Northern Iowa bids for a sixth consecutive victory when the Panthers visit Missouri Valley leader, the Illinois State Redbirds, tonight (Wednesday night). Junior forward Klint Carlson led the Panthers with 17 points in Saturday”s win at Drake and says defense has been the key. UNI coach Ben Jacobson says it will take a big defensive effort against an Illinois State team that is 10-0 in the Valley. UNI is 5-5 in the Valley. Tip-off at Redbird Area in Normal, IL, is 8-p.m.
Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley was at the White House last (Tuesday) night to watch President Trump reveal his choice for the vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court. Grassley says nominee 49-year-old Neil Gorsuch has a reputation as a “fair and consistent” federal circuit court judge. “A judge that is principled, a mainstream conservative,” Grassley says, “supremely qualified to serve on the Supreme Court.”
Gorsuch is a graduate of Harvard Law School and former President Obama was a classmate. Grassley is chairman of the Senate Committee that will hold a hearing on Gorsuch’s nomination. “He’s considered by other judges to be a very clear, concise writer of opinions, so we’re going to have to go through every one of those,” Grassley says, “and he’s going to have to answer a lot of questions.”
Grassley points to Gorsuch’s remarks last (Tuesday) night, indicating he’d interpret the law rather than make law as a justice. “Some people might call him a constitutionalist, a person that’s going to apply the law fairly,” Grassley says.
Key Democrats in the Senate immediately questioned whether Gorsuch would be an “independent” voice and accused him of a “demonstrated hostility toward women’s rights.” Grassley says those objections weren’t raised in 2006, when Gorsuch was nominated to be a circuit judge. “He was unanimously confirmed by a voice vote.”
Iowa’s other U.S. Senator, Republican Joni Ernst, issued a written statement last (Tuesday) night. Ernst says Gorch is “well-respected” and “eminently-qualified.” A coalition of progressive groups that go by the name “Why Courts Matter Iowa” say Gorsuch would be Wall Street’s “best friend” and a “threat” to women’s rights and L-G-B-T rights.
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Early This Morning: Cloudy. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph.
Today: Mostly cloudy. High in the lower 30s. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph.
Tonight: Mostly cloudy then becoming partly cloudy before midnight and early morning then becoming mostly cloudy. Colder. Low 10 to 15. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph.
Thursday: Mostly cloudy. High in the mid 20s. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
Thursday Night: Cloudy. A 30 percent chance of light snow after midnight. Low around 15. North wind around 5 mph.
Friday: Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of light snow in the morning, then mostly sunny in the afternoon. High in the upper 20s. North wind around 5 mph.
Saturday: Cloudy. A slight chance of light snow in the morning, then a chance of light snow possibly mixed with rain in the afternoon. High in the mid 30s. Chance of precipitation 40 percent.
BOYS BASKETBALL
Atlantic 72, Harlan 49
A-H-S-T-W, Avoca 86, IKM-Manning 74
Audubon 70, Missouri Valley 57
Bedford 64, East Union, Afton 51
Boyer Valley, Dunlap 61, CAM, Anita 60
Carroll 81, ADM, Adel 78, OT
Denison-Schleswig 56, Sergeant Bluff-Luton 53
Earlham 62, AC/GC 25
East Mills 64, Essex 45
Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton 94, West Harrison, Mondamin 53
Fremont Mills, Tabor 77, Heartland Christian 54
Glenwood 68, Creston 46
Mormon Trail, Garden Grove 83, Orient-Macksburg 47
Mount Ayr 54, Nodaway Valley 53
Omaha Skutt Catholic, Neb. 54, Bishop Heelan Catholic, Sioux City 52
Paton-Churdan 65, Coon Rapids-Bayard 58
Perry 82, Winterset 54
Shenandoah 47, Red Oak 41
Sioux City, East 61, Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 51
St. Albert, Council Bluffs 53, Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson 28
Stanton 66, Sidney 53
Tri-Center, Neola 68, Griswold 19
Underwood 75, Riverside, Oakland 42
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Harlan 64, Atlantic 58
AC/GC 39, Earlham 35
Audubon 49, Missouri Valley 34
Boyer Valley, Dunlap 69, CAM, Anita 60, 2OT
Coon Rapids-Bayard 49, Paton-Churdan 27
Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson 52, St. Albert, Council Bluffs 50, OT
Creston 47, Glenwood 41
Denison-Schleswig 60, Sergeant Bluff-Luton 46
East Union, Afton 60, Bedford 49
Essex 48, East Mills 38
Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton 68, West Harrison, Mondamin 21
IKM-Manning 65, A-H-S-T-W, Avoca 55
Mormon Trail, Garden Grove 58, Orient-Macksburg 17
Nodaway Valley 42, Mount Ayr 26
Panorama, Panora 53, Woodward-Granger 41
Perry 62, Winterset 52
Sidney 54, Stanton 40
Sioux City, East 57, Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 49
Treynor 68, Logan-Magnolia 55
Tri-Center, Neola 49, Griswold 44, OT
Underwood 68, Riverside, Oakland 24
Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:40 a.m. CST
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A group of Republican lawmakers has approved a bill that would pass up federal dollars in order to remove state funding Planned Parenthood, and the measure is expected to advance in the new GOP-controlled Legislature. The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 8-5 Tuesday afternoon in support of the legislation, and it now heads to Senate for a full floor vote.
