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Iowa State uses late surge to beat NDSU

Sports

December 1st, 2015 by admin

AMES, Iowa (AP) — Abdel Nader scored 21 points, Jameel McKay had 15 to go with a career-high 19 rebounds and fifth-ranked Iowa State beat North Dakota State 84-64 on Tuesday night

Monte Morris had 18 points and six assists for the Cyclones (6-0), who overcame a sluggish outing to post their fifth straight win by double digits.

The Bison made things tough on the Cyclones for about 30 minutes. But Iowa State’s 13-2 run midway through the second half ensured its 30th straight non-conference win at home.

A.J. Jacobson and Paul Miller each had 17 points to lead North Dakota State (4-2).

 

Rollover accident west of Atlantic Tue. night

News

December 1st, 2015 by Ric Hanson

No injuries were reported following a rollover accident west of Atlantic, Tuesday night. According to dispatch reports, a vehicle was on its side in the ditch just off 570th Street between Galveston and Fayette Road.

Photo courtesy Cass County Emergency Mgmt Coordinator Mike Kennon

Photo courtesy Cass County Emergency Mgmt Coordinator Mike Kennon.

The driver was trapped in the vehicle but was otherwise said to have been uninjured. Atlantic Fire and Rescue and Medivac Ambulance responded to the scene at around 6:12-p.m. Roads in the area were said to have been icy.

No other details are currently available.

November 2015 = 8th wettest, 10th warmest

News, Weather

December 1st, 2015 by Ric Hanson

The just ended month of November is entering the records books as unusually warm and wet. Harry Hillaker is the state climatologist. He says preliminary figure show last month was the 8th wettest and 10th warmest November in Iowa over 143 years of record keeping. The statewide average temperature for the month was 41.7 degrees, 5.1 degrees warmer than normal. The warmest temperatures were recorded on November 2nd.

Weather records for Atlantic compiled at the KJAN studios (The official National Weather Service reporting site for Atlantic), indicate the month of November was wetter and warmer than normal, as well. We received 4.1-inches of precipitation last month, which was 2.25″ inches more than the average 1.85.  Snowfall and mixed precipitation accounted for 1.8 inches of the total liquid precip. value.

The average High last month was 52.8 degrees, which was 2.5 degrees warmer than normal, while the average Low was 31.4, and that was 4.9 degrees warmer than normal. The warmest day of the month was on Nov. 2nd, when we reached 77 degrees. The coldest day was on the 26th, when the thermometer bottomed out at 21.

“Des Moines, Glenwood, and Shenandoah all reached 79 degrees,” Hillaker said. “On the cold end of things, we had a couple of dates where we got down below zero. Spencer was the first to do that, minus-four degrees on the 21st. On the very next morning, Waterloo and Stanley…got down to minus-five degrees.” The first 10 days of November were extremely dry, but the remainder of the month involved a lot of rain and snow.

The statewide average snowfall total for the month was 6.1 inches, more than double usual amount for November. Last month enters the record books as Iowa’s 13th snowiest November. “In fact, that one big storm we had on November 20-21 brought more snow than any other single November back to 1991,” Hillaker said. Rock Rapids, in far northwest Iowa, received over 15 inches of snow in that storm. The other unusual weather event during the month involved 13 tornadoes touching down across south-central and southeast Iowa on Veteran’s Day.

“If those numbers hold up, that looks to be a record for the month of November,” Hillaker said. “Ten years ago, in 2005, we had 12 tornadoes recorded on almost the same day, November 12.”

(Radio Iowa/KJAN)

Oklahoma safely No. 3 in College Football Playoff rankings

Sports

December 1st, 2015 by Ric Hanson

Oklahoma is No. 3 in the College Football Playoff selection committee rankings, putting the Sooners safely in position to be in the final four with their season completed. The Sooners locked up the Big 12 championship with a blowout victory at Oklahoma State on Saturday.

Clemson is still No. 1 and Alabama remained No. 2. Both the Tigers and Crimson Tide head into their conference championship games Saturday needing just a victory to lock up a playoff spot. The top seed gets to play closest to home, so for Clemson a semifinal game at the Orange Bowl in Miami is also on the line against North Carolina.

Iowa is No. 4 and Michigan State is No. 5, setting up a playoff play-in game in Saturday’s Big Ten title game.

