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Skyscan Forecast for Atlantic & the area: Tuesday, 7/2/2019

Weather

July 2nd, 2019 by Ric Hanson

Today: Partly cloudy to cloudy w/scattered showers & thunderstorms, mainly later this afternoon. High 87. SW @ 10-15.

Tonight: Partly- to Mostly cloudy w/scattered shwrs & tstrms. Low 70.

Tomorrow: P/Cldy to Cldy w/scattered shwrs & tstrms. High 88. Variable breeze @ 5-10.

Thu./Fri.: P/Cldy to Cldy w/scattered shwrs & tstrms. Highs around 87.

Yesterday’s High in Atlantic was 89. Our Low this morning, 71. Last year on this date our High was 84 and the Low was 61. The record High in Atlantic on this date was 102 in 1911. The Record Low was 45 in 1924 & 1959.

Midwest/National Sports Headlines: 7/2/19

Sports

July 2nd, 2019 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press

TORONTO (AP) — Freddy Galvis hit a pair of solo home runs, rookie Cavan Biggio had four RBIs and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Kansas City Royals 11-4. Randal Grichuk had four hits and four RBIs and Teoscar Hernández added a solo home run as the Blue Jays won for the 15th time in 19 regular-season home meetings with the Royals. Wearing red caps and jerseys in honor of Canada Day, the Blue Jays scored in each of the first four innings and finished with a season-high 18 hits.

CINCINNATI (AP) _ Christian Yelich singled with the bases loaded and belted his major league-leading 30th homer as the Milwaukee Brewers downed the Reds, 8-6 at Cincinnati. Milwaukee sent 10 batters to the plate for five runs in the seventh inning before Yelich added a two-run blast in the ninth. The Reds led 3-1 until the seventh-inning eruption.

PITTSBURGH (AP) _ The Brewers lead the NL Central by one game over Chicago after Josh Bell slammed three more homers in the Pittsburgh Pirates’ 18-5 thrashing of the Cubs. Bell belted a three-run shot off Adbert Alzolay in the first, added a two-run shot off the Cubs rookie in the second and finished off a four-hit, seven-RBI night by going deep against newly-signed Chicago closer Craig Kimbrel in the eighth. Adam Frazier finished 5 for 6 and tied a major-league record with four doubles. Colin Moran collected a career-high five hits for the Pirates.

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) _ Los Angeles Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs has died during a team road trip at age 27, leading to the postponement of Monday’s game against the Texas Rangers. Skaggs was with the team in Texas when he was found unresponsive in his hotel room and pronounced dead at the scene. Police said they are investigating, but no foul play is suspected at this time. Skaggs had been a regular in the Angels’ starting rotation since late 2016, when he returned from Tommy John surgery.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — Former NFL wide receiver Dorial Green-Beckham has been charged with jumping out of a window with marijuana in his pocket as officers served a search warrant at a Missouri home late last year. The Springfield News-Leader reports that the misdemeanor marijuana possession and resisting arrest charges were filed Thursday. Police say Green-Beckham was shocked with a stun gun and then arrested during the December raid in Springfield. Another man was the target of the search.

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) _ Fifteen-year-old American Coco Gauff pulled off one of the two biggest stunners on opening day at Wimbledon by defeating seven-time Grand Slam champion Venus Williams. The youngest competitor to qualify at the All England Club in the professional era pulled off a 6-4, 6-4 victory over the 39-year-old Williams, the oldest player in the women’s field. Women’s second seed and defending U.S. Open and Australian Open champion Naomi Osaka dropped a 7-6, 6-2 decision to Yulia Putintseva.

Area High School Baseball Scores from 7/1/19

Sports

July 2nd, 2019 by Ric Hanson

Hawkeye Ten Conference

Creston 10, Clarinda 6
Denison-Schleswig 8, IKM-Manning 2
Glenwood 6, Atlantic 2
Harlan 12, Lewis Central 6
Lewis Central 16, Red Oak 6

Western Iowa Conference

Audubon 4, Southwest Valley 0
Treynor 7, South Central Calhoun 4
South Central Calhoun 17, Treynor 12
Tri-Center 15, Shenandoah 5
Underwood 11, St. Albert, Council Bluffs 5

Rolling Valley Conference

Ar-We-Va 4, East Sac County 2
Boyer Valley, Dunlap 16, Riverside, Oakland 1 (4 innings)
Coon Rapids-Bayard 5, Nodaway Valley 1
West Harrison 13, Whiting 0
Woodward-Granger 11, CAM 6

Corner Conference

Essex/South Page 9, Griswold 5
Fremont-Mills 14, East Mills 12
Stanton 13, Sidney 6 (Stanton clinches Regular Season Conference Title)

Other Scores

Boone 9, Winterset 1
Carroll 13, Perry 3 (Final 5 innings)
Mount Ayr 11, Bedford 2 (Completion of Suspended Game)
Mount Ayr 6, Bedford 2

Firefighters respond to possible house fire in Avoca Tue. morning

News

July 2nd, 2019 by Ric Hanson

Firefighters from Walnut and Harlan were called to assist Avoca Fire at a possible house fire in Avoca. The incident occurred at 907 N. Frost Avenue, at around 2:53-a.m., when residents thought they had smoke coming from a register in the home. A Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Deputy arriving on the scene reported two residents of the home had safely evacuated, but there was no smoke or flames visible.

