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NWS forecast for Cass & area Counties in IA (10/25/16)

Weather

October 25th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

352 AM CDT TUE OCT 25 2016

EARLY THIS MORNING…MOSTLY CLOUDY. EAST WIND NEAR 10 MPH.

TODAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH IN THE LOWER 60S. SOUTHEAST WIND 5 TO 15 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 30 PERCENT.

TONIGHT…SHOWERS AND PERIODS OF THUNDERSTORMS. LOW IN THE MID 50S. SOUTH WIND 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 90 PERCENT.

WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LIGHT SHOWERS LIKELY AND NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MID MORNING. HIGH IN THE LOWER 60S. NORTHWEST WIND 10 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 60 PERCENT.

THURSDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGH IN THE MID 60S. SOUTH WIND NEAR 10 MPH.

FRIDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGH IN THE MID 70S.

Fatal ATV accident in Fremont County

News

October 25th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Sheriff’s officials in Fremont County say a teenager from Hamburg has died in an ATV accident. The 14-year old male died when the ATV he was riding crashed into a soybean field at around 6:30-p.m., Monday, about three-miles east of Hamburg.

Sheriff’s deputies were assisted at the scene by Shenandoah EMS, Hamburg, Sidney, and Riverton Rescue units, as well as the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. Additional information is currently not available.

Car-vs.-pedestrian accident in Council Bluffs, Monday

News

October 25th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Council Bluffs Police say an adult female was transported to Creighton CHI in Omaha, after being struck by a car Monday night. Authorities said the woman, who was not carrying any identification and is listed as a “Jane Doe,” was struck by a 2008 Acura as she was walking east on 9th Avenue.

The driver of the car, 54-year old Tamara Chamberland, of Blue Springs, MO.,  said she noticed the pedestrian walking in the roadway, but was unable to take evasive action in time to avoid striking her. Chamberland was not injured in the crash.Bluffs Badge

Preliminary investigation indicates that neither speed nor driver impairment appear to be factors in the accident. The Council Bluffs Police Department traffic unit is conducting an investigation into the incident. Any witnesses are asked to call 712-328-4948. Additional information requests should be directed to the traffic unit.

Iowa early News Headlines: Tuesday, Oct. 25th 2015

News

October 25th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:40 a.m. CDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Rockwell Collins, which makes systems for airplanes, is buying rival B/E Aerospace for $6.4 billion. The deal still needs approval by shareholders of both companies and by regulators. Rockwell sells electronics systems used in airliners and business jets, while B/E makes aircraft cabin interiors including seating.

MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) — A Hampton man has been sentenced to life in prison for the fatal shooting of his girlfriend. The Mason City Globe Gazette reports 61-year-old Ronald Rand was sentenced Monday to the life term after a jury in August found him guilty of first-degree murder in the death of 51-year-old Michelle Key, of Waterloo. She died on a couch in Rand’s living room after being shot in the neck with a sawed-off shotgun. Prosecutors argued Rand killed Key because she laughed as she admitted cheating on him.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — A Vinton woman has been sentenced to nearly four years in prison after pleading guilty to a charge connected to the fatal accidental shooting of a 14-year-old girl. The woman was sentenced after pleading guilty in May to providing a firearm to a prohibited person. Investigators found she provided a rifle to her 16-year-old son, who she knew used marijuana. Authorities say a teen other than the woman’s son was handling the gun when it fired, hitting Emma Redlinger. She died four days later.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A judge won’t dismiss a lawsuit filed by a retired University of Iowa administrator over private meetings that Board of Regents members held with the man they later hired as the UI’s president. The judge ruled Monday the lawsuit filed in June by former administrator Gerhild Krapf should proceed, though he noted he wasn’t evaluating the suit’s merits. The regents sought to dismiss the suit, which argued regents violated the law by holding private meetings with Bruce Harreld before his hiring.

Iowa State seeking strong finish after ugly 1-6 start

Sports

October 25th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

AMES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa State’s first season under coach Matt Campbell will end in a month. How the Cyclones perform over the next four weeks could be a strong indicator of where they’re headed. Iowa State (1-6, 0-4 Big 12) will almost certainly finish with a losing record for the seventh year in a row. But the Cyclones still have a lot to play for over the next five games, even if that’s mostly just playing time in 2017 and beyond.

