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When it comes to game time Kamden Steffen plays all around the basketball court. He is shooting guard, point guard, and shooting forward. Kamden has had many lasting memories throughout his life as a year round basketball player. He says, “One of my favorite memories is when I juked the Akron teams forward and broke his ankles on live television.” Channel 4 news broadcasted this moment of the game for all to see. 

Kamden Steffen is son of Jared and Kristin Steffen. He grew up in Remsen, Iowa where he plays varsity basketball for his high school, Marcus-Meriden -Cleghorn-Remsen-Union. Kamden’s passion for basketball has grown ever since first grade city league. His mother Kristin says, “Ever since he was little you could find Kam with a basketball in his hands. Matter of fact I can’t think of a time where he wasn’t outside shooting hoops.” Since then Kamden has been on four different AAU teams: Showtime Hoopers, Eagles United, Sioux City Extreme, and Sioux City Arena. Adding up to a total of eight years of basketball with out a single off-season. 

Last year, as a freshman on varsity, Kamden scored a total of 321 points towards his high school basketball career, averaging 14.6 points per game. He lead his team with a total of 142 rebounds, 23 blocks, 41 steals, and 32 assists. Kamden has a field goal percentage of 48.2 and a 3-pointer percentage of 34.5. When it comes to free throws Kamden has a free throw percentage of 64.1. 

Kamden’s teammate, KC Nicks, says, “Kamden is an awesome all around player. It would be really hard to play any of our games without him.” His other teammate Preston Astidias says, “As an athlete he is the least selfish person I know. We can always count on him to show up to each and every game and give his all.” 

To further his career Kamden hopes to beat the school’s record of 46 points in a single game and he is working towards 1,500 total points in his overall high school career. After high school Kamden hopes to continue his career in basketball at the college level. He doesn’t have any specific college in mind, but is hoping for the opportunity to advance his skills and have the opportunity of experiencing the honor of getting to play for a college team. 

Kamden’s coach Cam Kuchel says, “You know it has been an honor getting to work with such a talented young athlete. Watching him grow and get better at every practice and game is honestly so rewarding. There is no doubt in my mind that this kid won’t go somewhere someday, because once he sets his mind to something there will be no stopping him.” With no end for this kids passion for basketball in sight, he will continue to work on and advance his basketball career but as for now you can see Kamden repping numbers 0 and 1 at MMCRU high school this upcoming season. 

Royals star athlete and his rise to being the basketball player he is today. Kamden Steffen is son of Jared and Kristin Steffen. He grew up in Remsen, Iowa where he plays varsity basketball for his high school, Marcus-Meriden -Cleghorn-Remsen-Union. Kamden’s passion for basketball has grown ever since first grade city league. Since then Kamden has been on four different AAU teams: Showtime Hoopers, Eagles United, Sioux City Extreme, and Sioux City Arena. Adding up to a total of eight years of basketball with out a single off-season.

Last year, as a freshman on varsity, Kamden scored a total of 321 points towards his high school basketball career, averaging 14.6 points per game. He lead his team with a total of 142 rebounds, 23 blocks, 41 steals, and 32 assists. Kamden has a field goal percentage of 48.2 and a 3-pointer percentage of 34.5. When it comes to free throws Kamden has a free throw percentage of 64.1.

When it comes to game time Kam plays all around the court. He is shooting guard, point guard, and shooting forward. Kamden has had many lasting memories throughout his life as a year round basketball player. He says, “One of my favorite memories is when I juked the Akron teams forward and broke his ankles on live television.” Channel 4 news broadcasted this moment of the game for all to see.

Kamden’s teammate, KC Nicks, says, “Kamden is an awesome all around player. It would be really hard to play any of our games without him.” His other teammate Preston Astidias also says, “As an athlete he is the least selfish person I know. We can always count on him to show up to each and every game and give his all.”