Walnut and Harlan Fire were told to “disregard” the response at around 3:07-a.m. About 10-minutes later, it was determined there was no fire, and all units returned to service.

Area High School Softball Scores from 7/1/19

Sports

July 2nd, 2019 by Ric Hanson

Hawkeye Ten Conference

Atlantic 3, Red Oak 1
Atlantic 7, Red Oak 3
Clarinda 10, Southwest Valley 0
Creston 8, Lewis Central 7
Harlan 4, Bishop Heelan 2 (8 innings)
Shenandoah 17, Tri-Center 0
West Monona 12, St. Albert 0

Western Iowa Conference

AHSTW 4, Logan-Magnolia 3
Audubon 12, Glidden-Ralston 7
Riverside 5, Underwood 0

Rolling Valley Conference

Exira-EHK 3, Ar-We-Va 0
Lenox 4, CAM 1
West Harrison 13, Whiting 0

Corner Conference

Fremont-Mills 7, East Mills 1
Sidney 12, Stanton 5

Pride of Iowa Conference

Lenox 11, Southwest Valley 0
Grand View Christian 4, Nodaway Valley 2
Mount Ayr 11, Bedford 1
Mount Ayr 16, Bedford 3

Other Scores

ADM 3, Van Meter 0
Carroll 10, Perry 0
East Sac County 4, OABCIG 0
Saydel 9, Panorama 7
Sioux City East 16, Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson 4
South Central Calhoun 6, MVAOCOU 3

Seattle takes 4-game skid into matchup with St. Louis Tue. night

Sports

July 2nd, 2019 by Ric Hanson

Seattle enters their home game tonight (Tuesday night) against St. Louis, as losers of their last four games. The Mariners are 17-25 in home games. Seattle has hit 150 home runs this season, second in the MLB. Daniel Vogelbach leads them with 20, averaging one every 12.9 at-bats. The Cardinals are 17-23 in road games. The St. Louis pitching staff as a whole has an ERA of 4.15. Dakota Hudson leads the team with a 3.40 earned run average. This is the first meeting of the season for these two teams. Game time is 9-p.m. Central Time. Pre-game coverage on KJAN begins at 8:15-p.m.

TOP PERFORMERS: Vogelbach leads the Mariners with 20 home runs and is batting .244. J.P. Crawford is 17-for-42 with three doubles, two triples, two home runs and 12 RBIs over the last 10 games for Seattle.

Paul DeJong leads the Cardinals with 80 hits and is batting .260. Tommy Edman is 8-for-27 with a triple, two home runs and three RBIs over the last 10 games for St. Louis.

Iowa early News Headlines: Tuesday, 7/2/2019

News

July 2nd, 2019 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 2:30 a.m. CDT

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The chief executive officer of an Iowa-based banking company has been appointed to be the state’s top banking regulator. Gov. Kim Reynolds says she’s named Northwest Financial Corp. CEO Jeff Plagge to superintendent of the Iowa Division of Banking.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Principal Financial Group says it has closed its purchase of Wells Fargo’s Institutional Retirement & Trust business. Principal says with the closing, it is beginning the integration of the Wells Fargo retirement business that includes 401k, pension, executive deferred compensation, employee stock ownership plans and asset advice. Principal previously announced the $1.2 billion deal would be financed with cash and senior debt financing.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A new report says a June survey of business supply managers suggests economic growth will continue over the next three to six months in nine Midwest and Plains states. The report issued Monday says the Mid-America Business Conditions Index rose to 55.4 last month from 54.3 in May. The survey results are compiled into a collection of indexes ranging from zero to 100. Survey organizers say any score above 50 suggests growth. A score below that suggests decline.

KNOXVILLE, Iowa (AP) — Authorities in southern Iowa’s Marion County say a man trapped under a trailer has died. The Marion County Sheriff’s Office says someone called 911 around 5:30 p.m. Saturday and said medical and other help was needed at a Knoxville address. The sheriff’s office identified him as 53-year-old Richard Shilling, who lived in Knoxville. The office says Shilling had been working under the trailer when a jack supporting it failed.

Atlantic takes two from Red Oak Monday night

Sports

July 1st, 2019 by admin

The Atlantic softball team picked up two wins over the Red Oak Tigers on Monday night at Darrell Eblen Field. The Trojans won the first half of the double-dip 7-3 and took the second game 3-1.

