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(Update 8-a.m.) A power outage that struck Griswold and Lewis overnight is expected to last until late this (Saturday) afternoon. Cass County Emergency Management Coordinator Mike Kennon says a utility pole fire was reported at around 11-p.m. Friday, with the power going out for most customers in Griswold and Lewis, at around 3-a.m.
About 300-to 400-MidAmerican Energy customers will be without power until at least 4-p.m., according to Kennon.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Marcell Ozuna regained his swing in time to be in the middle of a breakout rally by the St. Louis Cardinals.
Paul Goldschmidt hit a tiebreaking single in the eighth inning, Ozuna followed with a two-run homer and the Cardinals beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-2 on Friday night.
Goldschmidt’s single went under the glove of Pirates shortstop Kevin Newman, scoring Dexter Fowler to break a 2-all tie. Five pitches later, Ozuna drove a 99 mph fastball from Richard Rodriguez (3-5) into the left field bullpen for his second homer in two games. The Cardinals tacked on an extra run when Paul DeJong reached on an error by José Osuna and scored on Matt Carpenter’s sacrifice fly.
Runs have been hard to come by for the Cardinals of late. The four-run rally in the eighth snapped a 54-inning stretch without scoring multiple runs in an inning.
Ozuna, who was activated from the injured list last Saturday after missing 28 games due to fractured fingers in his right hand, drove in four runs.
The rally made a winner out of Carlos Martínez (3-2), who pitched the final 1 1/3 innings as the Cardinals snapped a five-game losing streak.
Cardinals starter Dakota Hudson threw a season-low 49 pitches through four innings. He gave up two runs on six hits and didn’t walk or strike out anyone.
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Pirates: RHP Joe Musgrove (8-10, 4.69) gets the start in the second of a three-game series at St. Louis on Saturday night. He is 1-5 with a 7.39 ERA in six career starts against the Cardinals.
Cardinals: RHP Adam Wainwright (7-8, 4.50) will look to continue his strong season at home, where he is 5-2 with a 2.26 ERA in 10 starts. His 34 career starts and 182 strikeouts against Pittsburgh are the most among active pitchers.
Skyscan Forecast Saturday, August 10, 2019 Dan Hicks
Today: Partly cloudy. A few isolated showers early and then widely scattered showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. S @ 10-15. High 86.
Tonight: Partly cloudy. A few widely scattered showers and thunderstorms. S @ 5-10. Low 67.
Sunday: Partly cloudy. A few widely scattered showers and thunderstorms. N @ 5-10. High 82.
Monday: Mostly cloudy. Showers and thunderstorms. High 85.
Tuesday: Partly cloudy. High 83.
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The 61st Annual Tournament of Champions got underway on Friday with the opening 18 holes of play. 6 players shot under par rounds to kick the tournament off in strong fashion. There is a three way tie for the early lead with Rob Langfelt of Crestwood Hills Golf Course, Barry Smith of Pine Knolls Golf Course, and Jared Koch of Majestic Hills Golf Course all shooting 4 under par rounds of 65.
Nathan Zimmerman of Treynor Recreation Area was in one of the late tee groups and finished a shot back with a 66. Zach Christianson and Jake Olsen of the Atlantic Golf and Country Club finished at 1 under 68. 10 other players are at +2 over or better.
There is a two-way tie for the Senior Division lead with Don Newbury of Lakeview CC and Past Champion Rick Carter both shooting 2 over rounds of 71. 3 other players were at +4.
In the Super Senior Division, Past Champion Arnie Leistad shot a +4 73, as did Kenny Hinson of Nishna Hills Golf Course.
Groups will tee up the second round beginning at 8:30am on Saturday and we’ll have coverage throughout the day once again on KJAN. Check our other post for the full scoring list and link to Saturday tee times.
SHIRLEY CHALFANT, 91, of Guthrie Center, died Thursday, Aug. 8th, at The New Homestead in Guthrie Center. Funeral services for SHIRLEY CHALFANT will be held 10:30-a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 13th, at the 1st United Methodist Church in Guthrie Center. Twigg Funeral Home in Guthrie Center has the arrangements.
Visitation at the funeral home is from 5-until 7-p.m. Monday, Aug. 12th.; Online condolences may be left at www.twiggfuneralhome.com.
Burial is in the Audubon-Arlington Cemetery, in Audubon, with graveside services at 1:30-p.m, Tuesday.
WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — A Waterloo woman has pleaded guilty for her role in her 4-year-old daughter’s death and has been sentenced to 25 years in prison.
The Courier reports that 34-year-old Kristi Amber Buss pleaded guilty Friday to three felony charges: neglecting a dependent person, child neglect resulting in serious injury and involuntary manslaughter. She had originally been charged with child endangerment causing the death of her daughter, 4-year-old Gracie Buss, and had faced 50 years in prison.
Kristi Buss’ boyfriend, 35-year-old Chad Allen Little, was convicted in May of first-degree murder in the death and sentenced in June to life in prison.
Prosecutors say Little abused his Buss’ two children, and delivered a fatal head injury to Gracie in May 2015.
FORT DODGE, Iowa (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris said Friday that President Donald Trump “seems to derive joy” from provoking some Americans to hateful speech and actions, and she says that goes to issues deeper than whether the president is a white supremacist.
“I’ve not said this out loud, but I think it and I feel it,” Harris told The Associated Press during an interview traveling across Iowa. “He seems to derive joy from the response he gets when he talks this way. It seems he derives some element of joy in inciting people around, around outrageous and hateful rhetoric.”
Trump’s recent series of racist remarks toward women of color in Congress, as well as the ties between his anti-immigrant rhetoric and the deadly mass shooting in El Paso, have sparked a debate in the 2020 Democratic field over whether the president is a white supremacist.
Harris, like former Vice President Joe Biden and Montana Gov. Steve Bullock, has stopped short of using the label. Meanwhile, former Texas Rep. Beto O’Rourke and South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg have said it applies.
Harris, on a weekend-long campaign trip to the early caucus state, said that debate misses the point. “It literally oversimplifies the issue, because it’s almost that the conversation begins and ends with that,” Harris said on her tour bus traveling across rural northwest Iowa. “The lens through which I think about it is so much broader than a label.”
Harris cited Trump’s 2017 ban on travelers from six largely Muslim countries, his 2018 order banning transgender individuals from serving in the armed forces except under limited circumstances, and his constant degradation of immigrants entering the U.S. from the Southern border. She said they are part of a pattern Trump has followed to feed his own psyche instead of encouraging acceptance at a time of increased hate crimes.
By ascribing personal motives to Trump’s rhetoric, Harris’ comments go further than most candidates, who have not shied from connecting Trump’s rhetoric and the El Paso shooting Saturday, when 22 people were killed by a man who admitted to police he had targeted Mexicans.
(Radio Iowa) — The Iowa Hawkeye football team is hosting media day today (Friday) in Iowa City. Coach Kirk Ferentz says it’s exciting to get a new start every season. “It feels like we are back into a football mode. It doesn’t matter what year it is –you always have that excitement as the season approaches and come. So, it’s great to be back in camp with everybody,” Ferentz says.
He says it’s a time every year where you are looking to build a new team with the newcomers and returning players. “Really what it’s all about is the challenge of filling some voids of really good players, good leaders. And then it creates opportunities for players. A good chance for anybody to step up and show they are worthy of helping the football team be successful,” according to Ferentz.
Iowa is ranked 19th in the preseason poll of the coaches and Ferentz was asked if the team is aware of that ranking. He says he doesn’t know how many players are aware and says he is aware that the coaches have a “really bad record of predicting suff. Ferentz says “most of us kind of live in a closed environment.”
Iowa is coming off a 9-4 record that included a victory over Mississippi State in the Outback Bowl. The Hawkeyes open August 31st against Miami of Ohio.
CLEAR LAKE, Iowa (AP) — Nearly all the Democrats running for president are descending on northern Iowa to make personal pitches to hundreds of would-be supporters in the state that kicks off presidential primary voting.
Around 20 candidates are speaking at Friday night’s Wing Ding, an annual fundraiser featuring chicken wings in Clear Lake, population about 8,000.
The event coincides with the state fair in Des Moines, and most White House hopefuls have been crisscrossing Iowa for days, some by bus or RV.
Former Rep. Beto O’Rourke canceled his planned Iowa visit to remain in his hometown of El Paso, Texas, where a mass shooting killed 22 people. O’Rourke said Friday on Facebook that he’ll attend more funerals and continue hospital visits, but will rejoin the campaign “at some point” and “sooner or later.”
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