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Flood warning until 12:30-p.m. (9/22) for parts of Montgomery, Mills & Pottawattamie Counties

Weather

September 22nd, 2019 by Ric Hanson

The National Weather Service in Omaha has issued a

* Flood Warning for Small Streams in…
Northern Montgomery County in southwestern Iowa…
Northern Mills County in southwestern Iowa…
Pottawattamie County in southwestern Iowa…

* Until 1230 PM CDT.

* At 634 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain that will cause flooding. Radar estimates of two to three inches of rain have fallen.

* Some locations that will experience flooding include…
Council Bluffs, Glenwood, Oakland, Treynor, Underwood, Carson,
Walnut, Pacific Junction, Elliott, Macedonia, Crescent, Silver
City, Hancock, Henderson, Hastings, McClelland, Grant, Old Town
Park, Lake Manawa State Park and Farm Creek Public Wildlife Area.

Additional rainfall amounts of one to one and one-half inches are possible in the warned area.

This includes the following highways…
Interstate 29 between mile markers 35 and 50, and near mile marker 56.
Interstate 80 in Iowa between mile markers 3 and 20.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

Turn around, don`t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Please report flooding to your local law enforcement agency when you can do so safely.

A Flood Warning means that flooding is imminent or occurring. All interested parties should take necessary precautions immediately.

High school volleyball tournament scoreboard 09/21/2019

Sports

September 22nd, 2019 by admin

Bondurant-Farrar Tournament

(2-0) Bondurant-Farrar 21-21, Atlantic 16-6
(2-0) Dallas Center-Grimes 21-21 Atlantic 13-14
(2-0) Nevada 21-21 Atlantic 11-6
(2-0) Cedar Rapids Kennedy 21-21, Atlantic 16-7
(2-0) Winterset 21-21, Atlantic 19-17

Red Oak Tournament 

Pool A

(2-0) Mount Vernon 21-21 Creston 13-18
(2-0) Treynor 21-21 Creston 10-13
(2-0) Mount Vernon 21-22 Treynor 16-20

Pool B

(2-0) Red Oak 21-21 Harlan 11-18
(2-0) Tri-Center 21-21 Harlan 18-16
(2-0) Red Oak 21-21 Tri-Center 13-11

Pool C

(2-0) Abraham Lincoln 21-21 Clarinda 5-5
(2-0) Sidney 21-21 Clarinda 16-12
(2-0) Abraham Lincoln 21-21 Sidney 16-14

REPOOL

Pool A

(2-1) Mount Vernon 21-17-15 Harlan 15-21-9
(2-0) Harlan 24-21 Sidney 22-15
(2-1) Mount Vernon 17-21-15 Sidney 21-10-5

Pool B

(2-0) Red Oak 21-21 Treynor 8-15
(2-0) Treynor 24-21 Clarinda 22-17
(2-0) Red Oak 21-21 Clarinda 8-15

Pool C

(2-0) Abraham Lincoln 21-21 Creston 10-10
(2-0) Creston 21-22 Tri-Center 13-20
(2-0) Abraham Lincoln 21-21 Tri-Center 8-19

REPOOL AGAIN

Gold Pool

(2-0) Red Oak 21-21 Mount Vernon 16-9
(2-0) Abraham Lincoln 15-21-15 Red Oak 21-17-11
(2-0) Abraham Lincoln 24-21 Mount Vernon 22-10

Silver Pool

(2-0) Treynor 21-21 Harlan 12-18
(2-0) Creston 21-21 Treynor 17-14
(2-0) Creston 21-21 Treynor 17-14

Bronze Pool

(2-0) Sidney 21-21 Clarinda 4-8
(2-0) Tri-Center 23-27 Clarinda 21-25
(2-0) Sidney 21-21 Tri-Center 16-15

Mount Ayr Tournament 

Black Pool

(2-0) Mount Ayr 21-25 Lamoni 9-23
(2-0) Mount Ayr 21-21 Interstate 35 17-17
(2-0) Lamoni 21-21 Interstate 35 13-18

