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Iowa early News Headlines: Sunday, 7/31/16

News

July 31st, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 2:20 a.m. CDT

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Powerball officials say one ticket sold in New Hampshire matches all six numbers in the Powerball drawing worth $487 million. The winning numbers for the Powerball are 11-17-21-23-32 and the Powerball number is 5. The numbers were drawn Saturday night for the nation’s eighth-largest lottery jackpot.

DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) — An eastern Iowa hospital will soon begin offering heroin and opiate overdose rescue kits to the public. The Telegraph Herald report that Mercy Medical Center-Dubuque officials announced Friday that the hospital and its pharmacy will distribute kits with two nasal injection doses of naloxone to counteract the effects of opioids. To obtain the kits, people must go through a 30-minute training session to ensure the naloxone is administered properly.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — State officials say the work of a crime laboratory analyst fired after posting a racist online rant will be independently reviewed by another analyst. Iowa Department of Public Safety spokesman Alex Murphy tells the Des Moines Register that such reviews are a common practice after the departure of any forensic scientist. Amy Pollpeter, a 10-year employee, was fired Tuesday after she lashed out at the Black Lives Matter movement _ and all blacks in general _ in a July 8 Facebook post.

SAC CITY, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say a crop-dusting plane hit power lines just south of Sac City in western Iowa, causing it to crash and killing the pilot. The Fort Dodge Messenger report that the crash occurred around 9:15 a.m. Friday. Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Elizabeth Cory told the newspaper that the plane came down in a corn field about three miles south of Sac City. The pilot’s name has not yet been released.

State Baseball Championship Scores from Saturday, 7/30/16

Sports

July 30th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

At Principal Park in Des Moines…

Class 1A: Remsen St. Mary’s 8, West Sioux 5 :

The Remsen St. Mary’s Hawks and the West Sioux Falcons battled in the 1A championship match, but five runs in the fourth for the Hawks put them on top for good as they secured the title with an 8-5 win. It is the fourth state championship for St. Mary’s, adding to titles won in 1983-84-85. The unranked and fourth-seeded Hawks finish at 33-5. West Sioux — ranked third and seeded second — ends at 27-3.

Class 2A: Clear Lake 8, Kuemper Catholic 1 :

The Clear Lake Lions captured their second consecutive 2A baseball championship with a dominant 8-1 victory over the Kuemper Catholic Knights at Principal Park on a sun-kissed Saturday afternoon. It was an all-around team effort as seven Lions reached base at least once and six had at least one RBI. It was the third title in four years for the Lions, who also won the 3A title in 2013. Second-ranked and top-seeded Clear Lake ends at 31-7. Third-seeded Kuemper ends at 26-12.

Class 3A: Harlan 12, Carlisle 4 :

After losing in the championship game in 2015, the Harlan Cyclones earned their first 3A baseball championship since 2003 with a dominating 9-3 victory over the seventh-ranked Carlisle Wildcats, Saturday night at Principal Park. All nine batters for Harlan tallied a hit while Nick Tarney paced the team going 2-for-3 with four RBI. Brett Croghan pitched a complete game for the Cyclones allowing four runs on nine hits while walking one and sitting down six batters on strikes. Harlan finishes the season 30-5. Carlisle ends at 33-7.

Class 4A: Cedar Rapids Prairie 12, Iowa City West 3 :

The top-ranked Cedar Rapids Prairie Hawks captured their first Class 4A baseball championship with a crushing 12-3 victory over the Iowa City West Trojans, Saturday night at Principal Park. It was an all-out slugfest as the teams combined for 18 hits with multi-hit games by five players. Cedar Rapids Prairie finishes the season at 38-6. Iowa City West ends at 36-6.

Second cyclist dies in Iowa annual cross-state bike ride

News

July 30th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

LEON, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say a Florida cyclist has died while participating in the Register’s Annual Great Bike Ride Across Iowa. The Iowa State Patrol tells Cedar Rapids television station KCRG that 60-year-old Clifton Kahler suffered a heart attack around 4:15 p.m. Tuesday near Decatur. Investigators say he had been pedaling about two miles west of Decatur on Highway 2 when he was stricken.

