(Glenwood, Iowa) – The Glenwood Police Department reports the arrest on Monday, of 39-year-old Bradley Fink, from Silver City. Finke was arrested for the alleged Possession of a controlled substance/marijuana – a simple misdemeanor. He posted a $1,000 cash or surety bond, and was released.
DES MOINES, Iowa – Graduate forward Grace Berg collected her second MVC Player of the Week award after posting a career weekend for the Bulldogs, the league announced this morning. Berg led the way as Drake defended its home arena and swept a pair of games over Des Moines’ Hometown Team Weekend.
Berg averaged 23.0 points on shooting rates of 50.0 percent from the field, 42.9 percent from three-point range, and 80.0 percent from the free throw line. The forward also added four rebounds and 1.5 assists per contest.
Berg began the weekend with a solid 16 points and three rebounds in a nail-biting 69-65 win over Belmont (1/19). She followed that up with an electric outing vs. Murray State (1/21) with a career-high 30 points on 53.8 percent field goal shooting and 55.6 percent three-point shooting. Berg added five boards and two assists as Drake downed the Racers in a fast-paced shootout, 107-98. Berg’s season scoring average jumped up to 17.4 ppg to go along with 4.9 rpg and 2.8 apg.
The Bulldogs’ two wins vaulted them into sole possession of first place in the MVC, and Des Moines’ Hometown Team could not have done that without Berg.
Drake will be back in action this weekend when they hit the road and visit rivals Bradley on Thursday, Jan. 25 and Illinois State on Saturday, Jan. 27.
GILBERT “Gib” CLAIR BROWN, 81, of Adair, died Dec. 6, 2023, at home. Funeral services for GILBERT “GIB” BROWN will be held 11-a.m. Feb. 2, 2024 at the First Congregational Church in Stuart. Johnson Family Funeral Home in Stuart has the arrangements.
The service will be livestreamed at facebook.com/stuartfcc.
Visitation will be held on Feb. 1st, from 5-until 7-p.m., at the church. Lunch of a taco bar and others of Gib’s favorites will be offered afterward.
GILBERT “GIB” BROWN is survived by:
His daughters – Susan (Tim) Schafer, of Adair, and Sheryl (Dennis) Richter, of Stuart.
9 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren.
The (8-6) Riverside Bulldogs basketball team has had a mixed year for the program with the third spot at the top of the Western Iowa Conference. Riverside started off the year 3-0 with wins against AHSTW, IKM-Manning, and Griswold. Senior Grady Jeppesen looked as sharp as ever and the Bulldogs were building up to be the top team in the WIC. Their next four games saw them go 1-3 in conference play and it was time for Riverside to take a step back and revaluate. Head Coach Nick Kroon decided he would have his team to focus on shooting with the lack of size on this year’s roster. Coach Kroon explained that the Bulldog’s need to bring their best game every night considering how competitive the WIC has shaped up to be this year.
A key focal point for the Riverside offense has been the stellar play from Grady Jeppesen who’s averaging over 26 points a game and leading the team in assists at 46 and rebounds with 98. The progress and improvement for Jeppesen comes from the time spent in the weight room.
Second in points behind Grady Jeppesen is senior Mason McCready at 11.5 points per game. For his senior year McCready wanted to focus and taking better shots and having a larger role in the offense. McCready’s refinement is something Coach Kroon is well aware of.
Another player that has impressed Bulldog fans and the rest of his team is the only freshman starter for Riverside Cole Jeppesen. In critical situations Cole Jeppesen is normally assigned the most talented offensive player for the other team and his job is to lock them down. It is not an easy role, but one Jeppesen excels at.
The WIC is especially competitive this year for the Bulldogs and still coach Kroon believes his team can win every team they face. They just have to be aware of the margin of error and play at their best.
Riverside is gearing up for a road game Thursday against the (0-1) Iowa School For The Deaf.
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(Iowa DNR News) – The paddlefish snagging season on the Missouri and Big Sioux rivers opens Feb. 1 and goes through April 30 (sunrise to sunset). The Iowa Department of Natural Resources says anglers fishing for paddlefish must have a valid Iowa fishing license, along with a special paddlefish license and unused transportation tag(s).
Please keep track of your catch and effort and complete the electronic survey after the paddlefish season whether you harvested a fish or not. The information collected will help the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) evaluate the success of the season and determine what potential changes/modifications may be needed.
Paddlefish-DNR photo
If you catch a jaw-tagged fish (numbered band in the lower jaw), call the phone number on the tag and report the tag number, date of capture, capture location and eye-to-fork length. The Iowa DNR and other state fisheries agencies tag paddlefish to better understand and manage populations. Tagging provides valuable information to estimate population size, fish movement and growth.
