MELVIN EASTON, 85, of Macedonia died Monday, January 27th at his home. Funeral services for MELVIN EASTON will be held on Saturday, February 1st at 10:00 a.m. at the Loess Hills Funeral Home in Carson.
Visitation will be held on Friday, January 31st from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the funeral home with a masonic service beginning at 7:00 p.m.
Private burial will be held at the Pioneer Cemetery west of Macedonia.
(Radio Iowa) — We’ve heard for weeks about the high risk for more flooding in Iowa once the snow starts to melt this spring, but one forecaster says all of that water in the soil may actually help bring about a cooler summer. Doug Kluck, the region’s climate service director at the National Weather Service in Kansas City, says the saturated soil will prevent much in the way of rapid heating.
“It’s hard to get hot if we have a lot of soil moisture,” Kluck says. “Once the plants and things start growing and evapotranspirating, my famous word, once that starts happening more and more, yes, some of that moisture gets sucked out of the soils, but that moisture also goes into the air and makes it harder to warm up and keeps thing relatively cool.”
While some climate models are hinting at a very warm weather pattern developing by mid-summer, Kluck says drought chances will stay low. “In some of those places that are super-wet right now, chances of them going into a really bad drought are lower than normal,” he says, “and chances of them having a hotter-than-normal summer are lower than normal as of right now as well.”
Some Iowa communities saw the flooding start last March along with repeated bouts of high water throughout 2019. A number of residents in parts of southwest Iowa, in the Missouri River valley, haven’t been able to return to their homes in ten months.
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — A northwestern Iowa man has pleaded guilty to reduced charges in the drunken driving death last year of his cousin. The Sioux City Journal reports that 39-year-old Darrick Toel, of Le Mars, pleaded guilty Thursday to vehicular homicide while driving recklessly and to operating while intoxicated. In exchange, a more serious charge of vehicular homicide while driving intoxicated was dropped.
Under the deal, Toel also agreed to an 11-year prison term. Authorities estimated Toel was traveling 90 mph on July 1 when he lost control of his car and struck a tree. Toel’s passenger, 37-year-old Ryan Toel of Struble, died two days later from his injuries.
Authorities in Mills County report a woman wanted on Union County warrants was arrested late Wednesday evening.
Autumn L. Vandry
The Mills County Sheriff’s Office says 20-year-old Autumn Lynn Vandry was arrested on warrants for 1st degree Burglary and Willful injury. She was arrested at around 8-p.m. and was being held in the Mills County Jail on $35,000 bond.
Police in Council Bluffs report two suspects who were allegedly involved in an assault this (Thursday) morning, were arrested on Class-C Felony charges of Willful Injury. Multiple witnesses reported seeing both suspects, 19-year-old Hunter Dunn and 21-year-old Thomas Smith, both of Council Bluffs, run up to 60-year-old Adolph Phillips, Jr., of Council Bluffs, and begin punching him. After Phillips was knocked to the ground, he was then repeatedly kicked in the head and body until he lost consciousness.
(Left to right) Thomas Smith and Hunter Dunn
He was taken to a Council Bluffs hospital and treated for non-life threatening injuries, and then released. The incident happened near North 17th Street and West Broadway Street at around 9:36 a.m.
While officers were en-route to the call, several witnesses called into the Pottawattamie County Communications Center and relayed information to dispatchers about the suspects’ description, direction of travel as they left the area on foot, and the victim’s condition.
The Council Bluffs Police Department would like to thank the citizens of Council Bluffs for helping them with this case.
Officials with the Atlantic Area Chamber of Commerce said today (Thursday), they were made aware of a woman who is calling area businesses claiming to be an accountant out of Texas. She claims to be calling on behalf of the Atlantic Area Chamber and Cass County Sheriff’s office.
The caller asks for information regarding an expired credit card, and is said to be very persistent. The Chamber warns this is not a legitimate call and business owners/managers should refrain from giving out any information. The number she is calling from is 817-395-1044.
AMES, Iowa – The Big 12 Conference announced today a date change for Iowa State’s 2020 football home game vs. West Virginia over Thanksgiving weekend.
The game will move to Friday, Nov. 27 from the originally scheduled date of Saturday, Nov. 28.
Kickoff time and broadcast information will be announced at a later date.
