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Lenox man tazed after domestic disturbance

News

May 25th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

Police in Lenox responding to a domestic disturbance early Sunday morning ended up tazing a man who was allegedly uncooperative with officers.

Michael David Cox

Michael David Cox

Authorities say Police were called to the parking lot of Tiger Lanes at around 1-a.m. Sunday, in reference to what was believed to be a domestic dispute. When the officer arrived a male later identified as 30-year old Michael Cox, of Lenox, was uncooperative, confrontational and involved in a dispute with a female.

Cox is allegedly to have repeatedly failed to respond to the officers directions, forcing the officer to deploy his taser. Cox was taken into custody and transported to the Taylor County Jail, where he was charged with disorderly conduct and public intoxication.

Hazardous Weather Outlook for western/sw Iowa

Weather

May 25th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

AREA COUNTIES: MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT-PAGE-456 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2014

TONIGHT AND MONDAY: ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT…AND THEN AGAIN ON MONDAY AFTERNOON. SEVERE WEATHER IS GENERALLY NOT EXPECTED…BUT SOME GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE NEAR STORMS THIS EVENING AND ON MONDAY AFTERNOON.

MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY:
THERE IS AT LEAST A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER MUCH OF THE OUTLOOK AREA THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH MONDAY.

Special Weather Statement: Audubon-Cass-Adams-Taylor-Ringgold Counties

Weather

May 25th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

AUDUBON-CASS-ADAMS-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…AUDUBON…EXIRA…ATLANTIC…CORNING…
BEDFORD…LENOX…NEW MARKET…MOUNT AYR
445 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2014

…SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHWEST
IOWA…

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING AND INTENSIFYING FROM FAR
NORTHWEST MISSOURI INTO SOUTHWEST IOWA. THE STORMS ARE MOVING TO
THE NORTH NORTHEAST AROUND 20 MPH AND ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH…NICKEL SIZED HAIL AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL.

IF STORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA SEEK SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.

Special Weather Statement for Adair County

Weather

May 25th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

439 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2014

…STRONG STORMS DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHWEST IOWA…

AT 438 PM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GREENFIELD…MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM ALONG WITH NICKEL HAIL AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…GREENFIELD…FONTANELLE…BRIDGEWATER…GREENFIELD MUNICIPAL AIRPORT AND NODAWAY PARK.

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY…SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS…AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS…FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

FISH KILL INVESTIGATED IN CARROLL COUNTY

Ag/Outdoor, News

May 25th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

Officials with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources say a fish kill was being investigated in Carroll County. The fish died in Brushy Creek near Halbur. A spill of anhydrous ammonia occurred shortly before noon on Saturday at the West Central Coop facility in Halbur.

It is suspected that runoff from washing the area where the spill occurred reached a tributary of Brushy Creek. A DNR inspection of the area on Sunday afternoon found dead fish along approximately two miles of Brushy Creek. Most of the fish were smaller fish species.

The DNR will return to the area on Monday to complete an assessment of the fish kill.

Special Weather Statement: Fremont/Page/Mills/Montgomery Counties

Weather

May 25th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

258 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2014

…SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN MILLS…NORTHWESTERN PAGE…SOUTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY AND CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM CDT…

AT 258 PM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER SIDNEY…OR 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF TARKIO…MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM…ALONG WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…

SIDNEY…ESSEX…RANDOLPH…IMOGENE…WAUBONSIE STATE PARK AND PIERCE

RECREATION AREA.

HELEN BROWN, 94, of Griswold (Svcs. 6/20/14)

Obituaries

May 25th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

HELEN BROWN, 94, of Griswold, died Friday, May 23rd, at the Griswold Care Center. Memorial services for HELEN BROWN will be held 10:30-a.m. June 20th, at the Griswold United Methodist Church. Duhn Funeral Home in Griswold has the arrangements.

Visitation with the family will be held from 9:30 AM until the time of the service on June 20th.

Interment will be held in Newton, IA at a later date.

HELEN BROWN is survived by:

Her children: Marty Brown and wife Carol of Dallas, TX; Mary-Margaret Anders of Arkansas; John Brown and wife Kathie of Kansas City, MO; Kathy Rasseck of Morgan Town, WV; Michael Brown and wife Cheri of Garner, IA, and Larry Brown of Dallas, TX.

Her brother Forrest Klingaman of Green Valley, AZ

Her sister Thelma Hobbs of Greeley, CO.

11 grandchildren; 14 great grandchildren; other relatives and friends.

9 injured in southern Colorado van crash

News

May 25th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Authorities say nine people were injured — two of them critically — when the family van they were in crashed during a rain and hail storm on La Veta Pass in southern Colorado.

