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NWS forecast for Cass & area Counties in IA (8/27/13)

Weather

August 27th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

328 AM CDT TUE AUG 27 2013

HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

EARLY THIS MORNING…CLEAR. SOUTHWEST WIND 10 TO 15 MPH.

TODAY…SUNNY. HOT AND HUMID. HIGH IN THE UPPER 90S. SOUTHWEST WIND 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH. HIGHEST HEAT INDEX READINGS 103 TO 108 IN THE AFTERNOON.

TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOW IN THE LOWER 70S. SOUTHWEST WIND NEAR 10 MPH. HIGHEST HEAT INDEX READINGS 100 TO 103 THROUGH MIDNIGHT.

WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HOT AND HUMID. HIGH IN THE UPPER 90S. SOUTHEAST WIND NEAR 5 MPH. HIGHEST HEAT INDEX READINGS 104 TO 109 IN THE AFTERNOON.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOW IN THE LOWER 70S. HIGH IN THE MID 90S. SOUTH WIND NEAR 10 MPH. HEAT INDEX READINGS 100 TO 104.

THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW IN THE LOWER 70S. HIGH IN THE MID 90S.

Former IWCC QB Waters to start at QB for K-State in opener

Sports

August 27th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Former Iowa Western Community College Quarterback Jake Waters will be under center when defending Big 12 champion Kansas State opens its season Friday night against defending FCS national champion North Dakota State.

Wildcats coach Bill Snyder said on the Big 12’s media teleconference Monday the junior college transfer was more consistent throughout fall camp than Daniel Sams, who backed up departed Heisman Trophy finalist Collin Klein last season. Snyder did say that both quarterbacks will play against the Bison.

Waters is considered the more polished passer after throwing for more than 3,500 yards, 39 touchdowns and only three interceptions for Iowa Western last season. Sams is considered the better runner. He had 235 yards and three touchdowns on the ground while playing in parts of eight games last year.

Craig powers Cardinals past Reds 8-6

Sports

August 27th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Allen Craig hit his first career grand slam with two out in the seventh inning, helping the St. Louis Cardinals rally for an 8-6 win over the Cincinnati Reds on Monday night. Matt Holliday also had a long three-run homer as St. Louis moved into sole possession of first place in the NL Central for the first time since July 29. The Cardinals lead idle Pittsburgh by a half-game and Cincinnati by 3½ games in the top-heavy division.

Rookie Carlos Martinez pitched two innings for his first major league win and Edward Mujica worked a perfect ninth for his 35th save. Zack Cozart had two hits and three RBIs for the Reds, who blew leads of 4-0 and 5-3. Jay Bruce hit his 25th homer in the eighth.

Heat Advisory remains in effect today (Tuesday) for the State of IA

News, Weather

August 27th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

…HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING…

HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL VARY FROM THE MIDDLE 90S TO AROUND 100 DEGREES TODAY WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES FROM 105 TO 110 DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.

THE CUMULATIVE EFFECT OF SEVERAL DAYS OF HEAT WILL TAKE ITS TOLL…PARTICULARLY ON THOSE WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING OR THOSE SPENDING TIME OUTSIDE. OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SHOULD BE DELAYED TO A LATER DATE IF POSSIBLE…OR HELD IN THE MORNING TO MINIMIZE HEAT STRESS. THE IMPACTS MAY CONTINUE TO SOME EXTENT THROUGH THE LABOR DAY WEEKEND AS THE HEAT WAVE PERSISTS WITH ONLY MARGINALLY COOLER TEMPERATURES.

Onawa man injured in motorcycle-vs.-car collision

News

August 27th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

One person was hospitalized Monday evening after a motorcycle and a car collided in western Iowa’s Monona County. The Iowa State Patrol reports 25-year old Chad Noble, of Onawa, was transported by helicopter to Mercy Hospital in Sioux City, after the 1994 Yamaha he was operating collided with a 2009 Chevy Impala, driven by 41-year old Craig Beedle, of Onawa. The accident happened at around 6:25-p.m. at the intersection of Monona County roads K-45 and E-54.

Officials say the Impala was traveling south on K-45 and slowing to make a left turn onto E-54, as the Yamaha was traveling north on K-45. Beedle told authorities he didn’t see the cycle approaching and proceeded to make the turn. When the motorcycle struck the front of the car, the impact sent Noble airborne. He landed in a corn field on the north side of the intersection. Officials say he was wearing a helmet, but the extent of his injuries were not released.

Iowa early News Headlines: Tue., Aug. 27th 2013

News

August 27th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press…

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — Two Sioux City residents have been accused of robbing and torturing a man at their apartment. Police say 33-year-old Melissa Lowe and 32-year-old Brandon Keleher were arrested Saturday morning. Online court records say they’re both charged with two felonies: willful injury and robbery.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Juvenile Home has been given 15 citations for violations in its substance-abuse treatment program. The Des Moines Register says the violations found in a new inspection included a lack of oversight and failure to track whether some children were making progress in their treatment. Public health officials say the most recent inspection occurred July 29th.

CORALVILLE, Iowa (AP) — A Coralville man has been accused of being drunk and falling asleep in his car while his foot was on the driver’s brake pedal. Police for the University of Iowa say they found 22-year-old Jon Roupe asleep and covered in vomit early Sunday morning at a parking ramp. The Iowa City Press-Citizen reports Roupe failed a field sobriety test. He has been charged with operating a vehicle while intoxicated.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — Sioux City leaders have deferred a final vote on eliminating curbside glass recycling. The Sioux City Journal reports the City Council met yesterday and deferred the decision for two weeks. The proposal would end the glass recycling part of the city’s solid waste contract with Gill Hauling. Plastic, aluminum cans and paper still would be accepted.

