Class 2A Semifinals
10:00 a.m. – Dike-New Hartford (24-1) vs. Sibley-Ocheyedan (22-3)
11:45 a.m. – Central Lyon (23-0) vs. Pocahontas Area (21-4)
Class 1A Semifinals
1:30 p.m. – Algona Bishop Garrigan (24-1) vs. Remsen-St. Mary’s (24-1)
3:15 p.m. – Newell-Fonda (23-2) vs. North Linn (23-1)
Class 5A Championship
6:00 p.m. – Johnston (24-1) vs. Pleasant Valley (25-0)
Class 3A Championship
8:00 p.m. – Benton Community (23-3) vs. Sioux Center (20-5)
The UNI men’s basketball team advanced to the Quarterfinal round of the Missouri Valley Conference Men’s Basketball Tournament with a 75-62 win over Illinois State on Thursday afternoon. The Panthers jumped out to a nice lead in the first half and led 44-28 at the break. Illinois State would climb back as close as 6 points with just under 8 minutes left but the Panthers responded with a Bowen Born 3 to push the lead back out and seal the win.
Born finished with 23 points to lead all scorers and he added 5 assists. Michael Duax added 19 points and Tytan Anderson poured in 16. UNI improved to 14-17 on the season.
Illinois State was led by 19 points from Seneca Knight and 18 from Kendall Lewis. The Redbirds end the season at 11-21.
UNI advances to face top seeded Bradley on Friday at Noon in the Quarterfinals.
Class 5A semifinals
10:00 a.m. – #2 Johnston 42, #6 Ankeny Centennial 35
Box Score | Game Summary
11:45 a.m. – #1 Pleasant Valley 50, #4 Dowling Catholic 33
Box Score | Game Summary
Class 3A Semifinals
1:30 p.m. – #4 Benton Community 51, #8 Vinton-Shellsburg 42
Box Score | Game Summary
3:15 p.m. – #6 Sioux Center 46, #2 Solon 44
Box Score |Game Summary
Class 4A Semifinals
5:00 p.m. – #1 Dallas Center-Grimes 33, #4 Ballard 32
Box Score | Game Summary
6:45 p.m. – #2 North Polk 53, #3 Bishop Heelan 41
Box Score | Game Summary
TERESA REISCHL, 67, of Manning died Wednesday, March 1, 2023 at Accura Healthcare of Manning. Mass of Christian Burial for TERESA REISCHL will be held on Saturday, March 4, 2023 at 2:30 pm at Sacred Heart Church in Manning. Ohde Funeral Home in Manning is assisting the family.
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Friends may call on Saturday after 1:30 pm at the church.
Burial in the Sacred Heart Cemetery in Manning.
TERESA REISCHL is survived by:
Siblings: Ron Reischl of Fredericksburg, TX; Sharon (Joe) Odendahl of Manning; John (Nancy) Reischl of Farimont, MN; Gary (Wanda) Reischl of Manning
numerous nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
The second ranked Iowa wrestling team opens the Big Ten Championships Saturday morning at Michigan. The Hawkeyes finished the regular season 15-1 in duals.
That’s Iowa coach Tom Brands feels the health of the lineup is improving. The Hawkeyes struggled with injuries during a good portion of the season.
Top ranked Penn State is an overwhelming favorite to win the team title.
The Iowa State and UNI wrestling teams travel to Tulsa this weekend for the Big 12. Tournament. The Cyclones are ranked fifth after finishing 16-3 in duals and coach Kevin Dresser says the postseason is a new challenge.
Dresser hopes the Cyclones are a better tournament team this season.
UNI is ranked 18th and coach Doug Schwab says the competition this weekend will be tougher than last year.
Schwab says it will take a complete effort for the Panthers to have a shot at the team title.
Iowa State coach T.J. Otzelberger says he remains a fan of Caleb Grill even though he is no longer part of the team. Otzelberger dismissed ISU’s top three point shooter from the team on Wednesday, just days before the Cyclones close the regular season at seventh ranked Baylor.
Grill played for Otzelberger at UNLV and followed him to Ames when he took the Iowa State job. He averaged nearly 10 points while playing in 25 games this season.
In a statement Grill said the dismissal stemmed from a word he said that he regrets. Otzelberger did not want to discuss any specific incident.
Otzelberger says he has to balance what is best for the player against what is best for the team.
The Cyclones have lost four straight games heading into Saturday’s contest at Baylor.
