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Midwest Sports Headlines: 6/25/18

Sports

June 25th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press

HOUSTON (AP) — Yuli Gurriel hit a grand slam in Houston’s eight-run second inning, helping Gerrit Cole and the Astros beat the Kansas City Royals 11-3. Gurriel finished with three hits as the AL West-leading Astros won for the 15th time in 17 games. Jose Altuve drove in two runs and scored twice, and Evan Gattis connected for a pinch-hit homer.

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Luke Weaver settled in after a shaky first inning to win for the first time in eight starts and Jose Martinez hit a three-run homer to pace the St. Louis Cardinals to an 8-2 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers. Weaver (4-6) allowed two runs, both in the first, on five hits in 5 2/3 innings.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Devon Allen won the 110-meter hurdles Sunday to highlight the final session of the USATF Outdoor championships. The former Oregon receiver crossed in 13.452 seconds _ with Grant Holloway in second at 13.454 _ after a weather delay that lasted just under three hours.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Oregon State has won 109 of 127 baseball games over two seasons with mostly the same cast of players. They see winning a national championship as the only way to validate their body of work. Standing between Oregon State and the title is Arkansas in the best-of-three College World Series finals starting Monday night. Blaine Knight will be Razorbacks’ starting pitcher in Game 1. Beavers coach Pat Casey hasn’t named a starter.

Iowa News Headlines: Monday, 6/25/18

News

June 25th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:50 a.m. CDT

(Bloomfield) — A child is dead and another person was injured, when they were struck by a vehicle while walking on 180th Street in Davis County, west of Drakesville, Sunday night. The Iowa State Patrol said 9-year old Merlin Beechy, of Drakesville died at the scene. Nathan Beechy, whose age was not given, was flown by helicopter to Mercy Hospital in Des Moines. The incident happened as the victims were walking west on the eastbound side of 180th Stree, at around 9:50-p.m., Sunday. The vehicle which struck the victims did not stop.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Republicans have moved aggressively to block city and county government actions since winning control of both legislative chambers two years ago. That’s left local officials frustrated but matches a trend seen in other states with single-party control. Legislators in Iowa last year overturned already-enacted minimum wage increases in three counties, and this year they passed an immigration enforcement law threatening local governments with the loss of funding if they refuse to comply.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Police say a child has died after being found in a Des Moines lake. Officers and firefighters were called to Gray’s Lake on Saturday evening after a 6-year-old child was reported missing. The girl had been playing with her family, who thought she might be in the water. Police say firefighters started a search and quickly found the girl. They tried to resuscitate the child and rushed her to a hospital, where she died.

DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) — The excess methane that Dubuque officials used to just burn at the city’s wastewater treatment plant is now being converted into natural gas. The Telegraph Herald reports Dubuque was already using about 75 percent of the methane produced at the plant that was built in 2016 to power and heat the facility.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says sandbars along part of the Missouri River are again closed to protect the nests of endangered bird species. The Corps says endangered interior least terns and threatened piping plovers nest on sandbars between Ft. Peck Dam in Montana and Ponca State Park in Nebraska.

VIRGINIA BARNHOLDT, 92, of Massena (Svcs. 6/28/18)

Obituaries

June 24th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

VIRGINIA BARNHOLDT, 92, of Massena, died Sunday, June 24, 2018, at the Heritage House in Atlantic.  Funeral services for VIRGINIA BARNHOLDT will be held 11-a.m. Thursday, June 28th, at the Massena United Methodist Church.  Steen Funeral Home in Massena has the arrangements.

The family will greet friends on Thursday at the church one hour prior to services.; Online condolences may be left to the family at www.steenfunerals.com.

Memorials may be made to the Virginia Barnholdt memorial fund to be established by the family at a later date.

Burial will be in the Victoria Township Cemetery, south of Massena. A luncheon will be held at the church following the services at the cemetery.

VIRGINIA BARNHOLDT is survived by:

Her sons – Richard (Bobbi Jean) Barnholdt, of Anita, and Michael (Bobbie Jayne) Barnholdt, of Atlantic.

5 grandchildren; 3 great grandchildren; Her sister-in-law, Phyllis Penton of Atlantic; other relatives and friends.

IHSBCA Week 5 Rankings 06/24/2018

Sports

June 24th, 2018 by admin

2018 IHSBCA Baseball Rankings

Week 5 Rankings (Released June 24, 2018)

Class 4A (Record)

  1. Johnston (20-4)
  2. Urbandale (19-4)
  3. Cedar Rapids Prairie (20-6)
  4. Indianola (20-1)
  5. Iowa City West (18-5)
  6. Southeast Polk (21-6)
  7. North Scott (16-3)
  8. Dowling, West Des Moines (18-7)
  9. Davenport Central (17-7)
  10. Marshalltown (14-7)

Others: Cedar Rapids Jefferson; Valley, West Des Moines; Waukee; Western Dubuque

Class 3A (Record)

  1. Davenport, Assumption (20-6)
  2. Harlan (15-2)
  3. Carlisle (20-5)
  4. Solon (19-6)
  5. Bishop Heelan, Sioux City (19-8)
  6. Waverly-Shell Rock (19-5)
  7. North Polk (14-5)
  8. Boone (14-5)
  9. Decorah (14-4)
  10. Fairfield (17-5)

