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Audubon City Council to discuss and act on Remediation Plan

News

August 28th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

The Audubon City Council will hold a special meeting tonight to approve a remediation plan set forth by the Iowa Public Information Board, in light of the Council’s violation of Open Meetings and Open Records Laws. During the 7-p.m. meeting, the Council is expected to read the agreement, and vote on approval. If approved, the agreement will be signed and returned to the IPIB and the Council will continue to implement the plan with regard to areas that may not already been addressed.

A copy of the remediation plan is available on the Audubon City Council’s website.

(a PDF copy of the plan can be found here: http://www.auduboncounty.com/webres/File/city-agendas-minutes/08-28-14/IPIB%20Remediation%20Plan.pdf )

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Small Stream Flood Advisory until 8:15-a.m.

Weather

August 28th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

POTTAWATTAMIE IA-MONTGOMERY IA-MILLS IA-
613 AM CDT THU AUG 28 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR…
SOUTHEASTERN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
EASTERN MILLS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 815 AM CDT

* AT 610 AM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY
RAIN HAD DROPPED 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN FROM NEAR MALVERN TO
HENDERSON AND EMERSON. THIS AREA OF STORMS WILL SWEEP ACROSS
MONTGOMERY AND EASTERN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTIES…PRODUCING OVER 2
INCHES OF RAINFALL IN SOME AREAS. RAIN TOTALS COULD REACH 3 INCHES
BEFORE THE RAIN LETS UP. THIS WILL LEAD TO FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS…AS WELL AS FARM AND COUNTY ROADS.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…
RED OAK…MALVERN…STANTON…EMERSON…ELLIOTT…HENDERSON…
HASTINGS…GRANT AND FARM CREEK PUBLIC WILDLIFE AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS…AS WELL AS FARM AND COUNTRY ROADS. DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES.

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Skyscan Forecast: Thu., 8/28/14

Weather

August 28th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

Flash Flood Watch Until Noon; Flood Advisory for parts of Pott. & Mills Counties until 8-a.m.; Flash Flood Warning for parts of Adams, Union, Taylor & Ringgold Counties until 10:30-a.m.**
Today: Showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 1pm. Some of the storms could produce heavy rain. High 78. S @ 5-10. New rainfall amounts between 1 and 2 inches possible.
Tonight: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 8pm. Mostly cloudy. Low 68. S @ 5-10. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Friday: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy. High 79. S-SW @ 5-10. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Fri. Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 62. Light and variable wind. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 82. Light and variable wind becoming west northwest around 5 mph.

Sunday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 84.

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Rainfall report (8/28/14)

Weather

August 28th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

Rainfall update for Atlantic:  .6″ of rain since 7-a.m. today, bringing the storm system total to 2.81″ as of 12-p.m.

In Atlantic, at the KJAN studios [Official Nat’l. Weather Service reporting site], we received 2.21″ of rain from 7-a.m. Wed. thru 7-a.m. today (8/28). 2 miles NW of Atlantic, 2.16″.

Other reports from NWS observers & area media include (24-hour total as of 7-a.m. unless otherwise indicated):

1.5 miles south of Avoca, .9″; Audubon, .75″; 1 mile north of Beaconsfield (Taylor Co.), 1.4″;  south of Bedford (Taylor Co.), 2.52″ (as of 6-am); 1 mile west of Blockton (Taylor Co.), 1.74“; Clarinda, 2.7″; 5 miles east/south of Denison, 1.42″‘ Emerson, 2.2″; Irwin, 1.08″; 3 miles east of Manning (Carroll Co.), 1.18″; Massena, .63″; 1 mile south of Mt. Ayr, 1.23″; Red Oak, 1″; Treynor, 3.1″; Villisca, 1.42″.

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WENDELL L. LENSCH, 86, of Exira (Svcs. 8/30/14)

Obituaries

August 28th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

WENDELL L. LENSCH, 86, of Exira, died Sun., Aug, 24th, at the Exira Care Center. A Celebration of Life Memorial service for WENDELL LENSCH will be held 1:30-p.m. Sat., Aug. 30th, at the Kessler Funeral Home in Exira.

Friends may call at the funeral home, where the family visitation is from 1-p.m. until the time of service, Saturday.

Burial will be in the Exira Cemetery.

WENDELL LENSCH is survived by:

His daughters – Kimberly (Jay) Curtice, of Grand Junction, CO. & Marilee (Dennis) Smith, of Aurora, CO.

His step-children: Tim (Rose) Hartsook, of LaPorte City; Deanne (Guy) Blagg, of Granger; Marsha (Steve) Milder, of Maynard, & Scott Hartsook & Dennis Groenenboom, of Des Moines.

2 grandchildren, 5 step-grandchildren, his in-laws, other relatives & friends.

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High-speed Injury accident in Council Bluffs, Wed. evening

News

August 28th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

One person was injured during a collision Wednesday evening, in Council Bluffs. According to Bluffs Police, 21-year old Nathan Maxwell Hall, of Council Bluffs, was transported to Creighton Medical Center in Omaha for treatment of possible, unknown injuries, after his 2007 Pontiac Vibe was hit at a high rate of speed by a 2001 Volvo driven by 21-year old Matthew Howell, of Council Bluffs.

