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IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Aaron White tied his season high with 21 points as Iowa beat South Dakota 87-63 on Tuesday night. Devyn Marble added 14 points and eight rebounds for the Hawkeyes (7-2), who pulled away from the Coyotes with a 15-0 run at the end of the first half. Trevor Gruis scored 16 points to lead South Dakota (4-5).
Iowa controlled the interior with 54 points in the paint and a 50-31 rebounding margin. South Dakota nailed nine 3-pointers, including 5 of 8 to start the game. The Hawkeyes finished 2 of 16 from outside. Iowa native Casey Kasperbauer scored 14 points, making 4 of 8 from 3-point range for the Coyotes. Mike Gesell scored 12 points for Iowa. Adam Woodbury chipped in 10 points.
AMES, Iowa (AP) — Point guard Korie Lucious scored a season-high 17 points, Tyrus McGee added 16 off the bench and Iowa State beat Florida Gulf Coast 83-72 on Tuesday night. Melvin Ejim chipped in with 14 points and 12 rebounds for the Cyclones (6-2), who’ve won two in a row ahead of Friday’s showdown in Iowa City with the rival Hawkeyes.
Iowa State pushed a slim halftime lead to 62-46 early in the second half and went on a late 15-4 run to put the Eagles out of reach. Chase Fieler had a game-high 18 points to lead Florida Gulf Coast (6-4), which had won two in a row.
358 AM CST WED DEC 5 2012
TODAY…PARTLY SUNNY. BREEZY. HIGH IN THE MID 50S. SOUTHEAST WIND 10 TO 20 MPH.
TONIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. NOT AS COOL. LOW IN THE LOWER 40S. SOUTH WIND 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH.
THURSDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH IN THE LOWER 50S. SOUTH WIND NEAR 10 MPH.
THURSDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN THROUGH MIDNIGHT. LOW IN THE MID 30S. NORTHEAST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.
FRIDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGH IN THE LOWER 40S. NORTH WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.
FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOW IN THE UPPER 20S. HIGH AROUND 40.
SATURDAY NIGHT…CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN. LOW IN THE LOWER 30S.
SUNDAY…CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW. HIGH IN THE MID 30S.
A $22.5-million dollar bond issue for Iowa Western Community College was approved by the voters during a special election held Tuesday in 13 southwest Iowa counties, but a separate $14.3-million dollar bond issue for the Riverside Community School District narrowly missed achieving the necessary super majority of the votes needed for passage. According to unofficial results, the IWCC bond issue received 76.4-percent of the total votes cast in favor of the measure. A 60-percent super majority was needed. 4,511 people voted in favor of the measure, while 1,395 voted against it. In the Riverside District, unofficial results from the Pottawattamie County Auditor’s Office show the bond issue receiving 59 percent of the vote–941 yes to 649 no. Again, a 60 percent supermajority was necessary in order for the bond issue to pass.
School officials seemed confident one-day before the vote the issue would pass. Had it been approved, it would have paid for the construction of a new 7th through 12th grade not far from the intersection of Highways 6 and 59. The revised plan called for both the elementary building in Oakland and the middle school in Carson to be retained, but with a grade reconfiguration for both buildings. It was the third time a bond issue referendum failed before the voters in the Riverside District.
As for the IWCC bond issue, it’s approval, according to school officials, means a decrease of 10 cents per one thousand dollars taxable valuation in the portion of property taxes residents pay into the school. The Early Retirement and Debt Service levies at the school will both see significant declines in the next fiscal year of $0.18 per $1,000 of taxable value. Iowa Western President Dan Kinney said the bond funds would be used to create lab space for the new Physical Therapy Assistant Program, and the necessary space for a Robotics Technology Program on the Council Bluffs campus. It also provides more classrooms and lab space for the school’s culinary arts and diesel technology programs in Council Bluffs.
At the Harlan campus, the college plans to build an addition to the Shelby County Center with the bond to provide space for additional science and math classrooms. It also plans to create a Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Academy in the space to work with area high schools and business and industry leaders.
