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The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Dec. 31, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking:
| Record | Pts | Prv | |
| 1. Michigan St. (43) | 14-1 | 1600 | 2 |
| 2. Duke (21) | 13-1 | 1556 | 4 |
| 3. Villanova (1) | 13-1 | 1444 | 1 |
| 4. Arizona St | 12-1 | 1336 | 3 |
| 5. Xavier | 14-1 | 1325 | 6 |
| 6. West Virginia | 12-1 | 1304 | 7 |
| 7. Oklahoma | 11-1 | 1160 | 12 |
| 8. Virginia | 12-1 | 1048 | 9 |
| 9. Wichita St. | 11-2 | 1026 | 8 |
| 10. Kansas | 11-2 | 963 | 11 |
| 11. Texas A&M | 11-2 | 894 | 5 |
| 12. North Carolina | 12-2 | 890 | 13 |
| 13. Purdue | 13-2 | 883 | 14 |
| 14. Arizona | 11-3 | 832 | 17 |
| 15. Miami | 12-1 | 782 | 15 |
| 16. TCU | 12-1 | 760 | 10 |
| 17. Kentucky | 11-2 | 742 | 16 |
| 18. Texas Tech | 12-1 | 483 | 22 |
| 19. Gonzaga | 12-3 | 410 | 20 |
| 19. Cincinnati | 12-2 | 410 | 21 |
| 21. Seton Hall | 13-2 | 353 | 23 |
| 22. Arkansas | 11-2 | 254 | — |
| 23. Tennessee | 9-3 | 198 | 19 |
| 24. Florida St. | 11-2 | 119 | 24 |
| 25. Clemson | 12-1 | 104 | — |
Others receiving votes: Baylor 83, Creighton 54, Notre Dame 37, Butler 23, UCLA 14, Texas 10, St. Bonaventure 7, SMU 5, Auburn 4, Syracuse 4, Nevada 2, Rhode Island 2, Alabama 1, New Mexico St. 1, NC State 1, Mississippi St. 1.
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A Powerball ticket sold in Iowa is worth $1 million. Iowa Lottery officials say the ticket matched the first five numbers in Saturday’s drawing, so it earned a $1 million prize even though it fell short of the jackpot. The ticket was sold at a Kum & Go convenience store in Colfax, Iowa.
No one matched all six numbers in Saturday’s drawing, so the jackpot will grow to roughly $440 million for Wednesday.
Former Iowa Governor and U.S. Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack is wrapping up his first year as president of the U.S. Dairy Export Council. Vilsack says uncertainty about the future of the North American Free Trade Agreement is not good for agriculture and he’s hoping to see more trade progress from the Trump administration in 2018. “Certainly, for the dairy industry, we’ve seen a substantial expansion of dairy sales in Mexico – our number one market,” Vilsack says. “We’d like to see more opportunity to sell in Canada. We think this negotiation has the chance of opening up that market.”
The U.S., Mexico and Canada are scheduled to return to the bargaining table for a fifth time to renegotiate NAFTA late this month (January). Vilsack says pulling out of NAFTA, which the president has threatened to do, would be devastating for the ag economy. “There’s a tendency to talk about trade as if every industry in the country is either plus or minus. The reality is some industries benefit from trade and some industries have been hurt,” Vilsack said. “Clearly, these negotiations need to make sure that we preserve, for the industries that are doing well, the benefits of trade and that would certainly include agriculture.”
President Trump, shortly after he took office, withdrew the U.S. from the Trans Pacific Partnership. Vilsack says that’s created “opportunities for competitors” and challenges for the dairy industry. “We have to have more people representing U.S. dairy in many of the Asian countries that were party to the TPP agreement, as well as in China and taking full advantage of our relationship in Japan and South Korea,” Vilsack said. “But, we need more people, we need more partnerships, and we need more focus and more passion. And over the course of the next year or so, I think you’re going to see the organization that I’m part of try to be part of that effort to move exports forward.”
The 67-year-old Vilsack became president and CEO of the U.S. Dairy Export Council in February of 2017 after serving eight years as the leader of the USDA.
(Radio Iowa)
Skyscan Forecast – Richard Garuckas, Monday, 1/1/18
Today: **Wind Chill Warning effect until Noon Tuesday.**
Mostly sunny. High -3. W/NW winds 5-10. Wind Chill as low as -35
Tonight: Mostly clear & cold. Low -20. W/SW @ 5.. WC as low as -35.
Tomorrow: Wind Chill Warning until Noon. Mo. Sunny. High 13. SW @ 10-15. WC as low as -35.
Tom. Night: P/Cldy. Low 4.
Wednsday: P/Cldy. High 11.
Thursday: P/Cldy. High 7.
Sunday’s High in Atlantic, was -4. Our 24-hour Low through 7-a.m. today, was -26, which breaks the old record of -18 set in 1976 (the 24-hour period runs from 7-a.m. to 7-a.m., so the record Low applies to Sunday, Dec. 31st). The record low for Jan. 1st was -22 in 2010…we are set to tie or surpass that, if the temp reaches that at or after 7-a.m. today. Last year on this date (Jan. 1st), the High in Atlantic was 37 and the Low was 19. The All-Time record High in Atlantic for Jan. 1st was 55 in 1939, and the Record (as mentioned above), was -22 in 2010. At 7-a.m. today, we had tied that temp/date)
ANTON “TONY” PETERSEN, 94, of Anita, died Friday, Dec. 29th, 2017, at Atlantic Specialty Care. Funeral services for TONY PETERSEN will be held 11-a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 3rd, at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, in Anita. Hockenberry Family Care Funeral Home in Anita has the arrangements.
Friends may call at the funeral home, where visitation with the family is from 3-until 7-p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 2nd.
Burial will be in the Evergreen Cemetery in Anita.
Memorials may be directed to the Holy Cross Lutheran Church, or to the family, to be used later, for Tony’s wishes.
ANTHONY “TONY” PETERSEN is survived by:
His daughter – Barbara (Barry) Faga; Rita Bruns; Rachel (Garry) Swedlund, and Teresa (Chuck) Ramsey.
His sons – Bruce Taylor, and Rodney Petersen.
11 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren.
A call about a vehicle parked on Highway 59 near 310th Street in Fremont County, early this (Monday) morning, resulted in the arrest of 37-year old Matthew Wayne Phillips, of Hamburg. Sheriff Kevin Aistrope reports Phillips was taken into custody for OWI/2nd offense. He was brought to the Fremont County Jail and held on a $2,000 bond.
Matthew Phillips
356 AM CST Mon Jan 1 2018
…WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY...
* WHAT…Dangerously cold wind chills expected. The dangerously cold wind chills will cause frostbite in as little as 10 minutes to exposed skin. Expect wind chills to range from 20 below zero to 40 below zero though much of the period.
* WHERE…Much of Iowa.
* WHEN…Now to noon Tuesday.
For the far west & southwest counties (Monona, Harrison, Shelby, Pottawattamie, Mills, Montgomery, Fremont and Page), a WIND CHILL WARNING is in effect until Noon today (Monday), and a Wind Chill Advisory is in effect from 7-p.m. today until 11-a.m. Tuesday.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A Wind Chill Warning means the combination of very cold air and the wind will create dangerously low wind chill values. Frost bite can occur quickly and even hypothermia or death if precautions are not taken.
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