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MELVIN THIELEN, 82, of Manning (Svcs. 11/20/2017)

Obituaries

November 18th, 2017 by admin

MELVIN THIELEN, 82, of Manning died Friday, November 17th at the Manning Plaza. Mass of Christian Burial for MELVIN THIELEN will be held Monday, November 20th at 11:00am at the Sacred Heart Church in Manning. Ohde Funeral Home in Manning has the arrangements.

Visitation will be held on Monday, November 20th after 9:30am at the Sacred Heart Church in Manning prior to services.

Burial will be in the Sacred Heart Cemetery in Manning.

MELVIN THIELEN is survived by:

Sister: Margie Feilmeier of Carroll.

Brother: Danny Theilen of Manning.

Sister-in-law: Vicki Thielen of Manning.

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MILDRED EVA LEMAR, 97, of Clive (Formerly of Stuart) (Svcs. 11/21/2017)

Obituaries

November 18th, 2017 by admin

MILDRED EVA LEMAR, 97, of Clive (Formerly of Stuart) died Thursday, November 16th at Silvercrest at Woodlands Creek Assisted Living Center in Clive. A Funeral Mass for MILDRED EVA LEMAR will be held Tuesday, November 21st at 11:00am at All Saints Catholic Church in Stuart. Johnson Family Funeral Home Stuart Chapel has the arrangements.

Visitation will be held Tuesday, Nov. 21st,  from 10:00am-11:00am prior to services at the All Saints Catholic Church in Stuart.

Burial will follow services in the Calvary Catholic Cemetery.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Mildred Lemar Memorial Fund, in care of the funeral home.

Online condolences may be left at www.johnsonfamilyfuneralhome.com

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Red Oak man arrested for Public Intoxication

News

November 18th, 2017 by admin

The Red Oak Police Department reports the early Saturday morning arrest of a Red Oak man for Public Intoxication. At 2:04am Officers responded to a call of a possible intoxicated male in the 100 block of North 3rd Street. Officers then arrested 19-year-old Tyler Austin Sowers of Red Oak for Public Intoxication. Sowers was taken to the Montgomery County Law Enforcement Center and held on $300 cash bond.

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High school girls basketball scoreboard 11/17/2017

Sports

November 18th, 2017 by admin

GIRLS BASKETBALL Friday, November 17, 2017

Central Decatur, Leon 64, Lamoni 17
Des Moines Christian 52, Creston 34
East Sac County 62, Storm Lake 60
Gilbert 54, Ballard 48, OT
Perry 55, Des Moines, North 24
Winterset 75, Interstate 35,Truro 38

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Iowa State holds off Tulsa 80-78 in Puerto Rico Tip-Off

Sports

November 18th, 2017 by admin

CONWAY, S.C. (AP) — Nick Weiler-Babb had 20 points, 14 rebounds and eight assists Friday to help Iowa State hold off Tulsa 80-78 and reach the championship game of the relocated Puerto Rico Tip-Off.

The Cyclones (2-2) blew most of a 16-point lead in the final 10 minutes but did just enough down the stretch to hang on for a second win in as many days.

Tulsa (2-2) got as close as 72-71 on Sterling Taplin’s layup with 1:12 left, but Jakolby Long answered with a banked-in straightaway basket with 48.6 seconds left to keep Iowa State in front.

Donovan Jackson closed the game out by hitting four straight free throws in the final 18 seconds. He finished with 24 points, while Long scored a career-high 17 with four first-half 3-pointers.

Junior Etou had 25 points while DaQuan Jeffries added 23 for Tulsa, which shot 65 percent after halftime.

 

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Iowa State: The Cyclones will play Boise State in Sunday’s championship game.

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Timmer, Woodward lift Drake past Wake Forest, 77-74

Sports

November 18th, 2017 by admin

LYNCHBURG, Va. (AP) — Reed Timmer scored 29 points and hit six of Drake’s 15 3-pointers as the Bulldogs rallied to beat Wake Forest 77-74 on Friday night in the Paradise Jam.

It was moved from St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands to the Vines Center in Lynchburg due to damage from Hurricanes Irma and Maria.

Graham Woodward added 20 points for Drake (2-0), which used an 11-0 run to erase a 10-point deficit late in the second half.

The Demon Deacons (0-3) had a chance to tie in the closing seconds, but Bryant Crawford’s 3-pointer was off the mark.

Wake Forest used a 10-0 run to open a 60-49 lead midway through the second half. After an exchange of baskets, the Bulldogs scored the next 11 points with Woodward capping the rally with a four-point play. The lead changed hands several times until Timmer hit a pair of free throws with 3:55 remaining.

Doral Moore led the Demon Deacons with 17 points and 17 rebounds. Chaundee Brown added 12 points.

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Skyscan Forecast Saturday 11/18/2017

Podcasts, Weather

November 18th, 2017 by admin

Skyscan Forecast  Saturday, November 18, 2017   Richard Garuckas

Today: Rain in the morning followed by gradual clearing. NW @ 15-25, gusting to 35. High 44.

Tonight: Mostly clear. Breezy and cold. NW @ 10-15, gusting up to 25. Low 24.

Sunday: Mostly sunny. SW @ 5-10. High 47.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear. Low 33.

Monday: Mostly sunny. Warmer. High 55.

Tuesday: Partly cloudy. High 42.

Wednesday: Mostly sunny. High 38.

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2017 State Football Championship Schedule/Scores

Sports

November 18th, 2017 by admin

Thursday, November 16th

8-Man Championship
Don Bosco, Gilbertville 52, St. Mary’s, Remsen 14

Class A Championship
West Sioux, Hawarden 35, vs. Hudson 14

Class 3A Championship
Cedar Rapids Xavier 31, Pella 13

Friday, November 17th

Class 1A Championship
Van Meter 28, Regina, Iowa City 7

Class 2A Championship
Waukon 29, Williamsburg 0

Class 4A Championship
Dowling Catholic 35, Iowa City, West 21

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Iowa man sentenced to life for child sex trafficking

News

November 17th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A federal judge has sentenced a central Iowa man to life in prison for hooking girls aged 12 and 15 on crack cocaine, having sex with them and later providing them to his drug dealer for sex acts in exchange for drugs.

Federal prosecutors in Des Moines described Clark Wesley Betts Jr. as a dangerous predator who should spend the rest of his life in prison. The 41-year-old Betts, from Urbandale, was sentenced Friday. He was convicted by a jury in June on two counts of child sex trafficking.

He was ordered to pay nearly $350,000 in restitution to one girl and nearly $375,000 to the other, amounts calculated to provide them counseling and appropriate medication for the rest of their lives.

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Court: Kids of divorced stepparent must pay inheritance tax

News

November 17th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Supreme Court has ruled that siblings who inherited a large share of their stepfather’s estate must pay inheritance taxes in a case that challenged the way Iowa’s tax laws treat stepchildren.

The Iowa Legislature in 2003 changed the state’s inheritance law so that children left money from a stepparent after the parents divorced couldn’t qualify for an inheritance tax exemption afforded natural or adopted children.

Paula Tyler and Mark Alcorn sued the state to recover $200,000 in taxes claiming the law violates the Iowa Constitution’s guarantee of equal protection. They inherited the bulk of the estate of their stepfather, Donald Hitzhusen, a Rockford area farmer.

The court found that the state did not violate the constitution by revising tax laws as a way to promote close family relationships.

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