Lavon Eblen speaks with Mick Fay of Lewis about the Pony Express Fundraiser on Saturday night.
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Lavon Eblen speaks with Mick Fay of Lewis about the Pony Express Fundraiser on Saturday night.
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A 61-year-old southwest Iowa woman has died under her car on her ice- and snow-slickened driveway. Mills County Sheriff’s Sgt. Kim Clark says the accident occurred a little before 1:45 p.m. Thursday.
Clark says Barbara Glaser was in her car when it got stuck on her steep driveway. Clark says Glaser put the vehicle in park, shut it off and got out. But the car started to slide down the driveway and struck Glaser. It knocked her down, hit an embankment and then rolled over on her. Glaser was pronounced dead at the scene, which is north of Pacific Junction.
Glaser was a 35-year employee of the Douglas County Department of Corrections in Omaha.
(9-a.m. News)
Jim Field talks about the cancellations and delays around the nishna valley due to the snowfall.
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PERVICAL, Iowa (AP) – The big storm system that dumped a half foot or more of snow on some parts of Iowa may have fallen short of some expectations. Kelly Malone is a shift manager at the Pilot Flying J station and store that sits along Iowa Highway 2 just west of Interstate 29 in southwest Iowa. Malone said Friday that things were pretty hectic at the Flying J on Thursday, as customers stopped briefly for fuel or food while hustling to beat the storm.
His company had taken precautions by reserving seven rooms for employees at the nearby Super 8 Motel. Malone says, “We were prepared for the worst, but it didn’t happen that bad. To me it was just an average storm, but I’m a person who drives through anything.”
The National Weather Service said snowfall across the area ranged from 5-to 6-inches across the southwest corner of the state, from 3.5-to 5-inches across Ringgold and Taylor Counties northwestward to portions of Pottawattamie and Harrison Counties. Other areas received anywhere from 2-to 3-inches of snow.
Snowfall reports from around southwest/western Iowa (as of 6-a.m.):
Atlantic (@ KJAN) 4.5″…..Villisca 6″…..Malvern 6.5″
The Iowa Department of Transportation (511ia.org) reports that as of 6:25-a.m, roadways in southwest Iowa, west of the Cass/Adair County line and along and south of I-80, were partially or mostly covered with snow. Towing services are prohibited. Other roads around the listening area are completely covered with snow, and towing services are prohibited.
Authorities in Red Oak say a crash between two vehicles Thursday afternoon at the intersection of north 8th Street and east Chautauqua Drive, was caused by slick road conditions. No one was injured when vehicles driven by 36-year old Sue Baier and 24-year old Marie Childs, both of Red Oak, collided at around 12:35-p.m.
Officials say Baier’s 2011 Nissan Versa was traveling west on east Chautauqua, and due to the ice and snow covered roads, could not stop at the intersection. Her vehicle slide through the intersection and hit a southbound 2004 Kia Sedona, driven by Childs. Damage amounted to $5,700. No citations were issued.