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Area Basketball games were cancelled or postponed for Monday night (1/25)

Sports

January 25th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

BOYS BASKETBALL

POSTPONEMENTS AND CANCELLATIONS

AC/GC vs. Southwest Valley, ppd.

Bedford vs. Fremont Mills, Tabor, ppd.

Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson vs. St. Albert, Council Bluffs, ppd.

Essex vs. Clarinda Academy, ppd.

Mount Ayr vs. Central Decatur, Leon, ppd.

Ogden vs. Coon Rapids-Bayard, ccd.

Stanton vs. Griswold, ppd.

Underwood vs. Logan-Magnolia, ppd.

Winterset vs. Perry, ppd.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

POSTPONEMENTS AND CANCELLATIONS=

Bedford vs. Fremont Mills, Tabor, ppd.

Kuemper Catholic, Carroll vs. Greene County, ccd.

Logan-Magnolia vs. IKM-Manning, ppd.

Mount Ayr vs. Central Decatur, Leon, ppd.

Ogden vs. Coon Rapids-Bayard, ccd.

Stanton vs. Griswold, ppd. to Jan 25th.

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Atlantic CSD Board to hold a work session Wed. evening

News

January 25th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

Members of the Atlantic School District’s Board of Education will hold an electronic work session 6-p.m. Wed., Jan. 27th, via livestream on You Tube. During their meeting, the Board will discuss:

  • A Board interface with District Leadership Teams
  • Upcoming Dates, including:
    • IASB Webinars: COVID-19 Remediation for Student Achievement – Feb. 2nd, 2021
    • Mental Health – February 9th, 2021
    • IASB Virtual Lobby Days: (Same topics as above, with dates set for Feb. 4th and 11th respectively)
    • The Board’s Regular Meeting – Feb. 10th, 2021 at 6-p.m.

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A-P Boys Iowa High School Basketball Poll for the week of 1/25/21

Sports

January 25th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

The Top Ten teams in the Associated Press Iowa high school basketball poll with first-place votes in parentheses and won-loss record, total points and position last week at right:

Class 4A
Record Pts Prv
1. Cedar Falls (7) 9-0 88 1
2. Waukee (2) 7-1 79 2
3. Johnston 5-1 73 3
4. Ankeny Centennial 9-1 66 4
5. Iowa City Liberty 5-0 51 6
6. Dubuque, Hempstead 8-2 40 7
7. Valley, West Des Moines 7-2 34 5
8. Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 10-3 28 8
9. Southeast Polk 8-2 13 NR
10. Pleasant Valley 9-2 12 NR

Others receiving votes: Ames 4. Des Moines, Hoover 3. Norwalk 2. North Scott, Eldridge 1. Davenport, West 1.

Class 3A
Record Pts Prv
1. Ballard (5) 11-1 79 4
2. Pella (1) 11-1 71 1
3. Monticello (2) 12-0 68 5
4. Dallas Center-Grimes (1) 11-1 63 6
5. Carroll 12-1 62 2
6. Assumption, Davenport 10-2 41 3
(tie) Solon 13-1 41 7
8. Epworth, Western Dubuque 10-2 24 8
9. Glenwood 12-2 19 10
10. Clear Lake 11-1 14 9

Others receiving votes: Clear Creek-Amana 12. Le Mars 1.

Class 2A
Record Pts Prv
1. Boyden-Hull (9) 14-0 90 1
2. A-H-S-TW, Avoca 14-1 62 3
3. Des Moines Christian 12-1 56 7
4. Western Christian, Hull 12-3 54 6
5. Dike-New Hartford 12-2 42 2
(tie) West Branch 9-0 42 4
7. OA-BCIG 13-1 39 9
8. Denver 12-2 38 8
9. Pekin 14-1 24 10
10. Roland-Story, Story City 11-1 14 NR

Others receiving votes: Albia 8. Spirit Lake 7. North Fayette, Valley 7. Treynor 4. West Burlington 2. AC-GC 2. Aplington-Parkersburg 2. Camanche 1. Garner-Hayfield-Ventura 1.

Class 1A
Record Pts Prv
1. North Linn, Troy Mills (8) 15-0 89 1
2. Lake Mills (1) 13-0 77 2
3. Martensdale-St. Marys 13-0 70 3
4. Easton Valley 15-0 57 4
5. Gehlen Catholic, Le Mars 14-1 45 6
6. Springville 15-1 44 5
7. Montezuma 13-2 30 8
8. Grand View Christian 12-1 29 9
9. St. Mary’s, Remsen 13-1 25 7
10. Wapsie Valley, Fairbank 11-2 21 10

Others receiving votes: Dunkerton 2. Edgewood-Colesburg 2. Janesville 1. Keota 1. Newell-Fonda 1. Notre Dame, Burlington 1.

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Drought stretches from western Iowa all the way to California

News, Weather

January 25th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – Even with today’s (Monday) heavy snow across a wide portion of Iowa, the soil is frozen and when this snow melts, it’ll likely run off and not be absorbed into the soil. Weather experts are predicting continued drought conditions for the region, with the troubles spreading across Iowa’s western third. Illinois state climatologist Trent Ford moderated the North-Central Region Climate update for the National Weather Service.

