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UPDATE: More information released on fatal crash in Pottawattamie County

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November 23rd, 2019 by admin

The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office has released additional information on a two-vehicle accident that resutled in two fatalities.

The crash happened at approximately 1:23pm Friday in the area of Pioneer Trail and Humbolt Lane. Upon arrival Deputies located a 2017 Ford F-350 and a 1998 Honda CRV involved in the crash. The F-350 was being driven by 46-year-old Rollin Hansen of Council Bluffs eastbound on Pioneer Trail near the intersection with Humbolt Lane. The driver of the CRV has not been determined but the vehicle was westbound on Pioneer Trail near that same intersection. The vehicles collided near the intersection sending both vehicles into the south ditch and the CRV overturned.

One occupant of the CRV was identified at 17-year old Floyd Quick of Council Bluffs who along with another occupant who has not been identified were pronounced dead at the scene. The State Medical Examiner’s Office is working to identify the other occupant that was killed.

The investigation indicates that speed was a factor and that another vehicle was involved and failed to stop. If you have any information on this vehicle, please contact the Sheriff’s Office Traffic Investigations Division at 712-890-2288.

Atlantic’s Moen commits to Iowa State Football

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November 23rd, 2019 by admin

Atlantic multi-sport athlete Tyler Moen announced via twitter Friday his commitment to play football for Iowa State as a preferred walk-on.

Moen had a breakout senior season at running back for the Trojans. He set the all-time Atlantic single-season rushing record with 1,909 yards. He ended his career fifth on the Trojans all-time  rushing list with 2,427 yards. He nearly set the single game rushing record for the state when he ran for 523 yards on 31 carries in a Week 8 win over Shenandoah. He finished that game with 5 rushing touchdowns and also added two interception returns for touchdowns. Moen finished the year with 25 total touchdowns.

Tyler has also been a stalwart for the basketball and track teams. He placed 3rd in the 400 meters at the State Meet as a Junior and placed 5th in the 200M. He was also a member of Atlantic’s winning 4x400M Relay and Distance Medley Relay teams.

Moen is preparing for his senior year on the basketball team, where is has contributed since his freshman year. He is coming off a Junior season where he averaged 13.7 points per game.

IHSAA releases District and Sectional Wrestling assignments

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November 23rd, 2019 by admin

As the 2019-2020 high school wrestling season gets underway the IHSAA has released the postseason assignments. Sectional tournaments will be contested on February 8th and District tournaments on February 15th. The State Wrestling Tournament will be held February 20th-22nd at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.

District host sites for area Class 1A teams will include Underwood, Pleasantville, and MVAOCOU. ACGC, Audubon, Griswold, and Nodaway Valley will compete in Sectionals at ACGC on the 8th. AHSTW and Riverside will compete at Riverside. Underwood will then be the District tourney site.

In Class 2A ADM, Atlantic/CAM, Creston/O-M, Greene County, Kuemper Catholic, Panorama, and Winterset are all assigned to the ADM Sectional. Glenwood’s Sectional site will include Clarinda, Glenwood, Harlan, Red Oak, Shenandoah, and Southwest Iowa. Qualifiers from ADM and Glenwood sectionals will compete at the District tournament in Atlantic on February 15th.

Class 3A has just one round of qualifying with District tournaments. Carroll and Denison-Schleswig will compete at Dallas Center-Grimes. Lewis Central, Thomas Jefferson, and Abraham Lincoln compete at Johnston.

All Sectional and District tournaments start at noon. Check out the full assignments below.

Class 1A

Class 2A

Class 3A

Girls High School Basketball Scoreboard Friday 11/23/2019

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November 23rd, 2019 by admin

Bondurant-Farrar 52, Atlantic 42
Des Moines Christian 55, Creston 54
Martensdale-St Marys 51, Madrid 24
Winterset 55, Interstate 35 19

IGHSAU 2019-20 Preseason Basketball Rankings

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November 23rd, 2019 by admin

2019-20 Preseason Iowa Girls High School Basketball Rankings

Class 1A
1 Montezuma
2 Newell-Fonda
3 Sigourney
4 North Mahaska
5 Marquette Catholic
6 Kingsley-Pierson
7 Clarksville
8 Algona Bishop Garrigan
9 East Buchanan
10 Lynnville-Sully
11 MMCRU
12 Springville
13 Exira-EHK 
14 Colo-Nesco
15 AGWSR

