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One of the primary annual fundraisers for the Iowa chapter of Special Olympics is next month and it involves overcoming one’s fear of heights. The event is called Over The Edge, according to Hal Pittman, president and C-E-O of Special Olympics Iowa. Participants can sign up now to rappel down the side of the Financial Center in downtown Des Moines, about 345 feet from the top, to raise money for the charity.
The unusual event will be held all day on Wednesday, September 18th, at one of the tallest buildings in the state. You can sign up through the website and then raise money for Special Olympics Iowa. The first 100 people to raise $1,000 get to take the leap. If you’re not interested in doing the deed yourself but would still like to help out the charity, Pittman says there are certainly options. Employees can get a team together at work to raise money to “toss the boss,” or you can “fling a friend” by signing up a buddy and raising the funds to get them to go over the edge.
Money raised will benefit the 11-thousand Iowans with intellectual disabilities who participate in Special Olympics. The event raised more than 35-thousand dollars last year. Learn more about Over the Edge at: www.soiowa.org.
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Police in Red Oak report the arrest on Friday of a woman wanted on a warrant out of Dallas County. Chrystal Rush Stewart, of Red Oak, was taken into custody for Contempt of Court/Failure to Appear on an original charge of 3rd offense OWI.
Stewart was brought to the Montgomery County Jail where she will serve a 30 day sentence before being eligible for release on $1,000 bond.
Friday’s high school football scores and other sports news from KJAN News Director Ric Hanson….
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State Fire Marshal Raymond Reynolds has ordered a ban on open burning in Audubon County, effective at Noon today (Sat., Aug. 31st). No one is allowed to engage in open burning in Audubon County, except as specifically permitted by Iowa Code, or until Audubon Fire Chief John Ballou (who represents each fire department in the County), notifies the Fire Marshal that conditions have improved, and no longer threatens life or property.
The burn ban was requested by Ballou, after consulting with fire chiefs in the County, and was made due to the extremely dry nature of brush, grass and timber in the County. If fires start, they can spread rapidly and become out of control.
Authorities in Montgomery County say a Nebraska man was arrested Friday evening on a charge of Public Intoxication. 37-year old Joe Lewis Welch, of Omaha, was taken into custody at around 7:40-p.m., and brought to the Montgomery County Jail, where he was being held on $300 bond.
Today: Areas of fog before 8am. Otherwise, sunny, with a high near 95. Heat index values as high as 100. Light north northeast wind.
Tonight: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly between 1am and 4am. Increasing clouds, with a low around 67. Calm wind. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Sunday: A 10 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7am. Sunny, with a high near 85. North northwest wind 5 to 13 mph.
Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 56. North wind 5 to 10 mph.
Labor Day: Sunny, with a high near 80. North wind 5 to 9 mph.
Monday Night: Clear, with a low around 54.
Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 83.