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Heartbeat Today 2-29-2024

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February 29th, 2024 by Jim Field

Jim Field visits with Cass County Wellness Coordinator Grace McAfee about the latest updated edition of the Cass County Resource Guide.  CLICK HERE for a copy of the guide!

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Pott. County man arrested after a 122mph+ chase in Montgomery County ends in Cass County

News

February 29th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

(Red Oak, Iowa) – A traffic stop at around 12:30 this (Thursday) morning north of Villisca, resulted in a pursuit with speeds exceeding 122-mph, and ended with the arrest of a man from Pottawattamie County. The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office says Deputies initiated the traffic stop at the intersection of Highways 71 and 34. During the stop, the driver, Robert Christopher Greenwood, of Council Bluffs, fled, with deputies pursuing him north on Highway 71. Greenwood’s vehicle ran out of gas and came to a stop in Lyman.

Greenwood was arrested with assistance from the Montgomery County K-9 Unit, Cass County Sheriff’s Office and the Adams County Sheriff’s Office. He was treated at the scene by Griswold Rescue. Greenwood faces charges that include Felony Eluding (a Class-C felony), Driving While Barred, and Interference with official acts.

He was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on a $10,000 bond.

Wednesday Girl’s State High School Basketball Scores

Sports

February 29th, 2024 by Asa Lucas

Class 2A:

#2 Panorama 59  vs #7 Grundy Center , 49

#3 Westwood 35 #6 Central Lyon, 32

Class 1A:

#1 North Linn 68  #8 Montezuma, 38

#5 St. Albert 52 #5 Bishop, Garrigan, 42

#2 Newell-Fonda 68 #7 Calamus-Wheatland, 30

#3 Remsen, St. Mary’s 52  #6 Martensdale, St. Mary’s, 33

Regents approve new UNI practice facility

News, Sports

February 29th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – The Board of Regents approved a request from the University of Northern Iowa Wednesday to proceed with planning for a practice facility for the volleyball and men’s and women’s basketball teams. U-N-I’s Michael Hager says the project is estimated to cost between eight and ten million dollars.

Hager says having the facility in one location will make it easier on the teams.

 

The project will be funded by gifts and some athletic department funds.

State archery tournament is on target this weekend

News, Sports

February 29th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – Some 23-hundred students from nearly 150 Iowa schools will be in Des Moines this weekend to take aim in the state archery tournament. Zach Benttine, the Iowa D-N-R’s archery coordinator, says there are two types of competition for the students in grades four through 12.

This program didn’t exist 20 years ago, but archery has become extremely popular in Iowa’s schools, with more than 46-hundred children taking part this past year.

About 250 Iowa schools teach the course, with about 150 of them running the after-school program. Top Iowa finishers this weekend will go on to the National Archery in the Schools Program Tournament. The shooting starts tomorrow (Friday) afternoon.

Prizes include more than 20-thousand dollars in college scholarships based on performance at the state tournament, while another 10-thousand dollars will be awarded outside of the competition to archers based on academics, essays, and other criteria. Teams are also aiming for some 18-thousand dollars in archery equipment for their schools. The state tournament will be held in the Richard O. Jacobson Exhibition Center and the 4-H Building at the Iowa State Fairgrounds.

online at www.iowadnr.gov/nasp

Two U-I projects win approval

News

February 29th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – The University of Iowa received approval Wednesday to make improvements to two key buildings. U-I Vice President Rod Lenhertz asked the Board of Regents to approve the design to build out the seventh floor of the Stead Family Children’s Hospital to expand the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. “It would add an additional 28 NICU patient rooms and all support spaces that are also present on the sixth floor,” he says. The seventh floor was left as a shell when the hospital was built in anticipation of future expansion. Lenhertz says the project is projected to cost 41 million dollars and will be funded by University Hospitals building usage funds. Lenhertz also requested permission to approve the design plans to restore the third floor ballroom to the Iowa Memorial Union. He says the ballroom space was needed for the art department after the 2008 flood.

“That ballroom was reconfigured and redesigned after 2008 as a temporary museum space. All with the understanding that upon our completing our Stanley Museum of Art, which is complete and has been active obviously, we would return that space for use for our student life and I-M-U folks,” he says. Lehnertz says the ballroom was a popular place for student events and to rent out for other events before the flood.

” It’s 51-hundred square feet serves as many as 300 visitors and we will return that space back to its pre-flood state. It’s a two-point-four million dollars project and we would start construction on that this spring,” Lehnertz says. The work on the ballroom restoration is expected to be completed in the fall. The University of Iowa also received approval to plan a new parking ramp west of the College of Dentistry. The ramp would hold between one-thousand and 12-hundred parking stalls with an estimated project budget of 55 to 60 million dollars.

Man arrested for OWI & Child Endangerment in Red Oak

News

February 29th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

(Red Oak, Iowa)  – Police in Red Oak report two men were arrested on separate charges, Wednesday. A little after 7-p.m., 24-year-old Brandon Lane Good (no address given) was arrested following a report of a possibly intoxicated driver in the 1600 block of W. Broadway, in Red Oak. Officers located the vehicle in the 200 block of E. Hammond Street. Good was taken into custody for OWI/2nd offense, Child Endangerment, and Driving While Revoked. His bond was set at $2,000.

And, at around Noon, Wednesday, Red Oak Police arrested 30-year-old Collin Scott McClung, of Carson, for Harassment in the 3rd Degree. McClung was taken into custody in the 100 block of W. Coolbaugh Street, and was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on a $300 bond.

Drake University major budget cuts to be announced Friday

News

February 29th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

Drake University is set to announce its initial recommendations for major budget cuts on Friday. In November the college projected it would need to make more than $10 million in cuts to balance its budget. Drake says that figure is now about $6 million after the college generated some savings ahead of the coming fiscal year. The school cites a decline in student enrollment as the primary factor driving the cuts.

Now, months later, the college will be sending emails to faculty, staff and students announcing where it will be looking to make the cuts. Faculty who could be let go will find out Friday morning. The rest of the students and faculty will learn what programs the college is recommending to be cut or changed on Friday afternoon.

There will be several months of meetings about the recommendations before final cuts are made in May.

Skyscan Forecast for Atlantic & the Nishna Valley: Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024

Weather

February 29th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

Today: Sunny & windy. **RED FLAG WARNING from 10-a.m. until 6-p.m.** High near 58. SW winds 15-35 mph.
Tonight: Increasing clouds & breezy. Low around 32. S @ 15-30 mph.
Tomorrow: Partly-to-mostly sunny, & breezy. High near 59. S/SW @ 15-25 mph.
Friday Night: Clear, with a low around 34.
Saturday: Sunny & breezy, with a high near 69.
Saturday Night: Mostly clear & windy, with a low around 51.
Sunday: Sunny & windy, with a high near 76.

Wednesday’s High in Atlantic was 32. The Low was 6. Last (LEAP YEAR) on this date (2020) the High in Atlantic was 58 and the Low was 24. The Record High for Feb. 29th was 62 in 1992. The Record Low was -4 in 1960. Sunrise: 6:55. Sunset: 6:10.

Drake men claim 3OT thriller at Illinois-Chicago

Sports

February 29th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

Tucker DeVries scored 39 points and added 13 rebounds as Drake won a triple overtime thriller at Illinois-Chicago 107-105, Wednesday night.

The Bulldogs trailed by as many as nine in the second half.

The Bulldogs are 24-6 and close the regular season on Sunday by hosting Bradley.