Red Pool

(2-1) Shenandoah 19-21-15 East Mills 21-15-8
(2-0) Shenandoah 21-21 Martensdale-St. Marys 19-16
(2-0) Shenandoah 21-21 Wayne 12-15
(2-0) East Mills 21-21 Martensdale-St. Marys 10-13
(2-0) East Mills 21-21 Wayne 9-6
(2-0) Martensdale-St. Marys 22-21 Wayne 20-14

Bracket Play:

Semifinal: (2-0) East Mills 25-25 Mount Ayr 9-12
Semifinal: (2-1) Shenandoah 27-22-15, Lamoni 25-25-10
3rd Place: Mount Ayr Lamoni
Championship: (2-0) East Mills 25-25 Shenandoah 20-12

Fort Dodge Tournament  

(2-0) Lewis Central 21-21 Sioux City West 10-10
(2-0) Lewis Central 21-21 Fort Dodge 8-15
(2-0) Lewis Central 21-21 Ridge View 13-18
(2-0) Fort Dodge 21-24 Sioux City West 16-22

Bracket Play

(2-0) Lewis Central 25-25 Sioux City West 11-8
Championship: (2-0) Lewis Central 25-25 Fort Dodge 7-6

ACGC Tournament 

Black Pool

(2-0) Glidden-Ralston 21-21 Colfax-Mingo 14-11
(2-0) Glidden-Ralston 21-21 Audubon 17-19
(2-1) ACGC 21-19-16 Glidden-Ralston 13-21-14
(2-1) Colfax-Mingo 21-14-15 Audubon 18-21-13
(2-0) ACGC 22-21 Audubon 20-8

Gold Pool

(2-0) Underwood 21-21 West Central Valley 12-13
(2-0) Underwood 21-21 Coon Rapids-Bayard 14-12
(2-0) Underwood 21-21 Exira/EHK 6-14
Coon Rapids-Bayard def. Exira/EHK
Coon Rapids-Bayard def. West Central Valley

Bracket Play

7th Place: (2-0) Audubon 21-21 West Central Valley 17-10
5th Place: (2-0) Colfax-Mingo Exira/EHK
Semifinal: (2-1) Coon Rapids-Bayard 21-15-15 ACGC 19-21-8
Semifinal: (2-0) Underwood 21-21 Glidden-Ralston 12-9
3rd Place: (2-0) ACGC 21-21 Glidden-Ralston 18-19
Championship: (2-0) Underwood 21-21 Coon Rapids-Bayard 8-16

West Harrison Tournament 

(2-1) West Harrison 21-19-17 Missouri Valley 13-21-15
(2-0) AHSTW 21-21 Woodbine 8-5
(2-0) Thomas Jefferson 21-21 Whiting 10-8
(2-0) Thomas Jefferson 21-21 West Harrison 18-13
(2-0) AHSTW 21-21 Whiting 8-4
(2-0) Missouri Valley 21-21 Woodbine 12-6
(2-1) AHSTW 21-13-15 Missouri Valley 17-21-12
(2-0) West Harrison 21-22 Whiting 6-20
(2-0) Thomas Jefferson 21-21 Woodbine 10-9
(2-0) West Harrison 21-21 Woodbine 16-12
(2-1) AHSTW 21-8-15 Thomas Jefferson 18-21-13
(2-0) Missouri Valley 21-21 Whiting 5-14
(2-0) Woodbine 21-21 Whiting 15-11
(2-0) Missouri Valley 21-21 Thomas Jefferson 18-16
(2-0) AHSTW 21-21 West Harrison 12-15

Carroll Tournament  

North Pool

(2-0) South Central Calhoun 21-21 Ar-We-Va 8-11
(2-0) Humboldt 21-21 Ar-We-Va 7-5
(2-1) Ar-We-Va 15-21-15 Storm Lake 21-19-10

