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Iowa bridge dedicated as memorial to slain Omaha officer

News

August 3rd, 2016 by Ric Hanson

WALNUT, Iowa (AP) – A highway bridge in Pottawattamie County has been dedicated as a memorial to a slain Omaha police officer. The Interstate 80 bridge that carries traffic into Walnut has been named the Kerri Orozco Bridge. A scholarship fund also was announced at the bridge dedication ceremony Tuesday.

Orozco was fatally wounded on May 20, 2015, when Marcus Wheeler opened fire on officers who were trying to arrest him. Wheeler was killed when another officer returned fire. Orozco was one day away from going on maternity leave to care for the daughter she had delivered prematurely three months earlier.

Orozco and her family lived in Council Bluffs, and she was a native of Walnut.

Bluffs Police investigate explosive device incident

News

August 3rd, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Police in Council Bluffs are investigating an incident that took place late Tuesday night, and involved an explosive device. Authorities say at around 11:45-p.m., an unidentified person threw a small explosive device from a vehicle as it was traveling Westbound in the 2200 block of Avenue A. The device exploded in the air. No injuries or property damage was reported.

The Council Bluffs Fire Department’s Fire Marshal is conducting the investigation into the incident. If you have information concerning the incident, you’re urged to contact Crime Stoppers at (712)-328-7867 or the Fire Marshal’s Office at (712)328-4646.

3 arrested on warrants early Wed. morning in Red Oak

News

August 3rd, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Red Oak Police report three people were arrested on various charges early this (Wednesday) morning. A little after 2-a.m., 29-year old Jessie Bruce Fitzwater, of Villisca, was arrested on a valid warrant out of Adams County for Failure to Appear on an OWI/1st offense charge. Fitzwater, who was arrested last Friday evening in Montgomery County for Possession of Stolen property, remains held without bond, in the Montgomery County Jail.

At around 1:15-a.m. today, Red Oak Police arrested 24-year old Eric David Taylor, of Red Oak, on a Montgomery County warrant for Violation of Probation. Taylor was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on a $1,000 cash bond.

And, at around 12:30-a.m., Red Oak Police arrested 19-year old Yessica Silva-Lemus, of Red Oak, on a valid Page County warrant for Revocation of Probation. Silva-Lemus was being held in the Montgomery County Law Enforcement Center on a $1,000 cash bond.

Trump campaign schedules another Iowa visit

News

August 3rd, 2016 by Ric Hanson

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – The Republican presidential campaign of Donald Trump has planned another Iowa event – his third in nine days. The Des Moines Register reports that Trump will hold a town hall Friday in Des Moines. It’s scheduled to begin at 3 p.m. Where it will be held and other details have not been announced publicly. He held rallies in Davenport and Cedar Rapids last week.

Trump finished second in the February’s Iowa caucuses to U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, of Texas.

An all-time first for venerable AP Top 25

Sports

August 3rd, 2016 by Ric Hanson

UNDATED (AP) – The Associated Press has been ranking the best teams in college football for the last 80 seasons. For the first time since that first poll in 1936, the AP has compiled an all-time Top 100 based on a formula that counts poll appearances (one point) to mark consistency, No. 1 rankings (one bonus point) to acknowledge elite programs, and a bonus for AP championships won (10 points).

The top five teams using those criteria: Ohio State, Oklahoma, Notre Dame, Alabama and Southern California. Nebraska was sixth, Iowa 25th, Missouri No. 35, Kansas State No. 44, Kansas 63rd and Iowa State tied with Fordham at 83rd on the all-time list.

Before the AP started asking its member sports writers and editors to vote for the top teams, then-sports editor Alan J. Gould in 1935 went about ranking them himself. In the final rankings he named Minnesota, Princeton and TCU co-No. 1s, and Gophers fans, as the story goes, hanged Gould in effigy. Gould, who died in 1993, recalled in 1985 that it created a “storm,” especially in the Big Ten. He quickly realized it was best to spread the blame — or responsibility — for the rankings around.

