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Minor leaguer’s 1st home run caught by dad

Sports

May 26th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

A 22-year-old Houston Astros prospect’s first home run of the season was caught by a familiar fan: his father. Quad Cities first baseman Conrad Gregor launched a go-ahead, three-run shot in the sixth inning of the Class-A River Bandits’ 5-2 win over the Cedar Rapids Kernels at Modern Woodmen Park in Davenport, Iowa, on Saturday night. A fan beyond the fence in right-center field caught the ball and proudly waved his arms. Turns out it was Gregor’s father, Marty.

The Quad City Times reported that Gregor’s parents made the five-hour drive from Carmel, Indiana, to attend the River Bandits’ weekend series. “When I got back to the dugout,” Gregor said, “I heard he made a pretty good catch.”

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Cubs name Ramirez I-Cubs player/coach

Sports

May 25th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

CHICAGO (AP) — Guess who is back in organized baseball? If you said Manny Ramirez, you would be correct. The Cubs have announced that Ramirez is coming back to baseball as a player-coach for the team’s Triple-A club in Iowa. Cubs president of baseball operations Theo Epstein said in a statement that Ramirez “is not and will not” be on the Cubs’ major league roster, but that he will serve as a mentor to Chicago’s minor-league hitters in Des Moines, Iowa.

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Lenox man tazed after domestic disturbance

News

May 25th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

Police in Lenox responding to a domestic disturbance early Sunday morning ended up tazing a man who was allegedly uncooperative with officers.

Michael David Cox

Michael David Cox

Authorities say Police were called to the parking lot of Tiger Lanes at around 1-a.m. Sunday, in reference to what was believed to be a domestic dispute. When the officer arrived a male later identified as 30-year old Michael Cox, of Lenox, was uncooperative, confrontational and involved in a dispute with a female.

Cox is allegedly to have repeatedly failed to respond to the officers directions, forcing the officer to deploy his taser. Cox was taken into custody and transported to the Taylor County Jail, where he was charged with disorderly conduct and public intoxication.

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Hazardous Weather Outlook for western/sw Iowa

Weather

May 25th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

AREA COUNTIES: MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT-PAGE-456 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2014

TONIGHT AND MONDAY: ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT…AND THEN AGAIN ON MONDAY AFTERNOON. SEVERE WEATHER IS GENERALLY NOT EXPECTED…BUT SOME GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE NEAR STORMS THIS EVENING AND ON MONDAY AFTERNOON.

MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY:
THERE IS AT LEAST A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER MUCH OF THE OUTLOOK AREA THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH MONDAY.

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Special Weather Statement: Audubon-Cass-Adams-Taylor-Ringgold Counties

Weather

May 25th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

AUDUBON-CASS-ADAMS-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…AUDUBON…EXIRA…ATLANTIC…CORNING…
BEDFORD…LENOX…NEW MARKET…MOUNT AYR
445 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2014

…SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHWEST
IOWA…

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING AND INTENSIFYING FROM FAR
NORTHWEST MISSOURI INTO SOUTHWEST IOWA. THE STORMS ARE MOVING TO
THE NORTH NORTHEAST AROUND 20 MPH AND ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH…NICKEL SIZED HAIL AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL.

IF STORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA SEEK SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.

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Special Weather Statement for Adair County

Weather

May 25th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

439 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2014

…STRONG STORMS DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHWEST IOWA…

AT 438 PM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GREENFIELD…MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM ALONG WITH NICKEL HAIL AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…GREENFIELD…FONTANELLE…BRIDGEWATER…GREENFIELD MUNICIPAL AIRPORT AND NODAWAY PARK.

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY…SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS…AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS…FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

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FISH KILL INVESTIGATED IN CARROLL COUNTY

Ag/Outdoor, News

May 25th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

Officials with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources say a fish kill was being investigated in Carroll County. The fish died in Brushy Creek near Halbur. A spill of anhydrous ammonia occurred shortly before noon on Saturday at the West Central Coop facility in Halbur.

It is suspected that runoff from washing the area where the spill occurred reached a tributary of Brushy Creek. A DNR inspection of the area on Sunday afternoon found dead fish along approximately two miles of Brushy Creek. Most of the fish were smaller fish species.

The DNR will return to the area on Monday to complete an assessment of the fish kill.

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Special Weather Statement: Fremont/Page/Mills/Montgomery Counties

Weather

May 25th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

258 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2014

…SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN MILLS…NORTHWESTERN PAGE…SOUTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY AND CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM CDT…

AT 258 PM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER SIDNEY…OR 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF TARKIO…MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM…ALONG WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…

SIDNEY…ESSEX…RANDOLPH…IMOGENE…WAUBONSIE STATE PARK AND PIERCE

RECREATION AREA.

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HELEN BROWN, 94, of Griswold (Svcs. 6/20/14)

Obituaries

May 25th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

HELEN BROWN, 94, of Griswold, died Friday, May 23rd, at the Griswold Care Center. Memorial services for HELEN BROWN will be held 10:30-a.m. June 20th, at the Griswold United Methodist Church. Duhn Funeral Home in Griswold has the arrangements.

Visitation with the family will be held from 9:30 AM until the time of the service on June 20th.

Interment will be held in Newton, IA at a later date.

HELEN BROWN is survived by:

Her children: Marty Brown and wife Carol of Dallas, TX; Mary-Margaret Anders of Arkansas; John Brown and wife Kathie of Kansas City, MO; Kathy Rasseck of Morgan Town, WV; Michael Brown and wife Cheri of Garner, IA, and Larry Brown of Dallas, TX.

Her brother Forrest Klingaman of Green Valley, AZ

Her sister Thelma Hobbs of Greeley, CO.

11 grandchildren; 14 great grandchildren; other relatives and friends.

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9 injured in southern Colorado van crash

News

May 25th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Authorities say nine people were injured — two of them critically — when the family van they were in crashed during a rain and hail storm on La Veta Pass in southern Colorado.

Capt. George Dingfelder with the Colorado State Patrol tells The Gazette the family was traveling from Iowa to Alamosa when their van went off U.S. Highway 160 and rolled Saturday. He says two adults and seven children, ages 1 through 14, were in the vehicle.

Authorities have not released the names of those involved or details about their injuries.

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