Regional Girls Soccer Semifinals are on tap tonight for Class 1A. Here is a look at the area match-ups.
Region 2
Harlan @ Treynor 6:00pm
St. Albert @ Tri-Center 6:00pm
Region 3
Panorama @ North Polk 6:00pm
WCV-NV-AC @ Des Moines Christian 6:00pm
Region 5
Kuemper Catholic @ Gilbert 6:00pm
Garner-Hayfield-Ventura @ Gladbrook-Reinbeck 6:00pm
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Trump administration is following through on a plan to allow year-round sales of gasoline mixed with 15% ethanol. The Environmental Protection Agency announced the change Friday, ending a summertime ban imposed out of concerns for increased smog from the higher ethanol blend. The agency had proposed the change in March. The change also fulfills a pledge that President Donald Trump made to U.S. corn farmers, who see ethanol as an important driver of demand for their crops. Oil refineries have been seeking exemptions from government requirements to include ethanol in their fuel mixes.
Environmental groups contend the U.S. Clean Air Act prohibits year-round sales of E15, and court challenges are expected. Bill Wehrum, assistant administrator of the EPA’s Office of Air and Radiation, said today (Friday), the agency is prepared to win a court fight. Wehrum said in a conference call with reporters, that if the agency believed the change ran afoul of the Clean Air Act, “we wouldn’t have done it.”
Federal law for more than a decade has mandated that oil refineries mix ethanol into their fuel. The Trump administration’s former EPA chief, Scott Pruitt, had angered lawmakers, growers and ethanol processors in Iowa and other key election states by granting a spate of exemptions sparing refineries from that mandate. The dispute sparked a billboard campaign and at least one tractor rally by angry farmers in the Midwest last year, threatening to erode what has been a base of support for Trump.
According to Weddum, the change removes a barrier to wider sales of E15 and is expected to expand the market for ethanol — although immediate effects on the market are expected to be minimal. Only about 1,000 to 1,500 of more than 150,000 U.S. gas stations currently sell the higher-ethanol blend. “It’ll take some time” to see an overall jump in E15 sales, he said. Today’s (Friday’s) announcement was widely lauded by Midwest lawmakers, farm groups and the biofuel industry.
The EPA move also implements a regulatory change in the ethanol program intended to curb what the oil industry believes in price manipulation in the ethanol program. Wehrum said the regulatory change makes more transparent how ethanol tax credits are applied by ethanol blenders.
LaVon Eblen visits with Brigham Hoegh about the new season for Produce in the Park.
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Supreme Court says a crude oil pipeline running across Iowa was legally permitted to be built dashing the hopes of a group of farmer landowners who wanted the pipeline moved off their land and an environmental group that wanted it shut down. The farmers and the environmental group Sierra Club of Iowa claim the Iowa Utilities Board illegally issued a permit for the Dakota Access pipeline which has been carrying oil since 2017.
A majority of the court concludes the use of eminent domain for an oil pipeline is not unconstitutional simply because it passes through without taking on or letting off oil. The court says the pipeline permit was lawfully issued. The landowners claim the pipeline carrying oil from North Dakota to Illinois provides no benefit to Iowans so forced taking of land to build it is unlawful.
Glenwood Police report the arrest today (Friday), of a Papillion, NE., man. 53-year old Clyde Perkins was arrested on a Pottawattamie County warrant for Assault. Perkins was being held without bond in the Mills County Jail until seen by a magistrate judge.
State Tournament Schedule
Friday, May 31
Class 1A
12:00—#1 North Polk, Alleman vs. #8 West Liberty – Field 9
12:05—#4 Regina, Iowa City vs. #5 Greene County – Field 8
12:10—#3 Sioux Center vs. #6 Iowa Mennonite, Kalona – Field 7
12:15—#2 Columbus Catholic, Waterloo vs. #7 Center Point-Urbana – Field 6
Class 2A
2:30—#1 Xavier, Cedar Rapids vs. #8 Knoxville – Field 9
2:35—#4 Dallas Center-Grimes vs. #5 Gilbert – Field 8
2:40—#2 Wahlert, Dubuque vs. #7 Hudson United – Field 6
2:45—#3 Lewis Central vs. #6 Storm Lake – Field 7
Class 3A
5:00—#1 Waukee vs. #8 Cedar Rapids, Kennedy – Field 9
5:05—#4 Bettendorf vs. #5 Urbandale – Field 8
5:10—#3 Marshalltown vs. #6 Cedar Rapids, Washington – Field 7
5:15—#2 Iowa City, West vs. #7 Ankeny – Field 6
The Page County Sheriff’s Office reports that on Thursday, Deputies arrested 42-year old Jasen Lee Bebout, of Ricketts, IA on three Page County Warrant,s all for Violation of Probation. Bebout was arrested at the Crawford County Sheriff’s Office and transported to the Page County Jail, where he remains held on a $30,000 bond.
The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union released the second weekly softball rankings of the 2019 season on Thursday. Here is a look at each class.
In Class 1A Collins-Maxwell is top ranked. Glidden-Ralston falls out of the top 15 after being in at 9 last week.
In Class 2A Durant is top ranked. West Monona is 4th.
In Class 3A Davenport Assumption is #1. Treynor checks in at #5 and Atlantic stays #8.
In Class 4A ADM is top ranked. Denison-Schleswig is 6th and Glenwood is 14th.
In Class 5A WDM Valley holds the top spot after a 3-0 start.
Check out the full rankings here: softball-2019-530sbrankings
Baseball
Hawkeye Ten Conference
Denison-Schleswig 4-11, Clarinda 0-1
Glenwood 8-1, Kuemper Catholic 1-10
Harlan 14-15, Creston 5-0
Western Iowa Conference
Logan-Magnolia 8, IKM-Manning 3
Missouri Valley 6, Audubon 1
Tri-Center 12, Underwood 5
Bluegrass Conference
Ankeny Christian 7, Orient-Macksburg 2
Other Scores
CAM 11, Stanton 10
Coon Rapids-Bayard 5, Pocahontas Area 4
East Mills 9, Whiting 5
West Harrison 19, Griswold 0
Softball
Hawkeye Ten Conference
Denison-Schleswig 3-9, Clarinda 2-5
Glenwood 5-4, Kuemper Catholic 1-5
Harlan 12-8, Creston 2-7
Western Iowa Conference
Logan-Magnolia 8, IKM-Manning 1
Missouri Valley 13, Audubon 10
Underwood 18, Tri-Center 3
Pride of Iowa Conference
Martensdale-St. Marys 12, Nodaway Valley 2
Missouri River Conference
Sioux City East 5, Abraham Lincoln 4 (8 innings)
Bluegrass Conference
Orient-Macksburg 15, Diagonal 5
Moravia 11, Mormon Trail 1
Other Scores
Atlantic 9, Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton 0
Fremont-Mills 13, Boyer Valley 2
Grand View Christian 10, Coon Rapids-Bayard 2
Stanton 3, CAM 2
Police in Creston report 34-year old Trevor Scott Phipps, of Winterset, was arrested Thursday afternoon, in Creston. Phipps was taken into custody on a Madison County warrant for Violation of a No Contact Order. He was transferred to the custody of Madison County authorities.
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