Atlantic Results from Saturday, March 22, 2014
LIGHT SNOW FELL OVER PORTIONS OF THE STATE OVERNIGHT. THE HEAVIEST
SNOW FELL ALONG A CORRIDOR FROM SAC CITY THROUGH THE DES MOINES
METRO AREA SOUTHEAST TOWARDS CHARITON. THE AREA OF SNOW IS
EXPECTED TO EXPAND THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. ACUMULATIONS WILL BE
LIGHT THROUGH THE MORNING COMMUTE BUT ROAD TEMPERATURES HAVE
FALLEN BELOW FREEZING AND THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR THE FALLING
SNOW TO CREATE SLICK SPOTS ON ROADWAYS…ESPECIALLY WHERE SOME
MELTING MAY HAVE OCCURRED FROM EARLIER SNOWFALL. LESSER TRAVELED
ROADS AND OVERPASSES WILL ALSO BE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO SLICK
SPOTS.
DRIVE SLOWLY AND ALLOW EXTRA TRAVEL TIME DURING THE MORNING
COMMUTE AND BE SURE TO ALLOW EXTRA SPACE BETWEEN YOURSELF AND THE
VEHICLE AHEAD OF YOU.
With winter behind us, Iowans need to get in the mindset to be prepared for different potential weather dangers associated with spring — like hail, lightning, flash flooding and tornadoes. Jeff Johnson, the warning coordination meteorologist at the National Weather Service, says today (Monday) marks the start of Severe Weather Awareness Week in Iowa. One key element will be a statewide tornado drill on Wednesday morning. “We’ll have the watch at 10, followed by a Tornado Warning at about 10:15,” Johnson says. “It’s an excellent time to exercise your home plan, if you have one, or your school response to a tornado or your business response.”
Each day this week will focus on different types of severe weather, including flash flooding, severe thunderstorms, developing a family emergency plan and how watches and warnings have changed in recent years. Johnson says 2013 was another unusual year as Iowa had very few tornadoes. “The numbers were inflated a little bit from that event in early October, particularly in northwest Iowa, but if you took that out, if you take out that event and Belmond, we had seven tornadoes in the Belmond area in June of last year, it was very quiet,” Johnson says. “Even with those two events, we had in the upper 20s for tornadoes.”
Iowa averages 48 tornadoes a year, but recorded 120 twisters in 2004. Johnson says it’s difficult to predict what kind of year will be ahead, especially after such a cold, snowy winter.
“It all depends on where the weather patterns set up in April, May and June,” Johnson says. “I always tell everybody prepare for the worst and we’re going to have severe weather at some point. We’re going to have tornadic storms, flash flooding storms, large hail and wind.”
This month, the National Weather Service will hold storm spotter classes across Iowa. The classes offer information about cloud development, how to spot tornadoes and more. Learn more about Severe Weather Awareness Week and the spotter classes at www.weather.gov/dmx.
(Radio Iowa)
Police in Red Oak report an arrest has been made in connection with a recent burglary. Officials say 25-year old Jacob Nathaniel Forward, of Red Oak, was arrested at a residence on east Nuckols Street at around 11:35-p.m. Sunday, on a charge of Burglary in the 2nd Degree. Forward was brought to the Montgomery County Law Enforcement Center and held on $10,000 bond.
A man and woman from Hamburg were arrested on drug charges early Sunday morning near Thurman. The Fremont County Sheriff’s Office reports a vehicle driven by 25-year old Brent Allen Neal was pulled over at around 2:20-a.m. Sunday, during a routine traffic stop near the intersection of Bluff Road and 155th Street.
During the stop, deputies detected odors of marijuana and alcohol coming from the vehicle. A search of the vehicle resulted in the recovery of marijuana and drug paraphernalia. Neal, and a passenger in the vehicle, 21-year old Kaisa Vaughn Rush, were arrested on charges of Possession of a Controlled Substance/Marijuana and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. Neal was also charged with Operating While Intoxicated/1st Offense.
The pair were brought to the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office and released on bond.
BRUCE YARGER, 87, of Atlantic, died Sun., March 23rd, at home. Funeral services for BRUCE YARGER will be held 10:30 am, Saturday, March 29th in SS Peter & Paul Catholic Church in Atlantic. Hockenberry Family Care Funeral Home in Atlantic has arrangements.
Prayer service will be held at 4:00 pm, Friday, March 28th with visitation from 4-6 pm at Hockenberry Family Care in Atlantic.
Burial will be in the SS Peter & Paul Catholic Cemetery in Atlantic.
Memorial may be directed to the family per Bruce’s wishes.
BRUCE Yarger is survived by:
His wife: Lois Yarger of Atlantic, IA
Today Snow likely, mainly before 1pm. Cloudy, with a high near 38. Southeast wind 8 to 13 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 60%. Total daytime snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.
