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The Statewide Test Tornado Warning has expired in Iowa

Weather

April 4th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

THE TEST TORNADO WARNING HAS EXPIRED.  REPEAT…THE TEST TORNADO WARNING HAS EXPIRED.  THIS CONCLUDES THE WARNING PHASE OF THE 2012  TORNADO DRILL.  THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION.

For information on how you can stay safe during a Tornado Warning, go to: http://www.crh.noaa.gov/images/dmx/Preparedness/PDFs/Tornadoes.pdf

Arrests reported in Atlantic this week

News

April 4th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

The Atlantic Police Department reports three people were arrested this week. On Tuesday, 28-year old Cheryl Knight was arrested for OWI and Eluding, and 29-year old William Ancherson was arrested for Driving While Suspended. On Monday, 27-year old Jill Hanselman was also arrested for Driving While Suspended. All three are from Atlantic.

Hanselman and Ancherson were cited for their alleged offenses, and released. Knight was booked into the Cass County Jail.

TEST TORNADO WARNING FOR ALL COUNTIES IN IOWA

Weather

April 4th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

The National Weather Service has issued a TEST TORNADO WARNING for all counties in Iowa until 10:30-a.m.   The Test Tornado Warning is part of the Statewide Tornado Drill taking place as part of Severe Weather Awareness Week in Iowa.

If this had been an actual Tornado Warning, broadcasters would have instructed you to take cover immediately. Now is the time to practice what you would do in the event a tornado threatens in your county, including where you would go to find safe shelter in your home, school or place of business, and your family’s plan on keeping in touch if you are separated by a disaster. It’s also a time for local governments to put into effect their plan for emergency response during and following a Tornado Warning.

For information on tornado safety, go to: http://www.crh.noaa.gov/images/dmx/Preparedness/PDFs/Tornadoes.pdf

Stay tuned to broadcast outlets and/or NOAA Weather Radio for additional weather statements.

TEST TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 11-A.M. FOR ALL OF IOWA

Weather

April 4th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

The National Weather Service has issued a TEST TORNADO WATCH for all counties in Iowa until 11-a.m.   This is only a test as part of Severe Weather Awareness Week in Iowa.

More details on weekend ATV accident in Mills County

News

April 4th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

The Mills County Sheriff’s Department today (Wednesday) released additional details about an ATV accident that occurred over the weekend. During the incident last Saturday, a 4-year old Henderson boy was critically injured.

Officials say at around 7:15-p.m on March 31st, sheriff’s deputies, along with Henderson Fire and Rescue, and Macedonia Rescue, were dispatched to 206 Southwest Street in Henderson, after a report was received about a child being hit by a 4-wheeler. After rescuers arrived, they determined the victim, Kolbe Klindt was critically injured. LifeNet helicopter was called to transport the boy to Creighton University Medical Center.

The driver of the ATV was identified as Garret Horgdal, of Henderson. Deputies obtained a search warrant for a blood specimen from Horgdal, to determine the level of alcohol in his system. The child remains hospitalized, and the incident remains under investigation.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4th

Trading Post

April 4th, 2012 by Jim Field

FOR SALE: hide-a-bed couch, now asking $40 OBO.  Call 641-747-3050.

GARAGE SALE: Friday, April 6th from 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm and Saturday, April 7th from 8:00 am to 12:00 pm.  1905 Hillcrest Drive in Atlantic. Home child care closed selling many children’s items large and small, plus misc. home items.

Vintage motor tour visits Iowa’s infamous crime scenes

News

April 4th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

Owners of vintage cars are being invited to participate in a MotorMemories  vintage vehicle tour of Iowa crime scenes. The “Crime Scene Iowa” tour takes place June 13th-17th, and is open to 1987 and older vehicles. Already, nearly 40 cars are already registered from 25 different Iowa communities. Motoring through western Iowa, the tour takes a closer look at some of the better, as well as lesser known crime stories in the Hawkeye state. 

The first stop is Villisca, where 100 years ago, six members of the Josiah B. Moore family and two young houseguests were found bludgeoned to death with the Moore’s own axe. The murder spawned nearly ten years of investigations, repeated grand jury hearings, a spectacular slander suit, and murder trial. More than a century later, the murders remain unsolved.

The next stop is Templeton, in Carroll County, where during the Prohibition Era, west central Iowa farmers cooked whiskey in their barns and machine sheds to supplement their income in harsh times. The finished product was much sought-after and sold as Templeton Rye or “The Good Stuff” to those in the know. It was of such a high quality that it quickly made its way to speakeasies in Chicago, Kansas City, and Omaha through gangster Al Capone. For almost 80 years the product was considered illegal until it was introduced in 2006 as a legal brand of top shelf liquor. 

Other stops will tell the story of Jesse James in Adair and the world’s first train robbery, Bonnie & Clyde robbing the bank in Stuart and the Dexfield Park shoot-out near Dexter where his Clyde’s brother Buck was mortally wounded. Along the way local historians tell tales of other crimes, some with hilarious endings.