“Most areas from the Central Plains westward are still dealing with drought issues,” Ford says. “Forty-five percent of this entire area is in moderate drought or worse. Some places in Nebraska, Colorado, Wyoming, and parts of northwestern Iowa are still dealing with severe to extreme or exceptional drought.” Ford says the dry conditions started early last fall and they’ll continue well into the spring planting season.

“Because of that dry 2020 and the carryover to 2021, we’re still dealing with drought conditions,” Ford says. “Given the mild temperatures for winter so far and the fact that nobody is pushing the record books for precipitation, we really haven’t seen much improvement.” Ford says the outlooks don’t offer much relief and many Iowa farmers could be facing critical problems in just a few months.

“This big block of brown here that we’re showing from western Iowa all the way through California, that is the area where the highest likelihood is drought persistence,” Ford says. “Drought is currently present there, at least moderate drought if not worse, and the prediction is the highest probability of drought persistence, at least through the end of April.” Soil moisture is also depleted across much of the region after several years of above-normal precipitation and record or near-record flooding.

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Plan to provide state scholarships for private K-12 schools advancing in Iowa Senate

News

January 25th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) The governor’s plan to provide five-thousand dollar state scholarships to cover private school or home schooling expenses is being debated in the Iowa Senate this week. The plan would also stop administrators in five school districts with voluntary diversity plans from denying open enrollment transfers out of those districts. Logan Shine is one of Governor Kim Reynolds’ policy advisors. “We’re empowering parents with the ability to choose what’s best for their children,” Shine says.

Trish Wilger is executive director of Iowa Alliance for Choice in Education. “This is about giving parents the ability to choose what they feel works best for their child,” she says, “…putting parents in the driver’s seat, giving parent options.” The new state scholarships would be available for students living in the 34 Iowa public school districts with the lowest student test scores and high school graduation rates. Chuck Hurley of The Family Leader says the proposal is targeted at schools that aren’t doing well.

“What we really need to do with education policy, in our opinion, is be first and foremost concerned with the students’ outcomes,” Hurley says. “We should fund children and not particular systems and any public school that’s concerned about this bill, that doing a good job with the children should not have anything to fear.” Opponents far outnumbered supporters during an online public hearing this (Monday) morning. Betty Andrews, the president of the Iowa-Nebraska N-Double-A-C-P, says the governor’s plan will hurt public schools.

“This bill will potentially finance a cycle that could lead to segregation of Iowa schools,” she said, “…allowing wealthier families to flee public schools for less diverse charter or private schools and reducing funds for poor and minority students.” Jesse Howard, a member of the New London School Board, is a southeast Iowa district director for the Iowa Association of School Boards. He calls the scholarships “vouchers.”

“Vouchers represent a rural to urban shift of resources,” he says. “The survival of rural schools depends on adequate state funding…As one parent told me this weekend, this bill is going to create the wild west of public education and be the death of what we look at for quality public education.” Anderson Sainci (SAN-see), a member of the Dubuque Community School Board, says shifting state dollars to private schools will have a negative impact on poor, middle class and racial minorities.

“I hope our legislators will truly live by our goals and missions to do what’s best for all Iowans, not some,” he said. A Senate committee will start debating this plan late this (Monday) afternoon. The expectation is the full Senate will vote on it as soon as Thursday.

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Storm threatens Midwest with heavy snow, travel disruptions

News

January 25th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A major winter storm is threatening to blanket parts of the middle of the country with more than a foot of snow, promising to disrupt travel and even closing some coronavirus testing sites. The snow that began in some parts of the Midwest Monday morning was forecast to stretch from central Kansas northeast to Chicago and southern Michigan throughout the day. Some of the heaviest snow was expected in southeast Nebraska and western Iowa.

Officials are urging drivers to stay off the roads. Several coronavirus testing sites in Nebraska and Iowa closed early on Monday because of the storm. Elsewhere, a major highway in California was closed as a storm moving across the Southwest dumped snow in the Tejon Pass between Los Angeles and the San Joaquin Valley.

 

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LEONA ROHE, 96, of Manning (Mass of Christian Burial 1/29/21)

Obituaries

January 25th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

LEONA ROHE, 96, of Manning, died Sunday, Jan. 24th, at Sunnybrook Assisted Living, in Carroll. A Mass of Christian Burial for LEONA ROHE will be held 10:30-a.m. Friday, Jan. 29th, at the Sacred Heart Church in Manning. Ohde Funeral Home in Manning has the arrangements. **Social Distancing and Face Masks are required at the service and visitation**

Friends may call at the Sacred Heart Church in Manning, on Thursday, Jan. 28th, from 5-until 7-p.m., with a Prayer Service at 7-p.m.; Visitation will resume at the church 9:30-a.m., Friday.

Burial is in the Sacred Heart Cemetery.

LEONA ROHE is survived by:

Her three daughters – Mary Lou (Steve) Wieland, of Westside; Doris Erlbacher, of Dow City, & Diane (Kevin) Teno, of Creston.

