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3 arrested after search warrant executed in Red Oak

News

May 30th, 2015 by admin

Three individuals were arrested in Red Oak Friday evening after Red Oak Police executed a search warrant.  At 4:25pm Friday Red Oak Police officers executed the search warrant at 502 East Coolbaugh Street Apartment #3 resulting in the arrest of 20-year-0ld Cole Ryan Kier of Red Oak.  Kier was charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance Marijuana and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.  Kier was taken to the Montgomery County Jail and held on $1,000 cash bond.  Also arrested were 23-year-old Aaron Gar Nelson of Red Oak and 25-year-old Dnae Christine Mcconahay of Malvern both for Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. Nelson and Mcconahay were released on citation.

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Friday High School Baseball/Softball Scores

Sports

May 30th, 2015 by admin

Baseball

AHSTW, Avoca 14, East Mills 2
Coon Rapids-Bayard 10, Adair-Casey 0
Denison-Schleswig 6, OA-BCIG 1
Guthrie Center 6, CAM, Anita 5
Lenox 16, Clarinda Academy 1
Lewis Central 12, Shenandoah 1 (5 innings)
Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto 8, Woodbury Central, Moville 0
Missouri Valley 2, Treynor 1
Pleasantville 10, Mount Ayr 0
Southeast Valley 14, West Central Valley, Stuart 12
Stanton 9, Sidney 2
Underwood 3, Logan-Magnolia 1
Wayne, Corydon 4, Bedford 2
Woodward-Granger 12, Southwest Valley 1

Softball

Glidden-Ralston 2, Exira-EHK 1
Griswold 16, Audubon 2
Lenox 5, Red Oak 3
Wayne 11, Bedford 3
Woodbine 11, AR-WE-VA, Westside 7

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Lackey K’s 9, Cardinals beat Dodgers 3-0 for 5th in row

Sports

May 30th, 2015 by admin

ST. LOUIS (AP) – John Lackey worked seven scoreless innings and the St. Louis Cardinals got just enough off Mike Bolsinger to beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-0 for their fifth straight victory on Friday night.

The Cardinals ended Bolsinger’s streak of 18 2/3 consecutive scoreless innings on Randal Grichuk’s bases-loaded double play ball in the first. Jhonny Peralta doubled twice with an RBI and Grichuk, starting in left field in place of ailing Matt Holliday, batted cleanup for the first time and had an RBI double in the third.

The Dodgers have been shut out four straight times on the road, inclduing getting outscored 10-0 in a three-game sweep at San Francisco May 19-21.

Lackey (3-3) struck out nine and allowed five hits.

Bolsinger (3-1) gave up two runs on seven hits in six innings.

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Skyscan Forecast 05-30-2015

Podcasts, Weather

May 30th, 2015 by admin

Skyscan Forecast  Saturday, May 30, 2015   Chris Parks

Today: Isolated showers before 11am, then isolated sprinkles between 11am and 4pm. Cloudy, with a high near 64. Breezy, with a north wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 46. North northeast wind 5 to 15 mph.
Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 67. East wind 5 to 10 mph.
Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 50. East southeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 70. Southeast wind 5 to 15 mph.
Tuesday: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 76.
Wednesday: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 80. Breezy.
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Iowa reports probable bird flu at Wright, Sac county farms

Ag/Outdoor, News

May 29th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — State officials say two more probable cases of bird flu have been found at farms in Iowa. The state agriculture department announced Friday that the avian influenza has been detected at a Wright County farm where about 400,000 chickens are being raised and at a Sac County turkey farm with about 42,000 birds.

Initial testing was positive for the bird flu and samples have been sent to a federal lab in Ames for confirmation. If confirmed, the birds will be euthanized. The two cases Friday followed the Thursday announcement that a turkey farm with 17,000 birds in Hamilton County had tested positive for the disease.

The agriculture department says the virus has infected poultry at farms with more than 26 million birds.