Capt. George Dingfelder with the Colorado State Patrol tells The Gazette the family was traveling from Iowa to Alamosa when their van went off U.S. Highway 160 and rolled Saturday. He says two adults and seven children, ages 1 through 14, were in the vehicle.

Authorities have not released the names of those involved or details about their injuries.

A rundown of Iowa’s primary election races

News

May 25th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

Iowa’s June 3 primary election will include a number of contested races….

U.S. SENATE

Five Republicans are vying for the nomination to face Democrat Bruce Braley in a race drawing national attention as the GOP seeks the six seats needed to capture the majority. State Sen. Joni Ernst of Red Oak has emerged as the front-runner in a field that includes former Reliant Energy CEO Mark Jacobs of West Des Moines.

Ernst’s two TV ads have raised eyebrows, dollars and endorsements. In the first ad, she recalled castrating hogs as a farm kid. In the second, the Iowa National Guard colonel fires a handgun. Jacobs has recently begun attacking Ernst for missing votes in the Iowa Senate this year.

Sioux City college professor Sami Clovis has a loyal following, though polls indicate he trails Ernst and Jacobs, as do former U.S. Attorney Matt Whitaker of Ankeny and Ames businessman Scott Schaben. A candidate must win at least 35 percent of the vote to avoid a nominating convention.

U.S. HOUSE, 1ST DISTRICT

Much of the action is among a crowded Democratic field vying to succeed four-term U.S. Rep. Bruce Braley. State Rep. Patrick Murphy of Dubuque has garnered most of the labor-union endorsements in Iowa’s most industrial congressional district. That may be enough to top Iowa Utilities Board member and former state Sen. Swati Dandekar of Cedar Rapids, Cedar Rapids City Council member Monica Vernon and state Rep. Anesa Kajtazovic.

Dubuque businessman Ron Blum leads a Republican field that includes Cedar Rapids businessman Steve Rathje, who has run unsuccessfully for U.S. Senate and House, and Marshalltown lawyer Gail Boliver.

U.S. HOUSE, 2ND DISTRICT

Four-term Democrat Dave Loebsack of Iowa City has twice fought off Republican Mariannette Miller-Meeks of Ottumwa. Finding out whether the third time is a charm may depend on turnout in this Democratic-leaning southeast Iowa district. Miller-Meeks, former director of the Iowa Department of Public Health, leads the GOP field that also includes state Rep. Matthew Lofgren and Eddyville research technician Matthew Waldren.

The largely rural district includes Democratic-leaning Johnson County, but also counties in southeast Iowa where unemployment has remained above the state average.

U.S. HOUSE, 3RD DISTRICT

Iowa’s 3rd District race has had more drama than any other so far, as 10-year incumbent Rep. Tom Latham’s announcement that he would retire prompted a large primary field. The six Republican candidates will almost certainly force a nominating convention, the results of which will give a strong indication of how competitive this district will be come November. The district includes the Des Moines metro area and rural southwest Iowa.

Iowa Renewable Fuels Association President Monte Shaw and David Young, the former chief of staff to U.S. Sen. Charles Grassley, are more popular in the GOP’s establishment wing. Bob Cramer, who heads a Christian conservative group, Secretary of State Matt Schultz and state Sen. Brad Zaun are considered more conservative, with a following among the tea party movement.

Des Moines Republican activist and former state Rep. Joe Grandanette is also running. The winner will face Ackworth Democrat Staci Appel, a former state senator.

LEGISLATURE

Before the playing field is set for Iowa’s closely divided Legislature, majority House Republicans will have to sort out eight primaries and majority Senate Democrats will have to settle six. A factor in whether the GOP’s current 53-47 control of the House will change is the number of uncontested seats. Republicans haven’t fielded a candidate in 32 of the seats held by Democrats. Likewise, Democrats are not contesting 26 of the 53 districts controlled by Republicans.

It’s similar in the Senate, where Democrats hold a 26-24 edge. Only 11 of the 25 seats on the ballot have the makings of two-party contest in the fall. Eight Democratic seats are uncontested, as are six Republican-held seats.

Candidates can be nominated at special party conventions.

NWS Forecast for Atlantic & the KJAN listening area: Sun., May 25th 2014

Weather

May 25th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

Today: Scattered showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1pm. Cloudy, with a high near 80. South wind 6 to 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight: Scattered showers and thunderstorms, mainly before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 64. South wind 6 to 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Memorial Day: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 81. South southwest wind 6 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Monday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 62. South southwest wind 6 to 11 mph.

Tuesday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 84. South wind 5 to 9 mph.
Tue. Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 64.

Wednesday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 83.