Others: Central DeWitt; Grinnell; Oskaloosa; Sergeant Bluff-Luton; Webster City; Xavier, Cedar Rapids

Class 2A (Record)

  1. Cascade, Western Dubuque (23-0)
  2. West Lyon (18-1)
  3. Regina, Iowa City (15-6)
  4. Wilton (14-4)
  5. Estherville Lincoln Central (16-2)
  6. Beckman, Dyersville (18-8)
  7. New Hampton (19-3)
  8. Monticello (16-3)
  9. Centerville (15-3)
  10. Van Meter (18-5)

Others: Alta/Aurelia; Kuemper Catholic, Carroll; Pleasantville; Treynor

Class 1A (Record)

  1. Newman Catholic, Mason City (22-1)
  2. Lisbon (24-0)
  3. North Linn (26-3)
  4. St. Mary’s, Remsen (16-3)
  5. Alburnett (23-3)
  6. Martensdale-St. Mary’s (21-6)
  7. St. Albert, Council Bluffs (20-5)
  8. South Winneshiek (16-4)
  9. New London (17-2)
  10. Tri-Center, Neola (12-2)

Others: CAM, Anita; Don Bosco, Gilbertville; Gladbrook-Reinbeck; Moravia; Saint Ansgar; Southeast Warren; West Fork; Woodbury Central

Weaver, Martinez pace Cards past Brewers

Sports

June 24th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Luke Weaver settled in after a shaky first inning to win for the first time in eight starts and Jose Martinez hit a three-run homer to pace the St. Louis Cardinals to an 8-2 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Sunday. Weaver (4-6) allowed two runs, both in the first, on five hits in 5 2/3 innings. He struck out a season-high nine and walked two for his first victory since May 11. Martinez’s 11th homer capped a five-run fourth when St. Louis erased a 2-1 deficit.

Cards: OF Tommy Pham was not in the lineup after feeling ill before the game. “He is just under the weather,” manager Mike Matheny said. “It has been going through our clubhouse. Different guys are passing it around. Unfortunately when you spend this much time together, is this kind of space, on flights, it is going to run its course.”

UP NEXT
Cards: RHP John Gant (1-2, 4.39) opens the three-game series at Cleveland on Monday. Gant, filling in for injured Michael Wacha, was sent down to Triple-A Memphis on May 31 and recalled on Thursday.

Juvenile killed in SE IA UTV accident

News

June 24th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

An unnamed juvenile from Houghton, died during an UTV accident Sunday morning in southeast Iowa’s Lee County. The Iowa State Patrol reports the youth, who was a passenger on the machine, was thrown off a 2018 Polaris Ranger, a little after 9-a.m., and suffered fatal injuries. The UTV was traveling north on Pilot Grove Road when the accident occurred. The incident remains under investigation.

Dubuque converting methane to natural gas at waste plant

Ag/Outdoor, News

June 24th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) — The excess methane that Dubuque officials used to just burn at the city’s wastewater treatment plant is now being converted into natural gas. The Telegraph Herald reports Dubuque was already using about 75 percent of the methane produced at the plant that was built in 2016 to power and heat the facility.

The new equipment will convert the remaining methane into natural gas. Dubuque City Council member Ric Jones says this project will help reduce the city’s greenhouse gas emissions while also generating energy.

After the methane is converted by some of BioResource Development’s equipment, the natural gas is sent to Black Hills Energy to be distributed.

Railroad unloading oil from cars after Iowa derailment

News

June 24th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

DOON, Iowa (AP) — Crews are working to contain and clean up crude that spilled when an oil train derailed in northwestern Iowa. BNSF railroad spokesman Andy Williams says workers have unloaded oil from 10 of the oil tank cars that didn’t leak after Friday’s derailment. Officials have said 14 of the 32 cars that derailed in Lyon County leaked oil.

Officials say 230,000 gallons spilled. Roughly 100,000 gallons has been contained with booms in a low-lying area filled with floodwaters near the derailment.

Cities downstream from the spill are monitoring their water systems. Workers will continue unloading oil from the rest of the cars and removing them from the area over the next several days. It wasn’t immediately clear Sunday how long the effort will take.

Bricks from University of Iowa’s stadium popular with fans

News, Sports

June 24th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Bricks from the University of Iowa’s Kinnick Stadium have proven to be a popular souvenir for Hawkeye fans when there is construction on the facility. The Iowa City Press-Citizen reports Bravo Sports Marketing is selling bricks from the stadium with a commemorative plaque for $99 apiece.

The company acquired about 8,000 bricks from the stadium after a 2004 renovation and sold them all quickly. So Bravo Sports’ Dave Gallagher says it was natural for the company to bid on 1,200 bricks that were available last summer.

The bricks were all washed with a special detergent, dried and given a special plaque. They all come with a certificate of authenticity from the university. Only about 400 remain available.

Corps reminds public: Missouri River sandbars closed to use

News

June 24th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says sandbars along part of the Missouri River are again closed to protect the nests of endangered bird species.
The Corps says endangered interior least terns and threatened piping plovers nest on sandbars between Ft. Peck Dam in Montana and Ponca State Park in Nebraska. The birds use the sandbars to lay their eggs and hatch chicks.

The number of sandbars on the Missouri River is limited this year because the water level is higher than normal. The nesting season runs from mid-May through August.