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Iowa early News Headlines: Tue., Sept. 4th 2018

News

September 4th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:40 a.m. CDT

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — About two dozen environmental demonstrators are undertaking a 100-mile march in Iowa to protest the Dakota Access oil pipeline in Iowa. The Des Moines Register reports that they began their eight-day trek Saturday in Des Moines. Advocacy groups Bold Iowa and Indigenous Iowa organized the march to show unity against the $3.8 billion, four-state pipeline. Protesters plan to walk 10-15 miles a day, completing the march Saturday in Fort Dodge.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Three people are dead and two others are injured after a three-vehicle crash on Interstate Highway 29 in western Iowa. The Des Moines Register reports the Iowa State Patrol is investigating the cause of the Sunday crash in Harrison County north of Omaha, Nebraska. According to the Iowa State Patrol, an 80-year-old Rock Valley man drove off the road, across the median and hit two vehicles near Little Sioux.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democrats know who their voters are. They just have to figure out how to get them to the polls in November. That’s why the liberal group NextGen America is pouring more than $30 million into an effort to mobilize and energize young voters in 11 battleground states. It includes things such as setting up a dog petting booth on the University of Wisconsin-Madison to attract students and register them to vote. The group has nearly 800 organizers on 421 college campuses.

BROOKLYN, Iowa (AP) — The father of slain Iowa college student Mollie Tibbetts says his daughter’s death should not be used to promote political agendas. A Mexican farmworker suspected of being in the U.S. illegally has been charged in Tibbetts’ death. Rob Tibbetts in an opinion piece in The Des Moines Register spoke out against using “Mollie’s soul in advancing views she believed were profoundly racist.”

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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4th

Trading Post

September 4th, 2018 by Jim Field

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Nats beat the Cards 4-3 in 10 innings

Sports

September 3rd, 2018 by Ric Hanson

Bryce Harper hit a tying, two-run homer in the ninth inning, then delivered a sacrifice fly in the 10th that sent the Washington Nationals over St. Louis Cardinals 4-3. The Cardinals led 3-1 with one out in the ninth when Harper hit his 31st home run.

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Radio Iowa High School Football Poll 09/03/2018

Sports

September 3rd, 2018 by admin

Class 4A
1. WDM Valley (2-0) LW #5 vs #8 Cedar Rapids Kennedy
2. Bettendorf (2-0) LW #2 @ Dubuque Hempstead
3. Cedar Falls (2-0) LW #4 @ Ankeny
4. Dowling Catholic (1-1) LW #1 @ #5 Johnston
5. Johnston (2-0) LW #3 vs #4 Dowling
6. Cedar Rapids Prairie (2-0) LW #6 vs #10 Waukee
7. Ankeny Centennial (2-0) LW #7 @ Waterloo West
8. Cedar Rapids Kennedy (2-0) LW #9 @ #1 Valley
9. Iowa City West (1-1) LW #8 vs S.E. Polk
10.Waukee (1-1) LW (X) @ #6 Cedar Rapids Prairie

Class 3A
1. Lewis Central (2-0) LW #1 @ C.B Abe Lincoln
2. Cedar Rapids Xavier (2-0) LW #2 vs Assumption
3. West Delaware (2-0) LW #3 @ Mount Vernon
4. Pella (2-0) LW #4 @ Norwalk
5. Solon (2-0) LW #5 vs Marion
6. Sioux City Heelan (2-0) LW #6 vs Western Christian
7. North Scott (1-1) LW #8 @ Pleasant Valley
8. Western Dubuque (2-0) LW #10 vs Decorah
9. Waverly-Shell Rock (2-0) LW (X) @ Crestwood
10.Sergeant Bluff-Luton (1-1) LW (X) vs Sioux City East

