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Hooper Leads No. 19 Nebraska Women Over Iowa 60-53

Sports

January 27th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska had another bad shooting night — and another good outcome. Jordan Hooper recorded her Big Ten-leading ninth double-double with 22 points and 15 rebounds, and the No. 19 Cornhuskers held off Iowa’s late comeback attempt for a 60-53 victory Thursday night. The Huskers posted season lows with their 32.1-percent shooting overall and 20-percent efficiency from 3-point range. But Iowa was even worse — 31 percent overall, 29 percent on 3s — and the Huskers had Hooper playing at her best. The Huskers have managed to win seven times this season when shooting under 40 percent. Lindsey Moore added 15 points for the Huskers (17-3, 6-2), who remain two games behind first-place Purdue in the conference race and one game back of Ohio State.Jaime Printy had 17 points, Kamille Wahlin 11 and Samantha Logic 10 for the Hawkeyes (11-10, 3-5). The Hawkeyes shot just 21 percent and committed 13 of their 20 turnovers in the first half. The Huskers struggled against Iowa’s zone defense in the second half, missing 10 shots in a row and turning the ball over five times during their 11-minute field-goal drought.

 

Illegal hunter in trouble again in Page County

News

January 26th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

Page County Sheriff Lyle Palmer said Thursday, a Clarinda man cited last month for trespassing while hunting near Hepburn, and arrested five days later for illegally possessing a firearm, is in trouble again. The Sheriff says 29-year old Donald Ernest Runyon was arrested at around 2-p.m. Thursday, on a warrant charging him with two counts of Failure to appear on the original charge of Dominion / Control of Firearm / Offensive weapons by a person convicted of Domestic Abuse Assault. Runyon appeared before the magistrate, posted a $5,000 bond, and was released from custody.

The Iowa DNR had cited Runyon on December 17, 2011, for trespassing while hunting near Hepburn. He pleaded guilty January 4th and paid nearly $400 in fines and court costs. Five days later, he was arrested after officials realized he should not have had a gun in the first place. Runyon was once convicted of misdemeanor domestic violence, which prohibits him from possessing firearms. A violation is a Class D felony. He was later released on a $5,000 cash bond.

2011-2012 NINTH Iowa Girls High School Basketball Rankings

Sports

January 26th, 2012 by Jim Field

Class 1-A
School
Record
LW
1
North Mahaska
16-0
1
2
Bedford
16-0
2
3
North Butler
13-1
3
4
West Sioux
15-0
4
5
Lynnville-Sully
16-2
5
6
Ar-We-Va
13-2
6
7
LeMars Gehlen Catholic
13-2
7
8
Central Lyon
15-2
8
9
Newell-Fonda
12-5
9
10
North Tama
14-2
11
11
Burlington Notre Dame
14-2
12
12
Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn
15-3
NR
13
Boyden-Hull
12-5
13
14
Adair-Casey
15-2
14
15
Villisca
14-2
10
Dropped Out: Exira/EHK (15)
Class 2-A
School
Record
LW
1
OA-BCIG
18-0
1
2
Estherville-Lincoln Central
17-1
2
3
IKM-Manning
16-1
3
4
West Hancock
15-0
4
5
Fort Dodge St. Edmond
15-0
5
6
Mediapolis
16-0
6
7
Kuemper Catholic
14-3
9
8
Western Christian
14-3
8
9
Lawton-Bronson
14-3
10
10
Pella Christian
13-2
11
11
Panorama
15-1
12
12
Maquoketa Valley
17-0
13
13
Van Buren
16-1
14
14
Sumner-Fredericksburg
16-0
NR
15
Gilbert
16-2
7
Dropped Out: None
Class 3-A
School
Record
LW
1
Benton Community
15-0
1
2
Davenport Assumption
14-1
2
3
MOC-Floyd Valley
16-0
3
4
Sioux City Bishop Heelan
14-0
4
5
Glenwood
14-1
5
6
South Tama
15-1
6
7
Dubuque Wahlert
11-4
7
8
Sergeant Bluff-Luton
11-4
10
9
Williamsburg
14-3
11
10
Bondurant-Farrar
15-1
8
11
Union
12-2
9
12
Spirit Lake
13-3
13
13
Waverly-Shell Rock
11-4
14
14
Denison-Schleswig
11-5
14
15
Marion
11-4
12
Dropped Out: None
Class 4-A
School
Record
LW
1
Iowa City West
14-0
1
2
Southeast Polk
16-1
2
3
Mason City
13-1
3
4
Ankeny
14-2
4
5
Cedar Rapids Xavier
12-4
9
6
Iowa City High
13-4
10
7
Cedar Rapids Washington
9-5
5
8
Ames
12-4
6
9
Waukee
11-5
7
10
Cedar Rapids Prairie
11-4
8
11
Lewis Central
13-1
11
12
Dowling Catholic
11-5
12
13
Muscatine
13-3
15
14
Cedar Rapids Kennedy
8-6
NR
15
Des Moines East
12-4
NR

Dropped Out: Cedar Falls (13), Waterloo West (14)

WB I-80 Rest Stop to remain closed through Friday Between Adair & Casey

News

January 26th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

The Iowa Department of Transportation says the scheduled closure of the westbound Interstate 80 rest area, located between Adair and Casey at milepost 80, is being extended into Friday, Jan. 27th, to complete work underway at that location.  The facility had been scheduled to re-open today (Thursday), at 5-p.m.  The rest area is closed to allow two large cranes to install a 148-foot tall, vertical wind turbine blade.

The blade will essentially serve as sculpture, and will join several other pieces of art and plaques at the rest area that highlight Iowa’s wind energy industry. Last year, Iowa became the first state in the nation to generate at least 20 percent of its electricity from wind power. Iowa currently has nearly 2,900 wind turbines creating 4,500 megawatts of electricity.

