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Girls Regional Final Basketball Schedule 02/22/2023

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February 22nd, 2023 by admin

All games at 7:00 p.m. unless otherwise noted

Class 1A Regional Finals

  • Region 1 @ Mason City: Bishop Garrigan vs. Riceville (PPD to Thursday, Feb. 23rd)
  • Region 2 @ Fort Dodge: AGWSR vs. Newell-Fonda (PPD to Thursday, Feb. 23rd)
  • Region 3@ Benton: Montezuma vs. North Linn (PPD to Thursday, Feb. 23rd)
  • Region 4 @ MVAOCOU: Remsen St. Mary’s vs. Exira-EHK- ON KJAN (PPD to Thursday, Feb. 23rd)
  • Region 5 @ Denison: Westwood vs. Woodbine (PPD to Thursday, Feb. 23rd)
  • Region 6 @ Denver: Maquoketa Valley vs. West Fork (PPD to Thursday, Feb. 23rd)
  • Region 7 @ Atlantic: Martensdale-St. Marys vs. St. Albert (PPD to Thursday, Feb. 23rd 6:00 p.m. start)
  • Region 8 @ Williamsburg: North Mahaska vs. Winfield-Mt. Union (PPD to Thursday, Feb. 23rd at 7:00pm at Iowa City West)

Class 2A Regional Finals

  • Region 1 @ West Delaware: Dike-New Hartford vs. Bellevue (PPD to Thursday, Feb. 23rd)
  • Region 2 @ Sioux Center: Central Lyon vs. Hinton (PPD to Thursday, Feb. 23rd at Unity Christian)
  • Region 3 @ Spirit Lake: Sibley-Ocheyedan vs. Sioux Central (PPD to Thursday, Feb. 23rd at Okoboji)
  • Region 4 @ Marshalltown: Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont vs. Hudson (PPD to Thursday, Feb. 23rd)
  • Region 5 @ Oelwein: Beckman Catholic vs. Aplington-Parkersburg (PPD to Thursday, Feb. 23rd)
  • Region 6 @ Muscatine: Regina Catholic vs. Mediapolis (PPD to Thursday, Feb. 23rd)
  • Region 7 @ Harlan: Panorama vs. Treynor (PPD to Thursday, Feb. 23rd at Atlantic at 8:00 p.m.)
  • Region 8 @ Carroll: Pocahontas Area vs. Underwood (PPD to Thursday, Feb. 23rd)

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Skyscan Forecast for Atlantic & the Nishna Valley, Wed., Feb. 22, 2023

Weather

February 22nd, 2023 by Ric Hanson

Today: **Winter Weather Advisory for mixed precip. (snow/sleet/freezing rain), from 6-a.m. today until Noon, Thursday**A chance of freezing rain before 2pm, then a chance of rain or freezing rain between 2pm and 3pm, then a chance of rain after 3pm. Cloudy, with a high near 34. Windy, with a northeast wind 16 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 32 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight: A chance of rain, snow, freezing rain, and sleet before 1am, then snow likely between 1am and 3am. Cloudy, with a low around 14. Wind chill values as low as zero. Blustery, with a north northeast wind 8 to 18 mph becoming west northwest after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 29 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New ice accumulation of less than a 0.1 of an inch possible. New snow and sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible.
Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high near 16. Wind chill values as low as -5. Windy, with a west northwest wind 16 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 33 mph.
Friday: A 20 percent chance of snow. Cloudy, with a high near 20.
Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 43.

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Iowa visits Wisconsin Wednesday night

Sports

February 22nd, 2023 by Ric Hanson

The Iowa Hawkeye men take a 9-7 Big Ten record on the road to Wisconsin. The Badgers won the first meeting 78-75 in overtime back in early December in Iowa City. Hawkeye coach Fran McCaffery says his team is much different right now.

Badger freshman Connor Essegian is averaging better than 14 and a half points in his last six games.

McCaffery says the Hawkeyes had too many defensive breakdowns in an 80-60 loss at Northwestern and they need to eliminate those against Wisconsin’s half court offense.

McCaffery says the Badgers will feast on defensive mistakes.

Wisconsin is 7-9 in the Big Ten and needs some resume building wins down the stretch.

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With share of MVC lead Drake hosts Illinois State Wednesday night

Sports

February 22nd, 2023 by Ric Hanson

Drake closes out the home schedule Wednesday night by hosting Illinois State in their only meeting of the season. The Bulldogs are 14-4 in Missouri Valley play and tied at the top of the league standings with Bradley. Illinois State has battled through injuries and is 5-13 in the Valley.

That’s Drake coach Darian DeVries. It will be the final home game for a group of seniors that has led the Bulldogs to five straight 20-win seasons for the first time in program history.

One of those seniors has been a key to Drake’s nine game win streak. DeVries says point guard Roman Penn has taken his game to another level after undergoing two foot surgeries in the off-season and missing much of November.

The Bulldogs are 23-6 overall.

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No. 20 Iowa State women visit Oklahoma State Wednesday night

Sports

February 22nd, 2023 by Ric Hanson

The 20th ranked Iowa State women are on the road Wednesday night to take on Oklahoma State. After losing three in a row the Cyclones bounced back last week with wins over Texas and Baylor.

