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2 woman arrested on drug charges, Saturday in Crawford County

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May 16th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

Two people were arrested on drug charges, Saturday, following a traffic stop in Crawford County. The Crawford County Sheriff’s Office says during the stop on 3rd Ave. South, in Denison, 40-year old Julie McManigal of Manning, was taken into custody and charged with Possession of Marijuana a (Serious Misdemeanor) and Methamphetamine a (Serious Misdemeanor) and Drug Pharaphernalia a (Simple Misdemeanor). Her Bond was set at $1000.

Subsequent to the traffic stop, a search warrant was executed by the Crawford County Sheriff’s Office and assisted by the Denison Police Department at 1715 3rd Avenue South in Denison, As the result of the search warrant 36 year old Tami Russman- Mendoza, was arrested for Possession of Methamphetamine a (Serious Misdemeanor) and Drug Paraphernalia a (Simple Misdemeanor) Her bond was set at $1000.

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Iowa poised to host NASCAR Xfinity race

Sports

May 16th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

NEWTON, Iowa (AP) — Drew Herring was the fastest during qualifying Saturday for the NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Iowa Speedway as a fill-in for Erik Jones. But Jones, who was in Charlotte, North Carolina, with teammate Kyle Busch for the Sprint Cup All-Star race, will start from the back because he didn’t qualify his own car.

Daniel Suarez and Brian Scott will make up the first row for Sunday’s race, which will be the first stand-alone event of the year for NASCAR’s second-tier series. Chris Buescher and Brandon Jones, who’ll make his series debut Sunday, were fourth and fifth.

 

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Cabrera hits 400th homer, Tigers outlast Cardinals in 10

Sports

May 16th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Miguel Cabrera hit his 400th career home run and nearly five hours later Jose Iglesias had an RBI single in the 10th inning that sent the Detroit Tigers over the St. Louis Cardinals 4-3 on a rainy Saturday. Cabrera’s milestone shot gave him the most homers by a Venezuelan-born player, passing Andres Galarraga. The solo shot came in the first inning just before a rain delay of 1 hour, 20 minutes.

Cabrera has hit four homers in three games, 10 overall and 262 with Detroit, tying him with Willie Horton for fourth on the franchise list. Adrian Beltre of Texas hit his 400th homer Friday. Cabrera tied Beltre for 52nd place on the career list, with Duke Snider next at 407.

 

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Updated forecast for Cass & area Counties

Weather

May 16th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

552 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 2015

TONIGHT…CLOUDY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING…THEN THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY BEFORE MIDNIGHT AND EARLY MORNING. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE NIGHT. LOW IN THE LOWER 60S. SOUTHEAST WIND 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 70 PERCENT.

SUNDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MID MORNING…THEN A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS BEFORE NOON. BREEZY. HIGH IN THE UPPER 70S. SOUTH WIND 10 TO 20 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 20 TO 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 30 PERCENT.

SUNDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. COOLER. LOW IN THE LOWER 50S. WEST WIND 10 TO 15 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH THROUGH MIDNIGHT.

MONDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. BREEZY…COOLER. HIGH IN THE LOWER 60S. NORTHWEST WIND 15 TO 20 MPH.

 

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NC residents injured in Cass County, I-80 crash

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May 16th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

Two people from North Carolina were injured this (Saturday) afternoon, during a single-vehicle accident on Interstate 80, in Cass County (IA). The Iowa State Patrol reports a 2016 Freightliner semi driven by 33-year old Vincent MBairie, of Charlotte, NC, was traveling west on I-80 at around 1:25-p.m., when the U-S X PRESS truck went out of control as it was traveling in the right lane, about three-miles west of the Anita exit.

The semi crossed the median and eastbound lanes of traffic before entering the south ditch, where it came to rest. MBarie, and a passenger in the truck, 38-year old Danyell Williams, of Statesville, NC, were transported by Anita Fire and Rescue to the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, where they were treated for non-life threatening injuries.