To further his career Kamden hopes to beat the school’s record of 46 points in a single game and he is working towards 1,500 total points in his overall high school career. After high school Kamden hopes to continue his career in basketball at the college level. He doesn’t have any specific college in mind, but is hoping for the opportunity to advance his skills and have the experiencing the honor of getting to play for a college.

This upcoming season you can see Kamden repping numbers 0 and at MMCRU high school.

Will Feuer || CNBC

The U.S. coronavirus outbreak has grown worse since August, with the U.S. reporting more than 170,100 new cases on Wednesday. The CDC now projects that “newly reported COVID-19 deaths will likely increase over the next four weeks, with 7,300 to 16,000 new deaths likely to be reported in the week ending December 12, 2020.”

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday advised Americans not to travel for the Thanksgiving holiday to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus. The CDC then clarified that Thanksgiving celebrations should be limited only to those people living in the same household. This would be only people who have been living in the house for the 14 days before the gathering should be considered a member of the household. That would exclude college students and members of the military who planned to go home for the holidays.

This article goes to show how out of hand our world has become due to this pandemic. It also spreads awareness to the public. In times like these it is important to stay educated on the new guidelines and recommendations for not only your own safety, but to protect others around you. This article does a good job at spreading the new protocols and helps to communicate the seriousness of this pandemic.

Midland zoo suffers after loss of beloved Polar Bear Homer. Homer was found dead floating in his enclosure around 7a.m. this morning. The 16-year-old polar bear was found by zookeeper Sara N. Letty, who says, “Homer was a very playful and curious polar bear and we will miss him terribly.” After discovery of Homer’s tragic passing, it was declared that both of the other polar bears, 9-year-old male Yukon and 10-year-old female McKenzie, were removed from the exhibit and are currently being closely monitored by staff.

Head Veterinarian, Doctor Shanda Lear states, “The zoo will preform a necropsy to try to determine the cause of death. The results will not be available for several weeks. ” While under further investigation, Zoo Director Chris P. Bacon, claims, “We will do everything in our power to determine how this bear died. Animal welfare and the preservation of species are our primary goals here at the zoo.”

There has been a long history of polar bears here at the zoo. In fact, since 1985 the unique exhibit has offered the bears to engage in natural behaviors, playing in manufactured snow, digging in gravel and hunting trout in the chilled pool. The bears have always been ambassadors for their wild relatives, educating zoo visitors about these threatened animals.

https://www.biography.com/actor/zendaya

Born in Oakland, California on. September 1, 1996, actress and singer Zendaya came from a very theatrical background. As the daughter of a stage manager, she spent much of her childhood around the California Shakespeare Theater. She also trained in its youth program and appeared in some of its productions.

As a student at the Oakland School for the Arts, Zendaya landed a number of roles in local theatrical productions. She also advanced her experience at the American Conservatory Theater and the Cal Shakes Conservatory. Zendaya also showed interest in dance. She was a member of the Future Shock Oakland dance group for several years and studied hula dancing at the Academy of Hawaiian Arts.

Zendaya also had some early success as a model, working for companies such as Macy’s and Old Navy. Zendaya also performed as a backup dancer for Selena Gomez in a Sears commercial. She the eventually decided to use only her first name professionally. “Zendaya” means “to give thanks” in the language of the Shona people of Zimbabwe.

In 2010 Zendaya really saw her career take off with the debut of Shake It Up on the Disney Channel. Zendaya and her co-star, Bella Thorne, became idols to their young fan base. The songs they performed on the show, including “Something to Dance For,” were hit downloads with their target audience, and their two characters even inspired their own fashion line.

In 2013 Zendaya made the switch from the Disney show to Dancing with the Stars. She was paired with professional dancer Val Chmerkovskiy and competed against such celebrities as Andy Dick, Kellie Pickler and  Aly Raisman. After Dancing With the Stars, Zendaya starred in the Disney comedy K.C. Undercover for three seasons before making a splash on the big screen in 2017 with Spider-Man: Homecoming and The Greatest Showman, playing the role of Anne Wheeler alongside Hugh Jackman in the latter. In 2018 Zendaya lent her voice to two animation films: Duck Duck Goose and Smallfoot. She then reprised her role as Michelle “M.J.” Jones in Spider-Man: Far From Home in 2019.

