Scores from Wed., Nov. 14th 2012…
| Preseason NIT |
|---|
| Semifinals |
Iowa 69, Middle Tennessee 63, OT
North Carolina 63, Georgetown 48
Scores from Wed., Nov. 14th 2012…
| Preseason NIT |
|---|
| Semifinals |
Iowa 69, Middle Tennessee 63, OT
North Carolina 63, Georgetown 48
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) — Deon Mitchell and Seth Tuttle scored a combined 48 points and Northern Iowa held off Toledo 84-81 in overtime Wednesday night. Mitchell was 8 of 11 from the field with 27 points. Tuttle was 6 of 9 from the field, with 21 points. He also had a team-high 10 rebounds. Marc Sonnen added 11 points for the Panthers (2-0). Northern Iowa had a 41-38 lead at halftime, but Toledo was not done.
Julius Brown led Toledo with 23 points. Dominique Buckley was 7 of 11 from the field and had 19 points. Rian Pearson added 18 points and led with six rebounds for the Rockets (1-3). At the end of regulation, the score was tied at 70. Northern Iowa scored 14 points in overtime. The game was the first-ever meeting between Northern Iowa and Toledo in basketball. Toledo is a favorite to win the Mid-American Conference’s West Division.
Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The former University of Iowa athletic department official at the center of a sexual harassment investigation was fired from a previous job at a liberal arts college in South Carolina in 1999. Coastal Carolina University released records yesterday to The Associated Press showing Peter Gray was dismissed after working less than a year as its director of advisement and retention. Gray resigned from Iowa last week after an investigation accused him of sexually harassing students. He hasn’t returned messages seeking comment this week.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A Des Moines woman convicted in the 1998 death of her infant son is out of prison. Fifty-three-year-old Heidi Anfinson was released from the women’s prison in Mitchellville yesterday. The Iowa Board of Parole granted her parole two weeks ago. Anfinson will live her father, Irv Hoffbauer, in West Des Moines.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Three Iowa children will be pitting their memories against around 300 other contestants in the National Bible Bee. The event began yesterday and runs through Saturday in Sevierville, Tennessee. Fifteen-year-old Joshua Bontrager and his 10-year-old brother, Taylor, from Kalona, will compete, as will 13-year-old Andrew Adams of Clive.
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) — Deon Mitchell and Seth Tuttle scored a combined 48 points and Northern Iowa held off Toledo 84-81 in overtime last night. Mitchell was 8 of 11 from the field with 27 points. Tuttle was 6 of 9 from the field, with 21 points in Cedar Falls.
AMES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa State has signed four basketball to letters of intent in a recruiting class ranked 24th in the nation by ESPN. High school stars Matt Thomas and Monte Morris and junior college teammates Dustin Hogue and Richard Amardi will be eligible to play starting in 2013-14. Thomas is a 6-foot-4 guard who is considered among the best shooters in the nation. Morris is a 6-foot-1 point guard from Flint, Mich., and he and Thomas are considered consensus top-100 recruits. Hogue and Amardi play for Indian Hills Community College. Hogue will have two seasons of eligibility at Iowa State, but Amardi will have just one.
Two people in an ambulance suffered possible/unknown injuries after the vehicle struck a deer Tuesday evening, in Page County. Sheriff’s Officials said Wednesday, that the 2011 Ford F-450 Life-Line Ambulance driven by 53-year old Rodney Riley, of Essex, was traveling north on Highway 71 at around 5:35-p.m., when a deer ran from the east ditch and onto the road, as the ambulance was crossing a bridge. The vehicle struck the animal head-on, causing $15,000 damage. Riley and his front seat passenger, 47-year old Calvin Kinney, of Essex, were transported by Clarinda EMS to the Clarinda Regional Health Center to be checked for possible injuries. Both men were wearing their seat belts.
Five Shelby County residents were elected to the County Extension Council following the Nov. 6th general election. They include: Travis Lane, of Shelby; Scott Burchett, of Harlan; Rowly Burton, of Irwin; Julie Klein, of Harlan; and Michele Monson, of Irwin. The new members will replace Lori Peters, from Portsmouth; Dwight Carroll, from Harlan; Sue Nymand, from Elk Horn; and Ron Rosmann, from Harlan.
