(Radio Iowa) — Kathleen Doyle scored 21 points and the Iowa Hawkeye women erased a 13 point deficit to edge Princeton 77-75 in overtime Wednesday night, in Iowa City. Iowa is 3-1 and heads to the Puerto Rico Classic next week.
(Radio Iowa) — Kathleen Doyle scored 21 points and the Iowa Hawkeye women erased a 13 point deficit to edge Princeton 77-75 in overtime Wednesday night, in Iowa City. Iowa is 3-1 and heads to the Puerto Rico Classic next week.
Today: Mostly cloudy w/scattered light rain this morning, & temps falling into the 30’s before rebounding this afternoon to around 42. NW winds at 15-30 mph.
Tonight: Partly cloudy. Low 20. NW @ 5-10.
Tomorrow: P/Cldy. High 44. N @ 5-10.
Saturday: P/Cldy. High 48.
Sunday: P/Cldy. High 54.
Wednesday’s High in Atlantic was 62. Our Low was 30. As of 5-a.m. in Atlantic, we had received .38″ rainfall. Last year on this date, the High was 51 and the Low 20. The All-Time record High in Atlantic on Nov. 21st, was 71 in 1990. The record Low was -14 in 1937.
Police in Red Oak, Wednesday night, arrested 44-year old Jason Neal Beachum, of Red Oak. He was taken into custody a little before 9-p.m. in the 300 block of E. Prospect Street, for Violation of a No Contact Order. Beachum was being held without bond in the Montgomery County Jail .
(Radio Iowa) — Ranked fourth in the final NAIA Poll Grand View opens the national playoffs at home on Saturday against Concordia of Michigan. The Vikings closed out the season with a record of 11-0. Concordia finished 8-2 as a member of the Mid-States Football Association. Grand View was a member of the Mid-States before moving to the Heart of America Conference.
Vikings Coach Joe Woodley says home field does not guarantee anything in the playoffs but it is an advantage.
(Radio Iowa) — The number of homes sold and the sales prices for homes in Iowa went up in October — the fourth consecutive month there’s been an increase. According to data released by the Iowa Association of Realtors, homes sales were up four-point-two percent in October compared to October of last year. The median price for an Iowa home that was sold last month was 161-thousand dollars — that’s nearly four percent higher than in October of 2018. Fifty-six days was the average time a home that sold last month had been on the market.
More than 37-hundred home sales were closed in Iowa last month. More than 31-thousand single-family detached homes have sold in Iowa so far this year. About 45-hundred townhouses and condos have sold over the past 10 months.
Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) — Trae Berhow had 20 points as Northern Iowa rolled past Cornell College 88-66 on Wednesday night. James Betz had 16 points for Northern Iowa which earned its sixth consecutive victory to open the season.
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Strong defense and 21 points from Mark Smith gave Missouri the edge over Morehead State 70-52. Missouri jumped out to a 14-4 lead and kept Morehead State scoreless for a five-minute stretch.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Oskar Sundqvist and David Perron scored to lead the St. Louis Blues past the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-1, spoiling Pat Maroon’s much-anticipated return after helping his hometown team to a Stanley Cup title last season. Maroon, a St. Louis native, made his first trip back to the city since signing a one-year contract with the Lightning in the offseason.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Gibson Jimerson had 25 points as Saint Louis defeated High Point 67-55. Jordan Goodwin had 19 points and eight rebounds for Saint Louis (4-1). Hasahn French added nine points and nine rebounds. Yuri Collins had seven assists for the hosts.
Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press
GRIMES, Iowa (AP) — Amazon has confirmed its plans to open a delivery station in the Des Moines suburb of Grimes. The Des Moines Register reports that Amazon broke the news Wednesday in a news release. The “last mile” distribution site is expected to open in 2020. Such sites are the last stop from Amazon’s delivery centers to customers’ homes. Amazon says the station will speed up deliveries for customers in the Des Moines area and will create hundreds of part-time and full-time jobs starting at $15 an hour.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A defense lawyer says a 61-year-old Las Vegas man will appeal his conviction and five-year federal prison sentence for illegally growing marijuana in Oregon and selling it in Iowa. Attorney Michael Pariente said Wednesday he believes Chief U.S. District Judge John Jarvey in Davenport, Iowa, improperly instructed the jury that found Oliver “Sonny” Maupin guilty in June of conspiracy to manufacture and distribute pot.
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The former office manager of the Iowa City Area Development Group is facing federal charges for a 13-year theft scheme in which she misspent more than a half-million dollars. Court documents show that Sheri Jelinek is charged with seven counts of wire fraud. A plea agreement signed earlier this month calls for Jelinek to plead guilty to those charges, which each carry up to 20 years in prison.
