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Adair County Sheriff’s report, 10/11/21

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October 11th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

(Greenfield, Iowa) – Adair County Sheriff Jeff Vandewater reports 41-year-old Michael Francis Huss, Jr., of Dexter, was arrested at around 12:05-a.m. on Oct. 5th, by Stuart Police. Huss was taken into custody for Driving While Barred, following a traffic stop on a vehicle with no license plate, in Stuart. He was also initially charged with Failure to Provide proof of financial liability (vehicle insurance). Huss, Jr., was released a short time later, after posting a $2,000 cash/surety bond.

And, 51-year-old Daniel Paul Ringer, of Greenfield, was brought into the Adair County Jail by Greenfield Police at around 11-p.m., on Oct. 8th. He was fingerprinted for a prior charge of Criminal Mischief in the 4th Degree. No new charges were filed. Sheriff Vandewater said “While they are in our office, we obtain the basic info. to go on their fingerprint cards that go to the DCI and FBI.”

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Radio Iowa High School Football Poll 10/11/2021

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October 11th, 2021 by admin

Class 5A
1. Cedar Rapids Kennedy (7-0), LW #1 vs Johnston
2. Southeast Polk (6-1), LW #2 @ Ankeny Centennial
3. WDM Valley (6-1), LW #4 vs #8 Dowling Catholic
4. Urbandale (6-1), LW #5 vs Waukee
5. Ankeny (5-2), LW #7 @ Waukee Northwest
6. Cedar Rapids Prairie (5-2), LW #6 vs Iowa City West
7. Iowa City High (6-1), LW #3 vs Davenport West
8. Dowling Catholic (4-3), LW #8 vs #3 WDM Valley
9. Dubuque Senior (5-2), LW #9 vs Pleasant Valley
10. Linn-Mar (6-1), LW #10 @ Davenport Central

Class 4A
1. North Scott (7-0), LW #1 vs Fort Madison
2. Cedar Rapids Xavier (6-1), LW #2 @ Newton
3. Bondurant-Farrar (7-0), LW #3 @ #6 Indianola
4. Lewis Central (5-2), LW #4 vs Dallas Center-Grimes
5. Norwalk (6-1), LW #5 vs Carlisle
6. Indianola (6-1), LW #6 vs #3 Bondurant-Farrar
7. Waverly-Shell Rock (6-1), LW #7 @ Western Dubuque
8. Winterset (6-1), LW #10 vs DSM Hoover
9. Webster City (5-2), LW (X) @ Storm Lake
10.Decorah (5-2), LW (X) vs Waterloo East

Class 3A
1. Harlan (7-0), LW #1 vs Creston
2. West Delaware (6-1), LW #2 @ #7 Independence
3. Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley (7-0), LW #3 vs MOC/Floyd Valley
4. Solon (7-0), LW #4 @ #10 Grinnell
5. Humboldt (7-0), LW #5 vs #6 Nevada
6. Nevada (7-0), LW #6 @ #5 Humboldt
7. Independence (7-0), LW #7 vs #2 West Delaware
8. Benton (6-1), LW (X) @ Maquoketa
9. Sergeant Bluff-Luton (5-2), LW #8 @ Sioux City Heelan
10. Grinnell (5-2), LW (X) vs #4 Solon

Class 2A
1. Southeast Valley (7-0), LW #1 vs @ #9 Spirit Lake
2. Waukon (6-1) LW #2 vs Union
3. West Marshall (6-1), LW #3 @ Albia
4. OABCIG (6-1), LW #4 @ Clarion-Goldfield-Dows
5. West Lyon (5-2), LW #6 @ Cherokee
6. Greene County (6-1), LW #7 @ Clarke
7. North Fayette Valley (6-1), LW #8 vs Oelwein
8. Estherville Lincoln Central (4-3), LW #5 vs Pocahontas Area
9. Spirit Lake (5-2), LW #9 vs #1 Southeast Valley
10. Central Lyon/GLR (4-3), KW (X) vs Okoboji

