(Collins, Iowa) – A wrong-way car collided with a semi Friday night in Jasper County, killing the car’s driver. The Iowa State Patrol reports a 2020 KIA Soul driven by 79-year-old Ronald Vasey, of Maxwell, was traveling north in the southbound lanes of Highway 65 near Collins, at around 10:30-p.m., when the vehicle collided with a 2018 Freightliner driven by 39-year-old Martin Cory, of Cedar Rapids. Vasey died at the scene.
The accident remains under investigation. The Jasper County Sheriff’s Office and EMS assisted at the crash scene.
(Red Oak, Iowa) – A woman from Red Oak was arrested Friday night on Criminal Mischief charges. According to Red Oak Police, 45-year-old Jill Renee Coddington was arrested in the 300 block of E. Washington Street at around 8:20-p.m. She charged with Criminal Mischief in the 4th Degree, and two-counts of Criminal Mischief in the 5th Degree. Coddington was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on a $1,000 bond.
(Nebraska/Iowa) – Parts of central and eastern Nebraska were hit by tornadoes and large hail, Friday, while heavy rain caused street flooding in western Iowa. The National Weather Service in Valley, NE, says in western Iowa, thunderstorm winds caused damage in Hamburg at around 6:45-p.m., with tree limbs broken and shingles blown-off of roofs.
Flash flooding was reported at around 8:25-p.m. in Onawa, where streets were closed and vehicles were left stranded. Rain amounting to 4.4-inches was recorded in Harrison County, about three-miles west of Magnolia, at around 11-p.m., Friday.
Tornadoes and large hail were observed near Ames, Bend, Boone, Colfax, Hooper, North Bend, Oakland, Pawnee, Platte, Scribner, NE, and at least four other communities, with funnel clouds seen elsewhere in the southeastern part of the Cornhusker State.
Damage reports were received from numerous parts of the affected area, but there were no immediate reports of injuries or deaths.
Today: Partly sunny, with a high near 79. South southeast wind 9 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.
Tonight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 60. Southwest wind 5 to 8 mph becoming east northeast after midnight.
Sunday: A 40 percent chance of showers. Cloudy, with a steady temperature around 64. Breezy, with a northeast wind 7 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Monday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 70.
Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 76.
Friday’s High in Atlantic was 77. Our Low this morning, 66. We received .01” rain overnight into early this morning. Last year on this date the High in Atlantic was 80 and the Low was 47. The Record High on this date was 95 in 1915. The Record Low was 23 in 1997.
(Lisbon, Iowa) – The driver of a 2016 Mack truck died, when the vehicle was struck by a train Friday afternoon, in eastern Iowa’s Linn County. The Iowa State Patrol says the driver attempted to cross the railroad tracks in the 120th block of 115th Street in Lisbon at around 1:36-p.m., when it the truck was hit on the driver’s side, by an eastbound train.
The truck driver’s name and other accident information was being withheld by authorities, pending notification of family.
The State Patrol was assisted at the scene, by the Lisbon/Mt. Vernon Police Department and Ambulance, Mechanicsville Fire Dept., the Iowa DNR and DOT.
GIRLS SOCCER
Atlantic 3, Denison-Schleswig 1
Tri-Center 5, Missouri Valley 0
BOYS SOCCER
Denison-Schleswig 10, Atlantic 0
CB Abraham Lincoln 2, Glenwood 1
Treynor 9, St. Albert 0
Top two teams advance to Regional Final. If host school is one of top two teams, then the third place team advances as well. Top 6 individuals (including ties) at each site advance to Regional Finals.
Class 1A Region 1A @ Alta-Aurelia
Individual Qualifiers
Class 1A Region 1B @ Manning-Manilla GC
Individual Qualifiers
Class 1A Region 1C @ Fremont County GC (Sidney)
Individual Qualifiers
Class 1A Region B @ Woodward-Granger
Medalist: Savannah Charlet Earlham 96
Runner-Up: Ameilia Schroeder, Ogden, 98
3. Lindsay Mescher, Woodward-Granger 100
4. McKenna Carroll, Woodward-Granger 101
5. DeLaney Harvey, Pleaseantville, 101
6. Molly Cue, Woodward-Granger 102
Class 1A Region 3C
Individual Qualifiers
CLASS 2A
Region 2A at Red Oak
Individual Qualifiers
CLASS 1A
Subtate 7 @ North Polk
First Round
North Polk 5, Creston 0
Atlantic 5, Southwest Valley 1
Second Round
North Polk 5, Atlantic 1
1S (NP): Ethan Moon def. Clevi Johnson (6-0, 6-0)
2S (NP): Easton Moon def. Nolan Waters (6-0, 6-0)
3S (NP): Landon Murch def. Easton O’Brien (6-0, 6-1)
4S (A): Kinnick Juhl def. Derrick Rhoads (6-4, 6-3)
5S (NP): Vance Rupp def. Isaac Henson (6-1, 6-4)
6S (NP): Elijah Dickinson def. Michael Hotze (7-5, 6-3)
Substate 7 @ Ballard
First Round
Ballard 5, Des Moines Hoover 0
Keumper Catholic 5, Clarke 0
Second Round
Ballard 5, Kuemper Catholic 4
Substate 8 @ Glenwood
Preliminary
Audubon 5, Harlan 1
First Round
Glenwood 5, Audubon 0
Shenandoah 5, Red Oak 1
Lewis Central 5, Clarinda 0
Denison-Schleswig 5, St. Albert 1
Second Round
Glenwood 5, Shenandoah 0
Lewis Central 5, Denison-Schleswig 2
CLASS 2A
Substate 1 @ Sioux City
First Round
CB Abraham Lincoln 5, Sioux City North 4
Second Round
Sioux City East 5, CB AL 1
Substate 2 @ Waukee Northwest
First Round
CB Thomas Jefferson 5, Des Moines North 1
Second Round
Waukee Northwest 5, CB Thomas Jefferson 0
(Radio Iowa) – Iowa Congresswoman Ashley Hinson says legislation she voted for along with other House Republicans is a conservative border security package that could address the humanitarian and safety crisis issues. “Well, I certainly hope that Senate will step up to the plate and work with us in the house to deal with this situation because it is unprecedented as a result of this administration’s policies,” Hinson says.
Hinson’s comments come as coronavirus restrictions on asylum allowing the U-S to quickly turn back migrants at the U-S-Mexico border ended today (Friday) She says Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas should have taken action to ensure that immigrants weren’t rushing the border as the restrictions ended. “I would support moving forward with an impeachment trial if Secretary Mayorkas refuses to do the right thing and resign because of his failures at the southern border,” Hinson says. Hinson hopes there can be a bipartisan solution to dealing with the issue.
“We have heard from a number of our colleagues on the other side of the aisle that they realized that this is a problem, they realize that the Biden administration has failed in this case,” Hinson says. “They knew the deadline was coming. And they did not take steps to address the coming surge of illegal immigration. So I’m counting on some folks in the Senate to have a little political courage here and step up and realize we have to do the right thing to secure our country and secure our border.”
Hinson says we’re coming up on almost 300 people on the terror watchlist that have been apprehended at our southern border that we know of,so this is a safety and security issue.