Hawkeye Ten Conference:
Fremont Mills 53, Shenandoah 41
Western Iowa Conference:
#12 Coon Rapids-Bayard 46, IKM-Manning 17
Elkhorn North 69, #12 Treynor 28
Rolling Valley Conference
#9 CAM 64, Southwest Valley 27
Coon Rapids-Bayard 46, IKM-Manning 17
Corner Conference:
Lenox 56, Griswold 27
Pride of Iowa Conference:
#8 Nodaway Valley 66, Van Meter 54
Western Iowa Conference:
#7 Underwood 61, Treynor 56
Rolling Valley Conference:
MVAOCOU 68, Boyer Valley 65 (NC)
West Bend-Mallard 53, Paton-Churdan 44 (NC)
CAM 58, Southwest Valley 39
Corner Conference:
Lenox 63, Griswold 12
The Drake women outscored Indiana State 29-8 in the second quarter and raced away to a 77-47 victory in Des Moines. The Bulldogs outrebounded the Sycamores 53-37 to move to 2-0 in the Missouri Valley.
That’s Drake coach Allison Pohlman. The Bulldogs led by as many as 32 points to move to 9-4 overall.
(Radio Iowa) – Some Iowans are itching to forget about winter and instead think ahead to springtime and planning out their gardens. The Iowa State University Extension is offering a series of free home gardening webinars starting next week. Alicia Herzog, I-S-U’s Master Gardener Program coordinator, says the course is designed to educate and inspire. “We have ten of these webinar sessions. They’re about an hour each,” Herzog says. “We planned for them to go from 6 to 7 PM Central Time. If they wanted to go through the whole series, it would start January 9th and it goes through March 12th, so ten weeks, every single Tuesday from 6 to 7 PM.” People can sign up for the webinars as late as the day of the event, and they can take any one — or all — of the online classes.
“This is just an educational webinar series that we offer as continuing education for our master gardeners,” Herzog says, “and also just as a free resource to the public, to anyone who’s interested in gardening and wanting to become a better gardener this year.” Attendees can register to join through Zoom or Facebook Live. The ten courses will offer a wide range of gardening topics, with the January classes focused primarily on edibles.
“We’ll talk about tomatoes and dealing with disorders and diseases of those, grape pruning and canopy management, which is one that has been requested many times,” Herzog says. “Also a common one for any gardener is identifying and managing fruit and vegetable insect pests in your garden, and then seed saving for the home gardener.” Other topics will include soil health, cover crops, climate extremes and composting, as well as tips on designing your home garden. The first of the ten classes will be held next Tuesday night.
Register here: https://go.iastate.edu/UOOQEJ
Today: Patchy fog or freezing fog before 9am. Cloudy, with a high near 36. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight: A slight chance of snow between 8pm and 9pm. Cloudy, with a low around 25. Southeast wind around 6 mph becoming southwest after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Saturday: A 30 percent chance of snow, mainly after noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 34. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming west northwest in the afternoon. Little or no snow accumulation expected.
Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 32.
Monday: Snow, possibly mixed with rain, mainly after noon. High near 34. Breezy. Chance of precipitation is 80%.
Thursday’s High in Atlantic was 33. The Low was 20. Last year on this date, the High was 31 and the Low was 15. The Record High for Jan. 5th in Atlantic, was 62 in 2012. The Record Low was -26, in 2010. Sunrise today: 7:46. Sunset: 5:04.
The CAM Cougars girls’ basketball team looked efficient with a home win over the Southwest Valley Timberwolves on Thursday night 64-27. The Cougars had to fight to find a lead in the first quarter, which was followed immediately by an 21-0 run early in the second quarter to blow the game open. CAM led 36-12 at the end of the first half and grew the lead to 33 by the end of the third. The Cougars led by as many as 40 down the stretch.
The Cougars were led by 21 points from Eva Steffensen. Kiera Nichols also finished in double figures dropping down 12. Southwest Valley got 12 points from Mackenzie Fast in the loss.
CAM improves to 9-1 and go on the road to Ar-We-Va Friday Night. Southwest Valley falls drops to 2-6 and travel to Central Decatur on Friday.
