The 10th ranked Iowa State women suffered their first loss. Taliah Scott’s basket with two seconds remaining was the game winner as 22nd ranked Baylor edged the Cyclones 72-70, snapping their 16 game win streak in Hilton Coliseum.
That’s ISU coach Bill Fennelly. Jada Williams had 28 points and Audi Crooks had 26, but they were the only Cyclones in double figures as they fall to 14-1.
The Cyclones will look to bounce back Wednesday at Cincinnati.
The Drake men held Indiana State without a field goal for the final five-and-a-half minutes of the game and rallied for a 74-72 win in the Knapp Center. The Bulldogs improve to 2-2 in the Missouri Valley and bounced back from a lopsided loss at home to Illinois State.
That’s Drake coach Eric Henderson. The Bulldogs trailed by eight late in the first half.
The Bulldogs broke through after a series of frustrating losses at home.
Drake may be without junior starting forward Wilguens Junior Exacte for an extended period of time. He suffered a foot injury last week.
DENISE HILDEBRAND, 77, of Atlantic, died Saturday, January 3rd, 2025, at the Exira Care Center, following a battle with kidney disease. A private family graveside service for DENISE HILDEBRAND will be held at Pleasant Township Cemetery in Griswold, Iowa, at a later date. Roland Funeral Service in Atlantic has the arrangements.
Memorials may be made to the family for later designation.
DENISE HILDEBRAND is survived by:
Her daughters – Julie (Corey) Miller, of Lumberton, TX, and Jacqueline (Kris) Phippen, of Exira.
Her sisters – Sherry (Jay) Brown, and Kathy (Rick) Linfor, all of Atlantic.
4 grandchildren and 1 great-grandson.
Condolences may be left at www.rolandfuneralservice.com.
(Creston, IA) – A distracted driver lost control of their car Saturday afternoon in Union County, resulting in a rollover accident. The Union County Sheriff’s Office reports the 16-year-old female from Creston was traveling north on the High and Dry Road at around 12:47-p.m., Saturday, when she received a message on the center console screen in the 2015 Ford Taurus she was driving.
When the teen went to clear the message, the car entered the gravel portion of the shoulder. When the driver attempted to get the vehicle back onto the road she over-corrected, causing the car to cross the center line, into the opposite lane. The car went into the west side ditch and rolled over, causing a sheriff’s estimated $15,000 (Severe) damage to the vehicle.
Both the driver’s and passenger side curtain airbags deployed, and the windshield was pushed-in, according to the report. The teen denied any injuries when she was checked by medics. No citations were issued.
(Red Oak, IA) – Police in Red Oak arrested a man early this (Sunday) morning, on an OWI charge. Authorities say 29-year-old Dakota James LeRoy Petty, of Red Oak, was arrested at around 2:15-a.m. in the 200 block of E. Oak Street, in Red Oak, for OWI/1st offense (A Serious Misdemeanor). Petty was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on a $1,000 bond.
(Atlantic, IA) – The Atlantic City Council’s first meeting under the leadership of newly elected and sworn-in Mayor Rob Clausen, will take place beginning at 5:30-p.m. on Wednesday, January 7th. The meeting, as always, is in the City Council’s Chambers inside of the Atlantic City Hall. It will be viewable in-person or through the City’s website (https://cityofatlantic.com/government/meeting-live-stream/)
The following is the tentative Agenda for the meeting:
1. Roll Call.
2. Approve Agenda.
3. Pledge of Allegiance.
4. Adopt Consent Agenda Items.
a. Minutes of December 17, 2025, City Council Meeting.
b. Bills: $230,343.81.
5. Public Forum & Requested Hearings.
6. Presentation by Rod Deter on the Atlantic Cemetery.
7. Order to Appoint Roger Poulsen to the Planning & Zoning Commission.
8. Order to Approve First Whitney Bank & Trust as the City’s Official Bank for the City
Checking Account for 2026.