Class 2A
1 Cascade
2 North Linn
3 West Hancock
4 Osage
5 Aplington-Parkersburg
6 Van Buren County
7 MFL-Mar-Mac
8 West Branch
9 Treynor 
10 Mount Ayr 
11 West Sioux
12 Emmetsburg
13 South O’Brien
14 Mediapolis
15 St. Ansgar

Class 3A
1 Bishop Heelan
2 North Polk
3 Dike-New Hartford
4 Clear Lake
5 Red Oak 
6 Roland-Story
7 Algona
8 Crestwood
9 Okoboji
10 Unity Christian
11 Estherville-Lincoln Central
12 Des Moines Christian
13 West Burlington
14 Monticello
15 Centerville

Class 4A
1 North Scott
2 Marion
3 Center Point-Urbana
4 Ballard
5 Xavier
6 Glenwood 
7 Gilbert
8 Waverly-Shell Rock
9 Dallas Center-Grimes
10 Lewis Central 
11 Central DeWitt
12 Maquoketa
13 Mason City
14 Bondurant-Farrar
15 Boone

Class 5A
1 Iowa City High
2 Dowling Catholic
3 Johnston
4 Cedar Falls
5 West Des Moines Valley
6 Southeast Polk
7 Ankeny Centennial
8 Waukee
9 Urbandale
10 Cedar Rapids Prairie
11 Ames
12 Iowa City West
13 Cedar Rapids Washington
14 Waterloo West
15 Bettendorf

Skyscan Forecast Saturday 11/23/2019

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November 23rd, 2019 by admin

Skyscan Forecast  Saturday, November 23, 2019  Dan Hicks

Today: Partly cloudy. W @ 10. High 48.

Tonight: Fair to partly cloudy. W @ 5. Low 26.

Sunday: Partly cloudy. Warmer. SW 10-15. High 56.

Monday: Partly cloudy. High 49.

Tuesday: Cloudy. Rain and snow mix. High 36.

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State Football Championship Scoreboard Friday 11/22/2019

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November 22nd, 2019 by admin

Friday, November 22

Class 1A

West Lyon, Inwood 50, Van Meter 14

Class 2A

OABCIG 37, Waukon 12

Class 4A

Dowling Catholic, W.D.M. 21, Valley, W.D.M. 16

Iowa appeals ex-Gov. Branstad $1.5M discrimination verdict

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November 22nd, 2019 by Ric Hanson

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Gov. Kim Reynolds has appealed to the Iowa Supreme Court a jury verdict that concluded former Gov. Terry Branstad discriminated against a former state commissioner because the official is gay.

A jury in July awarded former Iowa Workers’ Compensation Commissioner Chris Godfrey $1.5 million, finding he was the victim of discrimination and retaliation when Branstad tried to force him to quit in 2011 and then cut his pay. Jurors found against Branstad, one of his staff members and the state.

Reynolds spokesman Pat Garrett said Friday that Reynolds made the decision after consulting with attorneys. Branstad attorneys have argued the verdicts weren’t supported by substantial evidence and conflict with state law. Reynolds says she believes the additional legal costs will be minimal and winning the appeal would save taxpayers millions of dollars.

Godfrey’s attorney Roxanne Conlin says appealing is “deeply dumb” because the best outcome for the state is the Supreme Court orders a new trial.

Deputies: 2 killed in 2-vehicle crash in western Iowa

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November 22nd, 2019 by Ric Hanson

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say two people have been killed in a two-vehicle crash just southeast of Council Bluffs. The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office says in a news release that the crash happened just before 1:30 p.m. Friday. Deputies sent the scene say a pickup truck and car had collided, and two people inside the car were pronounced dead at the scene.

Their names have not yet been released pending notification of family members. The occupants of the pickup were treated for minor injuries at the scene. The crash remains under investigation.

Ag Secretary says process starting to get more propane moving

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November 22nd, 2019 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) — State Agriculture Secretary Mike Naig says the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has announced an alternative dispute resolution process with propane distributors. Naig says that could help ease the shipping issues created by the late harvest and cold weather. “They will start dispute resolution next week — which gets the shippers and the pipelines together. And we hope that will yield some increased supply as we head into the next week and into the following week,” according to Naig.

He says the late October the demand for propane in Iowa was three times higher than it normally is, and the demand hasn’t eased a lot. “Anything that we can do to put more propane in these pipelines will absolutely help resolve that,” Naig says. “We are very hopeful. It won’t be an immediate solution — but we are heading in the right direction and we appreciate the work that our governor and our senators and FERC to bring some resolution to this.”

The nationwide supply of propane has been good — but Naig and others say the issue has been getting enough shipped to Iowa as the demand dramatically increased.