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Clark Wins 2024 Ann Meyers Drysdale Award

Sports

April 5th, 2024 by Asa Lucas

CLEVELAND, Ohio – University of Iowa senior guard, Caitlin Clark, was named the winner of the 2024 Ann Meyers Drysdale Award as the USBWA National Player of the Year for the second straight season. The announcement came today at USBWA’s annual awards luncheon in Cleveland, site of the Women’s Final Four.

The national player of the year leads the nation in several NCAA categories including points per game (32.0), three pointers made and three pointers per game (508/5.22) and triple-doubles (6). She became the first player to finish No. 1 in both categories in back-to-back seasons. Clark owns a career 3,900+ points and she recently became the first Division-I player to record 1,000+ points in back-to-back seasons. She is also the only player in NCAA DI men’s or women’s basketball history to lead her conference in scoring and assists in four consecutive seasons.

This is the third USBWA national award for Clark. In addition to the two Ann Meyers Drysdale Awards, she was the USBWA’s Co-Freshman of the Year in the 2020-21 season sharing the honor with UConn’s Paige Bueckers. Clark earned a spot on the weekly Ann Meyers Drysdale National Players of the Week list eight times this season and has 15 career weekly award nods. Clark is the first Iowa player to earn four USBWA All-America honors as the Hawkeyes’ eighth all-time All-American. She is the USBWA’s fifth four-time All-American, joining Tennessee’s Chamique Holdsclaw (1996-99), Oklahoma’s Courtney Paris (2006-09), UConn’s Maya Moore (2008-11) and South Carolina’s Aliyah Boston (2020-23).

The Ann Meyers Drysdale Award is presented annually to the women’s national player of the year by the USBWA. Named for the legendary UCLA guard, the award was first presented in the 1987-88 season and formally named in Meyers Drysdale’s honor in the 2011-12 season. Ann Meyers Drysdale played at UCLA from 1974-78, which pre-dates the USBWA All-America selections. She was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1993 and the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame in 1999.

The USBWA was formed in 1956 at the urging of then-NCAA Executive Director Walter Byers. With some 800 members worldwide, it is one of the most influential organizations in college basketball. It has selected an All-America team since the 1956-57 season. For more information on the USBWA and its award programs, contact executive director Malcolm Moran at malcolm@usbwa.com.

2023-24 AWARDS

  • – Ann Meyers Drysdale Award
  • – Honda Sport Award
  • – Wade Trophy
  • – Associated Press National Player of the Year
  • – Naismith National Player of the Year
  • – USA Today National Player of the Year
  • – ESPN.com National Player of the Year
  • – The Athletic National Player of the Year
  • – Sporting News National Player of the Year
  • – AP, USBWA, USA Today First Team All-America
  • – Big Ten Player of the Year
  • – First Team All-Big Ten
  • – Big Ten Player of the Week; Nov. 13, Nov. 27, Dec. 11, Dec. 18, Jan. 2, Jan. 8, Jan. 15, Feb. 5, Feb. 19, Feb. 26, March 4.
  • – WBCA National Player of the Week; Nov. 14, Nov. 28, Jan. 3, Jan. 9, Jan. 16, Jan. 31, Feb. 6, Feb. 20.
  • – AP National Player of the Week; Nov. 14, Jan. 9, Feb. 20.

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The Hawkeyes will face 3-Seed UConn on Friday, April 5, in Cleveland inside Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse at 8:30 pm (CT). Fans can watch on ESPN.

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Affolter, Marshall Named March Student-Athletes of the Month

Sports

April 5th, 2024 by admin

IOWA CITY, Iowa – University of Iowa student-athletes Sydney Affolter (women’s basketball) and Rivaldo Marshall (men’s track and field) were named March’s Student-Athletes of the Month, the Iowa Student-Athlete Advisory Committee announced.

Affolter helped lead Iowa to a perfect 8-0 record during the month of March, including a Big Ten Tournament Championship and Final Four appearance. The junior from Chicago was named to the Big Ten All-Tournament Team and the Albany 2 All-Regional Team. Since Molly Davis’ injury, Affolter is 30-of-53 from the floor, 9-of-15 from three-point range, and 25-of-28 from the free throw line.

Marshall, a native of Kingston, Jamaica, was crowned the indoor NCAA champion in the 800 meters in Boston on March 9, winning the race in 1:46.96. Marshall was named the USTFCCCA Midwest Regional Men’s Athlete of the Year. He was Iowa’s second men’s indoor NCAA champion and first in a running event.

