BETTY L. BROWN, 74, of Atlantic, died Wed., Jan. 11th, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. Visitation with the family is from 3-until 4-pm, Monday (Jan. 16th), at the Hockenberry Family Care Funeral Home in Atlantic, with Graveside services for BETTY BROWN taking place 4:15-p.m. Monday, at the Brighton Township Cemetery in Marne.
DOROTHY D. JOHNSON, 91, of Elk Horn, died Wed., Jan. 11th, at the Salem Lutheran Home, in Elk Horn. In accordance with her wishes, cremation has taken place, and no services will be held for DOROTHY JOHNSON. Hockenberry Family Care Funeral Home in Atlantic has the arrangements.
Online condolences may be left at www.hockenberryfamilycare.com
Red Oak Police, Wednesday afternoon, responded to a disturbance at the Red Oak High School. Officers were called to the school just after 1-p.m. for a report of a student who was out of control. Upon arrival and further investigation, Police arrested a 15-year old student for Disorderly Conduct. The student, who was not identified, was transported to the Juvenile Detention Center at the direction of Juvenile Services, and held until being seen by a judge.
Early This Morning: Cloudy, colder. North wind around 10 mph.
Today: Partly sunny. Colder. High in the lower 20s. Northwest wind 5 to 15 mph.
Tonight: Mostly cloudy. Low 5 to 10 above. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
Friday: Mostly cloudy. High in the lower 20s. East wind around 10 mph.
Saturday: Mostly cloudy. High in the upper 20s. Northeast wind near 5 mph shifting to the north around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Sunday: Cloudy. A slight chance of light freezing rain and sleet in the morning, then light sleet likely possibly mixed with freezing rain in the afternoon. High in the lower 30s. Chance of precipitation 60 percent.
Sunday Night: Freezing rain possibly mixed with sleet. Low in the mid 20s. Chance of precipitation 80 percent.
Martin Luther King Jr Day: Freezing rain possibly mixed with rain in the morning, then light rain likely in the afternoon. High in the mid 30s. Chance of precipitation 80 percent.
The Iowa Hawkeye women pulled away in the fourth quarter to beat Illinois 78-58 Wednesday night, as the Hawkeyes avenged a loss to the Illini in their Big Ten opener. Megan Gustafson led the Hawkeyes with 20 points and 15 rebounds. The Hawkeyes host third ranked Maryland Saturday afternoon.
AMES, Iowa (AP) — Vionise Pierre-Louis had 18 points and a career-high 16 rebounds and No. 22 Oklahoma held off Iowa State 67-56 on Wednesday night. Gabbi Ortiz and Gioya Carter added 11 points apiece and Maddie Manning had 10 for the Sooners (13-4, 4-1 Big 12).
Iowa State pulled within 57-55 on a jumper by Seanna Johnson with 4:49 to play but from there the Cyclones missed their last four shots and had four turnovers. The Sooners didn’t run away and two free throws by Johnson with 2:55 left cut the deficit to 61-57. Manning had a quick layup and Pierre-Louis made two free throws with 2:02 to play but the only other points were two Manning free throws at 58 seconds.
Bridget Carleton had 15 points and Johnson 14 for the Cyclones (10-6, 1-4) and Meredith Burkhall had 11 points and 11 rebounds for her third career double-double. For the first time this season, 6-foot-9 freshman Nancy Mulkey failed to block a shot after swatting 38 in the first 16 games with back-to-back games of seven and six to open conference play.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Ore Arogundade scored 15 points, Billy Wampler had 14, and T.J. Thomas added 12 points as Drake beat Indiana State 87-70 on Wednesday night. Wampler’s 3 broke a 30-all tie and was the beginning of a 12-3 Drake run to close the first half. Thomas’ jumper with 12:31 left extended the lead to 59-40. Thomas was 6 for 7 from the floor.
Reed Timmer scored 11 points and Graham Woodward scored 10 for Drake (5-12, 3-2 Missouri Valley). Everett Clemons and Brenton Scott each scored 12 points for the Sycamores (6-11, 0-5) and Jordan Barnes added 10. Clemons also had 10 rebounds.
