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Class 2A Semifinals
Grundy Center 59, Cascade 49
Treynor 58, Central Decatur 53
Class 1A Semifinals
Newell-Fonda 81, Marquette Catholic 56
West Hancock 59, Montezuma 50
Class 5A Championship
Valley, West Des Moines 65, Southeast Polk 60
Class 3A Championship
Center Point-Urbana 54, North Polk 36
FORT DODGE, Iowa (AP) — The trial of an Indiana man accused of killing a Fort Dodge woman has been relocated again and rescheduled. The Messenger reports that 26-year-old Phillip Williams, of Lafayette, Indiana, was scheduled to start trial Monday in Mason City, where the trial had been moved because of pretrial publicity in Fort Dodge. He and Mackenzie Knigge are accused of killing 26-year-old Jessica Gomez in August 2017.
Williams’ attorney, Katherine Flickinger, objected to the lack of black people in the Mason City jury pool, saying that just one person out of 130 potential jurors was self-identified as black. Flickinger told the judge that Williams “has a legitimate interest in the representation of African-Americans on the jury panel,” and she asked that the trial be moved to a county with a higher black population.
On Wednesday the judge moved the trial to Cedar Rapids in Linn County and scheduled it to start March 25. Knigge also has pleaded not guilty. She’s scheduled to begin trial June 10.
The month of February in Atlantic was colder and wetter than average. The High for the month was 27.1 degrees, which was 8.3 degree below normal. The average Low was 3.6 degrees, or 11.6 degrees below the norm. Snowfall for the month amounted to 30.3 inches at the KJAN studios, with melted precipitation coming in at 1.71 inches, or three-quarters of an inch above average.
The warmest day was on Feb. 3rd, at 53-degrees. The coldest days with temps of -12, happened on Feb. 18th & 19th. Looking ahead to the month of March, the High in Atlantic is typically 48.3 degrees, and the average Low is 26.2. Precipitation for the month normally amounts to 2.38 inches.
Jim Field visits with Cass County Public Health Director Beth Olsen and Victoria Means about the “Matter of Balance” program offered again this spring.
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A woman has been imprisoned for helping to kill a Des Moines man during a robbery more than two years ago. Polk County District Court records say 28-year-old Monica Fagan was given 35 years in prison at her sentencing Tuesday. She’d pleaded guilty to robbery and willful injury. Prosecutors dropped a murder charge in exchange for her pleas.
Prosecutors say Fagan and two other people killed 31-year-old Michael Huckleberry at his apartment in January 2017. One of them, 51-year-old Ricky Hascall , died in jail Sept. 16 last year while awaiting trial. The other, Sarah Saltz, pleaded guilty to robbery and theft for her role in the slaying and was sentenced to 25 years in prison.
The Creston Police Department reports the arrest at the Union County Law Enforcement Center (LEC), of 50-year old Brian Eugene Ward. The Creston man was arrested Thursday morning, on a Union County warrant for Failure to Appear (in court). He was later released on a $2,000 bond.
Sheriff’s officials in Pottawattamie County, Thursday, reported that 30-year old Angie Marie Lybarger, of Council Bluffs, was arrested Wednesday. Lybarger was taken into custody at the Pott. County Courthouse, on a Harrison County warrant for Violation of Probation. She was being held on the warrant pending transfer to Harrison County. And, Kimberly Sue Trotter, who was being held in the Pott. County Jail for a Residential Correctional Facility (RCF), was served with a warrant Wednesday, for Violation of Probation. She was then returned to the custody of Corrections Staff.
And, Police in Glenwood, Thursday, arrested 43-year old Chad Clark, of Glenwood. Clark was taken into custody for OWI/1st offense, with his cash or surety bond set at $1,000. Also arrested Thursday, was 65-year old James Raybourn, of Glenwood, who was taken into custody on a Mills County warrant. Raybourn was being held without bond, pending an appearance before the Magistrate.