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Atlantic House Fire caused by hot cell phone (Update 5-p.m.)

News

March 10th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

A house fire in Atlantic Sunday afternoon appears to have been caused by an overheated, charging cell phone. Atlantic Fire Chief Mark McNees told KJAN News the house at 409 Poplar Street was owned by Ryan Paul, but he recently sold it to a dentist next door. The house was slated to be demolished.

McNees said Paul and a female companion were in the process of moving their belongings out of the home and had stopped for a brief nap, when they woke up to find their bed on fire. The couple escaped the home with only minor injuries, but most of their belongings were lost to the flames.

Atlantic Fire arrived on the scene at around 12:30-p.m. Flames were reported to be coming out from under the shingles of the structure when authorities first arrived on the scene. When firefighters punched out the glass on a second story window facing Poplar Street, thick black-gray smoke came pouring out. The fire was declared under control by around 1:50-p.m.

An investigation by McNees and Atlantic Police Officer Paul Wood determined that a cell phone, which was plugged into a portable charger designed to jump start car batteries and provide power to cell phones and other portable devices, over heated and likely exploded. All utilities to the home had been shut-off, according to McNees, which ruled out an electrical or gas-related cause.

McNees said the fact that a cell phone battery can overheat and explode, is a good reason people should not keep the devices on their beds or near flammable materials.

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Heavy snow expected in parts of Neb., Iowa

News, Weather

March 10th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Several inches of snow are expected in parts of Nebraska and Iowa. The National Weather Service says up to six inches of snow could fall Sunday around east central Nebraska and southwest Iowa. The heaviest snow is expected in a swath from around David City to Missouri Valley and Onawa. Up to 9 inches of snow could accumulate in some areas. Weather officials say a winter storm warning is in effect until 7 p.m. A blizzard warning is in effect for a smaller swath in south central Nebraska until 4 p.m.

Officials warn that northwest winds with gusts of 35 mph will greatly reduce visibility on roads. They also warn roads could become slick from temperatures dropping below freezing.

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Winter Storm Warning: Harrison & Monona Counties

Weather

March 10th, 2013 by Ric Hanson 

1043 AM CDT SUN MAR 10 2013

...WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO IMPACT THE REGION...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 1 AM CDT MONDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT.

* TIMING...OCCASIONAL MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING
  WITH THE STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS CAUSING BLOWING SNOW.

* ACCUMULATION...ADDITIONAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE
  EXPECTED...BRINGING TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS INTO THE 4 TO 8
  INCH RANGE ACROSS HARRISON COUNTY.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH
  THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.

* MAIN IMPACT...SLICK ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES ARE THE MAIN
  IMPACTS. VISIBILITIES MAY DROP TO A HALF MILE OR LESS DUE TO
  SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE
WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT
AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY
TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA
FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN
EMERGENCY.

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Winter Weather Advisory update: Sun., March 10th

Weather

March 10th, 2013 by Ric Hanson 

SAC-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-AUDUBON-CASS-ADAIR-ADAMS-TAYLOR COUNTIES...
947 AM CDT SUN MAR 10 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 7 AM CDT MONDAY...

* TIMING...LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW...MIXED WITH LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AT
  TIMES...IS SPREADING ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING AND WILL
  SWITCH OVER TO ALL SNOW BY THE AFTERNOON. MODERATE SNOWFALL IS
  POSSIBLE FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL
  TAPER OFF BY MONDAY MORNING.

* STORM TOTAL SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3
  TO 6 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY MONDAY MORNING. A LIGHT GLAZING
  IS ALSO POSSIBLE THIS MORNING.

* WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH
  GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED FROM INTO TONIGHT...RESULTING
  IN BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY OF LESS THAN A HALF MILE
  AT TIMES.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TO RAPIDLY DETERIORATE
  THIS AFTERNOON AND BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS BY TONIGHT. ROADS
  MAY BECOME ICY AS INITIALLY THE SNOW MELTS AND REFREEZES. AS SNOW
  ACCUMULATES ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY.

