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June 17th, 2011 by admin

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2 people shot in Pott. County (updated 1:30-p.m.)

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June 17th, 2011 by Ric Hanson

Two people were shot early this (Friday) morning in Pottawattamie County. Sheriff Jeff Danker says the incident happened in a residence located about 8-miles west of Oakland. The sheriff says the suspect, 50-year old Craig Finney, entered the home of Patricia Harker at around 2:20-a.m. The two apparently had some type of previous relationship.

Danker says Harker, and another individual, a male, were in the home at the time. Finney allegedly shot Harker, and fired at the other man, who was in the bathroom. The bullet went through the bathroom door, but the unidentified male was not injured. Finney then turned the gun on himself and fired.

He suffered what Danker believes was a non-life threatening injury. Harker however, was critically injured and taken to Mercy Hospital in Council Bluffs.

Danker says Finney left the scene in either a silver 2005 Mercury Mountaineer, license plate 784-CJL, or a beige 1996 Ford F150 pickup truck, license plate 937-YJB. Danker said Finney is described as being a 5-foot 9-inch tall, 250-pound white male. He may be traveling with his 25-year old son Cody.

Iowa court records indicate that a restraining order had been issued in July 2004 against Finney at the request of Patricia L. Harker, who owns the home where the shooting occurred. The order was rescinded four months later, and Finney received a deferred judgment on domestic abuse-aggravated assault charges in December 2004.

Finney may be armed. His whereabouts are currently unknown. If you see him, call 9-1-1 and do not attempt to approach the man.

7AM Newscast 06-17-2011

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June 17th, 2011 by admin

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Neb., Iowa farmers told not to expect extra aid

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June 17th, 2011 by Ric Hanson

GLENWOOD, Iowa (AP) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack says federal budget problems make extra aid to flooded-out Iowa and Nebraska farmers unlikely. At a meeting with farmers and others Thursday in Glenwood, Iowa, Vilsack says proposed budget cuts for his department make chances slim that more money would be given to disaster or insurance programs. Vilsack is scheduled to hold a similar meeting in South Sioux City, Neb., today (Friday).

The Iowa Farm Bureau estimates that up to 150,000 acres of cropland will be flooded and crops drowned by floodwater from the Missouri River.

Page county two-car collision

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June 17th, 2011 by Ric Hanson

The Iowa State Patrol reports no one was injured during a two-vehicle collision Thursday, in Page County. The accident happened at Noon, in Clarinda.

Officials say a vehicle driven by 30-year old Joseph Sitzman, of Osceola, was making a left turn into the Casey’s General Store entrance off of northbound South 16th Street, when 49-year old Rhonda Key, of Clarinda, failed to yield the right of way, and ran into Sitzman’s vehicle.

Both drivers were wearing their seatbelts. Damage from the collision amounted to $4,000. The trooper cited Key for Failure to Yield upon entering a through highway.

Thursday Baseball and Softball Results

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June 17th, 2011 by admin

Baseball

  • Atlantic 17, Red Oak 2
  • CB St. Albert 14, Griswold 4
  • Coon Rapids-Bayard 11, Storm Lake St. Mary’s 1: Michael Schwenk had a two-run double and two singles
  • Corning 11, Central Decatur 6
  • Denison-Schleswig 7, Shenandoah 1  (1st Game)
  • Denison-Schleswig 7, Shenandoah 4  (2nd Game)
  • Des Moines Christian 3, Panorama 1
  • Glenwood 11, Lewis Central 0 (5 innings, Taylor Kaufman threw a no-hitter)
  • Guthrie Center 9, Madrid 4
  • Harlan 11, Clarinda 0
  • Logan-Magnolia 14, Tri-Center 2 (5 inn.): Logan-Magnolia’s Levi Ettleman pitched a complete game and went 2 for 3 at the plate with two home runs and four RBIs.
  • Orient-Macksburg 13, CAM 12
  • St. Mary, Storm Lake 15, OA-BCIG 5 (6 innings)
  • Villisca 15, Stanton 5
  • Walnut 5, Adair-Casey 4

Softball

  • Red Oak 7, Atlantic 6  (1st game)
  • Atlantic 6, Red Oak 0  (2nd game)
  • AHST 2, Fremont-Mills 0
  • Charter Oak-Ute 5, Coon Rapids Bayard 2
  • Creston 10, Kuemper Catholic 0 (1st game, 5 inn)
  • Creston 12, Kuemper Catholic 2 (2nd game, 5 inn)
  • Denison 7, Shenandoah 2  (1st game)
  • Denison 15, Shenandoah 2  (2nd game)
  • Des Moines Christian 10, Panorama 0
  • Earlham 1, Van Meter 0
  • Exira-EHK 5, Riverside 2:  Rachel Smith gets the win while Chelsea Nelson had a double and triple
  • Glenwood 3 Lewis Central 0
  • Glenwood 4, Lewis Central 3
  • Harlan 6, Clarinda 2  (1st game)
  • Harlan 7, Clarinda 3  (2nd game)
  • Martensdale-St. Marys 12, Lenox 0
  • Madrid 12, Guthrie Center 0 (4 inn)
  • Missouri Valley 4, Logan-Magnolia 0
  • Sergeant Bluff-Luton 12, Sioux City West 5
  • Sioux City Bishop Heelan 3, Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln 2 (9 inn)
  • Sioux City North 7, Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson 4
  • Stanton 12, Villisca 10
  • Treynor 12, Boyer Valley 1 (5 inn)
  • Tri-Center 17, Council Bluffs St. Albert 0 (4 inn)
  • Winterset 8, Carroll 1  (1st game)
  • Winterset 4, Carroll 2  (2nd game)
  • Woodbury Central 9, Underwood 2
  • Walnut 9, Adair-Casey 0