Ongoing drought conditions and low river levels might affect Missouri River boat ramp access. For more information about Iowa’s special paddlefish season regulations, visit the DNR website at www.iowadnr.gov/paddlefish.
Sites and assignments for wrestling’s 2024 regional dual team tournaments are now available for all three classifications.
Regional duals for all three classes are scheduled for 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 30. The top eight teams in each class qualify for the State Dual Team Tournament, set for Saturday, Feb. 3 at Xtream Arena in Coralville.
Update in 2024: The top 24 ranked teams in each class according to the latest IHSAA rankings will compete at eight regional duals with the highest-ranked teams hosting, if possible and practical within geographic areas.
The top-ranked team at each site receives a bye during the first round. The winner of the first round dual wrestles the top-ranked team in the final. Finals matchups are listed as to-be-determined (TBD) below.
At Southeast Polk
First Round: #16 Iowa City, City High vs. #17 Norwalk
Final: #1 Southeast Polk vs. TBD
At Indianola
First Round: #15 Ankeny vs. #18 Valley, W.D.M.
Final: #2 Indianola vs. TBD
At Bettendorf
First Round: #13 Prairie, Cedar Rapids vs. #19 Iowa City, West
Final: #3 Bettendorf vs. TBD
At Fort Dodge
First Round: #14 Carlisle vs. #22 Waukee
Final: #4 Fort Dodge vs. TBD
At Ankeny Centennial
First Round: #11 Johnston vs. #21 Xavier, Cedar Rapids
Final: #5 Ankeny Centennial vs. TBD
At Waukee Northwest
First Round: #10 Bondurant-Farrar vs. #24 Dallas Center-Grimes
Final: #6 Waukee Northwest vs. TBD
At Dubuque, Hempstead
First Round: #12 Clear Creek-Amana vs. #20 North Scott
Final: #7 Dubuque, Hempstead vs. TBD
At Linn-Mar, Marion
First Round: #9 Waverly-Shell Rock vs. #23 Pleasant Valley
Final: #8 Linn-Mar, Marion vs. TBD
At Osage
First Round: #16 Anamosa vs. #19 Crestwood, Cresco
Final: #1 Osage vs. TBD
At Mount Vernon
First Round: #14 Solon vs. #18 Columbus Community
Final: #2 Mount Vernon vs. TBD
At Creston
First Round: #15 Carroll vs. #20 Winterset
Final: #3 Creston vs. TBD
At West Delaware
First Round: #13 Benton Community vs. #23 Decorah
Final: #4 West Delaware vs. TBD
At Sergeant Bluff-Luton
First Round: #11 Glenwood vs. #17 Webster City
Final: #5 Sergeant Bluff-Luton vs. TBD
At Independence
First Round: #12 North Polk vs. #22 Union, LaPorte City
Final: #6 Independence vs. TBD
At Algona
First Round: #10 Hampton-Dumont-CAL vs. #21 New Hampton/Turkey Valley
Final: #7 Algona vs. TBD
At Ballard
First Round: #9 Humboldt vs. #24 Williamsburg
Final: #8 Ballard vs. TBD
At Alburnett
First Round: #16 Pleasantville vs. #17 Earlham
Final: #1 Alburnett vs. TBD
At Don Bosco, Gilbertville
First Round: #15 MFL MarMac vs. #20 Nodaway Valley
Final: #2 Don Bosco, Gilbertville vs. TBD
At Wilton
First Round: #13 West Branch vs. #19 Interstate 35, Truro
Final: #3 Wilton vs. TBD
At Lake Mills
First Round: #14 Denver vs. #18 Akron-Westfield
Final: #4 Lake Mills vs. TBD
At Nashua-Plainfield
First Round: #12 Emmetsburg vs. #22 Central Springs
Final: #5 Nashua-Plainfield vs. TBD
At West Hancock
First Round: #11 Wapsie Valley vs. #23 Riverside, Oakland
Final: #6 West Hancock vs. TBD
At Jesup
First Round: #10 Lisbon vs. #24 North Butler/Clarksville
Final: #7 Jesup vs. TBD
At Hinton
First Round: #9 Logan-Magnolia vs. #21 Shenandoah
Final: #8 Hinton vs. TBD
AMES, Iowa – Iowa State defensive back Beau Freyler has been named a 2023 College Sports Communicators First-Team Academic All-American.
Freyler, who owns a 3.90 GPA while majoring in kinesiology, is the sixth player in school history to earn first-team honors (eight times). The Cyclone football program has earned All-America accolades six times during head coach Matt Campbell’s tenure.
