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The Iowa State Patrol says a 17-year-old female from Omaha was seriously injured in an accident that happened at around 4-a.m. (Thursday) on Interstate 80 eastbound, near the Anita exit, but it wasn’t discovered until about 6:35-a.m., when a truck driver spotted the wreckage. The unidentified driver was trapped in her vehicle. Anita Fire and Rescue and Medivac ambulance responded to the scene.
She reportedly told the Patrol she left Omaha at around 2:00 a.m. and fell asleep behind the wheel. The teen suffered cuts, bruises and other, possibly serious injuries. She was flown from the scene by LifeNet helicopter to CreightonUniversityMedicalCenter in Omaha.
A Mills County man has been charged with felony Theft by Deception, in connection with a May 27th Omaha convenience store robbery. According to the Omaha World-Herald, 24-year-old Cody Hudson of Emerson, conspired with a Kum & Go store employee to take more than $3,600 in cash during the robbery.
Hudson’s bail was set at $15,000. He’ll have to post 10 percent of that amount in order to be released from the DouglasCounty, NE., Jail. Police say the store employee, who was working at the time of the robbery, told them he mentioned to Hudson that the safe was left open and that there was a substantial amount of money in the safe.
Video surveillance and text conversations indicated that Hudson and the employee were involved in the planning and commission of the robbery, police allege. The store employee was booked May 30th on suspicion of theft by deception, but the paper says he had not been formally charged, as of Wednesday.
MARY C. CLARK, 56, of Yale, died Mon., June 10th, at her home. Funeral services for MARY CLARK will be held Fri., June 14th, at 10:00 a.m. in the Twigg Funeral Home in Panora.
Visitation will be held at the funeral home on Thurs., June 13th, from 4 – 7 p.m., with family present from 5 – 7 p.m.
Burial will be in the RichlandTownshipCemetery, rural Bagley.
The Freese-Notis forecast for Atlantic & the KJAN listening area, & weather information for Atlantic…
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347 AM CDT THU JUN 13 2013
EARLY THIS MORNING...MOSTLY CLEAR. COOLER. NORTHWEST WIND AROUND 10 MPH.
TODAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGH AROUND 80. NORTHEAST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.
TONIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE EVENING…THEN A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT. LOW IN THE LOWER 60S. EAST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.
FRIDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. BREEZY. A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MID MORNING…THEN THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY BEFORE NOON. A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH IN THE UPPER 70S. SOUTHEAST WIND 10 TO 20 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 60 PERCENT.
FRIDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY THROUGH MIDNIGHT…THEN A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOW IN THE UPPER 60S. SOUTH WIND 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 70 PERCENT.
SATURDAY…THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY. HIGH IN THE LOWER 80S. SOUTHWEST WIND NEAR 5 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 70 PERCENT.
SATURDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. LOW IN THE UPPER 60S.
SUNDAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH IN THE LOWER 80S.
SUNDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. LOW IN THE MID 60S.
Softball Scores….
Atlantic 12, Shenandoah 6
Atlantic 9, Shenandoah 1
Carroll 7, Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 3
Clarke, Osceola 13, Mount Ayr 0
Des Moines Christian 8, Panorama 1
East Sac County 14, Laurens-Marathon 4
Lewis Central 6, St. Albert, Council Bluffs 0
OA-BCIG 8, Westwood, Sloan 3
Treynor 11, Missouri Valley 0
Tri-Center, Neola 11, Riverside, Oakland 3
Winterset 10, Boone 0
Baseball Scores…
Coon Rapids-Bayard 6, Glidden-Ralston 3
Creston 7, Shenandoah 5
Des Moines Christian 7, Panorama, Panora 4
Earlham 11, Winterset 1
Griswold 13, A-H-S-T, Avoca 7
Lawton-Bronson 7, Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto 0
Murray 10, Mount Ayr 5
Treynor 16, Missouri Valley 1 ((5 inn.))
Tri-Center, Neola 7, Riverside, Oakland 2
West Central Valley, Stuart 11, Nodaway Valley 1
Woodward Academy 7, Guthrie Center 6 (8innings)
Iowa Senator Tom Harkin has announced that the Greenfield Municipal Airport will receive $171,000 from the US Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration to extend the airport’s taxiway. Harkin is a senior member of the Appropriations subcommittee that funds these initiatives.
Harkin says extending Greenfield Municipal Airport’s taxiway to allow for aircraft turnaround is an important investment. The Greenfield airport contributes more than a quarter of a million dollars in goods and services to the surrounding community every year.
In addition, Harkin says these funds will better equip the Greenfield Municipal Airport with the resources to continue to reach their goal of providing safe, accessible and effective air travel in southwest Iowa, promoting economic development in Greenfield and the surrounding area.
NEW YORK (AP) — Dillon Gee had his third straight stellar start, Lucas Duda hit one of three Mets homers and New York scored the most runs allowed by Shelby Miller in his young career for a 5-1 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Wednesday night. David Wright and Marlon Byrd also connected for the Mets, who snapped a three-game skid and improved to 2-6 in June. Duda drove in two runs, including a first-inning single that scored Daniel Murphy from first base.
With prized pitching prospect Zack Wheeler nearing his promotion to the big leagues, Gee (5-6) has done everything possible to protect his spot in the rotation. The right-hander has yielded only three earned runs over 21 innings in his past three starts — all wins.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Corn farmers are feeling the impact of a cool, wet spring but are still expected to bring in a record crop this year. The U.S. Department of Agriculture says in its monthly report released Wednesday that farmers are expected to bring in 14 billion bushels of corn this year. That’s 135 million bushels less than last month’s estimate, reflecting the impact of the cooler spring. But that’d still beat 2009’s 13.1 billion bushel record. Last year, farmers harvested only about 11 billion bushels because of the drought.
The changes are not expected to significantly affect food prices for consumers. The UDSA says the amount of corn expected to be harvested per acre will be reduced to 156.5 bushels per acre down from 158 bushels estimated a month ago.