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Another schedule change for UNI men’s basketball team

Sports

November 23rd, 2020 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – A schedule change at the Crossover Classic in Sioux Falls means the UNI men will have a new opponent for Wednesday’s opening round. The Panthers will now play Western Kentucky after being originally scheduled to play West Virginia. The Panthers have three starters back from a team that won the Missouri Valley Conference regular season title but several young players will be counted on for significant minutes.

That’s UNI coach Ben Jacobson, who says the young players will be counted on to provide depth.

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Drake prepares to open basketball season at Kansas State Wednesday afternoon

Sports

November 23rd, 2020 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – Drake is motivated by low expectations as they get set to open the season Wednesday afternoon at Kansas State. The Bulldogs are picked to finish in the lower half of the Missouri Valley Conference and one of the reasons is the loss of center Liam Robbins. The Davenport native transferred to Minnesota after a sophomore season in which he averaged more than 14 points and seven rebounds in being named All-Valley.

That’s Drake coach Darian DeVries who feels the Bulldogs have become an established program. They posted 24 wins and 20 wins in his first two years as coach.

DeVries says playing K-State is a great way to open the season.

Junior guard D.J. Wilkins says the Bulldogs hope to prove the pre-season polls wrong.

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Senior Karli Rucker leads experienced UNI women’s basketball team

Sports

November 23rd, 2020 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – UNI senior point guard Karli Rucker says a regular practice routine has helped the Panthers as they approach the new season. The Panthers open on Wednesday night at Iowa.

The Panthers return their top five scorers from a team that finished 18-11 and Rucker says a standout recruiting class will add depth.

Rucker led the Panthers in scoring last season and is looking to improve in all phases,

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Iowa’s Monica Czinano previews the basketball season

Sports

November 23rd, 2020 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – Big things are expected from junior center Monica Czinano for a young Iowa women’s basketball team this season. Czinano finished second in the nation in field goal percentage last season at 68 percent in being named All-Big Ten. She spent the off season trying to improve her foot work and rebounding.

Czinano spent much of last season plagued by foul trouble and she is hoping to limit that this season.

The addition of six-three freshman Sharon Goodman will provide more depth in the post this season when foul trouble occurs.

The Hawkeyes open at home on Wednesday night against Northern Iowa.

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Union County Sheriff’s report (11/23/20)

News

November 23rd, 2020 by Ric Hanson

The Union County Sheriff’s Office reports a man was arrested Saturday night on Union County warrants for possession of controlled substance (methamphetamine & marijuana) AND possession of drug paraphernalia. 40-year-old Bart Douglas Dunkerson, of Creston, was arrested at around  9:26 PM at his residence, and later released from the Union County Jail on $2,300 bond.

A Union County man reported to the Sheriff’s Office Saturday night, that shortly after 10:00 PM that day, someone drove a truck through his yard in the 2100 block of Yellow Rose Avenue, tearing up the yard and the tires flung rocks at the house causing a window to break and dents on the side of the house. The damage was estimated at $400.

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Adair County Sheriff’s report 11/23/20

News

November 23rd, 2020 by Ric Hanson

The Adair County Sheriff’s Office reports two arrests from the past week. On Nov. 15th, 43-year old Patrick Lee Karnes, of Des Moines, was arrested by Stuart Police for Theft in the 5th Degree, for allegedly stealing two bottles of alcohol and a sweatshirt, from the Stuart Kum-and-Go Store. He was also charged with Violation of a No Contact Order. Karnes was released the following day from the Adair County Jail, on his Own Recognizance.

And, Saturday night (Nov. 21st), 63-year old Jeffrey Allen Jennings, of West Des Moines, was arrested by the Iowa State Patrol, for OWI/1st offense. His arrest followed an investigation into an accident, whereby Jennings’ vehicle crashed into a high tension cable barrier off westbound I-80, near mile marker 88. Jennings admitted to drinking three Bloody Mary’s earlier in the evening. He refused to take a breath test at the Adair County Jail, and was held on Sunday afternoon and then released on a $1,000 cash or surety bond.

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‘Technical difficulties’ sign on Iowa DOT’s website

News

November 23rd, 2020 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – There’s a sign on the Iowa Department of Transportation’s website, acknowledging “technical difficulties.” The Iowa D-O-T’s Andrea Henry says the private company that provides the online capacity for the agency’s website is dealing with a ransomware attack on its system.  “We utilize a hosting vendor and they have had a major outage,” she says, “so we have been working with them since last Monday to get that website restored.”

