(Radio Iowa) -Autumn arrives this week, but forecasters don’t expect much change in terms of the warmer, drier weather for the next month or so. Brian Fuchs, a climatologist with the National Drought Mitigation Center, says October temperatures look to stay above-normal. “Those above-normal chances of above-normal temperatures are really holding pat,” Fuchs says, “especially from Colorado through Nebraska up into the Midwestern states where that probability is 50 to 60% probability of seeing above-normal temperatures during that time, which is pretty high.”
After months of drought, Fuchs says the predictions show little change in rainfall is likely in the month ahead.”For precipitation, we’re seeing above-normal chances of below-normal precipitation in portions of the Central Plains,” Fuchs says, “but as we go further east, we start seeing equal chances to above-normal chances of above-normal precipitation during the month of October.”
Fuchs says the trends for the 90-day outlook aren’t much different. “There’s above-normal chances of above-normal temperatures and for precipitation, we’re seeing some of the area above-normal chances for above-normal precipitation,” Fuchs says, “but a lot of equal chances and above-normal chances of below-normal precipitation.”
Fall arrives Wednesday.
(Radio Iowa) -Two Democrats have announced they intend to try to unseat Republican Secretary of State Paul Pate in 2022. Both were speakers this weekend at Polk County Democrats Steak Fry. Clinton County Auditor Eric Van Lancker is in the middle of his fourth term as commissioner of elections in Clinton County. “We need a voting advocate running elections in this state,” Van Lancker says. Van Lancker accuses Republican lawmakers of implementing what he calls “ugly stuff” to try to undermine confidence in elections.
“In fact, our state is home to some of the most cynical and short-sighted political attempts to manipulate turn out than anywhere in America right now,” he says. According to Van Lancker, some mail-in ballots will go uncounted due to an election law change Republicans passed this year. “Ending counting absentee ballots at the end of an Election Night is absolutely irresponsible when we have bar code technology that tells us when a voter returns their ballot in good faith,” Van Lancker says.
Joel Miller has been Linn County Auditor for more than 14 years. “Let’s make voting easy again,” he said. Miller criticizes Republican lawmakers for cutting the early voting period in half since 2016 and for limiting every Iowa county to having just one drop box for absentee ballots. “Folks, let’s call that for what it is: voter suppression,” Miller said. “It’s a coordinated attack on Iowans and our current secretary of state seems very comfortable standing by while our right wing legislature chips away at our voting rights.”
Miller reminded the crowd that he was sued for defying Secretary of State Paul Pate’s order not to mail out absentee ballot request forms that included the voter’s registration number and home address. “I was sued for expanding voter participation and keeping voting safe during a deadly pandemic,” Miller said. “I am proud to face that lawsuit any day of the week.” Miller lost that lawsuit. During a speech in Coralville Saturday, Pate touted Iowa’s voter I-D law and criticized the Freedom to Vote bill Senate Democrats have drafted.
“Right now they’re trying to do end runs on the Constitution. They want to steal our elections from the states,” Pate said. “They want to nationalize elections.” Pate did not mention the two Iowa Democrats who’ve announced they hope to challenge him in 2022. Pate urged his fellow Republicans to remember to vote THIS November in city and school board elections. “The school boards…we have people there trying to tell us how to run our lives in a fashion that we don’t support,” Pate said. “so this vote is important.”
Paul was among the speakers at the 2022 campaign kick-off for Republican Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks reelection.
(Iowa City, Iowa) – A semi-tractor-tranker trailer accident in eastern Iowa Sunday afternoon, claimed the life of a man from Indiana. The Iowa State Patrol reports 65-year-old Robert Wayne Swiedals, of Clear Lake, IN., died at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, in Iowa City, after the 2020 Peterbilt he was driving ran off Intertstate 80 westbound, near mile marker 260. The accident happened at around 1:15-p.m. Officials say the semi is registered to RJ’s Transporation, LLC, out of Rosedale, LA.
The truck & tanker it was pulling entered the north ditch. Swiedals was ejected from the cab and flown from the scene to the hospital. The accident remains under investigation by the ISP. Johnson County HAZMAT, Cedar County Sheriff’s deputies, DOT MVE officers and AirCare assisted at the scene.
