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DNA testing ordered in 40-year-old Omaha rape case

News

February 21st, 2014 by Ric Hanson

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – The Nebraska Supreme Court has ruled that a man convicted of rape nearly four decades ago should be allowed to seek new DNA testing, upholding an earlier Nebraska Court of Appeals ruling.  Juneal Pratt is serving 32 to 90 years for the rape, sexual assault and robbery of two Iowa sisters at an Omaha motel in 1975.

The 58-year-old Pratt has maintained his innocence and has sought DNA testing of evidence in the case for years. In 2011, a Douglas County District judge denied his request to allow DNA testing of the victims’ clothes, saying they were not stored in a way that preserved the integrity of the DNA.

Last year, the Nebraska Court of Appeals overruled Bowie, and on Friday, the state’s high court upheld that ruling.

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Trading Post

February 21st, 2014 by admin

FOR SALE: Car audio system: 2 – 1500 watt amplifiers, 2 – 12 inch 500 watt speakers in a heavy carpeted box. $200. 712-304-4998

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State Wrestling Class 3-A Quarter-Finals/Consolation

Sports

February 21st, 2014 by Jim Field

  • 106 – Jack Wagner (Bettendorf) 42-4 won by fall over Paxton Whiteaker (Lewis Central) 43-10 (Fall 2:48)
  • 106 – Adam Brown (SE Polk) 32-12 won in tie breaker – 1 over McGwire Midkiff (CB Thomas Jefferson) 40-10 (TB-1 1-0)
  • 113 – Chase Lynn (Dubuque Senior) 38-1 won by tech fall over Jorge Partida (Denison-Schleswig) 34-7 (TF-1.5 3:30 (16-0))
  • 126 – Damon Griffin (Linn-Mar) 37-6 won by fall over Colton Clingenpeel (CB Thomas Jefferson) 37-3 (Fall 3:14)
  • 132 – Clint Lembeck (CR Xavier) 43-4 won by major decision over Matt Malcom (Glenwood) 46-7 (MD 10-1)
  • 145 – Briar Dittmer (SE Polk) 34-3 won by fall over Jason Wallace (CB Thomas Jefferson) 34-6 (Fall 1:17)
  • 152 – Ethan Ruby (Lewis Central) 46-5 won by decision over Josh Davis (Des Moines East) 45-4 (Dec 7-0)
  • 160 – Andy Bartel (Mason City) 39-6 won by major decision over Josh Clark (Glenwood) 28-12 (MD 9-1)
  • 285 – Jake Marnin (SE Polk) 41-2 won by fall over Jordan Bywater (CB Abraham Lincoln) 44-4 (Fall 5:45)

Consolation:

  • 106 – Austin Yant (Waverly-Shell Rock) 40-14 won by decision over Paxton Whiteaker (Lewis Central) 43-11 (Dec 10-4)
  • 106 – McGwire Midkiff (CB Thomas Jefferson) 41-10 won by decision over Drew Sams (Oskaloosa) 39-7 (Dec 3-1)
  • 113 – Jorge Partida (Denison-Schleswig) 35-7 won by decision over Hunter Versteegh (Newton) 26-13 (Dec 16-9)
  • 126 – Colton Clingenpeel (CB Thomas Jefferson) 38-3 won by decision over Nic Madsen (LeMars) 35-18 (Dec 7-2)
  • 132 – Justin Reiher (Waverly-Shell Rock) 45-8 won by decision over Matt Malcom (Glenwood) 46-8 (Dec 4-2)
  • 145 – Israel Dirkx (Carroll) 28-14 won by decision over Tavian Rashed (CR Jefferson) 30-13 (Dec 13-10)
  • 145 – Jason Wallace (CB Thomas Jefferson) 35-6 won by major decision over Garrett Grimshaw (Burlington) 31-16 (MD 13-1)
  • 160 – John Milani (Iowa City West) 41-17 won by major decision over Josh Clark (Glenwood) 28-13 (MD 10-0)
  • 182 – Mason Wisse (Oskaloosa) 37-3 won by decision over Chris Thomas (Lewis Central) 35-21 (Dec 11-5)
  • 285 – Jordan Bywater (CB Abraham Lincoln) 45-4 won by fall over Dalton Kuehl (CR Jefferson) 24-15 (Fall 2:56)
  • 285 –  Landon Carney (Pleasant Valley) 46-10 won in sudden victory – 1 over Jacob Cook (Lewis Central) 35-18 (SV-1 3-1)

