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Softball Scores from Sat., 6/23/18

Sports

June 24th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

Central Decatur, Leon 11, Bedford 7
Central Decatur, Leon 13, Lamoni 1
Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 12, Clarinda 1
Denison-Schleswig 4, Estherville Lincoln Central 1
Denison-Schleswig 9, Akron-Westfield 5
Dubuque, Hempstead 5, Creston 2
Fremont-Mills 9, Tri-Center, Neola 8
Griswold 8, Bedford 7
Mount Ayr 12, Griswold 0
IKM-Manning 12, Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 0
Indianola 4, Winterset 2
Iowa City, West 5, Creston 4
Lewis Central 2, Sioux City, North 0
Lewis Central 3, Sergeant Bluff-Luton 1
Lewis Central 5, Treynor 3
Mount Ayr 15, Central Decatur, Leon 5
Pleasantville 4, Bishop Heelan, Sioux City 1
Sergeant Bluff-Luton 10, Clarinda 0
Sergeant Bluff-Luton 9, Red Oak 4
Sioux City, North 13, Clarinda 1
Southwest Valley 12, Fremont-Mills 0
Treynor 10, Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 0
Treynor 5, Red Oak 3
Van Meter 11, Coon Rapids-Bayard 0
Van Meter 14, Orient-Macksburg 1
West Monona 15, LeMars Gehlen Catholic 9
West Monona 18, Boyer Valley 6
Winterset 10, Martensdale-St Marys 0

Skyscan Forecast for Atlantic & the area: Sunday, June 24th 2018

Weather

June 24th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

Today: Partly sunny w/a 40% chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2pm. High near 84. S/SE wind 5 to 10 mph. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight: Mostly cloudy w/a 60% chance of showers & thunderstorms, mainly after midnight. Low around 68. E/SE @ 5-10. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Monday: Cloudy w/a 70% chance of shwrs & tstrms. High near 78. S/SE @ 10-20 mph. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Monday Night: A 40% chance of showers and thunderstorms. Low around 66.
Tuesday: P/Sunny w/a 30% chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly during the morning. High near 84.
Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 89.

Midwest Sports Headlines: 6/24/18

Sports

June 24th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

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

HOUSTON (AP) — Carlos Correa hit a game-ending RBI single in the 12th inning, lifting the Houston Astros to a 4-3 win over the Kansas City Royals. George Springer led off the 12th with a walk, and Alex Bregman followed with a bloop single into shallow right field that fell between three players. An error by Ryan Goins allowed Springer to advance to third. After reigning AL MVP Jose Altuve was walked intentionally, Correa singled into right-center gap against Justin Grimm.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Kevin Abel and Jake Mulholland combined on a four-hitter, Tyler Malone hit his third home run of the College World Series, and Oregon State survived some ninth-inning drama to beat Mississippi State 5-2 to reach the best-of-three finals against Arkansas. As they did in 2006, when they won the first of two straight national titles, the Beavers came back from losing their CWS opener to win four straight and make the finals.

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Yadier Molina homered twice to back a strong start by Miles Mikolas and lift the St. Louis Cardinals to a 3-2 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers. Molina’s two-run homer in the sixth inning off reliever Jeremy Jeffress gave St. Louis the lead and the Cardinals held on behind the pitching of Mikolas and four relievers.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Shelby Houlihan stormed past Jenny Simpson to win the women’s 1,500 meters at the USATF national outdoor championships in Des Moines. Houlihan, who grew up in nearby Sioux City, passed Simpson _ also a native Iowan _ with 50 meters left to knock off the seven-time national champion in the event.

MADISON, Ill. (AP) — Justin Haley won the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Gateway Motorsports Park for his first career victory, pulling away on a wild last restart. The 19-year-old Haley took the lead when Kyle Busch Motorsports teammates Noah Gragson and Todd Gilliland made contact racing for the lead on a restart with seven laps to go. Haley then held off GMS Racing teammate Johnny Sauter on the final restart with two laps left

Iowa early News Headlines: Sunday, 6/24/18

News

June 24th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 4:55 a.m. CDT

DOON, Iowa (AP) — A railroad official says 14 of 32 derailed oil tanker cars in the northwest corner of Iowa dumped an estimated 230,000 gallons of crude oil into floodwaters, with some making its way to nearby rivers. BNSF spokesman Andy Williams confirmed the details Saturday. He says nearly half the spill had been contained with booms near the derailment site and an additional boom placed approximately 5 miles downstream.

