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Area girls basketball scores from Friday, Feb. 3rd 2017

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February 4th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

ADM, Adel 53, Bondurant Farrar 20

Boyer Valley, Dunlap 61, Charter Oak-Ute 33

CAM, Anita 41, Coon Rapids-Bayard 28

Carlisle 63, Winterset 42

Central Decatur, Leon 92, Southwest Valley 37

Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 74, Atlantic 49

Denison-Schleswig 52, Clarinda 36

Des Moines Christian 62, West Central Valley, Stuart 34

Earlham 49, Woodward-Granger 43

Essex 67, Heartland Christian 26

Griswold 44, Riverside, Oakland 27

Harlan 60, Glenwood 38

IKM-Manning 68, Logan-Magnolia 61

Interstate 35,Truro 59, East Union, Afton 26

Lewis Central 74, St. Albert, Council Bluffs 31

Martensdale-St. Marys 48, Lenox 21

Murray 55, Orient-Macksburg 31

Panorama, Panora 45, Ogden 35

Red Oak 39, Creston 17

Shenandoah 55, Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 54

Sidney 51, Fremont Mills, Tabor 37

Sioux City, East 45, Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson 31

Treynor 64, Missouri Valley 28

Underwood 69, Audubon 44

Van Meter 59, AC/GC 33

Western Valley Conference Tourney
OA-BCIG 60, River Valley, Correctionville 36

Siouxland Community Christian 54, Ridge View 43

West Monona, Onawa 47, Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto 18

Woodbury Central, Moville 42, Lawton-Bronson 40

Area boys basketball scores from Friday, Feb. 3rd 2017

Sports

February 4th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

BOYS BASKETBALL

ADM, Adel 64, Bondurant Farrar 59, OT

Audubon 51, Underwood 48

Bishop Heelan Catholic, Sioux City 55, Sioux City, West 50

Boone 56, Carroll 52

Boyer Valley, Dunlap 68, Charter Oak-Ute 54

CAM, Anita 56, Coon Rapids-Bayard 43

Carlisle 76, Winterset 56

Central Decatur, Leon 66, Southwest Valley 50

Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 78, Bellevue East, Neb. 72

Creston 86, Red Oak 65

Denison-Schleswig 72, Clarinda 44

Des Moines Christian 78, West Central Valley, Stuart 39

Earlham 66, Woodward-Granger 49

Fremont Mills, Tabor 65, Sidney 50

Glenwood 74, Harlan 60

IKM-Manning 65, Logan-Magnolia 53

Interstate 35,Truro 63, East Union, Afton 44

Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 62, Shenandoah 56

Martensdale-St. Marys 74, Lenox 39

Murray 81, Orient-Macksburg 39

Panorama, Panora 71, Ogden 57

Pleasantville 61, Mount Ayr 43

Riverside, Oakland 48, Griswold 27

Sioux City, East 72, Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson 28

St. Albert, Council Bluffs 59, Lewis Central 50

Stanton 85, Clarinda Academy 72

Treynor 60, Missouri Valley 31

Van Meter 77, AC/GC 49

Wayne, Corydon 83, Bedford 75, OT

Traffic stop in Shenandoah Fri. night results in 2 arrests

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February 4th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

Officials with the Shenandoah Police Department report a traffic stop late Friday night in the 400 block of N. Center Street, resulted in the arrest of two people. The K9 “Argo” was deployed and upon further investigation, 46-year old Ray Kalkas and 44-year old Michelle Kalkas, both of Imogene, were taken into custody a little after 10:15-p.m.

Ray Kalkas was charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance (Marijuana), and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. Michelle Kalkas was charged with Driving While Barred (Habitual Offender). Both were transported to the Shenandoah Police Department, where they were able to post a $3,000 bond.

Wheelers win boys hoops thriller over Underwood

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February 3rd, 2017 by admin

The Audubon Wheelers boys basketball team held on just enough down the stretch to beat Underwood 51-48 on Friday night in Audubon.  The Wheelers led most of the night but it took a three point miss by the Eagles at the end to seal the Audubon win.

Audubon led 25-20 in a very methodical first half that saw Tate Killeen score 14. Underwood star Isaiah Humphrey sat most a good portion of the game with foul trouble and ended up fouling out with a couple minutes left in the fourth quarter.  He finished the night as Underwood’s leading scorer with 10, well below his 23 point average.

Audubon led 38-32 at the end of the third quarter but the Eagles would rally to tie the game at 40 with 4:22 left to play. The Eagles would tie it once more but never took the lead.  Audubon ended up in the double bonus as Underwood was trying to play catch-up and the Wheelers made just enough free throws to win. They made it interesting though only making 14-30 from the line for the game. Jared Martin hit a three to close the gap to two with nine seconds left. Josh Lange then made one of two free throws to give the Wheelers a three point lead. Jared Martin then forced up a wild three well short and time expired with the Wheelers hanging on.

Audubon was led by Tate Killeen with 19 points and they improve their record to 10-9. The Wheelers next play Exira-EHK on Monday.

Underwood fell to 16-3 and now put doubt into their chance to share the Western Iowa Conference title, falling a game behind AHSTW.  The Eagles finish conference play Monday against Logan-Magnolia.

Listen to the full post-game interview with Audubon Head Coach Michael Strasko below.

