Chris Parks visits with Joyce Goff of the Lewis Life Preservers about the Fall Festival on Saturday to help raise funds for Relay for Life.
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Chris Parks visits with Joyce Goff of the Lewis Life Preservers about the Fall Festival on Saturday to help raise funds for Relay for Life.
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Police in Creston say 35-year old Mark Thomas Gladson, of Macksburg, was arrested at the around 3:25-a.m. today (Friday), for Possession of Marijuana and Possession of Paraphernalia. Gladson was being held in the Union County Jail on $1,300 bond. At around 12:50-a.m. today (Friday), Creston Police arrested 32-year old Jesse Edward Ramey, of Orient, for OWI 1st. Ramey was later released on $1,000 bond.
And, at around 3:30-p.m. Thursday, 19-year old Buay Kong Chuol, of Creston, was arrested on a Polk County Warrant for Burglary in the 3rd Degree. Chuol was transported to the Union County Jail and held, pending transport back to Polk County by Polk County Sheriff’s Deputies.
The area’s latest and/or top news stories at 7:06-a.m., w/KJAN News Director Ric Hanson
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Active weather is on the way. The National Weather Service in Des Moines says scattered thunderstorms will return this afternoon and become more numerous later tonight over the southern counties. A few storms may produce large hail tonight over the south half of the area (including: Audubon-Guthrie-Dallas-Cass-Adair-Madison–Adams-Union-Taylor-Ringgold-Counties). Isolated severe storms are possible late this afternoon and tonight for the far west and southwest counties.
Saturday looks wet most of the day with a period of stronger thunderstorms in late afternoon and evening hours. A slight risk of severe thunderstorms is now forecast for the far south Saturday, with a marginal risk to near Interstate 80. Expect a wide range in temperatures from northwest to southeast today and Saturday. Strong northwest winds Saturday night will usher in much colder air by Sunday into Monday morning. Highs Sunday will only reach the 50s most areas. Lows Monday morning will fall to the 30s to lower 40s.
The Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission heard formal presentations at their meeting Thursday from the two groups which did market surveys to determine the impact of the proposals for a new casino in Cedar Rapids. The studies by White Sand Gaming and Marquette Advisors were released earlier this month. Racing and Gaming Commission administrator Brian Ohorilko says the presentations were important to fill in any blanks. All in all it was a good opportunity to hear how those market studies came out and allow for commission members to get any additional questions answered that they might have,” Ohorilko says.
The two studies came to similar conclusions that a casino in Cedar Rapids would have an impact on existing casinos by taking away some of their revenue. Ohorilko says the studies are one of the final pieces of information needed to make a decision on any new license. He says the decision will be made at the November 16th meeting in Dubuque after the commission reviews all the information that they’ve received since the process started in July. Ohorilko says they also received information Thursday on the background investigations of the two casino groups which submitted three proposals for the casino. He says those investigations were positive and things will proceed.
“A decision will be made one way or the other — obviously we can’t speculate on what the outcome will be — but there will be a decision made at that November commission meeting,” Ohorilko says. The commission met Thursday at the casino in Emmetsburg.
(Radio Iowa)
Today: Mostly cloudy w/a chance of light rain. High 62. NE @ 10-20 w/gusts to 25.
Tonight: Cloudy w/a 60% chance of rain. Low 54. NE @ 5-10.
Tomorrow: Cloudy showers & thunderstorms. High 69. E winds @ 5-10 becoming W this afternoon.
Tom. Night: Skies gradually clearining. Low 41.
Sunday: Becoming Mostly Sunny. High around 56.
Monday: Mostly sunny. High 65.
Tuesday: Mo. Sunny. High 69
Thursday’s High in Atlantic was 66. Our Low this morning: 48. Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 60 and the low was 27. The Record High in Atlantic on this date was 88 in 1975. The Record Low for this date was 15 in 1907.
(Radio Iowa) — A new report predicts this year’s corn and soybean harvests in Iowa will fall short of records set last year. The USDA report is based on conditions as of October 1. The forecast calls for the corn yield in Iowa to average 191 bushels per acre, up four bushels per acre from the September forecast but down 12 bushels per acre from last year. Overall, Iowa corn production is forecast at 2.46 billion bushels.
