LaVon Eblen visits with Sue Irvin of Sue’s Country Garden about the Harvest Market that will be held on Monday at the Cass County Community Building.
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LaVon Eblen visits with Sue Irvin of Sue’s Country Garden about the Harvest Market that will be held on Monday at the Cass County Community Building.
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Former Atlantic Trojans Sam Markham and Brendan Holmes earned First Team Honors from the Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference for their performance on the gridiron this season.
Markham, a Central College senior, was a First Team honoree as a wide receiver for the third straight season. In eight conference games this season Markham averaged 116.8 yards per game. He tied for the league lead with 11 touchdown catches and had 53 catches total for 934 yards. He set the school record with four touchdown grabs against Loras, a game in which he had 5 total grabs for 201 yards.
Holmes, a sophomore for Simpson College, was a First Team selection as a defensive back. Holmes racked up 35 solo tackles in conference play as part of 70 overall tackles in the league. Holmes was also part of 6 takeaways for the Storm defense with 5 interceptions and 1 fumble recovery against league opponents.
IKM-Manning alum Joe Thraen was and honorable mention selection as a Senior offensive lineman for Buena Vista.
A traffic stop at around 1:40-a.m. today (Friday), in Clarinda, resulted in the discovery of drugs in the vehicle and the arrest of the driver. Clarinda Police Chief Keith Brothers reports officers arrested 51-year old Richard Lance Adkisson, of New Market. He was arrested for driving on suspicion of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of controlled substances, possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia. Adkisson was being held in the Page County Jail on $2,300 bail.
Police reports have been submitted to the offices of Page County Attorney Carl M. Sonksen for review regarding the filing of formal charges.
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Jack Nunge scored a career-high 17 points in his third collegiate game and Iowa cruised past Grambling State, 85-74, for its third-straight win Thursday night.
Isaiah Moss and Tyler Cook (15 points each) added some scoring help for the Hawkeyes (3-0), who needed second-half momentum to pull away from the Tigers.
Grambling State took a 59-56 lead off Anthony Gaston’s 3-pointer with 10:53 left in the game, capping a 7-0 run in 48 seconds. Moss hit a 3-pointer of his own to tie the game at 59, sparking a 14-0 run. During that stretch, the Tigers missed 9-straight field goals.
Luka Garza was a key contributor during that stretch, both offensively and defensively. Garza finished a rebound shy of his second-consecutive double-double (13 points and 9 rebounds).
Axel Mpoyo and Gaston had 21 and 16 points, respectively, for Grambling State (0-2), which hung around longer than Iowa would have liked.
The Tigers scored 21 points off 13 Hawkeye turnovers, the second-most giveaways committed by Iowa this season. Forwards Tyler Cook and Cordell Pemsl each turned the ball over three times.
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Iowa faces Louisiana on Nov. 20 in George Town, Cayman Islands.
CONWAY, S.C. (AP) — Donovan Jackson scored a career-high 26 points while Iowa State overcame its shooting struggles to beat Appalachian State 104-98 in Thursday night’s first round of the relocated Puerto Rico Tip-Off.
The Cyclones (1-2) entered shooting 39 percent, but finished at 52 percent with 10 3-pointers. That included a break-loose performance for Jackson, who had scored just 10 through the first two games.
Nick Weiler-Babb added 23 points, seven rebounds and seven assists for Iowa State, which ran off a pair of 12-2 bursts midway through the second half to take control. The Cyclones led by as many as 18 and kept the Mountaineers at arm’s distance the rest of the way, avoiding their first 0-3 start since the 1990-91 season.
Freshman Justin Forrest scored a season-high 32 points for the Mountaineers (2-1), while Ronshad Shabazz scored 21 of his 32 points before halftime in a two-man offensive show for Appalachian State.
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Iowa State: The Cyclones advanced to play Tulsa winner in Friday’s winner’s bracket.
MARION, Iowa (AP) — Police say no one was hurt when a World War II hand grenade was found in a Marion home. Cedar Rapids television station KCRG reports that police were called about a possible live grenade Thursday afternoon. They reported finding the relic while cleaning. A member of the Marion/Linn County bomb squad went to the house to examine the device and remove it.
Police say they don’t known if the device was still functional. No one was hurt, and no property was damaged.
The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office reports 45-pounds of marijuana was seized into evidence Wednesday afternoon, after a Minnesota man was pulled over for speeding 62 miles per hour in a 55-zone. Deputy Brian Miller conducted the traffic stop near mile marker 7 on Interstate 80 at around 1-p.m., Wednesday. While speaking with the driver, 47-year old Vang Her, of Lake Elmo, MN.,, Deputy Miller detected the odor of marijuana coming from Her’s 2018 Ford F-150 pickup.
A probable cause search was conducted, during which several bags of marijuana were located in the bed of the truck. Her was arrested for Drug Possession with the Intent to Deliver. He was booked into the Pott. County Jail without incident.
More area and State news from KJAN News Director Ric Hanson.
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Jim Field visits with State Historical Society of Iowa Curator Leo Landis about a program he will present Sunday at 2:00 pm at the American Legion Memorial Building in Atlantic focusing on the contributions of Iowans in World War I.
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