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ISU dedicates new Vet Diagnostic lab

Ag/Outdoor, News

April 5th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – Iowa State University dedicated the first phase of the new Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory (VDL) and celebrated the start of construction on the second phase in a ceremony Thursday. The Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine, Dan Grooms, talked about the importance of the diagnostic lab which first opened in 1947. “Hands down the Iowa State University’s diagnostic lab is recognized globally as a leader in veterinary diagnostic medicine, especially in support of animal agriculture, but also in the support of companion animal health, wildlife health, as well as public health,” Grooms says.

He says examples of that work are diagnosing COVID-19 during the pandemic, and helping the poultry industry when highly pathogenic avian influenza re-emerged this past year “More importantly their work allowed operations to demonstrate that they were free of the disease so that they could continue to move their products,” he says.  Grooms says they’ve responded to the latest outbreak impact cattle. “Highly pathogenic avian influenza has emerged as a potential pathogen in the dairy cattle industry, and I am proud to say that is the people in this laboratory in this College of Veterinary Medicine are at the tip of the spear. Where did we hear that? At the tip of the spear in identifying and understanding this emerging disease threat to animal agriculture,” Grooms says.

He says the lab is also the hub of innovation in animal diagnostic medicine. “Whether it’s developing new diagnostic tests or diagnostic strategy, providing real time surveillance data to monitor disease spread across the state or across the country, or discovering novel pathogens, what separates this diagnostic lab from the most for most others, is the discovery that occurs in parallel to the day to day work,” Groom says.

The construction of the first phase started in March 2021 and it began operating last month. Phase Two construction is scheduled to begin this spring with a projected completion date of 2026. The 141 million dollar project includes state and federal funding along with funding from donors and Iowa State University.

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Adair County Auditor’s Office June 4, 2024 Primary Election (Updated candidates)

News

April 5th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

(Greenfield, Iowa) – The Adair County Auditor’s Office, today (Friday), updated the list of candidates for Federal, State and County Offices, ahead of the June 4th Primary Election.

The Primary Election will be Tuesday, June 4, 2024. Voter pre-registration deadline is 5:00 p.m. Monday, May 20, 2024. Pre-registered voters are required to provide an approved form of identification at the polling place before receiving and casting a regular ballot. Voters who are not pre-registered – such as voters registering to vote on election day – and voters changing precincts must also provide proof of residence.

A voter who is unable to provide an approved form of identification (or prove residence if required) 1) may have the voter’s identity/residence attested to by another registered voter in the precinct, 2) prove identity and residence using Election Day Registration documents, or 3) cast a provisional ballot and provide proof of identity/residence at the Auditor’s Office by 12:00 p.m. (noon), June 10, 2024.

Election Day Registrant attesters must provide an approved form of identification. For additional information about providing proof of identity and/or residence visit: https://sos.iowa.gov/voterid or phone (641) 743-2546. Voters may request an absentee ballot from the Auditor’s Office.

Voters may vote in the office between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, beginning May 15, 2024 and Saturday, June 1, 2024 or they may request a ballot be mailed to them. The deadline to request an absentee ballot be mailed is 5:00 p.m. Monday, May 20, 2024. The last day to vote absentee in the Auditor’s Office is Monday, June 3, 2024 from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Polls will open from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Election Day June 4, 2024.

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Trumpeter Swan deaths in Iowa are on the increase

Ag/Outdoor, News

April 5th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

JOHNSTON, Iowa [WOI-TV] — Since January, Iowa Bird Rehabilitation (IBR) says dozens of trumpeter swans have died from lead poisoning. IBR, a nonprofit organization that steps in to rescue, rehabilitate and release wild birds back into the wild, takes in around 2,000 birds yearly. On average, only one or two are trumpeter swans. But over the past few months, the nonprofit has admitted 11 swans into their care. Iowans send tips to IBR of birds they notice may be ill or injured, so the nonprofit can monitor, rescue and bring the birds into their care.

There’s not a clear answer where the lead poisoning these trumpeter swans — and other bird species — has come from, but IBR said some causes could be fishing tackle or leftover fragments of lead shot from waterfowl hunting (before using lead was banned in the late ’80s).