(Radio Iowa) – Five northeast Iowa counties are hiring an attorney to respond to development of a carbon capture pipeline. Navigator’s proposed Heartland Greenway pipeline would run through 33 Iowa counties, covering about 800 miles. Delaware County Supervisor Shirley Heimrichs says it makes sense to unite with neighboring Bremer, Butler, Emmet and Floyd Counties.
“It’s going to be a more realistic, more responsible way of spending money through a collaborative effort just because we don’t have to do all of our own work. Basically they’re doing the same work for all of us,” she says. “I think that’s going to work well for us because we’re counties of similar size and the pipeline would potentially be looking at going through all of us.” The boards have hired Timothy Whipple, a Des Moines attorney who specializes in work with government boards.
“His representation is to assist with the drafting of any future ordinances and whatever representation we might need in Utility Board hearings,” Heimrichs says. The counties are filing what’s called a petition to intervene. Heimrichs says it would ensure the county is part of any government proceedings or public meetings about the Navigator pipeline.
Navigator CO2 map.
“It’s not an ordinance, but it allows us to be in Utility Board hearings and be able to have, basically, a seat at the table,” she says. “…We’re working on getting an inspector — this is in our petition to intervene, that if we need more than one and definitely we would need more than one. In past history, if you needed one, they were 10 miles down the line and that’s not OK for our landowners. We’re trying to be proactive.” Heimrichs says it appears the pipeline route through Delaware County impacts up to 80 property owners.
“We really feel it’s important to keep doing what we can for our landowners that will be affected and ultimately this will affect everybody because it’s a land use issue, It’s a right to own your own property and not be fearful of what’s going to happen to it,” Heimrichs says. “There’s people that would like us to do more and there’s people that would like us to not to much of anything.”
Navigator’s proposed pipeline would collect carbon from ethanol and fertilizer plants and would run through Nebraska, South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa and end in Illinois, where the carbon would be stored underground.
(Radio Iowa) – Creighton University economist Ernie Goss says he was “shocked” by the progress shown in the latest economic survey for Iowa and eight other Midwestern states. While he expected another drop, Goss says the region’s overall index, or business barometer, rose to its highest level since July of 2022. That index is measured on a zero-to-100 scale and it bounded from 47 in January to just over 56 in February, a huge jump.
“We asked the supply managers about what they expect in terms of recession,” Goss says. “Thirty-five percent expect no recession, ten percent expect solid growth, and most of the others expect sort of flatlining across the region for the economy, the national economy, that is.” The regional wholesale inflation gauge rocketed to a six-month high, Goss says, and while hiring numbers were up, the survey found most companies are still hurting for help.
“Still seeing an inability to find and hire those qualified workers, particularly in rural areas of the region,” Goss says. “Difficulty again finding those workers who have the skills necessary for doing the job. Half the firms reported they were having to increase entry level wages to get workers to come in and interview.” The business barometer for Iowa jumped almost six points during the month, climbing from 47 in January to just over 53 in February. Goss says the Midwest’s numbers were similar and somewhat brightened the projections looking ahead.
“The outlook, at least our numbers now, are pointing toward sideways moving in the overall economy,” Goss says. “In other words, even with the really significant bounce for the month of February, we’re still talking about slow-to-no growth in the regional economy.” Goss says the residential housing market remains mired in recession, in Iowa and across the region.
“We’re probably going to record a sixth straight month of declining housing prices, and we’re seeing that across the board, and we’re also seeing, of course, higher interest rates,” Goss says. “I expect the long-term interest rates, mortgage rates, to rise above seven percent for the first time in many years.” For Iowa, Goss says machinery manufacturing continues to expand but at a slow pace, while non-durable goods manufacturers, including food processes, expect expanding economic conditions.
DELBERT HAGEN, 84, of Cumberland, died Thursday, March 2, 2023. Funeral services for DELBERT HAGEN will be held 11-a.m. Monday, March 6, 2023, at the Lamb Funeral Home in Massena.
Friends may call at the funeral home on Monday, from 10-a.m. until 11-a.m.
Burial is in the Newlons Grove Cemetery, rural Cumberland.
Memorials may be directed to the Delbert Hagen Memorial Fund to be established by the family at a later date.
DELBERT HAGEN is survived by:
His cousins – Nadine Howell, of Atlantic, and Jean Kunert, of Spencer; other relatives and friends.
Online condolences may be left to the family at www.lambfuneralhomes.com.
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