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Iowa early News Headlines: Fri., Feb. 20th 2015

News

February 20th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — Jurors have entered deliberation after attorneys delivered their closing arguments in the trial of an Iowa woman accused of killing her husband and his girlfriend more than 30 years ago. The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports both the prosecution and defense made their closing statements Thursday in Waterloo in the murder trial of 54-year-old Theresa Supino, who was arrested in March in connection with the 1983 slayings of Steven Fisher and Melisa Gregory. Their bodies were found on the Copper Dollar Ranch northwest of Newton.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A House panel has approved a bill that would help Iowa abuse victims keep their home address confidential. Members of a public safety subcommittee approved the bill yesterday. It now moves to a full committee for consideration.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A House panel has approved a bill that would add fine arts to Iowa’s mandated education curriculum for K through 12 students. An education subcommittee approved the bill Thursday. It now advances to a full committee for review.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — West Des Moines plans to provide about $3.5 million to build an aquifer storage facility that Des Moines Water Works says will add 3 million gallons of water capacity on peak usage days. The Register reports that Des Moines Water Works will own and operate the facility, which will also be used to cool Microsoft’s new data center.

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Friday State Wrestling Schedule

Sports

February 20th, 2015 by Jim Field

Today is the second day of the state wrestling tournament in Des Moines.  Today schedule looks like this:

  • 9:00 am to 1:00 pm – Class 3-A & 2-A quarterfinals & second round consolation
  • 2:30 pm to 5:45 pm – Class 1-A quarterfinals, Class 3-A semifinals and 3rd round consolation, Class 1-a second round consolation
  • 7:30 pm to 8:40 pm – Class 2-A semifinals and third round consolation
  • 8:45 pm to 10:00 pm – Class 1-A semifinals and third round consolation

We will have live coverage with reports at:

  • 10:20 am
  • 11:35 am
  • 11:15 pm
  • 4:30 pm
  • 5:45 pm
  • 8:00 pm (halftime of basketball game)
  • 9:05 pm
  • 10:05 pm

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State Wrestling Team Scores – Day 1

Sports

February 19th, 2015 by Jim Field

Class 3-A:

1. Southeast Polk 39.5
2. Bettendorf 26.5
3. Prairie Cedar Rapids 22.5
4. Fort Dodge 22.0
5. North Scott, Eldridge 17.0
6. Pleasant Valley 16.0
7. Fort Madison 15.5
8. Dubuque Hempstead 15.0
9. Cedar Rapids Jefferson 13.0
9. Iowa City West 13.0
9. Valley, WDM 13.0
12. Ankeny Centennial 12.0
12. Keokuk 12.0
12. Waverly-Shell Rock 12.0
15. Dowling Catholic, WDM 11.5
16. Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson 10.0
16. Epworth, Western Dubuque 10.0
16. Johnston 10.0
16. Linn-Mar, Marion 10.0
16. Oskaloosa 10.0
21. Ottumwa 9.0
21. Sioux City North 9.0
23. Cedar Falls 8.0
23. Cedar Rapids Kennedy 8.0
23. Dallas Center-Grimes 8.0
23. Glenwood 8.0
23. Lewis Central 8.0
23. Waukee 8.0
29. Clinton 7.0
29. Waterloo East 7.0
31. Ames 5.0
32. Des Moines East 4.0
32. Des Moines North-Hoover 4.0
34. Ankeny 3.0
34. Burlington 3.0
34. Indianola 3.0
34. Marshalltown 3.0
34. Mason City 3.0
34. Urbandale 3.0
40. Xavier Cedar Rapids 2.5
41. Carroll 2.0
41. LeMars 2.0
41. Newton 2.0
41. Sioux City East 2.0
45. Boone 1.0
45. Storm Lake 1.0
47. Davenport Central 0.0
47. Des Moines Roosevelt 0.0
47. Maquoketa 0.0
47. Pella 0.0
47. Waterloo West 0.0

Class 2-A:

