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Iowa Lottery says $1M prize awaits ticket buyer

News

September 3rd, 2012 by Ric Hanson

URBANDALE, Iowa (AP) – Iowa Lottery officials say someone who bought a Powerball ticket in suburban Des Moines has won $1 million.   The lottery said in a news release Sunday night that the ticket matched five of the six Powerball numbers drawn Saturday night: 8, 11, 21, 44 and 49. The ticket didn’t match the Powerball number of 22, so the buyer didn’t win the $80 million Powerball prize.  The ticket was sold at a Hy-Vee store on Douglas Avenue in Urbandale.  The lottery says it’s the sixth $1 million-winning ticket sold since the $2 Powerball began in January.

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(Podcast) Skyscan Forecast: Mon., Sept. 3rd 2012

Podcasts, Weather

September 3rd, 2012 by Ric Hanson

The (Podcast) Freese-Notis forecast for the KJAN listening area, and weather data for Atlantic….

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Hazardous Weather Outlook for west central/southwest Iowa: Mon., Sept. 3rd 2012

Weather

September 3rd, 2012 by Ric Hanson

COUNTIES: CARROLL-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-ADAMS-UNION-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD

451 AM CDT MON SEP 3 2012

TODAY AND TONIGHT: CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY INTO TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT…WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN SEVERE THREATS.

COUNTIES: POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT-PAGE

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW ISOLATE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATER THIS MORNING. SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED WITH THIS ROUND OF STORMS…BUT MAY BE POSSIBLE LATER THIS AFTERNOON.  A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL SAG SOUTH TODAY AND WILL BE THE  FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORMS INTO THE EVENING. A QUICK MOVING UPPER  LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL AID THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS
AFTERNOON. STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE LATER THIS AFTERNOON WITH DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE HAIL THE PRIMARY HAZARDS. IF CLOUD COVER PERSISTS THROUGHOUT MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON…THIS WILL LIMIT THE INSTABILITY AND SEVERE STORMS WOULD THEN BE LESS LIKELY. ANY SEVERE STORMS SHOULD REMAIN GENERALLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80.

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Forgery arrest in Red Oak

News

September 3rd, 2012 by Ric Hanson

Authorities in Montgomery County says a Red Oak man was arrested Sunday morning. Officers with the Red Oak Police Department took 32-year-old Michael Wayne Parsley into custody at around 8:30-a.m., on a valid police department felony warrant for forgery. Parsley was being held in the Montgomery County Law Enforcement Center on $5,000 bond.

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ROBERT GENE “BOB” NORDBY, 80, of Omaha & formerly of Irwin (Svcs. 9-4-12)

Obituaries

September 3rd, 2012 by Ric Hanson

ROBERT GENE NORDBY, 80, of Omaha (& formerly of Irwin), died Sat., Sept. 1st, at the Millard Good Samaritan Home in Omaha. Funeral services for BOB NORDBY will be held 11-a.m. Tue., Sept. 4th, at the King of Kings Church in Omaha (11615 I St.). Heafey-Heafey-Hoffman-Dworak & Cutler Funeral Home in Omaha has the arrangements. (http://www.heafeyheafey.com/)

The family will receive friends at the Heafey-Heafey-Hoffman-Dworak & Cutler Funeral Home/West Center Chapel in Omaha, from 3-to 6-pm Mon., Sept. 3rd.

Interment will be in the Voss Mohr Cemetery.

The family suggests memorials be directed to the Smile Train, or the charity of your choice.

BOB NORDBY is survived by:

His wife – Joyce of Omaha

His  children – Gary Nordby and wife Rhonda of Logan, IA; Rebecca Hornbeck and husband Jon of Omaha; & Jerry Nordby and wife Stephanie of Winchester, OR.

His sisters – Garnet Axland of Irwin, IA; Norma Mitten and husband JaVain of Hamilton, MO.; & Kay Madsen and husband Richard of Lincoln, NE.

4 grandchildren,  other family members and many friends.

