A Creston man was arrested on a drug-related charge Thursday afternoon, at the Union County Law Enforcement Center. Creston Police say 19-year old Sergio Ibarra was taken into custody on a Union County warrant for Failure to Appear, on an original Possession of Controlled Substance/1st Offense – Marijuana, charge. Ibarra was being held in the jail on $1,000 bond.
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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – College World Series fans wanting to avoid traffic congestion in downtown Omaha can use Metro’s Stadium Circulator and Stadium Express. The Stadium Circulator will connect TD Ameritrade Park with downtown hotels, parking garages, the Old Market and other attractions. It will run every 10 minutes and operate 90 minutes before the first game each day until 90 minutes after the last game. Cost is 25 cents, and special signs will designate pickup locations.
The circulator also will operate Friday from 9:30 a.m. until 30 minutes after Opening Celebration Day festivities. Stadium Express rides are $3 each way with exact change required. Locations are 121st and I Streets near Anytime Fitness, 102nd and Nicholas near Dick’s Sporting Goods, and Lots C1 and C3 of the Mid-America Center in Council Bluffs, Iowa.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – Fans at the College World Series are encouraged to text guest services staff at TD Ameritrade Park if they encounter problems near their seats. For assistance, fans should send a text to 69050. Type “CWS” and, after a space, state the issue and seat location. Examples of problems guest services want to know about are impaired fans, altercations and abusive language.
Metropolitan Entertainment and Convention Authority President and CEO Roger Dixon said the text system has been tested at several events at the adjacent CenturyLink Center and has proved to be helpful. Dixon encourages fans to report suspicious activity, saying, “If you see something, say something.”
The College World Series opens Saturday at 2 p.m. with Arkansas playing Virginia.
The St. Albert girls soccer team lost to Sioux City Bishop Heelan 2-0 on Thursday in the Class 1A State Soccer tournament at Cownie Soccer Park in Des Moines.
Emily Sealey and Lexie Stolen scored the goals to lead Heelan to the win. Heelan moves on to the semifinals on Friday at Noon vs. Waterloo Columbus Catholic.
St. Albert’s season ends with a record of 15-7.
Near 24-hour rainfall totals….
At the KJAN Studios (The Nat’l. Weather Service reporting site for Atlantic), 1.35″ (2.76″ since 7-am Wed.); Shenadoah, 4.99″; Emerson, 2.15″; 1.5-miles S. of Avoca, 1.3″; Clarinda, 3.62″; Massena, .99″.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Flood warnings have been issued for several Iowa rivers following heavy rainfall in many parts of the state.
East Nish near Atlantic (Cass County EMA photo)
The National Weather Service says a flood warning continues for the Nishnabotna River near Hamburg, in Fremont County, where the river was expected to crest at 25.3-feet early Saturday morning. Flood stage is 25-feet. Minor flooding is forecast.
The Cass County Emergency Management Agency reports the East Nishnabotna River near Atlantic will not approach its 19-foot flood stage. At 7:45-a.m. today (Friday), the river was at 12.56-feet. It is expected to crest at 13.6-feet before falling to just above 10-feet Saturday morning.
A Flood Warning is in effect as well for the Iowa River at Marengo, where the water was nearly 2 feet over flood stage on Friday morning. And warnings have been continued or extended for the Des Moines, Raccoon and North Raccoon rivers. The Des Moines River was expected to reach 2.5 feet above flood stage by Friday evening in Des Moines.
Police in Cedar Rapids report that officers and other emergency workers responded to more than 20 vehicles stranded on flooded streets. For a time Thursday night the rain fell at a rate of 2 inches an hour in Cedar Rapids.
Police in Red Oak arrested a man early this (Friday) morning, for Serious Domestic Abuse Assault. 29-year old Ryan Joseph Pullen, of Villisca, was taken into custody at around 3-a.m., at the Red Coach Inn, in Red Oak. Pullen was being held without bond in the Montgomery County Law Enforcement Center.
A pickup truck that struck a deer late Thursday night in Montgomery County, ended-up sustaining damage that caused the vehicle to go out of control and roll into a ditch. The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office says the 1997 GMC pickup driven by 50-year old Colleen Marie Terry, of Red Oak, was traveling north on L Avenue at around 10:30-p.m., when it hit a deer. The impact caused a tie rod on the suspension to break.
The pickup veered into the east ditch, hit a fence, and rolled over. No injuries were reported. The vehicle sustained $1,000 damage, while damage to a barbed wire fence was estimated at $500. Terry was cited for having no insurance (Accident related).
Sheriff’s Deputies were assisted at the scene by personnel from Stanton Fire and Rescue.
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