The tour begins on Wednesday, June 13, with presenting sponsor CWG Insurance hosting an evening event on their West Des Moines campus. The MotorMemories tours began as the MotorIoway 1000, an Iowa Sesquicentennial celebration in 1996. It became an annual event, and has now evolved into multiple vintage vehicle tours each year. Additional tour information and registration details can be found at www.motormemories.com.

Panorama, Nodaway Valley, Maple Valley, East Union Track Meet Results

Sports

April 4th, 2012 by Jim Field

Kip Janvrin Invitational @ Panora

Boys:

  1. Panorama  121
  2. Guthrie Center  101
  3. Jefferson-Scranton  96
  4. Ogden  92
  5. Woodward-Granger  87
  6. Glidden-Ralston  54
  7. Iowa Christian  3

Winners:

  • 3200 — Simmons, Panorama
  • Shuttle Hurdle — Panorama
  • 100 — Schachtner (Guthrie Center)
  • 4 x 200 — Guthrie Center (Langford, Bolton, Laughery, Schachtner)
  • 110 Hurdles — Stepanek
  • 200 — Schachtner (Guthrie Center)
  • 400 Hurdles — Moulds (Panorama)
  • Distance Medley — Guthrie Center (Wilson, Bolton, Laabs, Holmes)
  • 4 x 100 — Panorama

Girls:

  1. Woodward-Granger  172
  2. Panorama  125
  3. Jefferson-Scranton  123
  4. Guthrie Center  94
  5. Ogden  32
  6. (tie) Glidden-Ralston  21, Iowa Christian  21

Winners:

  • Long Jump — Beckman (Panorama)
  • Discus — Lane (Panorama)
  • 3000 — Frels (Guthrie Center)
  • 4 x 800 — Panorama
  • Distance Medley — Guthrie Center (Wilson, Meier, Schreck, Danker)

Nodaway Valley Invitational (Girls)

  1. Martensdale-St. Marys  145
  2. Earlham  125
  3. Interstate 35  98
  4. Exira/EHK  64
  5. SE Warren  44
  6. West Central Valley  38
  7. Central Decatur  26
  8. Nodaway Valley  23
  9. Adair-Casey  14
  10. East Union  8
  11. Orient-Macksburg  4

Winners:

  • 4 x 100 — Exira/EHK
  • Long Jump — Sydney Parker (Exira/EHK)

Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto Invitational (Girls)

  1. IKM-Manning  152
  2. Maple Valley-A-O  140
  3. Denison  108
  4. Boyer Valley  85
  5. Riverside  68
  6. Charter Oak-Ute  30

East Union Invitational (Boys)

  1. Mount Ayr  121.5
  2. Interstate 35  82.33
  3. Lamoni  72.83
  4. Nodaway Valley  63
  5. Central Decatur  53
  6. Adair-Casey  51.33
  7. Bedford  46
  8. East Union  39
  9. Orient-Macksburg  18
  10. Lenox  6
  11. Clarinda Academy  5

Winners:

  • 100 — Clayton Plowman (Adair-Casey)
  • 200 — Clayton Plowman (Adair-Casey)
  • 1600 — Colton Graham (Nodaway Valley)
  • 4 x 100 — Adair-Casey (Jordan Wheatley, Traeton Jensen, Emmitt Wheatley, Clayton Plowman)

1 injury reported after Council Bluffs blaze

News

April 4th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

COUNCIL BLUFF, Iowa (AP) – One woman has been treated after a fire forced about 20 residents to flee their homes in a Council Bluffs apartment building. Firefighters found smoke pouring from a first-floor unit on Tuesday night.  The woman was treated at the scene for smoke inhalation.  The American Red Cross was helping people displaced by the blaze.   The fire cause is being investigated.

Civil War Exhibit comes to Avoca

News

April 4th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

An Iowa State Historical Society exhibit will be shown in Avoca, tomorrow (Thursday) and Friday. The “History on the Move” traveling Civil War exhibit will be open for viewing in the parking lot of the Farmall-Land USA Museum just south of Interstate 80, near the Embers Restaurant. The New Town Avoca Historical Society says the group, along with the Town and Country Junior Federated organization in Avoca, are sponsoring the exhibit. 

Rich Price, member of the New Town Avoca group says all ages are welcome to tour the free exhibit, which is designed to bring national and local history with regard to the war, to life. Price says a local landmark set the stage for volunteers to enlist in the fight. A one-room school on the east edge of Avoca, which was moved from its original location south of town at the New Town settlement, is where local residents signed up for the war before they walked to the Council Bluffs rail head to begin their enlistment. The Civil War exhibit, Price says will come to Avoca in a trailer, which has been touring the state since the 150th Anniversary of the Civil War took place, last year. Actual Civil War memorabilia…including personal stories of Iowa soldiers, historical documents, maps and artifacts will be on display. And, a computer program will allow visitors to research the Civil War, and look up ancestors who may have fought in the conflict. Price says the local historical society will have many items on display, as well, including original cannonballs, uniforms, and letters from soldiers, along with cemetery records of the 70 veterans from Avoca who served in the war. The group is also working with the local school to learn about the role the community played during the war. 

The exhibit will be open from 10-a.m. to 8-p.m. both Thursday and Friday. In celebration of the event, Jerry and Joyce Mez, owners of the Farmall-Land Museum, are offering half-price admission to their museum.