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Tuesday, May 20, 2014 @ Council Bluffs
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Thousands of Iowans will be hitting the road over the Memorial Day weekend and they’re being reminded to watch out for construction zones. Mark Bortle, with the Iowa Department of Transportation, says one of the bigger projects in central Iowa is along Interstate 35 from West Des Moines, south to just beyond the town of Cumming. “We still will be maintaining two lanes in each direction, but traffic will be a little bit more congested due to the closeness of the construction activity,” Bortle says. That project, which carries a price tag of just over $32 million, is expected to be completed later this year.
Other roadwork will impact travelers in western Iowa. “We have ongoing projects in the Council Bluffs metro area as we continue to rebuild the interstate system there and up in the Sioux City area…that will impact Interstate 29 traffic up in Woodbury County,” Bortle says. In northeast Iowa, motorists may be slowed down a bit if they pass through Waterloo.
“We’re doing some work on the I-380 bridge over San Marnan Drive and traffic is restricted to one lane in that normal three lane section,” Bortle says. While the DOT will not be doing work in most construction zones over the holiday weekend, Bortle says motorists should still slow down when they see the black-on-orange warning signs and merge into the appropriate lanes as soon as they can.
(Radio Iowa)
A portion of Interstate 29 in Council Bluffs was closed for several hours, Tuesday, after a semi tractor-trailer leaked acid onto the road. Officials with the Council Bluffs Police Department said the northbound lanes of I-29 and I-680 southbound was closed near the 25th Street exit on the west side of the City.
The incident occurred sometime around 5-p.m. Traffic was allowed to resume a normal flow on the affected section of roads by around 8:30-p.m. No injuries were reported, and no other details were released.
Iowa State University crops specialist, Joel Dejong (Dee-young), says last week’s freezing temperatures have caused some widespread damage to western Iowa corn fields. “A lot of northwest Iowa and actually even into southwest Iowa — although they didn’t even freeze — they had some damage in some fields also from radiation frost where it got cold so fast,” DeJong says. “We had temperatures in the mid 20’s, so obviously that’s going to cause come crop damage.” DeJong says in many instances corn had already emerged when the cooler temperatures had hit, and he believes most of the crop will recover.
“As I go dig fields, it looks like most plants have grown quite a bit since we had that frost and these nicer sunnier days help,” DeJong says. He says some plants look like they lost a leaf, but he says they will continue to regrow. DeJong says while the corn was damaged, soybeans are a different story.
“Soybeans once they emerge, their growing point is above ground. So, southwest Iowa reported several fields where they did freeze off emerged beans. I am not sure if I know of any emerged beans (in northwest Iowa) — maybe there was field or two out there. If there was, they are probably hurt pretty seriously,” DeJoung explains. Statewide, 40 percent of the soybeans have been planted and DeJong believes northwest Iowa farmers have perhaps planted as much as 60 percent of the intended soybean acreage. DeJong says farmers will want to start scouting for black cut worms based on their tracking of the adult larvae.
“We trap adults as they start moving up, they don’t live through an Iowa winter, so traps went out in mid-March and the first part of April,” DeJong says. He says the adults started showing up mid-April and he says they predict the worms will be big enough to start cutting off the plants by around May 27th. The agronomist says the day length and temperatures will determine how fast the cutworms will move into this area. He says as the corn growth slows down, so do the insects and other pests.
(Radio Iowa)
Officials with the Montgomery County Family YMCA in Red Oak, says the Y will be hosting a one day youth basketball camp for area students entering grades 3 through 11 in July. Boys and girls was welcome to attend this camp, which will be under the direction of players and staff members of the 2014-15 Nebraska Women’s Basketball Team.
The camp will be held at the Montgomery County Family YMCA in Red Oak, Iowa on Saturday, July 26th, from 9:30 a.m. -1:30 p.m. Participants will receive a camp t-shirt. The registration deadline is July 12th.
For more information, including the cost, contact YMCA Operational Manager John Blomstedt at 712-623-2161 or email prodir@mcymca.com
The Freese-Notis Weather Forecast for the KJAN listening area and weather information for Atlantic.
Here are some of the reports of hail that fell during storms the evening of Tue., May 20th 2014 (as compiled by the National Weather Service & scanner reports.)
8-p.m. Pea-to dime-sized hail near Highway 6 and 29th Street in Atlantic (Cass Co. 9-1-1 Director).
7:10-p.m. Golf ball-sized hail 3 miles North of Shelby (Law enforcement report)
4:48-p.m. Quarter-sized hail 4 miles Northeast of Audubon.
4:30-p.m. Penny-sized hail 5 miles southeast of Harlan.
4:25-p.m. Penny-sized hail 3 miles southeast of Shelby and 6 miles southwest of Grey.
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Police in Red Oak report the arrest Tuesday night of a local woman. 44-year old Holli Anne Burgess, of Red Oak, was arrested at around 9:30-p.m. in the 400 block of East Coolbaugh Street, for a Probation Violation. Burgess was brought to the Montgomery County Law Enforcement Center and held on $5,000 bond.
Two people from Union County were arrested late Tuesday night in Adams County, following a traffic stop. The Adams County Sheriff’s Office reports a deputy stopped a vehicle for speeding on Highway 34 at around 11:50-p.m., Tuesday. During an investigation, it was determined the driver, Skylar Cook, of Creston, had no valid driver’s license. Cook was arrested for Driving While Suspended, and brought to the Adams County Jail, where he was held on a $566 cash bond.
A passenger in Cook’s vehicle, Katlyn Hughes, of Creston, was charged with Minor in Possession of Alcohol (Under the age of 21), Possession of Marijuana and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.
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