In Atlantic, money from the bonds will provide additional space and high-speed Internet connectivity for interactive classrooms to help the Design Technology program to grow and provide graduates with the computer skills needed by manufacturers. In Cass County, the Iowa Western bond issue garnered 386 “Yes” votes, and 74 “No” Votes. Not surprisingly, a majority of the votes cast were in the two precincts found in Atlantic.
Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press
MONROE, Ga. (AP) — The world’s oldest person lives in Iowa. Yesterday, the woman who was listed as the world’s oldest person died in a Georgia nursing home yesterday at age 116. A Guinness official says the title now belongs to 115-year-old Dina Manfredini, of Johnston, Iowa.
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Ken Trickey, a former basketball coach at Iowa State, Oral Roberts and other schools, died Tuesday. He was 79. ORU President Mark Rutland said in a statement announcing Trickey’s death that the coach’s exciting basketball program helped the university become known throughout the country.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — More people in Iowa are connected to faster broadband speeds. That’s according to new data. Connect Iowa released figures yesterday that show nearly 96 percent of state residents have access to faster broadband speeds. That means fixed broadband speeds of 3 megabits per second or higher.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The city of Council Bluffs may be forced to levy a special tax to pay two black men if a jury blames the city and two retired officers for their wrongful conviction. Terry Harrington and Curtis McGhee, of Omaha, Neb., claim the city and two police investigators targeted them for the shooting of a former police captain because of their race. The men were freed in 2003 after 25 years in prison after the Iowa Supreme Court found prosecutors committed misconduct. The men are suing for $100 million.
BOYS BASKETBALL
Hawkeye 10:
Western Iowa:
Rolling Hills:
Others:
GIRLS BASKETBALL
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CHARLOTTE LEWIS, 96, of Greenfield, died Tue., Dec. 4th, at the Community Care Center in Stuart. Funeral services for CHARLOTTE LEWIS will be held 2-p.m. Sun., Dec. 9th, at the United Methodist Church in Greenfield. Steen Funeral Home in Greenfield has the arrangements.
Visitation will be held from 2-to 7-pm Saturday, Dec. 8th, at the funeral home in Greenfield, with the family greeting friends from 5-to 7-pm. Online condolences may be left to the family at www.steenfunerals.com.
Memorials may be directed to the Community Care Center Foundation in Stuart.
Burial will be in the Greenfield Cemetery.
CHARLOTTE LEWIS is survived by:
Her children – Larry (Judy) Lewis, of Oskaloosa; Mick (Dot) Lewis, of Irving, TX; and Sheri (Denny) Rice, of West Des Moines.
Her sister – Ione Johnston, of Stuart.
7 grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren, other relatives and friends.
The Atlantic City Council, Wednesday is expected to act on a Resolution accepting the 2013 budget for Atlantic Municipal Utilities. AMU says its total budget for 2013 is up 12.1-percent from the current year. The utility says they’ve seen a 35.5-percent increase in electric production costs and a 21.5-percent increase in the cost of transmitting electricity. If the Council feels AMU’s budget report is not detailed enough, or fails to provide a complete financial picture, they have the option of declining it.
In other business, the Atlantic City Council will hear a report from Parks and Rec Director Roger Herring. They’ll also act on a resolution accepting work on construction of the City Street Maintenance Garage, and approval of various change orders for HMA street resurfacing and the Wastewater Treatment Plant improvement projects.
The City Council meeting begins at 5:30-p.m. Wednesday, at City Hall.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The city of Council Bluffs may be forced to levy a special tax to pay two black men if a jury blames the city and two retired officers for their wrongful conviction. Terry Harrington and Curtis McGhee, of Omaha, Neb., claim the city and two police investigators targeted them for the shooting of a former police captain because of their race. The men were freed in 2003 after 25 years in prison when the Iowa Supreme Court found prosecutors committed misconduct. The men are suing the city and the policemen for $100 million.
Three city insurers have won court cases that relieve them from paying any judgment although one case is on appeal. Without insurance coverage, Council Bluffs may have to tax property owners to raise enough money to pay.