Danish Museum breaks ground on new addition

News

August 26th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

The Danish Immigrant Museum broke ground for its $3 million curatorial expansion on Monday afternoon, followed by a coffee and kringle reception for the community.

Pictured from left: Gordon Roesler of Meco-Henne Contracting, Scott Fero of Midwest Storage Solutions, Todd Wanninger of Carroll Control Systems, Jim Wolz of Meco-Henne Contracting, John Mark Nielsen of The Danish Immigrant Museum, Mardy Holst of AHTS Architects, and Angela Stanford of The Danish Immigrant Museum. (Photo courtesy Nicky Christensen)

Pictured from left: Gordon Roesler of Meco-Henne Contracting, Scott Fero of Midwest Storage Solutions, Todd Wanninger of Carroll Control Systems, Jim
Wolz of Meco-Henne Contracting, John Mark Nielsen of The Danish Immigrant Museum, Mardy Holst of AHTS Architects, and Angela Stanford of The Danish
Immigrant Museum. (Photo courtesy Nicky Christensen)

The extra 8,000 square feet will provide compact artifact storage, office space, and exhibit preparation areas. Scheduled to be completed by the Danish Villages’ Tivoli Fest on Memorial Day weekend, the addition will be located mostly underground and will have an environmentally-friendly green roof.

Iowa crops set back in dryer than normal week

Ag/Outdoor, News

August 26th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The condition of the corn crop in Iowa and nationally has declined slightly as a late summer dry hot spell settles in over Iowa and other Midwest states renewing fears of a crop damaging drought. The Department of Agriculture says in Monday’s weekly report that corn is about two weeks behind schedule in Iowa as 21 percent is now rated poor or very poor up from 18 percent the previous week and 44 percent is good or excellent, down from 48 percent previously. The remaining portion is fair.

Nationally a larger portion of the crop similarly slipped into poor or very poor category. Iowa soybeans are now 20 percent poor or very poor, up from 18 percent the week before. A similar decline is reported nationally.

2013 Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union Pre-Season Volleyball Rankings

Sports

August 26th, 2013 by Jim Field

Class 1-A
No.
School
2012 Record
1
Holy Trinity Catholic
44-5
2
Janesville
32-9
3
Tripoli
38-5
4
LeMars Gehlen Catholic
21-11
5
Grandview Park Baptist
29-7
6
New London
30-11
7
Lisbon
24-12
8
Belle Plaine
22-9
9
Winfield-Mount Union
28-8
10
Stanton
34-3
11
East Union
30-6
12
Harris-Lake Park
25-15
13
Murray
14-10
14
Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton
16-12
15
Don Bosco
16-12
Class 2-A
No.
School
2012 Record
1
Dike-New Hartford
45-0
2
Western Christian
43-4
3
Council Bluffs St. Albert
29-11
4
Hinton
28-5
5
South Central Calhoun
31-11
6
Sumner-Fredericksburg
24-7
7
Eddyville-Blakesburg
30-9
8
Treynor
31-7
9
Edgewood-Colesburg
31-6
10
Grundy Center
35-7
11
Boyden-Hull
21-7
12
Lake Mills
43-1
13
Ridge View
30-8
14
West Branch
36-5
15
North Butler
26-10
Class 3-A
No.
School
2012 Record
1
MOC-Floyd Valley
33-8
2
Union
25-8
3
Kuemper Catholic
33-6
4
Red Oak
27-7
5
Mount Vernon
28-11
6
Nevada
33-11
7
Sheldon
25-10
8
Bondurant-Farrar
26-14
9
Algona
23-15
10
Davis County
20-15
11
East Sac County
31-6
12
Sioux Center
31-7
13
Unity Christian
27-8
14
Mediapolis
41-1
15
Center Point-Urbana
24-18
 Class 4-A
No.
School
2012 Record
1
Harlan
32-6
2
Solon
33-5
3
Sioux City Bishop Heelan
36-11
4
West Delaware
31-12
5
Charles City
45-1
6
Davenport Assumption
28-8
7
Waverly-Shell Rock
45-8
8
Indianola
24-15
9
Cedar Rapids Xavier
26-12
10
ADM
25-11
11
Dubuque Wahlert
17-19
12
Newton
25-11
13
Webster City
21-13
14
Marion
27-14
15
Fairfield
27-8
Class 5-A
No.
School
2012 Record
1
Bettendorf
23-11
2
Johnston
26-9
3
Dubuque Hempstead
29-7
4
Urbandale
31-9
5
Pleasant Valley
38-2
6
Dowling Catholic
33-11
7
West Des Moines Valley
24-15
8
Ankeny
30-7
9
Cedar Falls
28-11
10
Iowa City West
20-17

Heat Advisory continues until 10-p.m. Tuesday (8/27/13)

Weather

August 26th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

350 PM CDT MON AUG 26 2013/ Nat’l. Weather Service – Des Moines

…HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT TUESDAY…

HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL VARY FROM THE MIDDLE 90S TO AROUND 100 DEGREES TUESDAY WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES FROM 105 TO 110 DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THE CUMULATIVE EFFECT OF SEVERAL DAYS OF HEAT WILL TAKE ITS TOLL…PARTICULARLY ON THOSE WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING OR THOSE SPENDING TIME OUTSIDE.

OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SHOULD BE DELAYED TO A LATER DATE IF POSSIBLE…OR HELD IN THE MORNING TO MINIMIZE HEAT STRESS. THE IMPACTS MAY CONTINUE TO SOME EXTENT THROUGH THE LABOR DAY WEEKEND TOO AS THE HEAT WAVE PERSISTS WITH ONLY MARGINALLY COOLER TEMPERATURES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS

A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS…STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM…STAY OUT OF THE SUN…AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS.

TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE…RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER.

TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK…THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY…CALL 9-1-1.