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CONROY, Iowa (AP) – The National Weather Service has confirmed that an EF-1 tornado caused the damage at farmsteads near Conroy in eastern Iowa. The service says the twister packed winds of 105 mph and touched down around 5:34 p.m. Tuesday and lifted 20 minutes later. It ran for nearly 4.7 miles.
Windows and siding were damaged at two farm homes along its path, and two outbuildings were hit as well. No injuries have been reported.
WYNONA E. ANDERSON, 92, of Audubon, died Tue., July 11th, at the Friendship Home in Audubon. Funeral services for WYNONA ANDERSON will be held 2-p.m. Saturday, July 15th, at the 1st United Methodist Church in Audubon. Kessler Funeral Home in Audubon has the arrangements.
Friends may call at the funeral home, where the family visitation is from 1-until 2-p.m., Saturday.
Burial will be in the Maple Grove Cemetery in Audubon.
WYNONA E. ANDERSON is survived by:
Her daughters – Dorothy Sloth, and Diana (John) Ballou, all of Audubon, and Pegg (Larry) Winegar, of Runnells.
Her son – David (Hoss) Anderson, of Adair.
Her sister – Ardis (Dale) Eiben, of Corpus Christi, TX.
7 grandchildren, 4 great-grandchildren, other relatives, her sisters-in-law, and friends.
A Des Moines man faces several charges after telling police he had put explosives inside a West Des Moines mall. West Des Moines police say they received the call around eight p-m Wednesday from the who said he had barricaded himself in the Valley West Mall. Dispatchers continued conversations with the man, identified as 26-year-old Quinten Nelson, and he told them he had explosives and was armed.
Police officers from six other departments and the State Fire Marshal’s office responded and Nelson was eventually located in a construction dumpster behind a store. Nelson was taken to the hospital for an evaluation and then booked into the Polk County Jail on charges of threatening terrorism, threat of an explosive device, first-degree harassment, interference with official acts, and false report of an explosive or incendiary device.
(Radio Iowa)
A central Iowa police chief suffered only minor injuries when he was struck by a car that fled a traffic stop. Boone Police responded to the report of an assault Monday afternoon and surrounded a parked car, which matched the description of the one they were looking for. Boone Police Chief John Wiebold was approaching the driver, who accelerated.
Wiebold’s body camera captured the incident. (https://www.facebook.com/BoonePD/videos/1492342670788780/ ) After hitting the chief, the car sped away and led officers on a chase. The driver eventually stopped, but then tried to run away. She was quickly apprehended. Twenty-five-year-old Erica Shales of Des Moines is now facing charges of eluding, assault on a peace officer with a deadly weapon, possession of a controlled substance, and driving while suspended. She had a warrant for her arrest out of Polk County.
Two passengers in the car, 35-year-old Craig Collins of Nevada and 32-year-old Chanel Clark of Ames, were also arrested. They’re facing drug-related charges. Boone Police said Chief Wiebold did not require medical treatment.
(Radio Iowa)
Today: Mostly cloudy w/light rain this morning; P/Cldy this afternoon. High 83. N @ 10-15..
Tonight: P/Cldy. Low around 60.
Tomorrow: P/Cldy. High 87. SW @10-15.
Saturday/Sunday: P/Cldy. Highs near 89.
Wednesday’s High in Atlantic was 89. Our Low this morning was 70. We had received .05” rain over the 24-hour period (from 7-a.m. Wed. thru 7-a.m. today). Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 86 and the low was 59. The Record High in Atlantic on this date was 108 in 1936. The Record Low was 44 in 1897.
A delegation from China is scheduled to sign an agreement in Iowa today (Thursday) to buy another big batch of American-grown soybeans. Iowa Ag Secretary Bill Northey says China previously bought a billion bushels of beans from the U.S. “So that’s somewhere north of $10 billion worth of soybeans already this year,” Northey says.
Northey, Governor Reynolds and other commodity group leaders from Iowa will meet the Chinese delegation in downtown Des Moines at 9 a.m. this (Thursday) morning. A midday ceremony is planned to formalize China’s latest purchase of U.S. soybeans. “It’s their way of reminding everybody that they’re going to buy lots of beans and a lot of people don’t even realize it happens,” Northey says.
About half of the soybeans harvested in Iowa LAST year were exported to foreign buyers and Northey says up to 70 percent of those exports went to the Chinese. “Twenty years ago China was either a net exporter or no an importer at all. Now they buy two-thirds of all the soybeans that are traded in the world,” Northey says. “Not just ours, but South American beans as well.”
Northey says the Chinese process soybeans just like we do. The beans are crushed. The oil is taken out and the soybean meal that’s left is incorporated in livestock feed. Northey made his comments during an appearance Wednesday morning at the Westside Conservative Club in Urbandale.
(Radio Iowa)
Bishop Heelan Catholic, Sioux City 10 , Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 9 (completion of earlier suspended game)
Bishop Heelan Catholic, Sioux City 15 , Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 2 (5 innings)
Denison-Schleswig 7 , Storm Lake 5
Harlan 15 , Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson 3 (5 innings)
Fremont County Sheriff Kevin Aistrope reports an investigation into an alleged sexual assault resulted in an arrest, Wednesday. 74-year old David Dyke, of Shenandoah, was taken into custody for Sexual Assault and Burglary in the 1st Degree. Dyke was transported to the Fremont County Law Enforcement Center, where he was being held without bond while awaiting an appearance before the magistrate.
David Dyke (Photo courtesy Fremont Co. S/O)
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