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Significant Weather Advisory for Montgomery/Mills/Pott. Counties

Weather

July 6th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

412 AM CDT WED JUL 6 2016

…SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MONTGOMERY…EASTERN MILLS AND POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTIES UNTIL 500 AM CDT…

AT 412 AM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES EAST OF MACEDONIA…OR 23 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ATLANTIC…MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…

EASTERN COUNCIL BLUFFS…RED OAK…OAKLAND…AVOCA…MALVERN…

TREYNOR…UNDERWOOD…CARSON…WALNUT…STANTON…EMERSON…

ELLIOTT…MACEDONIA…SILVER CITY…HANCOCK…HENDERSON…HASTINGS…

MCCLELLAND…GRANT AND FARM CREEK PUBLIC WILDLIFE AREA.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS…

HIGHWAY 34 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 17 AND 51.

HIGHWAY 59 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 28 AND 64.

INTERSTATE 29 NEAR MILE MARKER 45.

INTERSTATE 80 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 8 AND 20.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE. THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY…SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS…AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS…FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

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Area Baseball Scores from Tue., 7/5/16

Sports

July 6th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Atlantic 3, Glenwood 2
Atlantic 6, St. Albert 0
Audubon 10, Southwest Valley 1
CAM, Anita 3, Woodbine 0 (CAM clinches Rolling Valley Conference Title)
Coon Rapids-Bayard 13, South Central Calhoun 3
Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 13, Bishop Heelan Catholic, Sioux City 4
Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 13, Bishop Heelan Catholic, Sioux City 8
Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson 6, Sioux City, East 2
Glidden-Ralston 9, Earlham 0
Guthrie Center 3, Orient-Macksburg 0
Harlan 10, Clarinda 3
Hinton 8, Treynor 4
IKM-Manning 6, Denison-Schleswig 2
Lawton-Bronson 6, OA-BCIG 4
Lewis Central 9, Logan-Magnolia 3
Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto 4, Woodbury Central, Moville 0 (WVC Tournament Semi-Finals)
Missouri Valley 8, Shenandoah 4
Nodaway Valley 14, Lenox 6
Saydel 8, ADM, Adel 5
Sioux City, East 5, Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson 2
Stanton 8, East Union, Afton 3
West Harrison, Mondamin 12, Whiting 1 (5 Innings)
West Sioux, Hawarden 4, Unity Christian, Orange City 0
Winterset 10, Creston 5

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Regional Softball Schedule: Wed., July 5th 2016

Sports

July 6th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

(all games begin at 7-p.m. unless noted otherwise)
Class 3A – Region 8
(in Atlantic): Atlantic vs. Red Oak
(at Shenandoah): Shenandoah vs. Clarinda
(at Humboldt): Humboldt vs. Kuemper Catholic

Class 2A
Region 1
(at Logan): Logan-Magnolia vs. Ridge View
(at Cleghorn): MMC-RU vs. MVAO
(at Larchwood): West Lyon vs. Unity Christian
Region 8
(at Truro): I-35 vs. West Central Valley
(at Earlham): Earlham vs. AHSTW
(at Treynor): Treynor vs. Tri-Center
(at Missouri Valley): Mo. Valley vs. Underwood

Class 1A
Region 2
5:30-p.m. (at Glidden): Glidden-Ralston vs. Nodaway Valley
7:00-p.m. (at Fonda): Newell-Fonda vs. Coon Rapids-Bayard
Region 7
5:30-p.m. (at Kimballton): Exira/EHK vs. CAM
7:00-p.m. (at Correctionville): River Valley vs. Audubon
7:00-p.m. (at Lawton): Lawton-Bronson vs. Boyer Valley
7:00-p.m. (at Charter Oak): Charter Oak-Ute vs. Riverside
Region 8
5:30-p.m. (at Tabor): Fremont-Mills vs. West Harrison
7:00-p.m. (at Sloan) Westwood vs. West Monona
7:00-p.m. (at Sidney) Sidney vs. Bedford
7:00-p.m. (at Lenox): Lenox vs. Stanton

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Regional Softball Scores from Tue., 7/5/16

Sports

July 6th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Class 1A
Region 2
Coon Rapids-Bayard 9, Guthrie Center 8
Nodaway Valley 6, Grand View Christian 3
Region 6
Mormon Trail 7, East Union 5
Murray 12, Mount Ayr 2
Region 7
Audubon 11, Ar-We-Va 9
Exira-EHK 11, Adair-Casey 1
CAM 16, Orient-Macksburg 0
Boyer Valley 5, Woodbine 0
Riverside 11, Griswold 7
Region 8
West Monona 3, Whiting 1
West Harrison 19, East Mills 0
Bedford 22, Diagonal 9
Lenox 12, Nishnabotna 0
Stanton 20, Essex 3

Class 2A
Region 1
MVAO 8, OA-BCIG 1
Western Christian 10, Hinton 3
Region 8
AHSTW 9, Southwest Valley 5
Underwood 2, St. Albert 1

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Police: Nearly 300 fireworks calls made in Sioux City

News

July 6th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — The Sioux City Police Department says it received a higher number of calls than normal over the Fourth of July weekend even though the holiday was free of reported pyrotechnic accidents. Sioux City Police Officer Lori Noltze tells the Sioux City Journal that dispatchers received a total of 294 fireworks calls from July 1 through July 4. Noltze says the department has received around 200 calls during former holiday weekends.

