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Boys Basketball Sub-State Finals

Sports

February 28th, 2012 by Jim Field

Monday Class 3-A Finals:

  • Bishop Heelan Catholic 70, Harlan 64
  • ADMl 61, Dallas Center-Grimes 48
  • Davenport Assumption 59, Solon 40
  • Western Dubuque 55, Vinton-Shellsburg 41
  • Grinnell 59, Iowa Falls-Alden 39
  • MOC-Floyd Valley 76, Storm Lake 52
  • Mount Pleasant 72, Centerville 40
  • Waverly-Shell Rock 44, Waukon 38

Tuesday Class 4-A Finals:

  • @ Tyson Event Center, Sioux City:  Sioux City East vs. Lewis Central
  • @ Ames:  Ankeny vs. Des Moines Roosevelt
  • @ Clinton:  Dubuque Senior vs. North Scott
  • @ WDM Dowling Catholic:  Des Moines, Hoover vs. Waukee
  • @ McLeod Center, Cedar Falls:  Cedar Falls vs. Cedar Rapids Jefferson
  • @ Muscatine:  Iowa City West vs. Bettendorf
  • @ Prairie, Cedar Rapids:  Linn-Mar vs. Cedar Rapids Kennedy
  • @ Southeast Polk:  WDM Valley vs. Johnston

Special Weather Statement for Cass & area Counties

Weather

February 28th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

COUNTIES: CRAWFORD-CARROLL-AUDUBON- GUTHRIE-DALLAS-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…SAC CITY…DENISON…CARROLL…AUDUBON…GUTHRIE CENTER…ADEL…ATLANTIC…GREENFIELD…WINTERSET…

 630 AM CST TUE FEB 28 2012
 
 …A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION POSSIBLE EARLY THIS MORNING…
 
 A BAND OF PRECIPITATION WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA THIS MORNING.
 THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE A MIXTURE OF RAIN…FREEZING RAIN AND
 SLEET. A QUICK GLAZING OF ICE IS POSSIBLE ON UNTREATED SURFACES
 THROUGH 8 AM AND DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE. ROAD SURFACE
 TEMPERATURES ARE MAINLY BELOW FREEZING NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80 AND
 THIS IS THE REGION WITH THE GREATEST THREAT FOR MINOR ICING. EXTRA
 CAUTION SHOULD BE USED THROUGH MID MORNING FOR ICY CONDITIONS.
 TEMPERATURES WILL RISE ABOVE FREEZING FROM SOUTH TO NORTH
 THROUGHOUT THE MORNING WITH THE PRECIPITATION TRANSITIONING TO ALL
 RAIN.

Bluffs to Chicago bound train hits Grinnell College student

News

February 28th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

GRINNELL, Iowa (AP) – A 20-year-old college student is expected to survive injuries she received when struck by a train near downtown Grinnell. Anika Manzoor was struck just before 5 p.m. Monday. Manzoor was hit after she fell while she and two friends were crossing tracks just west of downtown. The two other people were not struck. Iowa Interstate Railroad officials say the train was going about 21 mph, headed to Chicago from Council Bluffs.  Manzoor was taken to University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics.

Class 1-A Girls State Tourney First Round Results

Sports

February 28th, 2012 by Jim Field

Bedford 55, Ar-We-Va 54

Bedford’s Kayla Lindenmeyer made two free throws at just the right time.

The Bulldogs missed six straight foul shots in the fourth quarter before Lindenmeyer dropped in a pair with 31.3 seconds left, giving her third-ranked team the cushion it needed to beat sixth-ranked Ar-We-Va 55-54 in first-round Class 1A play.

Bedford won for the first time in three tries at state and will take a 25-1 record into a semifinal game at 6:45 p.m. Wednesday.

Caila Raymond led Bedford with 20 points and 13 rebounds. She made her first seven shots and finished 9-for-12 from the field. Lindenmeyer finished with 19 points and Savanna Thornton scored 11, including a go-ahead 3-pointer late in the game.

Dani Kock led Ar-We-Va with 18 points and 15 rebounds, while sophomore Paige Danner scored 14 and had four steals. Ar-We-Va, the state runner-up last year, finished 21-4.

Lindenmeyer’s two free throws gave Bedford a 55-52 lead, meaning Ar-We-Va needed a 3-pointer to tie it. The Rockets missed from long range and Kock scored on a putback for the final points.

LeMars Gehen Catholic 52, North Butler 34

The ninth-ranked Jays broke the game open in the second quarter and beat No. 2 North Butler 52-34 in a first-round Class 1A game.

Steph Rohe scored 16 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to lead Gehlen in its first-ever state tournament game. The Jays improved to 21-4 and will play third-ranked Bedford in a semifinal game at 6:45 p.m. Wednesday.

Rohe also had six of Gehlen’s 13 steals. Katelin Langel added nine points and nine rebounds for the Jays, while Emily Holtgrewe and Amber Timmins each scored eight.

Lisa Feldman led North Butler with 10 points. Cassidy Bangasser led the Bearcats with seven rebounds and scored six points.

