The area’s latest and/or top news stories at 7:06-a.m., w/KJAN News Director Ric Hanson
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The spokesman for the Food Bank of Iowa says food donations regularly decrease significantly this time of year. Danny Akright says while donations start to drop off — the number of people who need assistance has not dropped a lot since the Great Recession that started in 2008. “You would think that there would be a lot fewer people who are food insecure. But really at the peak it was about 14 percent in Iowa — 14 percent of Iowans were food insecure — but it’s only down to 12 percent.”
The organization covers 55 counties in central and southeast Iowa. He says there’s always a seasonal drop in food that’s available as the various garden programs and farms head into winter. “Of course when the growing season ends that flow of produce kind of slows to a trickle,” Akright says. He says the Food Bank of Iowa has seen an increase in financial donations — which he says are important to keeping the pantry stocked.”We’re able to use those to buy the products that people don’t generally donate and that we’re not getting during certain times of the year,” according to Akright.
The Food Bank of Iowa brought in more than two-point-eight million dollars in donor support last fiscal year. The previous year fiscal year, that number was two-point-two million dollars. Akright says Money raised in November and December each year equals between 30 to 40 percent of their yearly total.
(Radio Iowa, w/thanks to Clay Masters, Iowa Public Radio
EL PASO, Texas (AP) — UTEP coach Tim Floyd abruptly announced his immediate retirement after a 66-52 loss to Lamar on Monday night. Floyd won 466 games as a college coach at five schools, including Iowa State and Southern California. He also was coach for the Chicago Bulls and New Orleans Hornets in the NBA. The 63-year-old Floyd took over at UTEP before the 2010-11 season, winning 138 games.
The unexpected statement came during his postgame news conference after the Miners (1-5) lost their fifth straight game. Floyd said it was “the right time” and that it was “my last game as a coach.” In a news release, UTEP said it would announce a plan Tuesday for who would lead the program.
In the game, Zjori Bosha scored 18 points to lead Lamar (5-1), which scored the game’s first 13 points and led by 20 points at halftime. Trey Wade scored 13 points for UTEP, which shot 33 percent.
Red Oak Police, late Monday night, arrested a Nebraska man on a charge of Public Intoxication. 34-year old Jared Alan Gresham, of Omaha, was arrested at around 11-p.m. in the 500 block of N. 6th Street, in Red Oak. He was being held this (Tuesday) morning in the Montgomery County Jail on a $300 cash bond.
Today: Partly Cloudy. High near 57. N @ 10-20.
Tonight: P/Cldy. Low 25.
Tomorrow: P/Cldy. High 50. E @ 5-10.
Thursday: P/Cldy. High near 50.
Friday: P/Cldy. High near 53.
Monday’s High in Atlantic was 63. Our 24-hour Low (ending at 7-a.m. today): 37. Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 53 and the low was 31. The Record High in Atlantic on this date was 63 in 1941. The Record Low for this date was -16 in 1952.
BOYS BASKETBALL
Hawkeye Ten Conference
Underwood 57, Shenandoah 33
Rolling Valley Conference
Saydel 68, Paton-Churdan 50
Western Iowa Conference
Audubon 73, South Central Calhoun 54
Logan-Magnolia 75, Westwood, Sloan 47
MVAO-CO-U 59, Missouri Valley 41
Southwest Valley 58, Griswold 31
Corner Conference
Diagonal 52, East Mills 47
Other Scores
East Sac County 63, Siouxland Community Christian 33
Grand View Christian 67, Earlham 54
Heartland Christian 45, Whiting 34
Mount Ayr 68, Clarke, Osceola 54
Sergeant Bluff-Luton 59, Sioux City, West 48
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Hawkeye Ten Conference
Creston 49, Winterset 44
Shenandoah 56, Underwood 55
Treynor 61, Harlan 43
Rolling Valley Conference
Glidden-Ralston 61, Iowa Christian Academy 19
Paton-Churdan 46, Saydel 37
Western Iowa Conference
CAM, Anita 46, A-H-S-T-W, Avoca 27
Logan-Magnolia 65, Westwood, Sloan 52
MVAO-CO-U 38, Missouri Valley 33
South Central Calhoun 55, Audubon 26
Southwest Valley 49, Griswold 37
Corner Conference
Diagonal 50, East Mills 29
Essex 41, Bedford 36
Other Scores
Bishop Heelan Catholic, Sioux City 90, Sioux City, North 58
East Sac County 55, Siouxland Community Christian 29
Mount Ayr 52, Clarke, Osceola 51
Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press
AMES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa State coach Matt Campbell and the Cyclones have agreed to a new six-year deal worth $22.5 million, increasing Campbell’s annual compensation from $2.1 million to $3.5 million per season. Campbell, who led Iowa State to a 7-5 record and its first winning season in Big 12 play in 15 years, was expected to be among the top names in the offseason coaching carousel. Iowa State beat a pair of top-5 teams this season.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Chiefs started the season 5-0 with the look of a Super Bowl contender. They have lost five of their past six games and seen much of their AFC West lead evaporate. But trying to figure out exactly where everything has gone wrong has been tough for the Chiefs, partly because there are so many problems in so many places.
