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Iowa news Headlines: Sat., March 16th 2013

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March 16th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Senate wants all school employees to undergo training to recognize when a student is suffering from trauma or contemplating suicide. The bill, prompted by the recent suicides of two students in Johnston, unanimously passed Wednesday. The measure now moves to the House. Statistics show there are about 30 teenage suicides in Iowa each year.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A retiring Iowa City police officer plans to buy a veteran, retiring K-9 owned by the city. Officer Kevin Berg has requested to buy Naton the dog for $10. The Iowa City Council will vote on the agreement during a meeting Tuesday. Berg, who has been with the department for nearly 30 years, has been Naton’s handler for eight years.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A former Des Moines police officer has been given probation for using excessive force on a man during a 2008 traffic stop. John Mailander was sentenced earlier this week to four months of home confinement and three years of probation. He had previously pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice.

CHICAGO (AP) — Adreian Payne had 18 points and 10 rebounds, leading 8th ranked Michigan State to a rugged 59-56 victory over Iowa in the Big Ten quarterfinals last night. Iowa came close to an upset victory in Chicago that could have cemented a spot in the field for next week’s NCAA tournament. Instead, the Hawkeyes will have to sweat out a nervous Selection Sunday.

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No. 8 Michigan State beats Iowa at B10 tournament

Sports

March 16th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

CHICAGO (AP) — Adreian Payne had 18 points and 10 rebounds, leading 8th ranked Michigan State to a rugged 59-56 victory over Iowa in the Big Ten quarterfinals on Friday night. Keith Appling and Gary Harris had 13 points apiece for the Spartans (25-7), who trailed by 12 midway through the second half. They advance to play Ohio State in the next round in a rematch of last season’s tournament championship, won by Michigan State.

Iowa (21-12) was oh so close to an upset victory that could have cemented a spot in the field for next week’s NCAA tournament. Instead, the Hawkeyes will have to sweat out a nervous Selection Sunday. Mike Gesell led the way with nine points for the Hawkeyes, who failed to have any players score in double figures in Chicago.

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March 16th, 2013 by admin

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Missouri Woman Arrested on Four Counts of Forgery

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March 16th, 2013 by admin

The Red Oak Police Department reported the arrest of 30-year old Bobbie Jo Kent of Elmo, MO on Friday. Kent was arrested in the 200 Block of W Oak Street and charged with four counts of forgery. Her bond has been set at $5,000.

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LAURA R. GARRETT, 100, of Stuart (Svcs. 3-22-2013)

Obituaries

March 16th, 2013 by admin

LAURA R. GARRETT, 100, of Stuart died Fri., Mar., 15th at the Community Care Center in Stuart. A funeral service for LAURA GARRETT will be held 10:30 AM Fri., Mar., 22nd at St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in rural Adair.  Hockenberry Family Care Funeral Home in Adair has the arrangements.

Visitation with family will be from 5:00 to 7:00 PM on Thurs., Mar., 21st at the funeral home.

Burial will be in the St. John’s Cemetery in rural Adair.

Memorials may be directed to St. John’s Evangelical Church.

LAURA R. GARRETT is survived by:

Daughters, Ellen (Jerry) Alexander and Diane (Bill) Zinn of Des Moines

Son, Roger (Vicky) Garrett of Des Moines

Sisters, Helen Heckman and Ruby Anderson, both of Des Moines.

Six grandchildren, two step-grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren and four great-great grandchildren.

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LUCILLE M. KEEBLE, 89, of Yale (Svcs. 3-18-2013)

Obituaries

March 16th, 2013 by admin

LUCILLE M. KEEBLE, 89, of Yale died Fri., Mar., 15th at The New Homestead in Guthrie Center. Services for LUCILLE KEEBLE will be held at 10:30 AM Mon., Mar., 18th at the Twigg Funeral Home in Panora.

