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Fernandez pitches Marlins past Cardinals 5-4

Sports

June 14th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

MIAMI (AP) – Rookie Jose Fernandez outpitched a rusty Jake Westbrook, and the team with the worst record in the majors beat the team with the best record. Fernandez had a career-high 10 strikeouts in seven innings Friday, and the Miami Marlins spoiled Westbrook’s return from an elbow injury by defeating the St. Louis Cardinals 5-4.
 
The 20-year-old Fernandez (4-3) became the first pitcher under the age of 21 to strike out 10 or more since Felix Hernandez with Seattle in 2007. Relying heavily on breaking balls, he threw a career-high 107 pitches and allowed three runs, two earned.
 
Westbrook (2-2), who had been sidelined with elbow inflammation, went five innings in his first game since May 8. He allowed five runs, two of them unearned because of a misplayed grounder by second baseman Matt Carpenter, and his ERA rose to 2.05.

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Severe Thunderstorm Watch Issued until 2-a.m. Sat. (6/15/13)

Weather

June 14th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 314 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT
 FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS IA
 .    IOWA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
 
 ADAIR                ADAMS               AUDUBON            
 BOONE                CARROLL             CASS               
 CLARKE               CRAWFORD            DALLAS             
 DECATUR              GREENE              GUTHRIE            
 LUCAS                MADISON             POLK               
 RINGGOLD             TAYLOR              UNION              
 WARREN               WAYNE

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Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 10-p.m.: Adair/Guthrie Counties

Weather

June 14th, 2013 by Ric Hanson 

906 PM CDT FRI JUN 14 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN ADAIR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA...
  WESTERN DALLAS COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA...
  SOUTHEASTERN GUTHRIE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA...
  NORTHWESTERN MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA...

* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT

* AT 905 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTHEAST
  OF STUART...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

  HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

  IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
           ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  EARLHAM...ADEL...REDFIELD AND MINBURN.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 87 AND 109.

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Severe Thunderstorm Warining: Harrison/Mills/Pottawattamie Counties

Weather

June 14th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

844 PM CDT FRI JUN 14 2013
 
 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A
 
 * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
   BURT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA…
   DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA…
   HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
   NORTHERN MILLS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
   SOUTHERN MONONA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
   CENTRAL POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
   SARPY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA…
   WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA…
 
 * UNTIL 930 PM CDT
 
 * AT 842 PM CDT…SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
   EXTENDING FROM DECATUR TO FORT CALHOUN TO CEDAR CREEK…MOVING EAST
   AT 40 MPH.
 
 HAZARD…QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
 
 SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED.
 
 IMPACT…HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
 ROOFS…SIDING AND TREES.
 
 * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
   OMAHA…COUNCIL BLUFFS…BELLEVUE…PAPILLION…LA VISTA…OFFUTT
   AFB…MILLARD…BLAIR…RALSTON…ELKHORN…ONAWA…MISSOURI
   VALLEY…GRETNA…TEKAMAH…LOGAN…SPRINGFIELD…LYONS…
   TREYNOR…FORT CALHOUN AND UNDERWOOD.

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Severe Thunderstom update: Audubon/Guthrie Counties

Weather

June 14th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

GUTHRIE IA-GREENE IA-AUDUBON IA-CARROLL IA-
 836 PM CDT FRI JUN 14 2013
 
 …A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
 CARROLL…NORTHEASTERN AUDUBON…SOUTHWESTERN GREENE AND NORTHERN
 GUTHRIE COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM CDT…
 
 AT 833 PM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES EAST OF
 COON RAPIDS…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. A TRAINED SPOTTER HAS
 REPORTED QUARTER SIZED HAIL WEST OF BAYARD.
 
 HAZARD…QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
 
 SOURCE…TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS.
 
 IMPACT…HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
          ROOFS…SIDING AND TREES.
 
 LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…BAGLEY…YALE AND SCRANTON.
 
 PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
 
 FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
 BUILDING.

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ENID WILSON, 95, of Elliott (Svcs. 6/17/13)

Obituaries

June 14th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

ENID WILSON, 95, of Elliott, died Thu., June 13th, at the Carroll Health Center in Carroll. Funeral services for ENID WILSON will be held 10-a.m. Mon., June 17th, at the Nelson-Boylan-LeRette Funeral Chapel in Red Oak.

