MIAMI (AP) — St. Louis Cardinals shortstop Aledmys Diaz has left their game at Miami with a bruised right hand after being hit by a pitch in the first inning. Diaz took his base, but was replaced after the inning. He was hit by a pitch from Andrew Cashner, making his first start since being acquired by Miami in a seven-player trade. Diaz is to undergo further examinations Monday. He’s batting .312 with 14 home runs.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An agency overseeing a grant program that addresses abandoned and neglected buildings in rural Iowa has no immediate plans to change how it administers the program following a state audit that questioned some of its accountability reporting. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources says the Derelict Building Grant Program is managed effectively and has rules in place to ensure its success.
A report from the state auditor’s office released in July recommends that DNR work with the Iowa Legislature to add language that establishes measurable goals for some conservation programs, including the grant program. A DNR spokeswoman says such rules exist for the grant program. The grant program distributes $400,000 annually to small cities and communities in Iowa. A round of applications will be accepted beginning Monday.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Health officials are puzzled about how the most basic baking ingredient — flour — became contaminated with bacteria normally found in animal feces. The tainted flour has sickened 46 people in 21 states and prompted the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to warn cooks to treat it like other foods that could cross-contaminate kitchen surfaces.
Plus, the Food and Drug Administration is cautioning consumers to never taste raw cookie dough or cake batter. Testing points to flour produced at the General Mills facility in Kansas City, Missouri. The company, which has recalled 45 million pounds of flour, says it does not believe the plant is the source of the bacteria.
MIAMI (AP) — Left-handed pitcher Zach Duke has been traded by the Chicago White Sox to the St. Louis Cardinals for minor league outfielder Charlie Tilson. The deal was announced before the Cardinals’ game Sunday at Miami. Duke went 2-0 with a 2.63 ERA for the White Sox this year and leads the American League with 53 appearances. He made 169 career starts, all from 2005 to 2013.
Since 2014, Duke has appeared in 198 games, which ranks fourth in the majors during that span. The Cardinals become his seventh team. The 23-year-old Tilson was the Cardinals’ second-round pick in 2011 and is batting .282 this season for Triple-A Memphis. He has a .293 career minor league average in 471 games.
A blown tire resulted in a semi rolling-over on Interstate 29 Saturday afternoon, about two-miles north of the I-680 split, in Harrison County. The Iowa State Patrol reports 38-year old Steffen Edwards, of Kansas City, Missouri, was traveling northbound at around 2:50-p.m., when he saw a puff of smoke, and the 2008 Freightliner semi he was driving began to pull suddenly to the left.
The semi, registered to Digital Sound Systems, Inc., of Lenexa, KS, went out of control, entered the median and crossed the southbound lanes and rolled into the west ditch. The accident happened at around 2:50-p.m. Authorities say Edwards was transported by Midwest Medical to Creighton Hospital in Omaha, for treatment.
Police in Red Oak say a woman from Clarinda was arrested Saturday night. 40-year old Tammy Marie Milleson was taken into custody following a traffic stop. Milleson was arrested at around 10:15-p.m. on a warrant out of Page County for Failure to Appear on a Driving While Suspended charge. She was transported to the Page County Jail, where her cash bond was set at $435.
Iowa State University Extension and Outreach will hold a 2016 land leasing and valuation workshop on Tuesday, Aug. 2nd. The workshop is a key source of information to landowners and tenants on land value and rental rate trends. There will also be discussion of different ways to determine a cash rent, how to establish a flexible cash rent, and considerations to have a successful land rental rate negotiation.
Lower cash prices for crops has tightened margins on producers and put downward pressure on land values and rents. The workshop will also discuss the cost of crop production for 2017, so that tenants can plan accordingly and landowners are aware of the costs tenants face outside of just paying the rent.
Officials say if there will be any change to a land lease agreement for 2017, notice that the 2016 lease will terminate must be given in writing before Sept 1st. ISU Extension is offering this unbiased workshop to help both landowners and tenants make informed and mutually advantageous land leasing agreements.
The cost is $20 per person with pre-registration, and includes the updated land leasing handbook. Shelby County Extension will be holding this workshop starting at 9:30 am Tuesday (August 2nd) at the Shelby County Extension Office located at 906 Sixth Street in Harlan. Call (712) 755-3104 to pre-register, or for questions. United Bank of Iowa will sponsor a light lunch following the session.
NEWTON, Iowa (AP) — Erik Jones retook the lead from Ty Dillon with 16 laps to go and won the NASCAR Xfinity race Saturday night at Iowa Speedway for his third victory of the season. Jones led a race-high 154 of 250 laps, but it took a late inside move for Jones to overcome Dillon for his first victory since at Dover in May. Dillon, seeking his first victory since Indianapolis in 2014, finished second. He’s winless in 66 races.
Elliott Sadler was third, followed by Brennan Poole and Dakoda Armstrong. Brad Keselowski, the only Sprint Cup driver in the field, finished eighth. Keselowski will start seventh Sunday in Pocono in Pennsylvania in the Cup race. Daniel Suarez, the series leader entering the race, failed to finish because of damage to the Number 19 car.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs signed left tackle Eric Fisher to a contract extension Saturday, the first day veterans joined rookies on the practice field at Missouri Western for training camp. The Chiefs didn’t announce terms of the extension, but a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press it was a four-year, $48 million deal that includes $40 million guaranteed. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the contract terms were confidential.
Fisher was the first overall pick in the 2013 draft out of Central Michigan, but he struggled to adjust to the NFL his first couple years. He finally came into his own last season, showcasing the talent that the Chiefs hope can make him their left tackle for the foreseeable future. The Chiefs exercised their fifth-year option on him in May. That means Fisher’s total deal spans six years and $63 million.
352 AM CDT SUN JUL 31 2016
EARLY THIS MORNING…PARTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. EAST WIND NEAR 5 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 20 PERCENT.
TODAY…PARTLY SUNNY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON. HIGH IN THE UPPER 80S. SOUTHEAST WIND 5 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 30 PERCENT.
TONIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY THROUGH MIDNIGHT THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. LOW AROUND 70. SOUTHEAST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.
MONDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HOT AND HUMID. A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON. HIGH IN THE UPPER 80S. SOUTHEAST WIND 10 TO 15 MPH. HIGHEST HEAT INDEX READINGS 100 TO 102 IN THE AFTERNOON.
MONDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY THROUGH MIDNIGHT THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. LOW IN THE LOWER 70S. SOUTH WIND 5 TO 15 MPH. HIGHEST HEAT INDEX READINGS AROUND 100 THROUGH MIDNIGHT.
TUESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH IN THE LOWER 90S. SOUTHWEST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH. HIGHEST HEAT INDEX READINGS 100 TO 105 IN THE AFTERNOON.
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