WEBSTER CITY, Iowa (AP) — The Webster City Council has approved the purchase of a historic downtown building with plans to restore the structure’s facade. The Messenger reports that the City Council approved the $40,000 purchase of the former Elks Club building Monday. The two-story building was built in 1906. A city official says the building’s current owner plans to move her belongings out by Sept. 3.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Volunteers turned out this week in Des Moines to build kits to help boost the reading skills of kids. United Way of Central Iowa hosted Literacy Solstice on Thursday. All day, volunteers from around central Iowa created 1,000 literacy kits that each includes a book and activities to reinforce literacy skills.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa City is expecting tens of thousands of people to attend its second Downtown Block Party this weekend. Last year’s inaugural Downtown Block Party drew an estimated 30,000 people to the downtown area. The event, which runs from 5-11 p.m. Saturday, includes live music, sand volleyball, a fashion show, ping pong, mini golf, tug-of-war tournament and outdoor movie.

Molina’s 2 homers boost Cardinals past Brewers

Sports

June 23rd, 2018 by Ric Hanson

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Yadier Molina’s defense and longevity might earn him a ticket to the Hall of Fame. Suddenly the veteran St. Louis Cardinals catcher is on a home-run tear. He homered twice to back a strong start by Miles Mikolas and lift the St. Louis Cardinals to a 3-2 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Saturday.

Molina’s two-run homer in the sixth inning off reliever Jeremy Jeffress gave St. Louis the lead and the Cardinals held on behind the solid pitching of Mikolas and four relievers. Molina has five home runs in his last six games, including another two-homer game in Philadelphia on Wednesday.

Cardinals manager Mike Matheny said the 35-year-old Molina has developed more power as he has grown older. Marcell Ozuna led off the sixth with a line-drive single to center and scored on Molina’s shot to right-center, a ball that bounced off the top of the wall and into the St. Louis bullpen for a 3-2 Cardinals lead.

The Brewers (45-31) remained two games ahead of the second-place Chicago Cubs in the NL Central after Chicago lost in Cincinnati on Saturday. Mikolas (8-2), who pitched in Japan last season, allowed three hits and two runs in 6 2/3 innings while walking two and striking out five. Bud Norris earned his 14th save with a scoreless ninth. Jeffress (5-1) took the loss. Mikolas retired 16 of the last 17 hitters he faced.
UP NEXT
Cardinals: RHP Luke Weaver (3-6, 4.69 ERA) will be making his 16th start of the season and seventh career start against the Brewers. He is 2-2 against Milwaukee.

Houlihan beats Simpson for USATF title in 1,500 meters

Sports

June 23rd, 2018 by Ric Hanson

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Shelby Houlihan grew up in Sioux City admiring fellow Iowan and middle-distance star Jenny Simpson. Houlihan just might be poised to pass Simpson as America’s next great hope at 1,500 meters. The 25-year-old Houlihan stormed past Simpson, 31, to win the 1,500 on Saturday at the USATF national outdoor championships at Drake Stadium— Simpson’s hometown track.

Houlihan took the lead from Simpson with 50 meters left to knock off the seven-time national champion in the event. Instead of going hard for the entire race, Simpson’s strategy was to find a more realistic pace in hopes of having enough energy left to make the final kick count. She didn’t, but the younger Houlihan sure did.

Houlihan won in 4:05.48, almost a second better than Simpson, to notch her second victory over Simpson in a month. Houlihan beat her Hawkeye State rival for the first time in the Prefontaine Classic on May 26.

A slight headwind helped keep the times down in the sprints, but world record-holder Keni Harrison still took the women’s 100 hurdles in an impressive 12.46. Kahmari Montgomery won the men’s 400 in 44.58 seconds. Kenny Selmon took the men’s 400 hurdles in 48.21, and Shakima Wimbley cruised to the women’s 400 title in 49.52.

WOMEN’S HAMMER THROW
This discipline has been arguably the most exciting among U.S. field events of late. DeAnna Price kept that trend going by setting an American record, winning with a world-leading throw of 256 feet, 3 inches. Price had set the mark on June 2, only to have Gwendolyn Berry break it six days later at 255-2. Berry finished second on Saturday. Price credits her improvement in 2017 in part to the 45 pounds she lost in the offseason.

MEN’S 1,500
Matthew Centrowitz, who was upset by Robby Andrews in this meet a year ago, won in 3:43.37 to claim his fifth title. Centrowitz, the Olympic champion from 2016, is one victory shy of matching the legendary Steve Scott, who won the event six times from 1978-86. “At this point in my career I want to keep checking off boxes and leave my mark in the 1,500 and the U.S,” Centrowitz said.

MEN’S POLE VAULT
Sam Kendricks became the first American pole vaulter to win five consecutive national titles in 74 years, clearing 19-2 1/4 to best a field of up-and-comers. “This is a huge responsibility to compete well. Don’t give them an inch, they’ll take it,” Kendricks said.

WOMEN’S STEEPLECHASE
Defending world champion Emma Coburn claimed her seventh national title in a thriller over Courtney Frerichs. Coburn won in 9:17.70, just a second faster than Frerichs. The two also finished 1-2 at worlds in 2017. “It’s great having a really strong competitor that challenges you. It really makes you keep it honest and grind,” Coburn said.

