Police in Red Oak arrested a local man on an assault charge, Friday. 39-year old Edgar Ralph Wilkins, Jr., of Red Oak, was taken into custody at around 9:45-p.m. in the 200 block of E. Hammond Street, on a charge of Aggravated Assault. Wilkins, Jr. was booked into the Montgomery County Jail, where his cash bond was set at $2,000.
Today: Mostly sunny. High 63. N @ 5-10.
Tonight: Partly cloudy. Low 37. E/SE @ 5-10.
Tomorrow: Mostly cloudy. High 71. S/SE @ 10-15.
Sunday night: Cloudy w/a 50% chance of rain. Low around 53.
Monday: Mo. Cldy w/a 60% chance of rain. High 64.
Tuesday: Mostly sunny. High 67.
Wednesday: Partly Sunny. High 69.
Friday’s High in Atlantic of 71 degrees broke the record High of 67 set in 1981. Our Low this morning ending at 7-a.m. (24-hour Low) was 25. Last year on this date, our High in Atlantic was 62 and the low was 35. The Record High in Atlantic on this date was 66 in 1930. The Record Low was -25 in 1978.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — Brenni Rose made four 3-pointers and scored 14 points and No. 25 Drake defeated Indiana State 64-45 on Friday night in the Bulldogs’ first game since making it into the Top 25 for the first time in over 16 years.
Becca Jonas added 10 points and a team-high seven rebounds and Becca Hittner also scored 10 points for the Bulldogs (21-4, 14-0 Missouri Valley), whose last poll appearance came on Dec. 3, 2001. Lizzy Wendell, the MVC’s top scorer at 21.7 points per game, scored only five on 2-of-7 shooting in 23 minutes and had her nation-best streak of at least 10 points end at 102 games.
Rhagen Smith led the Sycamores (12-12, 6-7) with 11 points and seven rebounds. Indiana State, the MVC’s top defensive team at 56.3 points a game, kept the score down against the Bulldogs, the league’s top offensive team at 83.8. But Drake still shot 47 percent and was 10 of 19 from the arc. Indiana State shot 30 percent and 5 of 18 from 3-point range. The teams combined for 40 turnovers.
The Bulldogs scored the game’s first 10 points and never trailed. They outscored the Sycamores 20-9 to break the game open in the third quarter, finishing the period with a 52-31 lead. Drake won its 15th straight game, one away from tying the program record.
Women’s basketball:
Drake 64, Indiana St. 45
N. Iowa 89, Loyola of Chicago 43
Wayne (Neb.) 91, Upper Iowa 51
Mens basketball:
Upper Iowa 67, Wayne (Neb.) 65
A traffic stop early this (Saturday) morning in Fremont County resulted in the arrest on drug charges, of a Pottawattamie County woman. Sheriff Kevin Aistrope reports 19-year old Taylor Murdock, of Council Bluffs, was taken into custody for Possession of a Controlled Substance/1st Offense, after her vehicle was pulled over at around 12:30-a.m. near Percival and a K9 search was conducted. Murdock was being held in the Fremont County Law Enforcement Center on a $1,000 bond.
Taylor Murdock
Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:40 a.m. CST
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad has signed into law limitations to most collective bargaining rights for public workers in the state, yet some changes could take years to go into effect. For some of the roughly 180,000 public sector workers directly affected by the measure, key provisions that remove most of their collective negotiating authority would apply after their current employment contracts expire.
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A man charged with the 1995 slaying of an Iowa City woman has been sentenced to 15 years in prison after making a deal with prosecutors. Authorities say Steven Klein killed 38-year-old Susan Kersten, whose body was found in her burned-out car near Iowa City. He was charged with first-degree murder, but the Iowa City Press-Citizen reports that on Friday, Klein entered an Alford plea to arson, willful injury causing serious injury and suborning perjury in the death.
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — Developers of a pork processing plant under construction in Sioux City have announced plans for a second shift expected to increase its number of jobs to around 2,000 _ nearly double the original estimate. The Sioux City Journal reports that the expansion will raise the cost of the Seaboard Triumph Foods project by $31.4 million, to just over $300 million. The 600,000 square-foot plant is expected to open July 31 with a single shift of around 1,100 employees.
PARKERSBURG, Iowa (AP) — Parkersburg officials and the state auditors are squabbling over the town’s finances, including paying the town administrator for digging graves. Auditors questioned whether Parkersburg should have paid its city administrator nearly $33,000 over his base salary over nearly five years for overtime, compensatory time, record keeping and grave digging. The town says Luring isn’t a manager and that extra pay for extra job duties is fiscally responsible.
CLASS 1A
Region 1
Exira-EHK 72, Boyer Valley 39 ON KJAN
Akron-Westfield 52, Westwood 38
Region 8
Glidden-Ralston 64, Diagonal 41
Essex 59, Sidney 42
CLASS 2A
Region 2
Treynor 68, Underwood 31
West Sioux, Hawarden 66, Woodbury Central 55
Region 3
Mount Ayr 43, Nodaway Valley 35
Logan-Magnolia 56, South Central Calhoun 48
Region 4
Van Meter 52, Des Moines Christian 41
Panorama 47, Interstate-35 30
The Exira-EHK Spartans blew open a close game with a huge third quarter in a 72-39 win over Boyer Valley in a girls 1A regional semifinal on Friday night. The Spartans had edged away a little bit at the end of the second quarter and led 36-22 at halftime but the third quarter put it away as they outscored the Bulldogs 29-11 in the quarter. Head Coach Tom Petersen talked about that spark the Spartans had in the second half.
Sophia Peppers had a monster night for the Spartans with 37 points, 13 rebounds, and 4 steals. Coach Petersen spoke about the great play of the Junior.
Peppers after the game talked about her mindset on the night.
The Spartans improved to 22-1 on the season and now prepare for a regional final on Monday with a chance to head to the state tournament. Peppers talked about the mindset heading into that big game.
The Spartans will face Akron-Westfield in Mapleton at 7:00pm and we’ll have the game on KJAN. Boyer Valley was led in the loss by Cathryn Klein with 10 points and their season ends with an 18-5 record.
Listen to the full interviews with Tom Petersen and Sophia Peppers below.
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