Today: Partly cloudy. High 74. S @ 15-30.
Tonight: Mostly cloudy w/showers. Low 52. S @ 10-15.
Tomorrow: Showers ending; P/Cldy. High 66. W/NW @ 10-15 mph.
Sunday: P/Cldy. High 70.
Monday: A chance of showers & thunderstorms in the morning. High 60.
Thursday’s High in Atlantic was 67. Our 24-hour Low (ending at 7-a.m. today): 33. Last year on this date our High was 69 and the Low was 43. The record High in Atlantic on this date was 86 in 2003. The Record Low was 17 in 1952.
Police in Red Oak, late Thursday night, arrested 50-year old Brent Whitman Bass, of Essex, following a traffic stop at the intersection of 215th Street and Highway 48. Bass was taken into custody at around 11:15-p.m. for OWI/1st offense. He was transported to the Montgomery County Jail and held on a $1,000 bond.
Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press
DENVER (AP) — Reigning MVP Patrick Mahomes injured his right knee in the Kansas City Chiefs’ 30-6 victory over the Denver Broncos. Mahomes was hurt on a quarterback sneak early in the second quarter. Backup Matt Moore threw a 57-yard touchdown pass to Tyreek Hill and the Chiefs rallied around their fallen superstar to snap a two-game losing streak.
UNDATED (AP) — Ohio State, Wisconsin and Penn State give the Big Ten three top-10 teams at the halfway point of the season. All three have their sights set on ending the conference’s two-year drought in the College Football Playoff. The biggest games in the conference are still to be played. Top AP midseason awards go to Ohio State’s Ryan Day and Chase Long and Wisconsin’s Jonathan Taylor.
UNDATED (AP) — Fifth-ranked Oklahoma and number 18 Baylor are the only remaining unbeaten teams in the Big 12 at the midpoint of the season. Coach Matt Rhule has Baylor on an eight-game winning streak, which is the longest in the league. Oklahoma’s Jalen Hurts, Oklahoma State’s Chuba Hubbard and Texas Tech’s Jordyn Brooks are among players having standout seasons.
IRVING, Texas (AP) — Kansas has been picked as the favorite to win the Big 12 men’s basketball title. The Jayhawk’s NCAA record run of winning the conference 14 years in a row ended last season. They were picked by the league’s coaches to finish ahead of Baylor and Texas Tech. The Red Raiders made it to the NCAA championship game last season before losing to Virginia in overtime. Texas Tech and Kansas State shared the regular season title. Iowa State won the Big 12 postseason tournament with a win over Kansas.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Thatcher Demko stopped 34 shots in regulation and overtime and Josh Leivo scored the lone shootout goal as the Vancouver Canucks beat the St. Louis Blues 4-3 on Thursday. Bo Horvat, J.T. Miller and Micheal Ferland scored for the Canucks, who won for the first time on the road in three tries this season. Vladimir Tarasenko, Alex Pietrangelo and Robby Fabbri scored for the defending Stanley Cup champions, who have dropped three straight.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Clint Bowyer has reached an agreement with Stewart-Haas Racing to return to the No. 14 Ford next season. Bowyer has been with SHR for three of his 15 seasons in the Cup Series. Bowyer is 11th in the 12-driver playoff field going into Sunday’s race at Kansas Speedway. The bottom four drivers in the standings will be eliminated after Kansas.
Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:40 a.m. CDT
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Marine Corps has corrected the identify of another of the men who were photographed raising the American flag at Iwo Jima during World War II. The Marines said Thursday that after questions were raised by private historians who studied photos and films, it determined that Cpl. Harold P. Keller was among the six men who raised the flag. The Marines say Pfc. Rene Gagnon had helped in the effort but for decades was mistakenly identified by the Marines as one of the flag-raisers.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Court of Appeals has set a date for arguments in a lawsuit that challenges a law giving the governor more power over the selection of supreme court and appeals court judges. Chief Judge Thomas Bower says in an order signed last week that the court will hear arguments on Nov. 6.
MANCHESTER, Iowa (AP) — A judge overseeing a trial to determine whether an eastern Iowa roadside zoo should be closed says she gagged on the ‘horrible stench” while touring the facility. The Telegraph Herald reports that Judge Monica Wittig shared her reaction with those in attendance on Wednesday, the first day of the state trial in Manchester regarding Cricket Hollow Animal Park. Four plaintiffs have sued to have the animals removed and the zoo closed.
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — A federal judge has ordered five home health care facilities in Iowa and South Dakota accused of filing fraudulent Medicare claims to pay more than $3.1 million. A complaint filed earlier this month in Cedar Rapid’s federal court accused Sergeant Bluff Healthcare and Elk Point Healthcare of filing Medicare claims for home health services billed by a third-party for services that did not qualify for Medicare coverage or were not justified or necessary.
