Games at the 12 Courts of Christmas in the Hy Vee Arena
Boy’s Basketball Scores:
Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 86 Bishop Miege, 64
Kearney 64 Ballard, 55
Platte County 57 Creston, 56
Girls:
Creston 43 Hogan Prep, 27
Games at the 12 Courts of Christmas in the Hy Vee Arena
Boy’s Basketball Scores:
Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 86 Bishop Miege, 64
Kearney 64 Ballard, 55
Platte County 57 Creston, 56
Girls:
Creston 43 Hogan Prep, 27
Jim Field visits with Ciara Hoegh about Saturday’s Christmas Market at the Nishna Valley Family YMCA from 12:00 pm to 3:00 pm.
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Iowa closed the opening half on a 25-7 run and cruised to a 103-81 win over Maryland-Baltimore County. Tony Perkins led the way with 23 points while freshman guard Brock Harding had 10 points and added 12 assists.
The Hawkeyes had 33 assists and just four turnovers, but coach Fran McCaffery was frustrated by the lack of defense.
The F.D. says also that they have “covered many vehicle fires this year,” and for that reason recommend having a fire extinguisher in your vehicle “to potentially put out a fire before it gets fully involved.” They added, “Typically by the time any fire department gets to a vehicle fire it’s not salvageable.”
(Radio Iowa) – A big celebration is planned for a central Iowa state park that is turning 100. Pete Hildreth of the Iowa D-N-R says things get underway today (Thursday). “Iowa D-N-R staff and members of the Friends of the Ledges will host a 100th anniversary kickoff event at the Boone City Hall Auditorium,” he says. The park is near Madrid and has four miles of trails that include sandstone ledges that are 100 feet above the Des Moines River. That kickoff begins at 6 p-m.
“That event will be highlighted by a program on how Ledges became one of Iowa’s first state parks, as well as information and displays on events projects and changes coming to Ledges in 2024,” Hildreth says. He says everyone is encouraged to take part in the celebration. )”The Friends of the Ledges members will present details on how to get involved in the year-long celebration, as well as the creation of an endowment fund to help preserve the resources of the park in the next century,” he says.
The park also features several structures built in the 1930s by the Civilian Conservation Corps.
(Red Oak, Iowa) – Red Oak Police have arrested a man wanted on an active Red Oak P-D warrant for a Controlled Substance Violation and Failure to Affix a Drug Tax Stamp. 53-year-old Joshua Norman Fuller was taken into custody Wednesday afternoon, and was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on a $30,000 cash-only bond.
Today: A 20 percent chance of rain after 5pm. Patchy fog between 8am and 10am. Otherwise, cloudy, with a high near 50. South wind 5 to 8 mph.
Tonight: A 50 percent chance of rain, mainly after 1am. Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, cloudy, with a low around 43. South wind 3 to 6 mph. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Friday: A 40 percent chance of rain before noon. Areas of fog before 1pm. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 51. South wind around 6 mph becoming west southwest in the afternoon. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Friday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 37. Calm wind becoming south around 6 mph after midnight.
Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 55.
Saturday Night: Rain likely, mainly after midnight. Cloudy, with a low around 47. Breezy. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Sunday: Rain and possibly a thunderstorm. High near 52. Breezy. Chance of precipitation is 90%.
Sunday Night: Rain, mainly before midnight. Low around 39. Chance of precipitation is 80%.
Christmas Day: Rain likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 48. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
Wednesday’s High in Atlantic was 49. The Low was 21. Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 21 and the Low was -11. The Record High on Dec. 21st was 5 in 1941,and the Record Low was -22 in 1989. Sunrise is 7:42. Sunset is 4:52.
(Radio Iowa) – Today (Thursday) marks the arrival of winter, and soon enough, we’ll be dealing with big piles of snow. Aaron Steil, a consumer horticulture specialist at the Iowa State University Extension, says the drought has been tough on our landscaping this year, and some recent plantings, trees and shrubs may already be stressing as the colder weather settles in. Steil says it’s normal for some shrubs to turn brown or orange at this time of the year.