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Montgomery County YMCA Receives Grant to Improve Pool Access

News

March 10th, 2013 by admin

The Montgomery County Family YMCA in Red Oak announced that it has received a $6,467 Quality of Life grant from the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation. The grant will be used towards the first phase of an extensive project to improve indoor swimming pool accessibility with an aquatics chair lift to enable individuals with special needs to independently enter and exit the Montgomery County YMCA’s pool.

Nick Zimmer, Executive Director of the Montgomery County Family YMCA,  stated that without the grant the project would not be possible.

The award was one of 76 grants totaling almost $427,000 awarded by the Reeve Foundation to nonprofit organizations nationwide that provide more opportunities, access, and daily quality of life for individuals living with paralysis, their families, and caregivers.

The Foundation was created by the late Dana Reeve and has awarded 2,131 grants totaling over $16 million since 1999.

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Winter Weather Advisory and Winter Storm Warning Issued for Listening Area

Weather

March 10th, 2013 by admin 

AUDUBON-CASS-ADAIR-ADAMS-TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM CDT MONDAY...
SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT-PAGE-
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT MONDAY...
-GREENE-BOONE-GUTHRIE-
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM CDT MONDAY...
MADISON-UNION-CLARKE-RINGGOLD
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM CDT MONDAY...

 

...WINTER STORM TO AFFECT MUCH OF IOWA TODAY AND TONIGHT...
A STORM SYSTEM APPROACHING FROM THE SOUTHWEST WILL BRING MODERATE
TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOWFALL TO PARTS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST IOWA
BY MONDAY MORNING. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE BY
THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL PERIOD...THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY
TONIGHT...CAUSING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO LOW
VISIBILITY AND SNOW COVERED ROADS.


AUDUBON-CASS-ADAIR-ADAMS-TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-


INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AUDUBON...ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD...


CORNING...BEDFORD


421 AM CDT SUN MAR 10 2013




...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO


7 AM CDT MONDAY...




THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER


WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MODERATE SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM


THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM CDT MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO


LONGER IN EFFECT.




* TIMING...LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH LIGHT


  FREEZING RAIN AT TIMES...WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA THIS


  MORNING BEFORE SWITCHING OVER TO ALL SNOW BY THE AFTERNOON.


  MODERATE SNOWFALL IS POSSIBLE FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH


  TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BY MONDAY MORNING.




* STORM TOTAL SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3


  TO 5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY MONDAY MORNING. A LIGHT GLAZING


  IS ALSO POSSIBLE THIS MORNING.




* WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH


  HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED FROM THIS AFTERNOON INTO


  TONIGHT...RESULTING IN BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY OF


  LESS THAN A HALF MILE AT TIMES.




* IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TO RAPIDLY DETERIORATE


  THIS AFTERNOON AND BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS BY TONIGHT.




PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...




A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL


CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND


LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.




SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT-PAGE-


INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARLAN...COUNCIL BLUFFS...GLENWOOD...


RED OAK...SIDNEY...HAMBURG...TABOR...FARRAGUT...CLARINDA...


SHENANDOAH


735 AM CDT SUN MAR 10 2013




...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT


MONDAY...




-GREENE-BOONE-GUTHRIE-


INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NORTHWOOD...GARNER...MASON CITY...


CLARION...FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY...JEFFERSON...BOONE...


GUTHRIE CENTER


421 AM CDT SUN MAR 10 2013




...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO


7 AM CDT MONDAY...




THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER


STORM WARNING FOR MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM


1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM CDT MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS


NO LONGER IN EFFECT.




* TIMING...LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH LIGHT


  FREEZING RAIN AT TIMES...WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA THIS


  MORNING BEFORE SWITCHING OVER TO ALL SNOW BY THE AFTERNOON.


  MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE FROM THIS AFTERNOON


  THROUGH TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BY MONDAY MORNING.




