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Loyola of Chicago upends Northern Iowa 59-56

Sports

February 17th, 2016 by admin

CHICAGO (AP) — Milton Doyle scored 13 points and Montel James made a crucial 3-point play in the final seconds as Loyola of Chicago upended Northern Iowa 59-56 on Wednesday night.

Northern Iowa’s Paul Jesperson drained three 3-pointers early in the second half to put the Panthers on top 38-31. The Ramblers fought back and James converted a 3-point play for a 55-54 lead with 44 seconds remaining.

Earl Peterson made two free throws with six second left for a three-point lead. Loyola elected to foul and Northern Iowa missed both free throws but the ball went out of bounds off of the Ramblers. UNI missed a shot at the buzzer.

Donte Ingram added 10 points for the Ramblers (13-14, 6-9 Missouri Valley Conference). James, Peterson and Devon Turk had nine points each.

Jesperson finished with 16 points for the Panthers (16-12, 8-7), who had a six-game winning streak snapped.

 

Red Oak woman arrested on two outstanding warrants

News

February 17th, 2016 by admin

The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest Wednesday afternoon of a Red Oak woman on two bench warrants.  At 3:50pm deputies arrested 26-year-old Mildred Helenora Douglas of Red Oak.  One warrant was out of Cass County for Driving While Revoked and the second was out of Pottawattamie County for Failure to Appear on OWI Charge.  Both bonds were $2,000 and Douglas was turned over to Cass County.

ALFRED H. KOLL, 94, of Atlantic (Svcs. 02-20-2016)

Obituaries

February 17th, 2016 by admin

ALFRED H. KOLL, 94, of Atlantic died Wednesday, February 17th at Atlantic Specialty Care.  Funeral Services for ALFRED H. KOLL will be held Saturday, February 20th at 10:30am in the Peace United Church of Christ in Walnut.  Hockenberry Family Care Funeral Home of Atlantic has the arrangements.

Visitation with family will be held Friday, February 19th from 5:00pm-7:00pm at Hockenberry Family Care Funeral Home in Atlantic.

Burial will be in the Layton Township Cemetery in Walnut.

Memorials may be directed to the Peace United Church of Christ or to the family to use per Alfred’s wishes.

ALFRED H. KOLL is survived by:

Wife: Elaine Koll of Atlantic.

Sons: David (Donna) Koll of Omaha, NE.  Steve (Cindy) Koll of Atlantic.

4 Grandchildren

2 Great-Grandchildren

EDWARD FURNE, 75, of Atlantic (Svcs. 02-20-2016)

Obituaries

February 17th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

EDWARD FURNE, 75, of Atlantic, died Wed., Feb. 17th, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital, in Atlantic. Funeral services for EDWARD FURNE will be held Saturday, February 20th at 10:30am in the St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Atlantic. Hockenberry Family Care Funeral Home in Atlantic has the arrangements.

Visitation with family will be held Friday, February 19th from 5:00pm-7:00pm at Hockenberry Funeral Home in Atlantic.

Burial will be in the Iowa Veterans Cemetery near Van Meter.

EDWARD FURNE is survived by:

Wife: Ileen Furne of Atlantic.

Son: Jack (Linda) Furne of Arvada, CO

Daughters: Kandie (Phil) Bender of Kansas City, MO. Susie Page of Atlantic.

Brothers: Roger (Judy) Furne of Battle Creek.  Dennis (Elaine) Furne of Atlantic.  Kendal Furne of Denison.  Wesley (Diane) Furne of Denison.  Craig (Robin) Furne of Denison.

Sisters: Marla Juhl of Manning.  Leana (Jerry) Jensen of Des Moines.  Carla (Larry) of Harlan.

11 Grandchildren

9 Great-Grandchildren

1 injured in Page County accident Wed. morning

News

February 17th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

The Page County Sheriff’s Office says one person was transported to the hospital following an accident this (Wednesday) morning. The crash took place at around 8:05-a.m. at 170th Street and E Avenue, or about two miles south and east of Essex.

