NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 1250 AM CDT THU MAY 3 2012
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 228 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS:
IOWA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE…. ADAMS CASS FREMONT MILLS MONTGOMERY PAGE POTTAWATTAMIE & TAYLOR.
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 1250 AM CDT THU MAY 3 2012
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 228 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS:
IOWA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE…. ADAMS CASS FREMONT MILLS MONTGOMERY PAGE POTTAWATTAMIE & TAYLOR.
Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A U.S. Airways flight has safely returned to the Des Moines International Airport after a warning light indicated a wheel problem. Airport officials say that that Flight 2747 left Des Moines for Phoenix this afternoon but returned after its nose steering indicator light came on. The plane with 54 passengers returned to the gate without incident.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Officials say Governor Terry Branstad and Lieutenant Governor Kim Reynolds are OK after their SUV hit a deer on Interstate 35 in central Iowa. A spokesman for the governor says Branstad, Reynolds and longtime aide Margaret Hough (huff) were returning to Des Moines from an event in Eldora this afternoon when the accident happened north of Story City.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Legislative leaders say an agreement has been reached on education spending and a bill could be ready for debate as early as Monday. Most state lawmakers took the day off today as conference committees continue to work in closed-door meetings on the major state budget bills. The $850 million plus education bill is one of the largest portions of the state budget.
NEW YORK (AP) — An independent group backing Republican Mitt Romney’s presidential candidacy has placed a $4.3 million advertising buy in nine battleground states, including Iowa. Restore Our Future announced the ad buy yesterday. The group is run by previous aides to the former Massachusetts governor.
PEARL WESTON, 88, of Griswold, died Wed., May 2nd, at Jennie Edmundson Memorial Hospital in Council Bluffs. Services for PEARL WESTON will be held on Saturday, May 5 at 11:00 AM at the Duhn Funeral Home is Griswold.
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Visitation will be held at an hour and a half prior to the service at 9:30 AM at the funeral home.
Cremation has taken place and burial of the ashes will be held in Pleasant Township Cemetery south of Griswold.
PEARL WESTON is survived by:
2 sons: Larry (Connie) Weston and Lee (Kathy) Weston who are both from Giswold.
2 daughters: Lea Ann (Mark) Beltz of Cedar Rapids and Lorna Hesebeck of Anita.
16 grandchildren, 30 great-grandchildren, and 4 great-great-grandchildren
Other relatives and friends
Lavon Eblen speaks with Pam Scoles, Cass County Master Gardener, about the plant sale on May 5th.
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The Audubon Police Department reports 36-year old Shawn Michael Vetterick, of Audubon, was arrested Monday, on a charges which include 1st offense Domestic Abuse Assault, Interference with Official Acts, Obstruction of Emergency (911) Communications, and Trespassing. Vetterick was booked into the Audubon County Jail and held pending an appearance before the magistrate.
1127 AM CDT WED MAY 2 2012
DAY ONE…THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT:
THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL IOWA WITH A MODERATE RISK IN A SMALL AREA OF WEST CENTRAL IOWA. TIMING WILL BE FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT WITH DAMAGING WINDS…LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES ALL POSSIBLE. HEAVY RAINS AND LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING MAY OCCUR AS WELL.
DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN…THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY:
CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OFF AND ON RIGHT THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. THE BEST POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN THIS PERIOD APPEARS TO BE LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY EVENING FROM CENTRAL INTO SOUTHERN IOWA WHERE A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER CONTINUES. DAMAGING WINDS…LARGE HAIL…LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES ALL REMAIN POSSIBLE. DETAILS REGARDING THE SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL IN THE LATER PERIODS WILL BE BETTER DEFINED IN THE COMING DAYS.
A two-vehicle accident in Lewis Tuesday afternoon caused $5,000 damage, but no one was injured. The Cass County Sheriff’s Office says the accident happened at around 1:50-p.m., at the intersection of 1st and Walnut Streets, in Lewis. Officials say a 2006 Lincoln Town Car owned and driven by 73-year old Julia McNees, of Atlantic, was traveling northbound on 1st Street when it was hit by a 2007 Hyundai Accent, owned and driven by 55-year old Cynthia Jean Koontz, of Lewis. The collision occurred as Koontz attempted a left-hand turn from the southbound lane. Koontz was cited for Failure to Yield Upon Left Turn.
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