Police in Atlantic report two residents were arrested Thursday on shoplifting charges. 34-year old Shauna Johnson and 32-year old David Hemmingsen were each charged with 5th degree theft.
Johnson and Hemmingsen were booked into the Cass County Jail and held pending a court appearance.
Due to the impending rain this morning, the first round of the Tournament of Champions at the Atlantic Golf & Country Club has been delayed. The first group will now tee off at 10:00 am.
The Missouri River has yet to recede across Interstate 29 in southwest Iowa, and the full extent of the damage is uncertain, but one thing is known: the road is in worse shape than officials had hoped. Bob Younie, head of maintenance for the Iowa Department of Transportation said in a briefing Thursday, that an 11-foot deep hole has been scoured beneath I-29 where it goes up an embankment to an overpass, near Hamburg. The hole, he says, is getting bigger. Younie called the situation a “Setback…in the recovery from the flooding.”
That section of interstate he described was closed in June because of the Missouri River flooding. There are four Interstate bridges in that area. Younie said the worst case scenario would be for all four bridges to get washed out by flooding, but so far that, hasn’t happened. He said the best case scenario, which is no longer possible, would have been if the bridges and their approaches would escape without major damage.
Younies says so far, one bridge approach has seen significant scouring, and a parallel bridge is threatened by scouring. The only way to know for sure how much damage the bridges and roadway have sustained, is after the water recedes, and an assessment gets underway. The water may linger in the area for at least another month, but even that’s not a given.
Here’s the DOT Press Release issued today (Friday), at 3:41-pm
AMES, Iowa – Aug. 12, 2011 - The Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT) is reporting that the Missouri River flooding has undermined the south bridge approaches of dual Interstate 29 bridges at mile post 1.4 in Fremont County and is threatening the bridges. The seriousness of the damage will undoubtedly prolong flood recovery efforts aimed at eventual reopening of the interstate when the waters recede. The dual set of bridges were constructed in 1972, are 40 feet wide and 179 feet long, and located in the northbound and southbound lanes of I-29. The bridges take I-29 traffic over Drainage Ditch Number 6. The full extent of the damage to the bridges, roadway approaches and embankment are not known at this time due to the high-velocity flood waters that are still rushing under the bridge. But there is damage readily apparent at the site, including collapsing of the pavement, loss of material and scouring at least 11 feet deep. Mitigation efforts are underway to attempt to reduce further loss of the soil under the bridge approach pavement. But the efforts have had little success as the rushing flood waters continue to wash away the large rock placed at the site. It is too soon to determine what corrective actions will be necessary, but stability and safety of the structure is threatened primarily due to the extent of the scour. The piling that support the bridge are 35 feet long and have been partially exposed (no longer embedded in the river bottom) due to the scouring action of the flood water. Due to an earlier levee breach, flood waters from the Missouri River are flowing inland, affecting I-29 and area tributaries and streams. The Iowa DOT will continue to provide the public with regular updates on the damages caused by the flooding, as well as recovery efforts when the waters begin to recede later this month. This is an unsafe area for the public to enter due to the possibility of undermined pavement. Due to these types of safety hazards, never enter a closed roadway, even after the flood waters recede.
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Winds gusting up to 53mph blew through Atlantic this morning, causing minor damage. The NWS in Des Moines reports a 53mph gust was recorded at the Atlantic Airport, at 4:25-a.m. Sustained winds around 40-mph were recorded through 5:05-a.m. Damage included tree down near 5th & Linn, a community church billboard on N. Olive Street destroyed, and scattered other incidents., including a large piece of drywall flying across 7th Street, across from a construction site at IWCC (IA Western Community College) at 4:25-a.m.
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IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) – Iowa reserve linebacker Shane DiBona will likely miss the 2011 season after injuring his achilles in practice. The school says DiBona suffered the injury during practice Wednesday and underwent surgery Thursday at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. DiBona, a redshirt sophomore from Duxbury, Mass., started two games last season. He was listed as a second-team outside linebacker on a depth chart released last week. The Hawkeyes open the season on Sept. 3 when they host Tennessee Tech.
ST. LOUIS (AP) – The St. Louis Cardinals have bolstered their bullpen for the stretch run by coming to terms with veteran left-hander Arthur Rhodes. The 41-year-old Rhodes is scheduled to join the Cardinals on Friday prior to the start of three-game series against visiting Colorado. The Cardinals will make a roster move to add Rhodes after
reaching a deal with him Thursday. Rhodes was released by Texas this week. He went 3-3 with a 4.81 ERA in 32 games for the Rangers. He held left-handed hitters to a
.216 average in 37-at bats.
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