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2 alcohol-related arrests in Montgomery County, Sunday

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March 14th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Deputies in Montgomery County arrested two people on alcohol-related charges, Sunday, with the assistance of Red Oak Police. At around 4:26-a.m., 28-year old Trenton Lee Murry, of Omaha, was arrested for OWI/2nd offense, and on a valid Iowa State Patrol warrant for OWI/1st offense. Murry was transported to the Montgomery County Jail and held on a $3,000 cash bond.

And, at around 10-p.m., Sunday, deputies arrested 60-year old Fidel Ramos-Leon, of Red Oak, for Public Intoxication. Ramos-Leon was taken into custody in the 700 block of E. Joy Street and brought to the Montgomery County Jail, where his bond was set at $300.

KJAN listening area forecast: Mon., 3/14/16

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March 14th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Early This Morning: **DENSE FOG ADVISORY until 10-a.m.**Cloudy. Widespread fog. South wind near 5 mph.
Today: Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming partly sunny. Widespread fog in the morning…then patchy fog early in the afternoon. High in the lower 70s. Southwest wind 5 to 15 mph.
Tonight: Mostly cloudy. A chance of light showers through midnight. Isolated thunderstorms through the night. Light showers likely after midnight. Low in the upper 40s. South wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation 70 percent.
Tuesday: Partly sunny. Breezy…cooler. Isolated thunderstorms through mid morning. A chance of light showers in the morning…then a slight chance of light showers in the afternoon. High in the upper 50s. West wind 10 to 15 mph increasing to 20 to 25 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy. Colder. Low in the upper 30s. West wind 5 to 15 mph. Gusts up to 25 mph through midnight.
Wednesday: Mostly sunny. Breezy. High in the mid 50s. West wind 10 to 20 mph with gusts to around 30 mph.
Thursday: Partly sunny. High around 50.

Dense Fog Advisory until 10-a.m. Monday (3/14)

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March 14th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

AREA COUNTIES: CRAWFORD-CARROLL-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-ADAMS-UNION-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A DENSE FOG ADVISORY…WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT MONDAY.

*VISIBILITY…ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS. THE DENSE FOG IS MORE SPOTTY ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN IOWA, SO VISIBILITIES MAY BE QUITE VARIABLE WITH RAPID REDUCTIONS EXPECTED.

* IMPACTS…VISIBILITIES WILL BE GREATLY REDUCED IN THE FOG…AND CAUTION IS ADVISED FOR ANYONE TRAVELING OVERNIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS… A DENSE FOG ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. IF DRIVING…SLOW DOWN… USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS…AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU.

Iowa early News Headlines: Mon., March 14th 2016

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March 14th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — Council Bluffs officials are making plans to document the history of an historic former elementary school before it is demolished. The Daily Nonpareil reports the city council will decide Monday whether to support an agreement with the Iowa State Historic Preservation about the former Walnut Grove Elementary School. The 1926 building is eligible for the National Register of Historic Places, so the city must take additional steps before demolition.

DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) — Local emergency managers are practicing tweeting and updating their statuses to make sure they will be prepared to use social media sites like Twitter and Facebook to share information in a disaster. Dubuque County Emergency Management Director Tom Berger tells the Telegraph Herald he is looking at setting up social media pages for his agency.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — Crews continue working to clean up a spill of roughly 30,000 gallons of gasoline in northwest Iowa. The Sioux City Journal reports workers from Magellan Pipeline and contractors hired to help with the cleanup have been working since the spill happened Friday morning.

MOLINE, Ill. (AP) — Tyonna Snow recorded her second straight double-double with 17 points and a career-high 15 rebounds and Number 3 seed Missouri State won its 10th Missouri Valley Conference Tournament with a 71-58 victory over top-seeded Northern Iowa on Sunday to advance to the NCAA Tournament. Regular-season MVC champion Northern Iowa was led by Madison Weekly with 17 points and Sharnae Lamar’s 16.

