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College World Series results from Sun., 6/15/14

Sports

June 16th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Mike Papi’s RBI double into right-center with two out in the bottom of the ninth inning gave Virginia a 2-1 victory over Mississippi in the College World Series on Sunday night. The Cavaliers’ win came after Nathan Kirby and Artie Lewicki combined for the first one-hitter at the CWS since 1983. The Rebels elected to pitch to Virginia’s top hitter and RBI leader even though first base was unoccupied. Aaron Greenwood (3-2) ran the count full before Papi drilled the ball into the gap, allowing Nate Irving to score from second.

Virginia (50-14) plays TCU in a winners game on Tuesday night. Ole Miss (46-20) meets Texas Tech in an elimination game in the afternoon. Lewicki (2-0) earned the win in relief after Kirby gave up one hit and one run over seven innings. Ole Miss converted two walks and a groundout to tie it in the eighth.

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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Boomer White drove in the go-ahead run in a dramatic eighth inning, and TCU beat Big 12 rival Texas Tech 3-2 in the College World Series on Sunday. The Horned Frogs (48-16) fell behind in the top of the eighth after starting pitcher Preston Morrison left the game, but they came back in the bottom half against Tech closer Jonny Drozd.

TCU, the No. 7 national seed, moves to a Tuesday game against Virginia, a 2-1 winner over Mississippi on Sunday night. Texas Tech (45-20), in the CWS for the first time, will play the Ole Miss in the afternoon. TCU closer Riley Ferrell (3-1) earned the win in relief of Preston Morrison, who allowed five singles and struck out a career-high 10 in 7 1-3 innings. Drozd (7-1) took the loss.

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Cardinal sweep the Nat’s; Martinez starts against Mets Monday

Sports

June 16th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Matt Adams homered for the third time in three games — all with his father in attendance — and Matt Holliday also went deep, helping the St. Louis Cardinals to a 5-2 victory and series sweep Sunday over the Washington Nationals. Adams gave St. Louis a 2-0 lead in the second inning with a two-run shot on an 0-2 pitch, his sixth homer of the season. Adams’ father, Jamie, has been visiting from Pennsylvania on Father’s Day weekend.

Holliday put St. Louis up 3-0 in the third. Jaime Garcia pitched seven innings, allowing five hits and a run for St. Louis. He struck out six and walked two. Trevor Rosenthal got the final out for his 20th save. Washington’s Doug Fister had his five-start winning streak snapped.

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ST. LOUIS (AP) — The St. Louis Cardinals said reliever Carlos Martinez will make his second career start against the New York Mets on Monday in place of Adam Wainwright. Wainwright will miss the start because of tendinitis in his pitching elbow. He is 9-3 with a 2.15 ERA in 100 1-3 innings this season. He had an injection on Wednesday after an MRI pinpointed the trouble area in the back of his elbow. General manager John Mozeliak said it was like “tennis elbow.”

Wainwright was a 19-game winner last year and won 20 games in 2010. This season, Martinez is 0-3 with a 4.67 ERA in 30 appearances with no starts. He started one game in 2013. He went 4 2-3 innings against the Los Angeles Dodgers, allowing four runs.

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Iowa early News Headlines: Mon., June 16th 2014

News

June 16th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa gambling regulators plan to consider whether it’s time to stop building more casinos in Iowa at a meeting next month after narrowly voting to approve one for Jefferson. The five-member Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission approved Thursday on a 3-2 vote the $40 million casino in Jefferson. Two consulting firms have recommended no more casinos, and commission chairman Jeff Lamberti says that will be discussed at the July 31st meeting in Johnston.

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — A 21-year-old Des Moines woman has been crowned Miss Iowa and will represent the state in the Miss America pageant in September. The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports Alysa Lou Olson won the title Saturday and earned a $10,500 scholarship. Olson is majoring in vocal performance at the University of Iowa.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The city of Sioux Falls and the Iowa Department of Natural Resources are working together to gather volunteers to cleanup a portion of the Big Six River. KELO-TV reports officials are seeking volunteers for the 12th annual A Watershed Awareness River Expedition project that will run from July 12th through the 19th. Interested volunteers must register by June 20th.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Authorities are investigating the drowning death of a 36-year-old Iowa City man. The Johnson County sheriff’s office says rescuers were called to Scales Point just before 5 p.m. Saturday. After searching for nearly four hours, authorities recovered the body of Somphaeng Syvixay of Iowa City.

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Atlantic Parks and Rec Board to meet Monday evening

News

June 15th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

Members of the City of Atlantic’s Parks and Recreation Department’s Board of Directors will meet Monday evening in the Council’s Chambers at City Hall. During the meeting, the Board will receive updates from Parks and Rec Director Roger Herring, on: The Summer 2014 Recreation Program (Including a pool, swim team, tennis and slow pitch softball update); Capital Projects (Including the status of grading for the Senior Recreation Area, Renovation of the Camblin fire pit and/or shelter, and Kiddie Korral, as well as line painting on the basketball and pickle ball courts).

They’ll also receive an update on the Boy Scout cabin, various grants, and other matters. The Park and Rec Board meeting begins at 5;15-p.m., Monday.

