Flood Warning issued for SW Pottawattamie County

September 23rd, 2015 by admin

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA...
  EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 345 PM CDT

* AT 950 AM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED HEAVY RAIN IN
  WESTERN IOWA AND EASTERN NEBRASKA. THE HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE
  FLOODING. NEARLY 8 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SO FAR ACROSS COUNCIL
  BLUFFS.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  EASTERN OMAHA...COUNCIL BLUFFS...RALSTON...CARTER LAKE...
  CRESCENT...MCCLELLAND...LAKE MANAWA STATE PARK AND NARROWS RIVER
  PARK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED.
STREAM RISES WILL BE SLOW AND FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED.
HOWEVER...ALL INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS
IMMEDIATELY.

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

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Ex-college basketball player settles lawsuit against accuser

News, Sports

September 23rd, 2015 by admin

AMES, Iowa (AP) – A former Iowa State basketball player’s lawsuit against a woman who’d accused him of sexual abuse has been settled.

A news release from the Des Moines law firm of Parrish Kruidenier (KREYED’-nur) says Bubu Palo’s lawsuit was “resolved to the mutual satisfaction of both parties” on Tuesday. The firm declined to comment further.

Palo had sued the woman and her mother in May 2014, saying his reputation had been damaged.

In July the Iowa Court of Appeals dismissed an appeal filed by the university, which argued the discipline against Palo was appropriate for his actions toward the female student in 2012. The decision left in place a ruling that threw out the university’s sanctions against Palo and questioned the accuser’s credibility.

Palo had been kicked off the team.

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Two-vehicle accident near Exira Monday

News

September 23rd, 2015 by admin

A two-vehicle accident on Monday morning near Exira resulted in both drivers being transported to the hospital. The Audubon County Sheriff’s Office reports they were called to the accident around 11:30am on Monday at the intersection of Highway 71 and Littlefield Drive.

After investigation it was determined that 92-year-old Cynthia Ann Petersen of Exira was traveling eastbound on Littlefield Drive and stopped at the intersection with Highway 71. Petersen then pulled out onto Highway 71 failing to see an approaching 2015 Chevy Silverado driven by 50-year-old Tommy Anthony Sherlock of North Augusta, GA. Petersen’s 1990 Buick struck the truck behind the driver’s side door and the vehicles slid north striking a highway sign post and stopping in a large grassy ditch area.

Both drivers were transported to the Audubon County Memorial Hospital by Exira Rescue. A report on their condition was not available. Damage to the Petersen vehicle was estimated at $4,000 and damage to the Sherlock vehicle was estimated at $25,000. Petersen has been charged with Failure to Yield Upon Entering a Highway.

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Backyard and Beyond 09-23-2015

Backyard and Beyond, Podcasts

September 23rd, 2015 by admin

Lavon Eblen speaks with Ellie Rutherford about Coca-Cola Days.

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Charge dismissed for coach accused of choking 7-year-old

News

September 23rd, 2015 by admin

TREYNOR, Iowa (AP) – A court has dismissed an assault charge filed against an assistant high school basketball coach who had denied allegations that he’d choked a 7-year-old boy.

Pottawattamie County court records say the charge against 40-year-old Michael Doner was dismissed on Tuesday. Assistant Pottawattamie County Attorney Amy Zacharias said in her motion to dismiss that there wasn’t enough evidence to sustain prosecution. Doner had pleaded not guilty.

Authorities had said the boy was choked on May 21 at Doner’s home in Treynor.

Doner has told athletic officials at St. Albert Catholic Schools in Council Bluffs that he would not be part of the school’s boys basketball coaching staff this coming season.

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Rural Clarinda man arrested on Taylor County warrant

News

September 23rd, 2015 by admin

The Page County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest Tuesday of a rural Clarinda man on a warrant for multiple charges. At approximately 9:00pm Deputies from the Page County Sheriff’s Office arrested 32-year-old Timothy Dean Curphey of rural Clarinda on a Taylor county warrant. The warrant was for the following charges: Assault With Intent to Inflict Serious Injury – violation of individual rights, Assault With Intent to Inflict Serious Injury, and Child Endangerment. Curphey was transported to the Taylor County Jail for holding on the warrant on no bond until seen by a judge.

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Flash Flood Watch for Cass and other area counties

Weather

September 23rd, 2015 by admin

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
917 AM CDT WED SEP 23 2015

...PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN TODAY MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING...

.A SLOW MOVING WEATHER SYSTEM WILL BRING A PROLONGED PERIOD OF
MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL TO WESTERN IOWA TODAY AND POSSIBLY INTO
TONIGHT. FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AREAS OF THE HEAVIEST
RAINFALL.

CRAWFORD-CARROLL-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-CASS-ADAIR-ADAMS-TAYLOR-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DENISON...CARROLL...AUDUBON...EXIRA...
GUTHRIE CENTER...PANORA...BAYARD...CASEY...ATLANTIC...
GREENFIELD...STUART...ADAIR...FONTANELLE...CORNING...BEDFORD...
LENOX...NEW MARKET
917 AM CDT WED SEP 23 2015

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST IOWA AND WEST
  CENTRAL IOWA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING IN SOUTHWEST ...IOWA...
  ADAIR...ADAMS...CASS AND TAYLOR. IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA...
  AUDUBON...CARROLL...CRAWFORD AND GUTHRIE.

* THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING

* PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. HEAVY RAIN
  HAS ALREADY FALLEN THIS MORNING OVER PORTIONS OF CASS AND
  AUDUBON COUNTIES...AND ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN
  FLASH FLOODING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

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