2020 IOWA STATE FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
Sept. 5 SOUTH DAKOTA
Sept. 12 at %Iowa
Sept. 19 UNLV
Sept. 26 *TEXAS TECH
Oct. 3 at *at Kansas
Oct. 10 *at Oklahoma State
Oct. 17 *OKLAHOMA- Homecoming
Oct. 29 (Thurs.) *KANSAS STATE
Nov. 7 *at TCU
Nov. 14 *BAYLOR
Nov. 21 *at Texas
Nov. 27 (Fri.) *WEST VIRGINIA
Home games in CAPS/BOLD
%Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series
*Big 12 Conference game
2020 NINTH Iowa Girls High School Basketball Rankings
Compiled by the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union
January 30, 2020
Class 1A
School Record LW
1 Newell-Fonda 16-0 2
2 Marquette Catholic 16-1 3
3 North Mahaska 12-2 4
4 Algona Bishop Garrigan 16-1 5
5 Montezuma 14-1 1
6 MMCRU 16-0 6
7 Saint Ansgar 14-2 7
8 Exira-EHK 15-1 10
9 Burlington Notre Dame 15-1 11
10 Woodbury Central 13-3 12
11 East Buchanan 12-4 13
12 Council Bluffs St. Albert 8-6 8
13 Kingsley-Pierson 14-3 9
14 Central Elkader 16-2 15
15 Springville 14-3 NR
Dropped Out: Central Decatur (14)
Class 2A
School Record LW
1 Cascade 16-0 1
2 West Hancock 18-0 2
3 North Linn 15-1 3
4 Osage 13-1 4
5 MFL-Mar-Mac 16-2 5
6 Van Buren County 15-2 7
7 Western Christian 12-4 8
8 AHSTW 15-1 10
9 West Branch 14-3 6
10 Mediapolis 16-1 11
11 Mount Ayr 13-2 12
12 Maquoketa Valley 14-3 9
13 Panorama 13-2 14
14 Logan-Magnolia 14-2 NR
15 Emmetsburg 11-4 15
Dropped Out: Hudson (13)
Class 3A
School Record LW
1 Dike-New Hartford 14-1 1
2 Crestwood 14-2 2
3 Bishop Heelan 11-3 3
4 Clear Lake 14-1 4
5 Roland-Story 12-2 5
6 North Polk 10-4 7
7 Des Moines Christian 15-1 8
8 Red Oak 13-3 6
9 Okoboji 15-1 9
10 West Burlington 12-3 10
11 West Liberty 15-2 12
12 Davenport Assumption 10-5 11
13 West Marshall 11-1 14
14 Jesup 12-3 NR
15 Monticello 12-4 NR
Dropped Out: Hampton-Dumont-CAL (13), Cherokee (15)
Class 4A
School Record LW
1 North Scott 15-0 1
2 Marion 14-0 2
3 Center Point-Urbana 15-0 3
4 Glenwood 15-0 4
5 Ballard 14-1 5
6 Cedar Rapids Xavier 10-4 6
7 Lewis Central 10-4 7
8 Gilbert 11-3 8
9 Waverly-Shell Rock 13-2 9
10 Central DeWitt 13-1 10
11 Grinnell 11-3 11
12 Mason City 9-7 12
13 Clear Creek-Amana 13-3 15
14 Bondurant-Farrar 10-4 NR
15 Keokuk 12-3 NR
Dropped Out: Carroll (13), ADM (14)
Class 5A
School Record LW
1 Iowa City High 13-0 1
2 Dowling Catholic 14-2 3
3 Cedar Rapids Prairie 14-0 4
4 Johnston 14-2 2
5 Waukee 12-2 5
6 Southeast Polk 15-1 6
7 Cedar Falls 10-4 7
8 Waterloo West 13-3 8
9 Urbandale 13-3 9
10 Davenport North 11-2 11
11 West Des Moines Valley 9-7 13
12 Ames 8-8 12
13 Ankeny Centennial 8-8 10
14 Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln 12-3 15
15 Sioux City East 11-4 NR
Dropped Out: Bettendorf (14)
Photo courtesy Brody O’Brien
Atlantic senior Brody O’Brien officially signed to play college baseball at Briar Cliff University on Wednesday. O’Brien has been a consistent hitter for the Trojans and split his time between third base and the mound last year. Brody said Briar Cliff felt like a good place for him athletically and academically.
O’Brien hit .343 last year for the Trojans and led the team with 17 RBIs on 24 hits. As a sophomore O’Brien had 19 RBIs on 27 hits. He said he has always prided himself on being a good hitter.
O’Brien will join a Charger team that went 22-26 last season with an 11-17 record in the Great Plains Athletic Conference. Corby McGlauflin will be in his first season as the Chargers Head Coach, taking over for Boyd Pitkin who spent 22 seasons at the helm. O’Brien talked about some of the goals he has for his final high school season this summer.
You can listen to the full interview with Brody below.
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(DES MOINES) – This week, Representative Tom Moore (a Republican from Griswold) welcomed students involved in Creston and Southwest Valley FFA programs, to the Iowa House of Representatives. The students were visiting the Capitol for the Legislative Symposium, which is designed to build character and promote citizenship, volunteerism and patriotism.
Pictured here is Rep. Tom Moore (Griswold) and students with the Creston FFA.
Pictured here is Rep. Tom Moore (Griswold) and students with the Southwest Valley FFA.
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