* STORM TOTAL SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 5


  TO 8 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS CAN BE EXPECTED BY


  MONDAY MORNING. A LIGHT GLAZING IS ALSO POSSIBLE THIS MORNING.




* WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH


  HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED FROM THIS AFTERNOON INTO


  TONIGHT...RESULTING IN BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY OF


  LESS THAN A HALF MILE AT TIMES.




* IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TO RAPIDLY DETERIORATE


  THIS AFTERNOON AND BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS BY TONIGHT.

				


				
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Waverly-Shell Rock Beats Harlan for Boys 3A Crown

                
Sports

				
March 10th, 2013 by admin 


				

					
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Dan Stensland scored 14 points and Waverly-Shell Rock pulled away in the fourth quarter to beat Harlan 48-41 Saturday night and win the Class 3A boys state basketball championship.


Klinton Carlson added 13 points and Jake Velky 11 for the Go-Hawks (23-4), who held Harlan without a field goal for 8 1/2 minutes while taking control of the game and claiming its third state title.


Waverly-Shell Rock kept the game at a deliberate pace and it proved to be the right tactic in slowing down a Harlan.


Harlan was seeded eighth in the eight-team field but fought its way into the finals with upsets of top-seeded Vinton-Shellsburg and fifth-seeded MOC-Floyd Valley.

				


				
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Cyclone Women Move on in Big 12 Tourney

                
Sports

				
March 10th, 2013 by admin 


				

					
DALLAS (AP) – Chelsea Poppens had 24 points and 14 rebounds and Hallie Christofferson added 23 points as Iowa State defeated Kansas 77-62 in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 tournament on Saturday night.


Anna Prins scored 14 points for the second-seeded Cyclones (22-7), who play No. 3 Oklahoma, whom beat No. 6 West Virginia 65-64,  in Sunday’s semifinals.


Carolyn Davis had 17 points and Angel Goodrich 15 for the No. 7-seeded Jayhawks (18-13).


Iowa State led 34-26 at the break and used a 26-13 run over a 7:58 stretch of the second half to take permanent control. Prins culminated the surge with a 3-pointer that made the score 71-49 with 6:05 remaining.

				


				
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Hawkeyes Beat Huskers in Big Ten Regular Season Finale

                
Sports

				
March 10th, 2013 by admin 


				

					
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) – Aaron White led a balanced effort with 19 points and Iowa beat Nebraska 74-60 in its regular-season finale on Saturday, finishing at .500 in the Big Ten for the first time in six years.


Freshman Adam Woodbury had 12 points for the Hawkeyes (20-11, 9-9), who clinched the No. 6 seed in next week’s Big Ten tournament.


Iowa, which broke the game open with a 20-2 run midway through the second half, will open conference tourney play against Northwestern on Thursday.


Ray Gallegos had 22 points for Nebraska (14-17, 5-13), which will be the No. 10 seed for the league tournament.


Iowa’s Devyn Marble scored his 1,000th point on Saturday, joining his father Roy Marble as the only father/son duo in Big Ten history to do so.

				


				
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Cyclones Top Mountaineers in Morgantown

                
Sports

				
March 10th, 2013 by admin 


				

					
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) – Will Clyburn scored 27 points to lead Iowa State to an 83-74 victory over West Virginia on Saturday in the final regular-season game for both teams.


Clyburn, who also had 10 rebounds, made 8 of 9 free throws in the final 90 seconds as the Cyclones (21-10, 11-7 Big 12 Conference) held off the Mountaineers (13-18, 6-12).


Korie Lucious added 21 points for Iowa State, George Niang notched 14 and Chris Babb 11.


Lucious made 5 of 8 shots from 3-point range for Iowa State, which came in as one of the nation’s leading 3-point-shooting teams. The Cyclones, who are fighting for a berth in the NCAA tournament, made 60.9 percent (14 of 23) from long range and 56.5 percent (26 of 46) overall.


Jabarie Hinds scored 19 points to lead West Virginia (13-18, 6-12), which closed the regular season with a losing record for the first time since 2002-03.

				


				
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