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| BASEBALL |
| Logan-Magnolia 3, Atlantic 1 |
| Bondurant-Farrar 6, Carroll 1 |
| Corning 10, Wayne 0 |
| Denison-Schleswig 12-10, Shenandoah 9-0 |
| East Mills 12, Fremont-Mills 2 |
| Griswold 10, AHST 9 (12 inn) |
| Interstate 35 16, East Union 0 |
| Maple Valley 7, Woodbury Central 6 |
| Pleasantville 9, Nodaway Valley 1 |
| Pleasanvtille 9, Nodaway Valley 1 |
| Southeast Warren 17, Bedford 0 |
| St. Albert 7, Clarinda 6 |
| Tri-Center 6, Riverside 3 |
| SOFTBALL |
| Harlan 10, Clarinda 0 |
| Glenwood 4, Lewis Central 0 |
| Fremont-Mills 12, East Mills 7 |
| Stanton 9, Sidney 1 |
| Treynor 3, Missouri Valley 1 |
| Pleasantville 12, Nodaway Valley 0 |
| Charter Oak-Ute 4, OA-BCIG 3 (8 inn) |
| Westwood, Sloan 8, Woodbine 0 |
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Clint Barmes, pinch-hitter Alex Presley and Garrett Jones each homered in a four-run sixth inning that snapped a tie, and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the St. Louis Cardinals 14-5 in a game that began in 101-degree heat Friday night.
Andrew McCutchen had four of the Pirates’ season-high 19 hits, the last a three-run homer off Marc Rzepczynski in the ninth. McCutchen also robbed Allen Craig of a third extra-base hit with a running catch near the center field wall in the fifth.
The Pirates have 38 homers this month, one off the franchise record set in 1975, and the run total was the franchise’s best since they also scored 14 on Aug. 31, 2010, at the Chicago Cubs.
Carlos Beltran got his 2,000th career hit on an RBI single in the third against Kevin Correia (4-6).
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Governor Terry Branstad requested that flags be flown at half-staff from yesterday through Monday to honor a Vietnam War airman whose plane was shot down nearly 50 years ago. Lieutenant Colonel Dennis Eilers of Tipton and his crew were missing in action after their plane was shot down over Laos in 1965. A memorial service will be held today in Tipton.
GLENWOOD, Iowa (AP) – State auditors say a former county official in western Iowa embezzled fees paid by residents renewing their vehicle registration for years. A report released yesterday blames former Mills County Treasurer’s Office employee Tammy Gammon for taking $36,000 that should have been collected for government services. The county attorney said yesterday he’s charged Gammon with ongoing criminal conduct, first-degree theft, misconduct in office and forgery.
CHARLES CITY, Iowa (AP) – The county has put the “Floyd” back on the courthouse in Charles City. The word was put back Thursday on the Floyd County Courthouse. The new letters are made of brushed stainless steel and styled in the original Art Deco typeface. The courthouse was built in 1940 and had the word “Floyd” carved from limestone on a parapet above the roof. The parapet was removed in 1965.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Nine people have been named to Iowa’s new Public Information Board. The board will oversee enforcement of Iowa’s open meetings and records laws, investigate alleged violations and take claims to court if necessary. The board members’ terms begin tomorrow.
Today: Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Otherwise mostly sunny, with a high near 93. Calm wind becoming east around 6 mph.
Tonight: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Otherwise mostly cloudy, with a low around 72. East southeast wind between 3 and 7 mph.
Sunday: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Otherwise partly sunny, with a high near 91. Southwest wind between 3 and 9 mph.
Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 72. South wind between 6 and 9 mph.
Monday: Sunny, with a high near 95. South southwest wind between 7 and 14 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.
Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 95.
Two men, including one from Atlantic were injured during the crash of a single-engine aircraft Friday evening in Pottawattamie County.
Plane crash NW of Griswold Friday night (Ric Hanson photo's)
The crash was reported just after 8:30-p.m, southeast of 18384 490th Street, or about six-miles northwest of Griswold. Pottawattamie County Sheriff Jeff Danker told KJAN News the plane was taking-off from a private grass runway east of the residence following an aircraft fly-in type event, when the accident occurred.
The plane was owned and flown by a 75-year old man from Atlantic. Danker says the pilot, and his 59-year old male passenger, also from the Atlantic area, where taking off when the engine stalled. The plane came down in a soybean field just east of 490th Street and flopped onto its top. There were injuries, but they were not believed to be life-threatening.
Plane crash, image #2
Danker says the pilot suffered a possible broken femur, and while a report on the passenger’s condition was not immediately available, their injuries were likely not serious.
Both men were transported by Griswold Rescue to the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. Their names will likely not be released until Monday. Danker said the NTSB and FAA will be out on Monday to investigate the crash and crash site. The Sheriff said he was very happy to learn the injuries weren’t more serious. He says they’ve had aircraft accidents before in the area.
Plane crash, image#3
Typically when a small aircraft crashes, they often result in more serious injuries or death.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Strong storms produced hail, rain and strong winds and causing power outages as they rolled across Iowa Friday afternoon and evening. The National Weather Service says the storms hit central Iowa Friday afternoon with one-inch diameter hail reported in DeSoto along with 50-mph winds, just after 3-p.m., hail up to 2 1/2-inches in diameter in Newton, and winds of 72 mph near Grinnell, where a semitrailer had jackknifed on Interstate 80. Officials say winds toppled a barn near Searsboro. There are no reports of injuries.
Power outages were reported in Des Moines, where 2,200 customers of MidAmerican Energy were without power Friday afternoon. The storms moved into eastern Iowa, where Alliant Energy reported over 19,000 customers without power in Benton, Iowa and Linn counties. Officials say power lines blowing down and trees falling on lines are to blame for most of the problems.
CHICAGO (AP) — Right-handed pitcher Randy Wells, designated for assignment earlier this week by the Chicago Cubs, has been outrighted to Triple-A Iowa. Wells was 1-2 with a 5.34 ERA over 28 2-3 innings in Chicago, working as a reliever and fill-in starter. The five-year veteran started 82 games for Chicago in the previous three seasons, going 27-30 with a 4.05 ERA. In 2009, he was 12-10 with a 3.05 ERA in 27 starts.
EMERSON, Iowa (AP) — Military officials have confirmed earlier reports that an Iowan is among two U.S Army soldiers killed in an attack in Afghanistan.
Sgt. James Skalberg, Jr.
The Defense Department said Friday evening 25-year-old Sgt. James Skalberg Jr., who grew up in Emerson, died on Wednesday when his vehicle was hit by an IED, or improvised explosive device, in the Wardak province. Skalberg graduated from Nishna Valley High School in 2005 and attended Peru State College in Peru, Neb. He joined the Army in 2007. His wife, Jessica, told the Omaha World-Herald that he was a “loving, good-hearted man.” Skalberg is survived by his wife and son, Carter, of Red Oak; his parents and a sister, all of Cullman, Ala.; and other relatives. Funeral services are pending.
Officials say 24-year-old 1st Lt. Stephen Prasnicki, of Lexington, Va., also died in the attack.
GLORIA FAE ERICKSON, 84, of Griswold, died Fri., June 29th, at the Atlantic Nursing and Rehab Center. Memorial services for GLORIA ERICKSON will be held 11-a.m. Fri., July 6th, at the Faith Lutheran Church in Griswold. Hockenberry Family Care Funeral Home in Atlantic has the arrangements.
A Private family burial will be held.
Memorials may be directed to the Faith Lutheran Church in Griswold.
GLORIA ERICKSON is survived by:
Her son Larry (Rita) Erickson, of Council Bluffs.
2 grandchildren
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