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(Final Tally) Area June 3rd 2014 Primary Election Results – Contested races only

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June 3rd, 2014 by Ric Hanson

(Rep.= Republican; Dem.= Democrat; I=Incumbent) *unofficial final results….
Cass County – Voter turnout: 19%
Recorder (Select 1)
Mary Ward (Rep.) –  811 (46%) WINNER
Jess Ehrman (Rep.) – 306
Shelly Glynn (Rep.) – 483  (27.5%)
Delbert Thurman (Rep.) – 145

Attorney (Select 1)
Dan Feistner (I, Rep.) –  613 (35.5%)
Dave Wiederstein (Rep.) – 1,112 (64%) WINNER

Adair County
Supervisor, District 4 (Select 1)
Cliff Sheriff (I, Rep.) – 55 (35.7%)
Brian Rohrig (Rep.) – 99 (64.3%) WINNER
Winner to face Jodie Hoadley (Dem) in November 4th Gen. Election

Adams County
Supervisor, District 4 (Select 1)
Kevin Olson (Rep.) – 29
Leland Shipley (Rep.) – 66 WINNER
Winner to face Tyler Edwards (Dem.) in Nov.

Guthrie County
Supervisor, District 2 (Select 1)
Clifford Carney (I, Rep.) – 133 (60.7%) WINNER
Todd Hambleton (Rep.) – 86 (39.3%)
Winner faces Dem. Kerry Sheeder in Nov.
Supervisor, District 4
Bruce Lauritsen (Rep.) – 57
Thomas Rutledge (I, Rep.) – 154 WINNER

Montgomery County
Supervisor, District 1 (*Select 1)
Steven D. Ratcliff (I, Rep.) – 142 WINNER
Steven J. Behrens, (Rep.) – 130
Supervisor, District 2 (Select 1)
Karen Blue (I, Rep.) – 113
Joshua Wiig (Rep.) – 141 WINNER
Supervisor, District 4 (*Select 1)
Randall Tye (I, Rep.) – 40
Brian Coughlin (Rep.) – 117
Mark L. Peterson (Rep.) – 251* WINNER

Shelby County
Recorder (Select 1 Rep. & 1 Dem.)
Geralyn Greer (Rep.) – 654 (73.73%) WINNER
Renee Hansen (Rep.) – 166 (18.71%)
Collen Oliver (Rep.) – 67 (7.55%)
Jessica Gessert (Dem.) – 75 (62.5%) WINNER
Larry Wendt (Dem.) – 43 (35.83%)
(Winners advance to the Nov. 4th General election)

Pottawattamie County
Recorder (Select 1)
Mark Brandenburg (Rep.) – 2,978 WINNER
Bill White (Rep.) – 889
Winner faces Dem. Flory Blount in Nov.
Board of Supervisors (*Select 3)
Scott Belt (I, Rep.) – 1,767 *
Lynn Leaders (I, Rep.) – 1,359
Loren Knauss (I, Rep.) – 1,637 *
Justin Schultz (Rep.) – 1,753 *
Tim Wichman (Rep.) – 1,504
Steve Leaders (Rep.) – 996
Brian Lund (Rep.) – 1,168

State & Nat’l. Government Races
State Senate District 11 (Select 1)
Art Hill (Rep.) – 1,263 (29.7%)
Tom Shipley (Rep.) – 2,984 (70.1%) WINNER

U-S Representative District 3 (Select 1) (Republican)
(winner faces Dem. Staci Appel in Nov.) TO BE DECIDED BY CONVENTION (none of the candidates met the 35% criteria for a win)
Robert Cramer – 9,107 (21.2%)
Joe Grandanette – 666 (1.6%)
Matt Schultz – 8,618 (20.1%)
Monte Shaw – 7,260 (16.9%)
David Young – 6,683 (15.6%)
Brad Zaun – 10.578 (24.6%)

U-S Senate (Republican) (Select 1) (winner faces Dem. Bruce Braley in Nov.)
Joni Ernst – 88,692 (56.1%) WINNER
Mark Jacobs – 26,582 (16.8%)
Scott Schaben – 2,270 (1.4%)
Matt Whitaker – 11,909 (7.5%)
Sam Clovis – 28,434 (18%)

Governor (Select 1) (winner faces Dem. Jack Hatch in Nov.)
Terry Branstad (I, Rep.) – 129,712 (83%) WINNER
Tom Hoefling (Rep.) – 26,284 (16.8%)

Property damage accident in Clarinda

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June 3rd, 2014 by Ric Hanson

An accident Tuesday afternoon in Clarinda caused $6,000 damage, but no one was injured. According to the Clarinda Police Department, a 2007 International tractor-trailer driven by 49-year old Daniel Dean Powers, of Omaha, was traveling east on Chestnut Street at around 3:15-p.m. When Powers went to turn north onto 11th Street, he didn’t seem some low hanging power lines. The top of the semi snagged the power lines, causing them to fall, and uproot a light pole.

The mishap also pulled two electrical services from two separate houses. No citations were issued.

Disaster Declaration for Pottawattamie County

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June 3rd, 2014 by Ric Hanson

(DES MOINES) – Gov. Terry E. Branstad this (Tuesday) evening issued a proclamation of disaster emergency for one county in response to Tuesday’s storms. The Governor’s proclamation, for Pottawattamie County, allows state resources to be utilized to respond to and recover from the effects of the storms.

