The 2016 Iowa’s Best Burger will be featured during the upcoming Iowa State Fair at the Cattlemen’s Beef Quarters on Friday, August 12th. This year, Iowa’s Best Burger comes from The Chuckwagon Restaurant in Adair. The Chuckwagon Restaurant will feature their signature burger, the Chuckwagon burger. The award-winning burger includes a 6-ounce hand pattied beef burger served with Swiss and American cheese, sauteed onions, mushrooms, bacon, tomatoes, and thousand island dressing served on toasted bread.

Chuckwagon Burger – a burger served on a grilled bun with sautéed onions, mushrooms, bacon, tomato and Thousand Island dressing.

The burgers are grilled on a flat-top and made with The Chuckwagon Restaurant’s homemade house seasoning to bring out the best flavors of the beef. The Chuckwagon burger will be sold for $10 at the Cattlemen’s Beef Quarters and will be available to fair-goers for one day only starting at 10 a.m. on August 12th, while supplies last.

The Iowa’s Best Burger Contest is hosted annually by the Iowa Beef Industry Council and Iowa Cattlemen’s Association. More than 6,200 nominations for 311 restaurants were received between February 15 and March 9 this year. The winner was announced on May 2nd.

The Cattlemen’s Beef Quarters is open daily during the Iowa State Fair, August 11-21, 2016. Breakfast is served from 6 a.m. – 10 a.m. and lunch and dinner is served from 10 a.m. – 9 p.m. More information can be found daily at www.cattlemensbeefquarters.com and on their Facebook page.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS NOW UPGRADED ALL COUNTIES IN THE KJAN LISTENING AREA TO AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING FROM 1-P.M. WEDNESDAY TO 7-P.M. FRIDAY (FOR THE FAR WESTERN COUNTIES, THE WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8-P.M., FRIDAY). THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

Counties in pink/lavender will be under an Excessive Heat Warning; Counties in deep red will be in an Excessive Heat Watch.

AIR TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S WITH DEWPOINT TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 70S WILL LEAD TO HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 105 TO 115. EXCESSIVE HEAT COULD LEAD TO SEVERE HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES AND POSSIBLY DEATH IF PROPER ACTION IS NOT TAKEN.

THIS IS A HEAT EVENT OF HIGH HEAT AND HUMIDITY WITH A LONG DURATION. THERE IS A HIGH POTENTIAL FOR HEAT RELATED ILLNESS AND DEATH.CHILDREN, SENIORS AND PEOPLE WITH CHRONIC CONDITIONS ARE AT HIGHER RISK. RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES AND EXERCISE TO COOLER EVENING HOURS. DRINK PLENTY OF WATER AND TAKE FREQUENT BREAKS TO GET OUT OF THE HEAT AND GET INTO AN AIR CONDITIONED SPACE. DO NOT LEAVE PETS AND/OR CHILDREN IN UNATTENDED VEHICLES. CAR INTERIORS CAN REACH LETHAL TEMPERATURES IN A MATTER OF MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS.

KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY…CALL 9 1 1.

MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT- PAGE COUNTIES….353 PM CDT TUE JUL 19 2016 …EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM WEDNESDAY TO 8 PM CDT FRIDAY…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM WEDNESDAY TO 8 PM CDT FRIDAY. THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

Excessive Heat Warning: Counties in pink; Excessive Heat Watch: Counties in deep red color.

TEMPERATURE READINGS ON WEDNESDAY WILL BE IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES AROUND 105 DEGREES. HEAT INDEX VALUES RANGE FROM 105 TO 112 BOTH THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. NIGHTTIME TEMPERATURES WILL ONLY DROP INTO THE MID TO UPPER 70S.

EACH DAY THERE WILL BE A GOOD SOUTHWEST BREEZE, HOWEVER WINDS DIMINISH OVERNIGHT MAKING IT FEEL MORE STIFLING. THE LONGEVITY OF THE EVENT WILL RESULT IN A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR SENSITIVE GROUPS… INCLUDING CHILDREN…THE ELDERLY…OR THOSE WITH MEDICAL CONDITIONS.

LEAVING A CHILD OR PET IN AN ENCLOSED VEHICLE CAN BE DEADLY…EVEN FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS… TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE, RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE.

WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK, THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS.

ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY SO CALL 911. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR.

THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS, STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM, STAY OUT OF THE SUN, AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS.

The Page County Sheriff’s Office, today (Tuesday) issued a reminder to citizens that it is the time of the year when traveling companies approach residents about selling items “door to door”. Sheriff Lyle Palmer says the products and/or services are usually too good to be true, and sometimes the companies are not honest in their products.

Some of the sales pitches are that they are working on a project in the area and have some material of some sort left over and will sell it at a reduced price rather than take a loss. Usually these sales are too good to be true. Palmer says if residents sign contracts they could be legally binding and there may be fine print involved in the paperwork.

Acting on tips from the public, Police in Council Bluffs, Tuesday afternoon, arrested a man on charges associated with the armed robbery of a credit union. 31-year old Ryan Lamere, of Council Bluffs, was booked into the Pottawattamie County Jail on a charge of 2nd Degree Robbery.