Tonight A slight chance of snow between 2am and 3am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 20. Wind chill values as low as 10. Northwest wind 10 to 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Tuesday Sunny, with a high near 34. Wind chill values as low as 5. Breezy, with a northwest wind 11 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.
Tuesday Night Mostly clear, with a low around 22. Light and variable wind becoming south southeast 5 to 10 mph after midnight.
Wednesday Mostly sunny, with a high near 56. Windy, with a south southeast wind 13 to 18 mph increasing to 24 to 29 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 40 mph.
Wednesday Night A slight chance of rain, then a chance of rain and thunderstorms after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 41. Windy. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Thursday Rain likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Cloudy, with a high near 53. Breezy. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
The Republicans vying for their party’s U.S. Senate nomination all consider “ObamaCare” to be the G-O-P’s strongest weapon against Congressman Bruce Braley, the only Democrat running for Iowa’s U.S. Senate seat this year. But Braley is still touting the Affordable Care Act. President Obama issued a statement Sunday to mark the fourth anniversary of the health care law, dismissing what he called the “outdated obsession” of critics to get rid of the Affordable Care Act.
Republican Senate candidate Joni Ernst has a different name for the law. “Bruce Braley’s ObamaCare,” Ernst says on the campaign trail. Candidate Sam Clovis has said ObamaCare will be “ugly” for Braley. “He was the last person to speak on the floor of the House before the Affordable Care Act was passed,” Clovis said during a forum last week. “…He has a lot of things to answer for.”
Candidate Mark Jacobs of West Des Moines says ObamaCare has created head-aches for businesses. “When you go through the pages and pages and pages of regulation to define what is a full-time employee to determine if you are subject to the rules or not, it’s next to impossible for anybody to possibly understand that,” Jacobs said last week during a National Federation of Independent Business forum. Candidate Matt Whitaker predicts “ObamaCare” will be this fall’s deciding issue.
“It is not going to be a campaign about the Republican nominee,” Whitaker said recently. “This is going to be a campaign about Bruce Braley and his record that is bad for Iowa.” Braley isn’t backing away from the law. “I think Democrats need to do a better job of telling the stories of the people whose lives have been positively changed by the Affordable Care Act and I think that’s the message I’ll be talking about as I travel around Iowa,” Braley said last Thursday.
Braley held 17 town hall meetings in the months before and after passage of the Affordable Care Act, often telling audiences about his nephew who survived liver cancer when he was two. “His parents…had the best insurance you could get in Iowa and they were prevented at that time from changing jobs because he would have been prevented from getting reimbursement because of his pre-existing condition,” Braley said late last week. “His parent no longer have to worry about that and, in fact, have been able to change their jobs and know that their son is going to be able to continue to receive care even with his pre-existing condition.”
Fifty-two percent of the Iowans surveyed in December by Quinnipiac University said they were LESS likely to support a candidate who supports the Affordable Care Act. A Quinnipiac poll taken in early March found Braley leading potential Republican challengers in head-to-head match-ups by between nine and 13 percentage points.
(Radio Iowa)
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Theairra Taylor scored 22 points, Bethany Doolittle added 21 and Iowa blew out Marist 87-65 on Sunday in the first round of the NCAA tournament. Samantha Logic had 11 points, 10 assists and nine rebounds for the sixth-seeded Hawkeyes (27-8), who will face third-seeded Louisville on Tuesday for a trip to the Sweet Sixteen.
Iowa took control late in the first half and relied on strong shooting to advance to the second round for the second year in a row. The Hawkeyes shot 57 percent from the field and 12 of 25 from 3-point range
Emma O’Connor, Sydney Coffey and Madeline Blais each had 12 to lead the 11th-seeded Red Foxes (27-7), who were outscored 49-35 in the second half.
Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press…
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Snow is expected in eastern Nebraska and Iowa today. The National Weather Service says a fast-moving storm will deliver a quick blast of snow from the northwest. Forecasters say much of Iowa will receive 1-to-2 inches of snow by Monday evening.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The outgoing chairman of Iowa’s Republican Party supports legalizing the medical use of marijuana. GOP Chairman A.J. Spiker wrote an opinion column The Des Moines Register ran Sunday arguing that Republicans should support medical marijuana. Spiker submitted his resignation earlier this month, and a vote on his replacement is scheduled for March 29th.
TAMA, Iowa (AP) — Officials in the central Iowa town of Tama are optimistic that an idle beef processing plant will reopen soon and add hundreds of jobs. The Times-Republican reports the former Tama Pack facility is expected to reopen as Iowa Premium Beef sometime this year once remodeling is complete. Tama Mayor Dan Zimmerman says he’s optimistic about the company’s prospects although the timing of the reopening remains uncertain.
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — DeAndre Kane drove for the game-winning layup with 1.6 seconds left and Number 3 seed Iowa State beat North Carolina 85-83 on Sunday, advancing to the Sweet 16 for the first time since 2000. The Cyclones head to Madison Square Garden next week to face Number 7 seed Connecticut in the East Regional semifinals.
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