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Iowa politicians criticize proposed ethanol rules

Ag/Outdoor, News

May 29th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa leaders are criticizing a proposal from the Obama administration that would reduce the amount of ethanol blended in U.S. gasoline. Iowa leads the nation in producing ethanol, a fuel additive made mostly from corn. Under the proposal released Friday by the Environmental Protection Agency, the amount of ethanol blended in to gasoline will increase, but not by as much as originally required by law.

Still, the agency didn’t decrease the standards as much as it had proposed in 2013. Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad — who has lobbied aggressively for maintaining a strong standard — says in a statement that he was disappointed, but noted that the EPA made slight increases from a previous proposal. Sen. Joni Ernst says in a statement that “we can and must do better.”

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Iowa beats Oregon 3-1 in NCAA regional opener

Sports

May 29th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — Tyler Peyton limited Oregon to one run in 7 1-3 innings to help second-seeded Iowa beat the third-seeded Ducks 3-1 on Friday in their NCAA regional opener. Peyton (7-4) struck out five and didn’t walk a batter to help the Hawkeyes (40-16) win for the first time in NCAA tournament play since the 1972 College World Series.

Iowa had baserunners in every inning but the first. Nick Day’s RBI single in the second inning put the Hawkeyes in front, and Nick Roscetti added RBI groundouts in the third and fifth innings. Iowa stranded 13 men on base and left the bases loaded in three innings.

Oregon (37-24), making its fourth consecutive NCAA appearance, was limited to a third-inning RBI single from Austin Grebeck. Phil Craig-St. Louis went 2 for 3. On Saturday, Iowa will face the Missouri State-Canisus winner. Oregon will play the loser. The Missouri State vs. Canisus game will be played early Saturday as part of a tripleheader after being rained out on Friday night.

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Legislative leaders say they have agreement on budget

News

May 29th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Legislative leaders say they have a tentative budget agreement that could enable them to adjourn within days. Republican House Speaker Kraig Paulsen and Democratic Senate Majority Leader Mike Gronstal said Friday they had reached an understanding. They declined to provide details on the overall spending level or on individual items, like education, saying that information would be released next week.

The leaders in the divided Legislature reached the terms after roughly five hours of negotiations Friday. They have been haggling for weeks since their daily expense payments ran out May 1st. Gronstal said he expected that the Legislature could adjourn next week. He said Democrats chose “compromise over gridlock.”

Paulsen said the agreement “meets the needs and priorities of Iowans.”

 

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Special Weather Statement: S.W. Pottawattamie/N.W. Fremont & Western Mills Counties

Weather

May 29th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

725 PM CDT FRI MAY 29 2015

Until 8:30-p.m… AT 724 PM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR PAPILLION TO NEAR CEDAR CREEK TO NEAR WEEPING WATER…AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH…LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL ARE ALL LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…

BELLEVUE…PAPILLION…PLATTSMOUTH…GLENWOOD…WEEPING WATER…

ELMWOOD…PACIFIC JUNCTION…MURRAY…UNION…NEHAWKA…OFFUTT AFB…SILVER CITY…MANLEY AND CAMP MAHA.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS…

HIGHWAY 34 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 14. HIGHWAY 75 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 59 AND 82. INTERSTATE 29 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 25 AND 42.

 

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SYLVIA WITT, 68, of Griswold (Svcs. 6/5/15)

Obituaries

May 29th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

SYLVIA WITT, 68, of Griswold, died Thu., May 28th, at University Hospital, in Omaha. Funeral services for SYLVIA WITT will be held 10:30-a.m. Friday, June 5th, at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral (109 N 18th Street), in Omaha. Duhn Funeral Home in Griswold has the arrangements.

Visitation with the family will be on Saturday from 10:00 AM until 11:30 AM at the Duhn Funeral Home in Griswold.

A procession the Pleasant Township Cemetery will leave the Duhn Funeral Home at 11:45 AM on Saturday.

SYLVIA WITT is survived by:

Her husband- Richard Witt.

Her children – Paul Jedruski (and Melissa Jedruski), Peter Jedruski and Jennifer Tritz (and Richard Tritz).

Her brothers – Kris Mleczko (and Julia Foote), and Marek Mleczko (and Wiesa Mleczko).

1 grandchild, as well as other relatives in Poland.

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