1. Mediapolis 21.0
2. Creston/Orient-Macksburg 19.0
3. Crestwood 16.5
4. Assumption, Davenport 16.0
5. Union 15.0
6. Clear Lake 13.0
6. Osage 13.0
8. Albia 11.0
9. Columbus Community, Columbus Junction 10.0
9. Denver/Tripoli 10.0
9. Forest City 10.0
9. North Fayette Valley 10.0
13. Ballard 9.0
14. ADM 8.0
14. Central Lyon/George-Little Rock 8.0
14. Clarinda 8.0
14. Independence 8.0
14. Saydel 8.0
14. Solon 8.0
14. Wahlert, Dubuque 8.0
21. Gilbert 7.5
22. Decorah 7.0
22. Garner-Hayfield/Ventura 7.0
22. Sergeant Bluff-Luton 7.0
25. Carlisle 6.0
25. Hampton-Dumont 6.0
25. Iowa Falls-Alden 6.0
25. Washington 6.0
25. Webster City 6.0
30. Bedford/Lenox 5.0
30. Bondurant-Farrar 5.0
30. Central Decatur, Leon 5.0
30. Grinnell 5.0
30. Mid-Prairie, Wellman 5.0
30. West Delaware, Manchester 5.0
36. Center Point-Urbana 4.5
37. Algona 4.0
37. Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley 4.0
37. Centerville 4.0
37. Charles City 4.0
37. Greene County 4.0
37. Missouri Valley 4.0
37. MOC-Floyd Valley 4.0
37. Mount Vernon 4.0
37. West Liberty 4.0
46. Camanche 3.0
46. Chariton 3.0
46. Clear Creek-Amana 3.0
46. East Marshall/GMG 3.0
46. Fairfield 3.0
46. Knoxville 3.0
46. New Hampton 3.0
46. Oelwein 3.0
46. Roland-Story, Story City 3.0
46. Sheldon/South O`Brien 3.0
46. Sioux Center 3.0
46. Spencer 3.0
46. Spirit Lake Park 3.0
46. Vinton-Shellsburg 3.0
46. West Burlington/Notre Dame/Danville 3.0
46. Western Christian, Hull 3.0
46. Williamsburg 3.0
63. Benton Community 2.0
63. Cherokee 2.0
63. Humboldt 2.0
63. Louisa-Muscatine 2.0
63. PCM, Monroe 2.0
63. Pocahontas Area 2.0
63. Red Oak 2.0
63. Waukon 2.0
71. Aplington-Parkersburg 1.0
71. Atlantic 1.0
71. Perry 1.0
71. Winterset 1.0
75. Central Clinton 0.0
75. Estherville Lincoln Central 0.0
75. Southeast Valley, Gowrie 0.0
75. Woodward-Granger 0.0

Class 1-A:

1. Alburnett 28.0
2. Don Bosco, Gilbertville 21.0
3. Southeast Warren, Liberty Center 20.0
4. Clarion-Goldfield-Dows 19.5
5. Sibley-Ocheyedan 16.0
6. Lisbon 12.0
7. Logan-Magnolia 11.0
7. Maquoketa Valley, Delhi 11.0
9. Sumner-Fredericksburg 9.5
9. West Marshall, State Center 9.5
11. Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont 9.0
11. South Central Calhoun 9.0
11. Wilton 9.0
11. Woodbury Central, Moville 9.0
15. South Winneshiek, Calmar 8.5
16. Central Springs 8.0
16. Highland, Rverside 8.0
18. Alta-Aurelia 7.0
18. Iowa Valley, Marengo 7.0
18. Regina, Iowa City 7.0
18. Sigourney-Keota 7.0
18. Tipton 7.0
23. Westwood, Sloan 6.5
24. AGWSR 6.0
24. English Valleys, North English 6.0
24. Lake Mills 6.0
24. St. Edmond, Fort Dodge 6.0
24. Underwood 6.0
24. West Fork, Sheffield 6.0
30. MFL MarMac 5.5
30. North Butler, Greene 5.5
30. Riverside, Oakland 5.5
33. Belmond-Klemme 5.0
33. Clarksville 5.0
33. Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire 5.0
33. Manson Northwest Webster 5.0
33. Newman Catholic, Mason City 5.0
33. North-Linn, Troy Mills 5.0
33. Panorama, Panora 5.0
40. Audubon 4.0
40. Belle Plaine 4.0
40. Dike-New Hartford 4.0
40. Exira/ElkHorn-Kimballton 4.0
40. Guthrie Center 4.0
40. Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn 4.0
40. Hinton 4.0
40. Lone Tree 4.0
40. Moravia 4.0
40. New London 4.0
40. Saint Ansgar 4.0
40. West Lyon, Inwood 4.0
52. North Cedar, Stanwood 3.0
52. OA-BCIG 3.0
52. Ogden 3.0
52. Southwest Iowa 3.0
52. West Branch 3.0
57. Nashua-Plainfield 2.5
58. B-G-M 2.0
58. Edgewood-Colesburg 2.0
58. Emmetsburg 2.0
58. Griswold 2.0
58. Hudson 2.0
58. Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn/RU 2.0
58. Martensdale-St. Marys 2.0
58. Mount Ayr 2.0
58. South Hamilton, Jewell 2.0
58. Treynor 2.0
58. Tri-Center, Neola 2.0
58. Wapsie Valley, Fairbank 2.0
70. Akron-Westfield 1.0
70. East Mills 1.0
70. H-L-V, Victor 1.0
70. Interstate 35, Truro 1.0
70. Nodaway Valley 1.0
70. Rockford 1.0
70. Starmont 1.0
70. West Monona, Onawa 1.0
78. AHSTW 0.0
78. Bellevue 0.0
78. Collins-Maxwell-Baxter 0.0
78. East Buchanan, Winthrop 0.0
78. East Union, Afton 0.0
78. Jesup 0.0
78. Lawton-Bronson 0.0
78. Lynnville-Sully 0.0
78. Northwood-Kensett 0.0
78. Okoboji, Milford 0.0
78. Pleasantville 0.0
78. Postville 0.0
78. Sioux Central, Sioux Rapids 0.0
78. Wapello 0.0
78. Woodbine 0.0