Ryan J. Lamere

The incident leading to his arrest began at around 12:34-p.m., when officers from the Council Bluffs Police Department responded to an armed Robbery at the United Credit Union 1900 West Broadway. As officers were checking the area for the suspect, neighbors in the area of the 2000 block of Avenue A reported seeing a suspicious subject at a vacant house 2024 Avenue A who took off running the other direction when he saw a police cruiser drive past.

Officers were able to locate Lamere who was identified by the neighbors as being the suspicious subject who had run from officers. Lamere also matched the physical description of the Robbery suspect that was provided by employees of the Credit Union. Several items of evidence to the Robbery were recovered on Lamere or in the area of 2024 Avenue A.

The weapon recovered was determined to be an air soft gun.

Cass County Emergency Management Coordinator Mike Kennon reports in response to the area being under an Excessive Heat Warning Wednesday through Friday, several facilities will be open in the County to serve as cooling stations for Cass County residents needing to find relief from high heat and humidity. The locations include:

• The Nishna Valley YMCA, 1100 Maple Street, Atlantic, open from 4:30am to 8:30pm this Wednesday and Thursday and 4:30am to 6:00pm on Friday.
• Atlantic Public Library, 507 Poplar Street, open 9:00am to 6:00pm Wednesday thru Friday.
• Griswold City Library is open 10:00am to 12:30pm and 1:30pm to 6:00pm Wed. and Thurs., 10:00am to 4:00pm Fri.
• Anita Public Library is open 10:00am – 6:30pm Wed. and 2:00pm – 6:30pm Thurs. and Fri.

Kennon says the National Weather Service predicts very hot and humid conditions will build into the region by Wednesday and last through the end of the week. Heat index values of 100 to 115 degrees are likely Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday afternoons. The hottest period will be Thursday and Friday.

Residents are advised to keep cool and stay hydrated during the prolonged period of excessive heat. The hot temperatures and high humidity will combine to create a dangerous situation in which heat illnesses are possible. Drink plenty of fluids, avoid strenuous outdoor activity during the heat of the day, stay out of the sun and check up on relatives and neighbors. Do Not leave pet and/or children in unattended vehicles.
Anyone overcome by heat should be moved to a cool and shaded location. Heat stroke is an emergency…call 9-1-1.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A thunderstorm carrying strong lightning and heavy rain has caused flash flooding in some areas of north and central Iowa including Des Moines. The National Weather Service issued a flash flood warning Tuesday for portions of four central Iowa counties until early evening. More than a dozen others were placed in a flash flood watch, where conditions are possible for additional evening flooding to develop.

Rainfall estimates ranged between three and five inches across a wide area of central Iowa. Localized street flooding was reported on the east side of Des Moines near the Iowa State Fairgrounds. State softball games and Iowa Cubs games scheduled for Tuesday were also called off.

MidAmerican Energy reported power outages for more than 2,000 Des Moines area customers and about 200 in Council Bluffs.

Republican Congressman Steve King isn’t backing down from statements he made during an appearance on a cable T-V talk show panel Monday. “It’s about time that somebody spoke up,” King says. “Charlie (Pierce of Esquire), who was on MSNBC, going off against ‘old white people.’ And if you would Google ‘old white people’ or ‘old white men,’ now that’s something that continually flows out of mouths of the left and they’re disparaging a group of people who have contributed a tremendous amount to our civilization.”

King says “no other subgroup” has contributed more to the advance of western civilization than Christians of European ancestry. Democrats are calling King’s comments “outrageous” and Republican Governor Terry Branstad is dismissing them as well. “I just think they were inappropriate,” Branstad said. “…People know Steve King.” King says “the truth is provocative” to people like Branstad who are in “the establishment.”

“They see culture as evolving…They want to accept it as quickly as possible so it’s not a liability to be ‘on the wrong side of history,’…That’s what they will say,” King says. “…I say instead that these fundamental principles are timeless. Whatever was a sin 2000 years ago is a sin today.” King says if Republicans don’t make a stand, the party will “have no ground left to stand on” pretty soon.

“I don’t think the establishment wing of the party stands up against the multiculturalists, the political correct crowd. They back up from them. They kowtow to them and I say instead: ‘Let’s confront them.'” King faces Democrat Kim Weaver this fall as he seeks reelection to an eighth term in the U.S. House.

(Radio Iowa)

Griswold Community School District Superintendent Dave Henrichs reports members of the Facilities Committee of the Griswold School District will hold a work session on Tuesday, July 26th at 6:30-p.m. at the Griswold Community School District’s Middle School /High School Library. The purpose of the meeting is to assess the current educational facilities. No action will be taken at that time.

Reports of storm damage are filtering-in this (Tuesday) afternoon. The most recent, a tree that fell on a power line across from 509 Spruce, in Massena, at around 12:30-p.m.  Massena Fire responded to the scene. A nearby home was not damaged.

Fallen tree in Massena Tue. afternoon. Photo courtesy Cass County Emergency Mgmt. Coordinator Mike Kennon.

At 12:20-p.m., thunderstorm winds were clocked by an automated weather system at 63-miles per hour four-miles north-northeast of Anita. Earlier, thunderstorm winds gusted to near 60-miles per hour as they pushed through Shelby County at around 11:25-a.m.  A tree fell on a car along Highway 59 just a few minutes later, one-mile north of Harlan. No injuries were reported. And, just before 11:30, a roof was lifted off of a barn in Irwin.