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Regular area school board meetings set for Mon. evening

News

June 15th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

At least four area school district Boards of Education will hold their regularly scheduled, monthly meetings Monday evening. The Griswold School Board meets at 5:45-p.m. in the Central Office Board Room, the CAM School Board will meet in the High School Media Center at 6:30-p.m., while the Audubon and Elk Horn Kimballton School Boards will meet at 7-p.m. at the High Schools in Audubon and Elk Horn, respectively.

The Griswold School Board will receive an update on various projects and take action on: Fuel and Tech Support bids; Snow removal, Bakery, Dairy, Vehicle, and Trash Specifications; on designating Level 1 & 2 Child Abuse Investigators, and on City Partnership Agreements. Their meeting will end with a closed session for an evaluation of Superintendent Dana Kunze.

The CAM School Board will discuss and/or act on: Open enrollment applications; an Administrative Assistant contract; The early retirement of Superintendent Steve Pelzer; Any resignations or other contracts to come before the Board; Counselor and Superintendent sharing agreements; Curriculum changes; a revision in a Board policy pertaining to graduation requirements, and legislative priorities. Their meeting will conclude after a closed session to evaluate the Superintendent.

In Audubon, the school Board will discuss and/or act on: an Elementary Project; upgrading the Elementary Camera System; a Notice of Surplus Property, and Personnel matters. They’re also expected to receive an update on various summer projects.

And in Elk Horn, the school Board will act on the resignations of: Business Teacher/Coach Kelly Juhl (who has accepted a position in the Atlantic School District); Junior High Volleyball Coach Heather Eischeid, and High School Band instructor Crystal Fischer.

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NWS forecast for Atlantic & the KJAN listening area & weather info. for Atlantic

Weather

June 15th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

Sunday, June 15th 2014 – Father’s Day

Today: Scattered showers and thunderstorms before 9am. Cloudy through mid morning, then gradual clearing, with a high near 82. Breezy, with a south southwest wind 10 to 16 mph becoming west northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 61. West wind 5 to 8 mph becoming south southeast after midnight.
Monday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 10am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 86. Windy, with a south southeast wind 7 to 12 mph increasing to 18 to 23 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 31 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Monday Night: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 72. Windy, with a south wind 16 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 92. Windy, with a south southwest wind 16 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph.
Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 74. Breezy.
Wednesday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 88. Breezy.

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Saturday’s High in Atlantic was 81. Our low through 6-a.m. today was 61. Rainfall in Atlantic overnight through 6-a.m. today (Sunday), was .4″ (four-tenths of an inch).

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Hazardous Weather Outlook: Sun-Fri., 6/15-20

Weather

June 15th, 2014 by admin

542 AM CDT SUN JUN 15 2014 NWS Des Moines

TODAY AND TONIGHT: A FEW NON SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY.

MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY….

ANOTHER ROUND OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS FORECAST FOR MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME VERY STRONG WITH VERY LARGE HAIL…DAMAGING WINDS AND A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS AS WELL.

ADDITIONAL ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD WITH THE HIGHEST CHANCES THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE PERIOD.

SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT…
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

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Severe Thunderstorm Watch cancelled

Weather

June 15th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELLED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 298 FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS: IN SOUTHWEST IOWA THIS APPLIES TO  ADAIR ADAMS CASS AND TAYLOR COUNTIES, AND IN  WEST CENTRAL IOWA,  AUDUBON CALHOUN CARROLL CRAWFORD GREENE GUTHRIE AND SAC COUNTIES.

 

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Iowa gambling regulators ponder casino moratorium

News

June 15th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa gambling regulators plan to consider whether it’s time to stop building more casinos in Iowa at a meeting next month after narrowly voting to approve one for Jefferson. The five-member Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission approved Thursday on a 3-2 vote the $40 million casino in Jefferson. It will be the 19th state-licensed casino. Iowa also has three American Indian casinos.

With 3.1 million people, Iowa has 18,000 slot machines and about 470 tables for poker and other games at the 18 state-run casinos. Two consulting firms hired by the commission say Iowa’s modest population growth and increasing gambling competition from adjacent states limits future growth potential.

They recommended no more casinos, and commission chairman Jeff Lamberti says that will be discussed at the July 31 meeting in Johnston.

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NWS forecast for Cass & area Counties: Sun., 6/15/2014

Weather

June 15th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

346 AM CDT SUN JUN 15 2014

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 298 IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM CDT…

EARLY THIS MORNING…PERIODS OF THUNDERSTORMS. BREEZY. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL. SOUTH WIND 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS NEAR 100 PERCENT.

TODAY…CLOUDY WITH THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY THROUGH MID MORNING…THEN MOSTLY SUNNY WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS BEFORE NOON. SUNNY IN THE AFTERNOON. BREEZY. HIGH IN THE LOWER 80S. WEST WIND 10 TO 20 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 70 PERCENT.

TONIGHT...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOW IN THE LOWER 60S. SOUTHWEST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH AFTER MIDNIGHT.

MONDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING…THEN A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. BREEZY. HIGH IN THE MID 80S. SOUTH WIND 5 TO 15 MPH INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 40 PERCENT.

MONDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. BREEZY. LOW IN THE LOWER 70S. SOUTH WIND 15 TO 25 MPH.

TUESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. BREEZY. HIGH IN THE LOWER 90S. SOUTH WIND 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH. HIGHEST HEAT INDEX READINGS AROUND 100 IN THE AFTERNOON.

WEDNESDAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH IN THE UPPER 80S.

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