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WANTED: I am looking to buy a used Storm door for my back porch. It’s 30″. It can be old or new. Call Katherine at (712)590-7001.
FOR SALE: 16 gallon Craftsman wet/dry vac. Brand new, never used. $90. Call 712-254-3878.
MUSCATINE, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa woman is now charged in the 1992 beating death of an engaged man with whom she allegedly had a sexual relationship. Annette Dee Cahill made a brief court appearance Friday from the Muscatine County Jail. She’s being held on a $1 million bond. The 55-year-old woman is charged with first-degree murder in the October 1992 slaying of Corey Lee Wieneke. He was found dead on his bedroom floor in rural West Liberty by his fiancée. Investigators say he was beaten with an aluminum baseball bat.
Cahill didn’t enter a plea Friday. An attorney says he’s talking with Cahill’s family about representing her. Investigators say a new witness came forward last year claiming Cahill confessed to the killing. Cahill and Wieneke allegedly argued about “his involvement with another woman” the day he died.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A judge agreed Friday (today) to temporarily block the most restrictive abortion law in the country from taking effect in Iowa next month under an agreement between lawyers for the state and abortion rights groups. Attorneys for the state and Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds said during a court hearing that they agreed to prevent the law from taking effect on July 1 after discussions with the American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa, Planned Parenthood Federation of American and the Emma Goldman Clinic. The advocacy groups argue the law is unconstitutional and have filed a lawsuit to block the law, which bans most abortions if a fetal heartbeat can be detected. An attorney representing the state said the goal now is to quickly get the case before a judge so the state can argue the law is constitutional.
Judge Michael Huppert said he would formally issue a temporary injunction later in the day.
Reynolds signed the law May 2, two days after lawmakers approved it. If the law is eventually allowed to take effect, the fetal heartbeat requirement would ban abortions around the sixth week of pregnancy — a time when, abortion-rights groups say, many women don’t even know they’re pregnant. Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller has refused to defend the law, so the Thomas More Society, a conservative Chicago-based law firm, has agreed to handle the defense for free.
The law’s approval marked a dramatic change in abortion policy in Iowa. Until the 2016 election, the state had little to no role in the broad Republican effort to overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that established a woman’s right to terminate a pregnancy until a fetus is viable. But the election flipped control of the Iowa Senate, putting Republicans in charge of the Legislature and the governor’s office for the first time in two decades. Up to that point, Democrats had maintained enough political power to curtail most Republican anti-abortion attempts. Lawmakers adopted several abortion restrictions in 2017, including a 20-week abortion ban and a requirement that women wait three days before ending a pregnancy. The waiting provision, one of the longest in the country, is on hold because of a different lawsuit.
Separately, a new Iowa-based coalition of anti-abortion organizations was formed last year to renew efforts toward an abortion ban. The Coalition of Pro-Life Leaders, which includes Family Leader, put aside years of disagreement among the groups to help win passage of the 20-week ban and the six-week ban. Iowa Republicans last year also gave up millions in federal dollars to create a state-funded family planning program that prohibits participation from abortion providers such as Planned Parenthood.
A county-wide resource directory that was sponsored and compiled by the Cass County Democratic party is now available. Democratic Party Chair Sherry Toelle said today (Friday), that the 30-page booklet lists resources from abuse reporting to volunteering. The Cass County Resource Directory is being distributed in Atlantic with plans to make it available to agencies and people across the county. In addition to the booklet, there is also a PDF version available for those who want an electronic copy of the directory.
Toelle says the booklet began as a simple idea for a community project, but quickly “Grew into a massive undertaking.” She says two people—Rolene Britson and Jan Lunde—eagerly took on the project as their own,” but it wasn’t long before everyone realized just how big of a project it really was. According to Toelle, “Jan and Rolene contacted all the agencies listed to ensure that our information was correct. Without them, who knows if this project would ever have gotten off the ground.”
Toelle says “We have already distributed 100 copies of the booklet. If an agency or person would like one of the directories, they can contact [her] at 243-4861 or by email at stoelle@mchsi.com.”
DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — Davenport officials have closed a bridge that carries thousands of vehicles daily after finding the span’s surface showed “widespread deterioration.” The Quad-City Times reports that city officials announced Wednesday that Elm Street bridge would be closed to vehicles and pedestrians. Assistant City Administrator Brandon Wright says city workers first discovered holes in the bridge’s deck on Monday. He says they immediately closed off the bridge, though some people continued to use the span.
Wright says an inspector told the city midweek that the bridge should remain off limits. He says the city is waiting for a final inspection report and that it’s unclear when the bridge will reopen. Wright says the city received an estimate last year that says replacing the bridge would cost about $3.4 million.
IOWA CITY, Iowa — The University of Iowa men’s basketball team will host Pittsburgh on Tuesday, Nov. 27 on Mediacom Court inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena as part of the 2018 ACC/Big Ten Challenge, it was announced Friday by the league office.
ESPN, ESPN2, and ESPNU will combine to televise all 14 games of the event and all games will be available to stream via the ESPN app. Tip times and network designations will be announced at a later date.
The Hawkeyes have won their last two Challenge games in Iowa City, topping Notre Dame (98-93) in 2013 and outlasting Florida State (78-75) in overtime in 2015.
This will be Iowa’s eighth all-time meeting against Pitt and the first as part of the Challenge. The Hawkeyes are 2-5 against the Panthers, but Iowa has won the last two matchups, winning 73-66 at Pittsburgh in 1950 and 103-70 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in 1976.
This will mark Iowa’s 18th appearance in the 20-year history of the Challenge.
Iowa finished the 2017-18 season with a 14-19 overall record. The Hawkeyes return their top nine scorers and 11 letterwinners, including honorable-mention All-Big Ten selections Tyler Cook and Jordan Bohannon.
Pitt went 8-24 last season and was winless in ACC play (0-18) in 2017-18. Jeff Capel is in his first season as the Panthers’ head coach after spending the past seven seasons at Duke. He was Mike Krzyzewski’s associate head coach the past four seasons.
The ACC won last year’s Challenge by the count of 11-3 to retain possession of the Commissioner’s Cup. The Big Ten has won five of the last nine Challenges (2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, and 2015). The ACC and Big Ten split the 2012 and 2013 Challenges, with each conference notching six victories.
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Girls Regional Soccer play continues tonight. Here is a look at area match-ups.
Class 1A Regional Semifinals
Region 1
MOC-Floyd Valley at Western Christian 5:00pm
St. Albert vs. Bishop Heelan 6:00pm
Region 2
Panorama at Gilbert 6:00pm
Tri-Center at Treynor 6:00pm
Region 3
Creston at Nevada 6:00pm
Harlan at Des Moines Christian 6:00pm
WASHINGTON, Iowa (AP) — An August sentencing is scheduled for the father of a 17-month-old girl who weighed just 11 pounds when she died in southeast Iowa. Station KCRG reports that Anthony McCoy filed written guilty pleas Thursday to involuntary manslaughter and two counts of child endangerment. His sentencing is set for Aug. 3. McCoy and the little girl’s mother, Ambrashia Chrzan, were charged after the girl’s Nov. 9, 2016, death in rural Riverside. An autopsy found that malnutrition and neglect significantly contributed to her death. Chrzan is scheduled to be sentenced July 27 for her child endangerment conviction.
Boys State Soccer Semifinals will be played today at the Cownie Soccer Complex in Des Moines.
Class 1A
#1 Iowa City Regina vs. #4 Gilbert 12:00pm (Field #9)
#2 Williamsburg vs. #3 Des Moines Christian 12:05pm (Field #6)
Class 2A
#1 Pella vs. #5 Cedar Rapids Xavier 2:30pm (Field #9)
#2 Storm Lake vs. #3 Marion 2:35pm (Field #6)
Class 3A
#8 Waukee vs. #5 Iowa City West 5:00pm (Field #9)
#7 Ankeny vs. #3 Bettendorf-Morningstar-Rivermont 5:05pm (Field #6)