WINTER STORM WARNING UPDATE 9:05-P.M.

February 3rd, 2012 by Ric Hanson

URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

905 PM CST FRI FEB 3 2012

…HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL TO SOUTHWEST IOWA BEGINNING OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH SATURDAY…

A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK INTO THE MIDWEST TONIGHT. RAIN WILL MIX WITH AND EVENTUALLY CHANGE OVER TO SNOW OVERNIGHT AND INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. A MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY BAND OF SNOW WILL SET UP FROM CENTRAL TO WEST CENTRAL IA

CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-BOONE-STORY-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-ADAMS-UNION-INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…DENISON…CARROLL…JEFFERSON…BOONE…AMES…AUDUBON…GUTHRIE CENTER…ADEL…DES MOINES…ATLANTIC…GREENFIELD…WINTERSET…CORNING…CRESTON

905 PM CST FRI FEB 3 2012

…WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY…

* TIMING…A GRADUAL TRANSITION FROM RAIN TO SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE THIS DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA WILL SEE ALL SNOW BY SATURDAY MORNING. A NARROW BAND OF HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SET UP ACROSS CENTRAL IOWA DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY. SNOW WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH SATURDAY EVENING.

* STORM TOTAL SNOW…SNOWFALL AMOUNTS FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. HEAVIEST TOTALS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE WARNED AREA.

* WINDS/VISIBILITY…NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH A FEW HIGHER GUSTS WILL CAUSE VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS AND DRIFTING OF SNOW ON SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT.

* IMPACTS…HEAVY SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THE FALLING SNOW…COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS…WILL LEAD TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES. ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME SLIPPERY AS THE WET SNOW FREEZES TO THE PAVEMENT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL…KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT…FOOD…AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED.

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Iowa’s Printy out with knee injury

Sports

February 3rd, 2012 by Ric Hanson

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa junior guard Jaime Printy, the team’s leading scorer, will miss the rest of the season with a knee injury. Hawkeyes coach Lisa Bluder said Friday that Printy tore the anterior cruciate ligament in her left knee in an 85-79 win over Wisconsin on Thursday night. Printy, who tore the same ligament as a sophomore in high school, is set to have surgery within the next two weeks and is expected to return for the 2012-13 season.

“We are extremely disappointed to lose Jaime for the rest of the season,” Bluder said. “It’s very unfortunate that she has to go through another ACL injury. Jaime is one of the elite players in our conference, and it’s tough to see this type of injury happen to such a great individual.”

Printy’s injury is a major blow for a team whose hopes for a fifth straight NCAA tournament trip were slim to begin with. Printy, a native of nearby Marion, Iowa, was an honorable mention All-America pick by The Associated Press in 2010-11. She was averaging 16.9 points a game this season and also leads the Hawkeyes in assists. Printy ranks 10th in career scoring at Iowa with 1,409 points, third with 197 3-pointers and sixth with 304 assists. Iowa (13-10, 5-5 Big Ten) plays at Indiana on Sunday in search of its third straight win.

“It feels like our team is really hitting its stride right now and it’s going to be really hard to watch the rest of the season from the bench,” Printy said. “But, I’m ready to help the team in any way I can from the sidelines and am looking forward to watching my teammates continue to play well.”

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Iowa off coordinator Ken O’Keefe leaving

Sports

February 3rd, 2012 by Ric Hanson

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa offensive coordinator Ken O’Keefe has resigned after 13 seasons, leaving the Hawkeyes for another coaching position. The Hawkeyes did not say Friday where O’Keefe is going. The surprise departure, which was first reported Friday by the Des Moines Register, leaves both coordinator jobs open at Iowa. Coach Kirk Ferentz is expected to name a replacement for longtime defensive coordinator Norm Parker next week. The 58-year-old O’Keefe is the only offensive coordinator Ferentz has ever had. O’Keefe was known for running a balanced, pro-style attack at Iowa that some fans considered too conservative. The Hawkeyes finished 58th in the country in scoring offense in 2011, averaging 27.5 points per game.

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Winter Storm Watch upgraded to a Winter Storm Warning!

News, Weather

February 3rd, 2012 by Ric Hanson

CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-BOONE-STORY-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-
CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-ADAMS-UNION-MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTIES
336 PM CST FRI FEB 3 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM
CST SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT.

* TIMING...A GRADUAL TRANSITION FROM RAIN TO SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE
  THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA
  WILL SEE ALL SNOW BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. A NARROW BAND OF
  HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SET UP ACROSS CENTRAL IOWA DURING THE
  DAY ON SATURDAY. SNOW WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH SATURDAY EVENING.

* STORM TOTAL SNOW...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES WITH
  LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. 6 to 9 INCHES IS POSSIBLE OVER
  MONONA, HARRISON, SHELBY AND POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTIES. 
 * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH A FEW
  HIGHER GUSTS WILL CAUSE VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS AND DRIFTING OF
  SNOW ON SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT.

* IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS ACROSS THE
  WARNED AREA. THE FALLING SNOW...COMBINED WITH STRONG
  WINDS...WILL LEAD TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES. ROADS WILL LIKELY
  BECOME SLIPPERY AS THE WET SNOW FREEZES TO THE PAVEMENT.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL BE IN EFFECT FROM 6AM SATURDAY UNTIL
MIDNIGHT SATURDAY, FOR FREMONT & PAGE COUNTIES, AND FROM MIDNIGHT FRIDAY 
TO 6AM SUNDAY FOR RINGGOLD AND TAYLOR COUNTIES.

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3rd

Trading Post

February 3rd, 2012 by Jim Field

FOR SALE: La-Z-Boy Flannel Couch with hide away bed in great condition. Burgundy/Hunter Green/Tan. Asking $50 OBO. Call 712-769-2256.

