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Snow & bitterly cold air to surge into the area overnight!

News, Weather

January 18th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA/ 356 PM CST WED JAN 18 2012

Counties: CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS…

…BIG CHANGES HEADED FOR IOWA TONIGHT AND THURSDAY…

A WEATHER SYSTEM WILL PASS ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT AND PRODUCE A BAND OF LIGHT SNOW BETWEEN THE HIGHWAY 20 AND INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDORS. AT THIS POINT IT APPEARS SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE AN INCH OR LESS BETWEEN HIGHWAY 30 AND INTERSTATE 80. THE BIGGER STORY WILL BE THE COLD AIR SURGING INTO THE STATE LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. LOWS WILL FALL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS WITH SOME VERY COLD WIND CHILLS. PEOPLE WAKING UP THURSDAY MORNING WILL BE IN FOR A SURPRISE WITH A NORTH WIND AT 15 TO 25 MPH…AN INCH OF SNOW ON THE GROUND AND TEMPERATURES ABOUT 20 DEGREES COLDER THAN TODAY.

Counties…ADAMS-UNION-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR

AT THIS POINT IT APPEARS THAT SOUTHERN IOWA WILL SEE FLURRIES TO A FEW TENTHS OF AN INCH. THE BIGGER STORY WILL BE THE COLD AIR SURGING INTO THE STATE LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. LOWS WILL FALL INTO THE 5 TO 10 DEGREES ABOVE ZERO RANGE WITH SOME VERY COLD WIND CHILLS. PEOPLE WAKING UP THURSDAY MORNING WILL BE IN FOR A SURPRISE WITH A NORTH WIND AT 15 TO 25 MPH…FLURRIES IN THE AIR AND TEMPERATURES ABOUT 20 DEGREES COLDER THAN TODAY.

LAURA J. BLADT, 89, of Buffalo Center, formerly of Audubon (1-20-12)

Obituaries

January 18th, 2012 by Jim Field

LAURA J. BLADT, 89, of Buffalo Center (formerly of Audubon) died Tuesday, January 17th at the Timely Mission Nursing Home in Buffalo Center.  Funeral services for Laura J. Bladt will be held Friday, January 20th at 11:00 am at the United Methodist Church in Buffalo Center.  Winter Funeral Home in Buffalo Center has the arrangements.

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Visitation will be held on Friday one hour prior to the service.

Burial in the Valley View Cemetery in Persia, IA.

Online condolences and personal e-mail to her family may be left at www.winterfuneralhome.com.

 

Supervisor: Council Bluffs levees won’t be ready

News

January 18th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — A Pottawattamie County supervisor says he believes repairs on the levee system north of Council Bluffs won’t be ready before spring. Supervisor Scott Belt told the board Tuesday that “there’s no way.” The levees had about a dozen breeches during summer flooding on the Missouri River. County Engineer John Rasmussen says the Federal Emergency Management Agency says in order for the county to get reimbursed for repairs, the county has to prove ownership of the levees or show a record of maintenance. Neither can be done, so that request has been scrapped. The county is now turning its attention to developing a levee district to deal with repairs. A report is expected next week.

Iowa receives $5.6M in farm-flood recover funds

Ag/Outdoor, News

January 18th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa will receive $5.6 million in agriculture disaster funds to help farmers recover from flooding along the Missouri River. The funds were part of $310 million in USDA funds announced Wednesday by U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. About 200,000 acres of Iowa farmland were affected by last summer’s Missouri River flooding. Officials say the aid will help remove debris and sand left behind when the floodwaters receded. Rich Sims, state conservationist with the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service in Des Moines, says one farmer spent $100,000 for a bulldozer to remove sand from 100 acres of land. He says the funds announced Wednesday may not seem like much but it’s only one part of a funding stream available to producers and that every little bit helps.

