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NEVADA, Iowa (AP) — Authorities have released the name of a man who was struck by a train in central Iowa. The Des Moines Register reports that the man was walking along tracks when struck around 2:15 p.m. Monday near an overpass in the Story County city of Nevada. He was taken to a Des Moines hospital and is expected to survive his injuries. Police identified the man as 29-year-old Calvin White, who lives in Nevada.
(From cyclones.com) IRVING, Texas – Junior guard Bridget Carleton nabbed her third Big 12 Player of the Week honor of the season, the league announced Monday. Today’s honor marks the 10th Big 12 weekly honor for the Chatham, Ontario, Canada native, which ranks first in school history and tied for eighth in Big 12 history with Baylor’s Sophia Young, and K-State’s Nicole Ohlde and Kendra Wecker. She has also earned more Big 12 Player of the Week honors than any Big 12 player this season.
Carleton had a banner week, netting more points than any Big 12 player scoring 58. The junior started off the week dropping a career-high 39 points off 16-of-22 shooting in a win at No. 19 Oklahoma State. Carleton also added nine boards becoming only the sixth player since 1999-2000 in the Big 12 to score 39+ points and grab 9+ rebounds in a conference game and only the fifth player to do so in regulation, joining Evan Unrau, Odyssey Sims, Danielle Crockrom, Brittney Griner and Courtney Paris. Her 39 points were also the third-highest scoring output in school history and the fifth by a power-5 player in the NCAA this season.
Against the Longhorns, Carleton netted 19 points and went 7-of-16 from the floor while grabbing five boards and two assists. On the week, Carleton averaged 29.0 points, 7.0 rebounds, 1.5 assists, 1.0 blocks while shooting 60.5 percent (23-38) from the floor and 58.3 percent (7-12) from long range.
Iowa State is back in action on Tuesday, Jan. 30 at 6:30 p.m. when it takes on No. 22 TCU in Hilton Coliseum.
Last year was a record breaker for Iowa’s housing market. Iowa Association of Realtors President Mark Kamps says home sales increased by three-point-two-percent (3.2%) from 2016. “Going from 42,671 homes sold in 2016 to 44,023 sold in 2017,” Kamps said. It’s believed to be the first time home sales in Iowa have climbed above 44-thousand for an entire year. The average price of a home sold in Iowa last year also hit a high mark. “The median sale price was up 4.2-percent from 2016 to 2017,” Kamps said.
The median sale price was $153,000 in 2017, compared to $146,900 in 2016. Kamps, who is a Realtor in Iowa City, also notes homes placed for sale in the state are spending fewer days on the market. “When sellers list their home, they’re always eager to get a buyer as quickly as possible and in 2017, days on the market dropped from 80 days (in 2016) to 76,” Kamps said. “While four days isn’t a significant amount, it’s still a good amount as far as the seller would be concerned.”
(Radio Iowa)
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say two drivers have died in a three-vehicle collision involving a car driving south in the northbound lanes of Interstate 380 in Cedar Rapids. Police say several people called 911 about the car around 9:10 p.m. Monday. Officers soon found the collision wreckage. The driver headed the wrong way was identified as 69-year-old Robert Norton Jr., who lived in Iowa City. The driver killed in one of the two northbound vehicles was identified as 28-year-old Jennifer Koenighain, who lived in Cedar Rapids.
Two people in the second northbound vehicle were taken to University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries. Police didn’t release their names. The collision is being investigated.
The Cass County Sheriff’s Office said today (Tuesday), that a man and woman from Illinois were arrested on drug charges, Saturday. As the result of a traffic stop, deputies arrested 27-year old Cedric M. Milton, and 27-year old Marissa A. Banks, both of Chicago, on a charge each of Possession of Marijuana 1st Offense. They were brought to the Cass County Jail and were released later that day on $6,000 bond each.
And, at around 10:40-a.m., Saturday, Cass County Deputies responded to a report of a two-vehicle accident at Oxford Road and Highway 71. Officials say a 2012 Ford F-150 owned and operated by 79-year old Vernon Carl Lafrenz, of Atlantic, was southbound on Highway 71, when Lafrenz attempted to make a left turn onto Oxford Road. As he did so, his pickup struck the driver side of a northbound 2016 Dodge Caravan owned and operated by 64-year old Antoinette Marie Powell, of Massena. No injuries were reported. Damage to Lafrenz’s vehicle is estimated at $2,000; damage to Powell’s vehicle is estimated at $4,000. Lafrenz was cited with Failure to Yield Upon Making a Left Turn.
On Sunday, Cass County Deputies arrested 53-year old Mitchell Lee Thompson, of Atlantic, following a traffic stop. Thompson was arrested on a charge of OWI 1st Offense. He was taken to the Cass County Jail and released the following day on his own recognizance. And on Monday, Cass County Deputies arrested 54-year old Elvin Allen Shrimpton, of Omaha, on two District Court warrants for Probation Violation and Failure to Appear. Shrimpton was taken to the Cass County Jail where he remains held on $10,300 bond.
INDIANOLA, Iowa (AP) — A central Iowa county is seeking help from its major cities to pay for trailers to temporarily house inmates after its jail closes later this week. The Des Moines Register reports that the Warren County Board of Supervisors will ask city managers in Indianola, Norwalk and Carlisle to help cover the costs of the proposed trailers. The Warren County Jail was ordered to close Feb. 2 after years of problems, including inmate escapes, mold and inadequate water supplies and food storage.
Iowa Code says counties must “pay the costs of the board and care of the prisoners in the county jail.” But County Supervisor Dean Yordi says he doesn’t believe the trailers are entirely the county’s cost. Sheriff Brian Vos says the trailers will cost about $18,400 per month.
NORTHWOOD, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say a man arrested at a northern Iowa casino told a deputy that he’d punched a gambling machine out of frustration. Court records say Dion King is charged with criminal mischief. The Worth County deputy says in a criminal complaint that he was sent Saturday to the Diamond Jo Casino in Northwood and reviewed security video. It showed King punching the machine’s touch screen several times, causing an estimated $2,000 in damage.
The complaint says King later admitted getting frustrated and striking the machine. It’s unclear how much — if any — money King had lost.
KEOKUK, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say the body of a 54-year-old man was found after a fire at a southeast Iowa residence. The Hawk Eye reports that firefighters were sent to the Keokuk home a little after 10:30 p.m. Saturday. The person reporting the fire told dispatchers that he thought another person could be trapped in the house basement.
Authorities say the body of Devin Lorenz was discovered in the basement after the blaze was extinguished. An autopsy was ordered. The fire cause is being investigated.
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