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NWS forecast for Atlantic & the area: 12/22/19

Weather

December 22nd, 2019 by Ric Hanson

Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 57. South southwest wind 9 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.

Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 30. South southwest wind 8 to 10 mph.

Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 53. South southwest wind 7 to 9 mph.

Monday Night: Patchy fog after midnight. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 32. South wind 5 to 7 mph.

Tuesday: Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 49. South wind around 6 mph.

Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 32.

Christmas Day: Partly sunny, with a high near 47.

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Morningside beats Marian, wins second straight NAIA title

Sports

December 22nd, 2019 by Ric Hanson

GRAMBLING, La. (AP) – Joe Dolincheck threw six touchdown passes, Arnijae Ponder had 30 carries for 130 yards, and Morningside beat Marian 40-38 to claim its second consecutive NAIA national championship. Dolincheck was 30-of-44 passing for 304 yards with an interception.

Reid Jurgensmeier had seven receptions for 102 yards and two scores and Bo Els caught 11 passes for 98 yards and two TDs for No. 1 seed Morningside. The Mustangs have won 29 consecutive games since losing 43-36 to Saint Francis in the 2017 semifinals and haven’t lost a regular-season game a 35-21 loss to Wisconsin-Whitewater on Sept. 24, 2016.

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Iowa hangs on for 77-70 victory over Cincinnati

Sports

December 22nd, 2019 by Ric Hanson

CHICAGO (AP) — CJ Fredrick had 21 points, Joe Wieskamp had 16 and Luka Garza had 12 points and 13 rebounds as Iowa pulled away late for a 77-70 victory over Cincinnati after losing a 15-point second-half lead. Bakari Evelyn had 15 points off the bench as Iowa (9-3) won its third straight and eighth in 10 games. The Hawkeyes closed with a 15-6 run over the final 4 1/2 minutes. Jarron Cumberland had 18 points for Cincinnati (7-5), which has dropped three of four. Cumberland has 1,496 career points to move past Yancy Gates (1,485) for 15th place on Cincinnati’s all-time scoring list.

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Kelly: No. 14 Notre Dame focused on Iowa State

Sports

December 21st, 2019 by Ric Hanson

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) – Brian Kelly need not worry that No. 14 Notre Dame isn’t focused on Iowa State, its opponent next Saturday in the Camping World Bowl. After a week of final exams, his Fighting Irish (10-2) aren’t taking Matt Campbell’s Cyclones (7-5) lightly as they practiced for the sixth time for the game in Orlando, Fla. Quarterback Brock Purdy, who has thrown for 3,760 yards and 27 touchdowns, particularly has the attention of Notre Dame, which is coming off semester exams.

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3563 accounts may be compromised by Data breach involving City of Sioux City

News

December 21st, 2019 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) — If you paid a parking ticket in Sioux City or paid a city utility bill in late summer, your personal data may be at risk. City Attorney Nicole Dubois says a piece of malicious code was inserted into the website for paying bills to the City of Sioux City and electronic transactions between August 26th and September 18th may have been affected.

“Addresses, names, credit card information,” she says. “But please keep in mind Social Security numbers, dates of birth — that information was not compromised, so it’s limited to the credit card and address information.” The website that was hacked is managed and operated by a third-party vendor. Sioux City officials say more than 35-hundred accounts are potentially affected by the data breach.

Dubois says all affected individuals will soon receive a letter from the City of Sioux City with credit monitoring information. “But in the meantime before they receive those letters, we would encourage anyone…to pull copies of their credit reports,” Dubois says. “They can get contact information there.”

The City of Sioux City had already switched to a different vendor’s website for paying bills electronically when the data breach was reported by the previous vendor.

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Iowa women defeat Drake 79-67

Sports

December 21st, 2019 by admin

Final Score: Iowa 79, Drake 67

Game Notes:

  • The Hawkeyes have won 27 consecutive home games, ranking third in the country behind Baylor and UConn.
  • Iowa finishes their non-conference season 9-2.
  • Four Hawkeyes scored in double figures, including Makenzie Meyer (24), Kathleen Doyle (19), Monika Czinano (17), and Alexis Sevillian (11).
  • Sophomore Monika Czinano shot 8-10 from the field tonight. Czinano is currently leading the country in field goal percentage (72.3).
  • The Hawkeyes tallied 20 assists off 30 made field goal attempts.
  • Senior Kathleen Doyle added 10 assists for the Hawkeyes, earning herself a season-high.
  • Junior Alexis Sevillian added three 3-pointers for the Hawkeyes, gaining a personal season-high.
  • Freshman Gabbie Marshall tallied 5 steals, a career high.

Up Next: Iowa travels to Lincoln, Nebraska, on Sat. Dec. 28 to take on the Nebraska Cornhuskers. Tip-off is set to 1 p.m. (CT), and the game will be streamed on BTN+.

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Saturday’s area basketball scores (from 12/21)

Sports

December 21st, 2019 by Ric Hanson

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Glenwood 62, Harlan 51

St. Albert, Council Bluffs 61, Sidney 32

BOYS BASKETBALL

Harlan 72, Glenwood 66

Winterset 59, Atlantic 50

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Penn scores 22 to carry Drake past Air Force 85-80

Sports

December 21st, 2019 by Ric Hanson

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) – Roman Penn had a career-high 22 points as Drake narrowly beat Air Force 85-80. Ryan Swan led the Falcons on Saturday with a season-high 24 points.

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Atlantic house fire Saturday evening – no injuries

News

December 21st, 2019 by Ric Hanson

Atlantic Fire and Rescue, Medivac Ambulance, Atlantic Police and Cass County Ermegency Management Coordinator Mike Kennon all responded to a reported house fire at around 5:04-p.m., Saturday. The fire occurred at 304 W. 3rd Street. Damage to the home appeared to be limited mainly to the north, or rear of the structure. Flames were seen shooting out the back when firefighters arrived. Authorities were not sure if anyone was in the residence until they could get inside and put out the flames.

304 W. 3rd (Ric Hanson/photo)

Neighbors said a man known to be homeless was sometimes inside the residence, but a search determined the home was unoccupied.

Atlantic Police helped to move a trailer parked between the residence and a neighboring garage. Firefighters got the flames under control quickly, and spent the next hour-and 30 minutes or so handling hot spots, conducting mop-up activities and an investigation.

Fire Chief Mark McNees said the cause of the blaze remains under investigation, and they hope to get a closer look inside after sunrise, Sunday.

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Survey of Plains, Western bankers shows waning rural economy

Ag/Outdoor, News

December 21st, 2019 by Ric Hanson

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A new survey of bankers indicates a waning economy in rural parts of 10 Plains and Western states, and weak farm income is hurting producers’ ability to borrow money from banks. The Rural Mainstreet survey shows its overall index fell to to 50.2 this month from 54.2 in November. Any score above 50 suggests a growing economy, while a score below 50 indicates a shrinking economy.

Creighton University economist Ernie Goss oversees the survey and says federal agriculture crop support payments and somewhat higher grain prices kept the overall index from falling into negative territory. Bankers from Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming were surveyed.

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