South Pool

(2-0) Carroll 21-21 IKM-Manning 7-11
(2-0) Newell-Fonda 21-21 IKM-Manning 8-15
(2-1) Paton-Churdan 15-21-15 IKM-Manning 21-14-12
(2-0) Carroll 21-21 Paton-Churdan 8-9
(2-0) Newell-Fonda 21-21 Paton-Churdan 5-16

Melcher-Dallas Tournament 
(2-0) Nodaway Valley 21-21 Mormon Trail 17-5
(2-0) Nodaway Valley 21-21 Pleasantville 19-7
(2-0) Nodaway Valley 21-21 Melcher-Dallas 14-16
(2-0) Pleasantville 21-21 Mormon Trail 13-7
(2-0) Pleasantville 21-21 Melcher-Dallas 19-10

Western Iowa roads closed by flooding

News

September 22nd, 2019 by Ric Hanson

The Iowa Department of Transportation has updated the list of roads closed due to flooding. As of today (9/22) they include:

  • Interstate 680 in both directions, from just west of the Crescent exit to the Nebraska State Line.
  • I-29 from one-mile south of Missouri Valley to N. 25th Street in Council Bluffs (exits 55-to 71), is closed in both directions.
  • Other, rural roads may be closed by floodwaters, including some roads in Mills County, west of Pacific Junction. If you see water over the road, turn around and don’t drown!

Northern Iowa overcomes Idaho State in fourth quarter, 13-6

Sports

September 22nd, 2019 by Ric Hanson

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) — Will McElvain passed 17 yards to Isaiah Weston for the game’s only touchdown early in the fourth quarter and lifted Northern Iowa to a 13-6 victory over Idaho State on Saturday. McElvain scrambled to his right then back across the field before finding Weston in the left end of the end zone with 14:14 remaining.

Austin Evans and Bryce Flater picked off passes later in the quarter to thwart the Bengals (1-2). Omar Brown also had an interception for the FCS No. 8 Panthers (2-1) and Elerson Smith collected three sacks including one on Idaho State’s final possession.

Kevin Ryan kicked two field goals for the Bengals before Matthew Cook hit one for the Panthers to cut Idaho State’s lead to 6-3 at halftime. Cook added a 20-yarder with 2:11 remaining in the game. He is perfect on eight attempts this season.

NWS forecast for Atlantic & the area: 9/22/19

Weather

September 22nd, 2019 by Ric Hanson

Today: Periods of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before noon. High near 68. North northwest wind 7 to 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 51. Light and variable wind.
Monday: Sunny, with a high near 77. Calm wind becoming southwest 5 to 7 mph in the morning.
Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 58. South wind 3 to 5 mph.
Tuesday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 78.
Tuesday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 58.
Wednesday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 72.

Saturday’s High in Atlantic was 77. We received 1.06″ of rain from 7-a.m. Saturday thru 7-a.m. today (Sunday). Our Low this morning was 64. Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 71, and the Low was 40. The Record High on this date was 98 in 1937. The Record Low was 27, in 1974 & 1995.

Midwest Sports Headlines: 9/22/19

Sports

September 22nd, 2019 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press

AMES, Iowa (AP) — Sophomore Brock Purdy threw for a career-high 435 yards and tied a school record with six touchdowns and Iowa State throttled Louisiana-Monroe 72-20. Purdy tossed three touchdown passes and ran for 75 yards and three TDs for the Cyclones, becoming the first player in school history to surpass 500 yards of total offense.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The University of Iowa has reopened an inquiry into allegations that members of its marching band were targets of abuse during last weekend’s game at Iowa State University. Members of the Iowa band say they were subjected to racial slurs, verbal and physical and sexual harassment and assault before, during and after the game. The schools’ athletic directors said last week that they had looked into the claims, but they didn’t announce any punishment. Students said that was insufficient.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — Adrian Martinez passed for 327 yards and three touchdowns to lead Nebraska over Illinois 42-38 in the Big Ten Conference opener for both teams. The Cornhuskers (3-1, 1-0) put up 690 yards of total offense compared to 299 by Illinois (2-2, 0-1).

