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EARLY THIS MORNING: MOSTLY CLOUDY. COOLER. LOW IN THE UPPER 40S. NORTH WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.
TODAY: MOSTLY SUNNY. COOLER. HIGH IN THE MID 60S. NORTH WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.
TONIGHT: MOSTLY CLEAR. LOW IN THE MID 40S. NORTHEAST WIND NEAR 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SATURDAY: SUNNY…WARMER. HIGH IN THE MID 70S. SOUTH WIND 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH.
SATURDAY NIGHT: MOSTLY CLEAR. WARMER. LOW IN THE MID 50S. SOUTH WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.
SUNDAY: SUNNY. HIGH IN THE MID 80S.
MONDAY (COLUMBUS DAY): SUNNY…COOLER. HIGH IN THE LOWER 70S.
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Texas Tech looks to rebound from back-to-back losses to top-five teams when the Red Raiders take on Iowa State on Saturday. The Cyclones are aiming for a second Big 12 road win after beating Kansas last week. Texas Tech coach Kliff Kinsgbury sees a much improved Iowa State (2-2, 1-0) team led by quarterback Sam Richardson. The Red Raiders are No. 124th in the nation — fourth from the bottom — in total defense, giving up 581 yards per game.
Texas Tech (3-2, 0-2 Big 12), which leads the nation in passing offense and ranked third in total offense, lost to then-No. 3 TCU two weeks ago and fell to then-No. 5 Baylor last week. The Cyclones hope a new defensive scheme will help stifle the Red Raiders.
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa is ranked for the first time in five years. With a win in Iowa City on Saturday, Illinois could make the Hawkeyes stay in the Top 25 a short one — and serve notice that it’s an early contender in the Big Ten West. The 22nd-ranked Hawkeyes (5-0, 1-0 Big Ten) host the Illini in a matchup that’s much more intriguing than it looked like it would be in August.
Iowa has been revitalized by the sweeping changes made by longtime coach Kirk Ferentz. Its defense has been among the best in league, holding Wisconsin to just a pair of field goals in last week’s 10-6 win. Illinois (4-1, 1-0) is fresh off what was technically a 14-13 upset of Nebraska at home last week.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Baseball fans converging on downtown St. Louis for the first-round playoffs series between the Cardinals and the Chicago Cubs can expect a greater police presence. St. Louis Police Chief Sam Dotson says officers will be in greater numbers for the best-of-five series that gets under way Friday (today). Game 2 is on Saturday.
A local business promotion group, Downtown STL Inc., says it will provide guides who will be able to help direct fans to the city’s sites and assist them to their and from their vehicles, among other things.
Such services aren’t uncommon for big events in downtown St. Louis. But it comes two weeks after an Army veteran was shot and potentially paralyzed during a robber as he walked with his girlfriend to their vehicle after a Cardinals game.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — All-Star catcher Yadier Molina is on the St. Louis Cardinals roster for the NL division series against the Chicago Cubs and will play wearing a splint to protect a strained ligament in his left thumb. Molina was injured on a tag play in Chicago on Sept. 20. The Cardinals roster includes four rookies — outfielder Randal Grichuk, outfielder-first baseman Stephen Piscotty, outfielder Tommy Pham and infielder Greg Garcia — for the best-of-five series that starts Friday night.
Lefty Tyler Lyons joins them after impressive outings down the stretch. Expected in the lineup for Game 1 are Grichuk in right field and Piscotty at first. Not on the roster: First baseman Matt Adams, who returned late in the season from a torn quadriceps; relievers Randy Choate and Steve Cishek and infielder Pete Kozmaby.
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — Illinois said Thursday that starting running back Josh Ferguson will miss the Illini’s game Saturday at No. 22 Iowa because of a shoulder injury. Interim coach Bill Cubit had said earlier this week that he doubted Ferguson would play.
Ferguson injured the shoulder early in Illinois’ 14-13 victory over Nebraska and did not return. The senior has 397 yards and three touchdowns on 71 carries for the Illini (4-1, 1-0 Big Ten). Freshman Ke’Shawn Vaughn took over for Ferguson on Saturday and was the only other Illini back to carry the ball. Vaughn had 98 yards on 24 carries.
Cubit has said Illinois will need junior Henry Enyenihi to help pick up the rushing load at Iowa (5-0, 1-0).
Firefighters from Anita and Wiota were called to the scene of a residential fire early this (Friday) morning, about three-miles northeast of Anita. The call came in at around 12:43-a.m. When law enforcement arrived on the scene near 750th and Boone Road, they saw heavy black smoke but no immediate report of flames coming from the structure where an elderly male and female reside. The male resident was outside the home, but the female was believed to still be inside on the upper floor.
Additional information is currently not available.
WALTER LeROY BICE, 82, of Griswold, died Thu., Oct. 8th, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. Funeral services for LeROY BICE will be 2:30-p.m. Sunday, October 11th, at the Lewis Congregational-Methodist Church in Lewis. Duhn Funeral Home in Griswold has the arrangements.
Visitation with the family will be at the Duhn Funeral Home in Griswold on Saturday from 5-7 PM.
Interment will be in the Oakwood Cemetery in Lewis.
LeROY BICE is survived by:
His wife – Dolores Bice, of Griswold.
His children: Debra Bradburn; Keith Bice and wife Brenda; Karla Piersol and husband Jim; and Lana Thompson.
His sister – Sandra Klinkefus and husband Greg
His brother – Earl Bice and wife Susan.
7 grandchildren; 7 great grandchildren; other relatives, and friends.
An Exira man has been arrested on Domestic Abuse and other charges after an incident Wednesday. The Audubon County Sheriff’s Office arrested 57-year-old Charles Floyd Darrell for Domestic Abuse Assault 3rd, Domestic Abuse Assault Impeding Normal Breathing, and False Report to Communications with Public Safety Entities.
The charges stem from an incident at Darrell’s residence in the 1400 block of 300th Street on Wednesday, October 7th. He was taken to the Audubon County Jail and held on $5,000 bond. A preliminary hearing was set for October 22nd at 9:30am.
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