Henry says the data stored on the D-O-T’s website does not appear to be affected. “We’ve been assured that there has been no compromise to any of our data, information or anything that lives on our website,” Henry says. The entire Iowa D-O-T website is down. “However, we do have a temporary site at our usual address, which is www.iowadot.gov, and we’re able to connect you to some of the most time-sensitive services,” Henry says, “such as making appointments for drivers license services, online renewal, renewal of license plates and some motor carrier services as well.”

Henry says there’s also a chat feature on the website, to get other questions answered during normal business hours. It could be next week before the D-O-T’s website is fully functioning again. “We are, of course, approaching the outage carefully to make sure that there’s no continued security concerns, so we’re hoping to have it up in the next day or two,” Henry says. “However, with the Thanksgiving holiday, it may continue into next week.”

Managed.com, the Iowa D-O-T’s web hosting company, shut down all its servers last Monday to prevent the malware from spreading to all it clients.

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AP College Football Top 25 11/22/2020

Sports

November 23rd, 2020 by admin

The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Nov. 21, 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. Alabama (62) 7-0 1550 1
2. Notre Dame 8-0 1471 2
3. Ohio St. 4-0 1440 3
4. Clemson 7-1 1358 4
5. Texas A&M 5-1 1249 5
6. Florida 6-1 1223 6
7. Cincinnati 8-0 1201 7
8. BYU 9-0 1109 8
9. Oregon 3-0 951 11
10. Miami 7-1 936 12
11. Northwestern 5-0 922 19
12. Indiana 4-1 899 9
13. Georgia 5-2 828 13
14. Oklahoma 6-2 693 18
15. Iowa St. 6-2 658 17
16. Coastal Carolina 8-0 622 15
17. Marshall 7-0 542 15
18. Wisconsin 2-1 540 10
19. Southern Cal 3-0 461 20
20. Texas 5-2 321 22
21. Oklahoma St. 5-2 289 14
22. Auburn 5-2 259 23
23. Louisiana-Lafayette 7-1 218 24
24. Tulsa 5-1 164 25
25. North Carolina 6-2 108 –

Others receiving votes: Washington 35, Liberty 31, Nevada 23, SMU 17, Iowa 15, Boise St. 6, FAU 5, Buffalo 3, San Jose St. 3.

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ALVIN REINIG, 95, of Harlan (Private Mass of Christian Burial 11/27/20)

Obituaries

November 23rd, 2020 by Ric Hanson

ALVIN REINIG, 95, of Harlan, died Sunday, Nov. 22nd, at the Elm Crest Retirement Community. A Private, Mass of Christian Burial for ALVIN REINIG will be held 11-a.m. Friday, Nov. 27th, at St. Mary, Our Lady of Fatima Church in Portsmouth. Pauley-Jones Funeral Home in Harlan has the arrangements.

Burial is in the St. Mary’s Cemetery at Portsmouth.

ALVIN REINIG is survived by:

His Wife – Mildred “Millie” Reinig, of Harlan.

His daughters – Theresa Caffrey, Karen (Jerry) Bexten, and Janet (Jody Ruckman) Reinig, all of Omaha; and Patricia (Paul) Koffron, of Tiffin.

His son – Thomas (Denise) Reinig, of Portsmouth.

His brother – Tony Reinig, of Harlan.

His sister – Cecilia Tunnel, of CA.

13 grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren.

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Iowa women’s hoops will open against UNI on Wednesday

Sports

November 23rd, 2020 by admin

IOWA CITY, Iowa — The University of Iowa women’s basketball team announced it will host Northern Iowa in its 2020-21 season opener at Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Wednesday, Nov. 25 at 6:30 p.m. (CT). The contest will be streamed live on BTN Plus.

Iowa finished the 2019-20 season 23-7 overall, ranking No. 21 in the final AP Poll before the season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Hawkeyes closed conference play, 14-4, placing third. Iowa ranked in the top-15 nationally in six statistical categories, including fourth in field-goal percentage (48.5), sixth in total assists (599) and assists per game (20), 11th in scoring offense (79.5), 12th in 3-point field-goal percentage (37.2), and 15th in assist/turnover ratio (1.27). They return nine letterwinners, including starters senior Alexis Sevillian and junior Monika Czinano.

Czinano, a 2019-20 first team All-Big Ten selection (media) was named to the preseason All-Big Ten team (coaches & media) on Nov. 11 after ranking second in the country in shooting percentage (67.9) as a sophomore.

Details are being finalized for all remaining nonconference games. The Big Ten has yet to release the conference schedule.

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