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Thursday, December 10, 2009

Iowa State coach Greg McDermott wants to see the Cyclones put forth more effort on the glass when they take on the Iowa Hawkeyes on Friday night. The Cyclones have dropped three straight games and McDermott says a lack of rebounding has been a big part of it.

McDermott says they are giving up far too many second chance opportunities and that’s why they had trouble against U.N.I and Cal.

Iowa State forward Craig Brackins says it is more a lack of effort than a lack of toughness. Brackins says they are not going to let someone push them around, he says they just need to play harder. He says when you play harder you look tougher because you are outworking the other team.

Brackins says they need more effort on defense, he says it’s a matter of them going out and doing it.

Iowa State is 6-3.

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Snowfall most since 1971

by Pat Curtis 12/10/09 4:26 PM

The blizzard that blew through Iowa this week was the snowiest storm the state’s experienced in nearly four decades. State Climatologist Harry Hillaker continues to crunch the numbers, but says it appears the statewide average snowfall between Monday and Wednesday was 10.2 inches.
That’s the largest snowfall total from a single storm since early January of [...]

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Utility says clean out snow around vents

by Radio Iowa Contributor 12/10/09 4:21 PM

As Iowans dig out from the heavy snowfall, utility officials are reminding us to make sure snow and ice are removed from around our homes’ furnace vents and utility meters. Alliant Energy spokesman Scott Drzycimski says vents for newer furnaces need to be checked since most of them are three or four feet off the [...]

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Board of Regents approves $100 surcharge for students

by Dar Danielson 12/10/09 2:28 PM

The board that governs the three state universities voted today to approve a $100 surcharge on students to make up for the state budget cut. Board of Regents president, David Miles, made a few comments before the vote.
“As we noted at the last meeting when this was first discussed, this is certainly nothing I believe [...]

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Pregnant woman given snowplow escort to hospital during blizzard

by Radio Iowa Contributor 12/10/09 2:25 PM

Snowplows had to clear the way so a pregnant Grinnell woman could get to a Des Moines hospital Tuesday evening. Twenty-four-year old Sierra Van Ersvelde was 34 weeks pregnant and started having strong contractions. She was taken by ambulance to Grinnell Regional Medical Center, which can handle deliveries.
But Suzanne Cooner, the vice president of operations [...]

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King speaks out against terror trials on U.S. soil

by O. Kay Henderson 12/10/09 2:23 PM

Congressman Steve King was among a group of Republicans from the U.S. House who stood on the sidewalk outside the U.S. Supreme Court building this morning to denounce the idea of bringing suspected terrorists to trial in U.S. courts. “We’re not going to grant these terrorists a beachhead on U.S. soil,” King says. “Especially we’re [...]

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Utilities almost done restoring power after the storm

by Pat Curtis 12/10/09 12:22 PM

Iowa’s two largest utility companies have almost wrapped up restoring power to thousands of customers. At the peak of Wednesday’s blizzard, around 10,000 customers of the two utilities were without electricity.
Today, MidAmerican Energy is reporting less than 100 customers are still without power – all in the Quad Cities. Alliant Energy has only a few [...]

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