Her sons – Ken Rohe, of Manning, and Keith Rohe, of Templeton.

14 grandchildren, numerous great-grandchildren and great-great grandchildren, & her daughter-in-law, Mary Rohe, of Manning.

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Cardinals Spring Training tickets go on sale February 1st

Sports

January 25th, 2021 by admin

JUPITER, FL – After much anticipation, Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium is excited to announce that 2021 Miami Marlins and St. Louis Cardinals Spring Training tickets will go on sale starting Monday, February 1st.  Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium will host a total of 30 games throughout the duration of the 2021 Spring Training Season: 15 for the Miami Marlins and 15 for the St. Louis Cardinals. All tickets for the 2021 season will be available for purchase online only through Marlins.com, Cardinals.com or RogerDeanChevroletStadium.com.

As is tradition, 2020 Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium Season Ticket Holders will be given first priority in purchasing their tickets for the upcoming season. Unlike in years past, full Season Ticket packages will not be available for the 2021 season due to updated Health & Safety Protocols. Instead, all tickets will be available on an individual game basis. Season Ticket Holders will have the opportunity to pick their games, at a discounted rate for the 2021 Spring Training season starting February 1st at 10 a.m.

All tickets for the 2021 season will be purchased online and issued via mobile ticket delivery utilizing the MLB Ballpark App. In accordance with health and safety protocols, seating pods will be available in allotments of 2, 4, or 6 and distanced a minimum of 6 feet apart throughout the entire stadium. Additionally, all points of sale at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium will be credit or debit transactions only. A full list of updated stadium Health and Safety Protocols for the 2021 season can be found at here.

On Monday, February 8th, 2020 Miami Marlins and St. Louis Cardinals Season Ticket Holders will have an opportunity to purchase 2021 Spring Training tickets.  Past Mini-Plan and Group Ticket buyers will have the opportunity to purchase tickets on an individual game basis beginning Monday, February 15th, pending availability. Individual Game Tickets will become available to the General Public on Thursday, February 18th, pending availability.

Groups can take advantage of the MOSS Construction Luxury Suites or Cassidy Cool Zone areas during the 2021 season. In accordance with updated Health & Safety Protocols, the Moss Construction Luxury Suites will be capped at a maximum of 20 tickets, while food service will continue to be available in the suites and will be served as pre-packaged options.

Similarly, the Cassidy Cool Zone will be available to groups of 50 people. All groups utilizing the Cool Zone will be required to stay in the covered picnic area for the duration of the game, no additional Reserved Box nor Bleachers tickets will be included in this package for the 2021 season. The two-hour all you can eat food service that is customary with the Cool Zone package will continue for the 2021 season, however, pre-packaged options will be utilized in accordance with Health and Safety Protocols.

The full Spring Training schedule at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium can be found below or at Cardinals.com, Marlins.com or RogerDeanChevroletStadium.com. Fans can also find information on individual and group ticket policies by visiting our website or by calling the stadium’s Main Office at (561) 775-1818.

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Updates to Iowa women’s hoops schedule

Sports

January 25th, 2021 by admin

IOWA CITY, Iowa – The Big Ten Conference has announced changes to the women’s basketball schedule which effects Iowa’s next three games.

The Hawkeyes matchup with Northwestern on Thursday, Jan. 28 has been scheduled for 5 p.m. (CT) and will air live on Big Ten Network.

The game at Minnesota on Jan. 31 has been announced as a 4 p.m. CT start and will stream live on BTN Plus.

The Ohio State game in Columbus, that was postponed on Dec. 19, will be made-up on Feb. 4 inside Value City Arena. Tip time has not been set but the matchup will air live on Big Ten Network.

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AP Women’s Basketball Top 25 01/25/2021

Sports

January 25th, 2021 by admin

The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ women’s college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Jan. 24, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking

Record Pts Prv
1. Louisville (22) 14-0 739 1
2. NC State (5) 11-0 710 2
3. UConn (1) 10-0 692 3
4. South Carolina (2) 12-1 679 4
5. UCLA 9-2 618 6
6. Stanford 12-2 572 5
7. Maryland 11-1 565 7
8. Texas A&M 14-1 550 8
9. Baylor 10-2 522 9
10. Arizona 11-2 494 10
11. Oregon 11-3 420 13
12. Michigan 10-1 382 11
13. South Florida 10-1 353 14
14. Ohio St. 8-1 346 17
15. Kentucky 11-4 320 12
16. Indiana 9-3 308 16
17. DePaul 9-3 238 18
18. Gonzaga 13-2 186 20
19. Arkansas 11-5 182 15
20. Tennessee 10-3 180 25
21. Mississippi St. 8-4 156 19
22. Georgia 12-2 122 22
23. Northwestern 8-3 93 21
24. West Virginia 11-2 72 –
25. South Dakota St. 13-2 66 –

Others receiving votes: Texas 52, Missouri St. 49, Iowa St. 29, Syracuse 27, Alabama 10, Rice 7, Georgia Tech 5, Milwaukee 4, South Dakota 2.

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