OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The National Weather Service has confirmed that five tornadoes touched down in eastern Nebraska and one in western Iowa, Monday evening, but they caused little damage. There were also no injuries, only minor damage, and were rated EF-0, with winds from 65 through 85 mph. There were tornadoes in Nebraska, around Louisville and Murray. One touched down near Elk Creek and one near Table Rock. The sixth was spotted in southwest Iowa, west of Thurman.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A Des Moines homeless shelter is planning to use repurposed shipping containers to construct permanent apartments for chronically homeless people. The 24-unit project would be erected in the same drainage ditch where homeless people have set up camps. Central Iowa Shelter and Services’ director Melissa O’Neil told The Des Moines Register the shelter’s applied for $2.7 million from the National Housing Trust Fund.
The Institute for Community Alliances says the number of people living on Des Moines streets more than doubled to 107 in 2017 from 52 in 2016. In November dozens of the metro’s chronically homeless moved onto retention basin ditch, which sits within 100 feet of the homeless shelter.
It’ll be a dark and likely stormy night across western Iowa. The National Weather Service in Des Moines reports scattered thunderstorms are forecast to spread from western into central Iowa late tonight (Wednesday), and Thursday morning. The severe weather threat is low, but a few stronger storms could produce hail and gusty winds. Slight chances for more thunderstorms are forecast across parts of northern Iowa late Thursday night into Friday morning and again late Friday night into Saturday morning, once again with a low probability of severe weather.
The State Transportation Commission has given final approval to the updated five-year transportation improvement program. The program will spend three-point-four billion dollars on state roadways. That includes the reconstruction work on the interstate systems in Council Bluffs and Sioux City — as well as a section of I-35 from Ankeny to Ames. The plan calls for the completion of the final segment of the four lane expansion of U-S 20 in western Iowa by the fall. Four-lane improvements on U-S 30 in Tama and Benton County and on U-S 61 in southeast Iowa are also in the plan. The plan has one billion dollars targeted at bridge repairs. The state had 51 bridges listed as structurally deficient in 2017.
(Radio Iowa)
MYRNA [Cass] NELSON, 85, of Stuart, died Saturday, June 9th, at the Stuart Community Care Center. A Celebration of Life service for MYRNA NELSON will be held 6-p.m. Thursday, June 14th, at the Johnson Family Funeral Home, in Stuart.
Visitation will be held prior to the service Thursday, from 5-until 6-p.m. Thursday, at the Funeral Home, in Stuart.; Online condolences may be left at www.johnsonfamilyfuneralhome.com.
Burial will be held at a later date.
MYRNA NELSON is survived by:
Her daughter – Alveda Nelson & wife Kim, of Puyallap, WA.
Her son – Andrew Nelson, of Stuart.
Her sisters – Francis Stanley, of Creston, and Betty Weinheimer.
Her brother – Dean (Karen) Cass, of Fontanelle.
A host of grandchildren, great-grandchildren, great-great grandchildren, other relatives and friends.
LARRY MAYNES, 79, of Carson, died Sunday, June 10th, at the Bethany Lutheran Home, in Council Bluffs. A Memorial service for LARRY MAYNES will be held 11-a.m. Saturday, June 16th, at the Loess Hills Funeral Home, in Carson.
Visitation will be held two-hours prior to the service, from 9-until 11-a.m., Saturday.
Memorials may be directed to the Larry Maynes Scholarship Fund.
Today: Partly cloudy. High 83. N winds becoming SE @ 10-15.
Tonight: P/Cldy to Cldy w/scattered shwrs & tstrms. Low 65. SE @ 5-10.
Tomorrow: Shwrs & tstrms ending early; Becoming P/Cldy. High 85. SE @ 10-15.
Friday: Mostly sunny. High 94,
Saturday: Mo. Sunny. High 96.
Yesterday’s High in Atlantic was 85. Our Low this morning was 60. Last year on this date the High in Atlantic was 92 and the Low was 64. The record High in Atlantic on this date was 96 in 1987. The Record Low was 37, in 1906.
One college football preview magazine expects Iowa State to make more progress next season even though the win total may not show it. Phil Steele’s College Football Preview expects Iowa State to be in bowl contention once again against a difficult schedule. ISU posted upsets over Oklahoma and TCU in 2017 in posting an 8-5 record that included a win over Memphis in the Liberty Bowl. (Click on the left side of any sound bar to listen to the clip)
Steele says this Iowa State team does not have as much experience and another factor this season may be luck. The Cyclones were a plus-10 in turnover margin last season and Steele says history has proven that turnover margins tend to even out.
