Iowa early News Headlines: Mon., June 3rd 2013

June 3rd, 2013 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

VAN METER, Iowa (AP) — Republican David Young, who was U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley’s top aide, is running for Iowa’s other U.S. Senate seat in 2014. Young said yesterday that after talking with friends and family he decided to run for the Senate seat being vacated by retiring five-term Democratic Senator Tom Harkin. Young lives in Van Meter, Iowa, and says he’s looking forward to campaigning.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — The drier weekend weather has helped ease flooding in Iowa, but rivers remain high in parts of the state and rain is in this week’s forecast. The greatest flood concerns yesterday were in eastern and southeastern Iowa because the rivers near Cedar Rapids, Iowa City and Burlington all continued to flood.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa City man is charged with attempted murder after police found him holding a hammer near a man who was bleeding profusely. Authorities say the incident happened on a downtown pedestrian mall shortly before 6 a.m. yesterday. Police say that 61-year-old Richard Hoyt told officers that he hit the victim in the head several times because he mistook the other victim for someone he was quarreling with. He’s being held on $25,000 bond.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Department of Public Health is offering free help during June to people trying to stop smoking. For more information about the service, call 1-800-QUIT-NOW or go online to WWW DOT QuitLineIowa DOT org.

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Cochran wins Champions Tour event in Iowa

Sports

June 2nd, 2013 by Ric Hanson

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Russ Cochran won the Principal Charity Classic on Sunday for his fourth career Champions Tour title, closing with a 5-under 67 for a one-stroke victory over Jay Don Blake. Cochran finished at 11-under 205 at Wakonda Club. The left-hander, two strokes behind second-round leader Duffy Waldorf entering the day, broke a winless streak that stretched 35 tournaments.

Blake shot 69. He bogeyed the par-3 17th with his first three-putt of the tournament to fall a stroke behind. He had a chance to force a playoff, but his birdie try on the par-4 18th missed to the right. Waldorf had a 71 to tie for third at 9 under with Mark Calcavecchia and Kirk Triplett. Calcavecchia and Triplett shot 67.

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Gaudin gets win in first start in 3 years

Sports

June 2nd, 2013 by Ric Hanson

ST. LOUIS (AP) – Chad Gaudin picked up a win in his first start in over three years and Brandon Belt broke a tie with a two-run pinch-hit double to lead San Francisco to a 4-2 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday, ending the Giants’ seven-game road skid. Gaudin (1-1) went six innings in his first start since Sept. 28, 2009 as a member of the New York Yankees. He allowed four hits and two runs, both coming on a two-run homer by David Freese in the fourth. Gaudin is temporarily replacing Ryan Vogelsong in the rotation. Vogelsong broke several bones in his right hand May 20.

Belt slammed the first pitch from reliever Randy Choate into the gap in left-center to bring in Brandon Crawford and Gregor Blanco for a 4-2 lead in the seventh inning. Crawford began the rally with a single off St. Louis rookie Tyler Lyons (2-1).

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MARGARET M. CAMPBELL, 94, of Urbandale (formerly of Hamlin) – Svcs. 6/4/13

Obituaries

June 2nd, 2013 by Ric Hanson

MARGARET M. CAMPBELL, 94, of Urbandale (formerly of Hamlin) , died Sat., June 1st, at Senior Suites of Urbandale. Funeral services for MARGARET CAMPBELL will be held 10:30-a.m. Tue., June 4th, at the Hamlin Lutheran Church. Kessler Funeral HOme in Audubon has the arrangements.

A family visitation will be held 9:30-a.m. Tue. until the time of service at the Hamlin Lutheran Church.

Burial will be in the Hamlin Lutheran Cemetery in Hamlin.

MARGARET CAMPBELL is survived by:

Her son – Robert Nordby and wife Patricia Campbell, of Johnston.

2 grandchildren, 4 great-grandchildren, her in-laws, other relatives & friends.

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Iowa officials move ahead with health plan

News

June 2nd, 2013 by Ric Hanson

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A legislative compromise has been struck on low-income health care, but now Iowa starts the complicated process of putting the plan in place. On Monday the state will kick off a series of public hearings to explain the proposed health care plan recently approved by lawmakers. The hearings are a step the state must go through to get federal approval.

