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Tractor-trailer rollover on I-80 in Cass County *Updated*

News

August 10th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

*Updated with driver information and accident details*

Westbound traffic on Interstate 80 in Cass County was impeded this (Saturday) morning and early afternoon by a tractor-trailer rollover accident at the 68-mile marker (Between Anita and Wiota). The accident happened at around 11:20-a.m. The Iowa State Patrol says 47-year old Piotr Brzozowski of Carol Stream, IL was traveling westbound on I-80 when he became distracted while driving. The 2007 Volvo semi he was driving went off the road into the north ditch.

When Brzozowski overcorrected, he caused the semi to flip onto it’s right side. The rig slid on its side and came to rest blocking both lanes of westbound traffic. The road was blocked for roughly two hours. Brzozowski was wearing his seatbelt but was transported to Cass County Memorial Hospital by Medevac for unspecified injuries. He was cited for failure to maintain control.

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Tournament of Champions – Saturday Results

Sports

August 10th, 2013 by Jim Field

Championship Division:                                     

  • Brad Hartkopf (Atlantic G & CC)                           70-67 – 137 (-1)
  • Matt Weresch (Des Moines G & CC)                     71-68 – 139 (+1)
  • Jim Brown (Urbandale G & CC)                             68-71 – 139 (+1)
  • Andrew Martin (Nishna Hills)                                68-72 – 140 (+2)
  • Darby McLaren (Atlantic G & CC)                         74-68 – 142 (+4)
  • Tim Murphy (Dunlap GC)                                       73-69 – 142 (+4)
  • Derek Jacobsen (Atlantic G & CC)                         71-71 – 142 (+4)
  • Evan Schuler (Atlantic G & CC)                             70-72 – 142 (+4)
  • Jason Reynolds (Past Champion)                          71-72 – 143 (+5)
  • Ron Peterson (Past Champion)                              70-73 – 143 (+5)
  • Jared Cochran (Terrace Hills GC)                          70-74 – 144 (+6)
  • Lance Halvorsen (Osceola CC)                               69-75 – 144 (+6)
  • Ryan Clark (Briarwood Club of Ankeny)              73-72 – 145 (+7)
  • Ross Martens (Rosman-Glendale)                         73-72 – 145 (+7)
  • Zach Christianson (Atlantic G & CC)                     72-73 – 145 (+7)
  • Alex Huyser (Diamond Trail GC)                           72-73 – 145 (+7)
  • Aaron Ahrendsen (Manning/Manilla GC)           69-76 – 145 (+7)
  • Carter Trewet (Otter Creek GC)                              75-72 – 146 (+8)
  • Rob Langfelt (Nishna Hills)                                     72-74 – 146 (+8)
  • Cary Cochran (Quail Run)                                       68-78 – 146 (+8)
  • Sam Markham (Atlantic G & CC)                            76-71 – 147 (+9)
  • Chris Nelson (Atlantic G & CC)                               78-69 – 147 (+9)
  • Dan Conaway (Eagle Grove GC)                             75-72 – 147 (+9)
  • John Thomson (Cresco CC)                                     72-75 – 147 (+9)
  • Kurt Matthewson (Woodward GC)                        74-74 – 148 (+10)
  • Phil Ruth (Lakeside Municipal GC)                       74-75 – 149 (+11)
  • Barry Smith (Pine Knolls CC)                                 76-73 – 149 (+11)
  • Steve Tibbles (Perry G & CC)                                  73-76 – 149 (+11)
  • Shane Burmeister (Atlantic G & CC)                     73-76 – 149 (+11)
  • Cory Scamman (American Legion CC)                 78-72 – 150 (+12)
  • Eric Rock (Oakland CC)                                           73-78 – 151 (+13)
  • Matt Haley (Happy Hollow CC)                             78-74 – 152 (+14)
  • Jaxson Armstrong (Crestwood Hills)                    75-77 – 152 (+14)
  • Walker Adams (Osceola CC)                                   79-74 – 153 (+15)
  • Jeremy Perkins (Oakland CC)                                74-79 – 153 (+15)
  • Brad Bailey (Treynor Rec Area)                             78-77 – 155 (+17)
  • Jason Branham (Quail Run CC)                             77-78 – 155 (+17)
  • Ryan Huinker (Harlan G & CC)                             80-76 – 156 (+18)
  • Taylor Wheatley (5X80 CC)                                    82-75 – 157 (+19)
  • Craig Benson (Avoca G & CC)                                80-78 – 158 (+20)
  • Eric Brown (Mt. Ayr CC)                                          77-81 – 158 (+20)
  • Steve Davie (Dunlap GC)                                         76-82 – 158 (+20)
  • Michael Bylund (Audubon GC)                              77-82 – 159 (+21)
  • Jeff Gude (Atlantic G & CC)                                    76-83 – 159 (+21)
  • Josh Burns (Sac CC)                                                 84-77 – 161 (+23)
  • Ryan Sloth (Belmond CC)                                       79-82 – 161 (+23)
  • Matt Gross (Nishna Hills)                                       80-83 – 163 (+25)
  • Ryan Kirchhoff (Griswold G & CC)                        85-81 – 166 (+28)
  • Steve Miller (Dunlap GC)                                        78-88 – 166 (+28)
  • Brandon Brown (Twin Lakes GC)                          89-79 – 168 (+30)
  • Kramer Sameulson (Clarinda CC)                         82-86 – 168 (+30)
  • Jake Speer (Greenfield G & CC)                             87-82 – 169 (+31)
  • Steve Swenson (Villisca CC)                                    89-92 – 181 (+43)
  • Joel Anderson (Willow Creek GC)                         98-87 – 185 (+47)

