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Freese-Notis weather forecast & weather data for Atlantic: 11/4/15

Weather

November 4th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

Today: Areas of fog this morning; Partly Sunny. High 74.. S @ 10-20.
Tonight: P/Cloudy to Cloudy. Low 58. S @ 5-10.
Tomorrow: Showers & isolated thunderstorms. High 69. S @ 10-20.
Tom. Night: Cldy w/a 40% chance of showers thru midnight. Low 40.
Friday: P/Cldy. High 55.
Saturday: P/Cldy. High 49.

Tuesday’s High in Atlantic was 69. Our 24-hour Low ending today at 7-a.m., was 51. Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 59, and the Low 36. The All-Time Record High in Atlantic on Nov. 4th, was 75 in 1909 & 1978. The Record Low was -1 degrees in 1991.

Voters oust 2 council members who voted to remove memorial

News

November 4th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

KNOXVILLE, Iowa (AP) – Voters have ousted two Knoxville council members who voted to remove a veterans memorial from a city park. Carolyn Formanek won roughly 15.3 percent of Tuesday’s votes and April Verwers won about 14.3 percent. Their opponents won more than 20 percent each. The Des Moines Register reports that Formanek and Verwers voted with the council majority on Monday to move the wooden silhouette of a soldier kneeling before a cross out of Young’s Park and onto private property. A new bronze memorial would be erected instead.

The plan was offered as a way to stave off any lawsuit by Americans United for Separation of Church and State, which wants the cross removed. But the council action prompted calls from supporters of the silhouette to oust incumbents Formanek and Verwers.

Election results summary from Tue., 11/3/15 – Cass County

News

November 4th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

Voters in Atlantic, Tuesday, overwhelming rejected a proposed bond issue which would have allowed the second floor of City Hall to be renovated into a multi-purpose facility. The $875,000 bond, which would have been paid for through the Local Option Sales Tax, was defeated by a vote of 517 (64.71%) to 282 (35.29%). A majority was required for the measure to pass. All of the incumbent councilpersons in Atlantic were re-elected, in most cases with few or no write-in votes to challenge them.

Elsewhere in Cass County: Voters in Anita re-elected Mayor Timothy Miller to a 4-year term. Miller garnered 160 votes. His challenger, Ben Daughenbaugh received 57 votes. Both incumbent councilmen in Anita, Jeff Bohnsack and Thomas R. Harris, were unchallenged and re-elected to their seats.

In Cumberland, Mayor Nancy Virginia Coughlin, was unopposed in her bid for re-election. She received 25 votes, with 5 write-in’s recorded. There were two seats open on the City Council in Cumberland. Sandra K. Eversole, who was re-elected, received 21 votes. Joining her is Scott W. Becker, who received 19 votes. Write-In candidates Mike Hill and Darrin Hardisty each received 10 votes. And, Catherine Landstreet-Howard squeaked out a one-vote win over Darrin Hardisty for a vacancy on the City Council. Landstreet-Howard had 8 votes, while Hardisty had 7.

In Griswold, Jeb Peck, a write-in, was elected Mayor. Peck received 106 votes. There were 29 other, scattered write-in votes. And, Incumbents Ryan Askeland and Lisa Cook were re-elected to the Griswold City Council. Askeland garnered 131 votes, Cook 112, and Carmen Sorensen 102. Public Measure C in Griswold, which calls for the Mayor’s term to be extended from two-years, to four, was approved by a vote of 86 to 57.

In Lewis, Jon Mosier was unopposed in his bid for Mayor and received 80 votes. Three people were elected to the City Council. The winners include incumbent Duane Scott Anderson, Kristy Bassett and Marvin Bradfield. Bradfield had the most votes, at 74. Anderson and Basset each received a little over 50 votes, while Nona Erickson had 50 votes, and Leroy Easter 29. Public Measure D in Lewis, calling for a levy of up to 27-cents per thousand dollars of assessed valuation for the Public Library, failed by a vote of 48-to 41. (53.93% to 46.07%).