 

Ferentz named Big 10 Coach of the Year

Sports

December 1st, 2015 by Ric Hanson

ROSEMONT, Ill. (AP) — Big Ten offensive awards as voted on by coaches and media:

Graham-George Offensive Player of the Year_Ezekiel Elliott, Ohio State

Hayes-Schembechler Coach of the Year (coaches vote)_Kirk Ferentz, Iowa

Dave McClain Coach of the Year (media vote)_Kirk Ferentz, Iowa

Griese-Brees Quarterback of the Year_Connor Cook, Michigan State

Richter-Howard Receiver of the Year_Aaron Burbridge, Michigan State

Ameche-Dayne Running Back of the Year_Ezekiel Elliott, Ohio State

Kwalick-Clark Tight End of the Year_Jake Butt, Michigan

Rimington-Pace Offensive Lineman of the Year_Taylor Decker, Ohio State

Coaches All-Big Ten

First Team

QB_Connor Cook, Michigan State.

RB_Jordan Howard, Indiana; Ezekiel Elliott, Ohio State.

WR_Jehu Chesson, Michigan; Aaron Burbridge, Michigan State.

C_Jack Allen, Michigan State.

G_Jordan Walsh, Iowa; Pat Elflein, Ohio State.

T_Jack Conklin, Michigan State; Taylor Decker, Ohio State.

TE_Jake Butt, Michigan.

Second Team

QB_C.J. Beathard, Iowa.

RB_Justin Jackson, Northwestern; Saquon Barkley, Penn State.

WR_Jordan Westerkamp, Nebraska; Alex Erickson, Wisconsin.

C_Austin Blythe, Iowa.

G_Dan Feeney, Indiana; Brian Allen, Michigan State.

T_Jason Spriggs, Indiana; Alex Lewis, Nebraska.

TE_Dan Vitale, Northwestern.

Third Team

QB_Nate Sudfeld, Indiana.

RB_Josh Ferguson, Illinois; Jordan Canzeri, Iowa.

WR_Michael Thomas, Ohio State; Chris Godwin, Penn State.

C_Jacoby Boren, Ohio State.

G_Donavon Clark, Michigan State; Billy Price, Ohio State.

T_Erik Magnuson, Michigan; Tyler Marz, Wisconsin.

TE_Josiah Price, Michigan State.

Media All-Big Ten

First Team

QB_Connor Cook, Michigan State.

RB_Jordan Howard, Indiana; Ezekiel Elliott, Ohio State.

WR_Aaron Burbridge, Michigan State; Alex Erickson, Wisconsin.

C_Jack Allen, Michigan State.

G_Dan Feeney, Indiana; Pat Elflein, Ohio State.

T_Jack Conklin, Michigan State; Taylor Decker, Ohio State.

TE_Jake Butt, Michigan.

Second Team

QB_C.J. Beathard, Iowa.

RB_Justin Jackson, Northwestern; Saquon Barkley, Penn State.

WR_Jordan Westerkamp, Nebraska; Chris Godwin, Penn State.

C_Austin Blythe, Iowa.

G_Jordan Walsh, Iowa; Brian Allen, Michigan State.

T_Jason Spriggs, Indiana; Tyler Marz, Wisconsin.

TE_Dan Vitale, Northwestern.

Third Team

QB_Nate Sudfeld, Indiana.

RB_Josh Ferguson, Illinois; Jordan Canzeri, Iowa.

WR_Michael Thomas, Ohio State; Leonte Carroo, Rutgers.

C_Jacoby Boren, Ohio State.

G_Ted Karras, Illinois; Kyle Kalis, Michigan.

T_Erik Magnuson, Michigan; Alex Lewis, Nebraska.

TE_Josiah Price, Michigan State.

 

CLINT BROWNLEE, 25, of Greenfield (Svcs. 12/5/15)

Obituaries

December 1st, 2015 by Ric Hanson

CLINT BROWNLEE, 25, of Greenfield, died Tuesday, December 1st, at the Adair County Memorial Hospital in Greenfield. Funeral services for CLINT BROWNLEE will be held 5-p.m. Sat., Dec. 5th, at the Steen Funeral Home in Greenfield.

The family will greet friends from 2-until 4-pm Saturday at the funeral home. Online condolences may be left to the family at www.steenfunerals.com.

Memorials may be directed to the Clint Brownlee Memorial Fund to be established by the family at a later date.