Senior Division:

  • Del Miller (West Liberty G & CC)                         69-73 – 142 (+4)
  • Jim Wood (Red Oak CC)                                        74-69 – 143 (+5)
  • Kim Peters (Crestwood Hills)                               75-70  – 145 (+7)
  • Rick Carter (Crestmoor CC)                                  73-72 – 145 (+7)
  • Arnie Leistad (Atlantic G & CC)                            75-71 – 146 (+8)
  • Rick Thompson (Fairfield G & CC)                      75-71 – 146 (+8)
  • Darron Baker (Eagle Grove GC)                           74-73 – 147 (+9)
  • Kirk Nelson (Atlantic G & CC)                              74-74 – 148 (+10)
  • John Willmore (Past Champion)                         80-68 – 148 (+10)
  • Terry Hannah (Jester Park)                                  75-73 – 148 (+10)
  • Daryl Armstrong (Crestwood Hills)                    76-74 – 150 (+12)
  • Jeff Morenz (Atlantic G & CC)                              74-77 – 151 (+13)
  • Jim Campbell (Albia CC)                                       75-77 – 152 (+14)
  • Paul Huddleson (Nishna Hills)                            77-76 – 153 (+15)
  • Gene Capps (Indianola CC)                                   77-78 – 155 (+17)
  • Ken Portsche (Beaver Creek GC)                         80-76 – 156 (+18)
  • Blair Hoegh (Otter Creek GC)                              78-79 – 157 (+19)
  • Lyle Wittrock (5X80 CC)                                       77-80 – 157 (+19)
  • Dean Muhs (Quail Run CC)                                  78-80 – 158 (+20)
  • Doug Williams (Nishna Hills)                               87-73 – 160 (+22)
  • Rodd Bullard (Waveland GC)                               85-76 – 161 (+23)
  • Donald Perrin (Happy Hollow CC)                      84-81 – 165 (+27)
  • Frank Rodriguez (Harlan G & CC)                       81-85 – 166 (+28)
  • John Scott Thomson (Cresco CC)                        81-86 – 167 (+29)
  • Mark Morris (Bedford GC)                                    87-82 – 169 (+31)
  • Jerry Moores (Fremont County GC)                   89-96 – 185 (+47)

Super Senior Division:

  • Richard Scybert (Nishna Hills)                            70-76 – 146 (+8)
  • Richard Mitchell (Nishna Hills)                           79-75 – 154 (+16)
  • Ed Leistad (Nishna Hills)                                      76-81 – 157 (+19)
  • Frank Gunsolley (Mt. Ayr G & CC)                      78-79 – 157 (+19)
  • Bruce Duval (Fremont County GC)                     84-84 – 168 (+30)
  • Jerry Hoff (Crestmoor GC)                                   82-87 – 169 (+31)

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MONDAY, AUGUST 12th

Trading Post

August 10th, 2013 by Jim Field

FOR SALE:  We have 4 myotonic goats for sale. 3 bucks and 1 doe. Asking 200.00 for each. All are registered with the MGR. Text 249-7653 or email schroder@metc.net for pictures.