The first game began with a large number of flyouts and quick moving innings until the fourth when Atlantic finally got a rally going. Olivia Engler got it started with a base hit and Madison Botos and Alyssa Derby followed with hits to load up the bases. Kennedy Goergen was hit by a pitch to bring a run home and Mackenzie Waters later brought two more home on a 2 RBI single.  The Trojans backed that inning up with three more runs in the 5th thanks to a couple of fielding errors from the Tigers and some opportunistic base-running by the Trojans. The Tigers scored all three of their runs in the 6th off of back to back hits from Chloe and Lexi Johnson. Atlantic tacked on one more in the 6th on an RBI double by Engler to bring the final margin. Engler got the win in the circle, allowing three runs on 7 hits with 7 strikeouts and no walks.

Kennedy Goergen got the start in the circle in the second game and had a nice outing. She went 5 innings, allowing 1 run on 7 hits with 1 strikeout and no walks. Engler came on in the 6th to finish up the game. Atlantic grabbed two runs in the first, taking advantage of 5 walks from Emma Bierbaum who got the start in game 2 for the Tigers. Atlantic tacked on one more in the 4th but left the bases loaded in that frame and the 5th. Red Oak’s lone run came in the 5th on an RBI double from Kendall Kells.

At the end of the night Goergen said she felt really good in the circle and the team played together well.

Atlantic Head Coach Terry Hinzmann thought the pitching was some of the best Atlantic has had all season.

Atlantic improved to 25-8 on the season. Red Oak falls to 9-19.

Red Oak man arrested for Child Endangerment after 2 children seen in vehicle during 90 degree heat

News

July 1st, 2019 by Ric Hanson

Police in Red Oak arrested 36-year old Joseph Aaron Nelson, of Red Oak, on two counts of Child Endangerment Monday evening, after they received a report of children left unattended inside of a hot car near the Dollar General Store.

Joseph Aaron Nelson

When officers arrived, they found two children inside of a vehicle, which was turned-off and had one window down. The outside temperature at the time was around 90 degrees. Witnesses said the children had been inside the vehicle for 10-to 15-minutes.

The children – a 5 month old female and a 5-year old male – were removed from the vehicle and placed inside of an ambulance to cool down. While medics were attending to the children, Nelson came out of the store. He was taken into custody at around 5:22-p.m. and transported to the Montgomery County Jail, where his bond was set at $2,000.

Red Oak Police remind parents and care givers, to consider the following during warmer months:

  • Never leave a child or pets in an unattended vehicle, even with the windows down.
  • Make it habit to open the rear door of the vehicle every time you park, to ensure no one is left inside.
  • To enforce that habit, place an item that you can’t start your day without – such as a purse, briefcase, employee badge, phone, etc. – inside your vehicle in the back seat.
  • When at home, keep your vehicle locked at all times, even in the garage.
  • Never leave keys within reach of children.
  • If a child is missing, immediately check the vehicle, floorboards and trunk of all vehicles in the area.

According to the National Weather Service, 16 toddlers have died in 2019 as a result of being left in hot vehicles. The Red Oak Police Dept. is asking citizens to keep an eye out for children or pets left in vehicles on hot days, and to call 9-1-1 if you see any unaccompanied child or pets, in distress.

Klobuchar campaigns in Atlantic Monday afternoon

News

July 1st, 2019 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) — Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar is the first of NINE Democratic presidential candidates planning to campaign in Iowa this week, heading into a flurry of festivities surrounding Independence Day.

Radio Iowa photo of the Atlantic event

Klobuchar started out Monday afternoon speaking to a crowd of Democrats in Atlantic, mentioning her appearance in last week’s candidate debate in Miami.

Without mentioning the name of any rival, Klobuchar told the crowd she isn’t the candidate who’ll be making a bunch of “huge promises.”

Klobuchar later told reporters candidates need to make sure what they promise can get done soon after they take office. And she seemed to strike a contrast with former Vice President Biden, who has touted his ability to work across party lines.

(Radio Iowa photo)

“It’s not a goal just to say: ‘Hey, I get along with people,'” Klobuchar said. “That’s great. O.k., maybe that’s fun if you want to, like, go out for dinner or something, but it won’t accomplish anything. What matters is what are the results and if one of the ways to get results is to push the envelope on the first 100 days, I’m going to do it.” In the months leading up to Iowa’s 2020 Caucuses, Klobuchar said she’ll be “all over” Iowa in the same way she’s campaigned in neighboring Minnesota.

Klobuchar’s campaign hosted a potluck Monday evening, in Adel. One of her staffers used Klobuchar’s recipe for a “hot dish” featuring tater tots and pepper jack cheese. Klobuchar won a “hot dish” contest with the recipe a few years ago.