WANTED: Lift chair, color and style are not important. Need ASAP. Call 712-304-5339 anytime.

FOR SALE: Black and silver computer desk for sale. $30.00 and it will need to be picked up. It is 48″ wide, 23″ deep, and 41″ tall. Please call 249-7519.

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Penn State @ Iowa Men’s Basketball Preview

Sports

February 3rd, 2012 by Jim Field

Penn St-Iowa Capsule

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Penn State (10-13, 2-8 Big Ten) at Iowa (12-11, 4-6); Saturday; 2 p.m.; Carver-Hawkeye Arena

On The Air: TV – BTN, Radio – KJAN AM 1220/FM 101.1

Penn St-Iowa Probable Starters

Iowa Hawkeyes:

G- Devyn Marble: 11.4 ppg., 3.3 apg.

G- Matt Gatens: 13.7 ppg., 3.9 rpg.

G- Bryce Cartwright: 6.1 ppg., 4.2 apg.

F- Aaron White: 9.7 ppg. 4.8 rpg.

F- Zach McCabe: 8.4 ppg. 4.7 rpg.

Penn State Nittany Lions

G- Cammeron Woodyard: 8.5 ppg., 4.2 apg.

G- Tim Frazier: 18 ppg; 6.3 apg.

G- Jermaine Marshall: 10.1 ppg; 3.8 rpg.

G- Matt Glover: 3.4 ppg., 4.6 rpg.

F- Jon Graham: 3.1 ppg; 3.5 rpg.

Notes:

Iowa looks for its second straight win when it hosts Penn State on Saturday. The Hawkeyes rallied to beat Minnesota 63-59 on Wednesday night…The Nittany Lions are 2-8 in the Big Ten and have yet to win a league game on the road…Iowa will honor its 1986-87 team on Saturday by wearing gold throwback uniforms.

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Iowa State @ Oklahoma Men’s Basketball Preview

Sports

February 3rd, 2012 by Jim Field

Iowa St-Oklahoma Capsule

AMES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa State (16-6, 6-3 Big 12) at Oklahoma (13-8, 3-6); Saturday, 5 p.m.; Noble Center

On The Air: ESPN2

Iowa State-Oklahoma Probable Starters:

Iowa State Cyclones:

G- Scott Christopherson: 10.9 ppg., 2.9 rpg.

G- Chris Allen: 11.8 ppg., 2.4 apg.

G- Chris Babb: 9.1 ppg., 4.3 rpg.

F- Royce White: 14 ppg., 9.5 rpg.

F- Melvin Ejim: 8.3 ppg., 6.1 rpg.

Oklahoma Sooners

G- Cameron Clark: 8.2 ppg., 3.7 apg.

G- Steven Pledger: 17.8 ppg., 4.1 rpg.

G- Sam Grooms: 6.1 ppg., 3 rpg.

F- Romero Osby: 12.3 ppg., 8 rpg.

F- Andrew Fitzgerald: 12.8 ppg. 5.1 rpg.

Notes:

Iowa State goes for its fifth win in six games when it travels to face Oklahoma on Saturday. The Cyclones beat Kansas State 72-70 on Tuesday night on Royce White’s jumper with 1.8 seconds left…Oklahoma has won five straight over Iowa State and nine of the last 11 games overall. The Sooners have also won their last seven home games against the Cyclones.

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Harlan Police issue arrests report

News

February 3rd, 2012 by Ric Hanson

Police in Harlan said today (Friday), three people were arrested over the past week. On January 27th, 47-year old Jeffery Erlbacher, of Council Bluffs, was arrested on drug charges, following a traffic stop. Erlbacher was charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, Prohibted Acts penalties, carrying weapons, and Possession of contraband in a controlled facility. Erlbacher has entered a plea of not guilty to the Possession of Drug Paraphernalia charge. He posted a $2,000 bond and is scheduled to appear at a preliminary hearing on February 16th.

Two days earlier, 39-year old Jason Nielsen, of Harlan, was taken into custody on a charge of Public Intoxication/2nd offense, after police responded to a report of an allegedly intoxicated person attempting to drive away from the 500 block of Market Street. Nielsen allegedly refused several offers to take him home. Nielsen posted a $1,000 bond and is scheduled to appear in court for his preliminary hearing on Feb. 14th.

And, on January 31st, 63-year old Karen Burgin, of Blair, NE, was arrested on a charge of reckless driving and for violation of a one-way traffic designation. Additional charges are pending. Burgin was taken into custody, after she was observed allegedly hitting several mailboxes with a vehicle, ran over a stop sign, and eventually hit another vehicle while traveling the wrong way in the 1500 block of Laurel Street, in Harlan. Damage from the incident amounted to $17,000. Burgin plead guilty to the charges and was ordered to pay a $300 in fines, plus court costs.

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Baudler says NRCS overstepped its authority with regard to lead shot

Ag/Outdoor, News

February 3rd, 2012 by Ric Hanson

Greenfield Republican Representative Clel Baudler says he was pleased the Iowa House this week approved a resolution that would overturn a ban on the use of lead shot, when hunting doves. Baudler and others who backed the resolution, say the Natural Resources Commission overstepped its authority in July 2011, when it wrote rules governing the hunting of doves, which was legalized by the legislature last year. The resolution was approved by a vote of 68 to 27 Thursday, and now goes on to the Senate, where approval is likely.

Baulder says “It’s a very emotional issue for some people, but if we don’t keep our legislative authority, we’ll just govern by commissions that are appointed, not elected. This is not the way our government works, or should work.” He says approval of the resolution should “Send a message to our un-elected commissions, that those commissions should work with legislators,” or the legislators will overturn their authority.

Backers of the ban on lead shot say other animals can eat the lead shot, and that can lead to their sickness or even death.

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