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Red Oak woman arrested for Public Intox

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July 6th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Police in Red Oak arrested a familiar face early this (Wednesday) morning. 46-year old Shelby JoAnn Olivares, of Red Oak, was taken into custody just after midnight, for Public Intoxication. Her arrest took place at the intersection of N. 1st and E. Elm Streets. Olivares, who has been arrested numerous times in the past on a variety of charges, was brought to the Montgomery County Jail and held on $300 bond.

MARTHA L. RENFTLE, 90, of Indianola [formerly of Audubon] (Svcs. 7/8/16)

Obituaries

July 6th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

MARTHA L. RENFTLE, 90, of Indianola [formerly of Audubon], died May 29th, at the Good Samaritan Nursing Home, in Indianola. A Celebration of Life Memorial service for MARTHA RENFTLE will be held 10:30-a.m. Friday, July 8th, at the 1st United Methodist Church, in Audubon. Kessler Funeral Home in Audubon has the arrangements.

Inurnment will be in the Maple Grove Cemetery, in Audubon.

MARTHA RENFTLE is survived by:

Her children – Stephen (Julie) Renftle, of Indianola, and Louann Jackson, of Colorado Springs, CO.

Her sister -JoAnn Patrick, of Carson.

4 grandchildren, 4 great-grandchildren, other relatives & friends.

NWS forecast for Cass & surrounding Counties in IA: 7/6/16

Weather

July 6th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Early This Morning: Mostly cloudy with scattered thunderstorms. Southwest wind near 10 mph. Chance of thunderstorms 40 percent.
Today: Hot and humid. Mostly cloudy with isolated thunderstorms through mid morning…then mostly sunny in the late morning and afternoon. High around 90. South wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of thunderstorms 20 percent. Highest heat index readings 100 to 103 in the afternoon.
Tonight: Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming mostly cloudy. A 50 percent chance of thunderstorms. Low around 70. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph. Highest heat index readings 100 to 102 through midnight.
Thursday: Hot and humid. Partly sunny with a 40 percent chance of thunderstorms. High around 90. South wind 5 to 10 mph with gusts to around 20 mph. Highest heat index readings around 100 in the afternoon.
Thursday Night: Partly cloudy. Thunderstorms likely through midnight. Low in the mid 60s. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of thunderstorms 60 percent. Highest heat index readings 100 to 102 through midnight.
Friday: Sunny. High in the lower 80s. Northwest wind 5 to 15 mph.

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Cancelled

Weather

July 6th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

403 AM CDT WED JUL 6 2016

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS CANCELLED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 332 ISSUED AT 1035 PM CDT FOR PORTIONS OF IOWA. THERE ARE CURRENTLY NO WATCHES IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN IOWA.

SEVERE WEATHER MAY STILL BE POSSIBLE, TO STAY TUNED TO LOCAL BROADCAST OUTLETS FOR BULLETINS OR ADVISORIES.

 

Significant Weather Advisory for Montgomery/Mills/Pott. Counties

Weather

July 6th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

412 AM CDT WED JUL 6 2016

…SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MONTGOMERY…EASTERN MILLS AND POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTIES UNTIL 500 AM CDT…

AT 412 AM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES EAST OF MACEDONIA…OR 23 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ATLANTIC…MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…

EASTERN COUNCIL BLUFFS…RED OAK…OAKLAND…AVOCA…MALVERN…

TREYNOR…UNDERWOOD…CARSON…WALNUT…STANTON…EMERSON…

ELLIOTT…MACEDONIA…SILVER CITY…HANCOCK…HENDERSON…HASTINGS…

MCCLELLAND…GRANT AND FARM CREEK PUBLIC WILDLIFE AREA.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS…

HIGHWAY 34 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 17 AND 51.

HIGHWAY 59 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 28 AND 64.

INTERSTATE 29 NEAR MILE MARKER 45.

INTERSTATE 80 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 8 AND 20.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE. THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY…SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS…AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS…FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