CHICAGO (AP) — Yadier Molina and Paul DeJong homered on Craig Kimbrel’s first two pitches in the ninth inning, and the St. Louis Cardinals handed the reeling Chicago Cubs their fifth straight loss with a wild 9-8 victory. Marcell Ozuna also connected as the NL Central-leading Cardinals won for the fifth time in six games.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Twins closer Taylor Rogers got tagged during a seven-run ninth inning and Minnesota missed a chance to add to its AL Central lead, falling the Kansas City Royals 12-5. The Twins remained four games ahead of Cleveland, which lost at home to Philadelphia. Pinch-hitter Cheslor Cuthbert lined a tiebreaking, two-run homer off Rogers to begin the Royals’ big burst. Rogers gave up three runs on three hits while getting just one out.

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Kendall Austin threw 202 yards, Martell Pettaway ran for a pair of scores, and West Virginia held on for a 29-24 victory over Kansas to open Big 12 play Saturday. Kennedy McCoy added 73 yards rushing and a touchdown, and Evan Staley bounced back from an early miss to hit three field goals, as the Mountaineers improved to 8-1 against the Jayhawks. Carter Stanley threw for 235 yards and three TDs for the Jayhawks.

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Police say a 21-year-old Columbia College volleyball player Shelby Meyer has died. Police say Shelby Meyer, a junior, was found dead Saturday morning at an apartment building in Columbia. She apparently fell while trying to climb a ladder to the apartment’s roof. No foul play is suspected but an investigation is continuing.

Iowa early News Headlines: Sunday, Sept. 22nd 2019

News

September 22nd, 2019 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 5:00 a.m. CDT

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The University of Iowa has reopened an inquiry into allegations that members of its marching band were targets of abuse during last weekend’s game at Iowa State University. Members of the Iowa band say they were subjected to racial slurs, verbal and physical and sexual harassment and assault before, during and after the game. The schools’ athletic directors said last week that they had looked into the claims, but they didn’t announce any punishment. Students said that was insufficient.

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — One of five suspects in the shooting death of a Davenport man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison. Twenty-year-old Darell Allen Williams Jr., of East Moline, Illinois, was sentenced Friday for his role in the robbery and shooting death of Brady Tumlinson, whose girlfriend was seriously injured in the September 2017 attack. The Quad-City Times reported Williams pleaded guilty in July to first-degree burglary as part of a plea deal.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — A man convicted of stabbing his ex-girlfriend and her friend in Sioux City has been sentenced to life in prison without parole. Tran Walker, who will turn 20 Sunday, was sentenced Friday in the January 2018 deaths of 17-year-old Paiten Sullivan and 18-year-old Felipe Negron Jr. Walker was convicted in August of two counts of first-degree murder.

Saturday’s area Volleyball Scores (from 9/21)