She says she hasn’t heard of any major firework accidents in Sioux City and that officers didn’t issue any fireworks-related citations. The Sioux City fire department reported one fireworks-related fire over the weekend. The incident occurred late Monday night when a house was damaged after improperly disposed fireworks ignited in a trash receptacle. There were no injuries.

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The Latest: Lottery official says no Mega Millions winner

News

July 6th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A lottery official says no winning ticket was sold in Tuesday night’s Mega Millions drawing. The numbers in Tuesday evening’s drawing of the “Mega Millions” game were: 29-46-53-64-73, Mega Ball: 10, Megaplier: 5

Virginia Lottery spokesman John Hagerty tells The Associated Press that means the jackpot for the next drawing on Friday will be an estimated $508 million. Tuesday’s was worth an estimated $454 million. It marks the 34th time the jackpot has rolled over without a winner. The previous record was 22 rolls.

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Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Montgomery/Mills/Pott. Counties

Weather

July 6th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

333 AM CDT WED JUL 6 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…

NORTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…

NORTHEASTERN MILLS COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…

SOUTHEASTERN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…

* UNTIL 415 AM CDT

* AT 333 AM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTH OF MALVERN…OR 24 MILES SOUTHEAST OF OMAHA…MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

HAZARD…QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT…DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…

MALVERN…TREYNOR…CARSON…MACEDONIA…SILVER CITY…HENDERSON… HASTINGS…FARM CREEK PUBLIC WILDLIFE AREA AND OLD TOWN PARK.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS…

HIGHWAY 34 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 14 AND 23.

HIGHWAY 59 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 34 AND 44.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING.

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Severe Thunderstorm Warning for NE Harrison & Shelby County

Weather

July 5th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

1046 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…SHELBY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…NORTHEASTERN HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…EASTERN MONONA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…UNTIL 1130 PM CDT

* AT 1045 PM CDT…SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES WEST OF DANBURY TO 6 MILES EAST OF LOGAN…MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THESE ARE VERY DANGEROUS STORMS.

HAZARD…80 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT…FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE HEAVILY DAMAGED. EXPECT CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO ROOFS…WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…

HARLAN…EARLING…UTE…IRWIN…DEFIANCE…MOORHEAD…WOODBINE… MAPLETON…DUNLAP…PANAMA…PORTSMOUTH…SOLDIER…WESTPHALIA.. TENNANT…KIRKMAN…SCHABEN PARK…MANTENO RECREATION AREA AND WILLOW LAKE RECREATION AREA.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 59 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 73 AND 89.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION WITH TORNADO LIKE WIND SPEEDS EXPECTED. MOBILE HOMES AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ARE ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE AND MAY BE OVERTURNED. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT PROPERTY DAMAGE.

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Cardinals backup catcher Pena to go through reserve training

Sports

July 5th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis Cardinals backup catcher Brayan Pena is going to undergo training in the U.S. Army Reserve in the off-season. The 34-year-old Pena defected to the United States from Cuba as a teenager and made the majors in 2005. He made the announcement on Twitter , saying he was “very proud” to get involved.

He won’t enlist in the Army Reserve because it could interfere with his major league career. He has missed much of the season with a knee injury and was in the lineup for his second start of the year Tuesday against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Pena played for the Cincinnati Reds in 2014 and 2015 and said he’d had several discussions on the topic with outfielder Jay Bruce.

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Fryer gets 3 RBIs, Pirates beat Cardinals 5-2

Sports

July 5th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Eric Fryer burned his former team with two hits and three RBIs and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the St. Louis Cardinals 5-2 on Tuesday night. The Cardinals released Fryer when backup catcher Brayan Pena came off the 15-day disabled list and the Pirates claimed him off waivers on Sunday. He batted .368 with St. Louis with five RBIs in 38 at-bats behind seven-time All-Star Yadier Molina but Pena has a two-year, $5 million contract.

Juan Nicasio (7-6) worked two scoreless innings in relief of lefty Steven Brault, who allowed one earned run in four innings while throwing 82 pitches and adding a single in his debut. The 24-year-old Brault pitched in place of fellow rookie Jameson Taillon, placed on the DL on Sunday with shoulder fatigue.

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