Visitation with the family will be held from 5-to 7-pm Sunday, June 16th, at the funeral home.

Burial will be in the Emerson, IA, Cemetery.

ENID WILSON is survived by:

Her children – William Wilson, of Manhatten, KS; Frank Wilson, of Carroll, IA; Jeanne Wilson, of Kearney, NE; Rosemary (Dale) Erickson, of Atlantic, and Betty Jo (Mike) Blanchard, of Ft. Collins, CO.

8 grandchildren, 7 great-grandchildren, and 2 great-great grandchildren.

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It’s all about baseball for now in Hoosier State

Sports

June 14th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – The College World Series opens in Omaha, Neb., on Saturday with Mississippi State facing No. 3 national seed Oregon State in the afternoon and Indiana playing Louisville at night. Mississippi State (48-18) features All-America right fielder Hunter Renfroe. He’s the No. 13 overall draft pick of San Diego. The only higher draft choice in the CWS is North Carolina third baseman Colin Moran, taken sixth by Miami. Oregon State (50-11) has tied its record for wins.
 
Indiana (48-18) is making its CWS debut as the first Big Ten team in 29 years to reach Omaha. Louisville (51-12) is in the CWS for the second time (2007).
 
Sunday’s games have No. 1 seed North Carolina (57-10) against rival North Carolina State (49-14) and UCLA (44-17) against No. 4 seed LSU (57-9).

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Tornado Watch remains in effect until 10-p.m. Friday

Weather

June 14th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

8:32 PM CDT FRI JUN 14 2013 (updated to include Shelby County)
 
 TORNADO WATCH 313 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR THE
 FOLLOWING LOCATIONS.

IOWA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
 
 FREMONT              HARRISON            MILLS              
 MONONA               MONTGOMERY          PAGE               
 POTTAWATTAMIE        SHELBY and WOODBURY

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Severe Thunderstorm Warning: NE Audubon/Norther Guthrie Counties

Weather

June 14th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

816 PM CDT FRI JUN 14 2013
 
 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A
 
 * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
   NORTHEASTERN AUDUBON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
   SOUTHEASTERN CARROLL COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
   SOUTHWESTERN GREENE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
   NORTHERN GUTHRIE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
 
 * UNTIL 900 PM CDT
 
 * AT 811 PM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR COON
   RAPIDS…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
 
   HAZARD…QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
 
   SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED.
 
   IMPACT…HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
            ROOFS…SIDING AND TREES.
 
 * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
   GUTHRIE CENTER…COON RAPIDS…BAYARD…BAGLEY…YALE AND SCRANTON.
 
 PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
 
 FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
 BUILDING.
 
 TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM…AND MAY LEAD TO
 FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS!

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Flash Flood Watch in effect though Saturday evening

Weather

June 14th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

AREA COUNTIES: CRAWFORD-CARROLL-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-ADAMS-UNION-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD….. 816 PM CDT FRI JUN 14 2013
 
 …FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING… 
 * RECENT RAINFALL HAS PRODUCED SEVERAL INCHES OF RAINFALL ACROSS
   MUCH OF THE AREA…AND SEVERAL ROUNDS OF ADDITIONAL
   THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PASS THROUGH THE WATCH AREA
   TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY…WITH THE HIGHEST POTENTIAL TONIGHT INTO
   EARLY SATURDAY. AMPLE MOISTURE WILL BE AVAILABLE AND THESE
   STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL. RAINFALL
   AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH LATE
   SATURDAY AFTERNOON WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS. GIVEN THE
   SATURATED CONDITIONS… EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY BECOME A PROBLEM
   VERY QUICKLY LEADING TO FLASH FLOODING.
 
 * SIGNIFICANT AND LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.
   PERSONS LIVING IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE
   ACTION. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS! AS LITTLE AS
   6 INCHES OF RUNNING WATER CAN SWEEP A VEHICLE OFF THE ROAD. IN
   ADDITION…SIGNIFICANT RIVER FLOODING IS POSSIBLE AFTER THIS
   EVENT.
 
 PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
 
 A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
 TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
 
 YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
 SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

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