Class 2A
1. Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley (2-0) LW #1 vs 1A #7 West Lyon
2. Union (LaPorte City) (2-0) LW #2 vs Charles City
3. PCM (Monroe) (2-0) LW #3 vs Roland-Story
4. Spirit Lake (2-0) LW #5 @ Central Lyon
5. Benton (2-0) LW (X) vs Center Point-Urbana
6. Waukon (1-1) LW #10 @ New Hampton
7. Clear Lake (1-1) LW #4 vs Garner-Hayfield-Ventura
8. Greene County (2-0) LW (X) @ Saydel
9. Centerville (2-0) LW (X) @ Knoxville
10.West Marshall (1-1) LW #9 @ Denver

Class 1A
1. Iowa City Regina (1-1) LW #4 vs #8 Pella Christian
2. Van Meter (2-0) LW #8 @ Madrid
3. West Branch (2-0) LW #5 vs Williamsburg
4. Dike-New Hartford (2-0) LW #6 @ North Butler
5. South Central Calhoun (2-0) LW #9 @ A #3 IKM-Manning
6. Wilton (2-0) LW #7 @ Mid-Prairie
7. West Lyon (2-0) LW (X) @ 2A #1 Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley
8. Pella Christian (1-1) LW #1 @ #1 Iowa City Regina
9. Cascade (1-1) LW #3 @ Maquoketa Valley
10.North Linn (2-0) LW (X) vs Alburnett

Class A
1. Hudson (2-0) LW #1 vs GMG Garwin
2. Algona Garrigan (2-0) LW #2 @ Lake Mills
3. IKM-Manning (2-0) LW #4 vs 1A #6 South Central Calhoun
4. Council Bluffs St. Albert (1-1) LW #7 @ Logan-Magnolia
5. Pekin (2-0) LW (X) @ Mediapolis
6. West Hancock (1-1) LW #6 @ Osage
7. Wapsie Valley (2-0) LW #10 vs North Tama
8. Westwood (Sloan) (2-0) LW #8 vs #9 AHSTW
9. AHSTW (Avoca) (2-0) LW #9 @ #8 Westwood
10.Saint Ansgar (1-1) LW #3 @ Starmont

Eight-man
1. Don Bosco (2-0) LW #1 @ Rockford
2. Newell-Fonda (2-0) LW #2 @ Clay Central-Everly
3. Midland (Wyoming) (3-0) LW #3 vs #4 Turkey Valley
4. Turkey Valley (2-0) LW #4 @ #3 Midland
5. Iowa Valley (3-0) LW #6 @ Tri-County
6. New London (2-0) LW #7 vs WACO
7. Exira-EHK (2-0) LW #8 vs Audubon
8. AR-WE-VA (2-0) LW (X) vs West Bend-Mallard
9. Coon Rapids-Bayard (1-1) LW #9 @ Woodbine
10.CAM (Anita) (2-0) LW (X) @ Glidden-Ralston

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Iowa Prep Football Poll

Sports

September 3rd, 2018 by Ric Hanson

By The Associated Press
The Top Ten teams in the Associated Press Iowa high school football polls of the 2018 season with first-place votes in parentheses, win-loss record, and total points:

Class 4A
Record Pts Prv
1. West Des Moines Valley (6) 2-0 77 4
2. Bettendorf 2-0 66 3
3. Johnston (1) 2-0 63 2
4. Cedar Falls (1) 2-0 58 5
5. West Des Moines Dowling 1-1 49 1
6. Cedar Rapids Prairie 2-0 35 7
7. Ankeny Centennial 2-0 34 8
8. Iowa City West 1-1 24 6
9. Cedar Rapids Kennedy 2-0 20 9
10. Fort Dodge 2-0 8 NR

Others receiving votes: Waukee 3. Indianola 2. Marshalltown 1.

Class 3A
Record Pts Prv
1. Cedar Rapids Xavier (5) 2-0 77 1
2. Council Bluffs Lewis Central (3) 2-0 72 2
3. Solon 2-0 54 3
4. Pella 2-0 52 4
5. Sioux City Heelan 2-0 47 6
6. Manchester West Delaware 2-0 42 7
7. Waverly-Shell Rock 2-0 26 9
8. Sergeant Bluff-Luton 1-1 21 10
(tie) Eldridge North Scott 1-1 21 8
10. Epworth Western Dubuque 2-0 18 NR

Others receiving votes: Harlan 7. Independence 2. Clear Creek-Amana 1.