In Marne, Randy Baxter, who was unopposed, was re-elected Mayor. Incumbents Alan Cranston, Lori Holste and Angela Redler, were re-elected to the City Council, along with Kyle Frederiksen and Michael Jensen. And, Public Measure E, asking voters to approve a levy of up to $1.50/$1,000 valuation for additional monies directed to the Unified Law Enforcement District, was approved by a vote of 21-to 12. In Massena, Mayor Linda Reineke was re-elected Mayor, with no challengers. Micah Lee, Adam and Kevin McCunn, all incumbents, were re-elected to the City Council. None were opposed.

And finally, in Wiota, incumbent Ford Lillard was re-elected as Mayor, with no challengers. But in the city council race, incumbent Jon Schwarte was beaten out by Jim Fisher and Steven R. Havens for two seats on the Wiota City Council. Fischer and Havens each had 23 votes, while Schwarte had just 6.

Hastings woman arrested early Wed. morning

News

November 4th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

Police in Red Oak arrested a Mills County woman early this (Wed.) morning, following a traffic stop near the intersection of Highways 34 and 48, in Red Oak. 32-year old Dawn Lorren Frink-McFarland, of Hastings, was taken into custody a few minutes after midnight. The woman was charged with OWI/1st offense, and cited for Open Container. She was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on a $1,000 cash bond.

Bluffs Police search for 3 juveniles missing from group home

News

November 4th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

Police in Council Bluffs say they’ve exhausted their leads in a search for three juveniles missing from a group home for children in need of mental, physical and social support.

Cassandra Gomez-Watson

Cassandra Gomez-Watson

Malakai Cayton

Malakai Cayton

Leah Carpenter

Leah Carpenter

Authorities say 15-year old Leah Carpenter and 11-year old Malakai Cayton, of Council Bluffs, and 9-year old Cassandra Gomez-Watson, of Carroll, were last seen leaving Children’s Square in Council Bluffs heading west on Avenue D, at around 9:15-p.m., Tuesday.

Carpenter was last seen wearing yellow fleece pants, a black Batman shirt, and black jacket. Her hair was in a pony tail. Cayton was last known to be wearing a dark blue, short sleeve shirt, and blue jogger pants. He was not wearing shoes or socks. And, Gomez-Watson was last seen wearing a black shirt and shorts.

Authorities said they do not believe the youth are in any immediate danger at this time. If you have seen them, please call your local law enforcement agency.

Pott. County woman pleads guilty to enticement

News

November 4th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

A woman from Council Bluffs has pleaded guilty to sharing obscene materials and enticing a 15-year-old male. The Daily NonPareil reports 27-year old Jessica Pritchard pleaded guilty to one count of enticement of a minor (an aggravated misdemeanor), and one count of dissemination of obscene material to a minor (a serious misdemeanor). She’s set to be sentenced at 1:30 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 7th.

Pritchard was arrested on July 23rd in Alliance, Nebraska, and charged with four counts of third-degree sexual abuse involving a minor and four counts of dissemination and exhibition of obscene material to a minor. The woman was booked into Pottawattamie County Jail on July 26th and remains held on $30,000 bond. By pleading guilty to two charges, the other six counts, including four felony sexual abuse charges, were dismissed.

The charges stem from an alleged relationship between Pritchard and a 15-year-old boy in 2015.

Whiterock Conservancy gains more land

Ag/Outdoor, News

November 4th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

The Whiterock Conservancy near Coon Rapids in west-central Iowa is making plans for 12-hundred acres of land left to the organization by the Garst family. Mary Garst, the wife of hybrid seedcorn pioneer Roswell Garst, left the land to the conservancy following her death in 2014. Whiterock executive director, Conrad Kramer, says there are four sections of land involved. “Two of them are adjacent to each other and one parcel is actually adjacent to the existing Whiterock landscape, and another one is remote. So, only one of the four parcels is connected to our existing landscape here,” Kramer says. He says the lands have a variety of uses.

