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COUNTIES: MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT- PAGE
3:55 AM CDT WED JUL 4 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A HEAT ADVISORY, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING.
HEAT INDICES ARE EXPECTED TO CLIMB ABOVE 105 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL BRING AN INCREASED RISK OF HEAT EXHAUSTION OR HEAT STROKE TO THOSE WORKING OR PLAYING OUTDOORS AND FOR THE VERY YOUNG AND ELDERLY. A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS…STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM…STAY OUT OF THE SUN…AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS.
Baseball fans in Iowa will have several chances to take in a game and a fireworks show on this Independence Day holiday. The Iowa Cubs will be at home this evening against Omaha and I-Cubs general manager Sam Bernabe says the Pacific Coast League attempts to schedule every team a home game near the fourth. Bernabe says the Fourth of July always helps pack the stadium. In addition to a fireworks show, he says there will be a ceremony on the field prior to the game in which a number of fans weill officially become U-S citizens. 29 people will be sworn-in as United States citizens at around 6:50-p.m. Bernabe says every 8th grade history student should see a swearing-in ceremony at least once, because it’s a “very impressive ceremony,” according to Bernabe.
Elsewhere: The Clinton Lumberkings will be at home against Beloit in a Midwest League contest. General manager Ted Tornow says there will be a fireworks display after the game; The Cedar Rapids Kernels host Wisconsin and general manager Doug Nelson says they are inviting fans to spend the entire day at the ballpark. It begins with a pancacke feed in the morning and the game starts at five; and, The Sioux City Explorers will host the second of two nights of fireworks after their American Association game against Gary-SouthShore. It is the 20th straight season the Explorers have been home on the fourth.
While some parts of the state have been without rain for more than a week, there are currently no burn bans are in place in Iowa. Dubuque County will be under a burn ban starting Thursday morning. The head of the state fire marshal’s arson and explosives bureau says it’s important with the dry conditions to be especially careful celebrating the Fourth of July. Ron Humphrey says things could be worse. “It’s not quite as bad as it is in the spring or fall, when everything is all dried out, at least the grass and the crops are still green but keep in mind a small fire could spread quickly with the right conditions, and the right material,” Humphrey says.
“Use good safety precaution when using the fireworks we want to make sure that with the dry conditions that when you use sparklers or shooting off fireworks by permit the area is safe for both people and the surrounding environment,” according to Humphrey. The Dubuque County burn ban goes into effect at eight a-m Thursday. More counties could be added in the next few days without significant rain to improve the dry conditions.
(For a current chart of all counties included in a burn ban, go to: http://www.dps.state.ia.us/fm/main/burnbans/index.shtml)
(Radio Iowa)
BASEBALL
Coon Rapids-Bayard 6, West Central Valley, Stuart 4
Corning 10, East Union, Afton 0
Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 12, Sioux City, West 4
Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 8, Sioux City, West 4
Denison-Schleswig 16, Audubon 2 (5 innings)
East Greene, Grand Junction 11, Glidden-Ralston 8
Harlan 12, Clarinda 2
Harlan 8, Clarinda 2
Kingsley-Pierson 9, Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto 2 (WVC Tourn.)
Lenox 9, Lamoni 2
Nishnabotna 8, Sidney 6
Treynor 11, Griswold 1 (6 inn)
Van Meter 12, Guthrie Center 2 (Completed Suspended Game – 6/15)
West Harrison, Mondamin 4, Ar-We-Va, Westside 3 (WVC Tourn.)
SOFTBALL
Atlantic 15, Clarinda 5
Ballard 12, Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 0
Carlisle 4, Carroll 3
Central Decatur, Leon 6, Nodaway Valley 0
Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 14, Sioux City, West 0
Creston 3, Glenwood 0
Griswold 5, Audubon 4 (9)
Missouri Valley 15, Logan-Magnolia 5
OA-BCIG 11, Cherokee, Washington 1
…A HEAT ADVISORY CONTINUES TO BE IN EFFECT UNTIL 7-AM CDT SATURDAY…
(for a County outline of the advisory area, go to: http://www.crh.noaa.gov/dmx/)
TODAY…SUNNY. HOT AND HUMID. HIGH IN THE UPPER 90S. SOUTH WIND 5 TO 15 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHEST HEAT INDEX READINGS 102 TO 107 IN THE AFTERNOON.
TONIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW IN THE MID 70S. SOUTH WIND 5 TO 10 MPH. HIGHEST HEAT INDEX READINGS 100 TO 102 THROUGH MIDNIGHT.
THURSDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HOT AND HUMID. HIGH IN THE UPPER 90S. SOUTH WIND 5 TO 10 MPH. HEAT INDEX READINGS 103 TO 108.
THURSDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOW IN THE MID 70S. SOUTH WIND 5 TO 10 MPH. HIGHEST HEAT INDEX READINGS 100 TO 103 THROUGH MIDNIGHT.
FRIDAY…SUNNY. HIGH IN THE UPPER 90S. SOUTH WIND 5 TO 10 MPH. HEAT INDEX READINGS 102 TO 107.
FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW IN THE MID 70S. HIGH IN THE UPPER 90S.
SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH IN THE LOWER 90S. LOW AROUND 70.
ATLANTA (AP) — The Chicago Cubs optioned Casey Coleman to Triple-A Iowa to clear a roster spot for Chris Volstad, who was recalled from Iowa to start Tuesday night’s game against the Atlanta Braves. Coleman was 0-1 with a 7.32 ERA and allowed 13 earned runs in his last seven appearances. The right-hander gave up seven earned runs, his career-high as a reliever, in last Wednesday’s 17-1 loss to the Reds. Volstad, a right-hander, is 0-6 with a 7.46 ERA in eight starts with the Cubs. He was optioned to Iowa on May 18. He was 2-3 with a 4.44 ERA in eight starts with Iowa. The 25-year-old Volstad is 32-45 in his career, including four seasons with Florida.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Chris Carpenter will undergo season-ending surgery to repair a nerve issue in his shoulder that has sidelined him since spring training. The 37-year-old Carpenter wants to continue pitching. He’s been told the surgery to relieve compressed nerves in the shoulder could allow him to resume his career, although there are no guarantees. The Cardinals had been optimistic Carpenter would pitch after the All-Star break until recently. A bullpen throwing session was cancelled on Monday because strength had not returned to the shoulder, and now the team is optimistic Carpenter will be ready for spring training. General manager John Mozeliak said Tuesday that recovery time is three to six months. The surgery will be performed on July 19 in Dallas.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Jeff Francis worked five solid innings before the Colorado bullpen took over and Tyler Colvin hit a three-run homer as the Rockies beat the St. Louis Cardinals 3-2 on Tuesday night. Matt Holliday hit his 14th homer for the Cardinals. Carlos Beltran was 0 for 3 with a walk to end a nine-game RBI streak in which he drove in 15 runs. Matt Belisle retired four in a row to end the eighth, the biggest out coming on Holliday’s groundout with two runners on. Rafael Betancourt worked out of trouble in the ninth for his 13th save in 17 chances. He had blown three of his last five save opportunities, but got Jon Jay to look at strike three with two on for the final out.
Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — President Barack Obama returns to Iowa next week, his fourth trip in the political battleground state this year. His Iowa campaign spokeswoman says Obama will campaign Tuesday in Cedar Rapids. Details will be released soon, but he’ll focus on the economy.
AMES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Department of Transportation says it has resolved a computer problem that knocked out a system used to issue driver’s licenses and vehicle registration. The DOT says the outage early yesterday afternoon was fixed about two hours later.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Gov. Terry Branstad has tapped a prosecutor from Spirit Lake to serve as chairman of the Iowa Board of Parole. Dickinson County Attorney Jason Carlstrom takes over Sept. 3. He replaces Doris Kelley, who was elevated from vice chair to chair earlier this year when Branstad demoted longtime chairwoman Elizabeth Robinson.
DECORAH, Iowa (AP) — One of the American bald eagles born this year in northeast Iowa and watched by millions on the Decorah eagle cam has died, most likely of electrocution. The Gazette in Cedar Rapids says the eaglet was found Sunday morning at the base of a power pole near the nest at the Decorah Fish Hatchery.
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