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Thursday Class 1-A State Wrestling Results

Sports

February 19th, 2015 by Jim Field

First Round:

  • 106 – Wyatt Crocker, Logan-Magnolia beat Cody Fisher, South Winnesheik 11-4
  • 106 – TJ Schott, Iowa City Regina beat George Appleseth, Panorama FALL 5:23
  • 106 – Tatum Bluml, Riverside beat Hunter Pfantz, West Marshall TF 18-0 4:50
  • 113 – Alex Thomsen, Underwood beat Joel Becerra, A-H-S-T-W FALL 1:30
  • 120 – Hadley Ogg, Griswold beat Chase McLaughlin, Lisbon 8-6
  • 120 – Bryce West, Highland beat Ben Freese, Nodaway Valley FALL :26
  • 126 – Nick Mangrich, Don Bosco beat Christian Danker, A-H-S-T-W 7-0
  • 126 – Nick Williams, Lisbon beat Christian Polley, Tri-Center 3-1
  • 132 – Trent Johnson, Dike-New Hartford beat Alec Moorman, East Mills 5-2
  • 132 – Dylan Schuck, Sibley-Ocheyeden beat Tucker Bluml, Riverside MD 15-4
  • 138 – Luis Uribe, South Winnesheik beat Jake Mulford, Audubon 3-2
  • 138 – Tanner Abbas, Clarion-Goldfield-Dows beat Dakota Moss, Southwest Iowa 7-5
  • 138 – Tanner Sloan, Alburnett beat Jacob Vogl, Riverside FALL 3:04
  • 145 – Brad Kerkhoff, Audubon beat Coleby Bratrud, Northwood-Kensett 7-1
  • 145 – Garrett Sayler, Sibley-Ocheyeden beat Brady Wilson, Logan-Magnolia FALL 1:45
  • 152 – Bryce Paul, Alburnett beat Josh Hopkins, East Mills 3-2
  • 152 – Sawyer Amling, Edgewood-Colesburg beat Brady Charbonneau, Logan-Magnolia 9-2
  • 152 – Lane Boender, Sigourney-Keota beat Trevor Smith, Audubon FALL 2:32
  • 160 – Cody Kingery, Underwood beat Sal Arzani, I-35 8-4
  • 170 – Dale Hilleman, West Marshall beat Riley Wohlers, Logan-Magnolia FALL 3:30
  • 182 – Steven Gregory, Treynor beat Mason Lyons, Bellevue 7-1
  • 182 -Austin Laabs, Guthrie Center beat Derek Kohlmeyer, Sumne-Fredericksburg 5-3
  • 182 – Evan Hansen, Exira/EHK beat Cruz Vera, AGWSR Fall 2:53
  • 195 – Zach Hickson, Don Bosco beat Drake Johnsen, Logan-Magnolia FALL 1:29
  • 195 – Jed Van’t Hof, West Lyon beat Lane Ring, Exira/EHK 9-6
  • 220 – Cale Crowder, Guthrie Center beat Robbie Carrothers, Alburnett 3-2
  • 220 – Marcus Brody, Panorama beat Bret Blackburn, Southwest Iowa 3-2
  • 285 – Luke Worden, Belmond-Klemme beat Coy Maher, Riverside FALL :13
  • 285 – Houston Cloeman, Sibley-Ocheyeden beat Gabe Shafer, Woodbine injury default

