Hawkeyes drop to No. 20, Cyclones stay at No. 21 in latest AP poll

March 7th, 2016 by admin

Kansas is No. 1 in The Associated Press college basketball poll for a second straight week and for the fourth time this season.

The Jayhawks (27-4) are again a runaway choice, receiving 63 first-place votes from the 65-member national media panel on Monday.

Michigan State (26-5), which got the other two first-place votes, remained second and was followed by Villanova, Virginia, Xavier, Oklahoma, North Carolina, Oregon, West Virginia and Indiana.

The same teams are in the Top 25 for a second straight week, the first time that has happened this season.

Next Monday’s poll will be the last of the season.

The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through March 6, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking:

	Record	Pts	Prv
1. Kansas (63)	27-4	1,623	1
2. Michigan St. (2)	26-5	1,520	2
3. Villanova	27-4	1,480	3
4. Virginia	24-6	1,424	4
5. Xavier	26-4	1,351	5
6. Oklahoma	24-6	1,309	6
7. North Carolina	25-6	1,252	8
8. Oregon	25-6	1,127	9
9. West Virginia	24-7	1,113	10
10. Indiana	25-6	1,038	12
11. Miami	24-6	935	7
12. Utah	24-7	898	13
13. Purdue	24-7	798	15
14. Louisville	23-8	647	11
15. Arizona	24-7	626	18
16. Kentucky	23-8	608	22
17. Texas A&M	24-7	574	20
18. Maryland	24-7	544	14
19. Duke	22-9	512	17
20. Iowa	21-9	407	16
21. Iowa St.	21-10	374	21
22. Baylor	21-10	262	19
23. Texas	20-11	191	23
24. California	22-9	189	25
25. SMU	25-5	88	24

Others receiving votes: Wisconsin 62, Dayton 35, Saint Mary’s (Cal) 33, Seton Hall 28, Stephen F. Austin 9, Butler 8, Providence 8, Valparaiso 7, Yale 7, Cincinnati 6, St. Bonaventure 6, Gonzaga 5, Akron 4, Temple 4, Notre Dame 3, San Diego St. 3, UAB 2, N. Iowa 1, S. Dakota St. 1, South Carolina 1, Texas Tech 1, Wichita St. 1.

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Hield first 2-time AP Big 12 Player of Year; Niang and Morris named to First-Team

Sports

March 7th, 2016 by admin

Oklahoma senior Buddy Hield has become the first player in the 20-season history of the Big 12 to win The Associated Press player of the year award twice.

Hield also won the honor last year.

Bill Self is the AP Coach of the Year for the fifth time overall, and the fourth coach to win the award in consecutive years. The No. 1 Jayhawks won their 12th consecutive Big 12 regular-season title.

In the yearly AP awards announced Monday, Perry Ellis of Kansas and Georges Niang of Iowa State joined Hield as first-team picks for the second year in a row. Iowa State junior Monte Morris and Texas junior Isaiah Taylor rounded out the All-Big 12 first team.

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Bluffs man arrested on Forgery & Theft warrants

News

March 7th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Police in Red Oak arrested a Pottawattamie County man on warrants charging him with Forgery and Theft in the 2nd degree. 53-year old James Joseph Skow, of Council Bluffs, was arrested at around 9-a.m. today (Monday) at the Pott. County Jail. He was transported back to Red Oak and held in the Montgomery County Jail on $5,000 cash bond.

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Iowa State Penitentiary offers labor program for inmates

News

March 7th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

FORT MADISON, Iowa (AP) – The Iowa Department of Labor is aiming to prepare offenders to become productive citizens when they leave prison. Executive officer at the Iowa State Penitentiary, Rebecca Bowker, says the program will allow inmates to gain skills that will make it easier to adapt and succeed in a trade when they leave prison.

The Daily Democrat reports that inmates can learn cooking, housekeeping or cabinet making through the program. The cooking and housekeeping programs are also services used within the prison. Bowker says there are 39 offenders involved in the program and that the number of participants continues to grow.

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Michigan State’s Denzel Valentine is Big Ten player of year, Uthoff unanimous first-teamer

Sports

March 7th, 2016 by admin

Michigan State senior Denzel Valentine is The Associated Press Big Ten player of the year and one of three unanimous choices for the all-conference first team.

Indiana guard Kevin “Yogi” Ferrell and Iowa forward Jarrod Uthoff also were named to the first team on every ballot in voting by media members who cover the Big Ten. The other first-team picks are Wisconsin forward Nigel Hayes and Purdue center A.J. Hammons.

Valentine finished the regular season first in the conference in scoring and assists and as the top rebounding guard.

Indiana’s Tom Crean is coach of the year, Maryland freshman center Diamond Stone is newcomer of the year, and Hammons edged out teammate Raphael Davis for defensive player of the year.

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MONDAY, MARCH 7th

Trading Post

March 7th, 2016 by admin

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FOR SALE: 1 All-Session ticket to the Big 12 Men’s Basketball tournament in Kansas City. Call 712-304-1281.

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FOR SALE: large round grass hay bales, call 712-307-0915.

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Glenwood man arrested Sunday on Forgery and Theft warrants

News

March 7th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Police in Glenwood arrested a local man Sunday on warrants charging him with Forgery and Theft. 32-year-old Herman Lewis, of Glenwood, was taken into custody on a Pottawattamie County warrant for Forgery, and two Mills County warrants for Forgery and Theft 2nd Degree. He was also charged with providing false identification information. Lewis was being held in the Mills County Jail on $10,300 bond.

This (Monday) morning, Glenwood Police arrested 19-year-old De’one Denson, of Glenwood, for domestic abuse assault. Denson was being held without bond, pending and appearance before the magistrate.

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Family Fun in the Kitchen 03-05-2016

Podcasts, Family Fun in the Kitchen

March 7th, 2016 by admin

Lavon and Miss NiNi discuss the upcoming Cass County Master Gardeners Spring Garden Seminar. Find out more about the seminar and get a registration form at www.extension.iastate.edu/cass.

Garden Seminar 1 Garden Seminar 2

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Cass County Republican Convention takes place Saturday

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March 7th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Cass County Republican Party Chair David Wiederstein has announced the County Republican Party Convention will be held this Saturday, March 12th, beginning at 9-a.m. About 70 delegates will convene at the Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Parish Center to discuss party business, and choose 13 delegates who will attend both the District and State Conventions.

And, Cass County Democratic Party Chair Sherry Toelle has announced the County Democratic Convention will also be held Saturday, March 12th. They’ll meet at the Cass County Court House. Registration begins at 8:30-a.m., with the Convention convening at 9-a.m. The 50 Delegates to the County Convention will elect five delegates, based on Presidential preference groups, who will move on to the Iowa Democratic Party’s District Convention on April 30th in Creston and to the State Convention to be held in Des Moines on June 18th.

County delegates will also vote on the County Platform and on representatives for District and State Committees as well as to vacancies on the Cass County Central Committee.

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