Others receiving votes: TCU 91, Liberty 56, Virginia Tech 52, Oklahoma State 51, Maryland 29, Arizona State 24, Texas 22, USC 16, San Diego State 16, West Virginia 14, LSU 14, Kentucky 12, Boston College 9, Wake Forest 7, Texas Tech 5, Stanford 3, Memphis 3, Louisville 1, Wyoming 1
Lexi Reynolds had a strong outing at the Marshalltown Bobcat Invitational Swim Meet on Saturday and Atlantic finished 8th in the team field.
Reynolds won the 500 Yard Freestyle with a time of 5:42.04 and came in as the Runner-Up in the 200 Yard Freestyle in a time of 2:06.16. Atlantic finished with 63 points.
Ava Bruckner placed 10th in the 100 Yard Freestyle and 11th in the 50 Yard Freestyle. Paige Daly went 13th in both the 200 Yard IM and 100 Yard Backstroke. Kaedance Daly was 15th in the 200 Yard Freestyle.
The Atlantic cross country teams competed at the 16th Annual Heartland Classic meet at Central College in Pella on Saturday.
The boys team placed 38th and were led by Drew Engler with a 137th place finish in the field of 283 runners. Zane Berg was 172nd, Alex Sonntag 231st, Bennett Whetstone 236th, Tyrell Williams was 238th, Christian Thompson 243rd, and Devin Fields 268th.
Claire Pellett was the winner of the girls 9th/10th division race, besting the field of 64 runners with a time of 20:48. Belle Berg went 11th and Faith Altman was 21st in that 9/10 race.
In the girls JV race Aspen Niklasen went 88th in the field of 213. Claire Wiederstein was 101st.
Full results from the multi-state meet can be found HERE
Bondurant-Farrar Tournament
(2-1) Cedar Rapids Kennedy 27-16-14, Lewis Central 25-21-6
(2-1) Cedar Rapids Kennedy 21-20-15, Atlantic 12-22-7
(2-0) Bondurant-Farrar 21-21, Lewis Central 17-8
(2-0) Bondurant-Farrar 21-21, Atlantic 9-11
(2-0) Lewis Central 21-21, Dallas Center-Grimes 10-19
(2-1) Lewis Central 19-21-15, Atlantic 21-7-9
(2-1) Knoxville 21-18-22, Lewis Central 19-21-20
(2-0) Knoxville 21-21, Atlantic 18-16
(2-1) Atlantic 21-19-15, Dallas Center-Grimes 14-21-13
ACGC Tournament
GOLD POOL
(2-0) Audubon 21-21 Nodaway Valley 10-16
(2-1) Audubon 22-20-17 Glidden-Ralston 20-22-15
(2-0) Glidden-Ralston 21-21 Exira/EHK 14-19
(2-1) Exira/EHK 21-19-18 Audubon 19-21-16
(2-0) Nodaway Valley 21-21 Exira/EHK 14-15
(2-1) Nodaway Valley 27-17-15 Glidden-Ralston 25-21-11
BLACK POOL
(2-1) ACGC 12-21-15, Colfax-Mingo 21-14-6
(2-0) ACGC 21-21, Perry 6-16
(2-1) West Central Valley 21-16-15, Perry 17-21-3
(2-1) Colfax-Mingo 19-21-15, West Central Valley 21-12-5
(2-0) Colfax-Mingo 21-21, Perry 11-13
CHAMPIONSHIP BRACKET
(2-0) ACGC 21-21 Nodaway Valley 12-13
(2-1) Colfax-Mingo 21-17-15 Audubon 10-21-10
Third Place: (2-1) Audubon 21-17-15, Nodaway Valley 15-21-7
Championship: (2-1) Colfax-Mingo 21-14-6, ACGC 12-21-15
CONSOLATION BRACKET
5th: Glidden-Ralston vs. West Central Valley
7th: (2-1) Exira/EHK 21-13-17 Perry 14-21-15
Red Oak Tournament
ORANGE POOL
(2-0) Red Oak 21-21, Creston 6-11
(2-0) Red Oak 21-23, St. Albert 15-21
(2-0) Red Oak 21-21, Fremont-Mills 11-17
(2-1) Underwood 21-18-15, Red Oak 18-21-7
(2-0) Underwood 21-21, Creston 13-15
(2-0) Underwood 21-21, Fremont-Mills 17-18
(2-0) St. Albert 21-21, Creston 10-14
