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UNI coach Mark Farley previews No. 6 Eastern Washington

Sports

November 23rd, 2021 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – The UNI Panthers will visit sixth ranked Eastern Washington in the opening round of the FCS playoffs on Saturday. The Panthers got in the field with a 6-5 record.

That’s UNI coach Mark Farley. It will be an Eastern Washington offense that averages 46 points and 564 yards per game against a Panther defense that gives up only 18 points per contest.

Farley says it will be a tough matchup for the defense.

Farley says the UNI offense will need to do its part to help.

Farley says preparing for the up tempo Eastern Washington offense is similar to preparing for a triple option offense.

Farley says it will be difficult to sub in players on defense.

Farley says winning on the road is tough.

The Panthers are ranked 25th in the final FCS coaches poll.

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Nebraska quarterback Adrian Martinez ruled out of Friday’s game against Iowa

Sports

November 23rd, 2021 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – Nebraska quarterback Adrian Martinez will not play in Friday’s game against Iowa. Martinez suffered a shoulder injury in the opening half of a loss at Wisconsin but returned to play in the second half.

That’s Nebraska coach Scott Frost who says freshman backup Logan Smothers will get the start against the Hawkeyes.

Frost believes Smothers will be up to the challenge.

Frost says a key against Iowa will be limiting mistakes.

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Iowa beats Western Michigan 109-61

Sports

November 23rd, 2021 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – Keegan Murray had 22 of his career high 29 points in the opening half Monday night, as Iowa rolled to a 109-61 win over Western Michigan. Murray was 10 of 14 from the field but says it was defense that set the tone.

Iowa’s half court trap was a factor in 24 Bronco turnovers.

Freshman Payton Sandfort had 19 points, including five of seven from three point range and sophomore Tony Perkins added 15. Murray says the Hawkeyes are building depth in their 5-0 start.

The Hawkeyes host Portland State Friday night.

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Red Oak man arrested Monday night

News

November 23rd, 2021 by Ric Hanson

A man from Red Oak was arrested Monday night for Violation of a No Contact Order. 31-year-old Dylan Thomas Griffeth was taken into custody in the 700 block of N. 1st Street in Red Oak, at around 7:53-p.m.  His bond was set at $300.

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TERRY LEE ROMICK, SR. 72, of Audubon (No Services; Visitation 11/27/21)

Obituaries

November 23rd, 2021 by Ric Hanson

TERRY LEE ROMICK, SR. 72, of Audubon, died Saturday, Nov. 20th, at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital. No services are planned for TERRY ROMICK, but a family visitation will be held on Saturday, Nov. 27th, from 6-until 8-p.m., at the Kessler Funeral Home in Audubon.

Cremation will take place following the visitation.

TERRY LEE ROMICK, SR., is survived by:

His daughters – Christina (Danny) McClain, of Pine City, MN; Priscilla (Ron) Story, of Elk Horn (IA).

His son – Terry Romick, Jr. (& wife Amber), of Carroll.

His brother – Robert (Linda) Romick, of Hot Springs, SD

His sisters – Colleta (Walt) Hinley, of Bedford, & Lora Romick, of Red Oak.

12 grandchildren, 25 great-grandchildren, other relatives and friends.

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Single vehicle accident in Cass County Tue. morning

News

November 23rd, 2021 by Ric Hanson

(Cumberland, Iowa) – Rescue crews and law enforcement were dispatched at around 4:50-a.m., to a single-vehicle accident near Cumberland, this (Tuesday) morning. According to dispatch information, a vehicle struck a deer, causing the airbags to deploy in the vehicle, which was on the traveled portion of the road in the opposite lane of travel.

Cumberland-Massena Rescue, Wiota Rescue, Cass EMS were responding to the scene near 680th and Lansing. A Cass County Deputy reported a 32-year-old female in the vehicle was reportedly having some chest pain, but no other injuries were immediately noted. Rescue crews were deployed to check out both occupants. Additional information is not currently available.

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Skyscan Forecast for Atlantic & the area – Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2021

Weather

November 23rd, 2021 by Ric Hanson

Today: Partly cloudy. High near 60. S wind @ 15-30 mph.
Tonight: P/Cldy. Low 42. S @ 10 mph.
Tomorrow: P/Cldy to cloudy. High 54. NW @ 10-20 mph.
Thursday (Thanksgiving): P/Cldy. High 36.
Friday: P/Cldy. High 52.

Monday’s High in Atlantic was 45. Our Low was 23. Last year on this date the High in Atlantic was 37 and the Low was 19. The Record High on this date was 84 in 1953. The Record Low was -6 in 1898.

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Former northern Iowa high school teacher charged with sexual exploitation

News

November 23rd, 2021 by Ric Hanson

Gowrie, Iowa/KCCI — A former teacher in Webster County has been arrested and charged with sexual exploitation by a school employee. According to KCCI, 29-year-old Brandon Louis is the former choir director at Southeast Valley High School in Gowrie.

His arrest comes after a yearlong investigation involving search warrants and dozens of current and former students interviewed.  Louis resigned last fall amid allegations he sent inappropriate messages to students. Sexual exploitation by a school employee is a Class D felony.

Brian Johnson, the superintendent of Southeast Valley Schools, told the TV station the district has cooperated since the beginning of the investigation.

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Deadline ahead for cattle price disclosure plan Iowa’s congressional delegation’s pushing

Ag/Outdoor, News

November 23rd, 2021 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – All six members of Iowa’s congressional delegation are sponsoring legislation to give independent cattle producers more information about cattle prices, but they have just 10 days to convince colleagues it should be included in a must-do bill. The Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act must be reauthorized by December 3rd and Senator Chuck Grassley is lead sponsor of a plan to also force disclosure of the prices paid in PRIVATE sales of cattle being raised and sold under contracts with a meatpacker.

“So when a person gets on the phone or the Internet to negotiate a price with a packer, they’ve got some database, knowing that today, I ought to be able to get within this range of price for my cattle,” Grassley says. Grassley met with cattle producers in Ames yesterday (Monday). Brad Kooima — a cattle feeder and commodity broker from Sioux County — says he may go weeks before one of the country’s four big meatpackers makes an offer to buy his cattle.

“They get bigger every day. They have to get fed every day. They get sick,” he says. “And not being able to get a bid for four or five, six weeks at a time, while someone else just because they’ve got a relationship, they’re fine. You know, they’re getting along fine but the independent guy isn’t getting along fine.”

The plan Senators Grassley and Joni Ernst along with the one Iowans Cindy Axne, Randy Feenstra, Ashley Hinson and Mariannette Miller-Meeks are co-sponsoring in the U.S. House would force meatpackers to disclose how many cattle they plan to slaughter each day for at least the next two weeks.

(Reporting by Iowa Public Radio’s Katie Peikes)

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Judge rules Iowa law can’t block Medicaid coverage of gender confirmation surgery

News

November 23rd, 2021 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – A district court judge has ruled an Iowa law that blocks Medicaid coverage of gender confirmation surgery is unconstitutional. The A-C-L-U of Iowa filed a lawsuit after Aiden Vasquez and Mika Covington were denied state-paid Medicaid coverage for surgeries their doctors said were medically necessary to treat gender dysphoria. Judge William P. Kelly’s ruling says those denials violated the Iowa Civil Rights Act and Iowa’s Constitution.

The legal director for the A-C-L-U of Iowa says it’s a historic win for transgender Iowans. A spokesman for Governor Kim Reynolds says the governor’s office disagrees with the ruling and is exploring all options, including appealing the district court’s ruling to the Iowa Supreme Court.

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