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LE MARS, Iowa (AP) — A Sioux City man has pleaded guilty to robbing a bank in northwest Iowa. Records say 33-year-old Phillip White entered the plea Thursday in U.S. District Court in Sioux City. Prosecutors say White robbed Iowa State Bank in Le Mars on Dec. 12 and was driven away in a U-Haul van by Karen Merrick, also of Sioux City. Officers managed to flatten the van’s tires and arrest the pair. Merrick’s trial is scheduled to begin Aug. 5 in Sioux City.
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — A man charged with first-degree murder has taken a plea deal in the shooting of an 18-year-old woman in Cedar Rapids. Linn County District Court records say 20-year-old Kyler Junkins pleaded not guilty Thursday to second-degree murder. His plea agreement calls for a sentence of 50 years in prison. He also agreed to pay $150,000 in restitution to the estate or heirs of AnnaElise Edgeton.
Junkins and three other people were arrested after the Jan. 13, 2018, break-in slaying of Edgeton at her apartment.
(Radio Iowa) — Sunday afternoon’s NASCAR Xfinity series race will highlight the opening weekend of the season at the Iowa Speedway. It begins Saturday night with a NASCAR truck race and Iowa Speedway President David Hyatt says they will have the attention of the racing community.
Hyatt says the track will also host a concert after Saturday night’s truck race.
Tyler Reddick currently leads the Xfinity series standings after posting his third win of the season at Michigan. Des Moines native Michael Annett is ninth. He posted his first career victory in the season opener at Daytona.
(Radio Iowa) — The Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission approved renovation plans for three casinos Thursday to create areas for sports books. Commission administrator, Brian Ohorilko,
says the Lakeside Casino in Osceola is using existing space. He says they had existing space in the lower deck of their boat and they are spending an estimated 150-thousand dollars to transform it into a sports book. Ohorilko says the Grand Falls Casino in Larchwood included the sports book in with another renovation project. “There was a one-point-five million dollar renovation for a sports book. But then in addition to that — eight-point-five million dollars set aside for improvements to the hotel and R-V park,”he says.
The Hard Rock Casino in Sioux City is also a renovating an area in the current building. “It took some existing space in the wine bar, their high-limit area. There was a project conversion of approximately 895-thousand dollar total budget,” according to Ohorilko. “And that will essentially turn some of that area into a sports book.” Ohorilko says the 19 state-licensed casinos are moving as quickly as they can to have a sports book in place after the governor signed the bill legalizing sports betting into law in May. “It’s hard to say what we’ll see down the road. I know most of the properties are anxious to have things up and ready prior to the football season,” Ohorilko says. “There’s only so much that you can do in a few months. And so we are seeing remodels right now that just updates that existing space. It’s hard to say if we’ll see more material renovations as time moves on.”
Ohorilko says there are a lot of unknowns about how many gamblers might use the sports books or how many would use an online option. He says that is whey there is a lot of renovation of existing spaces. “I think a lot of it is everything is just moving so quickly and the facilities are wanting to make sure they’re not making material plans for their facilities until they really know what the impact will be at each of their locations,” according to Ohorilko. He says they are on track with the rule-making so it may be possible that you could legally place a bet in Iowa on the first college football games of the year.
CAM, Anita 11, Glidden-Ralston 1 (5 innings )
Carlisle 10, ADM, Adel 0 (Foss no-hitter)
Clarke, Osceola 11, Red Oak 2
Denison-Schleswig 14, Creston 5
Denison-Schleswig 18, Creston 5
Des Moines Christian 10, Panorama, Panora 1
Des Moines Christian 9, Panorama, Panora 8
Glenwood 12, Harlan 11 (Game 2)
Glenwood 7, Harlan 4 (Game 1)
Lewis Central 15, Shenandoah 0
Lewis Central 6, Shenandoah 0
Murray 20, Orient-Macksburg 3
Ogden 12, Earlham 2
Ogden 9, Earlham 2
Pleasantville 11, ACGC 1
Pleasantville 13, ACGC 3 (6 innings )
Sidney 9, Griswold 2
Stanton 12, Bedford 5
Treynor 11, Tri-Center, Neola 5
Underwood 2, AHSTW, Avoca 1
West Central Valley, Stuart 10, Woodward Academy 0
West Central Valley, Stuart 32, Woodward Academy 18
Atlantic 17, Clarinda 1
Atlantic 3, Clarinda 2
Carlisle 4, ADM 2
Creston 7, Denison-Schleswig 1
Denison-Schleswig 11, Creston 7
Des Moines Christian 13, Panorama 0
Logan-Magnolia 6, Missouri Valley 4
Mount Ayr 5, Lenox 0
Murray 12, Orient-Macksburg 0
Nodaway Valley 8, Southwest Valley 5
OABCIG 5, South Central Calhoun 2
Panorama 6, Des Moines Christian 5
Pleasantville 11, ACGC 4
Pleasantville 7, ACGC 6
Shenandoah 11, Lewis Central 0
Shenandoah 12, Lewis Central 4
Sidney 6, Griswold 4
Underwood 5, AHSTW 4
West Harrison 5, Westwood 1
Winterset 4, Carroll 0
(Radio Iowa) — Nick Nurse is an NBA champion. The Carroll native led the Toronto Raptors to a 114-110 win over Golden State in game six of the NBA Finals. It was last summer Nurse was named head coach for a team known more for coming up short in the playoffs.
It has been a long road for Nurse who began coaching in the pros in England and he also made two different stops in the G-League.
The Raptors won the series by winning three straight games in Oakland.
Today: Mostly cloudy w/scattered showers & tstrms. High 75. S winds @ 10-20 mph.
Tonight: Scattered shwrs & tstrms. Low 64. S @ 5-10.
Tomorrow: Variably cloudy w/scattered shwrs early & again late. High around 83.
Sunday: P/Cldy to Cldy. High 77.
Monday: P/Cldy to Cldy w/scattered shwrs & tstrms. High around 73.
Yesterday’s High in Atlantic was 77. Our Low 46. Last year on this date our High was 84 and the Low was 66. The record High in Atlantic on this date was 97 in 1987. The Record Low was 41 in 1933.
GARY R. SCHERDIN, 78, of Atlantic, died Thursday, June 13th, at the Montgomery County Memorial Hospital, in Red Oak. Private Family Graveside services with Military Rites by the Atlantic Color Guard will be held for GARY SCHERDIN. Roland Funeral Home, in Atlantic has the arrangements
Online condolences may be left at www.rolandfuneralservice.com
GARY SCHERDIN is survived by:
His son – Christian (Julia) Scherdin, of Weatherford, OK.
and 1 granddaughter.
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