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Utility says power will stay on in Hamburg, for now…

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June 10th, 2011 by Ric Hanson

Iowa’s largest utility says it is -not- switching off the lights in one of the state’s smallest towns, left nearly vacant after many residents fled approaching flood waters. Tina Potthoff, spokeswoman for MidAmerican Energy, says she wants to separate fact from fiction as the Missouri River rises and swallows up more acres in southwest Iowa.

“There’s been a lot of rumors circulating that we are shutting off power,” Potthoff says. “That is not the case. We are monitoring the situation on an hourly and daily basis. At this time, we do not have plans to shut off the power in Hamburg.” Potthoff says MidAmerican will only cut off the electricity in certain cases — at the request of the customer, if the utility determines the situation is hazardous or if city or emergency officials make the request.

(Matt Kelley/Radio Iowa)

Backyard and Beyond 06-10-2011

Podcasts

June 10th, 2011 by admin

Lavon Eblen speaks about the topic of: “Are you a mosquito magnet?”.

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9AM Newscast 06-10-2011

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June 10th, 2011 by admin

w/ News Director Ric Hanson

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Missouri River will rise higher at Blair, Neb.

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June 10th, 2011 by Ric Hanson

BLAIR, Neb. (AP) – The Missouri River is now expected to rise 2-feet higher at Blair, Neb., than experts predicted previously. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says it revised its prediction for the river near Blair because of new information it received about how fast the water is moving at that point.

The Corps now says the river will rise to between 32 and 34 feet next week after releases from Gavins Point Dam increase to 150,000 cubic feet per second. The river at Blair was already at 30.16 feet Friday. That’s well above the flood stage of 26.5 feet.

The Corps says the gauge at Blair doesn’t collect data on the flow rate, so a team was sent out to collect that. This adjustment doesn’t affect other locations on the river.

8AM Sportscast 06-10-2011

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June 10th, 2011 by admin

w/ Sports Director Jim Field

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7AM Newscast 06-10-2011

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June 10th, 2011 by admin

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Friday Girls State Soccer Semi-Finals

Sports

June 10th, 2011 by Jim Field

State Girls Soccer Semi-Finals Friday @ Muscatine

Class 1A Semifinals

  • 2:00 p.m. –  Davenport Assumption (19-1) vs. Columbus Catholic (20-1)
  • 2:15 p.m.  –  Union (17-0) vs. Sioux City Bishop Heelan (14-4 )

Class 2A Semifinals

  • 4:00 p.m. –  Cedar Rapids Xavier (17-2) vs. Glenwood (15-1)
  • 4:15 p.m.  –  Waukee (14-3) vs. Pleasant Valley (14-5)

Class 3A Semifinals

  • 6:00 p.m. –  Bettendorf (15-5) vs. Iowa City West (18-2)
  • 6:15 p.m.  –  West Des Moines Valley (15-4) vs. Ankeny (19-1)

VIRGIL N. NIHSEN (svcs. set for 6-13-11)

Obituaries

June 10th, 2011 by Ric Hanson

VIRGIL NICHOLAS NIHSEN, 86, of Avoca, died Thu., June 9th, at the Avoca Nursing & Rehab Center. Funeral services for VIRGIL NIHSEN will be held 10:30-a.m. Mon., June 13th, at the Minden United Church of Christ. Pauley-Jones Funeral Home in Avoca has the arrangements.

Visitation for Virgil Nihsen will be held at the church, one-hour prior to the service.

Burial will be in the Minden Cemetery.

Virgil Nihsen is survived by:

His brothers – Harold (Erma) Nihsen, of Shelby; Harley (Shirley) Nihsen & Paul (Judy Nihsen), all of Minden; Grant (Lois) Nihsen, of Crescent; & Elden (Beth) Nihsen, of Council Bluffs.

His sister-in-law – LaVon Nihsen, of Council Bluffs.

RUBY I. ANDERSON (svcs. set for 6-11-11)

Obituaries

June 10th, 2011 by Ric Hanson

RUBY I. ANDERSON, 100, of Sun City, AZ, died April 29th, in Sun City. Celebration of Life Graveside Memorial services for RUBY ANDERSON will be held 11-a.m. Sat., June 11th, at the Maple Grove Cemetery in Audubon. Kessler Funeral Home in Audubon has the arrangements.

Ruby Anderson is survived by:

Her 1st cousins – Linnea Swanson, Ditchey & Karin Swanson Rinaldi.

Bluffs woman sentenced for her role in Rocha murder

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June 10th, 2011 by Ric Hanson

A district court judge in Pottawattamie County Thursday, sentenced a Council Bluffs woman to 50-years in prison for her role in the stabbing death of another woman. Fourth District Court Judge James Heckerman handed down the sentence against 22-year old Lisa Reeves, who pled guilty to second-degree murder for the January 14th death of 39-year old Tammy Rocha. Reeves’ attorney, public defender Greg Jones, said his client pleaded guilty because of the possibility of spending the rest of her life in prison if convicted of first degree murder.

Reeves was originally charged with first-degree murder, first-degree kidnapping, first-degree robbery and conspiracy. She will be eligible for parole after 35 years. Prosecutors alleged that it was Lisa Reeves who stabbed Rocha seven times with a knife in front of the Reeves residence in Council Bluffs, after Rocha stole four rings and a cellphone from her the night before.

Reeves; her father, Brian Reeves; and two other men were arrested in the hours and days following Rocha’s death. Brian Reeves pleaded guilty to three lesser charges in the case and was sentenced to 30 years in prison in May. He’ll have to serve seven years before he’s eligible for parole.

A jury found Clarence Woolsoncroft guilty earlier this month of second-degree murder and two lesser crimes for his involvement in the fatal stabbing. He is scheduled to be sentenced on June 20th.

Eric Long — who is Lisa Reeves’ boyfriend — pleaded guilty to accessory after the fact and was sentenced to two years in prison.