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Underwood girls put clamps on Wheelers in fourth quarter

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February 3rd, 2017 by admin

The Underwood girls basketball team built a lead over the Audubon Wheelers in the second quarter that they wouldn’t relinquish and put the game away in the fourth with a 69-44 win.

The Eagles built an 8 point halftime lead behind 16 first half points from Karley Larson.  They would keep the lead right around 8-10 points for much of the rest of the game before slamming the door shut in a 20-5 fourth quarter.

Larson finished with 25 to lead the Eagles, who improve to 14-6 on the season with the win. They next face Logan-Magnolia on Monday.

Audubon was led in the loss by Sydney Obermeier with 19 points and the Wheelers are now 9-10. The Wheelers have a meeting with Tri-Center on Tuesday.

Iowa brings back Ken O’Keefe as QB coach

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February 3rd, 2017 by Ric Hanson

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa has brought back former offensive coordinator Ken O’Keefe as its quarterbacks coach. Hawkeyes coach Kirk Ferentz announced Friday that O’Keefe, who was his coordinator and quarterbacks coach from 1999-2011, will return next season to work with Iowa’s signal callers.

O’Keefe spent the past five seasons with the Miami Dolphins in a variety of offensive coaching roles. Before that, he was crucial in the successful careers of Hawkeyes quarterbacks Brad Banks, Drew Tate and Ricky Stanzi.

O’Keefe will work under offensive coordinator Brian Ferentz, who played on Iowa’s offensive line when O’Keefe was coordinator in the mid-2000s.

EDWARD H. AHRENDSEN, 92, of Audubon (Svcs. 02/04/2017)

Obituaries

February 3rd, 2017 by Jim Field

EDWARD H. AHRENDSEN, 92, of Audubon died Wednesday, February 1st at Friendship Home in Audubon. Celebration of Life Memorial Services for EDWARD H. AHRENDSEN will be held Saturday, February 4th at 2:00pm in the St. John’s Lutheran Church in Audubon. Kessler Funeral Home in Audubon has the arrangements.

Family visitation will be held Saturday, February 4th from 1:00pm until the time of the service at the Church.

Burial will be in the Manning Cemetery in Manning at a later date.

EDWARD H. AHRENDSEN is survived by:

Children: Kathy Garber of Perry. Bruce (Gloria) Ahrendsen of Panora.

God Daughter: Theresa Correa of Westchester, OH.

Sisters-in-law: Elaine Christensen of Audubon. Marjorie Knudsen of Des Moines. Deloris Knudsen and Marge Knudsen of Audubon.

4 Grandchildren

5 Great-Grandchildren

Nieces, Nephews, Other Relatives, and Friends.

WYLMA R. LAYLAND, 91, of Audubon (Svcs. 02/04/2017)

Obituaries

February 3rd, 2017 by Jim Field

WYLMA R. LAYLAND, 91, of Audubon died Tuesday, January 31st at Exira Care Center in Exira. Funeral Services for WYLMA R. LAYLAND will be held Saturday, February 4th at 10:30am in the First United Methodist Church in Audubon.  Kessler Funeral Home in Audubon has the arrangements.

Family visitation will be held Saturday, February 4th from 9:30am until the time of service at the Church.

Burial will be in the Maple Grove Cemetery in Audubon.

WYLMA R. LAYLAND is survived by:

Son: Terry Layland of Bradenton, FL.

Dauther-in-law: Deb (Bruce Christensen) Layland of Audubon.

Sister: Janice Fancher of Audubon.

Sister-in-law: Mary Lou Layland of Glenwood, IA.

3 Grandchildren

5 Great-Grandchildren

Nieces, Nephews, Other Relatives, and Friends.

SW Iowa girl held down on school bus as bullies use marker on her face

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February 3rd, 2017 by Ric Hanson

The parents of a ten-year old Council Bluffs girl want more answers after their daughter’s scary experience with bullies on a city school bus this week. Rae-Ann Dabney says two other girls said they wanted to write on her face with a black magic marker. “I said ‘no’ and then they just grabbed me and held me down and colored on my face,” Dabney says. The girl says it was a very frightening experience.

“I was scared that they were going to draw inappropriate things on my face,” she says. The bullies did write a word on the girls face using the marker, in addition to a beard, mustache and other scribblings. “They put ‘loser’ on my head,” she says. School officials say the two girls lost their bus riding privileges for one day. Rae-Ann’s parents are outraged and say more should be done. They’ve filed a report with the police department.

RaeAnn Dabney

(Radio Iowa, with Thanks to WOWT-TV, Omaha)

Firings of 2 teachers at Iowa School for the Deaf will stand

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February 3rd, 2017 by Ric Hanson

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — Two longtime teachers who challenged their firings from the Iowa School for the Deaf will not be returning to their jobs. Judge David May has ruled that the Iowa Board of Regents, which governs the Council Bluffs-based school, had “just cause” to terminate 25-year teacher Tina Murdoch.

May’s ruling overturned an arbitrator’s decision that ordered Murdoch be reinstated. The regents had appealed that ruling, arguing Murdoch should be fired because of poor performance. Murdoch’s former colleague, Tricia Tighe, meanwhile, recently dropped a court appeal of her firing.

Attorney Raymond Aranza, who represented both teachers, says Tighe has found a teaching job in Arkansas and decided her firing is “not worth fighting over.” He says he’s disappointed in the decision that upheld Murdoch’s firing. Aranza says both teachers were popular with parents and students and that administrators unfairly second-guessed their teaching skills.