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa man is admitting he lied during the investigation of the 1985 killing of his estranged wife’s lover, as part of a plea agreement that drops a murder charge. Anthony Burtch entered a guilty plea to obstructing prosecution, a misdemeanor. Prosecutors will dismiss a first-degree murder charge the death of 22-year-old Lance DeWoody, who was found shot to death on the University of Iowa’s Oakdale campus in 1985. The agreement will give Burtch credit for six months of time served.
AMES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa State University says a postdoctoral researcher from Iran has returned to campus after he was temporarily blocked following President Donald Trump’s immigration restrictions. The university says a visiting scholar from Iran who was expected to start this week has decided not to come to Ames. Meanwhile, a graduate student from Iran who was turned away at an airport in Stockholm on Saturday was again rejected from a flight at a different airport.
KEOKUK, Iowa (AP) — Police in Keokuk say they have arrested a man after finding a person dead in a house near Keokuk’s riverside. Police say officers were called around 9:45 a.m. Monday to the house regarding a death. Inside, officers found a body and determined the death was suspicious. Later in the afternoon, police arrested 23-year-old Devan Joseph Williams, of Keokuk, and charged him with first-degree murder. The victim’s name has not been released.
NEW YORK (AP) — A statement on a Twitter account attributed to a former Cardinals scouting executive convicted of hacking into the Astros’ computer system said Houston had earlier “unauthorized access” into the St. Louis computer system.
Christopher Correa, the Cardinals former director of baseball development, is serving a 46-month prison sentence after pleading guilty last year to five counts of unauthorized access of a protected computer. He was banned from baseball for life on Monday by Commissioner Rob Manfred, who ordered St. Louis to give Houston $2 million and its top two picks in this year’s amateur draft.
Federal prosecutors said Correa had access to the Astros’ system from January 2012 until June 2014 and entered the team’s Ground Control database of confidential scouting reports, statistics and contract information 48 times. The statement making the new allegations was released Tuesday on a Twitter account attributed to Correa.
PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) — Jordan Bohannon scored 17 points and Iowa took command early and posted its first road win of the season with an 83-63 victory over Rutgers on Tuesday night. The win was the second straight for the Hawkeyes (13-10, 5-5 Big Ten) with conference-leading scorer Peter Jok sidelined with a back injury.
This one was a laugher for Iowa, which had lost its first five games away from Carver-Hawkeye Arena. It opened a double-digit lead in the opening five minutes and never looked back, leading by as many as 28 points.
Cordell Pemsl added 15 points for the Hawkeyes, who shot 50 percent from the field and a season-high 61 percent from 3-point range (11 of 18). Bohannon hit five of his seven long-range attempts.
Deshawn Freeman scored 17 points and Mike Williams added 16 for Rutgers (12-11, 1-9), which has lost three in a row and 10 of 11. Corey Sanders was limited to eight points.
AMES, Iowa (AP) — Nathan Adrian scored a career-high 23 points and grabbed 11 rebounds as No. 7 West Virginia overwhelmed Iowa State 85-72 on Tuesday night for its third straight win. Tarik Phillip had 15 points for the Mountaineers (18-4, 6-3 Big 12), who hit 10 3s and forced 16 turnovers in winning their third road game in league play.
West Virginia’s pressure defense got the typically sure-handed Cyclones out of rhythm in the second half. A late 9-0 run capped by a layup by Jevon Carter put the Mountaineers up 70-55 with 5:36 left, sending some Iowa State fans to a rare early exit.
Matt Thomas scored 19 points for Iowa State (13-8, 5-4), which lost at home to a top 10 team for the second time in 15 days. The Cyclones lost to Kansas by four points on Jan. 16.
The Atlantic boys basketball team picked up an emphatic home win over Harlan on Tuesday night 72-49. The Trojans used a concentrated effort to get to the basketball to start their offense and shot the ball well all night. Grant Podhajsky talked about the great start to the game.
It was a five point game after a back and forth first quarter but the Trojans took control in the second quarter to lead 41-21 at half. Atlantic Head Coach Alan Jenkins thought his team executed the game plan well.
Garrett Franken led the Trojans with 23 points. Scott Leonard dropped in 13 points and both Chase Mullenix and Grant Podhajsky had 10. Atlantic improves to 12-4 and will travel to face Kuemper Catholic on Thursday night, a game we’ll have coverage of on KJAN.
The Trojan defense was also a big factor as they held the Cyclones 16 points under their average. The Trojans also did a better job of slowing down the penetration of Caleb Rasmussen and held him to just 5 points on the night. Harlan was led by 8 points each from Alec Plagman, Shane Chamberlain and Deren Schmitz.
The Cyclones fall to 9-7 on the season and will next travel to Glenwood on Friday night.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A group of Republican lawmakers has approved a bill that would pass up federal dollars in order to remove state funding for Planned Parenthood. The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 8-5 Tuesday in support of the legislation, and it now heads to the Senate for a full floor vote. The bill has strong support in the Republican-majority Senate and House.
The bill proposes Iowa give up millions in federal Medicaid money in order to fund its own state-run program that distributes funding for family planning services. The bill excludes money for organizations that provide abortions, though no family planning dollars are now spent on abortions.
Republicans say the bill would redistribute money to rural health clinics that offer family planning services. Democrats contend it would hurt access to quality health care.
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