2 minor accidents reported in Atlantic, Tuesday

News

January 18th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

Police in Atlantic cited two persons for Failure to Yield, following investigations into two separate accidents, Tuesday. Officials say at around 10-a.m., vehicle driven by Sandra Meis, of Lewis, and Allen Gaines, of Atlantic, collided at the intersection of 10th and Plum Streets, after Meis failed to yield to Gaines’ vehicle. Meis was cited for Failure to Yield upon entering a highway. Damage from the accident amounted to $4,000.

The second accident happened at around 1-p.m., Tuesday. Officials say Tiffany Hansen, of Atlantic, was cited for Failure to Yield while making a left turn, after her vehicle collided with one driven by Marchelle England, of Audubon. The accident happened on Highway 6 (7th Street), at the intersection with Hospital Drive. Damage from the mishap amounted to $2,600.

No one was injured in either accident.

Audit finds Improper disbursements in Taylor County town

News

January 18th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

A State audit of the Taylor County Community of Conway shows there were more than $32,500 in questionable payments made to the former City Clerk. The report released today by State Auditor David Vaudt covers the period October 24th, 2002 through March 8th, 2011. The special investigation was requested by City officials as a result of alleged misappropriations of City funds by former City Clerk Nicole Paul. Vaudt said the special investigation identified $32,575.47 of improper and unsupported disbursements.

Improper disbursements amounting to just under $32,100 include just over $19,900 worth of payroll and reimbursements issued to Nicole Paul. The improper disbursements also include slightly more than $4,000 in checks Paul allegedly issued from the City’s checking account for cash and money orders, nearly $7,500 worth of checks issued for other improper disbursements, and almost $673 worth of late fees. The unsupported disbursements of approximately $491 were payments issued to various vendors.

Vaudt reported it was not possible to determine if additional amounts were improperly disbursed or if any collections were not properly deposited because adequate records for disbursements and receipts were not available. The report includes recommendations to strengthen the City’s internal controls and overall operations, such as improving segregation of duties, performing bank reconciliations, requiring adequate documentation to support disbursements and performing an independent review of bank statements.

In addition, Vaudt recommended all disbursements be approved by the City Council and the City adopt a policy for purchases which may not meet the test of public purpose, such as flowers and bakery items. Copies of the report have been filed with the Taylor County Attorney’s Office, the Attorney General’s Office, the Taylor County Sheriff’s Office and the Division of Criminal Investigation.

Backyard and Beyond 01-18-2012

Backyard and Beyond, Podcasts

January 18th, 2012 by admin

Lavon Eblen speaks with Tova Brandt, Curator of Exhibitions at the Danish Immigrant Museum in Elk Horn about a new exhibit opening on January 21st.

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Disturbance leads to tasering in Shenandoah

News

January 18th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

Police Officers in Shenandoah deployed a Taser against a man this (Wednesday) morning, after he allegedly became combative. The Shenandoah P-D says 28-year-old Seth Rogers was arrested on a charge of interference with official acts, in connection with an alleged disturbance in the 300 block of South Iowa Street. 

Authorities say when Rogers allegedly became combative with Officers Steve Mather and Nephi Jones, Mather deployed his Taser, and soon after took Rogers into custody. He  was released from custody after posting $300 bond.

Bedbugs found in Nebraska university dorm room

News

January 18th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) – Bedbugs have been sharing space with two students who live in a dorm room at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.   Ashleigh Auman told Lincoln television station KLKN that she and her roommate noticed the bugs when they returned to their ninth-floor room from winter break. The women reported the bugs to university officials after the roommate was bitten on her arms and legs.  Some bedbugs were found in a cork board. 

The Abel Hall dorm is home to hundreds of students, so officials have been taking precautions against the bedbugs spreading elsewhere. Exterminators have been called in, clothes and bedding have been washed and mattresses exchanged. In June bedbugs turned up in a laboratory used as office space by the university’s College of Engineering.

8AM Sportscast 01-18-2012

Podcasts, Sports

January 18th, 2012 by admin

w/ Jim Field

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