But after the dramatic debate during the legislative session, these hearings are likely to stir up little controversy. State Sen. Jack Hatch, a Des Moines Democrat who advocated for Medicaid expansion, says he expects limited criticism. He says, “I think everybody is going to be supportive.” Under the plan, the state will seek federal funding offered to states that expand Medicaid to provide benefits to low-income residents.

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High School baseball/softball scores from Sat., June 1st 2013

Sports

June 2nd, 2013 by Ric Hanson

High School Baseball Scores:

Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 20, Clarinda 0 (Clarinda Tourney, 5 Innings)
Creston 5, Lewis Central 1
Creston 9, Lewis Central 5
Dallas Center-Grimes 6, Coon Rapids-Bayard 1

Earlham 12, Underwood 5
Earlham 16, Tri-Center, Neola 13
Glenwood 6, Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 4 (Clarinda Tourney)
Mount Ayr 6, Orient-Macksburg 2
Nodaway Valley 12, Orient-Macksburg 5
Perry 2, Nodaway Valley 1 (8 innings)
West Central Valley, Stuart 5, Tri-Center, Neola 3

High School Softball Scores:

Carroll 11, Clarinda 0
Carroll 12, A-H-S-T, Avoca 1
Carroll 9, Exira-EHK 1
Coon Rapids-Bayard 13, AR-WE-VA, Westside 3
Corning 17, CAM, Anita 0
Creston 14, Clarinda 8
Creston 8, Exira-EHK 5
Exira-EHK 9, Underwood 0
Lewis Central 13, West Monona 1
Lewis Central 7, Logan-Magnolia 5
Lewis Central 7, St. Albert, Council Bluffs 1
Logan-Magnolia 9, Missouri Valley 3
Missouri Valley 14, West Harrison 11
Prairie Valley 8, Guthrie Center 1
St. Albert, Council Bluffs 12, Missouri Valley 4
Underwood 7, Creston 4
Winterset 2, Southeast Polk 0
Winterset 6, Pleasant Valley 1
Winterset 7, Des Moines, Abraham Lincoln 2

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Wainwright, Miller lead Cards to DH sweep

Sports

June 1st, 2013 by Ric Hanson

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Adam Wainwright struck out 10 in his 14th complete game and third this season, and the St. Louis Cardinals completed a day-night doubleheader sweep of the San Francisco Giants with a 7-1 win Saturday night. Rookie Shelby Miller pitched six-hit ball for seven innings and backup catcher Tony Cruz hit two doubles and drove in a pair of runs for St. Louis in an 8-0 win in the opener.

Wainwright (8-3) allowed eight hits and one run without walking a batter to close out the first doubleheader between the Giants and Cardinals in St. Louis since July 16, 1978. Wainwright threw 106 pitches and 73 strikes.

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Public Intox arrest in Red Oak

News

June 1st, 2013 by Ric Hanson

The Red Oak Police Department reports the arrest Saturday evening, of 51-year old David Lawrence Howe, of Red Oak. Howe was taken into custody at around 7:40-p.m. near north 4th & Linden Streets, on a charge of Public Intoxication. He was being held Saturday night in the Montgomery County Jail on $300 bond.

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Waldorf leads by 1 shots after 2nd round in Iowa

Sports

June 1st, 2013 by Ric Hanson

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Duffy Waldorf shot a 5-under 67 on Saturday to take a one-stroke lead after the second round of the Champions Tour’s Principal Charity Classic. Waldorf had an 8-under 136 total. Bart Bryant and Jay Don Blake were tied for second. Bryant had a 64, and Blake shot a 66. Russ Cochran was 6 under after a 67.

The 50-year-old Waldorf is winless in 12 career starts on the 50-and-over tour after winning four times on the PGA Tour. He took advantage of calm conditions at the Wakonda Club to post a bogey-free round after opening with a 69 for a share of the first-round lead.

Jay Haas, a three-time winner in the event, was 3 under after a 70. Points leader Bernhard Langer shot a 75 to drop 11 strokes back.

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