Team Scores:

1. Southeast Polk 78.0
2. Bettendorf 73.0
3. Waverly-Shell Rock 65.0
4. Linn-Mar, Marion 48.5
5. Prairie, Cedar Rapids 37.0
6. North Scott, Eldridge 33.5
7. Iowa City, West 29.5
8. Indianola 28.0
9. Pleasant Valley 26.5
10. Xavier, Cedar Rapids 26.0
11. Dallas Center-Grimes 24.0
11. Dowling Catholic, Wdm 24.0
13. Fort Dodge 23.0
14. Mason City 22.0
15. Fort Madison 20.0
15. Sioux City, East 20.0
17. Epworth, Western Dubuque 18.0
17. Valley, West Des Moines 18.0
19. Cedar Rapids, Jefferson 16.5
20. Waterloo, West 16.0
21. Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson  15.5
22.  Lewis Central  15.0
22. Newton 15.0
22. Waukee 15.0
25. Oskaloosa 14.0
26. Johnston 13.0
27. Spencer 12.0
28. Clinton 11.0
28. Ottumwa 11.0
30. Dubuque, Senior 10.5
31. Burlington 10.0
31. Dubuque, Hempstead 10.0
33. Ames 9.5
34. Cedar Falls 9.0
35. Cedar Rapids, Kennedy 8.5
36. Des Moines, East 8.0
36. Keokuk 8.0
36. Sioux City, North 8.0
39. Boone 7.0
39. Davenport, North 7.0
39. Muscatine 7.0
42. Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln  6.0
43. Carroll 5.0
43. Decorah 5.0
43. Glenwood  5.0
43. Norwalk 5.0
43. Pella 5.0
48. Denison-Schleswig  4.0
48. Des Moines, Lincoln 4.0
50. Mount Pleasant 3.0
50. Urbandale 3.0
52. Ankeny Centennial 2.0
53. Davenport, Central 1.0
53. Davenport, West 1.0
53. LeMars 1.0
53. Marshalltown 1.0
57. Ankeny 0.0
57. Cedar Rapids, Washington 0.0
57. Des Moines, North-Hoover 0.0
57. Des Moines, Roosevelt 0.0
57. Waterloo, East 0.0

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Backyard and Beyond 02-21-2014

Backyard and Beyond, Podcasts

February 21st, 2014 by admin

Lavon Eblen speaks with John Krumbholz, Co-President of Iowa Parkinson’s Disease Association, about some presentations in Atlantic on Feb. 25th that you are invited to.

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State Wrestling Class 2-A Quarter-Finals/Consolation

Sports

February 21st, 2014 by Jim Field

  • 113 – Ryan Leisure (Clear Lake) 36-3 won by major decision over Kruz Adamson (Creston/O-M) 38-7 (MD 14-2)
  • 120 – Dillon Cox (Atlantic/CAM) 48-5 won by major decision over Colton Milosevich (Woodward-Granger) 42-4 (MD 11-0)
  • 120 – Blake Luna (Clarinda) 39-3 won by fall over Oakley Sengchan (Sergeant Bluff-Luton) 38-14 (Fall 1:32)
  • 126 – Darrian Schwenke (Atlantic/CAM) 50-1 won by decision over Zach Underhill (East Marshall) 45-8 (Dec 6-2)
  • 145 – Chase Shiltz (Creston/O-M) 50-4 won by decision over Garret Jay (Grinnell) 39-8 (Dec 6-2)
  • 152 – Griffin Osing (Albia) 38-5 won by major decision over Seth Stetzel (Perry) 37-6 (MD 8-0)
  • 152 – Bret Tomoson (Sergeant Bluff-Luton) 47-3 won by decision over Jeremy Scheuermann (Greene County) 42-6 (Dec 7-1)
  • 160 – Beau Sorenson (Forest City) 45-8 won by fall over Tayler Pettit (Creston/O-M) 39-21 (Fall 2:36)
  • 160 – Alex Oswald (Webster City) 36-5 won by decision over J.J. Clark (Clarinda) 42-7 (Dec 7-2)
  • 170 – Trevor Frain (Creston/O-M) 51-3 won by decision over Jacob Bair (Clarke, Osceola) 35-10 (Dec 7-1)
  • 195 – Cale Stork (Harlan) 47-3 won by fall over Darin Greenfield (Sheldon/South O`Brien) 21-7 (Fall 3:20)
  • 220 – Dallon Bendorf (Harlan) 42-7 won by fall over Stephen Kruse (Louisa-Muscatine) 33-6 (Fall 2:40)
  • 220 – Tyler Christensen (Atlantic/CAM) 45-7 won by decision over Zach Adrian (Assumption) 26-9 (Dec 6-0)