Interstate 29 closures costly to truckers

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June 17th, 2011 by Ric Hanson

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Truckers and trucking companies are paying a price for the flood-related closures along  Interstate 29, in Iowa.  The president of the Iowa Motor Truck Association told The Des Moines Register that I-29 is a major corridor for trucks. Association president Brenda Neville says there is a tremendous cost to take the highway detours, “and while some of the costs can be passed on to the shipper, that doesn’t always happen.”

Flooding on the Missouri River has closed a 20-mile stretch between Council Bluffs and the Missouri Valley area and a 22-mile section from Iowa Highway 2 south to U.S. Highway 136 at Rock Port, Mo.

Two stretches of Interstate 680 in Pottawattamie County are also closed, including the Mormon Bridge over the Missouri River into Nebraska.

Pottawattamie County Sheriff asks recreational enthusiasts to avoid OLH

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June 17th, 2011 by Ric Hanson

Pottawattamie County Sheriff Jeff Danker is asking persons who normally travel Old Lincoln Highway for recreational purposes, to refrain from doing so for the time being, due to increased traffic being diverted from Interstate 29. Danker’s request followed a community meeting Thursday afternoon in Crescent.

Old Lincoln Highway has long been a popular route for bicyclists, pedestrians and recreational vehicles, because of the way it winds through the Loess Hills. Unfortunately, he says, it also has a 50-mph speed limit, and curvy roads, which limits the number of areas where vehicles can safely pass.

Pott County Emergency Manager Jeff Theulen also attended Thursday’s meeting. He said many citizens in the Crescent area voiced their concerns about some close calls that have taken place since I-29 was closed and traffic significantly increased on to Old Lincoln Highway.

Both men said the flood impacts everyone, and they asked citizens to voluntarily avoid using the road until the closures are discontinued. Danker says when highways begin to open, they will welcome back all recreational users to the scenic Loess Hills route. The Sheriff thanks everyone in advance, for your understanding of the situation, and your cooperation.

$10,000 reward offered for tips on railroad switch box tampering

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June 17th, 2011 by Ric Hanson

A reward of up to $10,000 is being offered to anyone who can provide information leading to an arrest associated with last Sunday’s railroad switch box tampering incident, near Menlo. That word came Thursday afternoon from officials with the Iowa Interstate Railroad (IRR).

Early Sunday morning, a train crew passing through the area discovered a switch box had been broken into about a quarter mile west of Menlo. A second train on its way to the area was ordered to stop short of Menlo until the incident could be investigated, and all traffic on the rail was shut down for about eight-hours.

IRR officials say if the first alert train crew hadn’t made the discovery as quickly as it did, a train coming through would have derailed, resulted in a fire, the death of the train‘s crew, and a potential hazard to the nearby community.

The FBI is assisting the Iowa State Patrol and the Guthrie County Sheriff’s Department in the investigation, but authorities say they do not believe the tampering to be a terrorist threat. Neighbors believe more than one person was responsible for breaking into the switch box.

If you have information about the incident that may help authorities, call (319)-298-5405 or e-mail to MenloReward@IASRR.com.

Special mental health crisis teams helping out in western Iowa

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June 17th, 2011 by Ric Hanson

Special crisis counseling teams from the Iowa Department of Human Services are now working the flood zone areas of western Iowa. Mental Health specialist Karen Hyatt says their initial appearance created some mini crises of their own.  Hyatt says the teams are wearing red shirts that say: “Disaster Behavioral Health Response Team.” She says police and other officials were getting calls to ask if the team members were legitimate. Hyatt says they are in the area to help people deal with the stress of the situation.

She says the teams are going door-to-door and letting people in high-risk areas know the three levels of threat are so the people know when to evacuate, what to bring with them, where the buses will be, and other important information. Hyatt says the emotional toll of the flooding can be as trying as the physical aspect of moving items out of the way or building levees. And the response team works with people to help them deal with that emotional issues.

Wyatt ways they’re finding people who have been through numerous flood events before and are anxious about that. The crisis team can provide on site counseling to them if they need it, or refer them to community services. Wyatt says the physiological impact of flooding often doesn’t get enough attention.  “It’s one of the areas I think that goes unlooked at,” Wyatt says, “but what we’re hearing all up and down the western side of the state is that people are experiencing a lot of stress .” She says people are either in pre-flood staging, they’re getting ready for it and are asking “is it going to happen is it not, should I leave, shouldn’t I” and she says you add in concerns about the economy and there are all kinds of concern.

Crisis counseling teams have been active in Blencoe and Council Bluffs. They’ve also been invited to Hamburg, where many residents are expressing anxiety about the rising water.

(Dar Danielson/Radio Iowa)