The 7:20-a.m. Sportscast w/Jim Field.
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No injuries were reported, but about $500 in property damage occurred Wednesday evening in Creston, when an axle broke on a 1989 Chevy S-10 pickup. About two-feet of the axle with a bolted on tire rolled about past the pickup and down the street, before striking a 2003 Chevy Blazer that was legally parked in a driveway.
Creston Police say the driver of the pickup, 26-year old Matthew Deane Thompson, of Creston, was traveling south on New York Avenue when the incident happened just before 7-p.m., Wednesday. Thompson’s truck sustained about $700 worth of damage.
No citations were issued.
The area’s top news at 7:06-a.m., w/KJAN News Director Ric Hanson
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) – The world’s oldest and most experienced spacewoman has just set another record, this time for spacewalking. NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson floated out on the eighth spacewalk of her career Thursday morning, 250 miles up at the International Space Station. That’s the most spacewalks ever performed by a woman. Whitson is a southwest Iowa native. She hails from Beaconsfield, in Ringgold County.
Whitson and her spacewalking partner, Shane Kimbrough, need to complete prep work on a docking port. Kimbrough disconnected the port during a spacewalk last Friday. Flight controllers in Houston moved it to a new location Sunday. It will serve as a parking spot for future commercial crew capsules.
Midway through Thursday’s spacewalk, Whitson will surpass the current record for women of 50 hours and 40 minutes of total accumulated spacewalking time.
The 57-year-old Whitson has been in orbit since November.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Polk County Jail inmates are exploring the internet, watching movies and contacting loved ones through a pilot project that gives them access to tablet computers. The Des Moines Register reports that Telmate, a Fruitland, Idaho-based company, is providing 97 tablets free to the jail. The company owns them and collects from three to five cents a minute directly from the inmates’ jail commissary accounts.
The inmates have spent about 30,000 minutes a day since the tablets were distributed to jail cellblocks March 9. The company says studies show the more inmates stay connected, the less likely they are to reoffend. The assistant jail administrator, Cory Williams, says the inmates must follow jail rules if they want to maintain access to the tablets.
Iowa State defensive end J.D. Waggoner says what the Cyclone defense lacks in experience it makes up for in talent a depth. Eight players with starting experience are gone from last year’s defense, including three on the defensive line.
Waggoner started the first seven games before suffering a season ending shoulder injury against Baylor. He has returned to practice but will not be involved in full contact this spring.
Waggoner says an influx of talented, young players will create more competition for playing time.
Iowa State’s spring game is April 8.
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Developing talent on the defensive line has never been a problem for the Iowa football program but developing depth has been. The Hawkeyes must replace defensive tackles Jaleel Johnson and Faith Ekakite off last year’s team that finished 8-5.
That’s Iowa defensive line coach Reese Morgan who says while Iowa won’t change its 4-3 alignment on defense that may have to get more creative with their calls.
Morgan says a veteran offensive line will help the defensive front make progress during spring drills.
One option is moving defensive end Matt Nelson to tackle. The Cedar Rapids native was working at both spots before suffering a foot injury. Morgan feels he will be effective inside despite his six foot-eight inch frame.
Iowa’s spring game is April 21st.
(Learfield Sports)
Today: Cloudy w/a chance of light rain or drizzle, mainly this morning. High 48. N @ 10-20.
Tonight: Partly to Mostly Cloudy. Low 36. N @ 5-10.
Tomorrow: P/Cldy to Cldy. High 53. NE @ 10.
Saturday: Mo. Cloudy w/a 50% chance of rain during the afternoon. High 57.
Sunday: Mo. Cldy w/rain ending. High 52.
Wednesday’s High in Atlantic was 46. Our Low this morning was 41. We received nearly .7 of an inch of rain from 7-a.m. Wed. thru 7-a.m today [.68”]. Last year on this date, our High in Atlantic was 73 and the low was 44. The Record High in Atlantic on this date was 87 in 1968. The Record Low was 8 in 1964.
JOHN “JACK” GEOPFERT, 80, of Panora, died Tue., March 28th, at home. Cremation has taken place, and private family graveside service for JOHN “Jack” Geopfert will be held in the Iowa Veterans Cemetery near Van Meter, at a later date. Twigg Funeral Home in Panora is in charge of the arrangements.
There is no visitation.
JOHN “Jack” GEOPFERT is survived by:
His Wife – Sherry Geopfert, of Panora.
His children – Gary (Lynda) Geopfert, of Panora; Brad (Sandy) Geopfert, of Lawton, OK., and Kelli Geopfert, of Oklahoma City, OK.
His step-children: Jodi (Jerry) Landry, of Panora; Carin (Andy) Bassett, of West Des Moines, and Jay (Veronica) Landals, of Des Moines.
His sister – Pat Ibison, of Greenwood, AR.
His brother – Bill Geopfert, of Ft. Smith, AR.
23 grandchildren and 8 great-grandchildren.
The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office reports a Pottawattamie County man was arrested Wednesday night in Red Oak, on a valid Pott. County warrant for Probation Violation. 42-year old Justin Wade Woods, of Council Bluffs, was taken into custody at around 7:15-p.m., in the 1500 block of N. Broadway, in Red Oak. He was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on a $5,000 bond.
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