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Harper, Espinosa HRs carry Nationals over Cardinals 2-1

Sports

May 27th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

WASHINGTON (AP) — Bryce Harper hit a slump-busting home run, Danny Espinosa also went deep and the Washington Nationals got seven strong innings from right-hander Joe Ross in a 2-1 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Thursday night.

Washington trailed 1-0 in the sixth inning before Harper ended a 4-for-33 skid with a no-doubt-about-it shot into the upper deck, far beyond the wall in right field. It was his 12th homer of the season, the first since May 13. The light-hitting Espinosa snapped the tie in the seventh with a drive to right. Batting eighth, Espinosa came in with a .199 batting average and three home runs.

Both homers came off Mike Leake (3-4), who won his previous three starts while allowing only two runs over 21 innings. Ross (4-4) gave up one run and six hits over seven innings. He had lost four straight decisions since beating the Cardinals in St. Louis on April 30.

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Iowa early News Headlines: Friday, May 27th 2016

News

May 27th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:40 a.m. CDT

JOHNSTON, Iowa (AP) — Democrats vying to challenge Republican Sen. Charles Grassley in his upcoming re-election race have used a televised debate in Iowa to criticize the longtime senator’s involvement in a Supreme Court nomination fight. The four candidates used the hour-long debate Thursday night in Johnston to highlight Grassley’s decision not to hold hearings for President Barack Obama’s U.S. Supreme Court pick. The debate comes shortly before Iowa’s June 7 primary.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Attorneys who lost a malpractice case against University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics are seeking access to a letter containing allegations of jury tampering in another case won by the hospital. Investigators are looking into allegations that the hospital benefited from jury tampering in a high-stakes February trial involving a girl who was born with brain damage and severe disabilities. Jurors found the hospital was negligent but didn’t award damages.

DYERSVILLE, Iowa (AP) — Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred has announced this year’s National Baseball Hall of Fame tour stops during a trip to the “Fields of Dreams” movie site in eastern Iowa. Manfred was joined by 2015 Hall of Fame pitcher John Smoltz in Dyersville to announce that Davenport, Iowa; Kansas City, Missouri; Milwaukee; St. Louis; Minneapolis; and Las Vegas will be host cities for this year’s “We Are Baseball” tour stops.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — A Pittsburgh man was sentenced to life in prison Thursday for killing two of his next-door neighbors, the sisters of an Iowa state lawmaker. Jurors told the Allegheny County judge Thursday that they were deadlocked on whether to impose the death penalty against 45-year-old Allen Wade. In Pennsylvania, a jury must unanimously recommend a death penalty or a life sentence is automatically imposed.

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More Atlantic flooding pics

News, Weather

May 26th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

These pictures are from Cass County Emergency Management Coordinator Mike Kennon…(Click on the images to once and then when the separate file opens, to enlarge)

EMA1 EMA2 EMA3 EMA4 EMA5

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Flood Warning for the Nishnabotna River at Hamburg

Weather

May 26th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

734 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016

The National Weather Service in Omaha has issued a
* Flood Warning for
The Nishnabotna River Near Hamburg.
* from Friday morning to Sunday morning…or until the warning is
cancelled.
* At 7:15 PM Thursday the stage was 16.9 feet…or 8.1 feet below
flood stage.
* Flood stage is 25.0 feet.
* Minor flooding is forecast.
* Forecast…rise above flood stage by late tomorrow morning and
continue to rise to near 26.7 feet by tomorrow evening the river
will fall below flood stage by Saturday afternoon.
* Impact…at 27.0 feet…State Highway 275 south of the gage may be
threatened in several spots.

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Flooding in Atlantic Thursday evening

News, Weather

May 26th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

As of 7:45 pm, we have received 3.37″ at the KJAN studio.  We also recorded 1.84″ during the early morning thunderstorm, for nearly 5.25″ in the last 24 hours..  On 10th Street, between Cherry and Plum, we had a report of 4.5″ just this evening!

Pictures from KJAN News Director Ric Hanson…

Flood8 Flood6 Flood7 Flood5 Flood9 Flood4 Flood3 Flood2 flood1

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FLASH FLOOD WARNING for Cass County until midnight

Weather

May 26th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA… UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT

* AT 602 PM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AS HIGH AS 1 TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. THE AREAS OF MOST CONCERN PRESENTLY INCLUDE NORTH CENTRAL PORTIONS OF CASS COUNTY…BETWEEN ATLANTIC AND ANITA…INCLUDING THE WIOTA AREA.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…

ATLANTIC…GRISWOLD…ANITA…LEWIS…MASSENA…CUMBERLAND…

MARNE…WIOTA…COLD SPRINGS STATE PARK…

ANITA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT…LAKE ANITA STATE PARK…

GRISWOLD PARK AND ATLANTIC MUNICIPAL AIRPORT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.

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TORNADO WATCH CANCELLED

Weather

May 26th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELLED TORNADO WATCH 216 FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN IOWA THIS CANCELS 16 COUNTIES, INCLUDING:

DALLAS POLK MADISON RINGGOLD UNION ADAIR ADAMS CASS TAYLOR AUDUBON GUTHRIE FREMONT MILLS MONTGOMERY PAGE

 

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flash flood watch for pott mills montgomery counties

Weather

May 26th, 2016 by Ric Hanson 

POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-CASS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COUNCIL BLUFFS...GLENWOOD...RED OAK...
PLATTSMOUTH
458 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS EXPANDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST IOWA AND
  SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN
  SOUTHWEST IOWA...MILLS...MONTGOMERY AND POTTAWATTAMIE.

* THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING

* THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTHEAST
  INTO PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL IOWA THIS EVENING. SEVERAL ROUNDS OF
  HEAVY RAIN ARE LIKELY WHICH COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING AND
  FLOODING OF STREAMS AND CREEKS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

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FLASH FLOOD WARNING SE MILLS/NORTHERN FREMONT CO.

Weather

May 26th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA

449 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…

SOUTHEASTERN MILLS COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…

NORTHERN FREMONT COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT

* AT 449 PM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING

HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. MORE THAN TWO INCHES OF RAIN

HAVE ALREADY FALLEN WITH ANOTHER INCH OR TWO LIKELY FLASH FLOODING

IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…

SIDNEY…TABOR…THURMAN…RANDOLPH AND IMOGENE.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 29 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 12 AND 20.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.

 

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FLASH FLOOD WARNING for S.E. Pottawattamie County

Weather

May 26th, 2016 by Ric Hanson 

FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
431 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA...

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 431 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. OVER TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
  ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  CARSON...MACEDONIA...FARM CREEK PUBLIC WILDLIFE AREA AND OLD TOWN
  PARK.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 59 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 41 AND 44.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.

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