SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say no one was injured after a fire caused propane tanks to explode inside a grocery store in Sioux City. The fire broke out about Friday afternoon at the grocery store, Carniceria el Michoacano, on the city’s west side. Heavy smoke was pouring out of the back of the building when firefighters arrived. Officials say everyone safely evacuated the store.
| 1A State Tournament |
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| Consolation Final |
Storm Lake St. Mary’s 81, Nodaway Valley 46
| State Championship |
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Boyden-Hull 63, Danville 45
| 2A State Tournament |
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| Consolation Final |
Clarinda 69, MFL-Mar-Mac 52
| State Championship |
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Mount Vernon 48, Fort Dodge St. Edmond 45
| 4A State Tournament |
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| Semifinal |
Iowa City West 71, Linn-Mar 51
Sioux City East 60, Ankeny 56, 2OT
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Third-seeded Boyden-Hull won the Class 1A state title Friday night, stunning previously undefeated and top-seeded Danville 63-45. Bryce Moss scored a game-high 17 points for the Comets (26-2), who handed Danville its second straight loss in the state championship game. Boyden-Hull jumped ahead by 10, 49-39, when Moss bullied his way to the basket with 5:04 left. Danville turned it over, and Moss scored again underneath and pumped his fists in celebration. Boyden-Hull shot 62.5 percent from the field in the second half and outscored Danville 20-6 in the fourth quarter. Steven Soukup had 15 points for Danville, which had won its first two games in Des Moines by an average of nearly 23 points.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Mount Vernon’s Jake Timm buried three free throws in the final 19 seconds left and the Mustangs rallied to beat St. Edmond, Fort Dodge 48-45 in the Class 2A title game. Micah Russell scored 19 points to lead fourth-seeded Mount Vernon (23-4), which trailed by 15 points before roaring back to stun the unranked Gaels. Timm missed from the line with 7.7 seconds left, and St. Edmonds star Nick Clark dashed down court looking to launch the potential game-tying shot. Clark’s pass was knocked away as time expired. Clark had 24 points to lead all scorers for St. Edmonds (20-7). Timm made just three of seven from the line, but those three turned out to be the difference as the Mustangs won their first state title in 39 years.
Cass County Auditor Dale Sunderman said Friday County Board of Supervisors Chairman Duane McFadden has filed nomination papers for re-election. On March 5th, Sunderman and Sheriff Darby McLaren also filed papers to run for re-election in the June 5th, 2012 Primary. The final date for filing nomination papers is Wednesday, March 28th, 2012.
PATRICIA J. VAN CLEAVE, 83, of Waukegan, IL died on Tuesday, March 6 at the Rolling Hill Manor in Zion, Ill. Funeral services for PATRICIA VAN CLEAVE will be held on Monday, March 12 at 10:30 AM at the Johnson Family Funeral Home in Stuart.
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Visitation will be held prior to the service on Monday, March 12 from 9:30 to 10:30 AM at the funeral home.
Burial will follow the service in Richland Township Cemetery
Memorial contributions may be made to the family.
Online condolences may be left at www.johnsonfamilyfuneralhome.com
The Atlantic Police Department reports the arrest of two people Friday.
Twenty-nine-year-old Robert Tomlinson of Atlantic was cited and released for driving while suspended.
And 19-year-old Alex J Rutledge of Atlantic was arrested for OWI 1st. He was transported to the Cass County Jail and booked in.
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A former employee alleges that workers at a U.S. Cellular store in Iowa routinely searched customers’ phones for naked pictures and showed them off to each other when they were found. Lisa Blazek alleges in a sexual harassment lawsuit against the company that employees at the store would scroll through photos on customers’ phones when they were brought in for service. She says employees often called her over to show off the photos, which included naked people and other pornographic images. Lawyers representing the company and employees being sued denied the allegations in a court filing.
Blazek alleges employees routinely talked about customers’ looks and sex lives and made crude remarks. She says she quit in 2010 after the harassment and retaliation became too much to take.
DES MOINES – Tickets for the 2013 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships will go on sale Thursday, March 15 at 10 a.m. The championships are set for March 21-23, 2013 at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa.
All-session tickets begin at $150 for upper level seating. Lower level tickets can be purchased for $205. Tickets will be available for purchase online at NCAA.com/tickets, over the phone by calling 866/55-DAHLS or at the Wells Fargo Arena ticket office.
The NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships sold out in 2010 in Omaha, Nebraska and 2011 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The event is on pace to do so once again in 2012 as action begins next week from the Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Missouri.
The Local Organizing Committee for the 2013 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships is made up of Iowa State University (host institution), the Greater Des Moines Convention & Visitors Bureau/Sports Commission, and the Iowa Events Center.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Draymond Green had 21 points and 10 rebounds to lead No. 8 Michigan State over Iowa 92-75 in the Big Ten tournament quarterfinals on Friday.
Adreian Payne added a career-high 16 points, Keith Appling had 12 points and six assists and Brandon Wood had 10 points for the top-seeded Spartans (25-7). The Spartans shot 58 percent from the field.
Michigan State will play either No. 14 Indiana or No. 15 Wisconsin in the semifinals Saturday.
Josh Oglesby scored 20 points for Iowa (17-15). Zach McCabe and Roy Devyn Marble added 13 points each for the Hawkeyes, who defeated Illinois on Thursday. Iowa entered Friday’s game having won four of six games, including wins against Indiana and Wisconsin.
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