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Friday Football Quarterfinals

Sports

October 30th, 2012 by Jim Field

8-Man
Glidden-Ralston (9-2) @ Exira/EHK (11-0)
Adair-Casey (10-1) @ Murray (11-0)
M-M-C (11-0) @ Newell-Fonda (11-0)
Clarksville (10-1) @ Don Bosco (10-0)

Class A
Logan-Magnolia (10-1) @ Woodward-Granger (11-0)
Hinton (8-3) @ Akron-Westfield (10-1)
North Tama (10-1) @ Wapsie Valley (11-0)
BGM (9-2) @ Lynnville-Sully (9-2)

Class 1-A
Mount Ayr (11-0) @ St. Albert (10-1)
Emmetsburg (10-1) @ IKM-Manning (11-0)
Aplington-Parkersburg (9-2) @ Dike-New Hartford (11-0)
Maquoketa Valley (10-1) @ Iowa City Regina (11-0)

Class 2-A
Kuemper Catholic (11-0) @ West Marshall (11-0)
Spirit Lake (10-1) @ Boyden Hull-Rock Valley (11-0)
Waukon (9-2) @ Dyersville Beckman Catholic (10-1)
Bondurant-Farrar (10-1) @ Mediapolis (11-0)

Class 3-A
Lewis Central (9-2) @ Bishop Heelan Catholic (10-1)
South Tama County (9-2) @ Grinnell (11-0)
Central Clinton (8-3) @ Decorah (11-0)
Winterset (8-3) @ Williamsburg (10-1)

Class 4-A
Ankeny (11-0) @ WDM Valley (9-2)
Dowling Catholic (9-2) @ SE Polk (9-2)
Cedar Falls (10-1) @ Pleasant Valley (11-0)
Cedar Rapids Prairie (8-3) @ Cedar Rapids Xavier (11-0)

Tuesday Regional Volleyball Finals

Sports

October 30th, 2012 by Jim Field

All matches begin at 7:00 pm

Class 3-A
Region 3 @ Atlantic:  Red Oak (#9) vs. ADM

Class 4-A
Region 1 @ Mapleton:  Heelan Catholic (#2) vs. Lewis Central (#11)
Region 2 @ Guthrie Center:  Harlan (#3) vs. Dallas Center-Grimes

Class 5-A
Region 2 @ Norwalk:  CB Abraham Lincoln vs. Ankeny (#1)

Red Cross volunteers from Iowa ready to head to the East Coast

News

October 30th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

Hurricane Sandy is blamed in at least 13 deaths in the U-S, while leaving more than six-million homes in 12 states without power. Allison Roach, with the Red Cross office in Omaha-Council Bluffs, says some volunteers from her chapter are already on the East Coast.  “We have many, many more who are on standby who are ready to go at a moment’s notice as soon as flights to those areas resume,” Roach says.

Several hundred disaster services volunteers in the region are offering a wide array of skills that will be needed in storm-damaged areas.  Roach says, “They will sign up and say ‘I am capable of going out’ and we will get a message from our national organization saying, ‘We need this many volunteers with these skills,’ and they’ll ask for these volunteers by name.” Roach says the best way Iowans can help is to make a donation to the Red Cross or by giving blood.

(Radio Iowa)

JOYCE ROECKER, 89, of Manning (Svcs. 11-2-12)

Obituaries

October 30th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

JOYCE ROECKER, 89, of Manning, died Sun., Oct. 28th, at the Manning Plaza Nursing Home. Funeral services for JOYCE ROECKER will be held 11-a.m. Fri., Nov. 2nd, at the Ohde Funeral Home in Manning.

Friends may call at the funeral home from 5-8pm Thursday, Nov. 1st.

Burial will be in the Sacred Heart Cemetery in Manning.

JOYCE ROECKER is survived by:

Her granddaughter Kris (Michael) Warrick, of Omaha, and her great-granddaughter Alyssa Warrick, of Colorado Springs, CO.

