The Iowa Hawkeye men return to Big Ten play on Tuesday night with a visit to Wisconsin. The Badgers are 9-3 overall and opened Big Ten play in early December with a win at Michigan State.
That’s Iowa coach Fran McCaffery who says sophomore forward AJ Storr has been a key addition for the Badgers. The St. John’s transfer leads Wisconsin in scoring by averaging 15 points per game.
The Hawkeyes are 8-5 overall and need a win to avoid a second straight 0-3 start in Big Ten play.
(Radio Iowa) – One popular New Year’s resolutions is to lose weight. Nutritionist Heather Rasmussen says if you are positively committed to eating right and getting off the couch, you can absolutely get on course to better health. “It should be done all year ‘round but the new year gives people an opportunity to reevaluate what they’re doing both diet-wise and physical activity,” Rasmussen says, “and maybe to change their mindset and create some goals surrounding their health including diet and exercise.”
Anytime you form a goal, she says it allows you a chance to pause, look over your situation and make changes to your lifestyle, even if the change is temporary. Rasmussen says permanently changing dietary habits is extremely difficult, so for those trying to stay on the diet wagon, a slow-and-steady approach may be ideal. “People get overwhelmed and say, ‘Okay, I’m never going to eat pizza again in my entire life,’ and then they just don’t do it because it’s too much,” Rasmussen says. “Thinking about my patients, what are your short-term goals? I know you want to lose 50 pounds but what do you want to do for this month, or this week?”
If you find yourself slipping on your nutritional mission, it might help to scale back long-term goals in favor of more short-term ones. Good habits, especially ones drastically different from typical lifestyles, are hard to start and even harder to keep.
Research shows that on average, it takes about 66 days for a habit to become automatic.
(Radio Iowa) – Unity Point Health has released a list of the most popular names for the newborns in 2023. The organization’s two hospitals in Des Moines and West Des Moines deliver the most babies in the state. Charlotte, Eleanor, Amelia, Ava and Olivia were the five most popular names for new baby girls in 2023.
The top five names for boys were Henry, Jack, Oliver, Noah and Brooks. Unity Point says the delivered more than five-thousand babies in the last year.
(Radio Iowa) – Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley says he hopes to see the U-S Senate work more in the new year than it did in 2023. He says they only worked two-and-a-half days each week. “That’s not 52 weeks of the year probably more like 40 weeks or 35 weeks of the year. We come in on Monday, start at 5:30 with one vote, work Tuesday and Wednesday go home mid afternoon Thursday,” Grassley says. Grassley is a Republican, and says lawmakers are doing work on the days they are not working or voting on legislation.
“Let me make very clear another aspect of this,” he says, “a senator himself deciding his own schedule probably has enough work for seven days a week. That doesn’t mean you work seven days a week, but he could be busy seven days a week.” Grassley says the Democrat Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer needs to do a better job in the New Year of having senators work on legislative issues.
“You can’t make policy if the Senate’s not meeting and the fact that we’re only putting in two and a half days a week gives Schumer an “F” for running the United States Senate,” he says.
Grassley was elected to his eighth term in the U-S Senate in 2022.
(Radio Iowa) – A University of Iowa engineering professor says extreme drought poses concerns about water quality as well as the water supply. David Cwiertny is a professor of civil and environmental engineering. “Lots of communities are looking at how they can augment their existing supply or have alternative supplies,” he says, “which is why we really need to take good care of the resources that we have or have impaired supplies that can’t work.” Cwiertny is director of the University of Iowa’s Center for Health Effects of Environmental Contamination. The center was established in 1987 by the Iowa Groundwater Protection Act.
Des Moines Water Works CEO Ted Corrogan, left, and UI civil and environmental engineering professor David Cwiertny on the Iowa Press set. (Photo courtesy of Iowa PBS.)
“When we have a drought…we still have the same types/amounts of chemicals that we’re putting into that water, but less water there leads to higher concentrations and sometimes greater need for treatment,” Cwiertny says, “which also stresses how water systems need to provide for their communities.” Cwiertny says beyond regional water systems that serve communities and rural residents, 300-thousand Iowans rely solely on a private well for their water.
“Many of those are shallow inside, say, the alluvial plains near rivers and creeks. As those start to dry up, then you have homeowners on their own because those fall outside of most state and federal oversight –needing secure water supplies,” Cwiertny says. “We hear anecdotal tales of residents in northwest Iowa who’ve had their wells run dry and we’re just beginning to think about what that means for the quality and the reliability of well water for private well consumers.”
Cwiertney made his comments during a recent appearance on Iowa Press on Iowa P-B-S.