Class 1A
1. Van Meter (7-0), LW #1 vs #9 AC/GC
2. Iowa City Regina (7-0), LW #2 vs Durant
3. Underwood (7-0), LW #3 vs Carroll Kuemper
4. Dike-New Hartford (7-0), LW #4 @ Central Springs
5. Sigourney-Keota (7-0), LW #5 vs Van Buren
6. West Sioux (6-1), LW #6 @ Sioux Central
7. Pella Christian (6-1), LW #7 vs Central Decatur
8. Dyersville Beckman (7-0), LW #8 vs MFL Mar Mac
9. AC/GC (7-0), LW #9 @ #1 Van Meter
10. South Central Calhoun (6-1), LW (X) vs Belmond-Klemme

Class A
1. West Hancock (7-0), LW #1 vs #4 North Butler
2. Grundy Center (6-1), LW #2 vs North Tama
3. North Linn (7-0), LW #4 vs Maquoketa Valley
4. North Butler (7-0), LW #5 @ #1 West Hancock
5. Woodbury Central (6-1), LW #2 @ Missouri Valley
6. Logan-Magnolia (6-1), LW #6 vs Lawton-Bronson
7. Lisbon (6-1), LW #8 @ Starmont
8. East Buchanan (6-1), LW #9 vs South Winneshiek
9. Belle Plaine (6-1), LW #10 vs Lynnville-Sully
10. Mount Ayr (5-2), LW (X), @ Southwest Valley

8-Player
1. Montezuma (8-0), LW #1 vs Woodward Academy
2. CAM (Anita) (7-0), LW #2 @ Boyer Valley
3. Easton Valley (7-0), LW #3 @ #9 Kee
4. Remsen St. Mary’s (7-0), LW #4 vs Glidden-Ralston
5. WACO (8-0), LW #5 Idle
6. Turkey Valley (7-0), LW #7 @ West Central
7. Lenox (7-0), LW (X) @ Fremont-Mills
8. Audubon (6-1), LW #9 @ Woodbine
9. Kee High (7-0), LW #10 vs #3 Easton Valley
10. Newell-Fonda vs LW (X) vs AR-WE-VA

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AP College Football Top 25 10/10/2021

Sports

October 11th, 2021 by admin

AP Top 25
10/10/2021

Rank Team Record Points (No. 1 votes)
1 Georgia 6-0 1,550 (62)
2 Iowa 6-0 1,476
3 Cincinnati 5-0 1,407
4 Oklahoma 5-0 1,336
5 Alabama 5-1 1,286
6 Ohio State 5-1 1,157
7 Penn State 5-1 1,147
8 Michigan 6-0 1,139
9 Oregon 4-1 1,057
10 Michigan State 6-0 992
11 Kentucky 6-0 918
12 Oklahoma State 5-0 830
13 Ole Miss 4-1 779
14 Notre Dame 5-1 732
15 Coastal Carolina 6-0 712
16 Wake Forest 6-0 526
17 Arkansas 4-2 470
18 Arizona State 5-1 428
19 BYU 5-1 421
20 Florida 4-2 397
21 Texas A&M 4-2 348
22 N.C State 4-1 265
23 SMU 6-0 225
24 San Diego State 5-0 176
25 Texas 4-2 108

Others receiving votes: Auburn 106; Clemson 63; Baylor 62; UTSA 22; Mississippi State 7; Kansas State 3; Air Force 2; Appalachian State 2; Pitt 1.

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Hankins named Big Ten Co-Defensive Player of the Week

Sports

October 11th, 2021 by admin

IOWA CITY, Iowa — University of Iowa senior defensive back Matt Hankins has been named Big Ten Co-Defensive Player of the Week following No. 3 Iowa’s 23-20 win over No. 4 Penn State. The announcement was made Monday by the Big Ten Conference office.

Hankins was credited with five tackles in Iowa’s win over Penn State, including three solo stops and two assists, along with Iowa’s fourth and final interception of the day. Hankins was credited with a solo tackle on a Penn State fourth-and-three attempt with 3:39 remaining, stopping a PSU drive that reached the Iowa 45-yardline.

