There is a top five showdown in the Class A quarterfinals Friday night when top ranked AC/GC hosts number-five Tri-Center. AC/GC coach Cody Matthewson.
Matthewson says the keys will be protecting the ball on offense and limiting big plays.
Tri-Center coach Ryan Schroder says they need to find a way to slow down the AC/GC ground game.
After winning the school’s first ever playoff game two weeks ago Tri-Center bids for a first trip to the UNI-Dome.
The Iowa Hawkeyes take a 6-3 record on the road to UCLA Friday night. The Bruins are 3-5 against what Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz says has been a difficult schedule.
UCLA is coming off back-to-back road wins at Rutgers and Nebraska.
It’s Iowa first trip to the Rose Bowl for a Big Ten game.
Ferentz says in his first season as head coach DeShaun Foster has UCLA on the right track.
Iowa defensive end Deonte Craig on playing in the Rose Bowl.
Iowa linebacker Jay Higgins on playing in the Rose Bowl.
Higgins says practice was condensed this week to get ready for a Friday game.
Iowa State sophomore linebacker Kooper Ebel (E-bull) says the 17th ranked Cyclones are not taking Kansas lightly as they get ready for Saturday’s game in Arrowhead Stadium. After starting the season nationally ranked the Jayhawks have struggled to a 2-6 record.
Ebel says practice this week has been spirited and all of their goals are still attainable.
Ebel is looking forward to playing in the home of the Kansas City Chiefs.
(Radio Iowa) – Voters in Story and Johnson counties approved conservation bonds to help fund new trails, support wildlife and improve water quality. The 25 million dollar Story County Water and Land Legacy Bond passed with nearly 80 percent of the vote. Jim Pease is chair of the Story County Conservation Board.
“It says, I think to us, how important parks and wild places and wild things are to the people of Story County and to people in general,” Pease says. He says the new funding will support more than one dozen projects in the next two decades and shows that people want more opportunities to recreate outside and that they value wild places in Iowa.
“Iowa is one of the most altered states in the union. The prairies, woodlands and wetlands that were once here have been tremendously altered to make a very strong agricultural state and a very altered state from the nature that was here,” he says.
Nearly 80 percent of the voters in Johnson County approved a 30 million dollar conservation bond. Residents passed a similar measure in 2008. Polk County passed conservation bonds in 2012 and in 2021.
(Radio Iowa) – A Cedar Rapids theater company is no longer in danger of closing after the community rallied to bring in last-minute donations. The Mirrorbox Theatre was launched in 2018 and exclusively puts on new and contemporary plays. Mirrorbox founder Cavan Hallman says they were in the midst of an ongoing 30-thousand dollar fundraising campaign.
“Last week, we did, however, receive a notice that we had three days to pay back rent,” Hallman says, “otherwise, we would be forced to vacate the property and terminate the lease.” The theater launched an emergency campaign and has raised enough to continue productions through the end of the year. “The financial struggle wasn’t new, but the urgency was new,” he says, “and that’s what led to the public part of the campaign.”
Hallman says the overall fundraising goal is -not- yet met and the theater will need to reevaluate its operations in order to move forward.
(Radio Iowa) – The University of Iowa currently owns just over half of a shopping mall in downtown Iowa City and the Iowa Board of Regents has approved a plan to buy the rest of the Old Capitol Town Center — for 20-point-six MILLION dollars. David Keift is the University of Iowa’s senior director of business and real estate. “This is less about either the short or long term need for the first floor commercial space in the building,” Keift says, “but more about the university acquiring control of a significant footprint in the heart of our campus.”
The mall was built in 1980 as part of an Urban Renewal District that also created the pedestrian mall in downtown Iowa City. “The mall, which covers nearly two city blocks in the heart of the University of Iowa campus, is nearly 375,000 square feet of space,” Keift says. In the late 1990s, the mall’s major tenants started relocating a new mall in Coralville and, in 2003, Keift says a group of local investors rescued the mall from bankruptcy. The University of Iowa struck a deal to purchase 45 percent of the property in 2006.
