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Severe Thunderstorm Warning

Weather

April 12th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

625 PM CDT SAT APR 12 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHEASTERN MILLS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 624 PM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF
GLENWOOD…OR 17 MILES SOUTHEAST OF OMAHA…MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25
MPH.

HAZARD…QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT…DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
OAKLAND…TREYNOR…CARSON… MACEDONIA…SILVER CITY…HANCOCK…
HENDERSON…MCCLELLAND…OLD TOWN PARK…
FARM CREEK PUBLIC WILDLIFE AREA AND BOTNA BEND PARK.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS…
HIGHWAY 59 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 41  AND 58 .
INTERSTATE 80 IN IOWA NEAR MILE MARKER 8.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

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This is Your Nishna Valley 04-11-2014

Podcasts, This is Your Nishna Valley

April 12th, 2014 by admin

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Carpenter, Wainwright help Cardinals top Cubs 10-4

Sports

April 12th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

ST. LOUIS (AP) – Matt Carpenter drove in two runs and Adam Wainwright saved a tired bullpen by lasting seven innings for the St. Louis Cardinals in their 10-4 win over the Chicago Cubs on Saturday. It was hardly a vintage performance by Wainwright (2-1). He gave up a homer to Junior Lake on his first pitch and allowed six more hits and three runs after that while striking out eight. The four runs were twice as many as Wainwright yielded in his first two starts.

But the right-hander, who led the majors with 241 2-3 innings pitched last year, was able to give the Cardinals’ bullpen some rest. St. Louis relievers Carlos Martinez, Kevin Siegrist and Trevor Rosenthal all threw more than 20 pitches in Friday’s 11-inning loss.

The win was Wainwright’s 101st with the Cardinals, tying Matt Morris, Larry Jackson and Max Lanier for 10th place on the franchise list.

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Hazardous Weather Outlook: 4/12/14

Weather

April 12th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

352 PM CDT SAT APR 12 2014/ National Weather Service

THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT….

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY LARGE HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN
DIAMETER AND DAMAGING WINDS TO 70 MPH ARE POSSIBLE MAINLY        BEFORE MIDNIGHT.

SUNDAY… 

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT SUNDAY. AN
ISOLATED SEVERE STORM WITH QUARTER SIZE HAIL IS POSSIBLE.

SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT… SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. ANY SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS WOULD BE APPRECIATED.

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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 10-PM SAT. (4/12)

Weather

April 12th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
70 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS:

IN IOWA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 33 COUNTIES…

IN CENTRAL IOWA

BOONE                 DALLAS                GRUNDY
HAMILTON              HARDIN                JASPER
MARSHALL              POLK                  POWESHIEK
STORY                 TAMA                  WEBSTER

IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA

BUTLER                CERRO GORDO           FRANKLIN
HUMBOLDT              WRIGHT

IN NORTHEAST IOWA

BLACK HAWK            BREMER

IN NORTHWEST IOWA

POCAHONTAS

IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA

MADISON               MAHASKA               MARION
WARREN

IN SOUTHWEST IOWA

ADAIR                 CASS              

IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA

AUDUBON               CALHOUN               CARROLL             
    CRAWFORD              GREENE                GUTHRIE             
    SAC              

IN SOUTHWEST IOWA

HARRISON              POTTAWATTAMIE         SHELBY              
   
IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA

   MONONA  

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Friday Soccer Results

Sports

April 12th, 2014 by Jim Field

Girls:

  • Abraham Lincoln 4, Atlantic 0
  • Glenwood 4, Sioux City North 0
  • St. Albert 10, Denison 0
  • Treynor 1, Underwood 0

Boys:

  • Atlantic 8, Missouri Valley 0
  • Denison 2, St. Albert 1
  • Nevada 3, Kuemper Catholic 0
  • Underwood 8, Treynor 1

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Denison Coed Track Meet Results

Sports

April 12th, 2014 by Jim Field

Girls Team Scores:

  1. Denison  129
  2. Atlantic  114
  3. Tri-Center  104
  4. Logan-Magnolia  102
  5. Charter Oak-Ute  64
  6. Boyer Valley  57
  7. Denison JV  10

Denison Girls Results 4.11.14 (1)

Boys Team Scores:

  1. Denison  89
  2. Logan-Magnolia  76
  3. Boyer Valley  72
  4. Denison JV  19

Denison Boys Results 4.11.14

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Dead fish found in Iowa after crash, ammonia leak

Ag/Outdoor, News

April 12th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

GUTHRIE CENTER, Iowa (AP) – Environmental specialists with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources are investigating following the crash of ammonia tanks into a western Iowa creek. The department says dead fish were discovered downstream from where two anhydrous ammonia tanks and a tractor fell into Brushy Creek north of Guthrie Center on Friday. The driver of the tractor, 34-year old Michael Haag, of Adair, was transported by Guthrie Center Rescue to the Guthrie County Hospital.

The John Deere 9510R tractor was pulling a disc and the two tanks when an old wooden bridge it was crossing on Oak Avenue, between 200th and 210th Street, collapsed, and the equipment fell into the creek. Investigators determined that the valves of the tanks had been shut off and that there was no fuel leaking from the tractor, but that some ammonia leaked into the water.

Some dead fish and elevated ammonia levels were found as far downstream as Monteith, about five miles southeast of Guthrie Center.

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IA State Patrol: No serious injuries in multi-vehicle crash on I-80

News

April 12th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

ADAIR, Iowa (AP) – Iowa authorities said a grass fire shut down about a 10-mile stretch of Interstate 80 near Adair.

Close-up pics courtesy Mike Kennon/Cass Co. Emergency Management Agency.

Close-up pics courtesy Mike Kennon/Cass Co. Emergency Management Agency.

truck1 The Iowa Department of Transportation’s road conditions map show that I-80 is closed in both directions between exit 57, east of Walnut, and exit 70, just west of Adair. A detour has been set up.  (As of 11:35, one-lane of I-80 eastbound was re-opened).

Looking west along I-80 eastbound. Ric Hanson/KJAN photo

Looking west along I-80 eastbound. Ric Hanson/KJAN photo

I-80 looking eastbound from 710th St. in Cass Co.

I-80 looking eastbound from 710th St. in Cass Co.

Authorities were cleaning up a crash near the grass fire. Iowa Department of Public Safety spokesman Sgt. Scott Bright says there were no serious injuries in the crash, and that officials do not believe the crash and fire are related.

Bright says officials shut down the stretch of I-80 for fear that smoke from the fire could cut visibility and cause collisions.

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Local Residents Invited to Discussion on Local Foods and Farmers Markets

Ag/Outdoor, News

April 12th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

Coordinators of a grant related to local farmers markets are looking for public input. The Cass County Local Food Policy Council received a USDA grant late last year to support and promote farmers markets as access points for local grown food. The grant committee is in the process of holding community meetings to get ideas and suggestions from interested local residents and businesses.

Organizers have already met with groups in Anita and Massena to discuss support for community farmers markets. The Atlantic community meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, April 15th, from 4:30 to 6 PM in the meeting room at the Atlantic Chamber. Anyone interested in supporting or helping with local markets like the “Produce in the Park” project that has happened for the last two summers is welcome to attend to learn more and give their input.

Those who are unable to attend are still welcome to contact organizers LaVon Eblen, Lora Kanning at Cass County Conservation, Teddi Grindberg at the YMCA or Kate Olson at the Cass County Extension Office to share ideas or express interest in being involved with the project.

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