Area Baseball Scores from Tue., 7/5/16

Sports

July 6th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Atlantic 3, Glenwood 2
Atlantic 6, St. Albert 0
Audubon 10, Southwest Valley 1
CAM, Anita 3, Woodbine 0 (CAM clinches Rolling Valley Conference Title)
Coon Rapids-Bayard 13, South Central Calhoun 3
Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 13, Bishop Heelan Catholic, Sioux City 4
Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 13, Bishop Heelan Catholic, Sioux City 8
Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson 6, Sioux City, East 2
Glidden-Ralston 9, Earlham 0
Guthrie Center 3, Orient-Macksburg 0
Harlan 10, Clarinda 3
Hinton 8, Treynor 4
IKM-Manning 6, Denison-Schleswig 2
Lawton-Bronson 6, OA-BCIG 4
Lewis Central 9, Logan-Magnolia 3
Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto 4, Woodbury Central, Moville 0 (WVC Tournament Semi-Finals)
Missouri Valley 8, Shenandoah 4
Nodaway Valley 14, Lenox 6
Saydel 8, ADM, Adel 5
Sioux City, East 5, Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson 2
Stanton 8, East Union, Afton 3
West Harrison, Mondamin 12, Whiting 1 (5 Innings)
West Sioux, Hawarden 4, Unity Christian, Orange City 0
Winterset 10, Creston 5

Regional Softball Schedule: Wed., July 5th 2016

Sports

July 6th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

(all games begin at 7-p.m. unless noted otherwise)
Class 3A – Region 8
(in Atlantic): Atlantic vs. Red Oak
(at Shenandoah): Shenandoah vs. Clarinda
(at Humboldt): Humboldt vs. Kuemper Catholic

Class 2A
Region 1
(at Logan): Logan-Magnolia vs. Ridge View
(at Cleghorn): MMC-RU vs. MVAO
(at Larchwood): West Lyon vs. Unity Christian
Region 8
(at Truro): I-35 vs. West Central Valley
(at Earlham): Earlham vs. AHSTW
(at Treynor): Treynor vs. Tri-Center
(at Missouri Valley): Mo. Valley vs. Underwood

Class 1A
Region 2
5:30-p.m. (at Glidden): Glidden-Ralston vs. Nodaway Valley
7:00-p.m. (at Fonda): Newell-Fonda vs. Coon Rapids-Bayard
Region 7
5:30-p.m. (at Kimballton): Exira/EHK vs. CAM
7:00-p.m. (at Correctionville): River Valley vs. Audubon
7:00-p.m. (at Lawton): Lawton-Bronson vs. Boyer Valley
7:00-p.m. (at Charter Oak): Charter Oak-Ute vs. Riverside
Region 8
5:30-p.m. (at Tabor): Fremont-Mills vs. West Harrison
7:00-p.m. (at Sloan) Westwood vs. West Monona
7:00-p.m. (at Sidney) Sidney vs. Bedford
7:00-p.m. (at Lenox): Lenox vs. Stanton

Regional Softball Scores from Tue., 7/5/16

Sports

July 6th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Class 1A
Region 2
Coon Rapids-Bayard 9, Guthrie Center 8
Nodaway Valley 6, Grand View Christian 3
Region 6
Mormon Trail 7, East Union 5
Murray 12, Mount Ayr 2
Region 7
Audubon 11, Ar-We-Va 9
Exira-EHK 11, Adair-Casey 1
CAM 16, Orient-Macksburg 0
Boyer Valley 5, Woodbine 0
Riverside 11, Griswold 7
Region 8
West Monona 3, Whiting 1
West Harrison 19, East Mills 0
Bedford 22, Diagonal 9
Lenox 12, Nishnabotna 0
Stanton 20, Essex 3

Class 2A
Region 1
MVAO 8, OA-BCIG 1
Western Christian 10, Hinton 3
Region 8
AHSTW 9, Southwest Valley 5
Underwood 2, St. Albert 1

Police: Nearly 300 fireworks calls made in Sioux City

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July 6th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — The Sioux City Police Department says it received a higher number of calls than normal over the Fourth of July weekend even though the holiday was free of reported pyrotechnic accidents. Sioux City Police Officer Lori Noltze tells the Sioux City Journal that dispatchers received a total of 294 fireworks calls from July 1 through July 4. Noltze says the department has received around 200 calls during former holiday weekends.

She says she hasn’t heard of any major firework accidents in Sioux City and that officers didn’t issue any fireworks-related citations. The Sioux City fire department reported one fireworks-related fire over the weekend. The incident occurred late Monday night when a house was damaged after improperly disposed fireworks ignited in a trash receptacle. There were no injuries.

The Latest: Lottery official says no Mega Millions winner

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July 6th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A lottery official says no winning ticket was sold in Tuesday night’s Mega Millions drawing. The numbers in Tuesday evening’s drawing of the “Mega Millions” game were: 29-46-53-64-73, Mega Ball: 10, Megaplier: 5

Virginia Lottery spokesman John Hagerty tells The Associated Press that means the jackpot for the next drawing on Friday will be an estimated $508 million. Tuesday’s was worth an estimated $454 million. It marks the 34th time the jackpot has rolled over without a winner. The previous record was 22 rolls.