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Today: Mostly cloudy & breezy. High near 74. S/SE winds 10-20mph w/gusts to over 30.
Tonight: Mostly cloudy & breezy. Low around 56. SE wind 10-25mph.
Sunday: Mostly cloudy & breezy. High near 74. S/SE @ 10-25
Sunday Night: A slight chance of showers & thunderstorms. Low around 55
Monday: Cloudy w/a 40% chance of showers & thunderstorms. High near 70. SE @ 10-20.
Monday Night: Showers & possibly a thunderstorm. Low around 52.
Tuesday: A 40% chance of showers & thunderstorms, otherwise Partly sunny, with a high near 68.
Friday’s High in Atlantic was 75. The 24-hour Low thru 7-a.m. today was 48. Last year on this date, our High in Atlantic was 70 and the low was 44. The All-time Record High in Atlantic on this date was 88 in 1898. The Record Low was 19 in 1988.
One person suffered what were described as minor injuries, during an accident late Friday night on Interstate 80, in Cass County. According to dispatch reports, a vehicle went into the median at about the 59.5 mile marker, at around 10:30-p.m. A woman in the vehicle suffered from abdominal pain, possibly the result of a seat belt, according to authorities at the scene. She was transported to the Cass County Memorial Hospital.
No other details are currently available.
A traffic stop late Friday night in Montgomery County resulted in an arrest. Sheriff’s officials say 47-year old Lonnie Lee Votava, of Clearfield, was arrested at around 10:20-p.m. after he was pulled over on Highway 34, in Red Oak. Votava was charged with OWI/1st offense, and brought to the Montgomery County Jail where his bond was set at $1,000.
In area boys golf action, the AHSTW Vikings came away with a home victory over Riverside. The Vikes won with the best low team score of 183. The Bulldogs racked-up a score of 206. Riverside’s Tyler Krueger shot a 39, which gave him the Medalist title. Dustin Engel earned the runner-up score with a round of 44 for AHSTW.
In girls action at AHSTW, the home team shot a total round of 221. Riverside failed to qualify a team score. The Bulldog’s Alyssa Brink won medalist with her round of 50, while Taylor Madden 54 led AHSTW with a score of 54, which was good for the runner-up position.
In a Western Iowa Conference boys dual golf meet, Friday, Treynor bested Audubon 176-211 at the Treynor Recreation Area. Nathan Hill led the Cardinals with a best score of 35. Micky Williamson shot the low round for Audubon, at 52.
In a track and field event held in Creston, the Atlantic Trojans were victorious in the Creston Panther Relays, with three event wins under their belt and a total score of 108.5 points. First place finishes for Atlantic included those from Alec Hayes in the High Jump, Gratt Reed in the 110M High Hurdles, and Phoenix Shadden in the 3,200. In second place team scoring, was North Polk, with 104.5. Third place went to Clarinda, with 80 points. Harlan’s score of 68.5 was good enough for fourth place, while Earlham placed 5th, with 53 points. Rounding out the rest of the 10 team field, in 6th thru tenth places respectively, was Shenandoah, Mt. Ayr, Creston, Nishnabotna, and Red Oak.
At the Eagle Relays in Underwood, the home squad defended their turf with 118 total points. Treynor was a distant second with 67 points. Logan-Magnolia was third with 64, followed by St. Albert (60.5), West Central Valley (55), Griswold (53), Woodbine (50), Fremont-Mills (49.5) and Thomas Jefferson (49) in the 16-team meet.
(The full results can be seen here http://www.aspimeetz.com/Results/Results.aspx?IDMeet=g201517040735333964ef2ee64f8bb41)
At the Glidden-Ralston Co-Ed meet in Carroll, the Audubon boys and Coon Rapids-Bayard girls were winners in team scoring. The Audubon boys racked-up 169 points. Coon Rapids-Bayard placed 2nd with 110 points. Glidden-Ralston was third with 108 points, followed by Ar-We-Va (90) and Guthrie Center (69) to round out the top five in the eight-team meet.
And, at the East Sac County Raider Relays in Wall Lake, the IKM-Manning girls finished second while the boys were fifth.
Friday’s Soccer Scores
Girls
Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson 3, Sioux City, North 1
Sioux City, East 4, Glenwood 0
St. Albert, Council Bluffs 2, Tri-Center, Neola 1
Boys
Denison-Schleswig 8, Sergeant Bluff-Luton 2
Missouri Valley 1, Treynor 0
Tri-Center 2, St. Albert 1 OT
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Matt Holliday had two of the St. Louis Cardinals’ six home runs in a 14-3 rout of the Cincinnati Reds on Friday night. Aledmys Diaz and Brandon Moss each added three-run homers to help the Cardinals to their sixth win in the last seven games. They have scored seven or more runs in all six wins and hit double-digits four times.
Moss and Matt Adams also homered. Adams’ pinch-hit homer was the second of the game and sixth of the season. That surpasses the Cardinals total of four from pinch hitters last season. Holliday drove in four runs and reached base four times in recording the 20th multi-homer game of his career.
Carlos Martinez (2-0) allowed three runs and six hits over seven innings. Starter Tim Melville (0-1) gave up seven runs in three innings for the loss.
405 AM CDT SAT APR 16 2016
TODAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S. SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH.
TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH.
SUNDAY…CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 30 PERCENT.
SUNDAY NIGHT…RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 60 PERCENT.
MONDAY…COOLER. RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE MID 60S. SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 70 PERCENT.
MONDAY NIGHT…RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS AROUND 50. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 60 PERCENT.
TUESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 30 PERCENT.
The Iowa State Patrol says a man and child from Dallas County were injured during an accident Friday night in south central Iowa’s Warren County. 38-year old Jason Edward Hopkins, and an unidentified 8-year old child, both from Waukee, were transported by ambulance to Methodist Hospital in Des Moines following the accident that happened at around 8:30-p.m. near the intersection of Highway 92 and northbound Interstate 35.
Officials say a 2004 Harley Davidson motorcycle driven by Jason Hopkins, was westbound on Highway 92 and approaching the northbound I-35 on-ramp in a construction zone. Hopkins slowed his motorcycle while waiting for eastbound traffic to pass before turning left onto I-35. As he was slowing down, his bike was hit from behind by a 1992 Chevy C-15 pickup, driven by an unidentified 16-year old from Prole, IA.
The accident remains under investigation.
A man from Nebraska was arrested early this (Saturday) morning on eluding, drug and other charges, in Fremont County. The Sheriff’s Department says deputies with the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office K9 Unit attempted to stop a 2001 Dodge Ram for an equipment violation near the intersection of Waubonsie Ave and Western Ave in Bartlett. The driver of the vehicle, 31-year old Skip Skalak, of Waverly, Nebraska, failed to yield to law enforcement and stopped his vehicle at a residence in Bartlett.
Skalak was arrested for Eluding, Interference with Official Acts, Possession of Methamphetamine, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, Driving without a License, and 2 vehicle equipment violations. He was being held at the Fremont County Jail on $3,155 bond. The Iowa State Patrol assisted the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office in the arrest.
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