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The National Weather Service says three short-lived, but highly visible landspout tornadoes touched-down across northern Iowa Wednesday afternoon and evening, as a line of thunderstorms slowly progressed southeast over the area. The tornadoes caused no reported structural or tree damage with only crop damage being reported.
The first report of a tornado came in from Kossuth County, where a small and brief landspout touched down five-miles west/northwest of Algona, at around 5:15-p.m. A funnel cloud was also seen going up and down toward the ground 5-miles west of Algona, a few minutes later.
In Winnebago County, a funnel cloud was reported 4 miles west/northwest of Scarville, at around 6-p.m. About 12 minutes later, multiple social media pictures showed the funnel extending close to, if not touching, the ground in the same area.
In Humboldt County, a funnel cloud was seen forming half-way to the ground, two-miles west/southwest of Bode. A moment later, the same twister briefly touched down.
MARION, Iowa (AP) – Authorities say an unidentified chemical has rained down on a northeast Marion neighborhood. Several people in the eastern Iowa town called 911 Tuesday night after noticing a white substance on vehicles and houses. No injuries have been reported. Officials initially thought the substance may be a weed killer accidentally dropped by a crop-duster. But Marion Fire Chief Deb Krebill said Wednesday afternoon the substance may be a fungicide that’s also sprayed on crops.
Iowa State Extension agronomist Meghan Anderson says that, to be extra cautious, people in the area should destroy any produce in their gardens. Authorities are still investigating.
Iowa delegates at the Democratic National Convention had an emotional morning meeting on Wednesday. Ingrid Olson, of Council Bluffs ,stepped up to speak. Olson’s a Bernie Sanders delegate. She offered the Clinton backers in the room some advice: quit telling the Sanders crowd to vote for Hillary Clinton because she’s not Donald Trump. “Please give messages of why we should come together with you,” Olson said. “…We can bring our party together, but it starts with us here and we have to take that home.”
Rebecca Mueller, a Bernie Sanders delegate from Muscatine, was next. “What I want you guys to understand on the Hillary Clinton side, and the party establishment, is that unity is not asking us to remove our Bernie buttons,” Mueller said. As Mueller continued, her voice cracked and she cried. “Do not silence us,” she said. “…You listen first and then you say: ‘What are the barriers that I can bring down?’ And the way that you’re going to bring us together is you listen first.”
Iowa Democratic Party chairwoman Andy McGuire was standing right beside Mueller and offered this reply: “We’re going to listen.” Mueller said she’d been listening to convention speakers — and learning things about Hillary Clinton she’d never heard before. “I did not know that she was on the pavement, just like I am, just like all these Bernie delegates out here and so many of the others,” Mueller said. “But I learned that her story is actually so similar — so similar, you guys — to our story.”
Jennifer Gernhart of Fort Dodge, another Sanders delegate, aired another grievance. No Sanders backer was invited to announce Iowa’s results during the convention roll call Tuesday night. Instead, four Clinton backers did it. “We wanted to stand next to you. It was our victory, too,” Gernhart said. “We’re all the same party.” Gernhart suggested the youthful Sanders crowd was being treated like “ignorant children.”
Iowa Democratic Party staffers defended the move to exclude Sanders backers from Iowa’s iconic “roll call” moment. Three of the participants were elected party leaders. The fourth was a Clinton delegate, because Clinton won Iowa’s Caucuses. This debate could be a harbinger of party infighting ahead. Sanders supporters believe they’ve secured a slim majority of slots on the Iowa Democratic Party’s state central committee.
(Radio Iowa)
Today: Partly Cloudy. High 84. N @ 10.
Tonight: P/Cldy. Low 64. A light & variable breeze.
Tomorrow: P/Cldy w/ isolated showers (30% chance). High 81. NE @ 5-10.
Saturday: P/Cldy w/isolated showers & thunderstorms (20% chance). High 83.
Sunday: P/Cldy to Cldy w/scattered showers & thunderstorms (30% chance. High 87.
