHWEST AT 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH…DECREASING TO 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH BY LATE MORNING.

* TEMPERATURES/WIND CHILL VALUES…TEMPERATURES WILL FALL TO AROUND ZERO ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA BY SUNRISE. WIND CHILLS WILL BOTTOM OUT AROUND 20 BELOW ZERO.

* IMPACTS…FROST BITE CAN OCCUR IN 15 TO 30 MINUTES. PLEASE DRESS APPROPRIATELY INCLUDING HATS AND GLOVES. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO CAUSE SOME MINOR BLOWING SNOW THAT MAY IMPACT ROADS THIS MORNING.

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NWS weather forecast for Cass & area Counties, 1/9/15

Weather

January 9th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

345 AM CST FRI JAN 9 2015

EARLY THIS MORNING…MOSTLY CLEAR. VERY COLD. BREEZY. NORTHWEST WIND 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH. WIND CHILL READINGS AROUND 15 BELOW.

TODAY…SUNNY. VERY COLD. BREEZY. HIGH AROUND 10. NORTHWEST WIND 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH. WIND CHILL READINGS 15 TO 20 BELOW.

TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. BITTERLY COLD. LOW ZERO TO 5 BELOW. SOUTHWEST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH. WIND CHILL READINGS AROUND 15 BELOW.

SATURDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. VERY COLD. BREEZY. HIGH IN THE MID 20S. SOUTH WIND 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH. LOWEST WIND CHILL READINGS 15 TO 20 BELOW IN THE MORNING.

SUNDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGH IN THE MID 20S. NORTHWEST WIND AROUND 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH IN THE AFTERNOON.

MONDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. COLDER. HIGH 10 TO 15.

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Propane supplies for home heating are plentiful, prices are falling

News

January 9th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

Iowans are enduring extremely cold temperatures lately, but there’s encouraging news for those who use propane to heat their homes. Harold Hommes, a fuels analyst with the Iowa Department of Agriculture, says prices are falling. “So far, inventories look to be more than adquate, a completely different situation than what we encountered last year,” Hommes says. “Both U.S. supplies seem to be at the high end of the normal range and certainly here in the Midwest, we’re looking at very good supplies.” Hommes is hopeful the cost of propane will remain steady for the rest of the winter.

“Prices seem to be hanging in there,” he says. “We just did our weekly report on Monday and it showed $1.55 average in the state. It does show quite a wide range, as low as $1.20 and up into the $1.80s. It has been drifting downward, believe it or not.” A year ago, prices spiked within a matter of days, shooting from under two-dollars a gallon to nearly five-dollars.

(Radio Iowa)

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ELAINE DAUGHENBAUGH, 91, of Greenfield (Svcs. 01-12-2015)

Obituaries

January 9th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

ELAINE DAUGHENBAUGH, 91, of Greenfield, died Thu., Jan. 8th,  at the Greenfield Nursing and Rehabilitation Health Care Center. Funeral services for ELAINE DAUGHENBAUGH will be held Monday, January 12, 2015 at 10:30am at the United Methodist Church in Greenfield. Steen Funeral Home in Greenfield has the arrangements.

Open Visitation will be held at the Steen Funeral Home in Greenfield on Sunday, January 11th, from 12:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m with the family present from 4:00pm-6:00pm.

Burial at the Greenfield Cemetery. A luncheon will be held at the church following the committal services at the cemetery.

Online condolences may be left to the family at www.steenfunerals.com.

Memorials may be directed to the Elaine Daughenbaugh memorial fund to be established by the family at a later date.

 ELAINE DAUGHENBAUGH is survived by:

Daughter: Judy Ann (Harvey) Gossman of Massena. Kathy Sue (Gary) Erlandson of Greenfield.

Son: Alan John (Sara) Daughenbaugh of Greenfield.

9 Grandchildren

13 Great-Grandchildren

Numerous other relatives and friends.

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