Jim Field and Chris Parks have the call of the game played at Denison High School.
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401 AM CST WED FEB 6 2013
TODAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGH IN THE UPPER 40S. SOUTH WIND 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH.
TONIGHT…RAIN LIKELY. LOW IN THE LOWER 30S. SOUTH WIND 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF RAIN 70 PERCENT.
THURSDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGH IN THE LOWER 40S. NORTHWEST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.
THURSDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. COLDER. LOW IN THE LOWER 20S. NORTHEAST WIND NEAR 10 MPH.
FRIDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGH IN THE LOWER 40S. SOUTHEAST WIND NEAR 10 MPH.
FRIDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW IN THE UPPER 20S.
SATURDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. HIGH IN THE MID 40S.
SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY…RAIN LIKELY. LOW IN THE MID 30S. HIGH IN THE LOWER 40S. CHANCE OF RAIN 60 PERCENT.
SUNDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SNOW POSSIBLY MIXED WITH RAIN THROUGH MIDNIGHT…THEN A CHANCE OF SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. COLDER. LOW IN THE MID 20S. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 40 PERCENT.
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) — Farmers with small to mid-sized operations may apply for grants to incorporate energy efficiency, energy conservation, and renewable energy measures into their farms. Grants of up to $2,000 are offered through the Farm Energy Working Group at the Center for Energy & Environmental Education which is located at the University of Northern Iowa. The money for the grant comes from the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture, a research and education based at center at Iowa State University.
The grant funding can pay for the farmer’s time for installation, administration, and report writing. Grants cannot cover equipment purchases. Past projects have included a robotic milking machine in Monona, wind and solar projects, and biogas heaters and generators. The deadline for application is Feb. 28th.
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Board of Regents is expected to discuss the results of an audit that examined employment practices at the University of Iowa athletics department. University President Sally Mason asked for the audit in November after the resignation of associate athletic director Peter Gray, who was accused of sexually harassing athletes and students. Mason called Gray’s case an “avoidable incident,” and apologized to those affected. Gray’s supervisor, Fred Mims, has been reassigned, and Mason promised other action to improve hiring and management and prevent harassment.
The audit will be presented to regents today (Wednesday), during their meeting in West Des Moines. A summary says its recommendations include improving the department’s handling of employee performance reviews. Board President Craig Lang says the audit is a start and regents will request more information.
Iowa Agriculture Secretary Bill Northey is encouraging Iowans to consider joining a Community Supported Agriculture program. Northey says with a C-S-A program, farmers sell subscriptions and then share the harvest with the members. “They get a portion of the production off that farm, and be able to give a signal to a farmer, that you’re interested in their product and so they can know how much to grow and how much interest there is,” according Northey. He says instead of hoping to find what you want at a farmer’s market, the membership allows for more stable availability of locally grown food. “And so you sign up not necessarily for products but for a share of the production with a list of the products that the farmer intends to produce,” Northey says.
Most C-S-A programs producers invite customers to visit the farm to learn more about the operation. Northey says it ends up almost like you are harvesting your own garden, but the farmer does the work and you’re able to enjoy the product each week. Northey says Iowa has seen significant growth in the number of C-S-As. There were just 50 in 2006 and in 2012 there were 90. C-S-A members typically receive a bag or box of produce but some producers offer other items such as honey, baked goods, herbs, meat or flowers.
(Radio Iowa)
Women could be charged with a felony if their newborn tests positive for drugs under legislation that has cleared an Iowa House committee. Representative Clel Baudler, a Republican from Greenfield, is the bill’s sponsor. “My hope is with this bill that it will force mom to get some treatment,” Baudler says. “We know they’re not going to put ’em in prison for something like this. That’s just the justice system, the way it is today.” Representative Ako Abdul-Samad, a Democrat from Des Moines, says the bill isn’t a “comprehensive answer” to the problem.
“If you have a father that’s addicted and a mother that’s not, but there’s meth smoked actually in the home, it will be detected in the child,” Absul-Samad says. “So the then mother gets blamed for it, but the father then walks away?” Representative Mary Wolfe, a Democrat from Clinton, says the threat of having newborns tested for drugs might prompt some pregnant women to have their babies outside a hospital. “A woman who’s addicted to drugs, when she goes into labor, she may — to the extent that she thinks about it at all — she would choose to have her baby in an alley or in a closet somewhere rather than risk going to the hospital,” Wolfe said. Representative Jarad Klein, a Republican from Keota, responded “I will continue to support this bill because I believe we can save a life,” Klein said. “And if we can save one life, that is a win in my book.”
Representative Tom Shaw, a Republican from Laurens, is a former a police chief who made drug arrests. “I have had numerous drug users come up to me and…actually thank me for arresting them because without law enforcement involvement, they didn’t take their treatment seriously,” Shaw says. “…It wasn’t until they had the threat of prison time or sustained jail time that they actually went into treatment with the attitude that they had to clean themselves up.” Representative Ruth Ann Gaines, a Democrat from Des Moines, adopted a boy who was born addicted to drugs. “But I don’t think this bill would have detered his parents, especially his mother, from using drugs. I think what it would have done is forced her to abort him,” Gaines says. “…I don’t think this is going to do anything but force more women into back alley abortions.”
The bill passed the House Public Safety Committee on a 15 to six vote.
(Radio Iowa)
Montgomery County Emergency Management Coordinator Brian Hamman say that Montgomery and Page County Emergency Management Agencies are (EMA) sponsoring the annual Storm Spotter training class in Red Oak this year. Hamman says due to cuts at the National Weather Service, the two EMA’s have grouped together to assist them and will switch between Montgomery and Page counties to host the class yearly. Montgomery in odd years and Page in even years. The class is open to the public and free of charge.
The Storm Spotter Training Class will take place Tuesday, Feb. 26th, from 7- to 9-pm at the Montgomery Co Historical Center in Red Oak. If you have any questions contact Brian Hamman at 712-623-3749.
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) — Anthony James scored 14 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, Jake Koch added 11 points and Northern Iowa held Missouri State to 27 percent shooting en route to a 48-37 victory Tuesday night. The Panthers (13-11, 6-6 Missouri Valley) shot just 40 percent as a team, but that was enough to beat the cold-shooting Bears (7-17, 5-7). UNI’s Marc Sonnen, whose 48.3 percent 3-point shooting percentage ranked third in Division I entering the game, was just 1 of 6 from long range.
Anthony Downing led the Bears with nine points and seven rebounds. The 37 points were Missouri State’s lowest ever in an MVC game. Missouri State led 29-26 after Christian Kirk’s jumper with 11:29 to play, but Northern Iowa came alive after that, outscoring the Bears 22-8 the rest of the way. Sonnen’s 3-pointer with 2:35 left made it 43-33 and effectively sealed the win.
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