Class 2A
Record Pts Prv
1. Boyden-Hull-RV (7) 2-0 79 1
2. Monroe PCM (1) 2-0 71 2
3. Union, La Porte City 2-0 64 3
4. Spirit Lake 2-0 40 NR
5. Sheldon 2-0 27 10
6. Van Horne Benton 2-0 24 NR
(tie) Waukon 1-1 24 9
8. Clear Lake 1-1 20 7
9. Centerville 2-0 18 NR
10. Algona 2-0 14 NR

Others receiving votes: State Center West Marshall 11. Sioux Center 11. Carroll Kuemper 9. 14, Southwest Valley 8. Mount Vernon 8. Camanche 6. Des Moines Christian 4. Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont 1. Williamsburg 1.

Class 1A
Record Pts Prv
1. Inwood West Lyon (5) 2-0 67 2
2. West Branch 2-0 64 3
3. Dike-New Hartford (1) 2-0 59 5
4. Van Meter (2) 2-0 56 8
5. Hawarden West Sioux 1-1 37 4
6. Iowa City Regina 1-1 33 6
7. South Central Calhoun 2-0 31 NR
8. Mediapolis 2-0 20 NR
9. Wilton 2-0 19 T9
10. Pella Christian 1-1 15 1

Others receiving votes: Truro Interstate 35 7. Sumner-Fredericksburg 6. Panora Panorama 5. Jewell South Hamilton 5. Bellevue 5. Cascade 4. Woodward-Granger 4. Troy Mills North Linn 2. Hull Western Christian 1.

Class A
Record Pts Prv
1. Hudson (7) 2-0 70 1
2. Algona Garrigan 2-0 67 4
3. A-H-S-T-W, Avoca 2-0 61 5
4. Belmond-Klemme 2-0 38 10
5. Winthrop East Buchanan 2-0 33 T7
6. St. Ansgar 1-1 30 2
(tie) Fairbank Wapsie Valley 2-0 30 9
8. Packwood Pekin (1) 2-0 26 NR
9. Council Bluffs St. Albert 1-1 19 T7
10. IKM1Manning 2-0 13 NR

Others receiving votes: Britt West Hancock 10. Traer North Tama 10. Hinton 8. Eldon Cardinal 5. Alburnett 5. Lynnville-Sully 5. Riverside Highland 4. Brooklyn BGM 4. Sioux Rapids Sioux Central 2.

Class 8-Man
Record Pts Prv
1. Gilbertville-Don Bosco (7) 2-0 79 1
2. Newell-Fonda (1) 2-0 61 3
3. New London 2-0 56 5
4. Elk Horn-Kimballton Exira 2-0 45 4
5. Westside Ar-We-Va 2-0 31 T7
6. Wyoming Midland 3-0 25 6
7. Marengo Iowa Valley 3-0 24 NR
8. Jackson Junction Turkey Valley 2-0 22 NR
9. Fremont Mills, Tabor 1-1 20 9
10. Central City 2-0 11 NR

Others receiving votes: Riceville 10. East Mills 9. Audubon 8. Kingsley-Pierson 8. Liberty Center SE Warren 7. Lone Tree 6. Anita CAM 6. Northwood-Kensett 6. Stanton 3. Coon Rapids-Bayard 2. Rockford 1.

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(Update) 3rd person dies from I-29 crash in Harrison County

News

September 3rd, 2018 by Ric Hanson

In an update to our earlier reports, the Iowa State Patrol says a third person has died as the result of a crash on Interstate 29 in Harrison County, Sunday. Two other people were injured. 80-year-old Rock Valley resident Richard Van Zee drove off the road, across the median and hit two vehicles traveling south near Little Sioux. His car sideswiped one vehicle and then hit a pickup truck carrying three people from Indiana. The accident happened at around 6:15-p.m.

