The CAM Cougars will play host to the Exira-EHK Spartans for a Rolling Valley Conference basketball doubleheader tonight and we’ll have coverage on KJAN and the CAM Cougar Channel.
The boys game will be first on the schedule this evening with a 5:45 p.m. tipoff. The matchup will feature a 3-4 Cougars squad against the 5-2 Spartans. Senior Connor McKee has led the Cougars with 16 points per game on 45% shooting. Cade Ticknor has ripped down 7 boards per game for the Cougars as well. The Spartans have been led in scoring by sophomore Easton Nelson with 15 points per contest. He also is the teams leading rebounder, averaging a touch over 7 per contest.
The girls game will be a Class 1A top-ten match-up. The Spartans come in 8-0 on the season and ranked 7th. The Cougars are also 8-0 and ranked 10th. The Spartans have been led by junior Macy Emgarten with 17 points and 7 rebounds per game. CAM freshman Eva Steffensen has poured in 12 points per game, while senior Zoey Baylor is averaging 9 points and 6 rebounds per game. The girls game is set for a 7:30 p.m. tip.
Pregame coverage on KJAN will start at about 5:30 p.m. tonight. Chris Parks will have the call from Anita on AM 1220, FM 101.1, and streaming online at kjan.com. You can also watch the student run video broadcast on the CAM Cougar Channel through the KJAN Video Network.
LE MARS, Iowa (AP) — The former city clerk in Westfield has been sentenced to five years of probation in the theft of more than $70,000 in city funds. Fifty-one-year-old Angela Sorensen, of Akron, was sentenced Monday after entering an Alford plea to first-degree theft. She was city clerk in the small northwest town of Westfield from May 2013 to August 2017.
An audit found more than $74,000 in undeposited utility collections and improper payments. Sorensen was ordered to pay restitution of $7,781 — the amount not covered by the city’s insurance carrier. A presentence investigation recommended probation for Sorensen because she has ongoing mental and physical health problems.
Mills County Public Health Director Julie Lynes reports “Mills County Health is working with facilities in our county to allocate vaccine doses to the Phase 1A priority populations. Mills County will continue to provide updates for other priority populations as we receive additional allocations of vaccine. While right now, the vaccine is being made available to the priority populations, it is anticipated that by mid-2021, there should be enough vaccine for anyone who wants to receive it.”
The Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) has partnered with county public health departments to begin vaccinating Iowans. Both vaccines are currently being administered in Iowa to the Phase 1A priority populations of health care personnel and long-term care residents and staff. As more vaccines become available, Iowa’s Infectious Disease Advisory Council (IDAC), will review guidance issued by the CDC’s advisory group after the Advisory Council on Immunization Practices (ACIP) further prioritizes populations to receive the vaccine in Iowa. IDAC is currently reviewing ACIP recommendations for Phase 1B and 1C priority populations.
Until vaccine is widely available to all, it is critical that Iowans continue to practice the mitigation measures that can slow the spread of the COVID-19 virus.
• Wearing a mask or face covering
• Practice social distancing with those outside your household
• Clean your hands frequently with soap and water
• Stay home if you feel sick
LaVon Eblen visits with Griswold Librarian Lisa Metheny.
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Sheriff’s deputies in Page County, last Thursday, arrested 45-year-old Michael Lee Rose, of Hepburn. He was taken into custody at his residence, in Hepburn, on a valid Page County Warrant for Failure to pay child support. Rose was transported to the Page County Jail and held without bond, pending further court appearances. And, on Friday, Page County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a domestic disturbance at a residence in Coin.
During the investigation 33-year-old Rachell Lynn Shaw, of Coin, was arrested for Domestic Abuse Assault. She was transported to the Page County Jail and held without bond, pending appearance in front of a Magistrate. The male party involved in the altercation left the scene prior to deputies’ arrival. A warrant was issued for the suspect, identified as 39-year-old Wesley Allen Stubbs, of Coin. Stubbs was arrested Monday (Jan. 4) at the Page County Jail, on a Page County Warrant for Domestic Abuse Assault. His bond was set at $300.
(Radio Iowa) – If Vice President Mike Pence decides not to attend tomorrow’s (Wednesday) U-S Senate debate over counting the electoral college votes, Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley will preside instead over what promises to be a bitter, partisan battle. Grassley, a Republican, is senate president pro tempore. “I’m going to be sitting in the chair listening to what all of my colleagues have to say during that debate,” Grassley says, “and at that time will decide how to cast my vote after considering all of the information before me.” Some Republicans plan to challenge the results of the electoral college vote, claiming there’s widespread election fraud and President Trump is the true winner. Grassley says the move by fellow Republicans is perfectly legitimate.
“First of all, it’s a legal process under the law and under the Constitution, for these folks to do what they’re doing,” Grassley says. “It was done by the Democrats in 2004 and I think one other time. People that are finding fault with Republicans doing it shouldn’t do it when it’s done by Democrats.” He says it follows the same procedure as in 2004 when Democrats objected to certifying President George W. Bush’s election, particularly the electoral votes from Ohio. Grassley says this is an important issue and it merits an open discussion. “It gives an opportunity for the entire country to hear during two hours of debate the pros and cons of fraud in the election,” Grassley says, “and whether or not the election was conducted correctly.”
Grassley says the debate “gets lost when the social media platforms don’t carry it.” University of Northern Iowa political science professor Donna Hoffman says the expected challenge by Republicans will almost certainly fail. Hoffman says, “And it’s all really very symbolic in many ways, because at the end of the day, we would put the odds at something happening here, where Joe Biden is not certified here, as very, very, very minute.” Hoffman says it may be wise for Iowa’s Republican representatives to “hide in the corner” to see how politics may change after President Trump’s loss.
“There’s a lot of time that passes before even the next midterm election when, of course, all of them will be up, and certainly two more years before the next presidential election,” Hoffman says. “The conditions right now in this country, related both to elections but also in terms of governing, is extremely fluid.” Hoffman says focusing on constituent services may be the best bet for Iowa’s freshmen House Republicans, who are in the minority. A retiring Congressman from Michigan announced Monday he’s quitting the Republican Party and becoming an Independent. Paul Mitchell is calling the effort to overturn the presidential election “disgusting and demoralizing.”
(Iowa Public Radio’s Kate Payne contributed to this report.)
Judge Kathleen Kilnoski administers the Oath of Office to Andy Brown. (Pott. County Sheriff’s Office photo)
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Corner Conference
Stanton 63, Essex 31
Other Scores
Clarinda 47, Southwest Valley 42
Lenox 58, Griswold 35
Logan-Mangolia 56, Boyer Valley 41
Storm Lake St. Mary’s 63, Ar-We-Va 43
Treynor 45, Red Oak 27
Underwood 51, CB Thomas Jefferson 29
Westwood 69, Woodbine 39
BOYS BASKETBALL
Corner Conference
Stanton 55, Essex 20
Other Scores
AC/GC 58, Coon Rapids-Bayard 42
Ar-We-Va 53, Storm Lake, St. Mary’s 32
Boyer Valley 62, Logan-Magnlia 52
Clarinda 78, Southwest Valley 34
Lenox 54, Griswold 34
Underwood 58, CB Thomas Jefferson 44
@ Bedford/Lenox
Bedford/Lenox 54, Wayne 12
Southeast Warren/Melcher-Dallas 60, Bedford/Lenox 18
Southeast Warren/Melcher-Dallas 60, Wayne 18
@ Omaha Concordia
CB Thomas Jefferson 27, Omaha South 24
Omaha Concordia 82, CB Thomas Jefferson 0