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Special Weather Statement: Shelby, Harrison Pottawattamie Counties

Weather

May 16th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

526 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 2015

SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTH CENTRAL POTTAWATTAMIE, EASTERN HARRISON AND SHELBY COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM CDT

AT 526 PM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER MINDEN…OR 26 MILES NORTHEAST OF OMAHA…MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…

HARLAN…SHELBY…MINDEN…EARLING…IRWIN…PERSIA…DEFIANCE…

NEOLA…PANAMA…PORTSMOUTH…WESTPHALIA…TENNANT…KIRKMAN…

ARROWHEAD PARK AND MANTENO RECREATION AREA.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS…

HIGHWAY 59 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 73 AND 89.

INTERSTATE 80 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 23 AND 37.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

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Hazardous Weather Outlook: west central, central, southern IA

Weather

May 16th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

AREA COUNTIES: SAC-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-ADAMS-UNION-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD.

405 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 2015

THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON…WITH STORMS MOVING EAST ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. SOME STORMS MAY BE SEVERE IN THE WEST WITH HIGH WINDS AND HAIL THE MAIN THREAT. AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS POSSIBLE.

SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY: THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY MORNING AND AGAIN THE AFTERNOON. SOME STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH HIGH WINDS AND HAIL THE MAIN THREAT…AN ISOLATED TORNADO WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. THE BEST CHANCES FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE IN THE AFTERNOON AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 35.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT…AND AGAIN FRIDAY. THE LIKELIHOOD OF SEVERE WEATHER IS LOW.

SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT… SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE TODAY INTO TONIGHT…MAINLY WEST OF U.S. HIGHWAY 169.

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Ex-Iowa congressman chairs Iowa Transportation Commission

News

May 16th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Former Iowa Rep. Leonard Boswell has been elected chairman of the seven-member Iowa Transportation Commission. The Des Moines Register reports that Boswell was elected to the post last week. The commission is the policymaking arm of the Iowa Department of Transportation.

The 81-year-old Boswell owns a farm near Davis City along the Iowa-Missouri border and is a former member of the Iowa Senate who has remained active in state government since he was defeated for re-election to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2012.

Boswell is a Vietnam veteran and a decorated U.S. Army helicopter pilot who now co-chairs Gov. Terry Branstad’s Home Base Iowa program to recruit military veterans to work and live in Iowa.

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Georgia man sentenced to 50 years for killing Iowa roommate

News

May 16th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

SAC CITY, Iowa (AP) — A 55-year-old Georgia man convicted of killing his former roommate in Sac City has been sentenced to what could amount to life in prison. The Sioux City Journal reports that John Green was sentenced Friday to 50 years in prison. State law requires he serve at least 35 years before he’s eligible for parole.

Green had been charged with first-degree murder in the death of 58-year-old Mark Koster, but was convicted in April of the lesser offense of second-degree murder. Green had said he killed Koster in self-defense. But prosecutors argued that Green significantly outweighed Koster and therefore didn’t need to kill the man to defend himself.

Koster was declared missing in 2010. His remains were later found buried in his basement after new owners began renovations.

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Hazardous Weather Outlook: Western/SW IA

Weather

May 16th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT-PAGE COUNTIES IN IOWA…420 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 2015

TONIGHT AND SUNDAY: THERE WILL BE SEVERAL CHANCES FOR SEVERE STORMS THROUGH THE EVENING ACROSS EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA. STORMS DEVELOPING ALONG THE MISSOURI RIVER AT LATE AFTERNOON COULD PRODUCE HAIL OR DAMAGING WINDS IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA. MORE STORMS IN NORTHEAST KANSAS WILL TRACK INTO SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA AS WELL…AND COULD ALSO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL OR DAMAGING WINDS. THERE IS ALSO A SMALL CHANCE FOR AN ISOLATED TORNADO AS LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR IS MAXIMIZED IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA.

MORE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND FARTHER SOUTH ARE EXPECTED TO RACE NORTHEAST DURING THE EVENING. THESE STORMS COULD MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA AT MID TO LATE EVENING BRINGING A DAMAGING WIND THREAT TO THOSE AREAS. AN INCREASING LOW LEVEL JET WILL ALSO PROVIDE NECESSARY SHEAR TO KEEP A SMALL TORNADO RISK IN THE FORECAST.

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