Jim Field visits with Brittany Seely of NAMI Southwest Iowa about events and a contest in February to help promote their efforts in the field of mental illness.
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LOS ANGELES – University of Iowa senior guard, Caitlin Clark, was named to the John R. Wooden Award Late Season Top 20 Watch List on Tuesday. Clark won the award last season and was a finalist her sophomore year.
Chosen by a poll of national college basketball experts based on their performances during the 2023-24 season thus far, the list comprises of 25 student-athletes who are front-runners for the sport’s most prestigious honor.
In her senior campaign, she has broken the Big Ten and Iowa all-time records for scoring and assists. She currently leads the country in points per game (32.0), three-point field goals per game (5.33), and is second nationally in assists (160).
This week, Clark, notched 38 points, 10 rebounds, and six assists against Nebraska, a team she has scored 30 or more in all eight meetings against. Clark has also netted at least six three-point field goals in five consecutive games which is the longest active streak nationally.
Additionally, she is the first player in college women’s basketball history to be named AP National Player of the Week twice in the same season. Clark has also garnered honors from the WBCA on six occasions.
She is the first Division-I player to record 3,000+ points, 900+ assists, and 800+ rebounds in a career. Is also the all-time leader in 30+ point performances in men’s and women’s college basketball over the last 25 seasons. (49)
The players on the list are considered strong candidates for the 2024 Wooden Award Women’s Player of the Year presented by Principal. Players not chosen to the preseason or midseason list are still eligible for the Wooden Award™ National Ballot. The National Ballot consists of 15 top players who have proven to their universities that they meet or exceed the qualifications of the Wooden Award. Voters will rank in order 10 of those 15 players when voting opens prior to the NCAA Tournament and will allow voters to take into consideration performance during early round games. The Wooden Award All American Team™ will be announced the week of the “Elite Eight” round of the NCAA Tournament. The winner of the 2024 John R. Wooden Award will be presented by Principal following the NCAA Tournament in April.
The Atlantic Trojans Girl’s Basketball team looked impressive with a 60-27 road victory over the Red Oak Tigers on Tuesday night. Paytn Harter had 20 and Makenna Schroeder had 13 to help the Trojans get the win.
Atlantic started slow but got the last bucket of the first quarter to take a 18-16 lead. A couple of threes by Schroeder and another by junior Maddie Richter helped the Trojans push the lead to 16 by halftime 35-19. In the second half the Trojans stayed focused on feeding Katrina Williams the ball inside the paint scoring eight on the night, and it helped the Trojans blow the game open to a 48-21 lead. In the fourth quarter Red Oak continued to miss shots and only scored four in the entire eight minutes.
Atlantic Head Coach Dan Vargason said it was nice to see everyone respond after starting the game slow.
The Trojans will be back home on Friday night to face the Denison-Schleswig Lady Monarchs. Coach Vargason will have his teams focus on executing their game plan well.
We’ll have coverage on KJANTV with pregame at 5:50pm and Tip-off at 6:00pm.
(Creston, Iowa) – The Creston Police Department reports a man was arrested Tuesday night on an OWI charge. 39-year-old Miguel Angel Zapata-Gonzalez, of Creston, was arrested at around 11:52-p.m., near a Creston auto dealership. Zapata-Gonzalez was charged with Operating While Under the Influence, and Driving While Suspended. He was taken to Union County Jail and later posted at $1,300 cash or approved surety bond.
(Corydon, Iowa) – Sheriff’s official in southern Iowa, Tuesday, said a teenager faces a felony, Threat of Terrorism charge, following an alleged threat against the Wayne Community School District (CSD), in Corydon. The Wayne County Sheriff’s Office received a report Tuesday morning from the Wayne CSD with regard to information they received from another school district, concerning the threat of violence at each of the school districts.
The Wayne Community School District implemented a Level I External Lockdown following their policies and safety protocols, and immediately notified law enforcement. Deputies with the Wayne County Sheriff’s Office responded to the Secondary School in Corydon, and obtained information received by the school concerning the threats. Law enforcement acted immediately in identifying the individual and located him at a residence in rural Wayne County.
