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McNees and Eilts named receive the honor of “Scrooge” in Atlantic

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December 7th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

Officials with the Atlantic Area Chamber of Commerce, Saturday, said Karla Eilts and Mark McNees were named as this year’s “Scrooge” contest winners. Chamber Program Director Chelsea Amundson said both McNees and Eilts served as Grand Marshals in the Lighted Christmas Paraded on Saturday evening. McNees and Eilts earned their title by collecting the largest amount of donations for the Atlantic Area Chamber’s 14th Annual Scrooge Contest sponsored by Hockenberry Family Care and Longaberger Consultant – Dolly Bergmann. All contributions were donated to the Atlantic Food Pantry.

The 2014 candidates included: Karla Eilts, from Rex Pharmacy; Kevin Wieser, with Brown’s Shoe Fit; Kyle Bartholic, Youth Leader at E-Free Church; Mark McNees, Atlantic Fire Chief and U.S. Postal Service worker; and Rob Tarrell with the Cub Scouts.

Eleanor Hoover has been coordinating the contest since 2002 just one year after the inaugural Lighted Parade. She said she is “So proud of our Scrooge Candidates and our community for supporting
Atlantic food Pantry.” Hoover said also “Winning is not everything, but making the effort to win is.”

The Atlantic Area Chamber would like to thank everyone who donated. Past Scrooge titles have been awarded to: Devin Ferguson 2002, Eleanor Hoover 2003, Rex McDermott 2004, Tonia Goft 2005, Rick Harlan 2006, Mary Ann Moorman 2007, Dana Halder 2008, Tammy Wise & Janet Huey 2009, Ritchie Anderson 2010, Janet Cappel 2011, Melanie Petty 2012 and David Miller 2013.

KJAN Weather forecast for Atlantic & the area; Sun., 12/7/2014

Weather

December 7th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

(Update from the NWS at 4-a.m. 12/7)

Today A slight chance of freezing rain before 11am, then a chance of rain. Cloudy, with a high near 40. South wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight A 20 percent chance of rain before 7pm. Cloudy, then gradually becoming partly cloudy, with a low around 31. South wind 8 to 10 mph becoming west northwest after midnight.

Monday Sunny, with a high near 43. Breezy, with a west northwest wind 10 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Monday Night Mostly clear, with a low around 23. North northwest wind 8 to 10 mph.

Tuesday Sunny, with a high near 36. North wind 5 to 8 mph becoming east in the afternoon.
Tuesday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 22.

Wednesday Partly sunny, with a high near 38.

Northern Iowa beats George Mason 71-65 in OT

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December 7th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) — Seth Tuttle scored 16 points with eight rebounds and four assists as Northern Iowa beat George Mason 71-65 in overtime Saturday night. Paul Jesperson added 12 points and five rebounds for the Panthers (8-0). Bennett Koch had 11 points and Nate Buss 10. Wes Washpun led the team with nine rebounds. The team hit just 37.7 percent from the field and 61.8 percent from the line.

With the Panthers leading 59-57 in the final seconds of regulation, George Mason’s Marquise Moore drew a foul and then hit both free throws, sending the game into overtime. In the extra period, Tuttle hit a layup with less than a minute to play and Jesperson sank two from the line to help the Panthers to the win.

Moore led the Patriots (2-6) with 20 points. Shevon Thompson had nine points and a team-high 11 boards.

Iowa early News Headlines: Sun., Dec. 7th 2014

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December 7th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — Police say one person has died after an early-morning shooting in Waterloo. The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports that the shooting was reported near a Prime Mart convenience store around 1:30 a.m. Saturday. No arrests have been made. Waterloo police say they’re seeking the public’s help with the investigation.

BURLINGTON, Iowa (AP) — A Burlington police officer on paid leave has retired after a video showed him slapping away a cellphone from a man who was recording him at a domestic disturbance. The Hawk Eye newspaper reports that officer Dale Wyatt stepped down after an internal police investigation of the November 9th incident.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say two Iowa youths stole a pizza delivery car and went on a joyride in Des Moines. KCCI-TV in Des Moines says police caught a 13-year-old and 12-year-old after the car was reported missing on Thursday. Papa John’s Pizza driver Borislav Paji told police he was delivering pizzas to an apartment complex after 8 p.m., and when he stepped outside, his silver Kia was gone. The Associated Press generally doesn’t identify juveniles charged with crimes.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa athletic director Gary Barta is reiterating his support for football coach Kirk Ferentz, while acknowledging that the Hawkeyes failed to live up to expectations this season. Barta said this weekend that the team’s 7-5 season “isn’t unacceptable”.