“The building became a monumental importance to the university during the 2008 flood as it was quickly reconfigured to host our School of Music for numerous years,” he says, “and our Memorial Union operations and bookstore.” Keift says. Under the deal, the university will use reserve funds to make an initial payment of 206-thousand dollars, then take out a commercial loan to pay the rest. Keift says the university will use rental income from current tenants in the building to cover those loan payments.
“The university views the purchase price, which was based on a recent appraisal, as a favorable value to the institution. It comes out to be about $123 per square foot for all the leased space and common areas in the building,” Keift says. “You couldn’t come close to duplicating that cost per square foot to rebuild this size of a building.” Keift admits the university doesn’t need the space right now, but he says the reason to buy now is to ensure 45 percent of the building isn’t acquired by other investors who may not be interested in upkeep of the property. 
“It’s imperative that this building and this center remain an important and vibrant part of the university and community,” Keift says.
(Radio Iowa) – Donald Trump has said his first act after he’s sworn in on January 20 will be appointing a task force to plan for the country’s 250th anniversary in 2026 — and he picked Iowa as the spot for a major exposition. “The Great American State Fair will showcase the glory of every state in the union, promote pride in our history,” Trump said, “and promote innovative visions for America’s future.”
A video Trump posted on social media back in May of 2023 is recirculating online after X owner Elon Musk commented on it. Trump said he’d work with all the nation’s governors to create pavilions for each state that will be set up on the Iowa State Fairgrounds — for a year-long expo.
111,591 people attended the Iowa State Fair on August 16, 2024. (RI photo)
“My hope is that the amazing people of Iowa will work with my administration to open up the legendary Iowa State Fairgrounds to host the Great American State Fair and welcome millions and millions of visitors from around the world to the heartland of America for this special one-time festival,” Trump said. “Together we will built it and they will come.”
Governor Kim Reynolds, in a post on social media today, said Iowans “know the Iowa State Fair is the best fair in the country!…We stand ready to host the Great American State Fair.” Reynolds was at Trump’s Election Night party in Florida Tuesday night.
Jeremy Parsons, the manager and CEO of the Iowa State Fair, issued a written statement. “We know the world’s greatest state fair is in Iowa, but no formal request or inquiry has been made for use of the Iowa State Fairgrounds at this time,” Parsons said.
Trump has visited the Iowa State Fair twice. He also held a rally on the fairgrounds in October of 2021 and in 2016 Trump spoke at a fundraiser for Senator Joni Ernst that was held in the livestock pavilion. Trump’s first State Fair visit was in 2015. He flew his helicopter over the fairgrounds, then walked through the throngs of fairgoers on the same day Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders were at the fair. In 2023, Trump visited the State Fair on the same day as Republican rival Ron DeSantis. Trump stopped at the Iowa Pork Producers’ grill, walked down the fair’s Grand Concourse and spoke to supporters who’d gathered inside a beer hall.
(Harlan, Iowa) – Sheriff’s officials in Shelby County today (Thursday), released a report on arrests that occurred during the month of October. In order from the latest to the earliest:
On Oct.31st: 54-year-old Brent Allan Sorensen, of Harlan, was arrested for Interference with Official Acts, Disorderly Conduct, Possession of Contraband in a Correctional Facility, and two counts of Trespass 1st offense.
33-year-old Tremayne Donta Cherry, of Harlan, was arrested Oct. 28th, for Possession of a Controlled Substance, and Prohibited Acts.
35-year-old Bret Jay Crippen, of Harlan, was arrested Oct. 18th in Shelby County, for Domestic Abuse Assault- 2nd offense, and Possession of Controlled Substance.
There were two arrests Oct. 17th in Shelby County: 18-year-old Miranda Kay Lynn Jennings, and 20-year-old Coda Renee Mahan, both of Elk Horn, were arrested Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.
On Oct. 11th, Shelby County Sheriff’s deputies arrested 27-year-old Abimail Perez-Gomez, of Iowa Falls. Perez-Gomez was arrested after a traffic stop on Highway 59. She was charged with Driving While License Revoked, OWI- 2nd Offense, Failure to Maintain Control, Open Container, and no Insurance.