Two Guthrie County Sheriff’s Deputies who were serving a search warrant at an apartment complex in Stuart, were shot Thursday night, but are expected to survive. A third was injured during the incident, that happened at around 10:45-p.m. All three were transported to Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines and were reported to be in stable condition. According to reports, one suspect was injured and arrested at around 12:10-a.m. today (Friday), a second suspect was also arrested and the scene cleared.
Western Iowa Conference Tournament
Championship: (3-0) Underwood 25-25-25, Logan-Magnolia 22-20-15
3rd Place: (3-2) Tri-Center 19-25-25-18-15, Treynor 25-21-22-25-13
Western Iowa Conference Tournament Consolation Matches
(3-2) AHSTW 21-19-15, Riverside 19-21-13
(2-0) AHSTW 21-21, Audubon 13-11
(2-0) Riverside 21-21, Audubon 8-13
(2-0) Riverside 21-21, Missouri Valley 7-9
(2-0) Riverside 21-21, IKM-Manning 19-15
(2-1) Missouri Valley 21-15-15, IKM-Manning 15-21-13
(2-9) Missouri Valley 21-21, Audubon 9-11
(2-1) IKM-Manning 12-21-15, AHSTW 21-18-13
Hawkeye Ten Conference
(3-1) St. Albert 25-25-25, Clarinda 12-21-9
West Central Activities Conference
(3-0) ACGC 25-25-25, Pleasantville 22-15-19
Other Scores
(2-1) Ankeny Centennial 25-18-15, Kuemper Catholic 22-25-6
(2-1) Kuemper Catholic 19-25-15, Sergeant Bluff-Luton 25-22-12
(2-0) Sergeant Bluff-Luton 25-25, Ankeny Centennial 19-19
(2-0, East Mills 25-25-25, East Union 19-18-12
(2-0) Shenandoah 25-26, Southwest Valley 14-24
(2-0) Shenandoah 27-25, Council Bluffs Jefferson 25-23
The Missouri River Conference Cross Country meet was held on Friday night in LeMars. Bishop Heelan won the girls race and Sioux City North won the boys title. CB Thomas Jefferson was 2nd in the boys race, led by Wimach Gilo who finished 3rd place. Abraham Lincoln was 6th on the boys side. The Abraham Lincoln girls finished 6th and Thomas Jefferson was 7th in the girls race. Hayleigh Vandervelde of Abraham Lincoln was the top area girls runner in 18th.
Kaia Downs of Sioux City East won the girls title. Yemane Kifle of Sioux City North was the boys winner.
Find the full results from the meet HERE.
The Nodaway Valley girls picked up a team title and the boys came in 2nd at the Ron Landphair Cross Country Invitational in Mount Ayr on Thursday. The Maryville boys were champs. The Wolverines swept the individual titles with Sophia Broers winning the girls race and Josh Baudler capturing the boys race victory.
Girls Team Scores
Girls Individual Top Ten
Boys Team Scores
Boys Indiviudal Top Ten
Full results HERE.
(Radio Iowa) — An Ames man who was found guilty in 1976 of murdering his two-year-old son has died of what officials at the state prison in Clarinda believe were natural causes.
A Story County jury convicted Thomas Earl Seehan of first-degree murder after an eight-day trial. Seehan, who was going through a divorce and seeking custody of his son, smothered the boy to death in December of 1975. The next day, he went to his wife’s workplace and held her hostage for several hours before surrendering. His attorney argued Seehan was insane at the time.
The prosecutor in the case was Ruth Harkin, who was the first woman to be elected as a county attorney in Iowa. Seehan unsuccessfully appealed his conviction. The Iowa Supreme Court and a federal appeals court rejected the argument the jury was inappropriately influenced by Harkin’s visible pregnancy when she spoke of Seehan’s dead son in court.
Seehan was sentenced to life in prison on the first-degree murder charge. He died at the age of 69, after more than 43 years in prison. An autopsy will be performed to confirm the cause of his death.
KJAN News has learned two officers were shot in Stuart late this (Thursday) evening. Multiple law enforcement agencies are on the scene or responding, along with EMS personnel. The incident began at around 10:45-p.m.
According to various reports, at least two suspects are reportedly barricaded in an apartment at the Summit Street Apartments, at 52 S.W. Seventh St. in Stuart. At least one of the suspects was armed, and one is said to have been injured.
Iowa State Patrol negotiators were enroute. Information is still very fluid at this time.
We’ll have more when available. Check back later.
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