Arrest follows traffic stop in Adams County, Monday night

News

October 30th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

An Adams County man was arrested Monday night on a warrant out of Union County for Failure to Appear on a charge filed in April, of Animal Neglect.  Cody M. Jay, of Prescott, was taken into custody following  a traffic stop on Highway 34, at around 8:15-p.m. He was brought to the Adams County Jail and held.

(Podcast) Skyscan Forecast – Tue., Oct. 30 2012

Podcasts, Weather

October 30th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

The (podcast) forecast for the KJAN listening area from Freese-Notis, and weather data for Atlantic.

 

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Nat’l Weather Service Forecast for Cass & area Counties – Tue., Oct. 30th 2012

Weather

October 30th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

TODAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGH IN THE MID 50S. EAST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.

TONIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW IN THE MID 30S. NORTH WIND NEAR 5 MPH.

WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGH IN THE LOWER 60S. WEST WIND NEAR 5 MPH.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY THROUGH MIDNIGHT THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW IN THE UPPER 30S. NORTH WIND NEAR 5 MPH.

THURSDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGH IN THE LOWER 60S. NORTH WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.

THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW IN THE MID 30S. HIGH AROUND 60.

FRIDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. LOW IN THE LOWER 40S.

Creighton picked to win Missouri Valley

Sports

October 30th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Creighton, which has four starters back from a team that made it to the third round of the NCAA tournament, was a near-unanimous choice to win the Missouri Valley championship. Preseason All-American Doug McDermott leads the way for the Bluejays, who received 398 of a possible 400 points in a poll of league coaches, sports information directors and media released Monday. McDermott was conference player of the year last season after shooting 63 percent overall and 48.6 percent from 3-point range. Illinois State was picked to finish second, followed by Northern Iowa, defending champion Wichita State and Evansville. Drake was sixth, followed by Indiana State, Missouri State, Bradley and Southern Illinois.

Joining McDermott on the preseason all-conference team were Colt Ryan of Evansville, Jackie Carmichael of Illinois State, Jake Odum of Indiana State and Ben Simons of Drake.

CHIEFS-CHARGERS BLACKOUT LIFTED

Sports

October 30th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Several corporate sponsors stepped up to help save the San Diego Chargers the embarrassment of having Thursday night’s NFL Network game against the Kansas City Chiefs blacked out locally. The Chargers said the sponsors, including the local CBS affiliate, guaranteed the purchase of enough tickets to lift the local television blackout. Those tickets will be donated to local military bases and military hospitals. The team wouldn’t say how many tickets had to be sold by the deadline of 5:20 p.m. Monday, but it was believed to be approximately 10,000. The NFL Network began showing Thursday night games in 2006 and has never had one blacked out locally. The Chargers have had one game blacked out this season, a loss to Atlanta on Sept. 23. San Diego (3-4) has lost three straight games, including two in which it blew double-digit leads in the second half. Kansas City is 1-6.

Iowa early News Headlines – Tuesday, Oct. 30th 2012

News

October 30th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Michelle Obama says the race for the White House could come down to a few key battleground states, including Iowa. The first lady returned to the state yesterday with stops in Iowa City and Sioux City as she touted President Barak Obama’s accomplishments.

ANKENY, Iowa (AP) — City officials in Ankeny have approved a contract with a gambling company hoping to acquire a license for a casino. The Ankeny City Council approved a five-year contract yesterday with Wild Rose Entertainment of West Des Moines. The company is calling for a $150 million project that would create about 600 jobs.

EVANSDALE, Iowa (AP) — Friends and supporters of two Iowa girls who’ve been missing since July plan to distribute fliers to maintain public awareness. The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports residents are invited to hand out copies of the missing girls’ photos on Halloween in Evansdale. The FBI believes Lyric Cook and her cousin, Elizabeth Collins, were abducted when they disappeared last July.

MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) — Officials say vandals have damaged one of Mason City’s new sculptures in the downtown area. A Chamber of Commerce worker noticed on Sunday that one of the sculpture’s elbows had been snapped off. The sculpture, one of seven put up in September, is valued at more than $7,000.