The CAM Cougars basketball team opened up 2024 with gritty play on Thursday against Southwest Valley and won 58-39. The Cougars exchanged leads multiple times in the first the first quarter and grabbed a lead by going on a 9-0 run to end the first quarter. That same intensity continued throughout the second quarter and CAM saw their lead grow to 11 thanks to multiple Ryan Bower threes. CAM was up 33-22 going into halftime and never lost the lead again throughout the rest of the game.
Collin Bower was a big part of the physical dominance on Thursday night with a team high 22 rebounds and 13 points. Ryan Bower led the team in scoring with 18 points. The Cougars dominated the rebounding column and converted their second chance opportunities into easy buckets. CAM head coach Ian Hunt talked about Collin Bower’s impact.
Coach Hunt liked the way his team played overall and want’s them to keep their energy consistent.
Southwest Valley was led by 12 from Alex Morgan and 11 from Cael Hogan. The Timberwolves fall to 5-3 on the season. CAM bumps up to 4-4 and Travel to Ar-We-Va Friday night.
(Radio Iowa) – Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy was scheduled to have a campaign event in Perry about an hour after today’s shooting at Perry’s high school, so Ramaswamy said he prayed with the people who showed up and opened up a conversation about what happened.
“There were a lot of emotions expressed, a lot of tears had in that room,” Ramaswamy said. “…My heart goes out to the families. I can’t imagine the parents who have to suffer what they did, their kids being in a high school as something like that happened.”
During a campaign stop in Mason City later in the day, Ramaswamy said every school in the country should have three armed guards. “I’ve been saying that since day one of this campaign: for less than a quarter of the Department of Education’s budget we could actually dissolve the Department of Education and for 20% of that, put three armed security guards (in every school),” Ramaswamy said. “We have to get serious about protecting our children.”
Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy campaigning in Mason City.. (KLSS Radio photo)
During an interview with the Des Moines Register and NBC News, Ron DeSantis said gun violence should be addressed at the state and local level and there should be no new federal restrictions on firearms. Nikki Haley was campaigning in New Hampshire and posted a statement on social media, saying “no parent, student or teacher should have to wake up and face news about a school shooting.”
Former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, gravely injured during a shooting 17 years ago and founder of the national anti-gun violence group GIFFORDS, issued a written statement early this afternoon.
“Students shouldn’t have to worry about being shot at school. We know that stronger laws prevent gun violence, yet Iowa has some of the weakest in the country,” Giffords said. “My heart goes out to the Perry community, we stand with you and won’t stop fighting to keep our kids safe.”
Iowa Democratic Party chair Rita Hart, in a written statement, called what happened today in Perry “a nightmare” that is happening all too often in the U.S.
“The Perry community deserves better,” Hart said. “Iowa deserves better.”
State Auditor Rob Sand, the only Democrat elected to statewide office in Iowa, said he was “sickened by today’s horrors.
“…Every Iowan can offer thoughts and prayers for the Perry community, but elected officials with the power to reduce senseless violence must do more.”
JANET LEE WEAVER, 75, of Griswold, died January 3, 2024, in Omaha. A Memorial service for JANET WEAVER will be held 11-a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024, at the Elliott United Church of Hope, in Elliott (IA). Rieken Duhn Funeral Home in Griswold is assisting the family.
Because of inclement weather, visitation has been rescheduled to Wednesday evening from 5-7 PM, at the Rieken Duhn Funeral Home in Griswold. A memorial service will still be held on Wednesday, January 10, 2024, at 11:00 AM, at the Elliott United Church of Hope in Elliott.
Interment will be in the Flint Cemetery at a later date.
JANET WEAVER is survived by:
Her husband – Dell Weaver, of Griswold.
Her daughters – Jennifer (Jason) Reynolds; Karrie Weaver; Wendi Weaver, and Lindsey (Josh) Weis, all of Griswold.
Her son – Ryan Weaver (and fiancee Shelly Bass), of Griswold.
Her sister – Cathy Zimmerman.
6 grandchildren, other relatives and a host of dear friends.
Two teams in need of a victory collide in Iowa City Saturday when the Hawkeye men host Rutgers. Iowa is 0-3 in the Big Ten while the Scarlet Knights are 0-2 after a 76-72 loss at Ohio State.
That’s Iowa coach Fran McCaffery who says Rutgers will provide a physical test.
Iowa is 0-3 in the Big Ten for the second straight year, but last season rebounded to finish 11-9.
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