First Round Consolation:

  • 106 – George Appleseth, Panorama beat Justin Severson West Lyon FALL :59
  • 113 – Jeremy Schmitz, Don Bosco beat Joel Becerra, A-H-S-T-W FALL 3:08
  • 120 – Ben Freese, Nodaway Valley beat Alex Hanna, Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont 12-5
  • 126 – Jake Wulf, OA-BCIG beat Christian Danker, A-H-S-T-W 8-2
  • 126 – Christian Polley, Tri-Center beat Austin Pontier, I-35 MD 13-2
  • 132 – Tucker Bluml, Riverside beat Alec Moorman, East Mills 7-5
  • 138 – Jake Mulford, Audubon beat Kyle Green, Sibley-Ocheyeden 10-1
  • 138 – Cole Fox, Don Bosco beat Dakota Moss, Southwest Iowa 7-2
  • 138 – Jacob  Vogl, Riverside beat Sebastian Berg, Akron-Westfield 11-5
  • 145 – Brady Wilson, Logan-Magnolia beat Coleby Bratrud, Northwood-Kensett 10-8
  • 152 – Josh Hopkins, East Mills beat Jared Johnson, West Marshall 6-2
  • 152 – Brady Charbonneau, Logan-Magnolia beat Trevor Smith, Audubon MD 11-3
  • 170 – Riley Wohlers, Logan-Magnolia beat Brogan Kinyon, East Union FALL 3:42
  • 195 – Drake Johnsen, Logan-Magnolia beat Lane Ring, Exira/EHK FALL 4:24
  • 220 – Bret Blackburn, Southwest Iowa beat Charles Robertson, Collins-Maxwell-Baxter FALL 3:11
  • 285 – Cody Thompson, Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire beat Coy Maher, Riverside FALL 1:28
  • 285 – Tim Butcher, Northwest Webster beat Gabe Shafer, Woodbine Forfeit

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USDA: Iowa farm numbers decline by 500 in 2014 to 88,000

Ag/Outdoor, News

February 19th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture says in a new report that the number of farms in Iowa continues to slide. In an annual report released Thursday the USDA says Iowa farms fell to 88,000 last year, 500 fewer than the year before. Most of the decrease came in the small farm category, those with annual sales between $1,000 and $10,000.

The number of Iowa farms has fallen 1.2 percent since 2010, while the average farm size is up 1.2 percent in the same period, a reflection of national trends. The average farm in Iowa is 347 acres, up one acre from the year before. Iowa had 30.5 million acres in farms last year, down 100,000 acres from the year before.

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University of Iowa says 3-year degree program will start this fall

News

February 19th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

The University of Iowa announced today it will begin offering an accelerated program that will allow students in some majors to get a degree in three years. U-I president, Sally Mason says the idea came out of talks last fall about finding ways for students to have a better experience at the Iowa City school. “If you are a motivated student — again let me emphasize this is not for every student — this is for highly-motivated students who have a very good idea of what they want to accomplish in life and want to achieve that college degree as quickly as possible,” Mason says. Mason says graduating in three years could have a big impact on students and parents.

“You can save quite a bit of money, that extra semester, that extra whatever it might mean in terms of housing, room-and-board and tuition, if you can reduce those costs, you can significantly reduce the cost of your college degree,” Mason says. Mason says the first majors available under the program are: communication studies, English, history, international studies, marketing, and theatre arts. “Many of these are majors that lots of students pursue,” Mason says, “So we’re pleased obviously that we know we can do these degrees in three for certain types of students.”

Students can enroll in the program after beginning classes in the fall and discussing the option with academic advisors. The three-year degrees require the same number of credits as four-year options, but students have to take a heavier course load and proceed at a faster pace. Mason says students interested in the program will have to sit down with their advisor and determine if they want to pursue it. “We have lots of students who come here who discover what it is they are passionate about — so this may not be for them,” Mason says.