Essex Fire and Rescue was called to the scene and extricated 33-year old Susan Elizabeth Moore, of Villisca, from the 2012 Chevy Malibu she was driving. Moore was   then transported to Shenandoah Memorial Hospital by Essex Rescue for treatment of  undisclosed injuries. The driver of the other vehicle, 50-year old Melissia May Long, of rural Shenandoah, and her passenger, were checked for injuries but were found to be okay.

An investigation into the accident determined Long was driving a 2007 Jeep Liberty north on E Avenue from the stop sign, crossing 170th. Long said that she didn’t see the 2012 Chevy Malibu that Moore was operating westbound on 170th east of the intersection with E Avenue. Moore saw the Long vehicle start from the stop sign and continue into the intersection. She started to brake, but Long’s SUV hit the car on the driver’s side front door. The collision caused Moore’s car to spin counter clockwise into the north ditch, where it hit and destroyed a county road sign post. The car came to rest in the north ditch, west of the intersection. Long’s SUV also spun counter clockwise and came to rest in the eastbound lane of 170th just west of the intersection.

Deputies cited Long for Failure to have insurance and Failure to yield upon entering through Highway.

Playoff Basketball tonight on KJAN

Sports

February 17th, 2016 by admin

Tonight on KJAN Chris Parks and Seth Christensen will bring you a Class 3A Region 8 Semifinal as Atlantic travels to Shenandoah.  We will have Iowa Men’s Basketball at Penn State starting at 4:30pm tonight so we will start our girls basketball broadcast on our audio webstream at kjan.com and on the KJAN mobile app. As soon as the Iowa Men’s game is done we will bring you the Atlantic girls game on the air as well at AM1220 and FM101.1.

Atlantic comes into the game with a record of 13-8 and will face a Fillies team that is 14-8.  Atlantic one their lone meeting during the regular season 64-56 back on December 18th at Atlantic High School.  The winner tonight will move on to face either Pocahontas Area or Kuemper Catholic on Saturday at 7:00pm in Carroll.

State Team Dual Wrestling results

Sports

February 17th, 2016 by admin

State Team Dual Wrestling
Wednesday, February 17th
Wells Fargo Arena

Class 1A

Quarterfinal: #1 Lisbon defeated #8 Sigourney 61-11
Quarterfinal: #2 Don Bosco, Gilbertville defeated #7 Lake Mills 52-24
Quarterfinal: #3 Alburnett defeated #6 Westwood, Sloan 47-27
Quarterfinal: #5 Sibley-Ocheydan defeated #4 Logan-Magnolia 36-32
Semifinal: #1 Lisbon defeated #5 Sibley-Ocheydan 50-22
Semifinal: #3 Alburnett defeated #2 Don Bosco, Gilbertville 43-30
Cons. Semi: #4 Logan-Magnolia defeated #8 Sigourney 56-21
Cons. Semi: #6 Westwood, Sloan defeated #7 Lake Mills 50-28
1st Place Match
#3 Alburnett defeated #1 Lisbon 32-31.
3rd Place Match
#5 Sibley-Ocheydan defeated #2 Don Bosco, Gilbertville 42-35.
5th Place Match
#4 Logan-Magnolia defeated #6 Westwood, Sloan 48-22.
7th Place Match
#7 Lake Mills defeated #8 Sigourney 53-28.

Class 2A

Quarterfinal: #1 New Hampton defeated #8 Albia 51-30
Quarterfinal: #2 Assumption, Davenport defeated #7 Washington 40-18
Quarterfinal: #3 Creston/O-M defeated #6 Sergeant Bluff-Luton 58-17
Quarterfinal: #4 Clarion-Goldfield-Dows defeated #5 Independence 36-33
Semifinal: #4 Clarion-Goldfield-Dows defeated #1 New Hampton 30-27
Semifinal: #2 Assumption, Davenport defeated #3 Creston/O-M 34-27
Cons. Semi: #5 Independence defeated #8 Albia 51-24
Cons. Semi: #7 Washington defeated #6 Sergeant Bluff-Luton 37-29
1st Place Match
#2 Assumption, Davenport defeated #4 Clarion-Goldfield-Dows 36-27.
3rd Place Match
#1 New Hampton defeated #3 Creston/O-M 51-21.
5th Place Match
#5 Independence defeated #7 Washington 34-24.
7th Place Match
#6 Sergeant Bluff-Luton defeated #8 Albia 50-29.