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The Nebraska corrections department is asking more than 600 inmates to step forward if they want to complete their sentences in facilities in their home states to ease prison overcrowding. The department wrote to prisoners that completing their sentences in the other states could place them closer to family and friends. A spokesman for the prisons department in neighboring Iowa says his department would consider whether transfers would be in the best interests of the inmates.
The Atlantic City Council kicked-off their meeting Wednesday evening by recognizing the achievements of the Atlantic High School Swim Team. Members of the team, including Senior Anna Lowery, Freshman Alexis Reynolds, Senior Claire Christensen, Junior Dazia Sorensen, and Sophmore Aza Bruckner represented the team.
Swim team members (Left-to-right) Senior Anna Lowery, Freshman Alexis Reynolds, Senior Claire Christensen, Junior Dazia Sorensen, and Sophmore Aza Bruckner. (Ric Hanson photo)
Coach Dean Junker couldn’t make it to the meeting because he was with the “Flying Sharks” swim team, but Lowery read from a statement saying the team went to State in six out of 11 events, including four different individuals. Both of the Freestyle Relays participants made it, and there was a total of 10 on the team. Junker stressed how hard the team was working over the summer, and he was really happy how the season ended and they all swam faster at State, and he “Was quite proud.”
Lowery said the team scored points in four out of the six events, and most of the schools that beat Atlantic’s team were Class 4-A or 5-A Schools. The State meet was held at the Marshalltown YMCA.
The Atlantic City Council, Wednesday evening, unanimously passed (with Councilpersons Jimerson and Hartkopf absent) the first of three readings of an ordinance that would essentially take away the power of the Parks and Recreation Department Board of Directors, to hire, fire or discipline staff working for the Department, assume oversight of their bills, and turn those matters over to City Administrator John Lund.
Councilperson Kathy Somers said the change is important, primarily because the City Administrator could better handle Human Resources matters, such legal issues that could arise in areas of hiring, terminations and disciplinary actions. Councilmen Halder, Pat McCurdy and Gerald Brink agreed that the City wasn’t “Asking any more from the Parks Department than we’re asking from the other departments.”
Halder said “Some people are seeing this as a power struggle. It’s not a power struggle, we’re just trying to do our best to protect the city.” City Administrator John Lund said “The State of Iowa looks at us as a business. The court system of Iowa looks at us as a business.” And, “All of our liabilities that we are held accountable to, are automatically passed-on to the taxpayers. That is a ‘quiet levy’ that exists. It is unlimited. If we get sued and it is over our cap, we have to pay it. Cities [in Iowa and other States such as Georgia] cannot file for bankruptcy to escape those liabilities.”
Former Atlantic Mayor, and Parks Board member John Krogman summed-up what most of the Parks Board felt after hearing about the proposed amendment to the ordinance. He said their main issue is a lack of communication between the City, Lund, and the Board. Especially with regard to learning about the proposal just minutes before they were scheduled to meet this past Monday evening. “We feel the system (in place now) has been working for the Parks Board in its current form,” but the way they found out could have been handled better.
Former Atlantic businessman Rich Perry questioned having the opportunity of hiring and firing, “In one man’s hands.” Perry said “If you have a disagreement between two individuals, what protection does the second individual have on that? Is there not an opportunity to have a hybrid system of some kind, that would involved the Board as far as having some of the decisions, but would also work with some of the administrators cover our behind?” He asked if other opportunities were researched to accomplish the same thing, “Without changing the ordinance to literally cut the legs out from under the Parks Board?”
City Administrator John Lund said he looked at other ordinances, but that they were “totally insufficient.” Mayor Dave Jones said the City Council would have the authority to reverse any decision made by Lund with regard to any hiring, firing and disciplinary action of a City Employee.
GRIMES, Iowa (AP) — Amazon has confirmed its plans to open a delivery station in the Des Moines suburb of Grimes. The Des Moines Register reports that Amazon broke the news Wednesday in a news release. The “last mile” distribution site is expected to open in 2020. Such sites are the last stop from Amazon’s delivery centers to customers’ homes.
Amazon says the station will speed up deliveries for customers in the Des Moines area and will create hundreds of part-time and full-time jobs starting at $15 an hour. Amazon has already been posting job some job openings for the delivery station.
Grimes Mayor Scott Mikkelsen says Amazon’s announcement shows the city’s “ability to provide a top-quality workplace and living environment.”