(Guthrie Center, Iowa) – The Guthrie County Sheriff’s Office had no accidents or arrests to report today (Monday), so here is a list of their calls for service:
12–25–23
12:23 am Stuart Police, Ambulance & Fire responded to a report of a single vehicle roll over on I-80. They were unable to locate
4:38 am Stuart Ambulance responded to a medical call in Stuart
10:35 am Guthrie Co Deputy assisted a motorist in rural Stuart
2:20 pm Guthrie Co Deputies responded to a report of an assault in Jamaica
3:25 pm Guthrie Co Deputy responded to a complaint in Bayard
12-26-23
2:38 am Panora Ambulance responded to a medical call in Bayard
1:14 pm Stuart Ambulance & Police responded to a medical call in Stuart
2:48 pm Guthrie Co Deputy investigated a theft in Bayard
3:41 pm Guthrie Co Deputy responded to a driving complaint on Hwy 25
3:48 pm Guthrie Co Deputy responded to a family situation in Guthrie Center
7:09 pm Guthrie Co Deputy served civil papers in Guthrie Center
12-27-23
6:20 am Stuart Police responded to a report of a vehicle in the ditch
11:40 am Guthrie Co Deputy assisted an individual in Guthrie Center
11:50 am Stuart Police responded to a complaint
12:45 pm Guthrie Co Deputy responded to a traffic complaint in rural Panora
2:50 pm Guthrie Co Deputies checked on a suspicious vehicle in Bayard
4:30 pm Guthrie Co Deputy followed up on an investigation in Guthrie Center
4:45 pm Guthrie Co Deputy followed up on a theft investigation in Bayard
5:50 pm Panora Ambulance transported a patient from GCH to Ames
6:00 pm Guthrie Co Deputy assisted a motorist in rural Guthrie Center
6:30 pm Guthrie Co Deputy checked on a disabled vehicle in rural Jamaica
9:25 pm Guthrie Co Deputy assisted Audubon Co with a traffic stop
12-28-23
7:32 am Panora Ambulance responded to a medical call at Lake Panorama
9:33 am Panora Ambulance responded to a medical call at Lake Panorama
3:09 pm Guthrie Co Deputy assisted a motorist on Hwy 141
6:37 pm Guthrie Co Deputy attempted to serve civil papers in Guthrie Center
6:53 pm Guthrie Co Deputy performed a welfare check in Bayard
7:21 pm Guthrie Co Deputy attempted to serve civil papers in rural Yale
8:57 pm Stuart Ambulance & Police responded to a medical call in rural Menlo
12-29-23
7:18 am Panora Ambulance responded to a medical call at Lake Panorama
9:18 am Stuart Ambulance transported a patient to Community Care Center
11:26 am Panora Ambulance responded to a medical call in Guthrie Center
12:28 pm Stuart Police responded to a report of suspicious activity
1:17 pm Guthrie Co Deputy took a report of a scam call in rural Guthrie Center
2:05 pm Guthrie Co Deputy transported 1 male to Guthrie Co Jail
3:17 pm Stuart Ambulance responded to a medical call at Lake Diamondhead
3:29 pm Guthrie Co Deputy transported 1 male to Guthrie Co Jail
4:03 pm Guthrie Co Deputy transported 1 male to Guthrie Co Jail
4:10 pm Stuart Ambulance responded to a medical call in Adair
4:18 pm Panora Ambulance responded to a medical call in Bayard
7:02 pm Guthrie Center Fire, Panora Ambulance & Guthrie Co Deputy responded to a chair on fire in Guthrie Center
8:17 pm Guthrie Co Deputy served civil papers in Guthrie Center
10:02 pm Guthrie Co Deputy responded to a family situation in Casey
11:29 pm Stuart Police transported 1 male to Guthrie Co Jail
12-30-23
2:52 am Guthrie Co Deputy assisted a motorist on Hwy 4
3:21 am Guthrie Co Deputy assisted a motorist on Hwy 4
4:39 am Stuart Police responded to a report of a suspicious vehicle
11:06 am Panora Ambulance transported a patient from Guthrie Co Hospital
11:43 am Stuart Police responded to a report of suspicious activity
12:00 pm Stuart Police responded to a report of suspicious activity
3:38 pm Guthrie Co Deputy took a theft/vandalism report in rural Panora
3:38 pm Guthrie Co Deputy performed a case follow up in Guthrie Center
4:10 pm Stuart Police responded to a report of a suspicious vehicle
6:00 pm Guthrie Center Fire responded to a ditch fire in rural GC
8:12 pm Guthrie Co Deputy transported 1 male to Guthrie Co Jail
12-31-23
1:15 am Panora Ambulance responded to a medical call at Lake Panorama
3:21 am Panora Ambulance responded to a medical call in Guthrie Center
8:18 am Panora Ambulance transported a patient from Guthrie Co Hospital to Mercy
5:15 pm Guthrie Co Deputy & Stuart Police responded to a single vehicle accident in rural
Dexter
5:57 pm Guthrie Co Deputy took a theft report in Guthrie Center
6:02 pm Guthrie Co Deputy responded to a single vehicle accident on Hwy 4
8:16 pm Guthrie Co Deputy responded to a report of suspicious activity in rural GC
11:42 pm Stuart Ambulance responded to a medical call in Stuart
(Greenfield, Iowa) – Adair County Sheriff Jeff Vandewater had no arrests to report from over the past week, therefore he released a report on calls for service his deputies responded to:
Sunday 12/24
10:00 a.m., bull in the roadway NE of Orient.