Iowa heading to NCAA’s as 7th seed

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March 14th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

The Hawkeye men are heading to Brooklyn, New York as seventh seed in the Southeast Regional to face tenth seed Temple Friday in the first round of the N-C-A-A Basketball Tournament. Iowa Coach Fran McCaffery knows Temple very well. “Temple is a terrific program, Fran Duffy has built a great program there. He knows what he is doing, he’s been successful for a number of years,” McCaffery says. “He’s a very good friend of mine. I have tremendous respect for him and the job he has done, they’ll challenge us in every way.”

Iowa had a late season skid, but the players say they are together and will be ready to play. McCaffery says that is critical, and he’s not surprised they would say that, especially the seniors. “They’ve been together from the beginning, it’s been an interesting journey. Not just this year — but you go back to when they got here. They were very much a part of building a consistent winner,” McCaffery says. He says the team has battled through a lot this season.

“We’ve had winning streaks, we’ve had losing streakes, but they have remained together. We have stuck with those guys because we know the character that they have, they talent that they have,” McCaffery says. “We just have to make sure in this setting you take care of rebounding, you take care of the basketball, you move the ball. You give your team every chance to win the game.”

The Hawkeyes had been touted at one point as possibly being a high seed and playing in Des Moines, but that fell away with the losing skid, and a first-round loss in the Big 10 Tournament. Seniors Adam Woodbury of Sioux City, says it doesn’t matter where they play. “They could have sent us anywhere, we’ll be ready for the toss,” Woodbury says. The Hawkeyes haven’t played Temple this season, but Woodbury says that doesn’t make a lot of difference either.

“It goes both ways,” Woodbury says, “they are not as familiar with us either. It’s all about just trying to get a grasp of what they do offensively and defensively, and just just trying to get a grasp of their big keys.” Sophomore Dom Uhl is one player who is looking forward to going to New York. It’s where he played high school ball after coming from Germany. “I didn’t hope it would happen, it’s just kind of funny, because I was recruited by Temple too,” Uhl says. He expects it to be a good matchup.

Uhl says Temple is very talented and they will play hard. Iowa finished the season at 21-10 overall and 12-6 in the Big Ten. This is the Hawkeyes third straight N-C-A-A Tournament berth. The game will start at approximately 2:10 p.m.

(Learfield Sports)

UNI heading back to Oklahoma City and NCAA’s

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March 14th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

The Northern Iowa Panthers are returning to the site of one of their biggest victories in school history, as they earned an 11 seed and a match-up in the N-C-A-A Basketball Tournament against sixth seed Texas Friday in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The Panthers upset then top-ranked Kansas in the tournament in Oklahoma City their last time there as they advanced to the Sweet 16. Coach Ben Jacobson says it’s nice to go back.

“You know for some of us, it’s familiar,” Jacobson says, “And I think that’s good. They guys who are playing, they guys who really matter, they have not been there before. For some of us it’s nice to be able to go back there, but we’ve got a different team. Those guys haven’t been there,” Jacobson says. Jacobson says he’s only watched a few of the Longhorn’s games, but knows their coach Shaka Smart well from games against his former V-C-U team.

He says he doesn’t know enough about Smart’s Texas team to know if it is like his teams at V-C-U. Jacobson does like the Friday game over Thursday. “One of the things talking about about it all week and getting asked different questions… if I had my choice, I’d rather play on Friday,” Jacobson says. “You do have the extra day of prep, you have a little more time to make travel plans. It takes a little bit of the anxiety out of it because you’ve got that extra 24 hours to do the stuff on the front end.” He is happy with the 11 seed.

He says he thought they would be a 12 seed and would have been surprised to be a 13 seed, and is”mildly surprised” they are a 12. U-N-I had big wins over North Carolina and Iowa State in the non-conference, but started conference play at 2-6 and were 10-11 overall before going on a late season run and winning the M-V-C Tournament. Jacobson says the team has never stopped playing hard and pushing for a change to get back to the N-C-A-A’s.