Steele feels Iowa State’s defense will be solid and he expects the offense to make progress.
Steele says David Montgomery and the run game will be more effective.
Iowa State opens the season at home on September first against South Dakota State. Steele’s College Football Preview will hit the news stands on June 26.
(Learfield Sports)
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Despite setting records last fall, Iowa tight end Noah Fant went largely unnoticed outside of the Big Ten West. That shouldn’t be the case in 2018. Fant will return for his junior season with the Hawkeyes as one of the nation’s most intriguing pro prospects. The 6-foot-5, 241-pound Fant has size, speed, athleticism and a knack for finding the end zone.
The Brewers are back atop the NL Central after Travis Shaw and Chase Anderson led a 4-0 win over the second-place Cubs. Shaw provided a pair of two-run doubles to back Anderson, who limited Chicago to one hit over seven innings before the bullpen finished up a two-hitter. Tyler Chatwood gave up the four runs over five innings as the Cubs fell a half-game behind Milwaukee.
The Cardinals’ 4-2 loss to the Padres leaves St. Louis three games behind the Brewers. Eric Hosmer hit a solo homer and A.J. Ellis added a two-run single while San Diego scored three times in the fourth inning off Miles Mikolas (MY’-koh-lahs). The Padres have won 10 of their last 14 games.
Joey Votto lined a tiebreaking, base-loaded triple in the 10th inning to send the Reds past the Royals, 5-1. Tucker Barnhardt slammed a solo homer and Cincinnati starter Sal Romano lowered his ERA to 5.67 by holding the Royals to a run and four hits over eight frames.
Five men still hoping to run for state ag secretary this fall gave their closing pitches to a group of Polk County Republicans last (Tuesday) night. No candidate got at least 35 percent of the vote in last week’s primary to secure the G-O-P nomination outright, so delegates at the Iowa G-O-P’s state convention will choose a nominee this Saturday. Mike Naig replaced Bill Northey as state ag secretary in early March when Northey left for a job in the Trump Administration. Naig was the first place finisher in last week’s primary, with a fraction less than 35 percent.
“It is absolutely critically important that we maintain conservative leadership in the secretary’s office at the Department of Ag and we must be prepared for a competitive race against the Democrat candidate in November and so we’ve got to put our best foot forward,” Naig said. “I think the experience that I bring being in the office really brings a lot to the table.”
State Senator Dan Zumbach of Ryan was the second-place finisher in the primary, with about 20 percent of the vote. Zumbach emphasizes his ability to survive the Farm Crisis and his work in the legislature. “This isn’t where I thought I’d be. I never thought I’d be a public speaker. I’m much more comfortable sitting in a tractor with the radio turned up, but here I am in front of a group of folks in Des Moines,” Zumbach said. “…Allow me to utilize my talents, my hard work and my passion to represent you.”
Former Iowa Farm Bureau president Craig Lang of Brooklyn was the third place finisher in the primary. Lang says his experience on the board that governs the three state universities as well as leading the Farm Bureau have equipped him for this new job. “Our nominee must be prepared to take the battle to the Democrat nominee and win,” Lang said. “I ask you to judge my future ability to serve as your secretary of agriculture by judging my decades-long past performance of fighting and winner the fights that matter.”
Ray Gaesser of Corning, the past president of the Iowa and American Soybean Associations, argues those posts gave him experience in foreign export markets as well as with congress in writing the Farm Bill. “I really don’t need a job. I really don’t want to be governor either or anything else,” Gaesser said. “I want to be the best secretary of agriculture that I can be and, I promise you, if you vote for me and elect me, I will be. And I know how to support the party.”
Chad Ingels of Randalia was the last place finisher in last Tuesday’s primary and he says he’s not at all embarrassed about it. “I spent a fraction of the money on my campaign as the other candidates did,” Ingels says. “…I’m very proud of the 8000 votes I got in the last election and hope to get many more on Saturday.”
The Iowa Republican Party’s state convention schedule seems to indicate the process of selecting the G-O-P nominee for this post will begin early Saturday afternoon.
(Radio Iowa)
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