West Sioux 54, Lynnville-Sully 43

A third-quarter comeback and clutch fourth-quarter shooting carried West Sioux to a victory in its first-ever state tournament game.

Jade Lynn Vlotho scored 18 points and grabbed 15 rebounds and fifth-ranked West Sioux rallied from an eight-point halftime deficit to beat No. 4 Lynnville-Sully 54-43 in a first-round Class 1A game.

Dana Weerheim added 16 points for the Falcons, including a key 3-pointer and four big free throws in the fourth quarter. Carissa Anderson helped out with 11 points, while Shannon Kots grabbed 13 rebounds to go with seven points.

West Sioux improved to 25-1 and will play a semifinal game at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Lynnville-Sully, in the tournament for the third straight year and ninth time overall, finished 23-3. Brianna James led the Hawks with 20 points and 11 rebounds, while Brittany Bryan scored 11 points. It was the final high school game for both, with James finishing her career with more than 1,000 points.

North Mahaska 47, North Tama 35

Top-ranked North Mahaska has held teams in check all season and the unbeaten Warhawks did it again in their first game at the Class 1A state tournament.

North Mahaska scored the game’s final 10 points and beat No. 13 North Tama 47-35 to complete the semifinal pairings. The Warhawks will take a 26-0 record against No. 5 West Sioux at 8:30 Saturday night.

Mallory Boyle and Abbie Agan led North Mahaska with 13 points each. Boyle also grabbed seven rebounds, while Agan made four of her team’s 12 steals. She turned her final steal into a layup that gave the Warhawks a 10-point lead in the final minute.

Severe Weather Possible Across SW IA today

News, Weather

February 28th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

(Nat’l. Weather Service/Des Moines) — A strong storm system will push through the region today into Wednesday with the surface low tracking from NE Nebraska northeastward toward Minneapolis and into central Wisconsin by Wednesday. This system will bring a mix of winter precipitation to much of northern Iowa today, and spread rain showers and thunderstorms across central and southern Iowa mainly this afternoon into tonight. There is a slight risk of severe weather across portions of southwest Iowa with large hail the main severe threat. Strong west to northwest winds of 25 to 35 mph with gusts to 45 mph are possible during the day Wednesday as the system lifts northeast of Iowa.

(Podcast) Forecast for Tue., Feb 28th 2012

Podcasts, Weather

February 28th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

Here’s the forecast for Atlantic & the KJAN listening area, from Freese-Notis Meteorologist Harvey Freese….

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Atlantic man arrested 3rd time for public intox

News

February 28th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

An Atlantic man was arrested Friday, on a charge of Public Intoxication, 3rd and subsequent offense. The Atlantic Police Department says 50-year old Robert Atkinson was booked into the Cass County Jail.

LYLE OTTO PETERS, 89, of Avoca (Svcs 3-1-12)

Obituaries

February 28th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

LYLE OTTO PETERS, 89, of Avoca, died Mon., Feb. 27th, at the Avoca Nursing & Rehab Center. Funeral services for LYLE PETERS will be held 11-a.m. Thu., March 1st, at Trinity Lutheran Church, in Avoca. Pauley-Jones Funeral Home in Avoca has the arrangements.

Visitation will be held at Trinity Lutheran Church in Avoca, frpm 10-11am Thursday.

Burial will be in the Graceland Cemetery at Avoca.

LYLE PETERS is survived by:

His children – Heidi (Tony) Schoening, of Council Bluffs, & Scott Peters, of Avoca.

His brothers – Vernus (Ethel) Peters & Clyde (Mary) Peters, all of Avoca and, Jack (Colleen) Peters, of Council Bluffs.

3 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren.

Adel man claims he tried to scare, not kill man

News

February 28th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

ADEL, Iowa (AP) – A central Iowa man accused of fatally shooting another man says in court documents that he fired a rifle to scare him, not kill him.  Brandon Madren, of Adel, is charged with first-degree murder and reckless use of a firearm causing injury in the Feb. 18 shooting of Nathan Greene, also of Adel. Court documents show the gunshot that killed Greene was fired from a third-story apartment window.

Madren told police that Greene tried to kick down his apartment door, then left the building and was standing on Madren’s car in the parking lot. Madren says Greene was threatening him when Madren fired a rifle, hitting Greene in the chest. Madren remains in the Dallas County jail on $500,000 bond.

VERA V. WAHLERT, 101, of Exira (Svcs. 3-2-12)

Obituaries

February 28th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

VERA V. WAHLERT, 101, of Exira, died Sun., Feb. 26th, at the Exira Care Center. Funeral services for VERA WAHLERT will be held 10:30-a.m. Fri., March 2nd, at the Exira Christian Church. Kessler Funeral Home in Exira has the arrangements.

Friends may call at the funeral home. A family visitation will be held from 9-am until the time of service Friday, at the Exira Christian Church.

Burial will be in the Exira Cemetery.

VERA WAHLERT is survived by:

Her children – Anna J. Martin, of Exira, and David (Mona) Wahlert, of Ft. Morgan, CO.

6 grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren, other relatives & friends.