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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – Mike Rostampour was perfect from the floor while scoring a game-high 13 points to lead Nebraska-Omaha over Iowa Wesleyan 86-36 Saturday. Rostampour, who has averaged 14.5 points per game in his previous two games, also grabbed a game-high eight rebounds. John Karhoff added 11 points, and now ranks 29th in school history with 1,019 career points.
Simon Krych was 6 of 8 from the floor for 12 points. Nebraska-Omaha (5-3) has scored 83 points or more in five of eight games this season. Iowa Wesleyan (1-3) was led by Michael Neff, who scored eight points. Chris Martin added six points. Both Neff and Martin made a game-high two 3-pointers. The Tigers are led by first-year head coach Todd Lorensen, who previously served as an assistant coach at UNO from 2008 to 2011.
DECATUR, Neb. (AP) — Travelers driving over a Missouri River bridge at Decatur in Nebraska to cross over into Iowa are paying their last toll to use the bridge. The toll booth is closing Saturday now that the ownership of the bridge has been turned over from a private company to Iowa and Nebraska state transportation departments.
KTIV television reports both states will share duties of snow removal and maintenance on the bridge that carries 40,000 to 50,000 vehicles a month. The bridge links Nebraska and Iowa about halfway between Omaha and Sioux City. Many drivers cross from Decatur to Iowa heading to Onawa about seven miles to the east in Iowa.
It has cost $1 to cross over but no more after Saturday.
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) – Gary Ricks scored 25 points to lead Drake to an 84-74 victory over Fresno State at the Fresno State Classic Friday night. Richard Carter contributed 21 points for Drake (4-1), which fell behind early but came back to tie Fresno State (4-3) at 31 with 5:27 remaining in the first half, then took a 37-35 lead into the half.
The score was tied six times and there were seven lead changes. Fresno State took the lead on an Allen Huddleston free throw with nine minutes remaining in the game. A Cezar Guerrero jumper followed by a Karachi Edo dunk kept Fresno State in front until Carter made a 3-pointer to give Drake a 63-61 lead with 7:17 remaining. Drake then stretched the lead to 72-63. Fresno State cut the deficit to five on a Guerrero 3-pointer with 1:24 remaining, but couldn’t pull closer.
Fresno State’s Marvelle Harris had 26 points.
JOHN WISE, 85, a long-time resident of Atlantic, died Fri., Nov. 29th, at the Atlantic Nursing & Rehab Center. Memorial services for JOHN WISE will be held at 11-a.m. Wed., Dec. 4th, at Zion Lutheran Church in Atlantic. Roland Funeral Service of Atlantic is in charge of the arrangements.
Visitation with the family is from 10:30-to 11-am Wed. (prior to the service), at Zion Lutheran Church. Online condolences and Lighting of Candles may be left at www.rolandfuneralservice.com.
Memorials may be directed to Zion Lutheran Church.
JOHN WISE is survived by:
His wife – Ruth Wise.
His daughter – Jane (Mike) Purdue, of Griswold.
His son – John Wise & friend Jeremy Collins, of Des Moines.
His sisters – Betty Bader and Jo Ann Baulisch, both of Omaha, & Darlene (Lewis) Reece, of Fresno, CA.
4 grandchildren, & his sister-in-law Sharon Wise, of Omaha.
MARY KATHRYN REISCHL, 90, of Earling, died Thu., Nov. 28th, at Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan. A Mass of Christian Burial service for MARY REISCHL will be held 11-a.m. Mon., Dec. 2nd, at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Earling. Pauley-Jones Funeral Home in Harlan has the arrangements.
Visitation at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Earling is from 3-to 9-pm Sunday (12/1), with a Wake service at 7-p.m. Visitation will resume at the church on Monday (12/2), from 9 until 11-a.m.
Burial will be in the St. Joseph’s Cemetery.
MARY KATHRYN REISCHL is survived by:
Her sons – Bob (Cindy) Reischl, Don (Connie) Reischl, and Jay (Jeanine) Reischl, all of Omaha, and Jim (Sandy) Reischl, of Harlan.
Her daughters – Ann (Ray) Schechinger, of Westphalia, & Faye (Dean) Patten, of Earling.
Her brothers – Nicholas Heese, Bernard Heese, and Vincent Heese, all of Earling.
Her sister – Sister Leta Heese, of Milwaukee, WI.
24 grandchildren, & 39 great-grandchildren.
Water levels on the Missouri River below Gavins Point Dam have been falling in recent days and the levels will continue to fall as releases from the dam are further cut back. Dave Becker, operations manager for the U-S Army Corps of Engineers at the dam, says they are headed into their winter flow pattern which will be lower this year as the region is still recovering from the drought of 2012. Becker says, “We have been stepping down our releases at 3,000 cubic feet per second per day, starting on (November) 23rd, hoping to get down to about 15,000 CFS.” Once that level is reached, he says it’s typical to hold up on any further cuts in the flow rate.
“They’ll run 15,000 for a few days and see if we’re still meeting the water needs downstream and if we are, they’ll probably inch us down to 12,000,” he says. Not only is navigation an issue, but some communities along the Missouri River have intakes for their water systems at certain heights. Flows coming from the dam are well below what would be normal for winter levels, as the reservoir system upstream is still rebounding from the effects of last year’s drought.
“On a normal situation, when the reservoir system is at a level where we can support that, we have a winter flow of 17,000,” Becker says. “Because we’re a little low in the reservoir system yet, they’re conserving water.” Even though 2013 has been a little wetter than normal, the system is still recovering from the severe drought of 2012. With the changes following the months-long flood of 2011, Becker says 12,000 cubic feet per second today is equivalent to a flow of 8,000 cubic feet several years ago.
(Radio Iowa)
A woman from Shenandoah charged for her role in a sexual abuse case is free on probation, after making a deal with prosecutors. The Omaha World-Herald reports District Judge Kathleen Kilnoski this week sentenced 38-year old Jennifer Stogdill to one year in jail, then suspended the jail term and placed her on unsupervised probation. The conditions of her probation agreement are not final, and if Stogdill violates its terms or if she has a run-in with the law, her probation could be revoked.
Stogdill had earlier pleaded guilty to compounding a felony for her connection to husband Tony’s abuse of a then-15-year-old girl in 2009. In a plea agreement, the federal government agreed not to prosecute Stogdill in exchange for her plea in district court. Tony Stogdill faces up to 17 years in prison for the rape of the girl in June 2009.
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