On the 10th of October, 39-year-old Catherine Renee Johnson, of Shenandoah, was arrested for Domestic Abuse Assault.
34-year-old Cody Emmett Lister, of Harlan, was arrested Oct. 9th on an active Shelby County Warrant.
Two people were arrested on separate charges Oct. 7th in Shelby County: 39-year-old Daniel Gamsesun Casteel, of Harlan, was arrested for Public Intoxication; and, 52-year-old Silvia Jeane Barillas Castillo, of Council Bluffs, was arrested after a traffic stop on Highway 59 in Shelby County. Barillas Castillo was charged with OWI- 1st offense, Speeding, and improper Use of Lane.
There were three arrests on Oct. 3rd in Shelby County:
20-year-old Emma Jo Rossell, of Harlan, was arrested after a traffic stop on 7th and Durant. Rossell was transported to the Shelby County Jail and charged with Violation of No Contact Order, Driving while License Suspended, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, Possession of a controlled substance, and Prohibited Acts; 23-year-old Levi John Klenda, of Harlan, was arrested for Violation of a No Contact Order; and, 40-year-old Kirby David Stoneking, of Harlan, was attested for Domestic Abuse Assault 2nd Offense.
And, on Oct. 1st, Shelby County Sheriff’s deputies arrested 33-year-old Michael John Tremayne, of Harlan, for Theft in the 1st degree.
Note: Criminal charges are merely accusations and defendants are presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty in a court of law.
(Greenfield, Iowa) – The Adair County Board of Supervisors held a Special Session this (Thursday) afternoon, Nov. 7th, to consider a request for an Administrative Recount of Precinct 5GF, following Tuesday’s General Election. The request was presented by Adair County Auditor Mandy Berg, who offered the following explanation for the administrative recount…
Board Chair Jerry Walker read a Resolution to authorizing the recount.
A motion was then made by Supervisors Jodie Hoadley and seconded by Matt Wedemeyer. The resolution was approved. The recount will be held on Friday at 1-p.m. Auditor Mandy Berg explained what happens next.
The brief, Special Session was then adjourned.
(Radio Iowa) – Iowans who oppose a pipeline that would collect carbon from Midwest ethanol plants are cheering a development in South Dakota. South Dakota voters rejected a proposal that would have made it harder for South Dakota Counties to regulate the location of carbon pipelines. Ed Fischbach, a South Dakota farmer, says the results were gratifying. “We won 65 of the 66 counties. We won every county that an ethanol plant exists in even though we were outspent about 50-to-1. I think there’s probably going to be about $3 million so far to our little piddly $220,000 effort,” Fischbach says. “Hopefully at some point in time maybe this company will realize they’re not going to prevail here and move on.”
Summit Carbon Solutions wants to build a pipeline across Iowa and four other states to pump carbon emissions from ethanol plants in the region into underground storage in North Dakota. The Iowa Utility Commission has awarded a permit to Summit so it can seize property from unwilling land owners and build the pipeline, but construction cannot start until Summit gets regulators’ approval in the Dakotas. Brian Jorde is an attorney who represents landowners in South Dakota AND Iowa who have refused to sign contracts to allow the pipeline on their property. Jorde says the South Dakota vote sends a message.
Map of proposed Summit pipeline route through Iowa (Source: Summit Carbon Solutions)
“It’s time for Summit and their sympathizers and their friends and the politicians that they fund to realize you’ve got to respect local control in South Dakota, respect the ordinances and eminent domain cannot be used,” Jorde says. “And if they don’t get that through their head, this pipeline will not be built in South Dakota, ever.”
Carbon Solutions will apply for a permit in South Dakota on November 19th. In a written statement, the company said its focus continues to be on working with landowners and ensuring the long-term viability of ethanol and agriculture in the state. Summit also cites other pipeline projects that it says have successfully navigated South Dakota’s existing regulatory landscape in the past.
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