1:05 p.m., personal injury accident 73mm I-80.
6:53 p.m., paged Adair Rescue for medical call.
Monday 12/25
12:26 a.m., unfounded report of a property damage accident 91mm I-80.
6:03 a.m., car vs deer accident NW of Orient.
2:07 p.m., suspicious activity north of Canby.
Tuesday 12/26
3:00 a.m., paged Adair County Ambulance for medical call.
10:12 a.m., motorist assist east of Greenfield.
1:31 p.m., traffic complaint 74mm I-80.
4:14 p.m., cattle in roadway SW of Casey.
4:31 p.m., motorist assist SW of Menlo.
4:38 p.m., motorist assist/vehicle in median 87mm I-80.
6:10 p.m., traffic complaint 88mm I-80.
Wednesday 12/27
8:55 a.m., cattle near roadway 84mm I-80.
10:55 a.m., abandoned vehicle reported east of Greenfield.
2:49 p.m., traffic complaint 94mm I-80.
3:38 p.m., cattle near roadway 85mm I-80.
4:23 p.m., property damage accident east of Greenfield.
Thursday 12/28
10:27 a.m., traffic complaint south of Greenfield.
11:00 a.m., traffic control for funeral in Fontanelle.
11:00 a.m., traffic complaint 75mm I-80.
5:52 p.m., traffic complaint 76mm I-80.
Friday 12/29
1:00 p.m., property dispute east of Fontanelle.
2:34 p.m., complaint of identity theft south of Hebron.
3:06 p.m., traffic complaint 83mm I-80.
4:04 p.m., paged Adair Rescue for medical call.
Saturday 12/30
8:36 a.m., deceased deer in the roadway west of Greenfield.
10:02 a.m., motorist assist 89mm I-80.
12:41 p.m., paged Orient Fire Department for a structure fire.
1:19 p.m., suspicious activity 88mm I-80.
7:27 p.m., theft complaint east of Greenfield.
8:42 p.m., assist Greenfield Police Department.
Traffic stops for the above period: 5
911 calls received for the above period: 54
(Sidney, Iowa) – Fremont County Sheriff Kevin Aistrope, today (Monday), issued a report on recent arrests, and an end-of-year summary of activity for 2023.
On Saturday, Dec. 30th: Fremont County Deputies arrested 29-year-old D’Andre Davell Kyle, of Sidney, for OWI 2nd Offense. He was released after posting a $2,000 cash/surety bond; and 30-year-old Andrew William Wagner, of Hamburg, was arrested for Driving while Revoked. He was released after posting a $1,000 cash/surety bond.
D’Andre Davell Kyle
Andrew William Wagner
On Sunday, Dec. 31st, deputies with the Fremont County K9 Unit arrested 40-year-old Daniel Troy Smith, of Council Bluffs. Deputies were called to a residence in Riverton for a report of a masked male who attempted to burglarize a residence. Deputies were able to identify Smith as a suspect and placed him under arrest. K9 Storm was deployed on a narcotics sniff and indicated to the presence of narcotics on a vehicle. Deputies located approximately thirteen grams of suspected methamphetamine and approximately half a pound of suspected marijuana.
Smith was placed under arrest for, Attempted 3rd Degree Burglary, Drug Tax Stamp Violation, Possession of Methamphetamine, Possession of marijuana with the Intent to Deliver, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. He was being held at the Fremont County Jail on $13,300 cash/surety bond.
Daniel Troy Smith
END OF YEAR REPORT
Accidents 289
Accident reports 145
Traffic Stops 3,115
citations 458
written warnings 766
Criminal charges 530
JOAN DOWNING, 87, of Fontanelle died Monday, January 1, 2024, at her home. Funeral services for JOAN DOWNING will be held 1:30-p.m. Saturday, Jan. 6th, at the Lamb Funeral Home in Fontanelle.
Visitation at the funeral home is on Friday, from 2-until 7-p.m., with the family greeting friends from 5-until 7-p.m.
Burial is in the Fontanelle Cemetery. Desserts and fellowship will be at the funeral home, following the burial.
Memorials may be directed to the City of Fontanelle for the July 4th Celebration.
JOAN DOWNING is survived by:
Her sons – Dennis (Julie) Downing, of Panora, and Richard (Mary) Downing, of Denver, CO.
Her daughter – Sherilyn (Vern) Whitman, of Fontanelle.
10 grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren; other relatives and friends.
Online condolences may be left to the family at www.lambfuneralhomes.com.
(Atlantic, Iowa – KJAN) – Weather data for the month of December, 2023 in Atlantic, show the Average High for the month was 45, which was 12-degrees warmer than normal. The Average Low was 25, which was 11 degrees warmer than the norm. Precipitation for the month (rain & melted snow) amounted to 2.03-inches, which was .92″ above normal. The data was compiled at KJAN, the official National Weather Serving reporting site for Atlantic.
Looking ahead, we find the Average High for the month of January, in Atlantic, is typically 29 degrees, while the Low should average out to around 9. Precipitation (rain & or melted snow) is typically just .84 inches.
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