9. Order to Approve the Atlantic News Telegraph as the City’s Official Newspaper for
Legal Publications in 2026.
10. Order to Approve Pay Application #5 for $94,872.79 to TK Concrete for the West 22 nd
Street Improvement Project.
11. Resolution #01-26 “Authorizing Certain Parameters for the Acceptance and Approval
of a Bond Purchase Agreement.”
12. Administrator’s Report.
a. Governor’s State of the State Speech. – Tuesday, January 13, 2026. A.M.
b. Budget Workshop – Wednesday, January 14, 2026
13. Mayor’s Report.
14. City Council Reports.
15. Adjournment.
(Atlantic, IA) – The Cass County Board of Supervisors will hold Fiscal Year 2026-2027 Departmental Budget Work Sessions beginning Tuesday, January 6th. Additional sessions will be held on: January 7th; 13th; and 14th. Each session begins at 9-a.m. in the Supervisor’s Board Room, inside the Cass County Courthouse in Atlantic.
The Work Session Schedule is as follows (The order of agenda items may change based on when personnel are available and when time allows:
Tuesday January 6, 2026
9:00 Call to Order, Roll Call, Approve Agenda
9:00 Veteran Affairs
10:00 General Relief
11:00 Recorder
12:00 Break
1:30 Sheriff
2:30 Jail
3:30 Adjournment
Wednesday January 7, 2026
9:00 Call to Order, Roll Call, Approve Agenda
9:00 Attorney
10:00 IT
11:00 Treasurer
12:00 Adjournment
Tuesday January 13, 2026
9:00 Call to Order, Roll Call, Approve Agenda
9:00 Engineer – Sec Road
10:00 Conservation
11:00 Auditor
12:00 Break
1:30 Board of Supervisors
3:30 Board of Supervisors
4:30 Adjournment
Wednesday January 14, 2026
9:00 Call to Order, Roll Call, Approve Agenda
9:00 Zoning
10:00 Any other budget business or follow up
12:00 Adjournment
Today: Mostly cloudy this morning; Gradually becoming sunny. Breezy. A high near 45. Wins S @ 10-20 mph gusting to around 30 this afternoon.
Tonight: Patchy fog after midnight, otherwise partly cloudy, with a low around 31. SW @ 5-15 w/gusts to around 25 mph.
Monday: Patchy fog before 9am, otherwise partly sunny, with a high near 50. Winds S @ 5-10 in the afternoon.
Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 32.
Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 49.
Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 31.
Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 56.
Saturday’s High in Atlantic was 34. The Low was 21. Last year on this date (Jan. 4th), the High in Atlantic was 16 & the Low was 9. The Record High on this date was 59 in 1939. The Record Low was -29 in 2010. Sunrise: 7:46. Sunset: 5:03-p.m.
BOYS
Hawkeye Ten Conference
Shenandoah – 69 vs Atlantic – 60
Lewis Central – 43 vs Glenwood – 32
Western Iowa Conference
Riverside – 54 vs Audubon – 52
Pride of Iowa Conference
Central Decatur – 45 vs Nodaway Valley – 40
Southeast Warren – 87 vs Lenox – 51
Non-Conference
Kuemper Catholic – 59 vs Bishop Heelan Catholic – 57
St. Albert – 75 vs South Sioux City – 59
Red Oak – 60 vs East Mills – 54
Ridge View – 57 vs Woodbine – 40
GIRLS
Hawkeye Ten Conference
Atlantic – 48 vs Shenandoah – 41
Glenwood – 42 vs Lewis Central – 38
Pride of Iowa Conference
Nodaway Valley – 52 vs Central Decatur – 34
Lenox – 41 vs Southeast Warren – 35
Non-Conference
Underwood – 28 vs East Mills – 25
Ridge View – 46 vs Logan-Magnolia – 26
Spirit Lake – 62 vs Sergeant Bluff-Luton – 47
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