LaVon Eblen talks about dealing with seasonal affective disorder.
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LaVon Eblen talks about dealing with seasonal affective disorder.
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SIOUX CENTER – Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds has announced $38 million through Iowa’s Water Infrastructure Fund (WIF) to support three water quality and infrastructure projects across the state. The WIF grants are being awarded to three projects in western, central and eastern Iowa and include the creation of new water system infrastructure, expansion of current infrastructure, and dam mitigation efforts for safer water recreation.
Reynolds says the announcement “Demonstrates our commitment to water quality in Iowa. Our goal…” she says…”is to build and nurture our communities by investing in infrastructure that promotes healthy and welcoming areas to live, work, and raise a family. Not only will these three grants enhance our state’s water infrastructure, but they will make significant contributions to economic development.”
In December, Gov. Reynolds announced a historic $100M investment in water infrastructure and water quality efforts for the State of Iowa aimed at reducing excess nutrients, improving public health, promoting reuse of water and wastewater, and providing significant economic benefits to communities and the state. The grants announced today (Friday) are a part of that investment.
The awarded projects are listed below:
Jim Field speaks with Katie Sorrell, “Growing Together” Project Director, about the results of “Growing Together” food share program last year and preparations for the next year of the project.
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The UNI women’s basketball team got back on the winning track on Thursday night with a 74-67 win at Illinois State. The Panthers led by just one at half and used a 20-12 advantage in the third quarter to secure the win.
Nicole Kroeger had a monster game with 16 points and a career-high 8 rebounds. Grace Boffeli added 11 points, 4 rebounds, and 3 steals to help the Panther cause.
UNI improves to 11-6 overall and 4-2 in the Valley. The Panthers will trade spots with Drake and head to Peoria to face Bradley on Saturday at 2:00 p.m.
(Des Moines, Iowa) – Southwest Iowa Republican Representative Tom Moore, from Griswold, says this third week of the legislative session saw a huge uptick in committee and sub-committee work. Moore, who represents District 21, says the Human Resources Committee…
Moore said also, the week was packed full of Sub-committee meetings. Among the list of bills he worked on throughout week, was
Moore says also, this week, he chaired a sub-committee for a bill (House File 656) that Moore has worked on for five years. The basic premise of this bill is that once a patient is stable on a medication their insurance company can’t switch them to a similar but often less expensive drug. This doesn’t happen often, he says, but when it does the outcome can have grave circumstances for the patient. The major issue comes from the insurance industry who says it hampers their ability to control costs. Moore says “For me it comes down to where our priorities lie, with the costs and profits of the insurance companies or the care of the individual patient.”
After working on this for so long, Moore says it was great to see House File 656 pass both sub-committee and the Human Resources committee unanimously. He said also, “It will be exciting to continue working on this as it moves to the House Floor and eventually through the Senate.”
Representative Moore can be reached for questions and comments at tom.moore@legis.iowa.gov and (712) 789-9954.
The Drake women’s basketball team picked up their first conference road win of the season 80-56 over Bradley on Thursday night in Peoria. Maggie Bair led the Bulldogs with 19 points, 14 of those coming in the first half.
The Bulldogs got off to a good start by scoring 24 points in each of the first two quarters. Drake led 48-27 at the half. Grace Berg added 16 points and Sarah Beth Gueldner scored 10.
The Bulldogs improved to 11-8 overall and 3-5 in MVC play.
Drake will stay in Illinois and face off against Illinois State on Saturday at 6:00 p.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Martensdale-St. Marys 52, Lenox 44
Panorama 58, Exira-EHK 53
Sidney 56, Bedford 27
Stanton 45, CAM 34
Underwood 68, Red Oak 27
BOYS BASKETBALL
Boyer Valley 79, Griswold 43
Martensdale-St. Marys 65, Lenox 55
Sidney 47, Bedford 44
Stanton 73, CAM 71- OT
Underwood 56, Red Oak 52
Quad @ St. Albert
Atlantic-CAM finished of the dual season with a 3-0 night. The Trojans topped St. Albert, Shenandoah, and Southwest Iowa. In the dual with Shenandoah the Trojans got pins from Aiden Smith, Ethan Follmann, Easton O’Brien, Tanner O’Brien, Jarrett Armstrong, Miles Mundorf, and Evan Sorensen. Owen Hoover took a decision victory. In the match-up with SW Iowa the Trojans got pins from Taye Jordan, Easton O’Brien, Dante Hedrington, Tanner O’Brien, Kadin Stutzman, Brenden Casey, and Evan Sorensen. Brian South picked up a major decision win. Against St. Albert Brenden Casey and Miles Mundorf both won by fall.
Atlantic/CAM 75, Shenandoah 3
Atlantic/CAM 66, St. Albert 13
Atlantic/CAM 70, Southwest Iowa 10
Southwest Iowa 40, Shenandoah 36
Southwest Iowa 42, St. Albert 24
Shenandoah 57, St. Albert 6
Quad @ Tri-Center
AHSTW 66, Audubon 12
AHSTW 60, Tri-Center 24
AHSTW 78, East Mills 0
Tri-Center 42, Audubon 27
Audubon 36, East Mills 4
(Eli Collins had a three-win night and Hayden Fischer two wins for AHSTW. Zeke Konkler picked up two wins for Audubon.)
Quad @ Treynor
Logan-Magnolia 66, Treynor 9
Logan-Magnolia 60, Riverside 21
Logan-Magnolia 50, West Monona-Whiting 30
West Monona-Whiting 51, Riverside 30
West Monona-Whiting 58, Treynor 18
Riverside 46, Treynor 27
(Brock Comstock, Jace Rose, Brody Zimmerman, Kellen Oliver, and Nolan Moore each had two-win nights for Riverside)
Tri @ Nodaway Valley/O-M
Nodaway Valley/O-M 48, SE Warren/Melcher-Dallas 21
Nodaway Valley/O-M 46, SW Valley 30
SW Valley 37, SE Warren/Melcher-Dallas 34
(Caelen DeVault, Jevin Christensen, and Trenton Warner all had two-win nights for NV/O-M)
Quad @ North Polk
Winterset 56, North Polk 12
Winterset 51, Knoxville 20
Winterset 72, Denison-Schleswig 12
North Polk 46, Knoxville 32
North Polk 69, Denison-Schleswig 9
Knoxville 65, Denison-Schlewig 18
(Stuart, Iowa) – Officials with the Stuart Fire Department reported on a social media page, that just before 6:30-a.m. Tuesday, Stuart Fire crews were requested for a working residential structure fire at Diamondhead Lake. As crews arrived on scene flames and heavy smoke were visible from both the garage and house. No injuries were reported. Other crews assisting at the scene included Stuart rescue, Dexter Fire, and personnel from “The Cup on 2nd.” (Photo taken by a nearby home owner)