Iowa State, which had a much-needed bye last weekend, hosts Kansas State (4-3, 2-2) on Saturday and No. 16 Oklahoma just five days later. Campbell says the aim has been to “stay the course,” when he was asked what he wanted to see from his team in its remaining games. He says they haven’t talked about winning games — rather, they’ve talked about the process it takes to be successful.

Chiefs’ Ware learned lessons from Lynch while in Seattle

Sports

October 25th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Chiefs’ Spencer Ware learned a lot from Marshawn Lynch during his short time in Seattle. For one thing, Ware learned to generally keep his mouth shut. For another, he learned to run like a beast. Ware, who ran for 77 yards and caught a 48-yard touchdown pass in KC’s 24-21 win Sunday says Lynch was “always demonstrating” so Ware was able to see his work ethic day in and day out. Coach Andy Reid says Ware has “great feet and vision.”

When Ware signed a future contract with the Chiefs on New Year’s Eve after his first two seasons in Seattle, Ware got with it a fresh start. He earned a spot on the team as a hybrid fullback in training camp, then earned important carries when four-time Pro Bowl running back Jamaal Charles went down with a knee injury.

The Chiefs thought so highly of his performance that they signed him to a two-year, $3.6 million contract that must have seemed unfathomable considering where he’d been a year earlier.

Two rehabilitated owls to be released tonight in western Iowa

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October 24th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

After several months of rehabilitation, two great horned owls will be released at Prairie Rose State Park near Harlan in western Iowa tonight (Monday) at 6 P-M. Kay Neumann, executive director of Save Our Avian Resources, or SOAR, says one of the owls had been hit by a car, while the other one had injuries consistent with getting caught in a soccer net.

“They aren’t like us when we go, ‘Oh, we’re stuck in something,’ hold still and figure out how to get yourself out, they will panic,” Neumann says. “They’ll start flapping wings and doing things like that and in a soccer net, it doesn’t take too long and they get entangled.” At night, soccer fields are wide open hunting grounds where owls snatch mice and other rodents, but the nets can quickly turn predators into victims. Tonight’s release of the owls is a celebration for SOAR, which focuses on rehabilitation, education and research.

“We’re over 350 bird-patients this year,” Neumann says. “We take in injured wild birds, we try to fix whatever’s wrong with them and release them back into the wild. It’s been extremely busy.” In the first few months of this year, Neumann says they took in 13 American bald eagles, all with lead poisoning. Only one of the eagles survived to be released. The eagles got sick, she says, from eating animals that were shot by hunters who used lead shot as ammunition. She’s campaigning for hunters to use copper shot instead.

(Radio Iowa)

A-P High School Football Poll (10/24/16)

Sports

October 24th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

The Top Ten teams in the Associated Press Iowa high school football polls of the 2016 season with first-place votes in parentheses and won-loss record, total points and position last week at right:

Class 4A
Record Pts Prv
1. West Des Moines Valley (13) 9-0 130 1
2. West Des Moines Dowling 8-1 116 2
3. Ankeny Centennial 8-1 99 3
4. Cedar Rapids Washington 8-1 89 5
5. Bettendorf 7-2 74 6
6. Cedar Rapids Prairie 8-1 62 7
7. Waukee 7-2 46 8
8. Waterloo West 8-1 43 4
9. Ankeny 6-3 30 10
10. Iowa City High 7-2 22 9

Others receiving votes: 11, Iowa City West 4.

Class 3A
Record Pts Prv
1. Pella (10) 9-0 126 1
2. Cedar Rapids Xavier (3) 9-0 119 2
3. Carroll 9-0 102 4
4. Storm Lake 9-0 81 5
5. Norwalk 8-1 73 6
6. Webster City 8-1 58 T7
7. Solon 8-1 54 T7
8. Creston-Orient-Macksburg 8-1 52 3
9. Manchester West Delaware 8-1 23 10
10. Glenwood 7-2 16 NR

Others receiving votes: 11, Davenport Assumption 5. 11, Boone 5. 13, Sergeant Bluff-Luton 1.

Class 2A
Record Pts Prv
1. West Union North Fayette (12) 9-0 129 1
2. Boyden-Hull-RV (1) 8-1 115 2
3. Union, La Porte City 8-1 92 3
4. Carroll Kuemper 8-1 81 4
(tie) Mount Vernon 7-2 81 5
6. Monroe PCM 8-1 57 7
7. New Hampton 8-1 42 9
8. Dike-New Hartford 7-2 38 T10
9. Central Lyon-GLR 7-2 34 6
10. Cresco Crestwood 7-2 33 T10

Others receiving votes: 11, Williamsburg 6. 11, South Central Calhoun 6. 13, Waukon 1.