The Bulldogs won back-to-back games for the second time this season and have won four of their last six after an eight-game losing streak. They shot 58 percent in the second half (19 of 33) while Indiana State was at 28 percent (10-36) but made 14 of 18 free throws.
STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — Monte Morris scored a career-high 30 points and added five rebounds, five assists and four steals to help Iowa State beat Oklahoma State 96-86 on Wednesday night.
Matt Thomas scored 19 and Nazareth Mitrou-Long contributed 17 points, six rebounds and four assists for the Cyclones (11-4, 3-1 Big 12), whose only conference loss was a 65-63 nail-biter at No. 2 Baylor on Jan. 4. It was Iowa State’s eighth-straight win over Oklahoma State.
Phil Forte scored 24 points and Jeffrey Carroll had 21 points and seven rebounds for Oklahoma State (10-6, 0-4). The Cowboys lost their fourth straight and coach Brad Underwood remains stuck at 99 career wins.
Forte’s 3-pointer with 9:19 remaining put Oklahoma State ahead 67-62, but the Cyclones responded with a 17-4 run over the next six minutes, with eight consecutive points from Morris, to seize control.
PEORIA, Ill. (AP) — Luuk van Bree had a career high 20 points, and Donte Thomas and Darrell Brown each scored 12 to lift Bradley past Northern Iowa 72-61 Wednesday night.
Bradley (8-10, 3-2 Missouri Valley) raced to a 7-0 lead and never trailed. Klint Carlson tied it at 20 on a 3 with 7:20 left, but Drake outscored the Panthers 20-5 over the next six minutes and led 40-25 on van Bree’s jumper 60 seconds before intermission.
Spencer Haldeman’s 3 at the 10:45 mark of the second half brought Northern Iowa to within 50-44, but van Bree buried back-to-back 3s, and JoJo McGlaston’s thunderous dunk off a lob pass from Nate Kennell made it 58-44.
A freshman, van Bree was 8-for-13 shooting from the field including 4 for 7 from 3-point range. Thomas had a career-high 13 rebounds. Haldeman led Northern Iowa (5-11, 0-5) with 16 points, Carlson added 15, and Jordan Ashton scored 12. The Panthers have lost seven straight.
Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:40 a.m. CST
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Gov. Terry Branstad’s plan to defund Planned Parenthood would cost Iowa millions of federal dollars that had gone to family planning services, and the state plans to replenish the losses by tapping a fund for vulnerable children, adults and families. Ben Hammes, Branstad’s spokesman, said Iowa would make up the difference out of the Social Services Block Grant. The roughly $15 million program includes discretion to spend on family planning services.
UNDATED (AP) — A member of the Board of Regents says his colleagues’ decision to take no action against Iowa State University President Steven Leath for misusing university airplanes was “a slap in the face” to Iowa taxpayers. In a Dec. 20 email obtained under the public records law, Regent Subhash Sahai told colleagues that he was “embarrassed for the board” for letting Leath off the hook. He says any other professional “would have been severely sanctioned.”
MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa (AP) — Leaders of a Marshalltown hospital are moving ahead with the sale of the facility. The Times Republican reports the sale of Central Iowa Healthcare’s assets to Unity Point Health-Waterloo was unanimously approved by corporate members Tuesday. Unity Point Health-Waterloo offered $12.5 million for the assets. Members also outlined the loss of more than $18 million as of Nov. 30, 2016. The sale must be approved by a bankruptcy court.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — South Korea is suffering from a shortage of eggs due to bird flu and has finalized agreements to accept imported fresh eggs from United States. South Korea’s government says about 26 million chickens have been killed, including one-third of the country’s egg-laying hens, since the H5N6 strain of avian influenza first surfaced in November. The export is an opportunity for U.S. producers to alleviate a surplus of eggs post-2015 outbreak, which killed 49 million turkeys and chickens in 15 states.
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