Distancing herself from her Disney image, Zendaya signed on for the starring role of Rue in the series Euphoria. Then in November 2019 the actress was declared the Best Drama TV Star, for Euphoria, and Best Female Movie Star, for Spider-Man: Far From Home, at the People’s Choice Awards. She won the Emmy for Best Lead Actress at the 72nd Emmy Awards in September 2020, making her the youngest person ever to win that category.

Jacob, more popularly known as Murph, would describe himself as cheerful. He has a happy-go-lucky personality and is never afraid to be himself. One of the reasons he chose this word was to describe his most recent decision to shave his mustache. He said “I just randomly decided to shave my mustache in to handle bars, because why not.” His carefree mindset shows his positivity and cheerfulness even in random day-to-day tasks.

Weather

With winter right around the corner we can now start to see a drop in the temperature here in Sioux City Iowa. This week you can expect to see a range of temperatures from as low as 34 degrees all the way up to 63. There is even a chance for snow on this upcoming Tuesday. 

Morningside College Student Chloe Pieper says “ the weather here has been super unpredictable lately. One day there’s snow and the next it’s sunny and 65.” When asked how well the college deals with weather such as snow she said “I think that they do a great job of keeping the lots and streets on campus clear and driveable to the best of their ability since the roads are super hilly. They also do a really good job at making sure they spread salt on all the campus sidewalks and building entrances.”

This is great news for Morningside students as we movie into the upcoming winter season. 

Politics

Speaking of college, On the campaign trail, President-elect Joe Biden was called “the most progressive nominee in history.” One of his policies that led to that description was his call for student debt forgiveness.

Now that he’s been elected, the 42 million Americans with education loans may be wondering: Will it really happen?

To answer this Biden laid out a narrower plan than proposed in the past, saying he would forgive $10,000 in student debt for all borrowers, and the rest of the debt for those who attended public colleges or historically Black colleges and universities and earn less than $125,000 a year.

College student Alyx Curran Lewis says “Being a Biden supporter, I believe that Biden’s Student Loan Forgiveness Plan seems realistic from what little I’ve read and I hope him and his administration can pull it off!”

Science Story 

On a completely unrelated note, did you know you might actually be losing your mind, but there may be a way to stop it? Almost half of all dementia cases could potentially be prevented or delayed by adopting 12 health measures. The biggest known risk factors for dementia are smoking, excess alcohol consumption, high blood pressure, obesity, diabetes, head injury, depression, hearing loss exposure to air pollution, as well as lack of exercise, education and social contact.

Minimising these 12 risks could potentially prevent or delay up to 40 per cent of dementia cases globally. For example, it is found that individuals can  protect themselves by not smoking, drinking less than 21 units of alcohol per week, avoiding activities that could lead to head injuries, using hearing aids if needed, eating a healthy diet, and exercising and socializing regularly.

In some higher-income countries, including the UK, US, and France, dementia rates in older people have fallen in recent decades, possibly due to improvements in education, nutrition and health care. This suggests that preventative health measures can have an impact on dementia, in the same way they have helped to reduce rates of lung cancer and deaths from heart disease. 

Well that’s all for today! Remember to enjoy the weather, look forward to our future with our new president underway, and stay healthy!

Weather

With winter right around the corner we can now start to see a drop in the temperature here in Sioux City Iowa. This week you can expect to see a range of temperatures from as low as 34 degrees all the way up to 63. There is even a chance for snow on this upcoming Tuesday. 

Morningside College Student Chloe Pieper says “ The weather here has been super unpredictable lately. One day there’s snow and the next it’s sunny and 65.” When asked how well the college deals with weather such as snow she said “I think that they do a great job of keeping the lots and streets on campus clear and driveable to the best of their ability since the roads are super hilly. They also do a really good job at making sure they spread salt on all the campus sidewalks and building entrances.”

