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CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — A driver faces several charges stemming from what authorities say was a hit-and-run in the parking lot of a bar in Linn County. County court records say 30-year-old Bret Klima, of Urbana, is charged with vehicular homicide, leaving the scene of a fatal accident and with other crimes. His attorney didn’t immediately return an Associated Press call Wednesday. The crash happened around 1:30 a.m. Dec. 1 in the parking lot of Bully’s North in Center Point. Authorities say 50-year-old Kimberley Swore died at the scene. She lived in Center Point. Another pedestrian suffered minor injuries.
(Radio Iowa) — Investigators are looking into the crash of a University of Dubuque helicopter that injured a student pilot in northeast Iowa, Tuesday afternoon. The crash happened near a hangar at the Independence Municipal Airport around 4:15 p.m. Independence fire officials say the helicopter sustained significant damage. They also reported that the hanger was damaged in the crash.
University of Dubuque Public Information Director Stacey Ortman released a statement after the crash confirming that the accident involved a university helicopter and a student pilot, who was not identified. She also confirmed that the student suffered non-life-threatening injuries and taken to the Independence hospital for treatment. The Federal Aviation Administration has been called in to investigate the crash.
TODAY: **Winter Weather Advisory until 6-p.m.**Snow, mixed at times with rain. High 35. S @ 10-20. (1-2” snow possible)
TONIGHT: Cloudy w/light snow-rain mixed. Low 32.
TOMORROW: Cloudy w/light snow-rain mix. High 34. NW @ 10-20
FRIDAY: Cldy w/light snow. High 32.
SATURDAY: P/cldy. High 36.
Our 24-hour High in Atlantic (as of 7-a.m. Today) was 34. Our 24-hour was -8. We received a mix of mostly snow and some light rain/freezing rain overnight. As of 7-a.m. today we had .4″ snow and about .1″ ice on the ground under the snow (total 1/2″). Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 29 and the Low was 12. The record High for Jan. 22nd in Atlantic, was 60 in 1967. The Record Low was -27 in 1930.
(Radio Iowa) — An Iowa Senate Committee has given its approval to new fines for drivers who loiter too long in the left lane on an interstate or four-lane highway. Senator Zach Whiting of Spirit Lake has been given the task of steering the bill through the senate. “I think it is an identifiable problem for a lot of drivers and it’s just a dangerous thing — the efficient flow of traffic being impeded by people camping out in the left lane.”
Whiting travels both Highway 20 and Interstate 35 on his commute to the state capitol and sees drivers who fail to yield the left lane to faster-moving vehicles. “I always smile because when I’ve got my cruise control set and I see somebody coming really fast on my left, there’s always somebody coming faster behind ’em,” Whiting says, “and so just move over, get over.”
If the bill becomes law, Whiting expects it will include a requirement that the D-O-T use its digital signs or add some highway signs to alert drivers to move out of the left lane if they’re not passing. “Sometimes laws change and we just want t make sure that we put people on notice,” Whiting says.
Last year, a bill that would have established a one-hundred-dollar ($100) fine for drivers who linger too long in the left lane stalled in the Iowa House. This past summer, the ILLINOIS State Police deployed unmarked vehicles to catch drivers misusing the left lane and handed out tickets that carry a one-hundred-20 ($120) fine.
(Radio Iowa) — Legislators in the Iowa House AND Senate are discussing steps that would let Iowa college athletes earn money if their name or likeness is used for profit. Senators Nate Boulton, a Democrat from Des Moines, and Republican Brad Zaun of Urbandale have been talking about establishing trust funds for student athletes’ compensation. Boulton says Division One college football has become the minor league for the N-F-L.
“There’s a general consensus that the power imbalance is unsustainable right now with the amount of money that’s going into college athletics and the inability to see anything other than facilities and coaching salaries be the outlet for that,” Boulton says.
Now that sports betting is legal in Iowa, Boulton says gamblers are profiting off college athletes, too. “There’s money all around this system and on an island, without any resources coming to them, are the student athletes who are putting their bodies on the line,” Boulton says.
Representatives Ras Smith, a Democrat from Waterloo, and Republican Joe Mitchell of Wayland met last month with former University of Iowa star Marvin McNutt to discuss how trust funds might work — so the compensation comes after the student athlete’s college career is over. “Me and Representative Smith have both said that we think that these guys should have the rights to the fruits of their own labor,” Mitchell says. “A lot of these guys aren’t going to play pro, but they would be able to make some money in college.”
