PEORIA, Ill. (AP) — Darnell Brodie had a season-high 21 points as Drake beat Bradley 80-71. Ja’Shon Henry led the Braves with 17 points.
PEORIA, Ill. (AP) — Darnell Brodie had a season-high 21 points as Drake beat Bradley 80-71. Ja’Shon Henry led the Braves with 17 points.
NORMAL, Ill. (AP) — Trae Berhow registered 15 points as Northern Iowa topped Illinois State 70-56. Dusan Mahorcic led the Redbirds with 18 points and eight rebounds.
Trips to the Boys State Basketball Tournament will be on the line tonight for Class 1A and 2A schools around the state with Substate Finals being contested. Here’s a look at area games.
CLASS 1A
Substate 6 @ Knoxville: Montezuma (21-2) vs. Mount Ayr (19-4)
Substate 7 @ Creston: Martensdale-St. Marys (23-0) vs. Tri-Center (20-3)
Substate 8 @ Nodaway Valley: Grand View Christian (19-1) vs. St. Albert (11-12)
CLASS 2A
Substate 1 @ Sheldon: OABCIG (21-1) vs. Boyden-Hull (23-0)
Substate 8 @ Atlantic: Van Meter (16-6) vs. Treynor (19-4)
Boys Class 4A Substate Semifinals were played on Friday night. Only one area team was competing with Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln in Substate 1.
Substate 1
CB Abraham Lincoln 72, Sioux City West 51 (20-8 third quarter built on a 10-point halftime lead for the Lynx)
Southeast Polk 59, Sioux City East 47
AL will face Alan Jenkins’ Southeast Polk team in the 4A Substate 1 Final on Tuesday night at 7:00 p.m. at Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson High School.
Council Bluffs Police were dispatched to reports of a man that had been shot near “The Cube” bar at 162 West Broadway on Friday night at 11:19 p.m. Officers located the victim on the East end of the block sitting on a bench with security guards from “The Cube” standing around him. The victim had a hole in his shirt and scratch where he appeared to have been grazed by a bullet.
Officers located evidence of the shooting in the entryway of “The Cube” and locked the scene down, closing the bar. The victim was seen by medics on scene, but did not require a trip to the hospital.
This investigation is ongoing by the Criminal Investigation Division. Anyone with any information that was in the area at the time of this incident is encouraged to contact 712-328-4728 or call Crime Stoppers at 712-328-7867.
A shooting early Saturday morning at a Council Bluffs bar sent one man to the hospital. Council Bluffs Police were dispatched to the O’Face Bar at 2400 9th Avenue at 12:56 a.m. for a shooting inside the bar. Officers found an injured male and were able to render aid until he was taken to a local hospital for treatment.
Officers were informed that a black male wearing a red shirt, black coat, black pants and a red bandanna around his face walked into the bar and shot the victim. The black male then left the bar in an unknown direction.
This investigation is ongoing by the Criminal Investigation Division. Anyone with any information that was in the area at the time of this incident is encouraged to contact 712-328-4728 or call Crime Stoppers at 712-328-7867.
Two people were arrested Friday morning on felony, Theft charges, in Montgomery County. The Sheriff’s Office reports 41-year old Christopher J. Brown, of Council Bluffs, and 23-year old Janie J. Long, of Red Oak, were taken into custody for Theft in the 2nd Degree, after they were found in an SUV stolen from Omaha. The pair were being held in the Montgomery County Jail on $5,000 bond, each.
Authorities say at around 8:12-a.m., Friday, the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a suspicious man attempting to solicit a ride near the intersection of L Avenue and 160th Street, northeast of Red Oak. Deputies arrived at the scene at found a 2002 Chevy Tahoe in the middle of 160th Street, about one-half mile west of the intersection. An investigation revealed the vehicle had been reported stolen from an Omaha auto dealership.
MARGARET BACKHAUS, 79, of Westside, died Friday, Feb. 26th, at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, in Omaha. Funeral services for MARGARET BACKHAUS will be held 10:30-a.m. Monday, March 1st, at Zion Lutheran Church in Manning. Ohde Funeral Home in Manning has the arrangements. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, face masks and social distancing are required.
Friends may call at Zion Lutheran Church in Manning, on Sunday, Feb. 28th, from 4-until 7-p.m.; Visitation will resume 9:30-a.m. Monday, March 1st, at the church.
Burial is in the Manning Cemetery.
MARGARET BACKHAUS is survived by:
Her husband – Dennis Backhaus, of Westside.
Her sons – David (Diane) Backhaus, of Liberty, MO; Rodney (Kristin) Backhaus, of Manilla; Jerry (Carla) Backhaus, of Westside; and Bill (Jenny) Backhaus, of Griswold
Her sisters – Darlene (Tom) West of Kimballton; and Joyce (Merlene) Ostebee of Audubon.
Her brother – Ed (Vickie) Andersen of Kirkman.
10 Grandchildren; 7 Great Grandchildren; her Brother-in-law Duane Deist of Audubon; other relatives and friends.
BRIAN JAY DORPINGHAUS, 56, of Atlantic, and formerly of Coon Rapids, died Wednesday, February 24, 2021 at Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha. Mass of Christian Burial for BRIAN JAY DORPINGHAUS will be celebrated on Tuesday, March 2, 2021 at 10:30 A.M. at Annunciation Catholic Church in Coon Rapids. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the Dahn and Woodhouse Funeral Home in Coon Rapids.
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Friends may call at the Dahn and Woodhouse Funeral Home in Coon Rapids on Monday evening from 5:00 – 7:00 P.M. The casket will be moved to Annunciation Catholic Church on Tuesday at 9:30 A.M. where visitation, without greeting the family, will resume until 10:15 A.M.
Burial will be in Union Township Cemetery near Coon Rapids.
Online condolences may be left for the family at www.dahnandwoodhouse.com
BRIAN JAY DORPINGHAUS is survived by:
Parents: Keith and Carlene Dorpinghaus of Coon Rapids
Brothers: Kevin (Patty) Dorpinghaus of Coon Rapids; Jason Dorpinghaus of Alexandria, VA
Sister: Rhonda (Kevin) Reis of Coon Rapids; Lisa (John) Young of Johnston
…nieces, nephews, great-nieces and many aunts, uncles, cousins, and other extended family members.
Sheriff’s Deputies in Page County, today (Friday), arrested a College Springs man, for Driving While License is Barred. Steven William Wells , age 51, was arrested in College Springs and transported to the Page County Jail, where he was being held on $2,000 bond, pending further court proceedings.