Class 3A Boys Basketball Substate Semifinals will be contested Thursday night. We’ll have coverage of the Atlantic Trojans at the Glenwood Rams in Substate 8 with an audio only broadcast on KJANTV. Pregame will start at 6:45 p.m. with tipoff at 7:00 p.m.
Substate 1
Storm Lake (11-10) @ Carroll (21-2)
Sergeant Bluff-Luton (14-7) @ LeMars (18-5)
Substate 8
ADM (10-12) @ Dallas Center-Grimes (18-3)
Atlantic (13-6) @ Glenwood (20-2) –AUDIO ONLY ON KJANTV
The Fremont County Sheriff’s Office posted on social media, Wednesday, a statement that read “Our local DOT Officer was very lucky to survive today as she was hit while directing traffic on Interstate 29 assisting DOT workers.”
According to the Iowa State Patrol, at around 2:45-p.m., a Volvo semi registered to a company out of Denver, CO., was traveling in the right-hand lane of I-29 southbound near the Exit 1 overpass. A 2015 Chevy Tahoe was also in the right-hand lane, traveling south, with its driver, 56-year old Theresa Ann Fox, of Ankeny, providing traffic control for a DOT Highway repair crew conducting pavement patching.
Photos via Fremont County Sheriff’s Office & Officer Fox.
The Tahoe was traveling slowly with its rear emergency lights activated and arrow stick directing traffic to merge left, upon approach. The semi, driven by 34-year old Makalim Rafkat, of Hollywood, FL, failed to merge left, and struck the rear of the Tahoe, causing the SUV to leave the road to right before it rolled over, coming to rest on its wheels.
DOT Officer Fox was transported by Hamburg Rescue to Grape Memorial Hospital, where she was treated and released. She said on social media, “I’m alright. Seat belts save lives.” The Fremont County Sheriff’s Office added, “ Please move over and slow down for stopped vehicles on the roadway.”
Police in Council Bluffs are investigating the armed robbery late Wednesday night, of a convenience store. Authorities say at around 11-p.m., a black male entered the Kwik Shop at 1749 West Broadway. The suspect approached the clerk and displayed a handgun while demanding money. He then left the store in a dark colored Chevrolet Malibu with an undisclosed amount of cash. No one was injured in this incident.
The suspect is about 5’ 2” tall. He was wearing a black hooded sweatshirt, dark pants, and a surgical mask. Anyone with information about the incident is encouraged to call the Criminal Investigation Division at (712) 328‐4728 or Crime Stoppers at (712) 328-STOP.
Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:35 a.m. CST
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa House Republicans have cast the final vote needed to send a bill to the governor that sharply limits early voting in the state, months after a general election overseen by a Republican secretary of state that saw record turnout and overwhelming victories by GOP candidates. Like states across the country with Republican legislatures, Iowa lawmakers said early voting must be reined in because of the potential for fraud, even after a successful election in a state with no history of problems. The House passed the bill Wednesday a plan approved by the Senate a day earlier, Democrats who are outnumbered in both chambers were left aghast but in no position to stop the changes.
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa’s Democratic attorney general has installed the Republican governor’s lawyer into a high-level job in which he is defending his former boss’ policy agenda and management decisions in court. Weeks after joining Attorney General Tom Miller’s staff, Sam Langholz has participated in cases defending Gov. Kim Reynolds’ coronavirus restrictions, her law requiring a 24-hour waiting period for abortions, her denial of overtime pay to some nurses, and her administration’s ouster of a longtime public health spokeswoman. Miller and Reynolds announced Langholz’s appointment as an assistant attorney general for civil and appellate litigation in November.
AMES, Iowa (AP) — Police in Ames say an autopsy shows the death last month of a 21-year-old woman outside an Iowa State University sorority house was caused by acute alcohol intoxication and hypothermia. Emergency responders found the body of Olivia Chutich on the ground in the parking lot of the Delta Delta Delta Sorority the morning of Jan. 22. Chutich was the daughter of Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Margaret Chutich and Allina Health CEO Penny Wheeler. Investigators have said Chutich was last seen late the night before she was found and believe she had been lying in the parking lot for several hours before she was found. No foul play is suspected.
Following Regional Final play for Class 1A and 2A schools on Wednesday night the IGHSAU released the State Tournament brackets.
In Class 1A Exira-EHK has drawn the 4-seed and will open up in the first round against the 5-seed MMCRU on Wednesday afternoon at 4:00 p.m. The rest of the bracket has #1 Bishop Garrigan vs. #8 Springville at 2:00 p.m.. #2 Newell-Fonda vs. #7 Kingsley-Pierson at 6:00 p.m. and #3 Saint Ansgar vs. #6 Montezuma at 8:00 p.m.
