Wednesday Softball
Atlantic 14-4 Red Oak 4-0
Tri-Center 17-7, Audubon 2-8
Charter Oak-Ute 10, Exira/EHK 0
Murray 12, Essex 3
Boyer Valley 4, Adair-Casey 3
Wednesday Baseball
CAM 13, Woodbine 0
Harlan 7, Sioux City East 6
Murray 14, Essex 0
St. Albert 5, Bishop Heelan Catholic 3
Treynor 4, Nodaway Valley 2
Tri-Center 12-11, Audubon 9-1
Western Iowa Conference Tournament Semifinals
Missouri Valley 18, Logan-Magnolia 6
IKM-Manning 8, A-H-S-T-W 2
COUNTIES: CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-BOONE-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-ADAIR-MADISON-CLARKE-
…FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED…
FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE AREA THOUGH HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED.
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA…SOUTH
CENTRAL IOWA…SOUTHWEST IOWA AND WEST CENTRAL IOWA HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.
Today: Scattered showers and thunderstorms before 8am, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3pm. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 81. North northeast wind 6 to 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 65. Northeast wind 6 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Friday: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 77. Northeast wind 7 to 10 mph. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Friday Night: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 60. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 78. North northeast wind 5 to 8 mph.
Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 60.
Sunday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 8am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 80.
WILLIAMSBURG, Iowa (AP) — Iowa farm equipment maker Kinze Manufacturing says it must lay off 215 workers as business has slowed because of the impact of low grain prices on farmer purchases. The privately held company based in the eastern Iowa near Williamsburg makes planters and grain carts.
The company released a statement that says it had earlier this year implemented a 30-hour work week in an effort to avoid permanent cuts, but current demand for its products does not support full staffing. Office and factory workers are affected. Remaining workers will return to a 40-hour work week.
Deere and Co., another major farm equipment maker laid off 910 workers in its Iowa factories and 500 in Illinois in January.
Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press…
FLOOD WATCHES & WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT (please see the KJAN Weather page for details)
WILLIAMSBURG, Iowa (AP) — Iowa farm equipment maker Kinze Manufacturing says it must lay off 215 workers as business has slowed because of the impact of low grain prices on farmer purchases. The privately held company based in the eastern Iowa near Williamsburg makes planters and grain carts. Deere and Company another major farm equipment maker laid off 910 workers in its Iowa factories and 500 in Illinois in January.
EVANSDALE, Iowa (AP) — Two construction workers were hospitalized after a building site collapsed in eastern Iowa. Evansdale emergency officials say the two were being treated for non-life threatening injuries after the collapse at a planned Kwik Star convenience store on Wednesday afternoon. Authorities are investigating the cause.
FORT DODGE, Iowa (AP) — Fort Dodge officials are moving ahead with plans to move a creek and shore up a bank to reduce erosion and improve water quality. The Messenger reports the $2.1 million project at Soldier Creek is being done by Fort Dodge and Webster County. Workers also will reduce pollution by adding basins to another part of the creek.
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa City man has received a 50-year prison sentence for beating a 20-month-old boy to death in 2012. The Press-Citizen reports that 23-year-old Jorge Perez accepted a plea agreement Wednesday afternoon. Perez was charged in the death of Marcus Balderas, the 20-month-old son of Perez’s then-girlfriend, Mireya Balderas. He entered an Alford plea in May.
AREA COUNTIES: CRAWFORD-CARROLL–AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS–ADAIR- MADISON…A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM TODAY (THURSDAY).
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS EXTENDED THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR… WESTERN DALLAS COUNTY .. NORTHEASTERN GUTHRIE COUNTY.. SOUTH CENTRAL GREENE COUNTY … UNTIL 715 AM CDT
* AT 345 AM CDT…EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA INCLUDING AREAS SUCH AS JAMAICA…BAGLEY…AND BAYARD.
FIVE PLUS INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN LOCATIONS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE… GUTHRIE CENTER…DALLAS CENTER…PANORA…LAKE PANORAMA… REDFIELD…BAYARD…BAGLEY…YALE…JAMAICA…LINDEN…DAWSON… LAKIN SLOUGH GAME MANAGEMENT AREA…SPRINGBROOK STATE PARK AND PERRY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS… BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. TURN AROUND…DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
FREMONT-PAGE COUNTIES IN IA
340 AM CDT THU JUN 25 2015
FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 7-p.m. TODAY (THURSDAY) THROUGH 7-a.m. FRIDAY.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST IOWA AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA.
THE POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN TONIGHT WILL BRING THE RISK OF FLASH FLOODING. AREA STREAMS…CREEKS AND SMALLER RIVERS MAY REACH OR EXCEED BANKFULL. FLOODING MAY OCCUR IN LOW LYING AREAS.
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.
1259 AM CDT THU JUN 25 2015 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... WARREN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA... SOUTHERN BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA... SOUTHWESTERN MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA... DALLAS COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA... NORTHEASTERN MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA... SOUTHEASTERN GUTHRIE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA... POLK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA... * UNTIL 700 AM CDT THURSDAY * AT 1255 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN MOVING INTO THE WARNED AREA. AN ADDITIONAL TWO OR MORE INCHES IS POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA...ON TOP OF THE HEAVY RAINFALL THAT FELL EARLIER. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... DES MOINES...WEST DES MOINES...ANKENY...URBANDALE...JOHNSTON... CLIVE...INDIANOLA...ALTOONA...WAUKEE...NORWALK...PLEASANT HILL... GRIMES...PERRY...KNOXVILLE...WINTERSET...ADEL...WINDSOR HEIGHTS... CARLISLE...BONDURANT AND POLK CITY. FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ALONG NUMEROUS CREEKS AND SMALL STREAMS IN THE WARNED AREA. OF PARTICULAR CONCERN IS WALNUT CREEK ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE DES MOINES METRO AREA...WHICH IS EXPECTED TO GO ABOVE FLOOD STAGE WITHIN THE NEXT FEW HOURS.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Pavin Smith homered and drove in three runs and Brandon Waddell turned in another strong College World Series pitching performance, leading Virginia over Vanderbilt 4-2 on Wednesday night for the school’s first baseball national championship.
The Cavaliers (44-24) prevailed in the CWS finals rematch against the defending champion Commodores and brought the Atlantic Coast Conference its first title in baseball since Wake Forest in 1955.
Waddell (5-5) went seven innings and allowed only two hits after Vanderbilt (51-21) scored twice in the first. He retired the last 11 batters he faced. It was Waddell’s fifth career CWS start, and Virginia won each of them. Nathan Kirby pitched the last two innings and struck out five for his first save. John Kilichowski (3-4) took the loss.
(Update 9:40-a.m.: Santorum’s visit to Iowa has been cancelled for today)
Republican presidential candidate and winner of the 2012 Iowa Republican Caucus Rick Santorum (R-PA) is making a campaign swing through western Iowa today (Thursday) and tomorrow (Friday). The Senator begins with an 11:30-a.m. tour and visit of Mahle Engine Components, in Atlantic.
At 1-p.m., he’ll tour and visit World Cal, in Elk Horn. An hour later, he’s expected to tour and visit Liberty Labs, in Kimballton. And at 6:30-p.m., Santorum will hold a meet-and-greet/fundraising event in Glenwood. I
Tomorrow, the Senator will hold a faith and freedom roundtable discussion in Logan. The events are open to the media only, and are not available to the public.
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