Class 3A

Quarterfinal: #1 Southeast Polk defeated #8 Clinton 53-21
Quarterfinal: #2 Valley, West Des Moines defeated #7 Waverly-Shell Rock 43-19
Quarterfinal: #3 Dubuque, Hempstead defeated #6 Indianola 35-28
Quarterfinal: #4 Johnston defeated #5 Prairie, Cedar Rapids 34-25
Semifinal: #1 Southeast Polk defeated #4 Johnston 40-24
Semifinal: #2 Valley, West Des Moines defeated #3 Dubuque, Hempstead 72-6
Cons. Semi: #5 Prairie, Cedar Rapids defeated #8 Clinton 46-36
Cons. Semi: #7 Waverly-Shell Rock defeated #6 Indianola 55-18
1st Place Match
#2 Valley, West Des Moines defeated #1 Southeast Polk 31-26.
3rd Place Match
#4 Johnston defeated #3 Dubuque, Hempstead 47-25.
5th Place Match
#7 Waverly-Shell Rock defeated #5 Prairie, Cedar Rapids 37-36.
7th Place Match
#8 Clinton defeated #6 Indianola 54-20.

Veterans Information Fair set for April in Pott. County

News

February 17th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

The Pottawattamie County Commission of Veteran Affairs will be sponsoring a Veterans Information Resource Fair at the Avoca Iowa American Legion on April 1st, from 3-to  7-p.m., and April 2nd from 7:30- to  11:30- am. Free meals will be served for attendees on April 1st from 5-to 7-pm and April 2nd from 7:30–to 9:30-a.m.

Vendors wishing to participate should contact the Pottawattamie County Veterans Affairs office by March 21st, to reserve a table. Call 712-328-5797 to reserve your table.

Iowan gets 60 days in jail for head-butting 13-year-old son

News

February 17th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) – A Sergeant Bluff man has been given 60 days in jail for head-butting his 13-year-old son. Forty-eight-year-old Bradley Graff also was ordered Tuesday to pay $410 in restitution. The Sioux City Journal reports that Graff pleaded guilty to child endangerment. He pleaded guilty in a separate case to failing to register as a sex offender. He was given a suspended five-year sentence and two years’ probation.

Court documents say the head-butting occurred while Graff was practicing wrestling with his 11- and 13-year-old sons at his business, Wall of Fame. The documents say the older boy asked to stop practicing, but Graff threw him onto a mat several times and head-butted him. The documents also say Graff stomped his son’s head onto the mat, giving the boy a bloody nose.

$47.25 million water quality investment announced

Ag/Outdoor, News

February 17th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

State officials, along with commodity group leaders, are touting a nine-and-a-half million dollar U-S-D-A grant for water quality efforts that will get four-point-75 million dollars worth of matching funds from the state. Officials say Iowa farmers will invest another 33 million dollars to complete water quality projects. Kurt Simon, the state conservationist, says more than 40 partner are involved.

“This partnership has brought together diverse stakeholders from multiple sectors committed to improving water quality in line with the goals of the Iowa Nutrient Reduction Strategy,” he says. That’s the voluntary approach farm groups and state officials announced three years ago in response to concerns about run-off from ag land.

Kirk Leeds, the C-E-O of the Iowa Soybean Association, is also a spokesman for the Iowa Agriculture Water Alliance and he was at Tuesday’s news conference to announce the combined 47-and-a-quarter million dollar investment in conservation practices on Iowa farms.

The Iowa Soybean Association Research Conference started Tuesday and continues today (Wednesday) in Des Moines. This (Wednesday) morning at the state capitol, the House Ag Committee began debating Governor Branstad’s plan to divert some school infrastructure money to water quality projects.

The Des Moines Water Works, the state’s largest water utility, has sued officials in three northwest Iowa counties for mismanaging drainage districts, causing the utility to spend millions removing nitrates from the river water used as its drinking water supply.

(Radio Iowa)