More area News from KJAN News Director, Ric Hanson….
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Adair/Guthrie County Emergency Management Coordinator Bob Kempf says 9-1-1 service has been restored to residents in Guthrie County, after having been down for about 2-hours.
A nuclear power plant near Council Bluffs that was forced to shut down during last summer’s massive Missouri River flooding is -still- closed. The Fort Calhoun Nuclear Generating Station is some 20 miles north of Omaha on the Nebraska side of the river and is a matter of yard from the Iowa border. Gary Gates, CEO and president of the Omaha Public Power District, says there’s still a lot of work to do before the plant can be brought back online. “We’re still in that mode of finding out all of the items we need to work on,” Gates says. “The progress has been great to date and we’re excited about that. We’re finally in the phase now where we’re starting to do a lot of physical work.”
Many people in Iowa and Nebraska were concerned about safety hazards during the 2011 floods as the facility was surrounded by record-high water. Gates says the flood slowed progress but caused no problems at the plant. He says many challenges were discovered during the process to upgrade the plant to a higher power level. With the extreme heat of the past several weeks, electric usage is peaking but Gates says, the utility is meeting the high demands, even with Fort Calhoun remaining offline. “We bought some power ahead so we covered that,” he says. “The current units we have are operating extremely well in difficult conditions.”
Even though there are no significant problems in meeting the demand for electricity in the region, Gates says the nuclear plant at Fort Calhoun is still needed, for two primary reasons. “It provides 500-megawatts of carbon-free, CO2-free emissions for us and that’s a positive, and the other is a diversity of fuel mix,” Gates says. “We’ve found over the years, the best thing we can do for our customer-owners is to have all different kinds of fuel available. In my experience, each one has been challenged and each one has been very positive so we want to maintain that fuel diversity.”
The plant has been offline since April of 2011. It’s still unclear when it will be restarted.
(Radio Iowa)
Adair/Guthrie County Emergency Management Coordinator Bob Kempf says the 9-1-1 lines are currently down in Guthrie County. It’s not known when service will be restored. Persons with an emergency are asked to call the Guthrie County Sheriff’s Office at 641-747-2214.
Here’s the Freese-Notis 4-day forecast for Atlantic and the KJAN listening area….
Today: P/Cldy to Cloudy w/scattered shwrs & tstrms this afternoon. High 86. SE @ 5-10.
Tonight: Isolated thunderstorms. Low 65. SE @ 5-10.
Tomorrow: Sunny to P/Sunny. High in the mid-90’s. Se @ 10.
Tom. Night: P/Cldy w/a low in the upper 60’s.
Monday & Tuesday: Sunny. Highs in the low-to mid-90’s.
Friday’s High in Atlantic was 84 degrees. Our low Saturday morning (through 5-a.m.) was 57.
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The Adams County Sheriff’s Department reports three people were arrested Friday night. 28-year old Tara Squibbs, of Corning, was arrested at around 8:40-p.m. on a charge of Aiding and Abetting a No Contact Order. She was subsequently released on $500 bond. At around 9:45-p.m., 35-year old Terry Squibbs, of Corning, was arrested for Violating a No Contact Order. Squibbs was also released from custody, on a $500 bond.
And, Just before 11-p.m., 18-year old Cody Johnson, of Stanton, was arrested in 500 block of 8th Street in Corning, on Public Intoxication and Possession of Alcohol by persons underage, charges. Johnson was being held in the Adams County Jail early Saturday morning.
A call to authorities in Montgomery County late Friday night about a woman letting air out of trucks in Villisca, resulted in the arrest of a Prescott woman. Sheriff’s officials say 19-year old Shelby Kate Evans was charged with Criminal Mischief and Public Intoxication, following an investigation into the incident in the 1100 block of west High Street, which was reported just after 11-p.m., Friday. Evans was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on $600 bond early Saturday morning.
319 AM CDT SAT JUL 28 2012 – NWS/Des Moines
TODAY…PARTLY SUNNY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING…THEN SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH IN THE UPPER 80S. SOUTHEAST WIND 5 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 30 PERCENT.
TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. LOW IN THE UPPER 60S. SOUTH WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.
SUNDAY…HOT. MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH IN THE MID 90S. SOUTH WIND NEAR 5 MPH. HIGHEST HEAT INDEX READINGS AROUND 100 IN THE AFTERNOON.
SUNDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. LOW IN THE UPPER 60S. NORTHEAST WIND NEAR 5 MPH.
MONDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGH IN THE MID 90S. NORTHEAST WIND NEAR 5 MPH.
MONDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW AROUND 70.
TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. HIGH IN THE LOWER 90S. LOW AROUND 70.
LA VISTA, Neb. (AP) — A Council Bluffs man is in jail on suspicion of terroristic threats in Nebraska after police say he left a community college student harassing texts and other messages on her cellphone. 30-year old James Brunner is in the Sarpy County Jail in La Vista, Neb. Brunner was investigated after a 32-year-old woman attending classes at Metropolitan Community College says she was being stalked by another student she identified as Brunner.
The woman told police she found liquid-filled balloons lying on both sides and underneath her vehicle on Thursday. The Omaha Police Bomb Squad was called and determined the liquid was water. Police say Brunner was arrested after interviews.