The area’s latest and/or top news stories at 7:06-a.m. From KJAN News Director Ric Hanson.
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EDGEWOOD, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say a man was killed by a logging accident in northeast Iowa. First responders were sent around 12:25 p.m. Tuesday to the worksite about 2 miles from the Mississippi River in the southeast corner of Clayton County.
The Clayton County Sheriff’s Office says 38-year-old Jason Steger, of Greeley, was struck by a falling tree that had been knocked over by a log that was being moved. Steger was pronounced dead at the scene. He worked for Kendrick Forest Products, which is based in Edgewood.
Work safety authorities have been notified.
District 15 @ Harlan
District 16 @ Dallas Center
District 2 @ Sergeant Bluff-Luton
Today: **Excessive Heat Warning continues** Mostly sunny. High 97. Heat Index as high as 111. SW @ 10-20.
Tonight: Fair to P/Cldy. Low 76. S @ 5-10.
Tomorrow: Partly cloudy w/isolated showers/thunderstorms. High 95. Heat Index 102. S @ 10-15.
Sunday: Mostly cloudy w/scattered showers & tstrms. High 82.
Monday: P/Cldy. High around 80.
Yesterday’s High in Atlantic was 92. Our Low this morning 78. We received ..11” rain yesterday. Last year on this date our High was 86 and the Low was 63. The record High in Atlantic on this date was 110 in 1934. The Record Low was 47 in 1891 & 1947.
(All games at 7 p.m. unless noted)
SUBSTATE 1
#6 Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson at #1 Urbandale
#5 Sioux City, West at #2 Sioux City, East
#4 Sioux City, North at #3 Waukee
SUBSTATE 8
#6 Des Moines, North at #1 Johnston
#5 Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln at #2 Lewis Central
#4 Indianola vs. #3 Des Moines, East – at Des Moines, Hoover
Officers with the Red Oak Police Department, Thursday night, arrested 27-year old Phillip Kenneth Dalton Johnson, of Red Oak. Johnson was arrested on two Montgomery County warrants charging him with Domestic Abuse Assault with intent to inflict serious injury, and Obstruction of Emergency Communications.
He was arrested at around 9-p.m. in the 100 block of W. Coolbaugh Street and transported to the Montgomery County Jail, where Johnson’s bond was set at $2,300.
Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press
CINCINNATI (AP) — Tommy Edman snapped a sixth-inning tie with his first career grand slam and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Cincinnati Reds 7-4 for their fifth win in six games. All-Star Paul DeJong hit a two-run homer in the fifth, and Edman broke it open an inning later. The slam came one pitch after the Reds just missed what would have been an inning-ending double play.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Cheslor Cuthbert and Jorge Soler homered in a five-run third inning and the Kansas City Royals stayed hot, completing a four-game sweep of the Chicago White Sox with a 6-5 win. Ian Kennedy gave up a run in the ninth, but struck out A.J. Reed looking with the tying run on second base to clinch the win and earn his 16th save in 19 opportunities.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri man has been fined $500 for pointing a laser at New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady during the AFC championship with the Kansas City Chiefs in January. KMBC reports Dwyan Morgan pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor, disturbing the peace. He will pay the fine with no jail time. Footage of the game showed a green light flashing on Brady late in the Patriots’ 37-31 overtime win at Arrowhead Stadium. Prosecutors say Brady was unaware of the laser.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — UNLV offensive coordinator Barney Cotton is awaiting a heart transplant and won’t coach this on the field this season. Rebels coach Tony Sanchez says the 62-year-old Cotton is in Omaha, Nebraska, and currently on a waiting list to receive a transplant. Cotton is an Omaha native and former University of Nebraska assistant coach.
NEWTON, Iowa (AP) — At just 20, Sage Karam had already landed his dream gig; a seat in the powerhouse Chip Ganassi Racing’s IndyCar program. Four years later, Karam is hoping to prove that he deserves another shot at a full-time seat in the series. Karam and fellow American Conor Daly will fill in at Iowa Speedway for Carlin, a British-based team that joined IndyCar in 2018 after three years in Indy Lights, the series’ feeder circuit.