Kahler was taken to a nearby hospital, where he was later pronounced dead. Last Sunday on the first day of this year’s RAGBRAI, 72-year-old Wayne Ezell, also from Florida, died when he was struck by a pickup near Glenwood.

Crop-dusting plane hits power lines, crashes, killing pilot

News

July 30th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

SAC CITY, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say a crop-dusting plane hit power lines just south of Sac City in western Iowa, causing it to crash and killing the pilot. The Fort Dodge Messenger reports the crash occurred around 9:15 a.m. Friday. Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Elizabeth Cory told the newspaper that the plane came down in a corn field about three miles south of Sac City. The pilot’s name has not yet been released.

Hazardous materials team member Steve Teske says the plane was fully loaded with fuel and about 300 gallons of pesticide and fungicide. Teske says all the fuel and chemicals were absorbed into the soil after the crash. Steven Hansen, who owns the farmland where the plane crashed, says the Iowa Department of Natural Resources will monitor the site.

Save the Date for the 2016 AtlanticFest

News

July 30th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

AtlanticFest, presented by First Whitney Bank, will be held August 13th rain or shine. AtlanticFest is an annual festival that serves as a fundraiser for the Atlantic Area Chamber of Commerce. Ouida Hargens, Executive Director, Atlantic Area Chamber of Commerce, said “We are so thankful to have so many generous sponsors and community members to help make this event our biggest annual fundraiser for the Chamber.” Hargens said “Our sponsorships help cover a lot of the costs of the events, allowing us to raise funds through registration fees, pop stand sales and the 50/50 raffle. We use the funds from AtlanticFest to continue to grow the event and to help improve other upcoming events. It also helps support businesses based programs.”

Downtown Atlantic will be filled with fun activities for the whole family to enjoy. Come early and enjoy a pancake breakfast or start the day off with a run through town in the Annual Road Race with chip timing coming back this year. The Annual Tractor Ride will also be taking place, kicking off at the Cass County Fair Grounds at 8 AM.

There will be crafters from all over Southwest Iowa, as well as some of the best food vendors to help satisfy any appetite. Kids can enjoy the pony rides and bounce house while adults can relax in the beer garden or play in the 2nd Annual Bags Tournament.

The 18th Annual Car Show and Motorcycle Show will be taking place once again this year. Pre-Registration for the Car Show, Motorcycle Show, Road Race, Craft and Food Vendors are going on now through August 1st at noon. And with free entertainment throughout the day, including local favorite Glass House Prophet beginning at 7 PM, you can’t go wrong.

The Atlantic Area Chamber of Commerce is encouraging the community to take photos while at AtlanticFest and upload them to www.explorecass.com as part of their on-going marketing campaign, “Explore, Discover, Share”. People are encouraged to visit www.explorecass.com and VOTE on their favorite photos. The photo that receives the most votes every week wins a prize, located at the Chamber Office. If you are interested in being a part of AtlanticFest, or to print off a full schedule of events, please visit www.atlanticiowa.com or call the Chamber at 712.243.3017.

The Chamber thanks its partners for helping make the event possible. They include: First Whitney Bank; A.M. Cohron & Son; Megan Roberts, State Farm; Weirich Welding Plus; Cass County Health System; Connect-A-Dock; Atlantic Motor Supply (NAPA); Atlantic Municipal Utilities; Brown Electric; Partners Insurance Inc.; Plastic Professionals; Salute Gymnastics; Wells Fargo Bank; Atlantic Pest Control; Klassic Farm Management; Rumors Lounge; R/T Motors, Inc.; Ricks Auto Clinic; The Butcher Shop; Olsens Outdoor Power; Southwest Iowa Sandblasting & Powder Coating; Rolling Hills Bank & Trust.

TN couple arrested on drug and weapons charges Sat. morning in Fremont County

News

July 30th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

A traffic stop early this (Saturday) morning in Fremont County, resulted in the arrests of a couple from Tennessee on drug charges. The Fremont County K9 Unit stopped a vehicle on Interstate 29 and as a result, arrested 42-year old Ryan Morrow and his wife, 42-year old Amy Morrow, both of Harrison, TN. The Morrow’s were charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, and on weapons charges.

In their vehicle, deputies located multiple firearms, including pistols and an assault rifle, along with a large amount of ammunition. The couple was transported to the Fremont County Jail and held, while awaiting a court appearance.

