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Class 1A, 2A, and 3A Regional Semifinals are set to be played tonight. Here is a look at the schedule for area teams.
Class 1A
Region 6
Moravia @ Martensdale St. Marys 7:00pm
Wayne @ Lenox 7:00pm
Region 7
Glidden-Ralston @ Grand View Christian 5:30pm
Coon Rapids-Bayard @ Collins Maxwell 7:00pm
Region 8
Westwood @ Akron-Westfield 7:00pm
Riverside @ West Monona 7:00pm
Class 2A
Region 2
Mount Ayr @ Treynor 7:00pm
Underwood @ Logan-Magnolia 7:00pm
Region 3
Panorama @ IKM-Manning 7:00pm
Earlham @ Ogden 7:00pm
Class 3A
Region 3
Kuemper Catholic @ North Polk 7:00pm
Saydel @ Roland-Story 7:00pm
Region 4
Creston @ Atlantic – ON KJAN Pregame 6:40pm, First pitch 7:00pm
Chariton @ Clarke 7:00pm
SOFTBALL
Corner Conference Tournament
East Mills 9, Essex 5
Semifinal: Fremont-Mills 6, Stanton 5
Semifinal: Sidney 14, East Mills 3
Championship: Sidney 16, Fremont-Mills 6
BASEBALL
Hawkeye Ten Conference
Anamosa 8, Denison-Schleswig 7
Harlan 8, Shenandoah 0
Kuemper Catholic 13, Perry 1
Lewis Central 7, Creston 2 (Game 1)
Lewis Central 8, Creston 6 (Game 2)
Red Oak 14, East Mills 7
St. Albert 11, Des Moines Christian 0
Western Iowa Conference
AHSTW 5, Sidney 4
IKM-Manning 5, Exira-EHK 4
Stanton 10, Griswold 0
Missouri Valley 6, West Harrison 5
Tri-Center 1, CAM 0
Independence 16, Treynor 6
Wahlert Catholic 4, Treynor 1
Rolling Valley Conference
Ar-We-Va 10, Whiting 2
Boyer Valley 11, Fremont-Mills 0
Glidden-Ralston 4 ACGC 1 (10 inn)
Ogden 3 Coon Rapids-Bayard 0
Panorama 3 Glidden-Ralston 2 (8 inn)
Other Scores
CB Abraham Lincoln 5, Sioux City North 4 (Game 1)
CB Abraham Lincoln 11, Sioux City North 8 (Game 2)
Mount Ayr 13, Orient-Macksburg 1
Nodaway Valley 10, Lenox 8
Sioux City West 10, CB Thomas Jefferson 0 (Game 1)
Sioux City West 14, CB Thomas Jefferson 4 (Game 2)
Jim Field visits with Erich Wickman, Atlantic Police Chief Dave Erickson and Cass County Sheriff Darby McLaren about the recent Top Shot fund raiser for the Atlantic Police Reserves.
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DES MOINES, Iowa — The Iowa State Patrol reports Trooper issued six-times more citations for texting while driving in the past year, after a new law allows law enforcement officers to stop drivers who are texting. This past year, Troopers issued 1,131 citations for texting while driving. That is up from 182 citations the year before. John Gaspar, a research scientist with the National Advanced Driving Simulator, found that it takes two seconds to impair a driver’s safety. It usually takes 5 seconds to send or read a text. At 55mph, that is the same as driving the length of a football field with your eyes closed. The Center for Disease Control says that every day an average of 9 people are killed and more than 1,000 people are injured because of a distracted driver. Teens are affected most by texting while driving.
Troopers in the Iowa State Patrol have developed innovative methods for finding drivers who are texting. They take these violations seriously because it puts the texting driver at risk, along with everyone else on the road who may be affected by the distracted driver. The Patrol’s Sgt. Nathan Ludwig says “Put down your phone and focus on your driving. Every day and every night, Troopers are on the lookout for drivers who are texting when they should be focused on their driving.”
A new texting-while-driving law that took effect one year ago made texting while driving a “primary” offense. That means an officer can stop a driver and issue a citation for texting while driving. Before last July, it was a “secondary” offense, meaning that officers could only issue a citation for texting while driving if the officer stopped the driver for some other offense.
July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017: 182 citations issued by Iowa State Patrol
July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018: 1,131 citations issued by Iowa State Patrol
The area’s latest and/or top news stories at 7:07-a.m. From KJAN News Director Ric Hanson
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Creston Police report 61-year old Martin Eugene Baker, of Creston, was arrested Thursday afternoon in the 200 block of W Montgomery Street. Baker was charged with Operating While Intoxicated, and was transported to the Union County Jail, where his bond was set at $1,000.
DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say an eastern Iowa man set his apartment on fire in hopes of getting arrested. The Telegraph Herald in Dubuque reports that 33-year-old Matthew R. Voseberg was arrested Wednesday evening on a first-degree arson charge. Authorities say Voseberg was sitting on his apartment’s front porch when they arrived. They say he told them he was in his apartment when he started thinking about where he could get “three hots and a cot.”
Another resident in the building told authorities that Voseberg came to her apartment, said he had started a fire in his apartment and told her to get out. Authorities say the fire caused about $7,800 in damage.
Voseberg faces up to 25 years in prison.
DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say one man is dead after the motorcycle he was riding collided with a jeep in eastern Iowa. The Quad-City Times reports that the crash happened shortly after 7 p.m. Thursday in Davenport. Davenport police say the motorcyclist was riding through an intersection when his bike struck the side of a Jeep Wrangler that was also traveling through the intersection.
The motorcyclist was taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Authorities say they were not releasing the man’s name until his family was notified. No one in the jeep was injured. Police are still investigating the crash.