Van Zee and 77-year-old Mary Ann Van Zee were killed in the crash. Knightstown, Indiana resident, 65-year old Elizabeth Cobbs,  who was in the back seat of the pickup and also died. The driver of the pickup, 66-year old Michael Gerrish and his other passenger, 52-year old Melinda Gerrish, both from Shirley, IN, were injured.

The accident remains under investigation.

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Protesters begin 100-mile march against Dakota Access

News

September 3rd, 2018 by Ric Hanson

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — About two dozen environmental demonstrators are undertaking a 100-mile march in Iowa to protest the Dakota Access oil pipeline. The Des Moines Register reports that they began their eight-day trek Saturday in Des Moines.

Advocacy groups Bold Iowa and Indigenous Iowa organized the march to show unity against the $3.8 billion, four-state pipeline. Protesters plan to walk 10-15 miles a day, completing the march Saturday in Fort Dodge.

Native American Coalition of the Quad Cities President Regina Tsosie told the newspaper that the pipeline could break and poison the water. She also says it has desecrated sacred sites.

Protesters have pushed back against the pipeline for years. But a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers study of the pipeline released last week says it poses no significant environmental threats.

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Labor Day Music Festival cancelled in Grant due to rain

News

September 3rd, 2018 by Ric Hanson

Today’s Labor Day Country Music Festival in the Grant Iowa Park has been cancelled due to the continuing rainfall.

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MARION HENDERSON, 93, of Atlantic (Visitation & Remembrance 9/6/18))

Obituaries

September 3rd, 2018 by Ric Hanson

MARION HENDERSON, 93, of Atlantic, died Saturday, Sept. 1st, at the Heritage House, in Atlantic. A visitation for MARION HENDERSON is from 3:30-until 5-p.m. Thursday, Sept. 6th, at the Heritage House, with a Remembrance Program at 4-p.m. Armstrong Funeral Home in Mt. Ayr is handling the arrangements.

MARION HENDERSON is survived by:

Her daughter – Susan Lidey, of Las Vegas.
Her sons – Bruce(Gail) Henderson, of Atlantic; David (Sara) Henderson, of Bartlett, Ill., and Pat (Kelly) Henderson of Lexington, Kentucky.

6 grand children, and 6 great-grand children.

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2 dead, 3 injured in Harrison County crash Sunday evening

News

September 3rd, 2018 by Ric Hanson

Two people are dead, three others were injured during a crash at around 6:15-p.m. Sunday on southbound Interstate 29, in Harrison County. The Iowa State Patrol says a 2017 Cadillac XTS driven by 80-year old Richard Lee Van Zee, of Rock Valley, for some reason drove off the left side of I-29 near mile marker 99, entered the median and the southbound lanes of the Interstate, where it sideswiped a southbound 2005 Chrysler 300 driven by 31-year old Saul Escobedo Gonzales, of Des Moines. The Cadillac then hit a 2008 Ford F-450 truck that was behind the Chrysler.

The Cadillac came to rest in the median. Gonzales was able to pull his car off the road and onto the shoulder, while the pickup came to rest in the west ditch. Van Zee was transported to the hospital in Missouri Valley, where he died. A passenger in one of the vehicles, 65-year old Elizabeth J. Cobbs, of Knightstown, IN, was transported to Burgess Hospital in Onawa, where she died from her injuries. 77-year old Mary Van Zee, of Rock Valley, along with 66-year old Michael E. Gerrish, of Shirley, IN, and 52-year old Melinda A. Gerrish, also of Shirley, IN, were also injured in the crash. Mary Van Zee was flown by LifeNet to Mercy Hospital in Sioux City, along with Michael Gerrish, who was transported by ambulance. Melinda Gerrish was transported by ambulance to Burgess Hospital.

The crash remains under investigation.

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