That’s Iowa State coach Bill Fennelly. Both teams are 9-5 and tied for third in the league standings. The Cowgirls have won five straight.

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Senate panel votes to reinstate limited form of capital punishment

News

February 22nd, 2023 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – A bill to reinstate the death penalty in a limited number of cases is eligible for debate in the Iowa Senate. The bill would make those convicted of kidnapping, raping and murdering a person under the age of 18 eligible for a death sentence. Republican Senator Julian Garrett of Indianola, a retired attorney, would vote to make the death penalty an option in far more cases.

“Given how difficult it is to get a bill passed in this legislature, we’re narrowing it down as much as we possibly can,” Garrett says. The bill cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee on a 10-to-eight vote. Senator Janice Weiner, a Democrat from Iowa City, says it’s an international embarrassment that some U.S. states still have the death penalty.

“It puts us right in line with Saudi Arabia, Iran, China and North Korea,” she says. Other Democrats, like Senator Tony Bisignano of Des Moines say if there’s a mistake and an innocent person is put to death, there’s no reversing that. “The state should not be in the business of killing people,” Bisignano says. Garrett considers the death penalty a deterrent and he says a wrongful conviction is a worthwhile trade off.

“If we make a mistake now and then and, as I say, mistakes under current technology are minuscule and we can save some innocent women’s lives down the road, that’s where the trade off is,” Garrett says. The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee has said he could support the death penalty on moral grounds. But Republican Representative Steven Holt of Denison says it’s impractical for several reasons.

The drugs to administer a lethal injection are hard to find and Holt says the cost of sentencing someone to spend the rest of their life in prison is far less than the court costs associated with appeals to a death sentence and the expense of maintaining a death row in the state’s prison system.

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Two bills to expand gun rights clear House subcommittees

News

February 22nd, 2023 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – Anyone who can legally own a gun would be able to carry it, loaded with bullets, while driving on a public highway under legislation that’s cleared a House subcommittee. Current law says guns are to be unloaded while a vehicle is moving. The bill also says anyone who can legally own a gun can leave it in their locked vehicle at work, at a school, or at a community college or public university as long as it’s out of sight. A lobbyist for an Iowa business group says that would violate a business owner’s property rights to decide whether to allow firearms – even in the parking lot of the business.

Representative Steven Holt, a Republican from Denison, says in this case property rights should not outweigh the Second Amendment. “We also have the rights of the law abiding citizen who owns that vehicle to think about as well,” Holt says. Another gun-related bill that’s passed a House subcommittee would direct K-12 schools to provide lessons on gun safety. In 2020, gun injuries were the number one cause of death among children in the U.S. and Representative Ako Abdul-Samad of Des Moines says teaching students how to react when they see a gun is part of reversing that trend.

“We’ve had children come over to my agency and turn in a gun that they found in a bag in the park,” Abdul-Samad says. “That’s a reality now.” Abdul-Samad, a Democrat, is co-sponsoring the bill with a Republican from northwest Iowa. A volunteer with the Moms Demand Action group says gun safety should be the responsibility of gun owners, not children.

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DONALD DOTZLER, 85, of Defiance (Svcs. 02/25/2023)

Obituaries

February 21st, 2023 by admin

DONALD DOTZLER, 85, of Defiance died Tuesday, February 21st at University of Nebraska Medical Center. Mass of Christian Burial for DONALD DOTZLER will be held on Saturday, February 25th at 10:30 a.m. at St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Defiance. Pauley-Jones Funeral Home in Harlan has the arrangements.

Visitation will be held on Saturday, February 25th from 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. at St. Peter’s Parish Hall in Defiance prior to services.

Burial will be in the Sts. Peter & Paul Cemetery in Defiance.

DONALD DOTZLER is survived by:

Sons: Jim Dotzler of Defiance. Dan (Cindy) Dotzler of Ida Grove.

3 Grandchildren

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Iowa State men blown out at Texas

Sports

February 21st, 2023 by admin

Texas outscored Iowa State 47-29 in the first half and cruised to a 72-54 win over the Cyclones in Austin on Tuesday night.

Former Iowa State guard Tyrese Hunter and Sir’Jabari Rice led Texas with 15 points each. Marcus Carr added 13 points and 5 assists as the Longhorns keep pace near the top of the Big 12 and improve their overall record to 22-6.

Iowa State was led by 12 points from Osun Osunniyi and 10 points from Gabe Kalscheur. The Cyclones drop to 17-10 on the season.

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No. 6 Iowa women crushed at No. 7 Maryland

Sports

February 21st, 2023 by admin

Seventh ranked Maryland outscored the sixth ranked Iowa women 27-8 in the second quarter and crushed the Hawkeyes 96-68 , ending their hopes of a second straight Big Ten regular season title. Iowa shot only 36 percent and committed 24 turnovers.

That’s Iowa coach Lisa Bluder. Maryland connected on 14 of 25 from three point range.

Iowa closes the regular season Sunday at home against second ranked Indiana.

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