Hankins (6-foot-0, 185-pounds) then stopped Penn State’s next possession with an interception on fourth down, his third of the season. Hankins had two interceptions earlier this season in Iowa’s 27-17 win at No. 9 Iowa State.

A native of Lewisville, Texas, Hankins has started 22 consecutive games and has 33 career starts. He returned in 2021 for a fifth season. He has totaled 188 career tackles and six career thefts. He is part of an Iowa defense that has a nation-leading 16 interceptions through six games.

The weekly honor is the first for Hankins, who becomes the fourth Hawkeye to earn conference accolades this season. Defensive back Riley Moss was named Defensive Player of the Week following Iowa’s 34-6 season-opening win over No. 17 Indiana. Punter Tory Taylor shared the Special Teams Player of the Week honor following his performance in Iowa’s 27-17 win at No. 9 Iowa State. Linebacker Jack Campbell earned the weekly defensive award for his performance in Iowa’s win over Colorado State.

Iowa celebrates Homecoming Saturday, Oct. 16, hosting Purdue (2:30 p.m. CT, ABC). The contest is sold out.

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Bills push past Chiefs 38-20

Sports

October 11th, 2021 by admin

The Buffalo Bills jumped out to a 24-13 lead by half and held firm for a 38-20 win over the Kansas City Chiefs. Josh Allen passed for 315 yards and 3 touchdowns and ran for another to lead the Bills offense. The Bills also took advantage of two Patrick Mahomes interceptions, returning one for a touchdown.

Mahomes finished the game 33-54 for 272 yards, 2 touchdowns, and those two interceptions. The Chiefs didn’t have much time to get the run game going after falling behind early and top back Clyde Edwards-Helaire left the game with a knee injury.

The Bills improve to 4-1 on the season and will travel to Nashville to face the Titans next Monday night.

The Chiefs fall to 2-3 on the season and will travel to DC to face Washington next Saturday for a 12:00 p.m. Central kickoff. We’ll have coverage on the Chiefs Radio Network starting at 11:00 a.m.

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Study: Iowa cities with coal power plants should plan for their closure

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October 11th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – A new study commissioned by the Iowa Environmental Council finds Iowa communities that are home to coal-fired power plants should be proactive about planning for those facilities to close. Iowa is home to nine utility-owned coal plants. The study says while the economic impact of the facilities can be significant, local communities can manage the loss. Eric Christianson is the study’s main author.

“These can be scary conversations but it’s important not to shy away from them,” Christianson says. “Communities that are proactive and plan ahead are going to be better positioned to face whatever the future brings. The goal of this study is to reduce some of that uncertainty, not in what the future of the plants will be, but understanding the economic landscape where they’re located.”

The share of Iowa’s energy that’s generated by coal has fallen significantly in recent years, as the cost of renewables has gone down and demand has gone up. The state’s utility-owned coal plants employ about 600 people. According to the study, the facilities support less than one percent of the total jobs in the counties where they’re located. The I-E-C’s Kerri Johannsen says having the facts on the economic impact can help communities prepare for plant closures. Johannsen says, “How many employees there are, how those employees’ salaries and the spending and the plants in the communities impact other jobs in the area and the region, so that we can all level-set and start from a place where we’re working from the same set of information.”

The study authors reason that communities which proactively plan for a closure will be better able to attract new economic development and fill in budgetary gaps.

(by Kate Payne, Iowa Public Radio)

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Strike looms at 14 John Deere plants, including 5 in Iowa

Ag/Outdoor, News

October 11th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – Iowa’s largest manufacturing employer is facing a potential strike. Unionized John Deere workers voted Sunday night to reject the company’s latest contract offer. The unions say 90-percent of members voted against the six-year offer which was for more than 10-thousand workers at 14 Deere factories, including those in Davenport, Des Moines, Dubuque, Ottumwa and Waterloo.

A news release from the Quad Cities-based Deere says the offer “would have made the best wages and most comprehensive benefits significantly better for our employees.” The deadline to reach a new accord and avoid a strike is midnight Wednesday.

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Xavier Foster dismissed from Iowa State men’s basketball team

Sports

October 11th, 2021 by admin

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State head men’s basketball coach T.J. Otzelberger announced Friday that redshirt freshman Xavier Foster is no longer a member of the program.