Mitchell says playing a sport like football at the Division One level is essentially job. “If we’re going to go to have these guys go out there and play and make money for the universities and if the coaches can make money off endorsements, but the players can’t — who are really the ones that people come to watch — that’s where I see the problem with it,” Mitchell says.
Mitchell says this is a sensitive issue, but if legislators can come up with a bipartisan consensus, the Iowa law could be a model for other states and even the N-C-Double-A.
Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press
AMES, Iowa (AP) — Solomon Young scored a career-high 27 points off the bench, Rasir Bolton added 21 points and nine rebounds and Iowa State beat Oklahoma State 89-82. Young, a 6-foot-8 senior who started the first 14 games of the season, gave the Cyclones a much-needed energy boost and also grabbed nine rebounds as the Cowboys remained winless in conference play. The Cyclones, who made of 11 of 24 3-point attempts, led 75-60 with five minutes left and held off a late Cowboys’ charge by hitting four straight free throws in the closing moments. Lindy Waters led Oklahoma State with 14 points.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Brad Davison scored 14 points, D’Mitrik Trice added 11 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists and Wisconsin used a big second half to power past Nebraska 82-68. After leading 39-38 at halftime, the Badgers opened the second half on a 20-4 run to hand the Cornhuskers their fourth straight loss. Davison sparked the surge by knocking down back-to-back 3s out of the locker room. Dachon Burke Jr. had a game-high 20 points and Kevin Cross scored 17 off the bench for Nebraska, which countered with a 19-7 run of its own to pull within 66-61.
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — For a struggling Missouri men’s basketball team, even an NCAA record-breaking night wasn’t enough for a win. After sinking 31 free throws in its weekend loss to Alabama, the Tigers (9-9, 1-5 Southeastern Conference) continued their streak with 23 foul shots in a row against Texas A&M. The 54 consecutive free throws broke the NCAA record of 50 set by Wake Forest in 2005.But it wasn’t enough — Josh Nebo and his 14 points overpowered a sloppy Missouri team to a 66-64 Aggies win.
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Third-ranked Kansas and Kansas State ended their bitter showdown with a wild melee behind the basket that included punches, shoving and at least one player picking up a stool. The brawl started moments after the Jayhawks tried to dribble out the time on their 81-60 victory. Silvio De Sousa was stripped by the Wildcats’ DaJuan Gordon near mid-court and Gordon tried to go in for a layup. The Jayhawks’ big man recovered and blocked his shot, sending Gordon to the floor, then stood over him barking. That triggered benches to empty and punches to be thrown.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs are headed to their first Super Bowl in 50 years and nobody is happier than the family that owns the franchise. Clark Hunt is the most visible face of the Hunt family. He has wanted desperately to win the AFC championship trophy that bears the name of his father and the team’s founder, Lamar. And when the Chiefs checked that off with a win over the Tennessee Titans, it also meant that his mother, Norma, would finally get to see their team in the big game for the first time since 1970.
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Workers at the Miami Dolphins’ stadium are busily preparing the complex for the Super Bowl on Feb. 2 between the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers. Eric Finkelstein is the NFL senior director of event operations. He says about 6,000 people are working behind the scenes to get everything set up, and they’re on schedule. The site will include the first Super Bowl gondolas, which will provide fans with a view of pregame festivities from a height of 90 feet. The NFL has been on site since Jan. 2 and built 4 1/2 miles of fence to secure the perimeter.
ATLANTA (AP) — Free agent outfielder Marcell Ozuna and the Atlanta Braves have reached an $18 million, one-year deal. The deal puts Ozuna on the team he helped beat in the playoffs last October. Ozuna hit .429 with two home runs for the St. Louis Cardinals in their five-game win over the Braves in the NL Division Series. The 29-year-old Ozuna hit .241 with 29 home runs and 89 RBIs last season. His low batting average was something on an oddity because he ranked among the major league leaders in the highest percentage of hard-hit balls, according to Statcast.
Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:40 a.m. CST
MOUNT PLEASANT, Iowa (AP) — Democratic White House hopefuls are campaigning in the more than two dozen Iowa counties that went from supporting Barack Obama to Donald Trump in 2016. They hope showing up in counties Democrats lost will help prove they can take on Trump this year. Their visits may also help Democrats win back these counties in November by energizing Democrats and engaging disaffected Republicans. And they hope to win some delegates by focusing on these counties across the state.
