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Atlantic ( at KJAN – officials NWS reporting site) – 2.47″.
Lewis – 5.9″ (Reported by KJAN’s Becky Mosier)
rural Henderson – 4.7″ (reported by KJAN’s Lou Gerbino)
1.5 miles S. of Avoca – 4.1″ (1 mile w. of Avoca 2.87″) – media reports
Bedford – 4.02″ (weather spotter report)
Massena- 3.92″ – Spotter report
Red Oak – 3.75″ (media report)
Hamburg – 3.4″ (media report)
Clarinda – 3.16″ (media report)
Wiota – 2.8″ (media report)
Shenandoah – 2.79″ (media report)
The winners of local and most state primary elections have been tallied, with only the U-S Representative in District 3 left to be determined. Here is a summary of some local election results. These figures will not become official until canvassed in the respective counties.
In Cass County, Mary Ward beat out three other Republicans in garnering nearly 46.5% (811) of the 1,747 votes to win the Recorder’s job. Shelly Glynn was a distant second, with 27.65% (483) of the votes. Incumbent County Attorney Dan Fiestner was defeated by Dave Wiederstein, who received a little more than 64% of the votes cast (1,112) to Feistner’s 35.47% (613). Feistner reflected on the results during Wednesday morning’s Cass County Board of Supervisor’s meeting. He said “Obviously the primary didn’t turn out too good for me yesterday, but hey, live and press on, right?” Feistner, who has served the County for 10-years, will remain as the County Attorney until the end of the current calendar year (December 31). Supervisors Gaylord Schelling and Mark Wedemeyer were unopposed in the Primary, as was County Treasurer Tracey J. Marshall.
In Adair County, Incumbent Republican Supervisor Cliff Sheriff lost the Primary to his Republican challenger Brian Rohrig in District 4. Rohrig garnered 64.3% of the vote, and moves on to face Dem. Jodie Hoadley in the November 4th General Election.
In Adams County, Republican Leland Shipley will meet Democrat Tyler Edwards in November, to determine who will sit in the District 4 Supervisor’s seat. Shipley beat fellow Republican Kevin Olsen to advance to the General Election.
In Guthrie County, Incumbent Republican Clifford Carney received nearly 61% of the vote and moves on to face Democrat Kerry Sheeder in November, to determine the winner of the Supervisor seat in District 2, while incumbent Republican Thomas Rutledge was the winner in the District 4 race.
In Montgomery County, your Republican winners include: Steven Ratcliff – Supervisor, District 1; Joshua Wiig – Supervisor, District 2; and Mark L. Peterson – Supervisor, District 4.
In Shelby County, Republican Geralyn Greer and Democrat Jessica Gessert will meet in November to determine who will become the County Recorder, after both women beat out their respective challengers in the Primary. And, in Pottawattamie County, Republican Mark Brandenburg will face Democrat Flory Blount in November, to determine the winner of the County Recorder’s job. Republican incumbents Scott Belt and Loren Knauss, along with Justin Schultz, were the winners of a seven man Republican race for three seats on the Board of Supervisors.
For any other results, go to the Iowa Secretary of State’s website at sos.iowa.gov.
530 AM CDT WED JUN 4 2014
…THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVER…
NODAWAY RIVER AT CLARINDA AFFECTING PAGE COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
DO NOT DRIVE CARS THROUGH AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. THE
WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR VEHICLE TO PASS SAFELY.
IAC145-050130-
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE NODAWAY RIVER AT CLARINDA.
* AT 5:15 AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 24.6 FEET…OR 1.6 FEET ABOVE
FLOOD STAGE.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 23.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST…THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 24.8 FEET THIS
MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
* IMPACT…AT 24.0 FEET…ADDITIONAL LOWLANDS, SOME FARMLANDS, AND
COUNTY ROADS FLOOD.
FLOODING WAS ALSO OCCURRING ON THE EAST NODAWAY RIVER TO THE EAST
AND SOUTH OF CLARINDA.
The Freese-Notis weather forecast for the KJAN listening area and weather information for Atlantic.
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346 AM CDT WED JUN 4 2014
EARLY THIS MORNING…OCCASIONAL THUNDERSTORMS. SOUTHEAST WIND 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 90 PERCENT.
TODAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MID MORNING. NOT AS WARM. HIGH IN THE MID 70S. NORTHEAST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 20 PERCENT.
TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY IN THE EVENING THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW IN THE UPPER 50S. EAST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.
THURSDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGH IN THE MID 70S. SOUTHEAST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.
THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW IN THE UPPER 50S. HIGH IN THE UPPER 70S. SOUTHEAST WIND NEAR 10 MPH.
FRIDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. LOW IN THE LOWER 60S.
SATURDAY…THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY. HIGH IN THE MID 70S. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 60 PERCENT.
MILLS IA-PAGE IA-MONTGOMERY IA-FREMONT IA-POTTAWATTAMIE IA-
344 AM CDT WED JUN 4 2014
…A FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 AM CDT WEDNESDAY FOR MILLS…PAGE…MONTGOMERY…FREMONT AND POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTIES…
AT 341 AM CDT…RIVER GAUGES INDICATED FLOODING ACROSS PARTS OF THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT THREE TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER PARTS OF SOUTHWEST IOWA TUESDAY EVENING AND EARLY THIS MORNING. FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS WAS OCCURRING IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS…ESPECIALLY IN PARTS OF POTTAWATTAMIE…MILLS AND PAGE COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS…AS WELL AS FARM AND COUNTRY ROADS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
Republican voters in Iowa’s third congressional district failed to push a candidate across the 35 percent mark needed to secure the G-O-P nomination, so a convention will be held to pick the party’s candidate for November. Brad Zaun, a former Urbandale mayor and a current member of the state senate, was the top vote-getter, with just under 25 percent support in the primary. “My message is not going to change,” Zaun says. “Obviously going to be having a lot of conversations with all the delegates. I’ve already contacted all of them once. I personally called all of them, I’m guessing probably it’s been a couple of months ago.”
Robert Cramer, a construction company executive from Johnston, was just three-and-a-half percentage points behind Zaun. “We knew it would be tough to really pull away from the pack,” Cramer says. “But we feel like being our first time out and not being a politician that we ran a really good campaign, had a lot of good volunteers going a lot of work and we’re really pleased where we’re ending up that we think we can now make a good case to the delegates that we’d be the right guy for the job.”
The third place finisher, with just over 20 percent of the vote, was Matt Schultz, a former Council Bluffs city councilman who is currently serving as Iowa’s secretary of state. “We always thought this would go to convention,” Schultz says. “We’ve been preparing a convention strategy and now we’re going to execute it. My campaign’s always been about grassroots and I feel like a nominating convention is a great place for me.”
Six candidates rushed to run in the district after Republican Congressman Tom Latham’s surprise announcement in December that he would not seek reelection. Iowa Renewable Fuels Association executive director Monte Shaw finished in fourth place, with nearly 17 percent of Tuesday’s primary vote, followed by David Young, a former aide to Senator Grassley, who finished in fifth with about 15-and-a-half percent. The other candidate, Des Moines P-E teacher Joe Grandanette, finished with just 666 votes.
Iowa is one of just 11 states that require a candidate to secure 35 percent of the vote in a primary to become their party’s General Election nominee. Iowa Republican Party leaders have not set the date or location where party delegates in the third district will select a congressional nominee. A nominating convention is a rarity in Iowa politics. The last time it happened was in 2002, when Republicans chose Steve King as their congressional candidate in Iowa’s old fifth district. King had finished first in a four-way primary with just under 30 percent of the vote.
(Radio Iowa)