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The Iowa High School Soccer Coaches Association and the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union have both released their latest high school soccer rankings within the past two days.
In the girls rankings from the IGHSAU area teams make an appearance in each class. In Class 1A Treynor is 7th, Panorama is 11th, and St. Albert is ranked 14th. In Class 2A Lewis Central is top ranked, ADM is 3rd, Mount Ayr is 11th, and Winterset is 14th. In Class 3A CB Abraham Lincoln checks in at #6. Check out the full rankings here: soccer-19-41119rankings
In the boys rankings from the IHSSCA their are a few area team represented. In Class 1A Creston is ranked 11th and Treynor is 13th. In Class 2A ADM is 8th and Denison-Schleswig is 9th. Take a look at the full rankings here: 20190409_Week_2_Rankings
Girls Soccer
ADM 2, Dallas Center-Grimes 1 (2 OT)
Bondurant-Farrar 10, Carroll 0
Nodaway Valley 3, Knoxville 2 (OT)
Panorama 13, Grand View Christian 0
Winterset 5, Carlisle 3
Boys Soccer
Bondurant-Farrar 8, Carroll 1
Dallas Center-Grimes 1, ADM 0
Greene County 10, Ballard 0
Panorama 7, Grand View Christian 2
IOWA CITY, Iowa — University of Iowa freshman guard Joe Wieskamp announced Thursday that he has submitted paperwork for entry into the 2019 NBA Draft in order to test the process.
Wieskamp plans to go through the process without an agent. Student-athletes wishing to return to school can do so by withdrawing from the draft by May 29.
“My dream has always been to play in the NBA,” said Wieskamp. “I want to do everything that I can to turn that dream into a reality whenever that may be. I am excited to gain feedback and learn from this process.”
Wieskamp, a native of Muscatine, Iowa, ranked fourth in team scoring (11.1 ppg), second in rebounding (4.9 rpg), and third in steals (31). One of five players voted to the All-Big Ten Freshman Team, he ranked second in the Big Ten in 3-point accuracy (.424, 59-of-139), which ranks second all-time among Iowa freshmen behind Jake Kelly (.435, 30-of-69). Wieskamp twice earned Big Ten Freshman of the Week honors in 2018-19 and sank the game-winning basket on a baseline 3-pointer that grazed the side of the backboard with 0.2 seconds remaining to propel Iowa to a 71-69 triumph at Rutgers on Feb. 16. Wieskamp tied Iowa’s single-game 3-point percentage record when he made all six 3-point attempts in Iowa’s 24-point win over Illinois (Jan. 20), tying Jeff Horner (2004 versus Penn State) and Jim Bartels (1995 at Ohio State).
“Joe should take advantage of this opportunity and we fully support his decision,” said Iowa head coach Fran McCaffery. “This rule is a positive one for those in pursuit of their professional dreams. We have had players in the past go through the process, all of whom found it beneficial in gathering information through workouts and interviews from NBA personnel. We will assist Joe throughout the process.”
Jim Field visits with Tova Brandt about some new exhibits at the Museum f Danish America in Elk Horn.
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DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) — A man accused of Dubuque home invasions and sexual assaults in 2011 and 2014 has pleaded not guilty. Dubuque County court records say 29-year-old Martel Fountain Sr. filed the written pleas Tuesday. He’s charged with four counts of sexual abuse and four of burglary. A trial date hasn’t been set.
The records say Fountain assaulted three women in 2011 after forcing his way into their homes. The documents say another was raped in 2014 after Fountain forced her into her garage.
Prosecutors say a DNA sample taken from Fountain in March 2018 after his arrest in the federal drug case linked him to the four Dubuque assaults. DNA information from those four cases had been filed in an FBI database.
The East Pottawattamie County 4-H program offered “Cooking with Kids” afterschool program on Wednesday’s in March and April at the Carson United Methodist Church for all 4th grade youth. Youth spent the afternoon learning about basics and safety of cooking and baking, measuring, reading a recipe, using kitchen utensils and appliances, setting a table, manners and working together.
East Pott. County Extension officials say throughout the sessions, youth learned to crack eggs, cook meat to the safe internal temperature, dice up meat and fruit, use the stove top, oven, blender, griddle, make French toast, mini chicken pot pies, fruit smoothies, peanut butter cookies, toss salad, and fruit salad all while getting to taste test and learn how to perfect their recipes. Youth also created a cookbook with a collection of all of their recipes along the way.
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(Lenexa, Kansas, April 11, 2019) – Both federal and state agencies are asking Iowans to report any dangerous containers displaced by floodwaters in western Iowa. Recent flooding scattered tanks, drums, cylinders and barrels onto properties adjacent to the Missouri River and its Iowa tributaries. These items may contain hazardous materials such as propane and industrial chemicals and should only be handled by trained professionals.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has been given a Federal Emergency Management Agency mission assignment to coordinate hazardous material recovery along the I-29 corridor in Iowa. EPA is working closely with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources to identify and retrieve containers swept away by floodwaters in Iowa. Iowa residents are encouraged to report displaced (“orphaned”) tanks, drums or other containers found in flood debris using the online form located on the Iowa DNR Disaster Assistance web site.