“Between wetlands and natural lands like prairie and forests, and productive land including hay land and C-R-P,” Kramer says. The Whiterock Conservancy is taking control of the land with an estimated value of seven million dollars. “We certainly will continue to manage it for production, but we would also like to make plans for restoration — prairie restoration and savanna restoration — on these parcels that are really prime candidates for some of that work. And also for opening them to the public, because all of them are quite special,” Kramer says. “Whiterock is already the third largest recreation area in the state, and we put a high priority on opening our lands for public recreation.”

Kramer says the donation adds a lot to the duties of the conservancy. He says they will probably have to hire another full-time person to the staff to oversee the new property. He says the non-profit conservancy depends on public support to run and they hope Iowans will help out. He says people can help out by using the facilities and paying camping and other fees. “But we also need Iowans to sit up and realize that this is a great asset for the state, but we don’t get any state tax dollars, unlike a state park. And if they want access to these great lands in the future, we need them to become donors,” Kramer says. He says they plan to have a formal public dedication for the new land sometime this spring.

To find out more about the Whiterock Conservancy, go to the organization’s website: whiterockconservancy.org.

(Radio Iowa)

KJAN listening area weather forecast from the NWS: 11/4/15

Weather

November 4th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

Early This Morning: Mostly cloudy. Patchy fog. South wind 10 to 15 mph.
Today: Partly sunny. Breezy. Patchy fog through mid morning. High around 70. South wind 15 to 20 mph with gusts to around 30 mph.
Tonight: Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming mostly cloudy. Breezy. Low in the upper 50s. South wind 15 to 20 mph.

Thursday: Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and isolated thunderstorms. Breezy. High in the upper 60s. Southwest wind 15 to 20 mph with gusts to around 30 mph. Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
Thursday Night: Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers through midnight…then partly cloudy after midnight. Colder. Low around 40. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph with gusts to around 25 mph.

Friday: Mostly sunny. Cooler. High in the mid 50s. West wind 10 to 15 mph.
Saturday: Sunny. High in the lower 50s.

Iowa early News Headlines: Wed., 11/4/2015

News

November 4th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A Democratic effort to delay privatization of Medicaid in Iowa has failed in a legislative oversight hearing. Democratic lawmakers on the bipartisan Health Policy Oversight Committee proposed a motion Tuesday asking Governor Terry Branstad to hold off on implementing the privatization plan by six months. Republicans opposed it and the proposal did not move forward.

NEW YORK (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump says he’s finally putting some money on the line as he seeks to fend off challengers. The billionaire businessman says his campaign will begin paid advertising soon in early-voting states. Trump tells the network his campaign is planning to air ads in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina.

CORALVILLE, Iowa (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton says she wants to make gun control an issue voters think about when they cast ballots on Election Day. The former secretary of state was in Iowa Tuesday. Clinton says she realizes curbing gun violence is a “tough battle.” But she says she’s determined to push measures that would expand background checks and close loopholes to prevent guns from getting in the wrong hands.

AMES, Iowa (AP) — A team of veterinary researchers at Iowa State University has discovered the cause of a disease that makes baby pigs involuntary shake. Researchers from the university teamed up with scientists from Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica to use new DNA sequencing techniques to trace the piglet tremors to a virus. Infected piglets can die from starvation if the tremors are severe enough.

Regional Volleyball Scores from 11/3 & State Championship Schedule

Sports

November 3rd, 2015 by Ric Hanson

Class 3A Regional Finals

@ Atlantic – Kuemper Catholic 3, Red Oak 0

Class 4A Regional Finals

@ Atlantic – Lewis Central 3, Norwalk 1

@ Guthrie Center – Harlan 3, Bondurant-Ferrar 0

@ Schaller – Sioux City Heelan 3, Carroll 2

State Championship Schedule

Class 4A (Tue., 11/10)

4-p.m. Harlan (35-5) vs. Pella (27-10)

6-p.m. Marion (31-8) vs. Lewis Central (32-5)

Class 3A (Wed., 11/11)

Noon – Kuemper Catholic (28-3) vs. Sgt. Bluff-Luton (35-11)