CLINT BROWNLEE is survived by:

His daughter -Jazmyne Brownlee, of Greenfield;

His mother – Jean McDonald, of Greenfield.

His father – Kyle Brownlee, of Lake Dallas, TX.

His sisters – Tina Travis and husband Jaye of Sanford, NC, & and Brandi House and husband Michael, of Creston.

His brothers – Marshall Brownlee of Lake Dallas, TX and Justin Compton and wife Michele, of Altoona.

His maternal grandparents – Dan and Julie Compton of Bridgewater.

Other relatives and friends.

Backyard and Beyond 12-01-2015

Backyard and Beyond, Podcasts

December 1st, 2015 by Jim Field

Lavon talks about fat loss tips.

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2015 DNR VOLUNTEER FIRE ASSISTANCE GRANTS AWARDED TO RURAL FIRE DEPARTMENTS

News

December 1st, 2015 by Ric Hanson

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources says more than $173,000 in 50 percent cost-share grants have recently been awarded to 74 of Iowa’s rural fire departments to aid their efforts in protecting Iowan’s and their property from wildfires. The grants offer valuable funding assistance for wildfire suppression, personal protective and communications equipment.

Among the fire departments that have received or will receive 2015 VFA grants, are those in: Creston, Elk Horn, Harlan, Irwin, Menlo, Onawa, Sidney, Stanton, and Stuart. The grants are made possible through the Iowa DNR Forestry Bureau, in cooperation with US Forest Service – State and Private Forestry.

Gail Kantak, fire supervisor with the DNR’s Forestry Bureau, reminds all fire departments of the importance of submitting Wildland Fire Reports whenever they respond to a wildland fire or provide assistance to a prescribed or controlled wildland fire. Wildland fire reporting forms are available at www.iowadnr.gov/fire.

Departments returning the reports receive priority points when the Volunteer Fire Assistance grant applications are scored. The wildland fire reports are compiled locally and nationally and are reported to Congress.

Preseason High School Wrestling rankings released by The Predicament

Sports

December 1st, 2015 by admin

The Iowa Wresting coverage website thepredicament.com released their preseason wrestling rankings on Monday. You can follow the links below to check out the top ten team and individual rankings in Classes 1A, 2A, and 3A.

Class 1A Rankings

Class 2A Rankings

Class 3A Rankings

Senator Ernst has retired from the Iowa Army National Guard

News

December 1st, 2015 by Ric Hanson

Iowa Senator Joni Ernst has retired from the Iowa Army National Guard after more than 23 years of military service. “Today is my first day as a full-fledged civilian,” Ernst says, with a laugh. Ernst, a lieutenant colonel who is the first female combat veteran to serve in the United States Senate, officially retired yesterday (Monday).

“It was really hard to step away from the National Guard, but it was a commitment that I had made in the campaign and I’m ready to move forward and separate from the Guard,” Ernst said. “It’s been such an honor to serving in the National Guard. I really truly served with some of the finest men and women in uniform. I will continue to serve them as a United States Senator.” Ernst was the commander of a battalion of 150 soldiers who did a 14-month tour of duty in Kuwait and Iraq in 2003 and 2004. After her election in 2014, she shifted to duty at Camp Dodge as the assistant to the Iowa Army National Guard chief of staff.

“Obviously serving as a United States Senator does take a lot of time, a lot of energy and I, of course, want to continue serving Iowans, but it will be in a much different capacity here in the United States Senate,” Ernst says, “and, of course, I would love to spend more time with my family as well.” Ernst in the past year has kept up her duty and training requirements.

“That’s where we do run into time constraints and I think my family has been on the short end of that,” Ernst says. “…I will spend more time, of course, with my family and more time out on the road focusing on the senate as well. I did the 99 county tour, was able to do that this past year, but this will allow a little bit more flexibility with that schedule.” Her husband is a retired soldier and the couple’s daughter attends Stanton High School. Ernst joined the Army R-O-T-C at Iowa State University when she was 19 years old, so she’s been in the military her entire adult life.

“And it is very difficult for me to step away because of the great people that I’ve had the opportunity to work with,” Ernst says. Ernst discussed her retirement with Iowa reporters during a conference call this morning (Tuesday). Ernst, who is 45, will receive a military pension when she reaches the age of 59.

(Radio Iowa)