Students in the program have to agree to talk with their adviser regularly and meet checkpoints established by the school to help them stay on track. Mason says this continues the evolution of trying to offer students the best chance to graduate as soon as they can. She says the program started several years ago that guarantees students can get the classes they need to graduate in four years used to be something that students opted into, and she says it has now become an opt out program, as it is assumed that most students will graduate in four years.

(Radio Iowa)

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Statehouse drama: gas tax bill clears key House panel on 13-12 vote

News

February 19th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

A bit of drama at the statehouse this afternoon (Thursday) as a bill that would raise the state’s gas tax by a dime a gallon cleared a key House committee on a 13-to-12 vote. To ensure passage, Republican House Speaker Kraig Paulsen used his authority to permanently replace one of the committee’s Republican members who opposed the bill with another Republican who voted yes. “I’m not going to ask somebody to go flip their vote,” Paulsen told reporters before the meeting. And Paulsen temporarily replaced a freshman Republican legislator who was a “no” on the bill and Paulsen himself voted “yes” in his place.

“I’m not going to ask somebody to do something I’m not willing to do,” Paulsen said. Paulsen says he made those extraordinary moves because it’s clear a bipartisan consensus has emerged among legislators and the bill can pass both the House and Senate with both Republican and Democratic votes. Drew Klein is the Iowa director of Americans for Prosperity, a group that opposes the gas tax increase and he was at the statehouse to watch today’s (Thursday’s) vote in the House Ways and Means Committee.

“I don’t think that the taxpayers of Iowa expected to see these types of maneuvers out of House Republican leadership specifically to support and advance a tax increase that’s going to hit low and middle income families the hardest,” Klein says. The bill will be eligible for debate in the Iowa House on Tuesday. An identical bill cleared the Ways and Means Commtitee in the Iowa SENATE around noon today (Thursday) on an eight-to-six vote. Senate Democratic Leader Mike Gronstal says he has “no particular timeline” for a vote in the state senate on the issue, but he says when it’s clear the bill will pass “it doesn’t make sense to wait.”

(Radio Iowa)

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Senate panel OKs bill that would ban most calls in cars

News

February 19th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A Senate panel has approved a bill that would ban people in Iowa from holding a cellphone and talking while driving. A transportation subcommittee discussed the bill Thursday. It now moves to a full committee for consideration. Current law prohibits people in Iowa from reading, writing and sending messages on an electronic device while driving, though an officer must be stopping a person for a different offense in order to enforce it. This bill would ban a person from holding a cellphone and talking while driving.

The bill would also remove the circumstances for stopping a person. The bill exempts a person using a GPS or a device in a hands-free or voice-activated mode. The Department of Public Safety is sponsoring the bill, and it has Gov. Terry Branstad’s support.

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House panel OKs bill aimed at helping Iowa abuse victims

News

February 19th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A House panel has approved a bill that would help Iowa abuse victims keep their home address confidential. Members of a public safety subcommittee approved the bill Thursday. It now moves to a full committee for consideration. The bill would allow a victim of domestic abuse, sexual abuse, stalking and other scenarios to enroll in a program through the secretary of state’s office that would allow mail for a victim to be forwarded to a designated address.

Supporters say the bill would protect victims from offenders using public records. Subcommittee members expressed concern about the program’s $100 fee to individuals in Iowa who are convicted of charges including domestic abuse. Rep. Dean Fisher, a Garwin Republican and a bill co-sponsor, says he’s open to changes in the legislation.

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House panel OKs bill that would add fine arts to Iowa Core

News

February 19th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A House panel has approved a bill that would add fine arts to Iowa’s mandated education curriculum for K-12 students. An education subcommittee approved the bill Thursday. It now advances to a full committee for review. The bill would add music, theater, visual art and other fine arts to the Iowa Core, the state’s academic standards. The Iowa Core currently includes English, mathematics, science and social studies.

Emily Piper, of the Iowa Association of School Boards, says it’s better for school districts to infuse fine arts education into the current curriculum without a state mandate. Rep. Greg Forristall, a Republican from Macedonia and co-sponsor of the bill, says the addition would help prioritize fine arts education.

Similar legislation was introduced last session but it did not advance.

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