As of 8:30 p.m., Tuesday, no other Iowa counties have requested state assistance. The Iowa Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management and the Governor’s Office continue to closely monitor the situation.

Severe Thunderstorm warning: Page/Montgomery/Fremont Counties

Weather

June 3rd, 2014 by Ric Hanson

BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
849 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
PAGE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
SOUTH CENTRAL MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN FREMONT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 930 PM CDT

* AT 849 PM CDT…SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES EAST OF ESSEX TO NEAR FARRAGUT…MOVING EAST
AT 20 MPH.

HAZARD…70 MPH WIND GUSTS.

SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT…EXPECT CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. DAMAGE IS LIKELY TO
MOBILE HOMES…ROOFS AND OUTBUILDINGS.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
CLARINDA…SHENANDOAH…ESSEX…FARRAGUT…COIN…COLLEGE
SPRINGS…SHAMBAUGH…BRADDYVILLE…YORKTOWN…NORTHBORO…
COBURG…BLANCHARD…HEPBURN AND PIERCE RECREATION AREA.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 59 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 19.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN IOWA AND EASTERN NEBRASKA.

Tornado Warning: Adams/Taylor/Union/Ringgold Counties

Weather

June 3rd, 2014 by Ric Hanson

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
830 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
NORTHWESTERN RINGGOLD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN TAYLOR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
SOUTHWESTERN UNION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 830 PM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 4 MILES WEST OF LENOX…OR 10 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF CORNING…MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD…TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.

IMPACT…FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
DAMAGE TO ROOFS…WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE
DAMAGE IS LIKELY.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
LENOX…CLEARFIELD…SHARPSBURG…KENT AND CRESTON MUNICIPAL
AIRPORT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME…A
VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS…MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

Severe tstorm warning Mills/Page/Montgomery/Fremont Counties

Weather

June 3rd, 2014 by Ric Hanson

BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
813 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHEASTERN MILLS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN PAGE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN FREMONT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 812 PM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTH OF
EMERSON…OR 32 MILES NORTH OF TARKIO…MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

HAZARD…60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT…HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE
TO ROOFS…SIDING AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
RED OAK…ESSEX…STANTON…EMERSON…RANDOLPH…HASTINGS…
IMOGENE…COBURG…PIERCE RECREATION AREA AND VIKING LAKE STATE
PARK.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS…
HIGHWAY 34 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 23 AND 45.
HIGHWAY 59 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 16 AND 37.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN IOWA AND EASTERN NEBRASKA.

Severe Thunderstorm warning eastern Adams County, et al.

Weather

June 3rd, 2014 by Ric Hanson

BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
808 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
WESTERN RINGGOLD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN TAYLOR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
WESTERN UNION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
EASTERN ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 915 PM CDT

* AT 808 PM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF CORNING…MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD…60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT…HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE
TO ROOFS…SIDING AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
CRESTON…LENOX…GREEN VALLEY LAKE…CLEARFIELD…DIAGONAL…
PRESCOTT…GRAVITY…CROMWELL…SHARPSBURG…KENT…CONWAY…
BENTON…MALOY…LAKE OF THREE FIRES STATE PARK…CRESTON MUNICIPAL
AIRPORT AND GREEN VALLEY LAKE STATE PARK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

Severe tstorm warning: Page/Montgomery Counties

Weather

June 3rd, 2014 by Ric Hanson

BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
757 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHERN PAGE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 757 PM CDT…SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ELLIOTT TO NEAR VILLISCA TO 6
MILES EAST OF ESSEX…MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

HAZARD…70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT…HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT CONSIDERABLE
TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO MOBILE
HOMES…ROOFS AND OUTBUILDINGS.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
RED OAK…CLARINDA…VILLISCA…ESSEX…STANTON…GRANT…COBURG…
HEPBURN AND VIKING LAKE STATE PARK.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 34 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 36 AND 51.

(Updated story) Storms force voting delays in some Iowa counties

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June 3rd, 2014 by Ric Hanson

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Election officials sought shelter in Pottawattamie County after a severe storm interrupted voting in a quarter of the western Iowa county’s polling places.  Auditor Mary Jo Drake says at about 5 p.m. Tuesday, poll workers and voters in 10 of the county’s 40 precincts were forced to seek shelter in the buildings where voting was taking place. Drake says several polling places were “right in the eye of the storm.” She says elections officials suspended voting but returned to normal after the storm passed.

No polling places had lost power, but Drake says, “It’s nasty here. It’s as black as the ace of spades.”  Stormy weather also prompted election officials in neighboring Montgomery County to close and evacuate all polls from 5:40 p.m. to 6:10 p.m.

Flash Flood Warning for Page/Montgomery Counties

Weather

June 3rd, 2014 by Ric Hanson

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
729 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
NORTHEASTERN PAGE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
EASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 130 AM CDT WEDNESDAY

* AT 728 PM CDT…EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED A THUNDERSTORM
PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN. UP TO 3 OR 4 INCHES HAS FALLEN SO FAR. FLASH
FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. OF MOST CONCERN IS ALONG
HIGHWAY 71…THIS HIGHWAY MAY FLOOD SOON.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…
RED OAK…VILLISCA…STANTON…GRANT…HEPBURN AND VIKING LAKE
STATE PARK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.