Class 1A
Record Pts Prv
1. Iowa City Regina (12) 8-1 126 1
2. Pella Christian (1) 9-0 112 2
3. Denver 9-0 97 3
4. Van Meter 9-0 88 4
5. Hull Western Christian 8-1 85 T5
6. Hinton 8-1 61 7
7. Bellevue 9-0 42 8
8. Madrid 8-1 40 T5
9. Inwood West Lyon 7-2 27 9
10. Logan-Magnolia 8-1 17 NR

Others receiving votes: 11, Sigourney-Keota 14. 12, Pleasantville 4. 13, Wilton 1. 13, A-H-S-T-W, Avoca 1.

Class A
Record Pts Prv
1. St. Ansgar (7) 9-0 119 1
2. Gladbrook-Reinbeck (2) 9-0 115 2
3. Council Bluffs St. Albert (3) 9-0 110 3
4. Algona Garrigan (1) 9-0 98 4
5. Britt West Hancock 7-2 69 6
6. Lisbon 8-1 45 7
7. Hawarden West Sioux 8-1 44 9
8. Montezuma 7-2 43 10
9. Winthrop East Buchanan 7-2 29 8
10. Lynnville-Sully 8-1 18 5

Others receiving votes: 11, Hudson 8. 11, Akron-Westfield 8. 13, Grundy Center 7. 14, Fairbank Wapsie Valley 2.

Class 8-Man
Record Pts Prv
1. Jackson Junction Turkey Valley (5) 9-0 121 T2
2. Fremont Mills, Tabor (6) 9-0 119 1
3. Harris-Lake Park (2) 9-0 104 4
4. Gilbertville-Don Bosco 8-1 89 5
5. Coon Rapids-Bayard 8-1 63 6
6. Audubon 8-1 45 T2
7. Elkader Central 7-2 36 8
8. Bussey Twin Cedars 9-0 35 10
(tie)Westside Ar-We-Va 7-2 35 NR
10. Newell-Fonda 7-2 32 9

Others receiving votes: 11, Lone Tree 13. 12, Wyoming Midland 10. 13, Bedford 6. 14, Graettinger-Terril-Ruthven-Ayrshire 4. 15, Elk Horn-Kimballton-Exira 2. 16, Marengo Iowa Valley 1.

Mills County Sheriff’s report (10/24)

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October 24th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

The Mills County Sheriff’s Office reports four arrests over the weekend. Saturday morning, 33-year old Zachary Dean Anderson, of Glenwood, was arrested on Highway 34 near 280th Street, for OWI/1st offense, Failure to Maintain Control, Failure to Reduce Speed to Reasonable and Proper Rate, and Speeding. His bond was set at $2,000. 33-year old Joseph Lawrence Isenbart, of Pacific Junction, was arrested Saturday morning for Driving Under Suspension and No SR-22 Insurance. His bond was set at $1,300.

Saturday night, 18-year old Brian Burdette Kuhn, of Carter Lake, was arrested on Highway 34 in Mills County for Possession of Prescription Drug, Reckless Driving, Child Endangerment. He was also wanted on a Pott. County warrant for Failure to Appear in Court. His total bond was set at $4,000.

And, Sunday morning, 41-year old Benjamin David Sieck, of Pacific Junction, was arrested for OWI 3rd, No Insurance and Failure to Yield to an Emergency Vehicle. His bond was set at $5,000.

Fire Danger to remain “High” in Shelby County this week

Ag/Outdoor, News, Weather

October 24th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Officials with the Shelby County Emergency Management Agency said today (Monday), the County Fire Danger rating will remain HIGH through Thursday, even though we are supposed to receive some moisture. Wind and continued drying after short duration moisture will keep Fire Danger in the HIGH category through Thursday.  Predominate fuel at this time is grass, and will completely cure, and be ready to burn within 1 hour of rain event. High fire danger

Burning of any kind is restricted unless approval is received from local Fire Chief. Controlled burns that are not reported will result in Fire Department being dispatched, and Fires extinguished if determined to be un-safe. Please call 712-755-2124 if you have any questions.