As a result of the investigation a 14 year old male juvenile was taken into custody without incident, by deputies with the Wayne County Sheriff’s Office, under the authority of an existing court order, and due to the incident reported that morning. The juvenile was not, at any time known to law enforcement, on school grounds. The teen remains in custody, and was transported to another agency pending the current criminal charges and the existing order.
The teen was charged with Threat of Terrorism, a Class “D” Felony. Authorities say while the case remains under investigation, there is no current danger to students, staff or community at this time. The Wayne County Sheriff’s Office was assisted in their investigation, by the Osage Police Department,Mitchell County Sheriff’s Office, Iowa Juvenile Court Services and the Wayne Community School District.
DES MOINES, Iowa [KCCI]— A Mississippi man who police say admitted last month to damaging the Satanic Temple’s display at the Iowa Capitol has now been charged with a hate crime. Michael Cassidy, of Lauderdale, Mississippi, was initially charged with fourth-degree criminal mischief on Dec. 15, a day after the damage was reported. He was released after his arrest. Court documents say the cost to replace or repair the property is between $750 and $1,500. They also show that the act was committed “in violation of individual rights” under Iowa’s hate crime statute. Both pieces of evidence bring the charge to 3rd degree-criminal mischief, a class D felony.
Cassidy is set to be arraigned on Feb. 15. The display sat on the east side of the Capitol beside a column and an ornate staircase, about 100 feet from a Christmas tree displayed in the rotunda. It was permitted by rules that govern religious installations inside the Capitol. Lucien Greaves, co-founder of the Satanic Temple, said at the time that the display was a symbol of their right to religious freedom.
The display drew criticism from many conservatives, including Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds. Founded in 2013, the Salem, Massachusetts-based Satanic Temple doesn’t believe in Satan but describes itself as a “non-theistic religious organization” that advocates for secularism. It is separate from the Church of Satan, which was founded in the 1960s.
(Radio Iowa) – An extensive botanical reference library that’s a growing resource for research has been on the Iowa State University campus for more than one-and-a-half centuries. The Ada Hayden Herbarium is home to nearly three-quarters of a million plant samples, according to curator Deb Lewis. She calls the herbarium a one-stop shop for studying Iowa’s native plants, as well as plants from all over the globe. Most of the herbarium’s holdings are plants that have been dried, pressed, labeled, attached to archival paper and stored for reference. Mounted and kept correctly, Lewis says they can last for centuries. The herbarium is housed in a complex of four adjacent interior rooms on the third floor of Bessey Hall. The samples are stored in about 250 large metal cabinets that are spread across the facility’s 43-hundred square feet.
Nodaway Valley 42, MFL MarMac 36
Don Bosco 57, Nodaway Valley 15
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Woodbine 42, East Sac County 18
Woodbine 37, MVAOCOU 24
MVAOCOU 33, East Sac County 30
Manson Northwest Webster 54, Woodbine 30
Manson Northwest Webster 60, East Sac County 17
Manson Northwest Webster 45, MVAOCOU 22
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Shenandoah 48, Logan-Magnolia 31
Hinton 51, Shenandoah 25
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Wapsie Valley 59, Riverside 15
Wapsie Valley 43, West Hancock 33
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Alburnett 60, Earlham 14
Earlham 42, Pleasantville 25
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East Union 30, Southwest Valley 29
Panorama 54, East Union 21
Panorama 54, Southwest Valley 20
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Creston 45, Carroll 21
Carroll 37, Winterset 28
Hawkeye Ten Conference:
Red Oak 64 Atlantic, 56
Denison-Schleswig 62, Spencer 55 (NC)
Glenwood 64, Clarinda 53
#10 Lewis Central 63, Blair 31
Western Iowa Conference:
#8 Treynor 67, Riverside 49
Logan-Magnolia 56, Audubon 50
Rolling Valley Conference:
Woodbine 51, Coon Rapids-Bayard 39
CAM 61, Glidden-Ralston 48
Corner Conference:
Sidney 76, Essex 56
West Central Conference:
Pleasantville 75, Woodward Academy 48
#2 Madrid 62, Ogden 38
Panorama 72, Woodward-Granger 60
Earlham 59, Interstate-35 54
Des Moines Christian 60, Van Meter 46
ACGC 62, West Central Valley 46
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