Visitation with family present  will be from 4:00 to 6:00 PM Sun., Mar., 17th at Twigg Funeral Home in Panora.

Burial will take place at 3:00 PM Mon., Mar., 18th at Clinton Garfield Cemetery in Rolfe.

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No. 7 Kansas beats Iowa State in Big 12 semis

Sports

March 15th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Perry Ellis scored a career-high 23 points, and seventh-ranked Kansas pulled away in the second half to beat Iowa State 88-73 on Friday night and reach the Big 12 tournament title game. Jeff Withey and Elijah Johnson added 14 points each, and Ben McLemore finished with 10 for the top-seeded Jayhawks (28-5), who advanced to play No. 11 Kansas State or No. 14 Oklahoma State on Saturday night for its sixth Big 12 tournament championship.

Georges Niang scored 19 points and Melvin Ejim had 17 for the fifth-seeded Cyclones (22-11), who were trying to turn the tables after losing to the Jayhawks twice in overtime this season. Instead, Kansas won for the 16th time in their last 17 meetings. Ellis was a big reason why.

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TERESA LYNNE OZBUN, 44, of Marion (Svcs. 3-19-2013)

Obituaries

March 15th, 2013 by admin

TERESA LYNNE OZBUN, 44, of Marion died Wed., Mar., 13th at her home. A funeral service for TERESA OZBUN will be held at 10:30 AM Tues., Mar., 19th at Peace Lutheran Church in Harlan. Pauley-Jones Funeral Home in Harlan has the arrangements.

Burial will be in the Harlan Cemetery in Harlan.

Visitation will be from 4:00 to 7:00 PM on Mon., Mar., 18th at Pauley-Jones Funeral Home.

TERESA OZBUN is survived by:

Mother:  Mary Winter of South Dakota

Husband:  Mark Ozbun of Marion

Sons:  Jamie, Jesse and Joseph Ozbun of Marion

Brother:  Rick Christensen of Indianola

Sister:  Elizabeth Winter of Kentucky

And two grandchildren.

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Stanton man passes out and crashes his pickup truck

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March 15th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

An unknown medical condition resulted in an accident Thursday evening in Montgomery County that sent one person to the hospital. The Iowa State Patrol says 25-year old Bryant Hunter, of Stanton, passed out at the wheel of his 1997 Chevy pickup, as the vehicle was traveling east on Highway 34 northeast of Villisca, at around 5:35-p.m., Thursday. The pickup entered the south ditch, came out of the ditch and crossed both lanes of the highway, before vaulting a small waterway in the north ditch. When the truck hit the ditch embankment, its airbags deployed. The vehicle came to rest against the embankment. Hunter was transported by Villisca Rescue to the Montgomery County Memorial Hospital in Red Oak.

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Bluder believes Hawks will go dancing.

Sports

March 15th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

Iowa womens basketball coach Lisa Bluder believes the Hawkeyes will be one of the teams selected on Monday night for the NCAA Tournament. The Hawkeyes finished the season with a record of 20-12. She said “With a 37 RPI, and we play in the second toughest conference in America, we’ve got good quality wins, so I feel like….we’re in.”

Bluder says this year’s team has had great leadership and she hopes they get a chance to finish in the NCAA Tournament. She says “Our Captains…Jaime, Trisha and Morgan, were voted on by the players. So obviously the players had the respect for those three. But I think those three didn’t just take the title and sit on it. They took the title and tried to learn how to be better Captains. They embraced the role…wanted to be good Captains….wanted this team to be successful because they knew it was going to be their legacy, their Senior leadership, their Captain role that was going top be tagged to the season. So I think they were always determined to always do a good job with that.”

Bluder says she would like to see the Big Ten women’s tournament move to same weekend as the men. The women played thir tournament last week in Chicago. The men’s tournament is this week. Iowa could play at home in the tournament. Carver-Hawkeye Arena will host the first two round beginning March 24th.

(Radio Iowa Sports)

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