JEROLD “JERRY” GAINES, SR, 76, of Atlantic (1-28-12)

Obituaries

January 26th, 2012 by Jim Field

JEROLD “JERRY” GAINES, SR, 76, of Atlantic died Wednesday, January 25th at the Atlantic Nursing & Rehab Center.  Funeral services for Jerry Gaines will be held on Saturday, January 28th at 10:00 am at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Atlantic.  Hockenberry Family Care in Atlantic has the arrangements.

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Family visitation will be held on Friday from 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm at the funeral home.

Burial in the Atlantic Cemetery.

Memorials may be directed to the family.

Jerry Gaines is survived by:

Wife: Marcella

Children: Jon (Pam) Jordan of Wiota; Kim (Barbara) Jordan of Plattsmouth, NE; Ron (Ellen) Jordan of Forest City; Jay (Teresa) Jordan of Omaha; Jerry (Nancy) Gaines, Jr. of Omaha.

Sisters: Barbara Gipple; Judy Bumery

11 Grandchildren

17 Great-Grandchildren

ANTHONY “TONY” W. WINGERT, 81, of Avoca (1-30-12)

Obituaries

January 26th, 2012 by Jim Field

ANTHONY “TONY” W. WINGERT, 81, of Avoca died Wednesday, January 25th at the Avoca Nursing & Rehab Center.  Mass of Christian Burial for Anthony “Tony” Wingert will be held on Monday, January 30th at 10:30 am in the St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Avoca.  Cutler-O’Neill-Meyer-Woodring Funeral Home in Council Bluffs has the arrangements.

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Recitation of the Rosary will be held on Sunday at 3:00 pm at the church with family visitation following until 8:00 pm.

Burial in the St. Mary’s Cemetery in Portsmouth.

Anthony “Tony” W. Wingert is survived by:

Wife: Rosemary of Avoca

Sons: Larry Wingert of Avoca; John Wingert of Shelby

Daughters: Sue Mills of La Junta, CO; Sara (Rich) Schmit of Hooper, NE; Marilyn (Clint) Ford of Shelby

Daughter-in-Law: Jan Wingert of Shelby

7 Grandchildren

6 Great-Grandchildren

 

THURSDAY, JANUARY 26th

Trading Post

January 26th, 2012 by Jim Field

FOR SALE: Late 1950′s Fairfax vacuum in like new condition with 6 bags.  $75.  243-3396

WANTED: Size 3X leather jacket.  243-3396.

WANTED: World War II German or Japanese bayonets and World War II binoculars (must have date).  Cal 243-4131.

Iowa House approves $1.3-million tuition grants for veterans

News

January 26th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

The Iowa House has given final legislative approval to an emergency allotment of one-point-three million dollars ($1.3 million) that will cover tuition costs for Iowa National Guard soldiers who’ve enrolled in college courses. Representative Chris Hall, a Democrat from Sioux City, has heard from a number of soldiers in his district who saw their individual benefits cut by 13-hundred dollars for this semester. “During the first week of the legislature, I know that I received emails from several of our Guardsmen from the 185th Air Refueling Wing,” Hall says. 

The Iowa Senate approved the bill last week, but Republicans delayed action in the Iowa House to ensure the Guard indeed needed that much money to fulfill its tuition grant promises. Representative Royd Chambers, a Republican from Sheldon who is a member of the Iowa Air National Guard, says Republicans were just going their “due dilligence” in checking the numbers. “We are, of course, all in support of supporting our National Guard members,” Chambers says. “But we also must remember that we are responsible for spending our tax dollars wisely and efficiently.” 

Legislators set aside the money for the program last year, before about three-thousand Iowa National Guard soldiers came back to Iowa after active duty in Afghanistan. The Guard announced in December that Education Assistance grants to its soldiers would be cut because there wasn’t enough money set aside to cover the tuition grants for the 14-hundred Iowa National Guard soldiers who’re enrolled in college. Governor Branstad has indicated he’ll sign the legislation. In other action this morning, the Iowa House approved spending three-million dollars in state money to help restore the U-S-S Iowa, a World War II era battleship that will be docked in Los Angeles as a floating museum. The Iowa Senate approved that level of spending on the project last week.

(Radio Iowa)

Flood risk for E. Nishnabotna River is low over the next 90-days

News, Weather

January 26th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

The National Weather Service in Des Moines has issued the first hydrologic, or flood outlook for this coming Spring. The outlook covers a period from early February through late April. In general, the Weather Service says the risk of flooding from late Winter into Spring is near or below normal for all locations in their coverage area. Officials caution, however, that a considerable amount of the Winter season remains, and people with interests near river basins need to continue to monitor both weather and river conditions, as well as future Spring Flood outlooks.

The Weather Service says as far as the East Nishnabotna River near Atlantic is concerned, there is only a 10-percent chance the river will reach 16.8-feet. Flood stage along the East Nish near Atlantic, is 17-feet.   The East Fork of the 102 River near Bedford has a 10-percent chance of reaching 18.8-feet.  The flood stage for that body of water is 21-feet. There is a 90-percent chance in the current outlook, that the East Fork River will reach 13.7-feet in the next 90-days, which is still well below flood stage.

The numbers in the outlook were calculated using multiple Spring Season scenarious from 30-or more-years of climatological data. They also take into account current river conditions, snow cover and soil moisture. The next Flood Outlook will be issued by the Weather Service, on February 16th.

Backyard and Beyond 01-26-2012

Backyard and Beyond, Podcasts

January 26th, 2012 by admin

Lavon’s topic today is “Green Stuff is Healthy!”  Mostly talking about the health benefits of house plants.

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