Jim Field visits with Carole Schuler about the Cass County Relay for Life coming this Friday, June 22 at 6:00 pm at the Atlantic High School track.
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Jim Field visits with Carole Schuler about the Cass County Relay for Life coming this Friday, June 22 at 6:00 pm at the Atlantic High School track.
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Two men who shot at each other in downtown Cedar Rapids are claiming a legal shield from prosecution under Iowa’s “stand your ground” law. The Des Moines Register reports that Michael Hodges Jr., of Cedar Rapids, and Zevon Johnson, of Urbandale, have pleaded not guilty and say the law passed last year makes them immune from prosecution. Security video shows them exchanging gunfire Jan. 28 outside a downtown Cedar Rapids bar and restaurant. Johnson was wounded; Hodges was not.
Both men have pleaded not guilty to charges of attempted murder. The law says a person doesn’t have to retreat before using deadly force if he or she thinks his or her life is being threatened.
The area’s latest and/or top news stories at 7:06-a.m., w/KJAN News Director Ric Hanson
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say a woman was found intoxicated in her Des Moines home after her 8-year-old son wandered to a neighborhood gathering. Polk County Court records say 35-year-old Morgan Brown-Edmundson is charged with three counts of child endangerment and is scheduled to be arraigned Aug. 2nd. Neighbors called police Sunday after the boy showed up at a neighborhood gathering. He told adults there he was worried about his mom because he couldn’t awaken her. Officers found her asleep and intoxicated and a 6-year-old child and a 2-year-old passed out or sleeping. A criminal complaint says the 8-year-old told officers his mom regularly makes him and his siblings ingest sleeping pills and other medicines to make them sleep during the day.
The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office reports four people were arrested on drug charges, Monday. At around 10:24-p.m., Deputies arrested three people at the Viking Lake State Park campground. 19-year old Christopher Bermejo-Pimentel and 18-year old Manuel Carrillo, both of Waterloo, were arrested for Possession of a Controlled Substance. And, 21-year old Juan Daniel Jaime-Hernandez, also of Waterloo, was arrested for Possession of drug paraphernalia. Jaime-Hernandez was cited into court and released at the scene. Bermejo-Pimentel and Carrillo were transported to the Montgomery County Jail, where their bonds were set at $1,000 each.
And, 55-year old Bruce Warren Fitzwater, of Villisca, was arrested at around 6:34-p.m. in the 800 block of N. Broadway in Red Oak. He was charged with Possession of drug paraphernalia and held on a $300 bond. At the same time and location, 63-year old Jeff E. Mendenhall, of Corning, was arrested for Driving While License Revoked. His bond was set at $1,000. Deputies were assisted during the traffic stop by the Montgomery County K9 Unit.
At around 11-p.m. Monday, 39-year old Becky Jo Brace, of Red Oak, was arrested in the 100 block of W. Coolbaugh Street, in Red Oak. She was charged with Unlawful use of a credit card, and theft in the 5th Degree. Brace’ bond was set at $2,000.
**A Flash Flood Watch remains in effect until 8-a.m. for Cass-Adair-Madison-Counties.**(Updated 6-a.m.)
Today: Variably cloudy w/scattered showers & thunderstorms ending this morning but redeveloping later this afternoon. High 87. SE @ 10-15.
Tonight: Mostly cloudy w/scattered shwrs & tstrms. Low 68. N @ 5-10.
Tomorrow: Mo. cldy w/scatteered shwrs & tstrms. High 80. E @ 10-15.
Thursday: Mo. cldy w/scatt. shwrs & tstrms. High near 80.
Friday: Mo. cldy w/shwrs & tstrms ending in the morning. High near 80.
Yesterday’s High in Atlantic was 91. Our Low this morning was 69. We received 1.6 inches of rain here over the past 24-hours (7-a.m. Mon. until 7-a.m. today), w/a vast majority of that falling this morning. Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 83, and our Low was 55. The Record High in Atlantic on June 19th was 104 in 1974 and the Record Low was 42 in 1900. Rainfall in Atlantic up until 6-a.m. amounted to 1.06 inches.
**A Flash Flood Watch remains in effect until 8-a.m. for Cass-Adair-Audubon-Dallas-Guthrie-Madison-Carroll-and Crawford Counties. The Flash Flood Watch for Audubon, Guthrie, Dallas, Crawford, Carroll, Monona, Harrison, Pottawattamie, Sac and Shelby Counties has been cancelled.
* Additional rainfall amounts of 1 inch and locally up to 2 inches are possible through early this morning. * This may lead to significant ponding and a threat of flash flooding through early this morning due to heavy rainfall. In addition, renewed river flooding may result Tuesday through Thursday. Be aware of night time flooding and water covered roads! 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.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Oregon State kept things loose in the clubhouse during a weather delay that stretched to 4 ½ hours at the College World Series. Reserve outfielder Joe Casey entertained teammates by stuffing 30 pieces of gum into his mouth, a party game known as “Mafia” broke out and the tunes were cranked up.
When it was time to return to the field, the Beavers were all business.
Kyle Nobach hit a three-run homer to put Oregon State in control in the seventh inning, Kevin Abel pitched four strong innings of relief and Oregon State sent Pac-12 rival Washington home from the College World Series with a 14-5 win on Monday night.
“Crazy game. Long day,” Beavers coach Pat Casey said. “I thought our guys came out really prepared after the rain delay. We were kind of scuffling out of the chute. Really appreciate the way they hung with it and got themselves a win.” The Beavers erased early deficits, starting their comeback just before the teams were pulled off the field because of lightning near TD Ameritrade Park.
Oregon State (50-11-1), the No. 3 national seed, was coming off a loss to North Carolina in its CWS opener and still must win three more games to reach the best-of-three finals. Washington (35-26) went two games and out in its first CWS. Oregon State avoided going 0-2 at a CWS for the first time in five appearances since 2005.
Oregon State will play another elimination game Wednesday against the North Carolina-Mississippi State loser. That game was postponed until this (Tuesday) morning because of the long delay in the Beavers’ game and the threat of more rain Monday night.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Board of Parole has granted work release to a woman convicted in 2004 of fatally shooting her husband and leaving his body in a bedroom for more than a year. The Des Moines Register reports 50-year-old Dixie Shanahan Duty, of Defiance, was granted work release earlier in June.
Duty acknowledged killing her husband, Scott Shanahan, but said it was in self-defense. She argued her husband had battered and verbally abused her. A jury convicted Duty of second-degree murder, a conviction that carried a sentence of 50 years. Shortly before leaving office Gov. Tom Vilsack commuted her sentence so she only had to serve a minimum of 10 years before being eligible for parole.
When she begins work release, Duty will be able to leave a work release center for a job. Corrections Department spokesman Cord Overton says the center could later recommend that she be paroled. The parole board would make the final decision.
As of Monday, she remained in the Iowa Correctional Institution for Women in Mitchellville, east of Des Moines. Prosecutors say Duty used a shotgun to kill her husband while he slept in August 2002. She told people he’d left the community.