FOR SALE:  Old Dempster hand well pump with offset spout suitable for yard art $95.00. New 2 inch hitch receiver and 2 inch ball $19.00. 712–249-7592.

FREE:  Kenmore gas clothes dryer. Works fine. Updated to a new energy efficient one. FREE TO ANY ONE WHO CAN USE IT! 712-249-6430.

FREE TO A GOOD HOME: Border Collie, 2 year old neutered male, friendly. 515-210-0465.

WANTED:  I am looking for an apartment for rent around Walnut or Shebly,  Iowa.  All I can spend is $400.00 a month.  psebeniecher@yahoo.com.

FOR SALE:  chocolate cockapoo puppies.  $300 dollars.  712-249-6930.

FOR SALE: wardrobe with shelves and hanging area. Oak finish 60″ high x 32′ wide x 21″ deep.  Asking $40.00.  712-563-2539.

WANTED:  some really hot peppers, jalapeno or habanero peppers to make salsa.  Call 243-5759.

FOR SALE: Brown lift chair, excellent condition. Purchased for $800, asking $350. 712-250-0228

WANTED: lawnmower trailer or cart. 712-304-4262

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(Podcast) 8:20-a.m. Sports, 8/10/2013

Podcasts, Sports

August 10th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

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(Podcast) 8-a.m. State/area News, 8/10/13

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August 10th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

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(Podcast) 7:20-a.m. Sportscast, 8/10/2013

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August 10th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

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(Podcast) Western IA News Aug. 10th, 2013

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August 10th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

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Greenfield lawmaker proud to make anti-pot list

News

August 10th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Greenfield Republican Rep. Clel Baudler says he’s proud to be named among the “Worst State Legislators of 2013” by a group working to legalize marijuana use.  Baudler laughed Friday when The Des Moines Register told him he had made a list of eight legislators that the Marijuana Policy Project considers among the nation’s worst.

In announcing the list, the group referred to comments Baudler made in opposing a medical marijuana bill in the Iowa Legislature. Baudler argued that passing the bill would be “one or two or three of the stupidest bills that’s ever been passed” by the Legislature.

The bill failed. Baudler says he accepts the designation “with pride.”

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Red Oak man arrested for assault

News

August 10th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

Police in Red Oak report the arrest Friday night of a man on an assault charge. 22-year old James Leroy Christensen, Jr., was arrested at around 8-p.m. on a charge of Simple Domestic Assault. He was taken into custody in the 200 block of 1st Avenue in Red Oak and brought to the Montgomery County Jail, where Christensen was being held without bond.

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Drought worsens in Iowa as Missouri sees heavy rain & fatal flooding

Ag/Outdoor, News, Weather

August 10th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

The drought is worsening again in Iowa as heavy rains are causing devastation just to the south. Parts of Missouri got ten inches of rain overnight (Thursday into Friday), bringing flash-flooding, evacuations and at least two deaths. Meteorologist Kurt Kotenberg, at the National Weather Service, says there’s a powerful front between bone-dry Iowa and water-logged Missouri. “It’s brought in a lot of dry, cool air here to the state of Iowa whereas down to the south, there’s been an area of low pressure swinging through and it’s not quite reaching us,” Kotenberg says. “The low pressure and dry air is pushing that low to our south, serving as a shield, preventing that moisture and energy from reaching the state up here.”

While areas of southern Missouri have seen 15-inches of rain in the past two days, parts of Iowa haven’t seen more than an inch of rain in weeks, and there’s little hope in the forecast — for either state’s misery.
“We should be dry Saturday, Sunday, maybe a little bit of a chance (of rain) as we head into Monday, but otherwise, it’s looking dry up here,” Kotenberg says. “Down to the south, Missouri will probably be getting more rain this afternoon into Saturday, so unfortunately, it does not look like they are out of the woods quite yet.” A report released this week shows the drought situation worsening in Iowa.

“A good majority of the state is at least abnormally dry,” Kotenberg says. “Basically the only part that’s above average or near average is the far northeastern portions of Iowa. Interestingly enough, Des Moines is now almost one inch below normal on the year, while the Waterloo area is about ten inches above normal for 2013 on precipitation.” A week ago, only 0.02% of Iowa was in drought. Now, about 16% of the state is seeing drought conditions, mostly in the west and southwest.

(Radio Iowa)

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