Sports

September 21st, 2019 by Ric Hanson

(2-1) ACGC 21-19-16, Glidden-Ralston 13-21-14
(2-0) ACGC 21-21, Colfax-Mingo 7-15
(2-0) ACGC 21-21, Glidden-Ralston 18-19
(2-0) ACGC 22-21, Audubon 20-8
(2-1) AHSTW 21-14-15, Missouri Valley 16-21-12
(2-0) AHSTW 21-21, West Harrison 12-15
(2-0) AHSTW 21-21, Whiting 8-4
(2-0) AHSTW 21-21, Woodbine 8-5
(2-1) AHSTW 21-8-15, Council Bluffs Jefferson 18-21-13
(2-0) Audubon 21-21, West Central Valley 17-10
(2-0) Carroll 21-21, IKM-Manning 7-11
(2-1) Colfax-Mingo 21-14-15, Audubon 18-21-13
(2-1) Coon Rapids-Bayard 21-15-15, ACGC 19-21-8
(2-1) Council Bluffs Lincoln 15-21-15, Red Oak 21-17-11
(2-0) Council Bluffs Lincoln 21-21, Creston 10-10
(2-0) Council Bluffs Lincoln 21-21, Sidney 16-14
(2-0) Council Bluffs Lincoln 21-21, Tri-Center 8-19
(2-0) Council Bluffs Lincoln 24-21, Mount Vernon 22-10
(2-0) Creston 21-21, Harlan 18-12
(2-0) Creston 21-21, Treynor 17-14
(2-0) Creston 21-22, Tri-Center 13-20
(2-0) East Mills 21-21, Martensdale-St Marys 10-13
(2-0) East Mills 21-21, Wayne 9-6
(2-0) East Mills 25-25, Mount Ayr 9-12
(2-0) East Mills 25-25, Shenandoah 20-12
(2-0) Glidden-Ralston 21-21, Audubon 17-19
(2-0) Harlan 24-21, Sidney 22-15
(2-0) Nevada 21-21, Atlantic 11-6
(2-0) Nevada 21-21, Winterset 17-15
(2-0) Newell-Fonda 21-21, IKM-Manning 8-15
(2-0) Red Oak 21-21, Clarinda 8-12
(2-0) Red Oak 21-21, Harlan 11-18
(2-0) Red Oak 21-21, Mount Vernon 16-9
(2-0) Red Oak 21-21, Treynor 8-15
(2-0) Red Oak 21-21, Tri-Center 13-11
(2-1) Shenandoah 19-21-15, East Mills 21-15-8
(2-0) Shenandoah 21-21, Martensdale-St Marys 19-16
(2-0) Sidney 21-21, Clarinda 16-12
(2-0) Sidney 21-21, Clarinda 4-8
(2-0) Sidney 21-21, Tri-Center 16-15
(2-1) South Central Calhoun 12-21-15, Carroll 21-11-9
(2-0) Treynor 21-21, Creston 10-13
(2-0) Treynor 21-21, Harlan 12-18
(2-0) Treynor 24-21, Clarinda 22-17
(2-0) Tri-Center 21-21, Harlan 18-16
(2-0) Tri-Center 23-27, Clarinda 21-25
(2-0) Underwood 21-21, Coon Rapids-Bayard 14-12
(2-0) Underwood 21-21, Coon Rapids-Bayard 8-16
(2-0) Underwood 21-21, Exira-EHK 6-14
(2-0) Underwood 21-21, Glidden-Ralston 12-9
(2-0) Underwood 21-21, West Central Valley 12-13

Red Oak woman arrested on Burglary & Theft charges Sat. evening

News

September 21st, 2019 by Ric Hanson

Police in Red Oak arrested a woman in the 300 block of E. Market Street, Saturday. 29-year old Kirstin Lynn Wilwerding, of Red Oak, was taken into custody at around 6:40-p.m., for Burglary in the 2nd Degree and Theft in the 5th Degree. She was transported to the Montgomery County Jail and held on a $10,000 bond.

Booker could end campaign if fundraising doesn’t pick up

News

September 21st, 2019 by Ric Hanson

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Lagging in polling and fundraising, Democratic presidential candidate Cory Booker said Saturday he may end his run unless donations from supporters increase quickly. “I don’t believe people should stay in this just to stay in it. You either have a trajectory to win or not, and right now if we don’t raise $1.7 million we won’t be able to make the investments necessary,” he told The Associated Press after speaking at a Democratic Party fundraiser in Des Moines. “If we don’t have a pathway to win, we should get out of this race.”

Booker told reporters that “the trajectory of the fundraising before today was not there.” And his campaign manager, Addisu Demissie, said in a memo made public that the New Jersey senator needed to raise an additional $1.7 million by Sept. 30 to remain competitive in the crowded field of candidates seeking the nomination.

“If we’re not able to build the campaign organization, which means raise the money that we need to win the nomination, Cory’s not going to continue running and consuming resources that are better used on focusing on beating Donald Trump,” he said.

Without such a fundraising surge, the campaign does “not see a legitimate long-term path forward,” according to the memo. Booker did see the beginnings of a fundraising bump on Saturday, with Demmissie tweeting that the candidate had raised nearly $200,000 as of 5 p.m. Eastern time.

Booker has qualified for a spot in the next debate, in October. But he has struggled with fundraising and yet to break through in either early state or national polls.