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NWS forecast for Cass & area Counties in Iowa: Mon., Sept. 3rd 2012

Weather

September 3rd, 2012 by Ric Hanson

339 AM CDT MON SEP 3 2012

TODAY…PARTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING…THEN SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH IN THE UPPER 80S. SOUTH WIND NEAR 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 40 PERCENT.

TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. LOW IN THE UPPER 60S. SOUTHEAST WIND NEAR 5 MPH.

TUESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGH AROUND 90. SOUTH WIND NEAR 5 MPH.

TUESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY THROUGH MIDNIGHT THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. LOW IN THE MID 60S. SOUTHWEST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.

WEDNESDAY…SUNNY…BREEZY. HIGH IN THE LOWER 80S. NORTH WIND 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. COOLER. LOW IN THE MID 50S.

THURSDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH AROUND 80.

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Iowa early News headlines: Mon., Sept. 3rd 2012

News

September 3rd, 2012 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — Authorities have identified the pilot who was killed when his plane crashed during an air show in eastern Iowa. The Quad-City Times reported yesterday that Glenn Smith of Frisco, Texas was the pilot killed in Saturday’s crash of a Soviet-era L-39 jet.

WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa man will face tougher criminal charges because of what he yelled out while he was being arrested after a July shooting at a Waterloo bar. Prosecutors have now charged 53-year-old Roland Anderson of Waterloo with attempted murder in connection with the shooting of 39-year-old Maurice Stovall on July 22nd. The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports that Anderson yelled that he wished Stovall was dead as he was being put into a police car. Stovall was wounded several times in the attack but he survived.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A judge will decide soon whether a former Drake student sentenced last month to 20 years in prison for sexually assaulting a fraternity brother should get a new trial. A Polk County judge may rule tomorrow on Anthony Bertolone’s motion.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Lawyers for an Iowa woman facing a second death penalty trial for her role in the execution-style killings of five people in 1993 are planning to challenge the process used to select jurors. Angela Johnson’s attorneys on Friday asked for years of data to analyze the racial and gender makeup of juries in the federal district that covers the northern half of Iowa.

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Strasburg dominant, Nats produce late to top Cards

Sports

September 2nd, 2012 by Ric Hanson

WASHINGTON (AP) — Stephen Strasburg allowed two hits over six scoreless innings, striking out nine before being pulled Sunday as the Washington Nationals beat the St. Louis Cardinals 4-3. The NL East-leading Nationals took three of four from St. Louis and passed their 80-win total from last season. Strasburg, rocked for seven runs last Tuesday at Miami, left with a 2-0 lead. The 23-year-old Strasburg has struck out 195 in 156 1-3 innings this season. The Nationals have repeatedly stated they intend on shutting him down in his first full season since undergoing Tommy John surgery in 2010. The Nationals have been vague about an innings limit, but the team sat Jordan Zimmermann at 161 1-3 innings last season in a similar situation.

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Missouri Valley gives major programs major workout

Sports

September 2nd, 2012 by Ric Hanson

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — If the Big 12 ever wants to expand to 12 members again, the league’s powerbrokers might want to take a look at poaching a couple schools from the Missouri Valley Conference. Of course, Kansas and Kansas State might quickly object. Both of them had to work against schools from the Football Championship Subdivision in their season openers Saturday. They weren’t alone, either: Wisconsin had to make a late defensive stand to beat Northern Iowa, Indiana State took Indiana to the brink, and Pittsburgh was embarrassed by Youngstown State in Paul Chryst’s debut as Panthers coach. Yes, it was a banner day for the Missouri Valley, a league better known for its hoops but one that now has 11 football wins against members of BCS conferences since 2000.

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Gomez, Norden win Des Moines triathlon

Sports

September 2nd, 2012 by Ric Hanson

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Spain’s Javier Gomez and Sweden’s Lisa Norden won the 5150 U.S. Championship Elite Cup triathlon on Sunday. Gomez and Norden each earned just over $150,000, the biggest prizes in international triathlon competition. Gomez, the silver medalist at the London Olympics, fought through temperatures in the high 80s to beat American Hunter Kemper by 38 seconds. London Games winner Alistair Brownlee was 14th. Norden, also the Olympic silver medalist, upset favored American Sarah Haskins to win the Des Moines women’s event for the second year in a row.

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