Man charged w/carrying weapons & other offenses, in Council Bluffs

News

June 23rd, 2018 by Ric Hanson

Officers with the Council Bluffs Police Department arrested a man on numerous charges late Saturday morning, but he was uncooperative and his identity was unknown at the time of the press release. Authorities say a little before Noon, Saturday, officers were called to the area of 3804 Metro Dr. for a suspicious male, who was walking in the area with an open container of alcohol. Several store managers from the area asked him to leave their businesses because he was acting strange.

The communication center received a call from The Buckle (3627 Denmark Dr. #100). An employee stated there was a suspicious male inside the store with a bottle of alcohol. When officers arrived at the store, the suspicious male party pulled of knife from his person and held it to his throat. The male stated he wanted to kill himself and asked officers to shoot him.

Crisis Negotiators and Emergency Service Team members were called to the scene. He was causing extensive damage to the store as officers were trying to communicate with him. At 12:56, a less than lethal device was deployed and the suspect was taken into custody. He was transported to Mercy Hospital for evaluation.

The man was charged with Criminal Mischief 1st, Disorderly Conduct in a Place of Business, Public Consumption, Open Container, Interference with Official Acts and Carry Weapons.

Cause of Iowa derailment, oil spill amount still a mystery

News

June 23rd, 2018 by Ric Hanson

DOON, Iowa (AP) — Crews are working to clean up a BNSF oil train derailment in Iowa that dumped crude into floodwaters, while officials seek to get a handle on the extent of the spill and its cause.

BNSF spokesman Andy Williams says 33 oil tanker cars derailed Friday just south of Doon, leaking oil into surrounding floodwaters from the swollen Little Rock River. He said Saturday that the cause of the derailment hasn’t been determined. The amount spilled also isn’t yet known.

Williams says crews have been skimming oil from floodwaters. They’re also building a road parallel to the tracks to try to get to the derailed and partially-submerged oil cars.

The train was carrying tar sands oil from Canada to Oklahoma for ConocoPhillips. ConocoPhillips spokesman Daren Beaudo says each tanker can hold more than 25,000 gallons.

Cass County Relay for Life a big success on Friday

News

June 23rd, 2018 by admin

The 2018 Cass County Relay for Life was held on Friday night at the Atlantic High School track. A great crowd was on hand on a beautiful night for the event. The evening began with the survivor meal where nearly 200 survivors gathered for a meal in the Atlantic High School commons provided by the Atlantic Hy-Vee.

After the meal, Survivors made their way out to the track for the opening ceremonies.  Pennants were read that loved ones had purchased in honor or memory of individuals who had battled or are battling Cancer. After those names were read the Survivors in attendance were honored and celebrated as they completed the opening lap around the track for Relay.

Cass County Relay for Life Co-Chair Carole Schuler was honored before the Survivor lap as well for her leadership of the event since it’s inception. This is the 20th year for Relay in Cass County and Carole has been leading the committee since year one. An honorary plaque was given to Carole by her Co-Chair Denise Coder from the American Cancer Society in recognition of Carole’s work and dedication.

The rest of the evening was filled with education, entertainment, and activities for attendees of all ages. At the end of the night Cass County Relay for Life Co-Chair Carole Schuler announced that this year’s fundraising efforts have totaled over $64,000 with funds still rolling in.

Thanks to everyone that had a hand in making Relay for Life a success in Cass County once again.

Le Mars gets first look at new scratch and sniff Frozen Treats stamps

News

June 23rd, 2018 by Ric Hanson

Residents of Le Mars were the first to see new stamps called “Frozen Treats.” U-S Post Office district manager, Mary Alt, talks about the new stamp. “There’s ten different versions, but they are ice cream frozen treats. So they are popsicles, different colors, different scents. It’s a scratch and sniff — so you’ll have a watermelon, a bubble gum, a chocolate, vanilla, a strawberry. But it’s one of our first scratch and sniff stamps,” Alt says.

Ice-cream-stamp

She says the concept for the scratch and sniff stamp started nearly two years ago, and it will be available at postal offices nationwide. She says there’s a simple reason Le Mars was chosen for the unveiling of the new stamp. She says the marketing group in Iowa asked that the stamp be unveiled in Le Mars because it is known as the “Ice Cream Capital of the World.”

Le Mars is home to Blue Bunny ice cream. The stamp was unveiled Thursday at the Le Mars Post Office along with a special postal cancellation mark. The cancellation says “Le Mars Ice Cream Capital of the World.” Alt says the special cancellation will be used through the month of August.

The stamps are the “forever” stamps as issued by the United States Postal Service. Each of the ten stamp designs includes two different treats.

(Radio Iowa)