KAY GALLOWAY, 71, of Coon Rapids (Graveside Svcs. 8/6/16)

Obituaries

August 3rd, 2016 by Ric Hanson

KAY GALLOWAY, 71, of Coon Rapids, died Tue., Aug. 2nd, at Thomas Rest Haven, in Coon Rapids. Graveside funeral services for KAY GALLOWAY will be held 10-a.m. Saturday, August 6th, in the Union Township Cemetery near Coon Rapids. Ohde Funeral Home, in Coon Rapids has the arrangements.

There is no visitation.

KAY GALLOWAY is survived by:

Her sons – Michael (Jennifer) Galloway, of Urbandale, and Jon (Cassandra) Galloway, of West Des Moines.

and 5 granddaughters.

Red Oak man arrested for 2 counts of assault

News

August 3rd, 2016 by Ric Hanson

A Montgomery County man was arrested late Tuesday night on assault and other charges. Police say 42-year old James Reed Mitroff II, of Red Oak, was arrested just before midnight in the 2300 block of N. Eastern Avenue, on two counts of Assault, and Breach of Peace. His arrest stems from an earlier incident. Mitroff was being held in the Montgomery County Law Enforcement Center on a $300 cash bond.

Special Weather Statement for FOG in western/s.w. IA

Weather

August 3rd, 2016 by Ric Hanson

SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MONTGOMERY-PAGE COUNTIES-

341 AM CDT WED AUG 3 2016

LOCALLY DENSE FOG POSSIBLE IN WESTERN IOWA EARLY THIS MORNING. AREAS OF DENSE FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE EARLY THIS MORNING ACROSS WESTERN IOWA. VISIBILITY COULD DROP AS LOW AS ONE QUARTER MILE IN SOME AREAS. USE CAUTION IF TRAVELING THIS MORNING.

KJAN listening area weather forecast: 8/3/16

Weather

August 3rd, 2016 by Ric Hanson

(update 3:15-a.m.) DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM
EARLY THIS MORNING…MOSTLY CLEAR. AREAS OF DENSE FOG. EAST WIND NEAR 5 MPH.
TODAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HOT AND HUMID. AREAS OF DENSE FOG THROUGH MID MORNING. HIGH IN THE LOWER 90S. SOUTHEAST WIND NEAR 10 MPH. HIGHEST HEAT INDEX READINGS 100 TO 105 IN THE AFTERNOON.
TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOW IN THE LOWER 70S. SOUTHEAST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH. HIGHEST HEAT INDEX READINGS 100 TO 103 THROUGH MIDNIGHT.

THURSDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HOT AND HUMID. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH IN THE LOWER 90S. SOUTH WIND 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHEST HEAT INDEX READINGS 100 TO 102 IN THE AFTERNOON.
THURSDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. LOW IN THE MID 60S. NORTH WIND 5 TO 10 MPH. HIGHEST HEAT INDEX READINGS AROUND 100 THROUGH MIDNIGHT.

FRIDAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. NOT AS WARM. HIGH AROUND 80. NORTH WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.
SATURDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH IN THE UPPER 70S.

DENSE FOG ADVISORY UNTIL 8-A.M. WED.

Weather

August 3rd, 2016 by Ric Hanson

DENSE FOG LOOKS TO CONTINUE TO SPREAD OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN IOWA THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS BEFORE LIFTING WITH THE SUNRISE. VISIBILITY TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS IS LIKELY.

AREA COUNTIES: CARROLL-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-ADAMS-UNION-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD

...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CDT THIS MORNING

Dense Fog Advisory for counties in gray.

Dense Fog Advisory for counties in gray.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A DENSE FOG ADVISORY…WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CDT THIS MORNING.

* VISIBILITY…ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS…ESPECIALLY ALONG HIGHWAY 30 FROM CARROLL TO AMES…INTERSTATE 35 FROM THE MISSOURI BORDER TO AROUND OSCEOLA…AND HIGHWAY 141 FROM COON RAPIDS TO GRIMES.

* IMPACTS…DENSE FOG IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT…PARTICULARLY IN LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS RIVER BOTTOMS OR VALLEYS. DRIVERS SHOULD UTILIZED LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS AND ALLOW PLENTY OF ROOM BETWEEN THE VEHICLE AHEAD OF YOU.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A DENSE FOG ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. IF DRIVING…SLOW DOWN… USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS…AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU.