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Class 4-A/5-A Regional Softball Finals

Sports

July 11th, 2018 by Jim Field

Class 4-A

  • Region 1 – Sergeant Bluff-Luton 4, Denison 3
  • Region 2 – Des Mopines Hoover 3, Lewis Central 2
  • Region 3 – ADM 8, Norwalk 1
  • Region 4 – Dallas Center-Grimes 6, Pella 5
  • Region 5 – Newton 4, Fairfield 1
  • Region 6 – Cedar Rapids Xavier 8, Keokuk 0
  • Region 7 – Indepenedence 7, Marion 5
  • Region 8 – Charles City 6, Center Point-Urbana 1

Class 5-A

  • Region 1 – Fort Dodge 5, Urbandale 2
  • Region 2 – WDM Valley 4, Ankeny 0
  • Region 3 – Johnston 1, Des Moines East 0
  • Region 4 – Indianola 3, Ottumwa 2
  • Region 5 – Cedar Rapids Jefferson 8, Dowling Catholic 0
  • Region 6 – Iowa City High 4, Linn-Mar 2
  • Region 7 – Dubuque Hempstead 4, Davenport West 0
  • Region 8 – Pleasant Valley 4, Burlington 2

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Pep Bus to transport Atlantic Students to Ft. Dodge next Monday for the State Softball Tournament

Sports

July 11th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

Officials with the Atlantic High School report AHS Fuel will host a tailgate event at the State Softball tournament in Fort Dodge, on Monday, July 16th. Students will be transported on a pep bus to the game leaving the high school at 2:30-p.m. Sign-up in the HS office by 3-p.m. Friday or email Dan Vargason to sign up. The Trevor Frederickson Memorial Fund will cover the cost of the bus and pay for admission to the game for any student who rides the bus.

In addition to the bus, there will be tailgating at the Fort Dodge Soccer Association fields by Harlan Rodgers Park. The first 150 people will receive a hamburger, chips and a drink thanks to HyVee, Fareway and Atlantic Bottling. Grilling is expected to begin by 5-p.m. There will also be yard games, giveaways and some fun before the game. The 5th seed Atlantic Trojans will take on the 4th seed Humboldt Wildcats in State softball, Monday, at the Harlan Rogers Sports Complex in Fort Dodge. Game time is 7:30-p.m.

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Tornado numbers down in Iowa this year as peak twister-time passes

News, Weather

July 11th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

While tornadoes can strike during any month of the year, Iowa is now out of the “peak” season for tornadoes and the numbers are well below the norm, according to meteorologist Craig Cogil at the National Weather Service. “So far this year across Iowa, we’ve seen 15 tornadoes,” Cogil says. “Typically by this point in the year, we’re much closer to 30 or 35 tornadoes, so, half of what we normally see.”  Even with the 15 twisters, none of them were very powerful and there were no reports of any injuries or significant property damage. “Out of the 15 tornadoes, 13 of them were EF-0s and there have only been two EF-1s,” Cogil says, “and most of them have been in just corn fields or soybean fields, causing very little damage.”

While some storms this spring and summer have dropped significant rain that caused severe flooding in parts of the state, Iowa has managed to miss most of the -very- bad weather.  “A lot of the systems that are really problematic for us just haven’t been occurring across the state,” Cogil says. “They’ve either gone south of us, some of them have been north of us. We just haven’t seen the set-up that really produces those big, dangerous days where we get a lot of the strong tornadoes.”

While Iowa’s only had 15 tornadoes this year, the state had 55 twisters in all of last year, including a dozen that were classified as EF-2s.

(Radio Iowa)

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DR. WILLIAM (BILL) ROBERT DOUD, 91, of Long Beach, CA (Graveside Svcs. 7/28/18)

Obituaries

July 11th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

DR. WILLIAM (BILL) ROBERT DOUD, 91, of Long Beach, CA., (A native of Stuart, IA) died Jan. 12th, 2018, in Long Beach, following a brief illness. Graveside services for DR. BILL DOUD will be held 10-a.m. July 28th, at the Calvary Catholic Cemetery in Stuart. A luncheon at the All Saints Catholic Church in Stuart, will follow the services. Johnson Family Funeral Home in Stuart has the arrangements.

DR. WILLIAM “BILL” DOUD is survived by:

His wife – Florence.

His daughters – Jeannine (John) Lewis; Carol (Scott) Matthew.

His sons – John Doud, and James (Laura) Doud.

10 grandchildren, and 2 great grandchildren,  other relatives and longtime friends.

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Midwest Sports Headlines: 7/11/18

Sports

July 11th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press

CHICAGO (AP) — Slumping outfielder Dexter Fowler hit his fourth career grand slam, All-Star Miles Mikolas tossed six innings of three-hit ball and the St. Louis Cardinals routed the Chicago White Sox 14-2. Kolten Wong had four hits, including a two-run homer and a double, as every St. Louis starter except catcher Yadier Molina got at least one hit.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Adalberto Mondesi had a three-run homer and a career-high four RBIs, and the Kansas City Royals snapped a 10-game skid with a 9-4 win over the Minnesota Twins. The Royals scored more than five runs for the first time since June 4 and improved to 26-65 overall, percentage points ahead of Baltimore to avoid owning baseball’s worst record. Mondesi went deep in the second inning and added an RBI single in the sixth.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa typically asks a ton out of its running backs. The problem is that the Hawkeyes don’t have a ton of proven backs these days _ which is why the offseason has been so crucial for the youngsters they hope will be ready by September. Iowa has a pair of sophomores atop its depth chart, the bruising Toren Young and the speedy Ivory Kelly-Martin. Behind them are redshirt freshman Camron Harrell and Kyshaun Bryan, true freshman Henry Geil and junior college transfer Mehki Sargent.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — An Ohio man has admitted defrauding NFL players out of money meant for charities. Thirty-nine-year-old Camario Richardson, of Maple Heights, Ohio, pleaded guilty Monday to mail fraud in federal court in Kansas City. Prosecutors say Richardson told the players he could deliver Nike-branded merchandise to charitable events but didn’t deliver the goods. The five players involved weren’t identified in the indictment.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Former NBA player Kermit Washington has been sentenced to six years in federal prison for spending hundreds of thousands of dollars in charity donations on vacations, shopping sprees and plastic surgery for his girlfriend. The U.S. attorney’s office says the 66-year-old Las Vegas man also was ordered Monday to pay nearly $970,000 in restitution. Washington pleaded guilty in November to making a false statement in a tax return and aggravated identity theft.

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Iowa early News Headlines: 7/11/18

News

July 11th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 4:15 a.m. CDT

DOON, Iowa (AP) — BNSF Railway says less oil spilled from derailed tanker cars in northwest Iowa last month than originally believed. BNSF spokesman Andy Williams says officials now believe 160,000 gallons (605,648 liters) of tar sand oil spilled from 10 of 32 tanker cars that derailed on June 22 into floodwaters of the Little Rock River near Doon. Officials had previously said 14 tanker cars were compromised, spilling an estimated 230,000 gallons (870,619 liters).

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A former Des Moines hospital pharmacy worker accused of stealing painkillers from hundreds of patients has been sentenced to more than 2 years in federal prison. Federal prosecutors say 30-year-old Victor Van Cleave was sentenced Tuesday to 30 months. Officials say Van Cleave was a pharmacy technician at Iowa Methodist Medical Center who used a syringe to steal fentanyl and other powerful painkillers from vials, then replaced the painkillers with sterile water.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The University of Iowa plans to cut staff, sell property in Des Moines and make other moves in response to state funding reductions. The university announced the move Tuesday in a news release, saying it will close seven centers and lay off 33 full-time staffers whose positions are not directly tied to student instruction.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa woman has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for a deadly hit-and-run crash last year. Cedar Rapids television station KCRG reports that Ashley Pennington was sentenced Tuesday at the Linn County Courthouse. She had pleaded guilty in April to leaving the scene of a fatal accident and forgery. In exchange for her plea, other counts were dropped.

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Skyscan Forecast for Atlantic & the area, 7/11/18

Weather

July 11th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

**HEAT ADVISORY in effect this afternoon and this evening**

Today: Partly cloudy. High 94. S @ 10-15 mph.

Tonight: P/Cldy. Low 74. S @ 5-10.

Tomorrow: P/Cldy. High 94. S @ 10-15.

Friday: Variably cloudy w/scattered showers & thunderstorms. High 90.

Saturday: V/Cldy w/scattered shwrs & tstrms. High 88.

Yesterday’s High in Atlantic was 93. Our Low this morning 68. Last year on this date our High was 93 and the Low was 70. The record High in Atlantic on this date was 104 in 1936. The Record Low was 43 in 1895.

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City of Shelby Special Election results

News

July 11th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

A Special Election was held Tuesday in the City of Shelby, to fill two open seats on the City Council. There were four candidates for the position, with the winners being Donavan Gail Dontje who received 92 votes, and Robert Morton, who had 77 votes.

Candidate Karen Schlueter garnered 73 votes, and candidate Steven Edward Myers had 31 votes, according to Shelby County Auditor, Mark L. Maxwell. The votes remain unofficial until canvassed by the County Board of Supervisors.

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Council Bluffs man faces 1st degree murder charge connection w/infant death in June

News

July 11th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — Prosecutors have filed a murder charge against a Pottawattamie County man accused in the death of a toddler. Council Bluffs police said Tuesday, that 23-year-old Javon Jennings, of Council Bluffs, was in the Pottawattamie County Jail when notified of the first-degree murder charge. He’d already pleaded not guilty to a child endangerment charge and was scheduled to go on trial Aug. 14.

Jennings was arrested in April after Council Bluffs officers and medics responded April 19th to an apartment, to check a report about an unresponsive child. The 16-month-old girl was pronounced dead there.

Police say Jennings was the sole caretaker of the girl when she was fatally injured. Her injuries included a broken left leg.

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Harlan woman one of 3 finalists for Iowa Supreme Court opening

News

July 10th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

A female justice is likely to join the all-male Iowa Supreme Court.  One of the Iowa Supreme Court justices is retiring in September. The Iowa Judicial Nominating Commission has submitted the names of three women to Governor Reynolds for the opening. The commission met this week to interview 21 applicants for the post. Late Wednesday, the group submitted its slate of finalists to the governor. They are Susan Christensen of Harlan, who is a district court judge; Terri Combs, an attorney from West Des Moines and District Court Judge Kellyann Lekar of Waterloo.

While two women have previusly served on the state’s highest court, the only state supreme court in the country right now that is entirely made up of men is Iowa’s.

Iowa has a merit-based system for selecting judges. The Judicial Nominating Commission reviews the resumes and comes up with a slate of candidates for each opening. Iowa governors have the option of rejecting the slate of names and asking the commission to come up with three more. Unlike the federal government, the Iowa Senate has no role in confirming judges. Iowa judges, instead, have their names printed on General Election ballot periodically in what are called “retention” elections.

(Radio Iowa)

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