Police in Red Oak are asking for the public’s help in locating a stolen bicycle. Officials say a yellow and black “Fast and Furious” chopper-style bike was stolen from a residence in the 200 block of east Hammond Street. The theft occurred sometime on or about January 28th. The bike was valued at $400.
If you have information about the incident call the Red Oak Police Department.
The Iowa Hawkeyes look for their third straight victory this evening as they host Minnesota in the Big Ten. The Hawks are 6-4 in the league race after wins over Michigan and Maryland and Coach Fran McCaffery credits better execution on the offensive end. Iowa used a late basket by Jarod Uthoff to win the first meeting in the Twin Cities and McCaffery expects the Gophers to come at them with pressure defense.
After starting 0-5 in the league race Minnesota has won four of its last six. Minnesota coach Richard Pitino says the Hawkeyes cause them matchup problems. Pitino feels the Gophers are a more confident team going into this game.
Pre-game coverage begins at 5-p.m., here on KJAN, with the tip-off at 6.
(Learfield Sports)
Donald Trump will be the featured speaker at this year’s Pottawattamie County GOP Lincoln/Reagan Day Dinner on Friday, May 15th. According to the Daily NonPareil, the dinner will be held in the student center of Iowa Western Community College. Specifics – such as the starting time and the guest speaker who will introduce Trump – will be finalized later.
Jeff Jorgensen, chairman of the county Republicans says joining Trump, is former U.S. Rep. Tom Latham, who will be given the local party’s Distinguished Legislative Service Award for his 20 years in Washington. Besides being an internationally known businessman, investor and author, Trump is also known to millions as the host of the reality TV show, “The Apprentice.”
Trump is also said to becontemplating a bid to seek the Republican nomination for president. For more information, call Jorgensen at (402) 871-6505 or email requests to pottawattamie.gop@gmail.com.
A judge in Pottawattamie County is expected to render his decision this (Thursday) afternoon, on a request for defense attorneys representing John Osborn, to dismiss the case against him. The 47-year old Council Bluffs man, a former assistant girls softball coach, is charged with four counts of third-degree sexual abuse for an alleged relationship with a 14-year-old girl. He’s alleged to have engaged in sex acts with the girl on the night of July 16, 2014, and into July 17. The Daily NonPareil report Osborn’s defense team filed the motion to dismiss charges after alleging impropriety by the prosecution.
Defense attorney Jordan Glaser argues in the motion that a piece of evidence obtained by the state in late January wasn’t made available until Feb. 6, the second day of trial, calling it “needlessly late.” The prosecution filed a resistance to the motion, denying the allegations made by the defense and asking for Fourth District Court Judge Richard Davidson to overrule the request to dismiss the case.
The state and defense rested their cases last Friday after calling a number of witnesses, including the alleged victim; Osborn; his wife, Michaela; and his daughter. Closing arguments were delayed to allow Glaser time to examine the documents in question, which include a series of text communications between the accuser and her boyfriend and Osborn’s daughter on the days in question.
When the prosecution presented part of the file as evidence during the testimony of the accuser at trial on Thursday, Glaser objected, saying he hadn’t seen the file. The trial continued, with a caveat that the evidence be turned over to the defense for examination. In the motion, Glaser writes that the time-stamp on “almost every single piece of information produced by the state” Friday showed the state had the information in its possession since Jan. 23.
In the resistance, Dan McGinn of the Pottawattamie County Attorney’s Office said most of the evidence was turned over before the trial started, on Feb. 3. He referred to messages provided on Friday as “immaterial and irrelevant information.”
Judge Davidson is scheduled to make a decision on the defense motion at 2 p.m. today before both sides deliver closing arguments.
355 AM CST THU FEB 12 2015
EARLY THIS MORNING…VERY COLD. MOSTLY CLEAR WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS. BREEZY. NORTHWEST WIND 15 TO 25 MPH. WIND CHILL READINGS AROUND 15 BELOW.
TODAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. VERY COLD. HIGH 10 TO 15. NORTHWEST WIND 5 TO 15 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH IN THE MORNING. WIND CHILL READINGS AROUND 15 BELOW.
TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW BEFORE MIDNIGHT. A CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOW 5 TO 10 ABOVE. SOUTH WIND NEAR 10 MPH. CHANCE OF SNOW 40 PERCENT.
FRIDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY IN THE MORNING THEN BECOMING MOSTLY SUNNY. WARMER. HIGH AROUND 30. SOUTHWEST WIND AROUND 10 MPH.
SATURDAY…PARTLY SUNNY IN THE MORNING THEN CLEARING. BREEZY…COLDER. HIGH 10 TO 15. NORTH WIND 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH.
SUNDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. HIGH 10 TO 15.
The Iowa State women fall to 6-6 in the Big 12. Texas Tech used a 21-5 run in the opening half to blow the game open in a 71-58 victory in Lubbock. It was a cold shooting night for the Cyclones who made only three of 20 from three point range. ISU coach Bill Fennelly said the Cyclones did not do the things it takes to win on the road. Bryanna Fernstrom led the Cyclones with 19 points as they fall to 15-8 overall.
(Learfield Sports)
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) — Seth Tuttle scored 23 points and 13th-ranked Northern Iowa rolled past Illinois State 83-64 on Wednesday night for its 12th straight victory. Deon Mitchell had 12 points for the Panthers (23-2, 12-1 Missouri Valley Conference), who matched top-ranked Kentucky with their 23rd win. Only Gonzaga has more wins than the Panthers, who haven’t lost since New Year’s Day.
Northern Iowa built a 17-point halftime lead, tied for its largest of the season, and cruised to its 16th straight home win. Daishon Knight had 16 points for Illinois State (15-10, 7-6). The Redbirds let Northern Iowa rack up a season high in points for a game that ended in regulation.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Reed Timmer and Gary Ricks Jr. combined to score 23 of their 31 points in the second half, and Drake scored 12 of the final 14 to help the Bulldogs beat Bradley 60-54 on Wednesday night. Bradley (8-18, 3-10 Missouri Valley) led 24-21 halftime, but trailed by as many as seven in the second half. The Braves used a 15-5 run, which included two three-point plays by Tramique Sutherland and back-to-back 3-pointers by Ka’Darryl Bell, to open up a four-point advantage with 4:42 left.
Drake (8-18, 5-8) answered with consecutive 3’s by Jordan Daniels and Timmer to take the lead for good and spark a 12-2 run to close the game. Bradley missed its final eight field goal attempts. Timmer finished with 19 points and Ricks scored 12 for Drake, which made 9 of 18 field goals, including 7 of 10 from 3-point range, in the second half. Sutherland led Bradley with 17 points.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Tickets in North Carolina, Puerto Rico and Texas have matched all six numbers to split a $564.1 million Powerball jackpot Sue Dooley, senior drawing manager for the Multi-State Lottery Association, says the Puerto Rico ticket was the first Powerball jackpot winner ever sold outside the continental United States. Puerto Rico joined Powerball less than a year ago. Dooley had no immediate information on the specific locations of where the tickets were sold.
Should the winners select the lump sum option, each would get a one-third share of $381,138,450.16 before taxes. The jackpot was the third-largest in Powerball history and the fifth-largest U.S. lottery prize. The jackpot now goes back to $40 million.
The winning numbers in Wednesday’s drawing were: 11, 13, 25, 39, 54 and the Powerball 19.
Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — They’ll have to share, but with a more than $564 million jackpot, that shouldn’t be a problem. Lottery officials say there are at least three winning tickets in Wednesday night’s big Powerball drawing. The winning tickets are in North Carolina, Puerto Rico and Texas. Should the winners select the lump sum option, each would get a little more than $127 million before taxes.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa lawmakers are differing greatly over bills that would decide when fall classes can start for Iowa school districts. A Senate education committee on Wednesday approved a bill that would give control to school districts. Lawmakers on a House education committee later approved a bill that would require classes to start on or after August 23rd, with a stipulation that school districts cannot seek a waiver to begin sooner.
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A court is dismissing an order that required a University of Iowa medical official to pay $183,000 for unfairly revoking the clinical privileges of a subordinate. The Iowa Court of Appeals dismissed a claim yesterday against UI nuclear medicine director Michael Graham brought by former employee Ravi Sood.
MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) — The IRS will return $344,000 in legal earnings that agents seized from a prominent Iowa neurologist over the way he withdrew his own money. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Iowa dismissed a civil forfeiture case last week involving Mason City doctor Alireza Yarahmadi.
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