Carryover council members whose terms expire at the end of 2014 are Laura Freund, Earling; Kay Goshorn, Harlan; Jo Kenkel, Defiance; and Jake Schechinger, Harlan. Council members elected in November will begin their terms in January and the council will meet in early January to elect officers.
The Extension Council is the county governing body for the Cooperative Extension System. Council members hire county staff, manage the county extension budget of approximately $240,000, and help determine programming, said Jo Kenkel, Shelby County extension council chairperson. The county extension office is located at 906 6th St., Harlan.
Iowa Governor Terry Branstad Wednesday, signed a proclamation designating Thursday, November 15th, as Rural Health Day 2012.
Pat Markham, CEO and Emily Krengel, Food Service Director, of Cass County Memorial Hospital, were part of a group of rural health representatives who gathered in the Iowa Governor’s office to sign a National Rural Health proclamation.
National Rural Health Day is an opportunity to honor small towns, farming communities and rural areas, and also to highlight the unique challenges the individuals who live in these areas face. In Iowa, 90 percent of the land mass is considered rural, and approximately half of Iowans live in an area that is considered rural.
Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) Director, Dr. Mariannette Miller-Meeks says “Iowa’s rural communities are wonderful places to live and work – they are places where people know each other, listen to and respect each other, and work together to benefit the community. However, rural communities face a lack of healthcare providers, an aging population with a greater number of chronic conditions, and larger percentages of uninsured or underinsured residents.” Meeks says “It’s important that private and public partnerships continue to tackle these issues while meeting the unique needs of these areas.”
About 21 percent of Americans live in rural areas, but only about 10 percent of all physicians and 11 percent of all pharmacists practice in rural areas. The Iowa rural health workforce reflects much of the national trend; however, in Iowa there are 19.5 physicians per 10,000 persons compared to 25.7 per 10,000 in the U.S.
To get more information on National Rural Health Day, visit http://celebratepowerofrural.org
The Iowa Transportation Commission, Tuesday, approved an amendment to the fiscal year 2013-2017 Iowa Transportation Improvement Program that will advance the bid letting of some highway projects into FY 2013 and add new projects to the program. The amendment advanced three interstate stewardship projects to FY 2013. In addition, nine new projects involving investments in non-interstate pavement modernization and safety were added to the program in FY 2013, with construction expected to begin in 2013.
In Mills County a slightly more than $8-million Interstate Stewardship pavement rehabilitation project covers I-29 southbound, from the Mills County line to Highway 92. And, in Page County, a $5-million pavement rehab and widening project will occur next year from Highway 2, from the Middle Tarkio River, to Clarinda.
The projects were chosen because they can be developed and let for construction yet this fiscal year. The program amendment was made possible because additional funding was made available after the program was approved in June. Those funds are the result of favorable construction project lettings, Iowa Department of Transportation budget savings and receipt of federal funding in excess of forecasted amounts.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Gov. Terry Branstad has ordered state offices to lower U.S. and state flags in honor of a western Iowa soldier who was killed in Afghanistan. Nineteen-year-old Pfc. Brandon Buttry, of Shenandoah, died Nov. 5 while serving in Kandahar Province with the U.S. Army. The governor has ordered the flags lowered to half-staff from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday.
Pfc. Brandon Buttry, U-S Army (Photo courtesy Col. Greg Hapgood)
A visitation is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. Wednesday at First Baptist Church in Shenandoah. The funeral is scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. Thursday at the church. Buttry was stationed at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, which is south-southwest of Tacoma, Wash. He was deployed to Afghanistan in August.
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — West Des Moines Valley star Peter Jok has signed a national letter of intent to play for Iowa. Jok, a 6-foot-6 guard, averaged 10.2 points a game for Valley last season after transferring from Des Moines Roosevelt. Hawkeyes coach Fran McCaffery says Jok can play up to four positions and is strong 3-point shooter. Jok and Wisconsin transfer Jarrod Uthoff will be eligible to play for Iowa starting with the 2013-14 season.
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