If the prediction holds, it would mark the third highest yield and production on record behind 2016 and ’15. Soybean production is forecast at 557 million bushels, with a yield of 56 bushels per acre. If realized, it would be the second highest production on record behind last year. The yield forecast would be the third highest on record. Last year, the average soybean yield in Iowa was 60 bushels per acre.
More info. online at https://www.nass.usda.gov
Hawkeye Ten Conference
(3-0) St. Albert, Council Bluffs 25-25-27, Clarinda 9-16-25
(2-0) Shenandoah 25-25, Southwest Valley 11-16
Western Iowa Conference Tournament
Consolation Bracket
Pool 1
(2-0) Logan-Magnolia 21-23, Riverside, Oakland 17-21
(2-1) Logan-Magnolia 19-21-15, Underwood 21-13-11
(2-1) Underwood 21-14-15, Riverside, Oakland 11-21-12
Pool 2
(2-1) AHSTW 22-11-15, Audubon 20-21-12
(2-0) Griswold 21-21, Audubon 4-9
(2-0) Griswold 21-21, AHSTW 19-13
Fifth Place
(2-0) Logan Magnolia 21-21, Griswold 13-8
Seventh Place
(2-1) AHSTW 19-21-17, Underwood 21-16-15
Third Place
(3-0) Missouri Valley 25-25-25, IKM-Manning 14-20-20
Championship
(3-2) Tri-Center, Neola 25-25-23-16-15, Treynor 12-17-25-25-12
Rolling Valley Conference
(3-0) ACGC 25-25-25, Exira-EHK 12-13-18
(3-2) Coon Rapids-Bayard 19-25-25-19-15, Glidden-Ralston 25-12-17-25-9
(3-0) Paton-Churdan 25-25-25, Eagle Grove 12-21-20
Bluegrass Confrernce Tournament
Semifinal: Lamoni def Moravia
Semifinal: (3-0) Seymour 25-25-25, Murray 17-11-21
Championship: (3-0) Lamoni 26-25-25, Seymour 24-9-21
Corner Conference
(3-0) East Mills 25-25-25, Essex 18-22-18
(3-0) Sidney 25-25-25, Stanton 3-12-13
Other Scores
(3-0) Earlham 25-26-27, Madrid 14-24-25
(2-1) Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson 19-25-15, Southwest Valley 25-16-13
(2-0) East Sac County 25-25, Southeast Valley 18-12
(2-0) South Central Calhoun 25-25, East Sac County 23-15
(3-0) Van Meter 25-25-25, West Central Valley, Stuart 13-13-9
Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The Ohio State-Nebraska game matches two of the five programs with the most major college football wins in history. The teams are in very different places entering Saturday night’s game in Lincoln. The ninth-ranked Buckeyes beat Nebraska by 59 points last year in Columbus and have dominated four straight opponents since their loss at home to Oklahoma.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The unbeaten Chiefs are looking to get even when the Steelers roll into town Sunday. It was Pittsburgh that knocked the AFC West champs out of the playoffs last season, in their own house no less. But the Chiefs and Steelers are different teams now, with Kansas City flying high and Pittsburgh trying to bounce back from a humiliating loss to Jacksonville.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Chiefs have pushed the boundaries of offensive creativity this season and that’s a big reason for their 5-0 start. Jet sweeps and read-options and a whole bunch of other sets have allowed coach Andy Reid and offensive coordinator Matt Nagy to keep defenses guessing. And they’ve allowed the Chiefs’ biggest offensive stars to show off.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin running back Jonathan Taylor seems to be adapting just fine to college football. The true freshman is fourth in the nation in rushing at 153.5 yards per game heading into Saturday’s game against Purdue. Ohio State’s J.K. Dobbins and Iowa’s A.J. Epenesa have also made impressive starts as true freshmen. At rebuilding Illinois, coach Lovie Smith has started 13 true freshmen this season, more than any school in the country.
AMES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa State has long been accustomed to responding to failure. How will the Cyclones handle success? Iowa State is on a roll heading into a game that nearly everyone expects to be a blowout in favor of the Cyclones. Iowa State is a 21-point favorite for Saturday’s matchup against Kansas _ just a week after stunning Oklahoma 38-31 in Norman as a 31-point underdog.
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