“Now we didn’t play very good for two-and-a-half weeks, but even in this last six weeks, we have played like a team that’s got something to prove. So, I think that will absolutely be a part of what we do this week,” according to Jacobson. U-N-I is now 22-12. Texas was 20-12 and 11-7 in the Big 12 where they finished fourth.

(Learfield Sports)

MONDAY, MARCH 14th

Trading Post

March 14th, 2016 by Jim Field

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FOR SALE: New chest freezer.  37″ long by 33.5″ tall.  $235.  Call 712-243-3806.

Warrant issued for 3rd Council Bluffs murder suspect & female “person of interest”

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March 13th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Police in Council Bluffs, Sunday evening, said an arrest warrant has been issued in connection with the shooting death of 22-year old Anthony Walker at an apartment complex the evening of March 7th. Authorities are seeking 30-year old Markis Moses Davis, who is wanted for 1st Degree Murder, Attempted Murder and 1st degree Robbery. Davis is considered to be armed and extremely dangerous. He may also be in the company of a female whom police have identified as 22-year old Rachel Lewis, who is also a person of interest, and whose whereabouts are unknown. Lewis is wanted for questioning in the continued investigation of the homicide. She is a white female, with brown hair about 5-feet 3-inches tall, weighing 135-pounds. Davis is a black male, about 5-feet 10-inches tall, weighing 140 pounds

Markis Davis

Markis Davis

Rachel Lewis

Rachel Lewis

Both are from Council Bluffs. The pair may be in a maroon Pontiac Grand Prix with a possible Iowa license plate of EAH 903, or a black Nissan Sentra with an “In Transit” tag in the rear window. Authorities says you should NOT make any attempt to confront Davis or Lewis on your own. Call your local police department or the Council Bluffs Police Department should you come into contact with them. Persons with information on Davis’ or Lewis’ whereabouts may also call Crime Stoppers at 712- 328-7867 if you have any general information and wish to remain anonymous

Two other men were arrested last week in connection with Walker’s murder. 19-year old Ben Lein, of Council Bluffs was arrested Tuesday morning. 22-year old Wesley W. Correa-Carmenaty was arrested Monday night. Both men are from Council Bluffs. They face the same charges as Markis Davis. Lein was also wanted on warrants for from Pottawattamie and Dallas County, for Escape from Custody and Violation of Probation.

Missouri State women are first No. 3 seed to win MVC tourney

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March 13th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

MOLINE, Ill. (AP) — Tyonna Snow recorded her second straight double-double with 17 points and a career-high 15 rebounds and No. 3 seed Missouri State won its 10th Missouri Valley Conference Tournament in 15 trips with a 71-58 victory over top-seeded Northern Iowa on Sunday to advance to the NCAA Tournament.

Missouri State (24-9) won its first title since 2006 — for its 14th appearance in the NCAAs. It was the first time in conference history that a third-seeded team won the championship. Liza Fruendt made three 3-pointers and added 16 points for Missouri State. Snow won the MVP after scoring 52 points and grabbing 34 rebounds in their three tournament wins.

Regular-season MVC champion Northern Iowa (22-10) was led by Madison Weekly with 17 points and Sharnae Lamar’s 16. They were both named to the all-tournament team. The Panthers made just 3 of 19 from distance and were outrebounded 40-22.

Officials plan to document old school before demolition

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March 13th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — Council Bluffs officials are making plans to document the history of an historic former elementary school before it is demolished. The Daily Nonpareil reports the city council will decide Monday whether to support an agreement with the Iowa State Historic Preservation about the former Walnut Grove Elementary School.

The building is eligible for the National Register of Historic Places, so the city must take additional steps before demolition. The school was built in 1926, and two additions to the structure were constructed in 1951 and 1966. The school, which closed in 2014, was sold for $104,000 to NeighborWorks Home Solutions. The nonprofit plans to build 14 homes on the site.