After a crazy warm day across the state with temperatures ranging from the upper 60s in the far northern sections to a whopping 90 degrees in some areas in the west, temperatures are beginning to look to moderate back to “above average” from our current “really high above average” level. Des Moines tied the March …

The National Weather Service offices covering the northwestern part of the state have issued Fire Weather Watches for Sunday afternoon and evening in advance of elevated to critical fire weather conditions across the area. Southwest winds are expected to quickly increase Sunday morning and be sustained at around 25 MPH with gusts to 40 MPH …

Congratulations to Gladbrook-Reinbeck for dominating class 1A as it exits the tournament with a championship and undefeated record! Other congratulations also to Treynor for winning the class 2A championship with a 24-3 record. Other games today included North Scott and Pleasant Valley advancing to the finals. It will be an interesting day with the consolation …

Not sure how to describe the games from Thursday as they were taking their usual fashion and showing that rankings mean nothing. Two number one seeds, Aplington-Parkersburg and Williamsburg, and a number two seed, Danville, all lost. Only two upper-seeded teams won today with one overtime game and one double-overtime game. Congratulations to the dominating …

As hit past the mid-point of the playoffs tourney, we would like to extend a congratulations to Iowa City West, North Scott, Des Moines Hoover, and Pleasant Valley for advancing to the semifinals! Speaking of the semifinals, semifinalists in class 1A, class 2A, and class 3A will be competing today for a chance to go …

The National Weather Service offices in Des Moines, Omaha, and Sioux Falls have issued Fire Weather Watches for tomorrow afternoon due to winds and low humidity leading to extreme fire danger. A strong southerly 20-30 MPH wind in combination with 20-40% relative humidity will lead to dangerous fire conditions. Any fires that are started will …

What a wild day of basketball on Tuesday! I was getting back from work and started writing down scores, and I don’t know how many double-takes I did. The score sheet tonight is ridiculous. Only one upper-seeded team won on this Tuesday. Pella Christian (#7) won by a point over #2 Western Christian, Regina beat Cascade …

Would like to apologize for the incorrect schedule on the graphic for Monday as that was using the girls state basketball schedule from last Monday and not the correct one. That has been corrected and we are finally back on the right track. Would like to extend a congratulations to Gladbrook-Reinbeck, Earlham, Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto, Danville, Treynor, and …

After the 2015 IGHSAU state basketball tournament was wrapped up Friday, we now look ahead to the IAHSAA boys tournament that will be played at the same place (Wells Fargo Arena) through the rest of this week. Before I get into the forecast, I would like to congratulation the Newell-Fonda (23-5 1A), Unity Christian (27-0 2A), …

Those that were around in 1990 probably remember one of the worst ice storms that struck the state in the last several decades. Ice accumulations ranged from 0.5 to 2.0 inches across most of this area with 3.0 inches of ice reported in Crawford and Carroll counties. Some areas saw a phenomenal five inches of ice. …