“Eastern red cedar, for example, tends to get kind of a brownish color in the winter, but it’s more dark green during the summer,” Steil says. “It’s been a pretty stressful growing season. Most of the state has been on the dry side this year and the last couple of years, and so it’s starting to build up, especially on younger or less established plants in our landscape.” Homeowners may be concerned about their trees and other plants being damaged by a heavy, wet snow, especially if their limbs are sagging.
“Most of the time, plants do a pretty good job of shedding that snow off all on their own,” Steil says, “but if you do have a younger plant, or an evergreen that seems to be very weighed down by snow, you can go out and brush it off using your hand or a broom.” If you want to clear that snow off yourself, he says there is a right way — and a wrong way — to go about the process.
“Just make sure you do it in an upward motion instead of a downward one,” he says, “so that you don’t stress branches that are bending down even more.” Steil says ice can do infinitely more damage to young plants than snow, however, he says you need to resist the urge to try to remove ice from their frozen boughs and limbs.
“You’re likely to do more damage than good. If you try to go out and remove ice from shrubs and trees in your landscape, you can go out and maybe prop something up with a board, if you’re really worried about it,” Steil says. “Otherwise, trying to break it off or throwing hot water on it to try to melt it off, all of those always do more damage than help.”
The best thing you can do for an ice-coated tree, he says, is to leave it alone and let the sun warm it up.
ATLANTIC, IA (December 20, 2023) – Produce in the Park’s Christmas Market 2023 is this Saturday, December 23, from 12 PM – 3 PM at the Nishna Valley Family YMCA. Local favorite food truck Pim’s Thai will be on site, and the YMCA will set up free bounce houses for the kids.
Vendors at this year’s Christmas Market will include food vendors offering a variety of local foods–from fresh produce and meat, to fresh breads and desserts–as well as craft vendors selling wood products, decorations such as handmade gnomes, crocheted items, jewelry, candles, and more.
Christmas Market Vendor list as of December 20
Noble Provisions
Bridgewater Farm
Brun Ko Farm
The Kringle Man
Sharon Johnson
JD Crafters
Sugar Mama Cookie Co.
Frosting Inc.
Imagine Garden Gift
Creekside Crystal and Crafts
Crawleys Christ-Centered Creations
Solis Wolf Woodworking
Gnome-atic Fanatics
Neighborhood Bakehouse
Dragonfly Creations
Corn 4 a Cause
Biederman’s Best Honey
Chelle’s KrAFty Corner
Rising Traditions
Ray’s Custom Woodwork
Shelbi Crochets
Christmas Market 2023 is sponsored by Cass Health, Gregg Young of Atlantic, First Whitney Bank & Trust, Meyer & Gross Real Estate, Nishna Valley Family YMCA, Atlantic Area Chamber of Commerce and the City of Atlantic.
For the latest information on Christmas Market and all Produce in the Park markets, follow Produce in the Park on Facebook (www.facebook.com/ProduceInThePark) or Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/produceintheparkatlanticia/).
AMES, Iowa – Iowa State (7-4, 0-0 Big 12) took the win over in-state foe UNI (1-8, 0-0 MVC) by a final of 87-70. ISU had six in double figures for the second time this season, also bringing in the second-straight game with at least five totaling 10-plus.
UNI held the lead until Iowa State came back to tie it in the final moments of the first quarter, while ISU followed to take the lead in the second and build on it. ISU had the second-straight game making at least 10 3-pointers and fourth of the season.
Kelsey Joens and Audi Crooks each led with 16 points while Addy Brown (11), Isnelle Natabou (11), Emily Ryan (11) and Hannah Belanger (10) totaled the six double-figure scorers. Crooks put up her 10th-straight 10-plus point game, totaling her 16 on 6-of-8 shooting.
Brown had her fifth-straight double-double and sixth of the season with 12 rebounds and 11 points to go along with seven assists. Natabou had her first double-double at Iowa State, turning in 11 points at 80 percent shooting and 10 rebounds. Natabou recorded her 700th career rebound, while bringing her career point total to 1,036 and rebound total to 703. Natabou became the 49th active NCAA D1 player with 1,000 career points and 700 rebounds.
Up Next
Iowa State will return to action Saturday, Dec. 30 to open conference at Oklahoma State. The game begins at 2 p.m. and will be streamed on Big 12 Now on ESPN+.