Consolation:

  • 106 – Derek Holschlag (Union) 42-7 won by major decision over Carter Cox (Atlantic/CAM) 24-8 (MD 13-1)
  • 113 – Kyle Anderson (Washington) 38-9 won by decision over Kruz Adamson (Creston/O-M) 38-8 (Dec 5-3)
  • 132 – Mitchell Broer (Ballard) 39-6 won by decision over Jordan Challen (Greene County) 37-8 (Dec 10-3)
  • 138 – Grant Sherman (Saydel) 38-5 won by fall over Joey Huntington (Creston/O-M) 38-13 (Fall 0:11)
  • 138 – Wyatt Forsyth (Charles City) 29-7 won by fall over Tommy Bradshaw (Greene County) 41-4 (Fall 4:29)
  • 145 – Jared Eischeid (Kuemper Catholic) 32-5 won by decision over Bradley Irwin (Centerville) 42-15 (Dec 9-2)
  • 152 – Zach Milks (Charles City) 31-6 won by decision over Jeremy Scheuermann (Greene County) 42-7 (Dec 3-1)
  • 152 – Douglas Perrin (Osage) 28-8 won by fall over Seth Stetzel (Perry) 37-7 (Fall 3:04)
  • 160 – Jake Voss (West Delaware) 41-5 won by major decision over J.J. Clark (Clarinda) 42-8 (MD 13-4)
  • 160 – Trace Timmons (Assumption) 30-17 won by decision over Tayler Pettit (Creston/O-M) 39-22 (Dec 7-2)
  • 195 – Seth Maitlen (Creston/O-M) 39-11 won by decision over Chase Hager (Assumption) 18-13 (Dec 7-0)

Team Scores:

1. Assumption, Davenport 51.0
2. Mediapolis 50.5
3. Albia 42.0
4. Union, LaPorte City 35.0
5. Clear Lake 34.5
6. West Delaware, Manchester 28.0
7. Sergeant Bluff-Luton 27.0
8. Atlantic  26.0
9. Creston-Orient Macksburg  25.5
10. Osage 25.0
11. Charles City 23.0
11. Solon 23.0
13. Grinnell 21.0
14. Algona 20.5
15. Harlan  20.0
15. Mount Vernon 20.0
17. Independence 19.5
18. Forest City 19.0
19. Adm, Adel 18.0
19. Hampton-Dumont 18.0
19. Wahlert, Dubuque 18.0
22. Washington 17.0
23. MOC-Floyd Valley 15.0
24. Clarinda  13.0
24. Crestwood 13.0
24. Webster City 13.0
27. Columbus Community, Columbus Junction 12.0
27. Estherville Lincoln Central 12.0
27. North Fayette Valley 12.0
30. Bishop Heelan Catholic, Sioux City 11.0
30. OA-BCIG 11.0
30. West Liberty 11.0
33. New Hampton 10.0
33. Saydel 10.0
35. Ballard 9.0
35. Beckman Catholic,Dyersville 9.0
35. Monticello 9.0
38. Center Point-Urbana 8.0
39. BCLUW, Conrad 7.0
39. Carlisle 7.0
39. Humboldt 7.0
39. Interstate 35, Truro 7.0
39. Spirit Lake Park 7.0
39. Vinton-Shellsburg 7.0
45. East Marshall, LeGrand 6.0
45. Mid-Prairie, Wellman 6.0
47. Greene County 5.5
48. Bondurant-Farrar 5.0
48. Iowa Falls-Alden 5.0
48. Kuemper Catholic, Carroll  5.0
51. Benton Community 4.0
51. Cherokee 4.0
51. Clarke, Osceola 4.0
51. Knoxville 4.0
51. Oelwein 4.0
51. Roland-Story, Story City 4.0
51. Woodward-Granger 4.0
58. Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley 3.0
58. Central Decatur, Leon 3.0
58. Gilbert 3.0
58. North Polk, Alleman 3.0
58. Pcm, Monroe 3.0
58. Perry 3.0
58. Western Christian/Unity Christian 3.0
58. Williamsburg 3.0
58. Winterset 3.0
67. Camanche 2.0
67. Centerville 2.0
67. Louisa-Muscatine 2.0
67. Sheldon/South O`Brien 2.0
67. Sioux Center 2.0
67. Tipton 2.0
73. Central Clinton, DeWitt 1.0
74. Van Meter 0.0
75. South Tama County, Tama -1.0