Cass County K-9 unit assists in Montgomery County man hunt

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December 7th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

The Cass County K-9 unit consisting of Deputy Kyle Quist and his partner “Vader,” along with Deputies from the Page County Sheriff’s Office and Troopers with the Iowa State Patrol, participated in a lengthy man hunt late Saturday night into early this (Sunday) morning. The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office reports the efforts of their deputies, with assistance of the other law enforcement agencies, resulted in the arrest at around 1:45-a.m. today (Sunday), of 23-year old Jeremy Scott Dolph , of Villisca.

Dolph was taken into custody in connection with an incident that had occurred at around 8:50-p.m. Saturday. Dolph faces a felony charge of Willful Injury, Aggravated Domestic Assault, and Violation of a No Contact order. He was being held without bond in the Montgomery County Jail.

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Hooker, North Dakota rally past Drake 63-62

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December 6th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Quinton Hooker scored 16 points and hit a go-ahead, driving layup with 14 seconds left as North Dakota put together a late surge to beat Drake 63-62 on Saturday. Trailing by five with under a minute left, Hooker sank a layup and then stole the ball, leading to Estan Tyler’s putback with 33 seconds left. Another turnover by Drake set up Hooker’s go-ahead score and North Dakota’s first lead of the game.

Hooker wasn’t done there, as he blocked Reed Timmer’s layup attempt. Drake got one more look, but Jordan Daniels couldn’t connect on a 3-pointer in the final seconds. North Dakota (3-4) shot 53.2 percent from the field, with Tyler and Terrel de Rouen each chipping in 15 points. Jaron Nash added nine points with eight rebounds.

Timmer led the Bulldogs (1-7) with 13 points and Daniels had 12. Drake shot over 50 percent, but committed 19 turnovers.

Illinois State rolls past N Iowa 41-21 in FCS

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December 6th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

NORMAL, Ill. (AP) — Tre Roberson threw for 382 yards and four touchdowns and Marshaun Coprich become Illinois State’s single-season rushing leader with his 12th-straight 100-yard game to lead the Redbirds to a 41-21 win over Northern Iowa on Saturday.

The Panthers (9-5) won the first meeting of these Missouri Valley Conference rivals 44-28 to start a five-game winning streak to make the FCS playoffs but fell behind 24-0 at halftime. The Redbirds (11-1) extended their school-record winning to 13.

Roberson had two touchdown passes in the first half and Coprich ran for a score as Illinois State piled up 345 yards to 52 for Northern Iowa. The Redbirds finished with 564 yards to UNI’s 335. Coprich had 148 yards on 30 carries giving the league MVP 1,831 this season.

Cameron Meredith had seven catches for 115 yards and James O’Shaughnessy four for 105 and both had two touchdowns.

No. 4 TCU takes care of business vs Iowa State

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December 6th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Trevone Boykin passed for a career-high 460 yards and caught a touchdown pass as No. 4 TCU earned at least a share of the Big 12 championship and did nothing to hurt its case to be included in the College Football Playoff with a 55-3 victory against lowly Iowa State on Saturday.

The Horned Frogs (11-1, 8-1 Big 12) came into championship weekend ranked third in the selection committee’s rankings. TCU was the only playoff contender not playing a ranked team this weekend. There wasn’t much the Frogs could do help themselves against the Cyclones (2-10, 0-9), but they avoided the type of clunker that could have caused the committee to downgrade them.

Iowa State finished winless in the Big 12 for the first time since 2008, and the first time under sixth-year coach Paul Rhoads.

Iowa blasts UMBC 77-47

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December 6th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) – Peter Jok and Gabe Olaseni each tied career highs with 15 points apiece and Iowa trounced Maryland-Baltimore County 77-47 on Saturday. Aaron White had 14 points in just 17 minutes for the Hawkeyes (7-2), who’ve won five straight since back-to-back losses to Texas and Syracuse

Iowa went on a 20-0 run midway through the first half, turning the rest of the game into a glorified exhibition. The Hawkeyes led by as many as 35 points.  Cody Joyce had nine points to lead the winless Retrievers. UMBC (0-8) committed 26 turnovers.