UNDATED (AP) — The Missouri Valley Conference was supposed to be devastated by the loss of Wichita State. So far, the league has shown it might have been vastly underrated for 2017-18. League teams are 46-16, the best combined start for the Valley since 1962-63. Loyola at Chicago and newcomer Valparaiso are 7-0.
MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Kansas State freshman Skylar Thompson led the Wildcats to dramatic wins over Texas Tech, Oklahoma State and Iowa State. Now, after helping them get bowl-eligible, the young QB has the chance to start three more years and bring some stability to the game’s most important position for Kansas State.
MISSOURI VALLEY, Iowa (AP) — An official and relatives have identified two people whose bodies were found in a fire-damaged building in western Iowa. The bodies were found Thursday after firefighters extinguished a fire in a business in downtown Missouri Valley. The building also contained an apartment.
On Monday, relatives told the Daily Nonpareil newspaper the bodies were 44-year-old Stacy Larsen and 44-year-old Chad Stevens. John Kraemer, director of forensic operations with the Iowa Medical Examiner’s Office, confirmed their identities.
Kraemer says they died from smoke inhalation and injuries from the fire. The fire was reported around 7:45 a.m. Thursday at CTI Electronics. Missouri Valley police say the fire’s cause hasn’t been determined and there was “no information to indicate anything suspicious or that foul play was involved.”
Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:45 a.m. CST
MISSOURI VALLEY, Iowa (AP) — An official and relatives have identified two people whose bodies were found in a fire-damaged building in western Iowa. The bodies were found Thursday after firefighters extinguished a fire in a Missouri Valley business that also contained an apartment. On Monday, relatives told the Daily Nonpareil newspaper the bodies were 44-year-old Stacy Larsen and 44-year-old Chad Stevens. John Kraemer, director of forensic operations with the Iowa Medical Examiner’s Office, confirmed their identities.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Alec Baldwin is rallying Iowa Democrats with a mixture of his Donald Trump impression and advice of a serious, party activist headlining a party fundraiser in Des Moines. The actor, who won an Emmy for his portrayal of Trump on “Saturday Night Live”, is entertaining 2,000 party faithful, first posing as a professor of the defunct Trump University, offering courses such as “political science fiction.”
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Advocacy groups have filed a federal lawsuit alleging officials at an Iowa school for juvenile offenders are failing to provide adequate mental health care. The lawsuit was filed Monday in Des Moines by Disability Rights Iowa and the national watchdog organization Children’s Rights. The groups allege that officials at the Boys State Training School administer “dangerous” psychotropic medications without adequate oversight and consent.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa’s Medicaid program will provide some patients with coverage under an old state-run system rather than the current privatized setup involving insurance companies. The Des Moines Register reported Monday the Iowa Department of Human Services will resume direct oversight of benefits for roughly 10,000 Medicaid members who tried to switch coverage to the private insurance company Amerigroup. Amerigroup said recently it wasn’t adding new patients.
The CAM girls opened up the season with a home win over the AHSTW Lady Vikes 46-27 on Monday night. It wasn’t a pretty game as the two teams combined for 39 turnovers and struggled to make shots. Defense was a bright spot for both teams at times and the Cougars zone really kept the Lady Vikes out of sync in the first half.
CAM was led by Madison Gettler who finished with 18 points on the night, 14 of those coming in the first half. The Cougars led 13-3 after the first quarter and 22-9 at halftime. The Lady Vikes still couldn’t get the offense going in the third quarter and CAM extended the lead to 30-11 to give them a fairly comfortable lead the rest of the way. Paige McAfee added 10 points and Macy Ticknor had 8 for CAM.
AHSTW was led by 9 points from Sarah Butcher who dropped in 3 threes in the fourth quarter. Kinsey Scheffler had 8 points on the night. The Lady Vikes travel to Treynor on Tuesday night to open Western Iowa Conference play.
CAM hosts Paton-Churdan in Rolling Valley Conference play on Friday.
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