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Hazardous Weather Outlook: Western/SW IA

Weather

May 16th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT-PAGE COUNTIES IN IOWA…420 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 2015

TONIGHT AND SUNDAY: THERE WILL BE SEVERAL CHANCES FOR SEVERE STORMS THROUGH THE EVENING ACROSS EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA. STORMS DEVELOPING ALONG THE MISSOURI RIVER AT LATE AFTERNOON COULD PRODUCE HAIL OR DAMAGING WINDS IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA. MORE STORMS IN NORTHEAST KANSAS WILL TRACK INTO SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA AS WELL…AND COULD ALSO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL OR DAMAGING WINDS. THERE IS ALSO A SMALL CHANCE FOR AN ISOLATED TORNADO AS LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR IS MAXIMIZED IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA.

MORE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND FARTHER SOUTH ARE EXPECTED TO RACE NORTHEAST DURING THE EVENING. THESE STORMS COULD MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA AT MID TO LATE EVENING BRINGING A DAMAGING WIND THREAT TO THOSE AREAS. AN INCREASING LOW LEVEL JET WILL ALSO PROVIDE NECESSARY SHEAR TO KEEP A SMALL TORNADO RISK IN THE FORECAST.

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Atlantic house fire Saturday morning

News

May 16th, 2015 by admin

The Atlantic Fire Department was called to a home fire on 405 West 5th Street in Atlantic at around 4:30am Saturday morning.

The home was engulfed in flames and smoke when firefighters arrived.  All residents were reported to have escaped the home.  No cause is currently known.

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Atlantic’s Podhajsky wins district tennis title

Sports

May 16th, 2015 by admin

In Class 1A tennis Friday, that was postponed from Thursday, in Carroll Atlantic’s Nick Podhajsky defeated Matt Moran of Denison-Schleswig in the singles final to take the district championship. Both players will advance to state.

Mitch Kinsey and Spencer Pauley took the district title in doubles play to make it to state.

The team title went to Denison-Schleswig who will move on to play either Atlantic or Kuemper Catholic. They will play in a Preliminary Substate match on Monday in Atlantic.

In Class 2A play in Johnston Abraham Lincoln’s Kyle Crowl won the singles district championship.  Abraham Lincoln finished second in the team race and is set to take on Johnston Saturday in a Preliminary Substate match.

Substate tennis will be held Saturday, May 23rd. The state individual and doubles tournament is Friday, May 29th and Saturday, May 30th. State team tennis is June 2nd.

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Family Fun in the Kitchen 05-16-2015

Podcasts, Family Fun in the Kitchen

May 16th, 2015 by admin

Lavon and Miss NiNi talk about making smoothies.

Miss NiNi’s Smooth-A-Roothie

Ingredients:

1 c. milk (dairy, soy milk, or nut milk)
¼ c. juice (I use orange juice)
2 oz. toasted English walnuts
1 T. chia seed
2-3 T. chocolate protein powder
1/2 oz. fresh spinach leaves (small hand full)
¼-1/2 c. fresh or whole frozen fruit (strawberries, blackberries, blueberries, raspberries, mango, banana, peaches or apricots with skin removed)

Method:

Put all ingredients into a blender container in the order listed above. Blend until very smooth. Makes about 14 ounces. May need a straw with an extra-wide opening if ingredients have not been chopped very finely. If you like “chew” in a smoothie, you will love this!

 

Strawberry Shortcake Smoothie—iowagirleats.com

Ingredients:

½ c. milk
1 c. sliced strawberries (about 9 strawberries) fresh or frozen
½  banana
2 heaping Tablespoons raw cashews
½ t. vanilla extract
¼ t. lemon zest
½ c. ice

Method:

Add ingredients to blender listed in the order above. Blend until very smooth.

NOTE from Miss NiNi: I used lightly salted and roasted cashews. Lemon zest leaves a lingering lemon oil flavor on the tongue. A refreshing smoothie.

Miss NiNi

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High school soccer scores Friday

Sports

May 16th, 2015 by admin

Girls Soccer

  • Missouri Valley 4 Denison-Schleswig 2
  • Nodaway Valley/WCV/AC 3 Kuemper 0
  • Underwood 5 Harlan 2

Boys Soccer

  • Denison-Schleswig 4 Atlantic 2
  • Ballard 4 Nodaway Valley 0
  • St. Albert 1 Harlan 0
  • Riverside 4 Treynor 3 (OT/PKs)

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Class 1A state track qualifying meet at Mt. Ayr

Sports

May 16th, 2015 by admin

Here are the results from the Class 1A State Track Qualifying Meet at Mt. Ayr on Friday, May 15, 2015.

Girls Team: 1st Griswold 164. 2nd Essex 104. 3rd Lenox 91. 4th Mount Ayr 87. 5th Bedford 76.

Griswold’s Rebekah Topham won the 800, 1500 and 3000 meter runs. Jackie Rush from Griswold won the shot put and the tigers’ 4×800 team won.

Boys Team: 1st Mount Ayr 164. 2nd Griswold 120. 3rd Nishnabotna 91. 4th Lamoni 7. Stanton 62.

Derek Kirchhoff  of Griswold won four events. The 100 meters and was part of the 4×100, 1600 medley and shuttle hurdle relay teams. Griwold’s David Thompson won the 3200 Meter Run.

All event winners automatically qualified for the state meet next week.

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7AM Sportscast 05-16-2015

Podcasts, Sports

May 16th, 2015 by admin

w/ Chris Parks

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7AM Newscast 05-16-2015

News, Podcasts

May 16th, 2015 by admin

w/ Chris Parks

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JOHN M. CAMIZZI, 58, of Oakland (Svcs. 05-23-2015)

Obituaries

May 16th, 2015 by admin

JOHN M. CAMIZZI, 58, of Oakland died Tuesday, May 12, 2015 at Oakland Manor in Oakland. Family and friends will gather for remembrances of JOHN M. CAMIZZI on Saturday, May 23rd at the Vernon Bar and Grill, 2035 Mt. Vernon Road SE, Cedar Rapids, Iowa from 2 – 5 pm.  Rieken-Vieth Funeral home in Oakland has the local arrangements.

Inurnment will be on May 23, 2015 at 11 am at Cedar Memorial Cemetery, Cedar Rapids.

Family requests that contributions be sent to Peggy Haines at P. O. Box 173, Macedonia, Iowa, 51549 to help defray expenses.

JOHN M. CAMIZZI is survived by:

Son: Jordan of Lone Tree.

Daughter:  Emily of Hills.

Sister: Charissa (Allan) Olson of Thompson. T

Special Friend: Peggy Haines of Macedonia, Iowa.

Other family and friends.

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Cabrera homers, Tigers beat Cardinals 10-4

Sports

May 16th, 2015 by admin

ST. LOUIS (AP) – Miguel Cabrera ended a season-long slump in night games with a two-run homer and two singles and the Detroit Tigers also got homers from Yoenis Cespedes and J.D. Martinez in a 10-4 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Friday night.

Cabrera entered batting just .158 with no homers and one RBI at night – he’s hit .471 with eight homers and 25 RBIs in day games. Manager Brad Ausmus called those numbers an “anomaly” before the game.

Cabrera hit his 399th career homer and third in two games in the seventh inning off Mitch Harris, tying Andres Galarraga for most by a Venezuelan-born player, and Martinez followed with his eighth homer to make it 5-0.

Shane Greene (4-2) allowed five hits in five scoreless innings before being removed due to numbness in his pitching arm.

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