Officials say Howell’s car had been involved in a hit-and-run accident near 29th and Broadway before fleeing north on 29th at speeds of about 60-to 70-miles per hour. A witness said the car “blew through the stop sign” at the intersection of 29th and Avenue B at around 6:10-p.m. at speeds estimated at 70-to 80-mph, and collided with Hall’s Pontiac.

After the initial impact, the Volvo went airborne and hit a power pole. The car then spun around while airborne, and landed on a legally parked, unoccupied 1994 Saturn. A small fire that started in the engine compartment of the Volvo was quickly extinguished by local residents.

Howell and a passenger in his car were trapped in the vehicle, but were extricated and transported to Creighton Hospital, along with Nathan Hall. Damage from the crash amounted to $16,000.

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Flood Advisory for SE Pott./Northern Mills Counties

Weather

August 28th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

POTTAWATTAMIE IA-MILLS IA-SARPY NE- 456 AM CDT THU AUG 28 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR… SOUTHEASTERN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY and… NORTHERN MILLS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA, as well as NORTHEASTERN SARPY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA… UNTIL 800 AM CDT

AT 452 AM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED HEAVY RAIN DUE TO THUNDERSTORMS SPREADING INTO WEST CENTRAL IOWA. ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN FROM AROUND BELLEVUE TO GLENWOOD…AND AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR SO COULD FALL EARLY THIS MORNING. MANY AREAS WILL SEE BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN FROM BELLEVUE AND GLENWOOD INTO POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY NEAR OAKLAND. FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS IS LIKELY.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE… SOUTHEASTERN COUNCIL BLUFFS…BELLEVUE…GLENWOOD…OAKLAND… TREYNOR…CARSON…PACIFIC JUNCTION…MACEDONIA…OFFUTT AFB… SILVER CITY…HENDERSON…MCCLELLAND…LAKE MANAWA STATE PARK… CAMP MAHA…OLD TOWN PARK AND FARM CREEK PUBLIC WILDLIFE AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS… EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS…AS WELL AS FARM AND COUNTRY ROADS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES.

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Flash Flood Warning: Adams/Union/Taylor/Ringgold Counties

Weather

August 28th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

428 AM CDT THU AUG 28 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…RINGGOLD COUNTY -TAYLOR COUNTY – SOUTHERN UNION COUNTY and SOUTHEASTERN ADAMS COUNTY…UNTIL 1030 AM CDT THURSDAY

AT 427 AM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE… MOUNT AYR…BEDFORD…LENOX…SUN VALLEY LAKE…CLEARFIELD… DIAGONAL…KELLERTON…BLOCKTON…GRAVITY…TINGLEY…ARISPE…SHARPSBURG…REDDING…SHANNON CITY…KENT…ELLSTON…BENTON…CONWAY…MALOY AND DELPHOS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING.

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Violence prevention program in Iowa schools teaches bystander intervention

News

August 28th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

The Mentor in Violence Prevention program is teaching Iowa high school and college students how to prevent sexual assault. M-V-P coaches the students to intercede when they recognize signs of looming sexual violence. Iowa State University student Tucker Carrell participated in M-V-P while in high school and says sometimes it’s hard to speak up, but it’s important to act.

“I know one of the biggest things that we consistently talked about and that I really took from this whole program was just listening to things happen, being that bystander,” Carrell says. “It really almost hurts you more and affects you more because you hang on to that and you remember that as well as letting you know whoever is committing some kind of action or harmful act know that’s okay or think that is okay.”

A recent study found one in five women are sexually assaulted while in college. Alan Heisterkamp, director of the Mentors in Violence Prevention Leadership Institute, says silence in the face of disrespect or assault condones sexual violence, so the program teaches bystander intervention.

Heisterkamp says, “You may think that it’s wrong but if we speak out or respond in a way to correct the behavior, often times the abuse or the inappropriate comments can come back on me because the culture of that system doesn’t support those prosocial behaviors.” Carrell and Heisterkamp made their comments on the Iowa Public Radio program, “River to River.”

(Radio Iowa)

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King predicts ‘politically nuclear’ reaction if Obama acts along on immigration

News

August 28th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

Republican Congressman Steve King says the reaction will be “politically nuclear” if President Obama bypasses congress and issues an executive order granting some sort of legal status to illegal immigrants. “First, the president has no constitutional authority to make up laws as he wishes they would be, but he threatens to do so anyway,” King says. “…If the president does this and five to nine or more million people get a ‘you are now legal’ slip from the president of the United States, that throws us into an instantaneous constitutional crisis.”

Congress faces another deadline in September to approve a federal budget or pass a stop-gap measure to avoid a government shutdown. King says those discussions may break down if President Obama uses an executive order on immigration policy. “This would be the most blatantly unconstitutional act by any president of the United States ever if he does what his trial balloons and his own threats have promised to do,” King says. “And so, as the intensity of that gets closer and closer, it’s more and more likely that something like that will happen.”

Reports indicate President Obama is considering executive action that would make more undocumented immigrants eligible for green cards and place more people on the “deferred action” list, so deportation proceedings are delayed. White House spokesman Josh Earnest says it “would be a shame” if Republicans in congress decide to shut down the government over the immigration issue.

(Radio Iowa)

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