In Class 2A Nodaway Valley drew the 4-seed and they will face the 5-seed North Linn at 9:00 p.m. on Tuesday night. The rest of the bracket has #1 Maquoketa Valley vs. #8 Rock Valley at 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, #2 Dike-New Hartford vs. #7 Treynor at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday and #3 West Branch vs. #6 Grundy Center at 12:00 p.m. Wednesday.
The Exira-EHK Spartans built a twenty point halftime lead, let it slip away, and then finished strong to win the Class 1A Region 8 Final over Lenox 66-56 on Wednesday night in Winterset.
Lenox jumped on top first with a 7-0 run to start the game but the Spartans quickly settled in and rallied. A 21-0 run starting in the middle of the first quarter turned a 11-7 deficit into a 28-11 lead. The Spartans built the lead to 20 at halftime 41-21. Lenox then responded with a 24-7 advantage in the third quarter to get right back in the game. The Tigers would eventually tie the game at 54 in the fourth quarter on a TJ Stoaks three but the Spartans never let the Tigers take the lead. The Spartans went to the foul line for 15 free throw attempts in the fourth quarter and connected on 10 of them to regain the lead and seal the win.
The Spartans only suit 8 players and Coach Tom Petersen said he likes to call them the elite eight and now they have earned the right to be called one of the best 8 teams left in Class 1A as they punched that ticket to State. The Spartans are headed back to Des Moines after a two year hiatus.
Quinn Grubbs led the Spartans with 31 points on the night, including 14-20 from the free throw line. Macy Emgarten poured in 20 points. The Spartans attacked the basket well throughout the night and Lenox racked up a large number of fouls each half, giving the Spartans a wealth of free throw attempts. They finished the game connecting on 26 of 38 attempts. The Spartans improved to 23-0 on the season.
Lenox was led by 22 points from TJ Stoaks, 15 from McKinna Hogan, and 10 from Cassidy Nelson. Lenox ends a terrific season at 20-4.
The Spartans drew the #4 seed in the 1A State Tourney bracket and will face #5 seed MMCRU in their first round game next Wednesday at 4:00 p.m. at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines. We’ll have coverage on KJAN.
Listen to the full postgame interviews with Exira-EHK Head Coach Tom Petersen, Shay Burmeister, Mollie Rasmussen, Macy Emgarten, and Quinn Grubbs in the file below.
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The Red Oak Police Department reports the arrest on Wednesday evening of 46-year-old Eric Stephen Pierson of Carroll on a charge of Public Intoxication. Pierson was arrested at 6:12 p.m. in the 600 block of East Washington Street in Red Oak. Pierson was taken to the Montgomery County Jail and held on $300 bond.
Girls 1A and 2A basketball teams punched their tickets to State in Regional Finals that were contested on Wednesday night. Here’s a look at the scores from games featuring area teams.
CLASS 1A
Region 2 @ Greene County
Newell-Fonda 75, CAM 37
Region 4 @ Denison
Kingsley-Pierson 64, St. Albert 44
Region 8 @ Winterset
Exira-EHK 66, Lenox 56 -ON KJAN
CLASS 2A
Region 5 @ Atlantic
Nodaway Valley 55, AHSTW 33 – ON KJANTV
Region 8 @ Lewis Central
Treynor 40, Underwood 38
Nodaway Valley had the lead before the clock started and never looked back in a 55-33 over AHSTW in the Class 2-A Region 5 Girls Basketball Final Wednesday night in Atlantic.
A score book error led to a technical foul being called on AHSTW before the opening tip and Maddax DeVault hit one of two free throws to give the Wolverines a lead they would never lose. Nodaway Valley was up 9-0 before Kailey Jones scored with less than two minutes left in the first quarter to get the Lady Vikes on the board. But they trailed the Wolverines 22-4 by the end of the first. Things didn’t get any better for AHSTW in the second quarter as they found themselves behind 31-11 at the half. The Wolverine lead grew to 26 points at 51-25 in the fourth quarter.
DeVault led the Wolverines with 23 points and Lindsay Davis scored 16.
The Lady Vikes were led by Claire Denning with 16 points.
AHSTW finishes the season in the regional final for the second year in a row with a record of 17-7.
Nodaway Valley moves to 23-0 and the program qualifies for the state tournament for the first time since Bridgewater-Fontanelle made the tourney in 1981.
The Boys State Bowling Tournament finished up competition on Wednesday with Class 1A and 2A action at Cadillac XBC in Waterloo.
In Class 1A Clarinda finished 5th in the team scoring and Shenandoah was 6th. Clarinda rolled a 2,987 team score, while Shenandoah dropped 2,949 pins. Shenandoah’s Zayne Swickel was the top area finisher with an 11th place 2-game total of 456.
In Class 2A Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln’s Bennett Olsen finished 23rd with a 2-game total of 406.
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