“We hold our program to high standards and there are expectations that our student-athletes be accountable both on and off the court,” Otzelberger said. “After much consideration, I have decided that this is necessary as we continue to build our culture.”

Foster, an Oskaloosa, Iowa, native, played in seven games last season before his season ended on Jan. 11 due to a foot injury originally sustained in high school. He averaged 4.0 points in 7.8 minutes per game.

It has been noted by Ames Police that Foster is a person of interest in an ongoing Sexual Assault investigation.

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Cass County Sheriff’s report, 10/11/21: 7 arrests, 3 accidents

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October 11th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

(Atlantic, Iowa) – The Cass County Sheriff’s Office reports Deputies made seven arrests and responded to three accidents over the past couple of weeks. Last Friday, Deputies were dispatched to Main Street and Highway 148 in Anita, where a chain-reaction accident occurred. Officials say Shane Michael Suhr, of Anita, was driving a 2020 Ford F350 was westbound on Main St., and proceeded to spin the vehicle’s tires, leaving black marks on the roadway.  Suhr subsequently lost control of his pickup, which struck a 2013 Ford F150 owned by Joshua Alan Kitelinger, of Exira, which then struck another vehicle. The third vehicle was a 2011 Chevy Silverado owned by Zachary William Wahlert, of Anita.  Suhr fled the scene and was later arrested by Cass County Deputies for OWI 2nd offense and was also cited for failure to maintain control, reckless driving and striking an unattended vehicle.  He was transported to Cass County Jail and was later released on his own recognizance.

And, on October 1st, Deputies responded to an accident on Interstate 80 near mile marker 75. Authorities say Mohamed Abdi Ibrahim, of St. Cloud, MN, was driving a 2017 Freightliner semi-tractor trailer westbound, when he was side swiped by another semi-tractor trailer.  Paramjit Sing of Richmond Hill, NY, was driving a 2019 Peterbilt semi-tractor, and was attempting to pass the other semi-tractor, when the accident occurred.  Both semi-tractors sustained disabling damage.  No injuries were reported.

On September 30th, Cass County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to an accident at the intersection of 690th and Oxford Road, near Cumberland.  Mark Aupperle, of Atlantic, was travelling westbound on Oxford Road driving a 2012 Chevrolet Silverado pickup.  When Aupperle failed to see a stop sign, his pickup entered the intersection, where it was struck by a 2018 Honda Civic driven by Chris Shepperd of Plattsmouth, Nebraska, who was traveling southbound on 690th St.  Shepard and his passenger, Christina Shepperd, were flown to Nebraska Medicine for serious injuries.

The Sheriff’s Office reports two arrests on Oct. 6th: 33-year-old Randy Ray Frazier Jr., of Atlantic, was arrested on a Cass County warrant for compulsory education violation 2nd offense.  Frazier was taken to the Cass County Jail and was later released on his own recognizance. And, 55-year-old Thomas Leeroy Jackson, of Council Bluffs, was arrested for driving under suspension, and possession of a controlled substance.  Jackson was transported to Cass County Jail where he was later released on his own recognizance.

There were three arrests in Cass County, on Oct. 4th:

  • 42-year-old Daniel Richie Vais, of Exira, was arrested on a Cass County warrant for violation of probation.  Vais was transported to Cass County Jail and was released on his own recognizance.
  • 19-year-old Blake Michael Zweck was arrested on a Cass County warrant for violation of probation.  Zweck was transported from Pottawattamie County Jail to Cass County Jail where he is currently being held on bond. And,
  • 25-year-old Jaetecia Rickell Higgins, of Des Moines, was arrested on a Cass County warrant for OWI 1st offense.  Higgins was transported from Polk  County Jail to Cass County Jail where she was later released on her own recognizance.

On October 2nd, Cass County Deputies arrested 32-year-old Todd Everette Jenkins, of Osceola, for OWI 1st offense.   Jenkins was taken to Cass County Jail and later released after posting bond.

 

 

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(Podcast) KJAN 8:05-a.m. News, 10/11/21

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October 11th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

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