This is great news for Morningside students as we movie into the upcoming winter season. 

Politics

Speaking of college, On the campaign trail, President-elect Joe Biden was called “the most progressive nominee in history.” One of his policies that led to that description was his call for student debt forgiveness.

Now that he’s been elected, the 42 million Americans with education loans may be wondering: Will it really happen?

To answer this Biden laid out a narrower plan than proposed in the past, saying he would forgive $10,000 in student debt for all borrowers, and the rest of the debt for those who attended public colleges or historically Black colleges and universities and earn less than $125,000 a year.

College student Alyx Curran Lewis says “Being a Biden supporter, I believe that Biden’s Student Loan Forgiveness Plan seems realistic from what little I’ve read and I hope him and his administration can pull it off!”

Science

On a completely unrelated note, did you know you might actually be losing your mind, but there may be a way to stop it? Almost half of all dementia cases could potentially be prevented or delayed by adopting 12 health measures. The biggest known risk factors for dementia are smoking, excess alcohol consumption, high blood pressure, obesity, diabetes, head injury, depression, hearing loss exposure to air pollution, as well as lack of exercise, education and social contact.

Minimising these 12 risks could potentially prevent or delay up to 40 per cent of dementia cases globally. For example, it is found that individuals can  protect themselves by not smoking, drinking less than 21 units of alcohol per week, avoiding activities that could lead to head injuries, using hearing aids if needed, eating a healthy diet, and exercising and socializing regularly.

In some higher-income countries, including the UK, US, and France, dementia rates in older people have fallen in recent decades, possibly due to improvements in education, nutrition and health care. This suggests that preventative health measures can have an impact on dementia, in the same way they have helped to reduce rates of lung cancer and deaths from heart disease.

Donie O’Sullivan, Mallory Simon, Konstantin Toropin and Annie Grayer, || CNN

Trump shared an image of an electoral map of Michigan that showed an unexplained overnight increase in the number of returned ballots in the state. According to the data in the map, 138,000 ballots had come in out of nowhere, and all of them were for Biden.

This accusation has been going viral amongst his supporters all morning. For example, one website read, “Voter Fraud in Michigan — Massive Dump of Over 200,000 Ballots for Biden All the Sudden Appear Overnight.” At least 14,000 tweets had included this same image. 

It is confirmed that the image was real, but the idea that it indicated fraud was not true. Decision Desk HQ said there had been an error in the data that was sent from Michigan’s Shiawassee County. A clerk with the Shiawassee County Clerk’s Office confirmed to CNN that that a typing error had been made when votes were being entered for Biden, and that the error was corrected within 30 minutes.

This story is good coverage over the power that media has. That one false image was shared and sent to the President via Twitter and a huge part of his following reacted immediately. That one image caused mass chaos amongst the media and this goes to show the importance of having knowledge of what you say and making sure you have proof that the information you are sharing is valid.

Who knew Macaroni Salad was life threatening?

At 5 p.m. a shooting was reported at the location of 617 Black Street. Neighbors called the police when they heard shots fired. The victim of the shooting has been identified as 38-year-old Laurette Brunson, newly wed to 50-year-old Richard Brunson.

Police arrived to the scene to find Richard Brunson missing and Laurette shot in the abdomen. Come to find out the argument began over a plate of macaroni salad being thrown and the weapon used was a .22-calibre handgun. Neighbor Walter Corse said, “I heard the sound of the shot, or I think I did. And then the son came out yelling ‘She’s been shot and can’t breathe!’” Laurette was taken to St. Luke’s hospital and is currently is currently recovering from her injury. 

According to the neighbors the two had been living together for four or five months, along with Laurette’s three children. Walter’s mother, Marilyn Corse, said, “I just feel so bad for the kids having to see this.”