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Girls Postseason Basketball Friday Schedule

Sports

February 21st, 2014 by admin

Girls Class 1A and 2A Tourney Play Friday, Feb. 21st

Class 1A Region 6 Semi-Finals

Coon-Rapids Bayard @ Colo-Nesco 7:00pm

Martensdale St. Mary’s @ Ankeny Christian 7:00pm

Class 1A Region 7 Semi-Finals

Stanton vs. Fremont-Mills @ Red Oak 7:00pm

Bedford @ Murray 7:00pm

Class 1A Region 8 Semi-Finals

Kingsley-Pierson @ Ar-We-Va 7:00pm

Exira-EHK @ Adair-Casey 7:00pm

Class 2A Region 7 Semi-Finals

IKM-Manning vs. South Central Calhoun @ Rockwell City 7:00pm

Panorama vs. Central Decatur @ Greenfield

Class 2A Region 8 Semi-Finals

Woodbury Central @ Hinton 7:00pm

Tri-Center @ Treynor 7:00pm

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Iowa at Indiana Men’s Hoops Rescheduled

Sports

February 21st, 2014 by admin

ROSEMONT, Ill. (AP) — No. 15 Iowa and Indiana have settled on the makeup date for their game that was postponed this week after an 8-foot piece of metal fell from the ceiling at Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Ind.

The teams will play Feb. 27 at Indiana in a game that will air on ESPN at 9 p.m. EST. The March 1 Purdue at Iowa game will now be played on March 2 at 2 p.m. ET.

Indiana postponed the Iowa game several hours before the scheduled tipoff Feb. 18 after the 8-foot long, 14-inch wide, 50-pound metal plate fell and damaged some empty seats in the northwest corner of the venerable arena. An inspection of the roof and ceiling found more places where melting snow and ice had loosened steel plates.

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Greenfield to celebrate 125 year old family-owned business

News

February 21st, 2014 by Ric Hanson

Events taking place Saturday in the Adair County community of Greenfield are designed to celebrate a family that has owned the Adair County Free Press newspaper for 125-years. The Omaha World-Herald reports the events coincide with the release of Iowa Public Television’s “The Sidey Report: Life and Times of an Iowa Icon,” which is about the Sidey family, owners of the Adair County Free Press. The family’s most famous member, Hugh Sidey, covered the White House for Time magazine. He died in 2005.

There are several events planned for Saturday, all at or near Greenfield’s  historic downtown square. Getting underway at 3-p.m., is a display of Hugh Sidey’s work at the Greenfield Public Library, and a display of artifacts from the Adair County Free Press and prints from the Sidey Collection, at the Warren Cultural Center.  At 3:30 p.m., IPTV’s documentary about the paper and its owners premieres at the Grand Theatre.

And, at around 6 p.m., the premiere party begins at the Hotel Greenfield. It also celebrates the release of “The Sidey Collection” coffee table book, which will be on display and available for purchase.

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8AM Sportscast 02-21-2014

Podcasts, Sports

February 21st, 2014 by admin

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Man charged in death of fan at Arrowhead Stadium

Sports

February 21st, 2014 by Ric Hanson

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – A Missouri man is charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of a Kansas City Chiefs fan in an Arrowhead Stadium parking lot.  Jackson County prosecutor Jean Peters Baker announced the charge Friday against 23-year-old Joshua T. Bradley of Independence. He was arrested early Friday and is being held on $75,000 bond.

Smithville resident Kyle Van Winkle died after being confronted by a group of fans Dec. 1 when he was found in the wrong vehicle in the parking lot. Police say the Jeep looked like one that Van Winkle rode in to the game. Peters Baker said Friday that Bradley hit Van Winkle more than once during the confrontation. An autopsy found that Van Winkle died from a blow to the head.

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