CHICAGO (AP) — It’s never too early for some Ohio State-Michigan sniping. Hours after Wolverines coach Jim Harbaugh took a swipe at former Buckeyes coach Urban Meyer’s legacy, Ohio State defensive end Jonathon Cooper played along. Cooper was asked about new co-defensive coordinator Greg Mattison, who spent 13 seasons under different coaches at Michigan, including Harbaugh. Cooper said Mattison is great and has a great legacy “with the team up north.”
CHICAGO (AP) — Michigan State and Ohio State each placed two players on the preseason all-Big Ten team. Junior running back J.K. Dobbins and defensive end Chase Young were the Buckeyes and linebacker Joe Bachie and defensive end Kenny Willekes, two seniors, were named for the Spartans.
Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:35 a.m. CDT
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A police spokesman says a woman killed along with her two young children this week had come to Des Moines to work with the man charged in their deaths. A Guatemala national, 31-year-old Marvin Oswaldo Escobar-Orellana, has been charged with three counts of first-degree murder in the shooting deaths of 29-year-old Rossibeth Flores-Rodriguez, her 11-year-old daughter and her and 5-year-old son. Their bodies were found Tuesday night at the home they shared with Escobar-Orellana.
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A spokesman for Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds now says a mass email praising rapper Tupac Shakur wasn’t why Reynolds ousted an agency director. Reynolds spokesman Pat Garrett was asked last week whether the agency-wide email sent by Department of Human Services Director Jerry Foxhoven was linked to the governor’s request that he resign the next work day. He said only that a “number of factors” went into the decision. On Thursday, he told the Des Moines Register that “of course” the email wasn’t one.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — More bankers surveyed in parts of 10 Plains and Western states say President Donald Trump’s trade skirmishes are having a negative effect on their local economies. The Rural Mainstreet survey released Thursday shows the survey’s overall index falling from 53.2 in June to 50.2 this month. Any score above 50 suggests a growing economy, while a score below 50 indicates a shrinking economy.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Pope Francis has selected a priest from the Dubuque Archdiocese to become bishop of the Des Moines Diocese. The selection of the Rev. William Joensen was announced Thursday. Joensen replaces Bishop Richard Pates, who turned 75 last year and, as required by the church, submitted his resignation. He’s held the post since 2008.
(Radio Iowa) — A prominent social conservative in Iowa has endorsed one of Congressman Steve King’s Republican challengers. Bob Vander Plaats has run for governor three times. He’s now president and C-E-O of The Family Leader and has personally endorsed state Senator Randy Feenstra’s bid against Congressman King. Vander Plaats says Feenstra “is a man of integrity who is guided by his faith and someone Iowans’ can trust to faithfully represent them in Congress.”
Feenstra reported raising 140-thousand dollars in the past three months, increasing his fundraising lead over King. King reported raising more than 90-thousand dollars, but ended the second quarter with about 18-thousand dollars left in his campaign account. Campaign finance reports indicate the two OTHER Republicans who have been raising money to run against King had more money in their campaign accounts than King did.
(Radio Iowa) — The U-S Army Corps of Engineers estimates it will be 2021 before complete repairs are made to the 52 flood-damaged levees along the Missouri River. Temporary repairs are finished on at least nine sections of levees that were damaged this spring. Bret Budd, chief of the Corps’ System Restoration Team for the Omaha District, says it could be next spring before -temporary- repairs are complete.
“Going forward, we have 30 construction contracts that we’re looking at having awarded between now and the end of this calendar year and potentially the first part of 2020,” Budd says. Last week, the Corps announced a new process for awarding contracts on levee repairs. The new process shrinks the solicitation period to 14 days using a list of pre-qualified contractors.
The previous solicitation period was 30 days, plus a 15-day pre-solicitation announcement. Until more complete repairs are made, Budd says homeowners and property near the river remain vulnerable. “Until we get to the final fix, it’s a reminder to everyone who lives behind a levee,” said Budd. “There’s a definite risk, it’s really not totally safe at this point.”
As crews continue to work on damage assessment for many sections of levee, one big hurdle remains with funding. The Corps says it will take action from Congress to secure enough money for permanent repairs. Mills County Emergency Management Director Larry Hurst says his county has a long fight ahead. “The bigger problem is what are these structures going to look like in a year, two years, three years from now and who’s going to pay for it,” Hurst says.
The latest contract awarded by the Corps was for nearly $2.8 million to further build up a levee near Percival following temporary repairs last month.