Amy Morrow

Ryan Morrow

Long race begins for ISU solar car team

News, Sports

July 30th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Iowa State University’s solar car team will start a long race today (Saturday). Matt Goode, the project director for Team PrISUm, says they’re going into the American Solar Challenge with confidence, having won last year’s race. “This year, we are racing from Ohio to South Dakota and it’s going to be a little bit over 1,900 miles,” Goode says. “We are going from one national park to another with the national parks centennial and it’s a race to see who can get to South Dakota first with the least amount of energy.”

Given the starting and ending points, it was initially hoped the race might be trekking though Iowa this year but that won’t be the case. The race begins today (Saturday) at the Cuyahoga Valley National Park in Brecksville, Ohio. Goode says, “When we start, it’s going to be in northern Ohio, we dip down through Dayton and southern Illinois, go through St. Louis, and then we dip further down into Missouri going through a national battlefield from the Civil War, then heading up to a couple of parks in Nebraska and then shooting over to South Dakota.”

The race is scheduled to conclude after a week on August 6th at the Wind Cave National Park in Hot Springs, South Dakota. Next year, the ISU team plans to take part in the World Solar Car Challenge in Australia. See updates on the Team PrISUm Facebook page: www.facebook.com/PrISUm.Solar.Car/

(Radio Iowa)

Family Fun in the Kitchen 07-30-2016

Podcasts, Family Fun in the Kitchen

July 30th, 2016 by admin

Lavon and Miss NiNi talk about making smoothies.

Oatmeal Cookie Smoothie—created by Miss NiNi–adapted from gimmesomeoven.com

Ingredients:

  • ¼ c. old-fashioned oats
  • 1 banana, peeled, cut into bite-size chunks
  • 1 c. unsweetened almond milk (dairy can be used)
  • ½ t. ground cinnamon
  • ¼ t. ground ginger
  • Pinch of nutmeg
  • ¼ c. raisins
  • ½ c. to 1 c. frozen sliced peaches or nectarines, cut into smaller chunks
  • 2 T. toasted almonds, walnuts, or pecans

Method:

Add oats to blender; pulse until finely ground. Add remaining ingredients and pulse until blended and smooth. Serve immediately.

Yields: 1-2 servings

Miss NiNi

Oats 1 Oats 2

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Special meeting for Atlantic School Board Mon. afternoon

News

July 30th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

(8/1- correction: the meeting is at the Middle School Media Center, NOT the High School)

The Atlantic School District’s Board of Education will meet in a special session Monday afternoon, in the Atlantic Middle School Media Center. During the meeting, which begins at 4:30-p.m., the Board will enter into a Closed Session under Iowa Code, to, according to the agenda: “Discuss the purchase or sale of particular real estate only where premature disclosure could be reasonably expected to increase the price the governmental body would have to pay for that property or reduce the price the governmental body would receive for that property.”

No other details are currently available.

DOROTHY M. BAXTER GRUBBS, 90, of Adair & formerly of Lewis (Svcs. 8/2/16)

Obituaries

July 30th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

DOROTHY M. BAXTER GRUBBS, 90, of Adair (& formerly of Lewis), died Friday, July 29th, at the Good Samaritan Society, in Fontanelle. Funeral services for DOROTHY BAXTER GRUBBS will be held 10:30-a.m. Tuesday, August 2nd, at the United Congregational Methodist Church, in Lewis. Roland Funeral Home, in Atlantic has the arrangements.

Friends may call at the funeral home from Noon until 6-p.m. Monday, Aug. 1st, with the family present from 6-until 8-p.m.; Online condolences may be left at www.rolandfuneralservice.com.

Memorials may be directed to the United Congregational Methodist Church, in Lewis, or the Lewis Public Library.

Burial will be in the Oakwood Cemetery in Lewis.

DOROTHY BAXTER GRUBBS is survived by:

Her husband – Bernard Grubbs, of Adair.

Her sons – Randall (Kenner) Baxter, of Marne; Leland Baxter, of Lewis, & Daniel Baxter, of Montbelvieu, TX.

Her daughter – Nadine (Wayne) King, of Lewis.

6 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren.