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Jim Field and Chris Parks have the call of the game played in Denison.
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EVANSDALE, Iowa (AP) – Authorities say workers at an ice cream shop in Evansdale captured a 37-year-old man who was threatening to light an explosive. Police say Richard Roney of Washburn was arrested after entering the store around 9:15 last night. Court records say Roney acknowledged that he was planning to rob the 4 Queens Dairy Cream.
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) – Two men have been charged with second-degree robbery and are in jail in Cedar Rapids after police say they were involved in a bank robbery yesterday afternoon. KCRG television reports 18-year-old Kevin Conner and 23-year-old Daniel Straw are being held at the Linn County Jail.
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) – A former University of Iowa student who attacked an Iowa City police officer has pleaded guilty after making a deal for a lesser charge. The Iowa City Press-Citizen reports (that 21-year-old Branden Plummer pleaded guilty this morning to willful injury and interference with official acts. He had been charged with attempted murder and willful injury in the attack on Sergeant Brian Krei on November 18th.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Lieutenant Governor Kim Reynolds begins an economic and cultural mission to Germany on Saturday to discuss trade, education and other topics. Among the government officials she is scheduled to meet with are German Vice Chancellor Philipp Rosler and the U.S. Ambassador to Germany Philip Murphy. The meetings will be in Dresden, Lommatzsch, Leipzig, and Berlin.
Today: Sunny, with a high near 61. Breezy, with a north northwest wind 14 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.
Tonight: Areas of frost after 4am. Otherwise, mostly clear, with a low around 30.
Sunday: Areas of frost before 8am. Otherwise, sunny, with a high near 65.
Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 39.
Monday: Sunny, with a high near 75.
Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 78.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WATCH…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. ON SATURDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY MORNING TEMPERATURES ARE LIKELY TO FALL BELOW 32 DEGREES ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN…NORTHERN AND EAST CENTRAL IOWA. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE NISHNABOTNA RIVER VALLEY AND NORTHERN IOWA COULD FALL INTO THE UPPER 20S.
FROM THE DES MOINES METRO AREA INTO SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…FREEZING TEMPERATURES MAY BE MORE LOCALIZED…BUT A FROST IS LIKELY. EXPOSED PLANTS AND TENDER VEGETATION ARE LIKELY TO SUFFER FREEZE DAMAGE OR BE KILLED. PEOPLE INTERESTED IN PROTECTING THEIR PLANTS NEED TO TAKE ACTION BY SATURDAY EVENING. A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION.
CHICAGO (AP) — Darwin Barney spoiled Chris Carpenter’s season debut with a two-run, game-tying homer with two outs in the ninth inning, and David DeJesus hit a game-ending single in the 11th to help the Chicago Cubs beat the St. Louis Cardinals 5-4 on Friday. DeJesus hit an 0-2 pitch off of Joe Kelly (5-6) to right field to score pinch-runner Brett Jackson. Alberto Cabrera (0-1) struck out two in a perfect 11th to earn his first career victory. Carpenter allowed two runs over five innings and was in line for the win before Barney’s late home run. The Cardinals entered Friday with a 2 1-2 game lead over the Milwaukee Brewers for the second wild card spot.
Class 3-A District 1 | ||
Atlantic | 40 | final |
Denison | 0 | |
Lewis Central | 24 | final |
ADM | 43 | |
Creston | 32 | final |
Perry | 13 | |
Glenwood | 23 | final |
Harlan | 51 | |
Class 3-A District 2 | ||
Carroll | 24 | final |
Storm Lake | 14 | |
Class 2-A District 8 | ||
OA-BCIG | 53 | final |
Clarinda | 20 | |
Clarinda Academy | 0 | final |
Red Oak | 64 | |
Greene County | 0 | final |
Kuemper Catholic | 51 | |
Treynor | 36 | final |
Shenandoah | 25 | |
Class 1-A District 2 | ||
Sioux Central | 6 | final |
IKM/Manning | 35 | |
Class 1-A District 8 | ||
Panorama | 51 | final |
Missouri Valley | 0 | |
West Central Valley | 20 | final |
Nodaway Valley | 7 | |
St. Albert | 38 | final |
Tri-Center | 27 | |
Class A District 7 | ||
Audubon | 43 | final/OT |
Bedford | 42 | |
Madrid | 38 | final |
Earlham | 21 | |
Guthrie Center | 8 | final |
Woodward Academy | 14 | |
Woodward-Granger | 56 | final |
Martensdale-St. Marys | 0 | |
Class A District 8 | ||
West Monona | 19 | final |
A-H-S-T | 49 | |
Logan-Magnolia | 48 | final |
East Mills | 7 | |
Westwood | 20 | final |
Griswold | 58 | |
Underwood | 19 | final |
Riverside | 14 | |
8-Man District 6 | ||
Adair-Casey | 26 | final |
Murray | 64 | |
Lamoni | 58 | final |
Colo-Nesco | 80 | |
8-Man District 7 | ||
Ar-We-Va | 14 | final |
Boyer Valley | 34 | |
Heartland Christian | 30 | final |
Charter Oak-Ute | 53 | |
Coon Rapids-Bayard | 21 | final |
West Harrison | 8 | |
Glidden-Ralston | 20 | final |
Exira/EHK | 40 | |
Sidney | 54 | final |
Woodbine | 14 | |
8-Man District 8 | ||
CAM | 46 | final |
Essex | 16 | |
Corning | 58 | final |
Nishnabotna | 12 | |
Stanton | 12 | final |
Fremont-Mills | 54 | |
Lenox | 66 | final |
Villisca | 26 | |
Sidney | 54 | final |
Woodbine | 14 |
Podcasts, Trojan Preview/Who’s Gonna Win?
Jim Field, Matt Mullenix, Doug Leonard, and Chris Parks pick games for week 5 of the high school football season.
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In a recently released report, the Iowa State Patrol says a Cass County woman was cited for Failure to Stop within a clear distance, following an accident Tuesday morning, in Audubon County. Officials say 35-year old Shannon Jean Bishop, of Griswold, was cited after the 2000 Ford Taurus she was driving rear-ended a 2003 Oldsmobile driven by 68-year old Jane Jessen, of Exira, as Jessen was braking for a deer on the road. Both vehicles were traveling north on Highway 71 at the time. The accident happened at around 6:30-a.m., near Brayton. Neither woman was injured. Both were wearing their seat belts. Damage from the accident amounted to $6,500.
The Iowa State Patrol says a Nebraska man died when the pickup he was driving was struck by a train Friday, in Fremont County. 84-year old Robert D. Aksamit, of Nebraska City, NE died at the scene of the crash on Dike Road and 225th Avenue, or about 5-miles west of the Waubonsie State Park. The accident happened just before Noon, Friday, when Aksamit, who was traveling east of Dike Road, failed to yield to a Burlington-Northern Sante Fe train that was traveling north. His 2002 Chevy S-10 pickup was hit on the passenger side by the train.