(Radio Iowa) – A new look Iowa basketball team debuts at home tonight against Longwood. After losing much of the scoring from last year’s team that finished third in the Big Ten coach Fran McCaffery is hoping to develop some consistent scorers.
McCaffery likes the depth he has.
The Hawkeyes hope to ramp up the pressure on defense and McCaffery says that will take depth..
(Radio Iowa) – The ninth ranked Iowa Hawkeye women open the regular season at home tonight (Tuesday night), against New Hampshire. It begins a busy opening week for the Hawkeyes.
That’s Iowa coach Lisa Bluder who was asked if she will tighten her rotation with the start of the regular season.
Bluder says New Hampshire returns all five starters from a year ago.
Bluder expects a large crowd with it being part of a doubleheader with the Hawkeye men
The Hawkeyes are looking to improve on defense and gave up 32 points in an exhibition victory over Truman State. Sophomore guard Caitlin Clark.
Clark says it will be fun to be part of a doubleheader.
Clark expects New Hampshire to show a variety of defenses.
(Radio Iowa) – The T.J. Otzelberger era begins at Iowa State tonight (Tuesday night), when the Cyclones host Kennesaw State. ISU will be out to improve on last year’s disastrous 2-22 record.
Otzelberger says progress begins with defense.
Otzelberger has been focusing on effort in practice.
Health will be a major factor this season. The Cyclones only have 10 scholarship players.
(Radio Iowa) – Today (Tuesday) is going to be the start of a downhill slide for temperatures in the state which have been unseasonably warm. National Weather Services meteorologist, Kenny Podrazik, says that’s going to change as cold air moves in. “We’ll still be in the 50’s for a good chunk the state — lower 50’s up north — and then mid-upper 50’s and even a couple of 60’s across the south-southeastern part of the state,” he says. “So, another nice day before we get the bottom dropping out as the rain starts to move in Wednesday.” Podrazik says we had a nice run of warmer than normal temperatures.
“We just had kind of had this thermal ridge over us providing some nice warm air into the state. Every now and then we will get these types of high pressure over us and provide some late-summer weather, so to speak,” he says. He says the rain will start early Wednesday. He says it looks to be moving in form the west and really spread and cover much of the state by the afternoon and evening Wednesday. “Thursday night into Friday we could see some snow showers across the northern part of the state Thursday into Friday,” Podrazik says. He doesn’t expect any accumulation of snow.
Podrazik says if you haven’t gotten your winter coat out yet — you’ll need it by Friday. “We’re looking at wind gusts between 30 and 40 miles-per-hour. And temperatures are going to be really dropping throughout the day,” he says. “Highs are going to be struggling to get to the high to mid-upper 30’s Were talking wind chills in the afternoon in the 20’s — low 20’s.”
After a series of warm weekends for fall yard work — this weekend is one where people will probably stay inside. “We’re looking at highs Saturday and Sunday middle 30’s north to lower 40’s south, and then the overnight lows are going to be ranging in the 20’s. Certainly typical mid-November weather,” Podrazik says.
While the temperatures will drop — they won’t be anything like 1991. The N-W-S says unusually early bitter cold temperatures settled across Iowa on November 7th and 8th of that year with most stations experiencing their earliest subzero temperatures on record. Low temperatures on the 8th included -2 F at Burlington, -8 F at Bedford and Grinnell, -11 F at Sac City, -12 F at Atlantic and Le Mars, -13 F at Cherokee and Perry, and -14 F at Guthrie Center.
(Creston, Iowa) – The driver of a 2011 Chevy pickup suffered suspected minor, non-incapacitating injuries during a collision in Creston at around 3:45-p.m., Monday. Creston Police say the pickup, driven by 67-year-old Kathleen Ann Ford, of Creston, was traveling north on Osage Street and came to the T-intersection with Howard. As she attempted to turn west, her vision was blocked by a semi and the sun.
A 2008 Ford Escape driven by 18-year-old Mallory Marie Tallmon, of Afton, was traveling south on Osage heading straight through the intersection. The front of her SUV struck the right front of the pickup, causing a total of $5,000 in disabling damage. Ford suffered unknown injuries, but was not transported to the hospital. There were no citations issued.
Today: Partly cloudy to cloudy. High 57. NE @ 5-10.
