A man from Montgomery County was arrested Wednesday night on drug charges. According to the Red Oak Police Department, 23-year-old Edward Taylor-Harmon, of Red Oak, was taken into custody at around 11-p.m., Wednesday. Taylor-Harmon faces a Possession of a Controlled Substance charge when he appears before a magistrate later this (Thursday) morning. He was being held in the Montgomery County jail on a $1,000 cash only bond.
The Iowa State women won their Big 12 Conference opener, but it wasn’t easy. The Cyclones staged a second half rally and beat Texas in overtime 73-65 Wednesday night in Ames. ISU Coach Bill Fennelly was relieved, especially since it took the Cyclones six tries to notch their first conference win last season. “It’s just a great way to start the new year and a great way to start the Big 12. Only 17 more of these to go, I guess,” Fennelly said with a laugh. “The fans were phenomenal…they always are, but our team really need them tonight.” Just over 7,100 fans attended the game at Hilton Coliseum.
The Cyclones were led in scoring by a couple of seniors — Anna Prins finished with 17 points and Chelsea Poppins added 16. “When you win in the Big 12, when you find a way to win, you need to have good guard play…but your seniors sometimes have to will your (team) to win and I thought our seniors, in the last 20 minutes and the overtime, willed our team to win,” Fennelly said. Nikki Moody recorded a double-double for the Cyclones with 14 points and 10 assists, while adding 6 rebounds.
With the win, Iowa State improved to 10-1 overall. Texas dropped to 7-5.
(Radio Iowa Sports)
The Iowa women open the Big Ten season hosting 24th ranked Ohio State in Iowa City this (Thursday) evening. Tip-Time at Carever-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, is 5:30-p.m. Hawkeye coach Lisa Bluder says they’ve prepared well with a tough non-conference schedule. “Ohio State comes in here ranked in the top 25. We should be ready for that. We faced numerous teams in the top 25. We’ve done well against them,I think our team is excited to start Big Ten play and get going with this season. But, of course, Ohio State, we only play them one time all year. This is it, the first game, which is strange, out of the gates, but last year we only got to play them one time and it was at their place. We are looking forward to having them on our home court again,” Bluder says.
She says Tayler Hill is the leader of the Buckeyes. ” She can score at will. She’s a three-point shooter, driver, free-throw shooter. She is I think that’s the key to their basketball team,” Bluder says. “Ashley Adams at six five has a little girth to her, can really post up. The thing that’s impressive about her is how well she passes the ball. She’s an extraordinary passer.”
The Hawkeyes host Michigan after Ohio State, making it important to get off to a good start. “We know from experience that if you want to do well in the Big Ten, you have to do well at home. If you want to finish in the top four or five teams in this conference, you have to take care of home court. So right away these two games are pretty important for us,” Bluder says.
Iowa has gotten some votes in the polls, and Bluder believes they should get enough to be ranked. “Well my opinion, we should be. The last time I looked, our RPI was 19 in the country. We don’t have any control over that. So all we have to do, all we can do, is to go after the next game, win the next game, win the next game,” Bluder says. “Sometimes people get put up into the top 25 and never come out, seems like they can do no wrong once you get anointed up there. Other teams like us, seems like we have a hard time breaking into that.”
The Buckeyes come in with a 10-3 record. Iowa is 12-3.
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348 AM CST THU JAN 3 2013
TODAY…PARTLY SUNNY. SCATTERED FLURRIES THROUGH MID MORNING. HIGH IN THE LOWER 20S. NORTHWEST WIND 5 TO 15 MPH.
TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. COLDER. LOW 5 TO 10 ABOVE. SOUTHWEST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.
FRIDAY...SUNNY…WARMER. HIGH IN THE LOWER 30S. SOUTHWEST WIND 5 TO 15 MPH.
FRIDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOW 10 TO 15. SOUTHWEST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.
SATURDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGH AROUND 30. WEST WIND 5 TO 15 MPH.
SATURDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW 10 TO 15.
SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. HIGH IN THE UPPER 20S. LOW 15 TO 20.
MONDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGH IN THE MID 30S.
Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press
(MASON CITY) — Three people are dead after a medical helicopter crashed in northern Iowa, while flying from Mason City to Emmetsburg. Cerro Gordo County Sheriff’s Department Lt. Matt Klunder said the helicopter was affiliated with Mercy Medical Center and that a pilot and two nurses were killed. The crash occurred about 9 p.m. Wednesday near Ventura.
(DES MOINES) — Four people were injured and an 11-year old girl was killed, during a single-vehicle rollover accident Wednesday afternoon on Des Moines’ northeast side. Four of the victims were from Virginia, while the other was from Illinois.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A public hearing is scheduled today on the Iowa secretary of state’s proposal to purge people from voter rolls if they can’t prove they are citizens. The American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa and other civil rights groups claim the rule intimidates voters. They also say Matt Schultz doesn’t have the authority to impose it without the approval of lawmakers.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Tax collections in Iowa are up compared to the same halfway point a year ago. Net state receipts totaled more than $3.1 billion from July through December. That’s about $264 million, or about 9 percent, higher than the first six months of the previous fiscal year.
MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) — A judge in northern Iowa has denied a man’s request to delay his upcoming murder trial. Judge Colleen Weiland ruled yesterday that James Farnsworth II will stand trial starting Jan. 14th in Cerro Gordo County District Court. Farnsworth is charged with first-degree murder in the April 14th slaying of Ian Decker.
AMES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Department of Transportation says state-issued identification cards that meet new federal security standards will be available soon. The agency will begin issuing driver’s licenses and nonoperator’s identification cards on Jan. 15th that comply with the REAL ID Act. The card verifies a person’s identification and legal presence in the United States.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A person familiar with Andy Reid’s plans tells The Associated Press that the former Eagles coach is interviewing with the Kansas City Chiefs for their open job. The person spoke on condition of anonymity Wednesday because the information was not made public. ESPN.com first reported that Reid was meeting with the Chiefs.
Kansas City has also interviewed Atlanta offensive coordinator Dirk Koetter, but Falcons coach Mike Smith said Wednesday that Koetter signed a new contract and would not be a candidate for head coaching jobs this season. The Chiefs fired Romeo Crennel on Monday after going 2-14 in his first full season.
A crash Wednesday afternoon on Interstate 80 in Polk County resulted in the death of an Illinois girl, and injuries to four people from Virginia. According to the Iowa State Patrol, the victims were traveling in a 2007 Mitsubishi Gallant on I-80 westbound, northeast of Des Moines, when it went out of control and collided with a guardrail, at around 2:30-p.m. The vehicle flipped over the guardrail and rolled one and one-half times before coming to rest on its roof, in a ditch.
Eleven-year old Jacquelle McDonald, of Chicago, IL, was ejected from the car and died at the scene. Officials say she was not wearing a seat belt. Four other people in the car, including the driver, 24-year old Brittany Moore, of Newport News, VA, were injured and transported by Saylor Fire and Rescue to a hospital in Des Moines. The victims were identified as 21-year old Spencer Moore, one-year old Naliya Moore, and 4-year old Jadyn Lindsey, all of Newport News.All four of the injured were wearing their seat belts.
The accident remains under investigation.
Iowa’s weather went from one extreme to the other in December, as a very warm start was followed by a harsh blizzard. After so many months of drought, state climatologist Harry Hillaker says that big storm dumped almost 14 inches of snow on parts of central Iowa, moisture that was much-needed. “Overall, December was a wetter-than-normal month, preliminarily ranking 35th wettest in 140 years of records,” Hillaker says. “Southeastern Iowa, much of that precipitation came in the form of rain. Elsewhere in the state, it was about equally divided between rain and snowfall.” Hillaker says December kicked off being quite warm but the temperature dropped like a rock.
“The month got off to a very mild start and then the more seasonal temperatures arrived during the last week and a half or so of December,” Hillaker says. “Overall, we averaged almost five-degrees warmer than normal and it was the 38th warmest December in 140 years of records.” As for the month ahead, January is shaping up to be quite cold but Hillaker predicts a slow warming trend in the first few weeks along with drier-than-normal conditions.
In Atlantic, the average High for the month of December was 38-degrees, which was three-degrees warmer than normal. The average low was 16, which was just one-degree warmer than normal. Precipitation (both rainfall & melted snowfall) amounted to 1.55-inches. Actual snowfall for the month was 9.1-inches.
(Information from Radio Iowa & KJAN records)
MARIETTA HOLSTE, 91, of Bridgewater, died Wed., Jan. 2nd, at the Salem Lutheran Home in Elk Horn. Funeral services for MARIETTA HOLSTE will be held 10:30-a.m. Mon., Jan. 7th, at St. Peter’s United Church of Christ south of Massena. Steen Funeral Home in Fontanelle has the arrangements.
A family visitation will take place on Sunday, from 2-to 4-pm at the Steen Funeral Home in Fontanelle. Online condolences may be left to the family at www.steenfunerals.com.
Memorials may be directed to the Marietta Holste memorial fund, to be established by the family.
Burial will be in the Victoria Township Cemetery, with a luncheon to follow, at the Cumberland Community Building.
MARIETTA HOLSTE is survived by:
Her sons: Clifford (wife Lil) Holste of Minden; Clyde (wife Sumiko) Holste of Austin, MN; Clarence (wife Gayle) Holste of Bridgewater;Cecil (wife Penny) Holste of Westminister, CO; and, Curtis (wife Jayne) Holste of Atlantic.
Her daughters: Coretta (husband Kenneth) Andersen of Treynor; Carol (husband Ronald) Gilbert of Maidens, VA;, and Colleen (husband Fred) Mayer of Vero Beach, FL.
Her in-laws, 21-grandchildren, 23 great grandchildren, numerous step grandchildren and great grandchildren, other relatives and friends.
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