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Rainfall in Atlantic for the past 24-hours (ending today at 7-a.m.) amounted to 1.39″ at the KJAN studios (The OFFICIAL National Weather Service reporting site for Atlantic.)
Red Oak Police report a woman was arrested late Wednesday evening for allegedly assaulting a police officer during an altercation. Officials say in addition to the Assault on a Peace Officer charge, 33-year-old Becky Jo Hegarty, of Red Oak, was charged with breach of peace. The charges stem from an incident which allegedly occurred in the 100 block of Ratliff Road.
Hegarty was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on $2,000 bond.
Here’s the Freese-Notis (Podcast) forecast for Atlantic & the KJAN listening area, and weather data for Atlantic. (Rainfall from 7-am Wed. through 5-am Thu. at KJAN amounted to 1.37-inches)
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Two people were sent to the hospital to be checked for possible injuries, following a single-vehicle accident Wednesday night northwest of Malvern, in Mills County. According to the Iowa State Patrol, a 1997 Nissan 200SX driven by 21-year old Kevin Junior Booher, of Council Bluffs, was traveling east on Highway 34 and distracted by his phone, when his passenger yelled about an animal in the roadway. When Booher swerved to miss the creature, his car hit a bridge and guardrail near 295th Street before coming to rest against the guardrail. The accident happened at around 10:55-p.m.
Booher, and his passenger, 20-year old Megan Nicole Beckstrom, of Red Oak, were transported by Malvern Rescue to Creighton Hospital in Omaha. The Patrol says both were wearing their seat belts. Deputies with the Mills County Sheriff’s Office, along with Malvern Fire and Rescue, assisted at the scene.
(updated 3:56-am)
Today: Rain and sleet before 11am, then rain and snow. High near 38. Windy, with a north wind 18 to 23 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.
Tonight: A chance of rain and snow before 4am, then a chance of freezing rain. Cloudy, with a low around 27. Windy, with a northwest wind 20 to 24 mph, with gusts as high as 34 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.
Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 45. Windy, with a west northwest wind around 21 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 28. Blustery, with a northwest wind 11 to 16 mph becoming light and variable in the evening. Winds could gust as high as 23 mph.
Saturday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 55. Breezy, with a southeast wind 7 to 12 mph increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 28 mph.
Saturday Night: A 30 percent chance of rain, mainly after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 44. Breezy. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Sunday: A 40 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 57.
Sunday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 43.
Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Republican-controlled Iowa House has approved a version of Governor Terry Branstad’s plan to cut commercial property taxes, setting up a battle with the Democratic-majority Senate which favors an alternate proposal. In a 54-45 vote yesterday the House approved a plan to amend a Senate tax bill to include key items from Branstad’s proposal.
BURLINGTON, Iowa (AP) — Social service agencies in southeast Iowa say they’re concerned about the future of a homeless shelter that appears to have suddenly closed. Local representatives for The Salvation Army and Community Action say the doors are locked tight at Burlington Area Homeless Shelter. A message left through the shelter’s voicemail system was not immediately returned yesterday.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A Des Moines couple lauded for their adoption of four children have been charged with child endangerment. Thirty-eight-year-old Damien Stovall and 37-year-old Allonna Stovall are accused of using a belt or wooden spoon to punish two of their children, ages 6 and 7. The couple’s seven children were removed from their custody. Court records say a trial is scheduled for June 12th.
MIDDLETON, Iowa (AP) — The Department of Natural Resources says a munitions plant in southeast Iowa has discharged about 100,000 gallons of untreated wastewater into a tributary of the Skunk River. The DNR said yesterday the Iowa Army Ammunition Plant began discharging the wastewater Monday afternoon when a pump at a treatment plan failed. Plant operators fixed the pump and stopped the discharge yesterday morning.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Devin Brooks of Iowa Western Community College has signed a letter of intent to play basketball at Creighton. The 6-foot-2 guard from New York City started all 35 games for Iowa Western last season, leading the team with 15.9 points, 6.6 rebounds and 5.6 assists. He is Iowa Western’s all-time leader in assists.
Creighton coach Greg McDermott said Brooks is a player his coaching staff targeted for the Bluejays’ transition from the Missouri Valley Conference to the Big East next season. Brooks joins Zach Hanson of Pierre, S.D., Darian Harris of Springdale, Ark., and Toby Hegner of Berlin, Wis., as scholarship newcomers for next fall. McDermott also announced guard Nevin Johnson plans to transfer. Johnson averaged 2.2 points in 24 games last season.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — A.J. Burnett took a no-hitter into the seventh inning nearly 12 years after throwing the only one of his career, pitching the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 5-0 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Wednesday night. Burnett (1-2) lost his bid with two outs in the seventh on Carlos Beltran’s double to right-center. That was the lone hit given up by the 36-year-old right-hander in seven dominant innings.
The only other runner he allowed came when he hit Daniel Descalso with a 2-2 pitch with one out in the sixth to end his shot at a perfect game. Burnett struck out eight to raise his season total to 35 in 24 innings. His bid for a no-hitter came on a night when he recorded the 2,000th strikeout of his 15-year career. Burnett reached the milestone when he caught Beltran looking to lead off the second.
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