Tonight: P/Cldy. Low 38. NE @ 5.
Tomorrow: Mostly cloudy w/rain & thundershowers, especially in the afternoon. High 53. SE @ 10-20.
Thursday: P/Cldy to Cldy. High 46.
Friday: P/Cldy to Cldy. High 37.
Monday’s High in Atlantic was 63. Our Low was 33. Last year on this date the High in Atlantic was 66 and the Low was 33. The Record High on this date was 73 in 1999. The Record Low was 8 in 1973.
(Des Moines, Iowa) – The 14-day COVID-19 test positivity rate in Iowa is rising once again, along with the number of persons hospitalized with the virus. According to the Iowa Department of Public Health, the state’s 14-day test positivity rate climbed from 8.4% to 8.7% since Friday. There were 7,912 positive tests in the last seven days, up from 7,501 as of the last report on Friday.
Hospitalizations, which had been declining for several weeks, are on the rise again. There are 481 people hospitalized with COVID-19 in Iowa, up from 464 on Friday. Of those hospitalized with COVID-19, 71.3% are unvaccinated, while 83.5% of those listed in intensive care with COVID-19 are unvaccinated. The number of Iowa’s long-term care facilities reporting an outbreak increased from 27 to 28 since Friday.
There have been 3,838,670 vaccine doses administered in Iowa, with 68.2% of those 18 and older fully vaccinated and 70.8% of those 12 and older with at least one dose.
(Radio Iowa) – The U-S-D-A is scheduled to release an updated estimate of the 2021 corn crop. Iowa State University economist Chad Hart says the mid-October prediction was a 15 billion bushel corn harvest — the largest ever. “So we are talking about a massive crop,” Hart says. “Basically the same story on the soybean side as we’re looking out there, a very large soybean crop as well.”
Iowa is the nation’s top corn producing state. Justin Glisan, the state climatologist, says it’s been a rollercoaster year for weather, as Iowa has been in a structural drought since the spring of 2020. “But those timely rainfalls during the drought, during the growing season, really held the crop on,” Glisan says. “…The yields look great.”
Hart says farmers had the option of choosing seed varieties that can withstand dry weather. “The idea is what we have done over the last 40, 50, 60 years with these hybrids is we’ve developed hybrids that are more tolerant of a wider range of weather conditions,” Hart says, “and those changes are definitely paying off as we look out there.”
Hart and Glisan made their comments during a weekend appearance on Iowa P-B-S. The latest U-S-D-A crop and weather report for IOWA shows the state’s corn harvest was 84 percent complete by Sunday. Ninety-five percent of Iowa’s soybean crop was harvested by the end of the weekend. Most of the soybeans fields still to be harvested are in southwest and south central Iowa.
(Glenwood, Iowa) – A man and a woman from Pottawattamie County face drug charges in Mills County, following an extended investigation into the sale and distribution of illegal narcotics in Mills County. The Mills County Sheriff’s Office reports during the investigation, undercover deputies conducted a controlled purchase of more than one-half pound of methamphetamine from 66-year-old Jackie Lee Ward, Jr., and 59-year-old Vicky Kay Delezene. Both suspects are from Council Bluffs.
After the meth was delivered, Ward and Delezene were taken into custody without incident and were transported to the Mills County Sheriff’s Office, where they were charged with Delivery of Meth and Failure to Affix a Drug Tax Stamp. Their bonds were set at $30,000 each.
Ward & Delezene (Mills CO. S/O photo)
A vehicle used in the commission of the delivery, along with related U-S currency, were seized during the investigation.
(Thurman, Iowa) – The Fremont County Sheriff’s Office reports a woman from Page County was arrested Monday, following a call about a disturbance in Thurman. Upon further investigation, Deputies discovered that 31-year-old Ashley McClarnon, of Clarinda, had allegedly entered a residence in Thurman, uninvited, causing a disturbance, while several small children were present. McClarnon then broke a window in the residence, causing damage.
Ashley McClarnon (Fremont CO S/O photo)
McClarnon was placed under arrest for:
1 count Criminal Mischief 5th Degree (Simple Misdemeanor)
3 counts of Child Endangerment, (Aggravated Misdemeanor)
She was being held without bond pending an initial appearance with the Fremont County Magistrate.
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