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Freese-Notis Skyscan Forecast & weather stats: Tue., May 27th 2014

Weather

May 27th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

(Update 5-a.m. 5/27/14)

Today: Cloudy to P/Cloudy w/Isolated showers and thunderstorms before 9am, then isolated showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Some of the storms could produce heavy rain. Patchy fog before 8am. High near 84. W/SW @ 5-10.
Tonight: Scattered showers and thunderstorms, mainly before midnight. Some of the storms could produce heavy rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 63. Light & variable winds.

Wednesday: P/Cldy w/isolated shwrs & tstrms possible. High near 83. NE @ 5-10. Wed. Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 62. E/NE @ 5-10.

Thursday: P/Sunny. High near 82. East wind 5 to 10 mph.
Thu. Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 64.

Friday: P/Sunny w/a 30% chance of showers and thunderstorms. High near 83.

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Monday’s High in Atlantic was 81. Our low (as of 5-a.m. today) was 62. Rainfall from 7-am Monday thru 5-a.m today, was .04″.

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Disturbance leads to man arrested on drug charges

News

May 27th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

Police in Red Oak report a disturbance Monday night lead to the arrest of a local man on drug and other charges. Officers investigating an incident at around 10:30-p.m. Monday arrested 36-year old Timothy Orville Welch, of Red Oak. Welch was charged with Unlawful Possession of Prescription Pills, a Drug Tax Stamp violation, and Public Intoxication. He was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on $5,000 bond.

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NWS Forecast for Atlantic & the KJAN listening area: Tue., May 27 2014

Weather

May 27th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

Today: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after noon. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 84. Southwest wind 3 to 6 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 10pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 62. West wind 5 to 7 mph becoming calm in the evening. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Wednesday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 84. Calm wind becoming north northeast 5 to 8 mph in the morning.
Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 64. Northeast wind 3 to 8 mph.

Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 82.                                                                                                             Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 65.

Friday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 84.

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Yankees beat Cardinals 6-4 in 12 innings

Sports

May 27th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Brian Roberts hit a tiebreaking single in a three-run 12th inning after Brett Gardner’s leaping catch at the left-field fence helped save the New York Yankees in a 6-4 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Monday.

Pinch-hitter Alfonso Soriano and Brendan Ryan each added an RBI for the Yankees, who took the opener of a three-game interleague series for their third straight win. Alfredo Aceves worked two scoreless innings and David Robertson earned his 11th save in 12 chances. Jon Jay had an RBI double in the 12th for the Cardinals, who lost for the third time in 12 games.

A standing-room crowd of 47,311, the third-largest at 9-year-old Busch Stadium, showed up to see an opponent making only its second appearance in St. Louis since losing to the Cardinals in the 1964 World Series.

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Iowa early News Headlines: Tue., May 27th 2014

News

May 27th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

NEVADA, Iowa (AP) — The Story County Sheriff’s Office says it is investigating some equipment failure with its 911 service. Authorities say the office experienced the failure Thursday with some new equipment that handles 911 calls for portions of the county. They say it was quickly remedied, and no 911 calls were missed or dropped.

MONTEZUMA, Iowa (AP) — A 6-year-old girl has been critically injured in an all-terrain vehicle crash near Montezuma. The Iowa State Patrol says a man was driving the four-wheel ATV on a gravel road Monday morning when it rolled over into a ditch. The vehicle pinned his daughter. The man’s 3-year-old son was also in the ATV at the time of the crash. It’s unclear if the man or boy were injured.

WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — Two Waterloo men face charges in connection to a brief police chase. The Waterloo Police Department says officers attempted a traffic stop Saturday night that began the short pursuit. Officers chased the driver, 30-year-old Dennis Brown Jr., and a passenger, 28-year-old Antonio Evans. They eventually captured both men.

VENTURA, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say no foul play is suspected in the death of a Mason City man found in Clear Lake. The Cerro Gordo County Sheriff’s Office says it responded around 3 a.m. Saturday to a missing person report near Farmers Beach in rural Ventura. Authorities found the body of 26-year-old David Jon Caspers in Clear Lake. He had previously been fishing with friends.

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Special Weather Statement: Carroll-Audbubon-Guthrie Counties

Weather

May 26th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

COUNTIES: CARROLL-GREENE-BOONE-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF..CARROLL…JEFFERSON…BOONE…AUDUBON…EXIRA…GUTHRIE CENTER…PANORA…BAYARD…CASEY

755 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2014

..STRONG STORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF IOWA THIS EVENING…

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH MID EVENING. THE STORMS MAY BRIEFLY PULSE UP AND BECOME STRONG. IF THAT OCCURS THEN HAIL TO THE SIZE OF DIMES WOULD BE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH WIND GUST TO 45 MPH. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. RAINFALL RATES OF AN INCH AND A HALF AN HOUR ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS.

 

IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA SEEK SHELTER INDOORS UNTIL THE STORMS PASS.

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Adams County Arrest Monday

News

May 26th, 2014 by admin

The Adams County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest of a Corning man on Monday for OWI after responding to a call from Lake Icaria.

Sheriff’s officials received a call at 10:00am Monday (5/26) stating that a red Dodge pickup with a red topper was driving and swerving on the pavement around the Lake Icaria beach and the driver had an open container.  A traffic stop was later conducted on Juniper Avenue and the driver 55-year-old Larry Dean Bickford was arrested for OWI first offense.  Bickford was taken into custody and held on $1,000 bond.

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Chiefs OLB Ford looks good at rookie minicamp

Sports

May 26th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Chiefs coach Andy Reid says outside linebacker Dee Ford showed impressive athleticism during the team’s three-day rookie minicamp. Kansas City selected Ford with the 23rd overall pick in this year’s draft. Ford played his college ball at Auburn, where he had 20½ sacks and 27½ tackles for loss in 52 games.

Ford is transitioning from defensive end with the Tigers to outside linebacker with the Chiefs. Reid says Ford has done a great job of learning the defense and his new position. Ford gives Kansas City another pass rusher after the Chiefs had 47 sacks last season, tied for sixth in the NFL. Reid says Ford “brings a lot of energy.”

The rookie minicamp ended on Monday.

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Cardinals ’64 champs honored before Yankees series

Sports

May 26th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The St. Louis Cardinals have honored Bob Gibson and other members of their 1964 team that beat the New York Yankees in the World Series. There was a ceremony at Busch Stadium on Monday before the Cardinals hosted the Yankees in the opener of an interleague series. More than a dozen members of that championship team were on hand.

Gibson threw the ceremonial first pitch from halfway between the plate and the mound. Longtime catcher Tim McCarver was on the receiving end. Gibson was the winning pitcher in Game 7 of the 1964 World Series. Gibson, outfielder Lou Brock and Red Schoendienst, a coach on that team, are in the Hall of Fame.

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Cubs active OF Ruggiano, send OF Kalish to minors

Sports

May 26th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Chicago Cubs have activated outfielder Justin Ruggiano from the 15-day disabled list and optioned outfielder Ryan Kalish to Triple-A Iowa. The Cubs made the move before opening a three-game series at San Francisco on Monday. Ruggiano was not in the starting lineup.

Ruggiano has been on the disabled list since April 24 with a strained left hamstring. In six rehabilitation games with Iowa, Ruggiano went 3 for 21 with three walks and three runs scored. Ruggiano is batting .229 with a home run and six RBIs in 14 games with the Cubs this season. Kalish is hitting .242 with four RBIs in 39 games.

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