(2-0) St. Albert 21-21, Fremont-Mills 13-19
(2-0) St. Albert 21-21, Underwood 13-19
(2-1) Creston 21-14-15, Fremont-Mills 11-21-13
BLACK POOL
(2-0) Mount Vernon 21-21, CB Abraham Lincoln 12-12
(2-0) Mount Vernon 21-21, Treynor 17-10
(2-0) Mount Vernon 21-21, Fremont-Mills 8-13
(2-0) Mount Vernon 21-21, Sidney 17-15
(2-0) CB Abraham Lincoln 21-21, Clarinda 14-15
(2-0) CB Abraham Lincoln 21-20-15, Sidney 15-22-13
(2-0) CB Abraham Lincoln 21-21, Treynor 17-16
(2-0) Treynor 23-21, Clarinda 21-16
(2-0) Treynor 21-21, Sidney 16-15
(2-0) Clarinda 21-21, Sidney 8-19
CHAMPIONSHIP BRACKET
(2-0) Red Oak 25-25, CB Abraham Lincoln 19-20
(2-1) Mount Vernon 25-22-15, St. Albert 17-25-5
Championship: (2-0) Mount Vernon 25-25, Red Oak 15-13
Mount Ayr Tournament
BLACK POOL
(2-0) Shenandoah 21-22, East Mills 15-20
(2-0) Shenandoah 21-21, Clarke 10-19
(2-0) East Mills 21-21, Martensdale-St. Marys 11-10
(2-0) East Mills 21-21, Clarke 3-8
(2-0) Martensdale-St. Marys 21-21, Shenandoah 16-18
RED POOL
(2-0) Lamoni 21-21, Mount Ayr 1110
(2-0) Lamoni 21-21, Wayne 8-12
(2-0) Lamoni 21-21, Interstate 35 6-13
(2-1) Interstate 35 9-21-15, Mount Ayr 21-23-10
(2-1) Interstate 35 21-20-15, Wayne 10-22-9
(2-0) Mount Ayr 21-21, Wayne 7-13
CHAMPIONSHIP BRACKET
(2-0) East Mills 25-25, Interstate 35 8 18
(2-0) Lamoni 25-25, Shenandoah 13-20
Championship: (2-0) Lamoni 25-29, East Mills 19-27
West Harrison Tournament
(2-0) Boyer Valley 21-21 Essex 7-17
(2-1) Boyer Valley 17-21-15 Siouxland Christian 21-18-9
(2-0) Boyer Valley 21-21 Thomas Jefferson 15-11
(2-0) Boyer Valley 21-21 West Harrison 15-19
(2-0) Woodbine 21-21 West Harrison 7-13
(2-1) Woodbine 21-10-15 Essex 10-21-4
(2-0) Woodbine 21-21 Thomas Jefferson 11-12
(2-1) Woodbine 21-11-15 Siouxland Christian 17-21-4
(2-0) Woodbine 21-22 Boyer Valley 18-20
(2-0) West Harrison 22-25 Thomas Jefferson 20-23
(2-0) Siouxland Christian 21-21 West Harrison 19-18
(2-0) Siouxland Christian 21-21 Essex 8-16
(2-1) Essex 13-21-15 Thomas Jefferson 13-21-15
(2-0) Siouxland Christian 21-21 Thomas Jefferson 13-12
(2-1) West Harrison 21-20-16 Essex 16-22-14
Carroll Tournament
NORTH POOL
(2-0) South Central Calhoun 21-21 Ar-We-Va 18-8
(2-0) Storm Lake 21-19-15 Ar-We-Va 12-21-10
(2-0) Humboldt 21-21 Ar-We-Va 12-6
SOUTH POOL
(2-0) Carroll 21-21 IKM-Manning 9-7
(2-0) Newell-Fonda 21-21 IKM-Manning 14-10
(2-0) Fort Dodge 21-21 IKM-Manning 16-19
(Urbandale, Iowa) – A man on a bicycle died after he was struck by a vehicle at around 7:17-a.m., Sunday, in Urbandale. According to Urbandale Police, the accident happened in the 8500 block of Meredith Drive. A preliminary investigation identified the driver of the vehicle as 67-year-old Deborah Jackson, from West Des Moines. Police identified the bicyclist as 55-year-old Eric Christopher Lindberg, of Des Moines.
Authorities say Jackson was traveling east on Meredith Drive when her vehicle struck the eastbound bicycle in the outside lane. Emergency personnel attempted life saving measures at the scene, but Lindberg died at the hospital. The accident remains under investigation.
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