And with the drought that a majority of the state of Iowa is facing right now, receding water levels mean trumpeter swans, with those long necks of theirs, can accidentally consume lead fragments at the bottom of lakes and rivers more easily.

To help omit lead introduction to bodies of water, IBR suggests using lead-free tackle when fishing and lead-free ammunition while hunting. The nonprofit also recommends anyone who sees a bird needing help or exhibiting abnormal behavior to contact them.

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Iowa manufacturer doubling production capacity, to hire 60 more employees

News

April 5th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – A northwest Iowa company has launched an expansion that will more than double its manufacturing capacity and bring 60 more employees into the company once the project’s done. Maintainer Corporation has a small plant in Rock Rapids and two facilities in Sheldon. Company president Shelley Morris says they’re adding nearly 31-thousand square feet of production space at one of those Sheldon plants, as well as an 11-thousand square foot showroom and training center.

Morris says they hope to begin hiring people this summer and start production in the new space this fall.

After the expansion, Morris projects the company will have about 300 people on its payroll.

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Iowa’s turkey population is plentiful headed into hunting season

Ag/Outdoor, News, Sports

April 5th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – Iowa’s turkey hunting season opens this weekend and it’s estimated up to 35-thousand hunters will participate this year. Nate Carr, an Iowa D-N-R conservation officer for Hardin and Hamilton counties, says the agency’s surveys are showing a healthy population of wild turkeys. “It’s looking like a fairly promising year,” Carr says. “We’ve had three straight years of good hatches, pretty good spring weather, so that’s led to stronger numbers. I think we’re looking at comparable harvests to last year, hopefully, a little bit of an uptick is always good to see.”

The first turkey season runs today (Friday) through Sunday and is for Iowa youth only. The first of the four regular seasons opens Monday and they’ll run through May 12th. “Some things hunters want to make sure they’ve got in their pocket before they go, there’s of course their hunting license, and habitat fee,” Carr says. “So, hunting license if you’re 16 and older is required, habitat for you if you’re ages 16 to 64, and then a valid tag for the season that you’re hunting.”

Carr reminds you, there is a bag limit. “Each hunter can get up to two tags with at least one being for season four,” Carr says. “Shooting hours for turkey is a half hour before sunrise to sunset, so traditionally, hunters get out there well before sunrise to get in with the turkeys before they start gobbling.”

There was a free-for-all on Iowa turkeys in the early 1900s, and between hunting and drastic reductions in habitat, the big birds eventually disappeared from Iowa’s woodlands and forests. Wild turkeys were reintroduced in 1966 and have since expanded their numbers across the entire state. Learn more at www.iowadnr.gov.

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Heartbeat Today 4-5-2024

Heartbeat Today, Podcasts

April 5th, 2024 by Jim Field

Jim Field visits with ISU Extension Food and Health Specialist Leah Brooke about the Gardening with Children Child Care Provider Training.

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Creston man arrested for Violation of a No Contact/Protective Order

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April 5th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

(Creston, Iowa) – Officials with the Creston Police Department report the arrest Thursday evening, of 28-year-old Andres Martinez, of Creston. Martinez was charged with Violation of No Contact Protective Order. He was taken to Union County Jail and held without bond until seen by a Judge.

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IWD continues working with Tyson workers as closing looms

News

April 5th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – Iowa Workforce Development executive director Beth Townsend says they are continuing to meet with workers at the Tyson plant in Perry as the June closing date approaches. “We have been working with the local economic developers with the mayor, with the community with Tyson, with D-Mack, with other nonprofit entities. We’ve had our mobile unit on site twice, ” she says.

She says they have now also opened a transitional office. “So that people can come in between, before, or after shifts,” Townsend says. “We will be there…two or three days a week from now until you know there’s no longer in need to help people.” Tyson says it has offered workers a chance to take jobs at other facilities. Townsend says the may or may not be an option for employees. “It always comes down to individual factors, right. And so our focus is going to be on helping the everyone who wants to stay in Perry find jobs in the local area. And we’re lucky because you know, they’re very close to Polk in Dallas County,” Townsend says.

She says there are many job openings in those areas. “That’s where we’re going to be spending a lot of our focuses on helping individuals find jobs that would not require them to move around the state,” she says.

There are approximately 13-hundred Tyson workers that will be impacted when the plant closes at the end of June. There are other ancillary businesses that are also expected to layoff workers in connection with the closing.

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