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An Adams County man was arrested early this (Saturday) morning after authorities investigated a pickup truck stuck in a corn field north of the Prescott School. Sheriff’s officials say 22-year old Ansley Matthew Page, of Corning, was charged with Public Intoxication. Page was being held in the Adams County Jail on $300 bond.
Authorities say they received a call at around 3:30-a.m. about a white pickup truck stuck in a field. An area resident saw Page leave the truck and walk through the field, get in a car and leave. He later reported to officials that his truck was taken from the bar in Prescott.
Strong storms that moved from Nebraska into western and southwest Iowa Friday night resulted in street flooding in Omaha, reports of dime-to quarter-sized hail, potentially damaging winds, and the postponement of a College World Series game. A Flash Flood Warning that was issued just after midnight for northwestern Mills and south central Pottawattamie County, was allowed to expire at 6:30-a.m. Officials say the heavy rain which prompted the warning has ended, and flooding in those areas is no longer expected to pose a threat.
Storm clouds form waves near the KJAN studios at around 9-p.m., Friday. (Ric Hanson photo)
Here in Atlantic, we received just over one-inch of rain at the KJAN studios on the north side of town. A little further into town, 1.2-inches was reported. The storms moved into Harrison and Shelby Counties a little at around 6-p.m., Friday, dumping quarter-sized hail and winds of up to 45 miles per hour near Little Sioux. Less than an hour later, those winds had increased to over 55-miles per hour.
At around 8-p.m., dime-sized hail was reported near Mondamin, in Harrison County. A few minutes later, dime-to-quarter size hail was reported by a spotter in Missouri Valley. At about that same time, spotters at the Persia Fire station recorded a 60-mile per hour gust of wind. And, at around 8:15-p.m., the Harlan Airport’s automated weather observation system recorded a wind gust of up to 58-miles per hour.
There were no immediate reports of damage associated with the wind and hail events. Today’s forecast calls for the possibility of additional thunderstorm activity later this afternoon and tonight. The storms will be capable of producing heavy rainfall, damaging winds and large hail. Additional periods of thunderstorms are possible Sunday through next Friday, severe weather and heavy rain are possible as well. Information with regard to the timing and location of these storms will unfold as the week progresses.
The final results of the June 3rd Primary in the Crawford County Board of Supervisors race came down to just one vote. The Omaha World-Herald reports a recount has verified Steve Ulmer won the race. Ulmer, of Arion, appeared to have won on election night with a one-vote lead over incumbent Jerry Butler, of Kiron, but two provisional ballots resulted in a tie at 541-votes apiece.
The tie was broken last week by a drawing of lots, as required by state law. Ulmer won, but Butler requested a recount, which determined Butler received one vote fewer than originally recorded, resulting in a 541-540 win for Ulmer.
Ulmer, Kyle Schultz, of Charter Oak, and incumbent Eric Skoog, of Denison, will be on the ballot in November’s General Election, for the three Board of Supervisors seats.
AREA COUNTIES: MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT-PAGE-
545 AM CDT SAT JUN 21 2014
TODAY AND TONIGHT…ISOLATED NON SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING OVER SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO MOVE INTO NORHTEAST NEBRASKA THIS EVENING…AND ACROSS THE REST OF THE AREA OVERNIGHT. ISOLATED SEVERE WEATHER IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS ACTIVITY WITH THE
MAIN THREATS OF STRONG WINDS…HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL.
SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY….PERIODS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT AS A WEAK BOUNDARY DROPS THROUGH THE REGION AND AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE CROSSES THE PLAINS. A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL THE PRIMARY HAZARDS.
ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT…SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.
Softball
Earlham 4, Ogden 0
East Mills 5, Stanton 0
Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 11, Red Oak 2
Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 12, Red Oak 0
Martensdale-St Marys 16, Bedford 1
Moulton-Udell 14, Orient-Macksburg 2
Newell-Fonda 15, Atlantic 1
Prairie Valley 6, Panorama 0
Waukee 10, Glenwood 0
Wayne 15, East Union 2
Winterset 13, Bishop Heelan, Sioux City 4
Winterset 19, Webster City 8
Baseball
Coon Rapids-Bayard 5, Ar-We-Va, Westside 2 (TOP OF 4TH )
Earlham 6, Interstate 35, Truro 2
Guthrie Center 11, Adair-Casey 1 (5 innings)
Lenox 8, Southeast Warren, Liberty Center 1
Lewis Central 18, Missouri Valley 0 (4 innings)
Southeast Valley 17, Panorama, Panora 6 (5 innings)
In an update to our story Friday morning, authorities say two people from Nebraska were arrested early Friday morning following the pursuit of a stolen vehicle that later crashed. The Omaha World-Herald reports police arrested 44-year old Mark T. Fuller, of Bellevue and 19-year old Cara Pokorny, of Omaha, on suspicion of second-degree theft, disobedience to a peace officer, interference with official acts and two counts of eluding, according to police records. Fuller was also arrested on suspicion of not having a driver’s license.
The pair were taken into custody at around 1:20 a.m. Friday, after a chase in Sarpy County, NE that began when an officers’ attempt to pull over a 1994 Buick that was reportedly stolen. The chase ended up in Council Bluffs, where the vehicle crashed in the 2000 block of Veterans Memorial Highway.
Both suspects remain at the Pottawattamie County Jail on $10,000 bail.
AREA COUNTIES: SAC-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-CASS- ADAIR-MADISON-ADAMS-UNION-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD
TODAY AND TONIGHT… THUNDERSTORMS WILL DIMINISH ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING. THE RISK OF SEVERE STORMS IS LOW. LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE. THE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL. SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE WITH DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE HAIL THE MAIN THREATS.
SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY…. THERE WILL BE PERIODS OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE PERIOD. SEVERE STORMS AND HEAVY RAINFALL WEATHER IS POSSIBLE. SPECIFIC THREATS…TIMING AND LOCATION WILL BE BETTER DEFINED IN THE COMING DAYS. .
SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT… SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED FROM TIME TO TIME THROUGH THE PERIOD.
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