A junior from Colorado Springs, Colorado, Freyler had another impressive season on the field. He earned Associated Press First-Team All-Big 12 honors after starting all 13 games for the Cyclones and finishing fourth in the conference with 107 tackles, while also making two interceptions. He is the first Cyclone since 2017 to record 100 or more tackles.
He is a two-time academic all-district selection and was named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team in 2022, with the 2023 list still to be announced.
Freyler was one of five Big 12 Conference student-athletes named to the first team, while three others received second-team honors.
IOWA CITY, Iowa — University of Iowa football senior Quinn Schulte has been named to the Academic All-America second team. The announcement was made on Tuesday by College Sports Communicators, formerly the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
A member of Iowa’s Leadership Group last season, Schulte is a four-time Academic All-Big Ten honoree. The native of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, was also recognized on the Dean’s List six times between 2019-22.
Schulte (6-foot-1, 209 pounds) started all 14 games at free safety in 2023. He ranked fourth on the squad in tackles (65), tied for third with four pass break-ups, to go along with an interception (39-yard return versus Rutgers). After the season, Schulte was named an honorable mention all-conference selection and was a Brett Greenwood Award recipient.
Schulte holds a 3.72 grade point average and graduated with a degree in interdepartmental studies (health science-multidisciplinary science) with a minor in human physiology last spring. He plans on starting the dentistry DDS program this fall.
Last month, Schulte announced that he would return in 2024 for a sixth season. He has started all 27 Hawkeye games played the last two seasons.
In 25 seasons under Iowa head coach Kirk Ferentz, 11 Iowa football student-athletes have combined on 15 occasions to earn Academic All-America recognition.
(Radio Iowa) – State Auditor Rob Sand has released a report of all the property tax levies in Iowa and Sand says it shows the property tax is regressive. “Fairness in taxation is a big issue and knowing now, as we have now proven, that lower income and middle income, middle class Iowans pay a higher rate on their taxes per thousand dollars of valuation than wealthy Iowans, I think that’s an important consideration for policy makers,” Sand says. Sand says the lowest overall levies are in northwest and north central Iowa.”Rates are a little bit higher in central and southern Iowa,” Sand says, “and in most large and mid-sized cities as well.” Sand has released a series of maps showing the tax rates in the 4100 property tax districts in Iowa.
“Until today some people have suspected but we have never known that in fact when compared to median income rates, according to Census data, that property taxes in Iowa are in fact a regressive tax,” Sand says. “What that means is that working class and middle class Iowans pay a higher rate on their property taxes than wealthy Iowans do.”
Sand reviewed property tax rates in 2014, 2017 and 2024. He is not making recommendations for changes in how cities, counties, school districts and other local government entities collect property taxes. Iowans who own property get a notice in August about payments that are due in September and March.
(Radio Iowa) – The dead of winter may be the ideal time to take in a new photography exhibit at the University of Iowa called “Facing the Inferno.” It’s a collection of pictures showing the devastating impact of wildfires snapped by Kari Greer, a contract photographer with the National Interagency Fire Center, based in Idaho. Jessica Smith, spokeswoman for the UI’s Pentacrest Museums, says it’s a spell-binding series of images. “A lot of the photos that Kari has taken over time have been when she was close to these fires, and they may have been published or used in a journalistic way,” Smith says. “In this exhibition, they’ve been divorced from the original content that would have been published with them and reexamined from a point of fine art.”
Smith says the exhibition captures the striking visual narrative of wildfires through Greer’s lens. “It’s really visually stunning. They range from small candid portraits of firefighters themselves — and they’re really telling, you can just see exhaustion in their eyes and of course they’re covered in soot,” Smith says, “but there’s some others that are more nature-based, focusing specifically on fire itself or smoke.”
Photo from the Kari Greer exhibit
The exhibit opened last week in the Hanson Humanities Gallery at the Old Capitol Museum, and Smith says the collection chronicles the raw intensity of massive wildfires. “There are some of actual damage, like putting a house or some context into a human-impacted space and they’re just gorgeous,” Smith says, “and then you realize what you’re looking at, and then you have a lot of questions and there’s some deeper meaning there.” She says the collection was assembled in the galley to delve into the evolving role of contemporary photographers, and the ecological implications of wildfires on society. “Facing the Inferno” is considered a timely and essential exhibition for everyone. Smith notes, even Iowans who are far from any wildfires experienced smoke and air quality issues last summer.
“We have a staff that’s really thinking carefully about what we want to be in there and it’s usually something that’s quite topical, and something that is going to have strong curricular connections,” Smith says. “So we can be supporting hands-on learning opportunities for our students, getting them out of their textbooks and out of their classrooms and into a space to explore and think about things, and this is a really, really strong example of that.”
Greer will be delivering a free lecture on the Iowa City campus in a few months, likely in late March or early April.
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