Wednesday’s High in Atlantic was 82. We received 1.5-inches of rain Wed. afternoon at the KJAN studios. Our Low this morning was 62. Last year on this date, our High in Atlantic was 88 and the low was 60. The Record High in Atlantic on this date was 105 in 1935. The Record Low was 43 in 2013.
DEAN SUECK, 58, of Atlantic, died Tuesday, July 26th, at Creighton University Medical Center. Funeral services for DEAN SUECK will be held 2-p.m. Sunday, July 31st, at the Roland Funeral Home, in Atlantic.
Visitation with the family is from 6-until 8-p.m. Saturday, at the funeral home.; Online condolences may be left at www.rolandfuneralservice.com.
Memorials may be directed to the family for designation at a later date.
DEAN SUECK is survived by:
His wife – Ronda, of Atlantic.
His children – Timothy Sueck & his significant other, Lauren Metzler, of Omaha; Anthony (Michelle) Sueck, of Omaha; Tracey (Clayton) Sheeder, of Griswold, and Tara Sueck, of Atlantic.
and 3 grandchildren.
NORMAN L. NISSEN, 73, of Audubon, died Tue., July 26th, at Methodist Hospital Medical Center, in Omaha. Funeral services for NORMAN NISSEN will be held 2-p.m. Sunday, July 31st, at the Ebenezer Lutheran Church, west of Audubon. Kessler Funeral Home in Audubon has the arrangements.
Friends may call at the funeral home, where the family visitation is on Saturday (7/30), from 4-until 7-p.m.
Burial will be in the Ebenezer Lutheran Cemetery, at the church, west of Audubon.
NORMAN NISSEN is survived by:
His wife – Lenise.
His children – Michelle (Alan) Hjelle, of Algona; Brett (Stephanie) Nissen, of Audubon; Novella Chizek & fiance’ Steven Schrader, of Audubon; and Genelle (Derek) Deist, of Audubon.
His sister – Marcia (Herb) Anciaux, of Ft. Meyers, Fl.
11 grandchildren, his brother-in-law, extended family, and countless neighbors and friends.
Sheriff’s officials in Montgomery County report an arrest occurred Wednesday night, following a traffic stop at the intersection of Highway 48 and 250th Street. 37-year old Joshua Duane Mohn, of Red Oak, was taken into custody at around 11:30-p.m., for Driving While Barred. Mohn was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on a $2,000 bond.
Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:40 a.m. CDT
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — An analyst at the Iowa state crime laboratory has been let go after posting a racist rant on her Facebook page saying she no longer trusts or feels safe around blacks. The Iowa Department of Public Safety said Wednesday that criminalist Amy Pollpeter, a 10-year employee, has been terminated. Pollpeter lashed out at the Black Lives Matter movement _ and African-Americans in general _ in a Facebook post earlier this month.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Court of Appeals has reversed part of the fraud convictions of a former lottery official accused of fixing a Hot Lotto game in Iowa in 2010. The court on Wednesday upheld a fraud charge against Eddie Tipton related to tampering with lottery computers but threw out the charge related to attempting to cash the lottery ticket
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The former city clerk for the city of Neola has been charged with three felonies and other charges after a state audit last year found more than $230,000 was misspent over a five-year period. Neola officials fired Deb Schierbrock in August of 2013 after a city check written to pay for a fire truck bounced.
CLARE, Iowa (AP) — The Webster County Board of Supervisors has rejected a proposed 5,000-head hog confinement facility that would be constructed west of Clare. The Messenger reports that the board was concerned about how the water quality in Lizard Creek would be affected. The project’s impact on property values and the fact that it would’ve been owned by a company from outside the county were also considered by the board. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources has the final say on the project.
338 AM CDT THU JUL 28 2016
EARLY THIS MORNING…PARTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS. NORTH WIND NEAR 10 MPH. CHANCE OF SHOWERS 40 PERCENT.
TODAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGH AROUND 80. NORTH WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.
TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOW IN THE LOWER 60S. NORTH WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.
FRIDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH IN THE UPPER 70S. NORTH WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.
SATURDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGH IN THE LOWER 80S. EAST WIND AROUND 5 MPH.
SUNDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH IN THE MID 80S.
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