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The area’s top news at 7:06-a.m., and funeral announcements, w/KJAN News Director Ric Hanson
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@ 7:00 am:
Today: P/Cldy to Cldy w/Isolated showers & thunderstorms. High near 80. S/SW @ 10-20. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Tonight: Cldy w/a 60% chance of showers & thunderstorms, mainly after 11pm. Low around 63. S/SE @ 5-10. New rainfall amounts between three quarters and one inch possible.
Wednesday: Mostly cloudy w/a 50% chance of showers & thunderstorms. High near 80. S/SE @ 10-20. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Wed. Night: A 40% chance of showers & thunderstorms. Low around 65.
Thursday: P/Cldy w/a 40% chance of showers & thunderstorms. High near 84. S @ 5-10. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Thursday Night: A 70% chance of showers & thunderstorms. Low around 64.
Friday: P/Cldy to Cldy w/a 60% chance of shwrs & tstrms. High near 80.
Monday’s High in Atlantic was 77. Our 24-hour Low thru 7-a.m. today was 58. We received .13” of an inch of rainfall early this morning. Last year on this date, our High in Atlantic was 68 and the low was 58. The All-time Record High in Atlantic on this date was 101 in 1939. The Record Low was 33 in 1924.
Two members of a committee from the Griswold School District will meet with Lenox Community School District representatives this (Tuesday) evening in Lenox, with regard to Superintendent sharing. Earlier this month, both district’s Boards of Education met separately and agreed to continue to talks on the specifics and form of contract for Lenox Superintendent David Henrichs.
During their meeting at 5:30-p.m. in the Lenox School Board Office, Griswold School Board/Committee members Steve Baier and Rob Peterson will meet with their counterparts in Lenox to gather information and make a recommendation to the full board on sharing the services of Henrichs.
Officials say NO decision will be made.
EDRIS FANN, 101, of Clarinda has passed away. Services for EDRIS FANN will be held on Thursday, May 26th at 10:30 a.m. in the First Christian Church in Clarinda. Ritchie Funeral Home in Clarinda has the arrangements.
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Visitation will be held on Wednesday from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the funeral home.
Burial in the Memory Cemetery, New Market, Iowa.
Memorials may be directed to First Christian Church Organ Fund or Clarinda A’s
Memories may be shared with the family at www.ritchiefuneralhome.com
Corn planting in Iowa is getting close to being done. The latest U-S-D-A report shows 96 percent of the corn crop has been planted — which is two days ahead of last year and six days ahead of the five-year average. Seventy-five percent of the corn has emerged from the ground — which is four days ahead of normal. The first corn condition rating of the season showed 73 percent was in good to excellent conditions.
Soybean planting is now reported to be 74 percent complete, almost one week ahead of last year. Twenty-one percent of the soybeans have emerged — which is two days behind last year — but equal to the five-year average. Iowa State University extension agronomist Joel DeJong says farmers in northwest Iowa are contending with too much rain.
He says about 10 days ago they had some very heavy rains, including four to six inches in one area that pounded the ground and caused some emergence problems. He says field flooding was an issue too. DeJong says some of the early corn got drowned out and farmers are looking at replanting. He says there are some acres on the Missouri River bottom south of Sioux City where it’s going to be tough to get the water off of it. De Jong says in some areas of O’Brien, Cherokee and maybe in Osceola County, it will be hard to find a window to replant.
(Radio Iowa)
A man involved in an accident in Mills County was involved in a second crash moments after the first took place Sunday afternoon, near Underwood. Sheriff’s officials on Monday, said Keith Wilson, of Glenwood, faces an OWI charge following an investigation into the incident that began at around 2-p.m., when the 1998 Plymouth he was driving went out of control on northbound 230th Street.
The vehicle rolled into the west ditch near 56525 230th Street, landed on its wheels and broke an axle. Even so, Wilson managed to drive away from the scene. He lost control of the vehicle again next 56286 230th Street, where his vehicle hit a utility pole, snapping it in half, and causing the pole to land on the vehicles’ roof.
Wilson was able to exit his vehicle. He refused medical transport and was instead taken to the Mills County Jail for further OWI investigation. Officials say he was later taken to a hospital in Council Bluffs to be checked for injuries.
In other news, Mills County Sheriff’s officials say 36-year old Scott Jay Reed, of Glenwood, was arrested last Thursday in Glenwood, for Disorderly Conduct. And, on Saturday, Caleb Stephen Coggins, of Glenwood, was arrested for Simple Assault. Bonds for both men were set at $300.
A man from Red Oak was arrested Monday afternoon, on a charge of Public Intoxication. Authorities say Red Oak Police observed 51-year old Larry Eugene Hall being helped-up by citizens in the vicinity of N. 2nd and E. Washington Streets, at around 3:20-p.m. The officers then saw Hall fall down several times while trying to stand up.
As they spoke with the man, officers detected an odor of alcohol coming from him, and that he had blood shot, watery eyes. He admitted to having a few drinks, and that it was just catching up to him. Hall refused consent for a Preliminary Breath Test (PBT) and was transported to the Montgomery County Jail, where his bond was set at $300.
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