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Defense lawyers for the man charged in the killing of University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts are asking for his trial to be delayed. Lawyers for Cristhian Bahena Rivera say they need to delay the Feb. 4 trial date so they have time to appeal a judge’s ruling that allowed key evidence to be used against their client. The Iowa Supreme Court will consider whether to take the appeal before trial. Rivera’s lawyers also say they want to depose several individuals recently added to the prosecution’s witness list, including Tibbetts’ boyfriend at the time of her July 2018 disappearance.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Iowa regulators have gone beyond their counterparts in North Dakota by requiring owners of the Dakota Access Pipeline to provide expert analysis to back up the company’s claim that doubling the line’s capacity does not increase the potential of a spill. Energy Transfer wants to double the capacity of the pipeline to as much as 1.1 million barrels daily to meet growing demand for oil shipments from North Dakota, and is seeking permission for additional pump stations in the Dakotas, Iowa and Illinois to do it.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Less than two weeks before the first voting contest of the 2020 primary season, virtually every Democratic presidential contender is trying to rally their supporters behind a decidedly optimistic theme: unity. Despite their consistent efforts, however, unity has proved to be a fleeting concept. Hillary Clinton slammed Bernie Sanders in an interview published Tuesday, representing the latest — and perhaps, the loudest — flash point in the Democratic Party’s high-stakes nomination fight that has exposed dangerous divisions based on gender, race, age and ideology that threaten to undermine the urgent quest to defeat President Donald Trump in 2020.
Solomon Young scored a career-high 27 points off the bench, Rasir Bolton added 21 points and nine rebounds and Iowa State beat Oklahoma State 89-82. Young, a 6-foot-8 senior who started the first 14 games of the season, gave the Cyclones a much-needed energy boost and also grabbed nine rebounds as the Cowboys remained winless in conference play. The Cyclones, who made of 11 of 24 3-point attempts, led 75-60 with five minutes left and held off a late Cowboys’ charge by hitting four straight free throws in the closing moments. Lindy Waters led Oklahoma State with 14 points.
Quad @ Audubon
Woodbine 30, Audubon 27
Woodbine 39, West Harrison 24
Woodbine 36, Coon Rapids-Bayard 12
Audubon 30, Coon Rapids-Bayard 12
Audubon 36, West Harrison 18
Quad @ Bishop Heelan, Sioux City
West Sioux 59, Bishop Heelan 12
West Sioux 46, Logan-Magnolia 24
West Sioux 42, Woodbury Central 20
Logan-Magnolia 53, Woodbury Central 25
Logan-Magnolia 44, Bishop Heelan 30
Woodbury Central 50, Bishop Heelan 21
Quad @ Clarinda
Missouri Valley 57, Tri-Center 21
Missouri Valley 57, Clarinda 21
Missouri Valley 59, Southwest Iowa 21
Clarinda 45, Tri-Center 30
Clarinda 58, Southwest Iowa 24
Tri-Center 50, Southwest Iowa 24
Quad @ East Mills
Bedford/Lenox 48, East Mills 33
Bedford/Lenox 63, Clarinda Academy 6
Bedford/Lenox 60, East Union 6
East Mills 54, Clarinda Academy 12
East Mills 60, East Union 6
East Union 30, Clarinda Academy 18
Duals @ Lewis Central (Council Bluffs Duals)
Lewis Central 74, Thomas Jefferson 6
Lewis Central 57, Abraham Lincoln 24
Lewis Central 72, St. Albert 12
Abraham Lincoln 52, Thomas Jefferson 24
Abraham Lincoln 59, St. Albert 19
St. Albert 48, Thomas Jefferson 30
Quad @ Roland-Story
North Polk 46, Greene County 33
Greene County 51, West Central Valley 18
Greene County 52, Roland-Story 28
North Polk 64, West Central Valley 18
North Polk 59, Roland-Story 27
Roland-Story 48, West Central Valley 36
Quad @ South Central Calhoun
Woodward-Granger 45, South Central Calhoun 36
Woodward-Granger 77, Baxter 0
Woodward-Granger 54, ACGC 27
South Central Calhoun 53, ACGC 29
South Central Calhoun 69, Baxter 0
ACGC 60, Baxter 6
Quad @ Van Meter
Winterset 36, Van Meter/Earlham 25
Winterset 52, Mount Ayr 23
Winterset 78, SW Valley 6
Van Meter/Earlham 57, Mount Ayr 21
Van Meter/Earlham 76, SW Valley 6
Mount Ayr 45, SW Valley 30
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