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Hazardous Weather Outlook for west central/central IA

Weather

June 3rd, 2012 by Ric Hanson

CARROLL-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-CASS- ADAIR-MADISON-ADAMS-UNION-TAYLOR-and RINGGOLD COUNTIES –  508 AM CDT SUN JUN 3 2012
 
DAY ONE…TODAY AND TONIGHT
 
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD EAST  THROUGH CENTRAL IOWA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. A FEW SEVERE  STORMS ARE POSSIBLE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.  
 
DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN…MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
 
 THERE IS A CHANCE FOR A FEW THUNDERSTORMS LATE FRIDAY INTO  SATURDAY. THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER APPEARS LOW AT THIS TIME.

Dickey shuts out Cardinals (7 hits), Mets win 5-0

Sports

June 2nd, 2012 by Ric Hanson

NEW YORK (AP) – R.A. Dickey followed up Johan Santana’s no-hitter by shutting out St. Louis, David Wright homered and the New York Mets beat the Cardinals 5-0 on Saturday. Dickey (8-1) gave up seven hits, struck out nine and walked none in his third career shutout – first this season. The Mets scored three runs in the second, on a mishandled grounder and two run-scoring groundouts to win for the sixth time in eight games.
 
Carlos Beltran had a clean double against Dickey in the second inning – a day after he hit a shot down the line that looked fair but was ruled foul against Santana. The Cardinals have lost four straight and seven of nine.

Jay Haas opens 3-stroke lead in Iowa

Sports

June 2nd, 2012 by Ric Hanson

WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Jay Haas will carry a three-shot lead into the final round of the Principal Charity Classic after shooting a 6-under 65 on Saturday. Haas, who won the Champions Tour event at Glen Oaks Country Club in 2007 and 2008, will try to become the first golfer to win three times in Iowa. He is at 11 under following his bogey-free performance in the second round.  Larry Mize eagled the 18th hole to get within three of Haas at 8 under. 
 
 Tom Lehman is four strokes back, followed by Andrew Magee at 6 under. Fred Funk and Kenny Perry lead four players at 5-under 137.  First-round leader Mike Goodes shot 3-over par on the front nine and is 4 under for the tournament.

No injuries reported following rollover accident

News

June 2nd, 2012 by Ric Hanson

The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office reports a woman and her two children escaped injury following a rollover accident Friday afternoon, southeast of Stanton. Official say 28-year old Erin Nicole Johnson, of Villisca, was turning north onto Q Avenue from 250th Street at around 4:15-p.m. Friday, when she lost sight of the road due to dust created by another vehicle.

When the  2012 Dodge Durango she was driving got too close to the shoulder, the loose gravel pulled the SUV into the east ditch, causing it to roll over onto its top. Johnson refused treatment for herself and the children, but the trio were later transported to the Clarinda Regional Hospital to be checked out. The Durango, registered to 31-year old Lane Richard Johnson, of  Villisca, was a total loss.

(Update) New Omaha superintendent resigns over emails

News

June 2nd, 2012 by Ric Hanson

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Omaha school board has accepted the resignation of the incoming superintendent. The board voted 9-1 at a special meeting convened Saturday afternoon to accept Nancy Sebring’s letter of resignation. The vote came amid media reports that the discovery of sexual emails Sebring exchanged with her lover hastened her departure from a similar job in Iowa. Sebring was to assume the superintendent’s position on July 1. She abruptly resigned as superintendent of the Des Moines school system last month, saying she needed to attend to family matters ahead of her move. Sebring now acknowledges she stepped down earlier than expected after emails she exchanged with her lover using her district account were discovered.

Goodes in front by two

Sports

June 2nd, 2012 by Ric Hanson

WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Mike Goodes brought a two-shot lead into today’s second round of the Champions Tour’s Principal Charity Classic. Jay Haas, who won in Iowa in 2007 and 2008, led a group at 5-under 66 that included South African David Frost and former Masters champion Larry Mize.

 

New Omaha superintendent to resign over emails

News

June 2nd, 2012 by Ric Hanson

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The incoming superintendent of Omaha Public Schools has offered to resign her position amid media reports that the discovery of sexy emails hastened her departure from her Iowa post. The Omaha school district has scheduled a special meeting for Saturday afternoon to consider Nancy Sebring’s offer to resign. Sebring was to assume the superintendent’s position on July 1. She abruptly resigned as superintendent of the Des Moines school system last month, saying she needed to attend to family matters ahead of her move. Sebring now acknowledges she stepped down earlier than expected after emails she exchanged with her lover using her district account were discovered.

Red Oak woman injured while trying to pass a tractor

News

June 2nd, 2012 by Ric Hanson

Sheriff’s officials in Page County say a Red Oak woman suffered burns and scrapes associated with an air bag deployment, after her vehicle made contact with a tractor Friday evening, while attempting to pass the implement. The accident happened about 2 and one-half miles east of Essex.

Authorities says 35-year old Jaymie June McAdams, of Red Oak, was traveling east on Highway 48 between G-and H-Avenues at around 5-p.m. Friday, when she attempted to pass a John Deere tractor which was pulling a grain wagon.

The right front side of McAdams’ 1995 Ford Taurus hit the grain wagon, and continued to make contact with the wagon as she continued east. After her vehicles’ airbags deployed, both the car and tractor/wagon came to a stop. McAdams was treated for her injuries at the scene, and cited for Failure to Maintain Control. Damage to her car was estimated at about $3,000, while there was no damage to the grain wagon or tractor. The driver of the tractor, David Rydberg, of Essex, was not injured during the accident.

Corning men arrested on theft charges

News

June 2nd, 2012 by Ric Hanson

Sheriff’s officials in Adams County report two people were arrested Friday afternoon on theft charges. 67-year old Victor Wendell Gray, and 41-year old Eric Matthew Gray, both of Corning, were taken into custody at around 1:40-p.m. Both men were charged with theft in the 2nd degree, after allegedly stealing an air conditioning unit at 1200 Davis Avenue, in Corning. Victor and Wendell Gray were being held in the Adams County Jail on $5,000 cash bond, each.

1 Suspect in Thursday’s beating of a Bluffs woman is arrested

News

June 2nd, 2012 by Ric Hanson

One of the suspects wanted in connection with Thursday’s brutal beating of a Council Bluffs woman who was found handcuffed in a pickup truck, has been taken into custody. According to Omaha Television station KETV, members of the Metro area Fugitive Task Force took 38-year old Brian Bey, of Crescent, into custody after shooting him with a Taser. Bey and 32-year old Travis Labno, of Omaha, are accused of kidnapping and beating 29-year Tabitha Proplesch.

Proplesch remained in the Creighton University Medical Center’s intensive care unit Friday, after being brought to the facility Thursday afternoon. A motorist called the police after spotting the woman slumped over the wheel of a broken-down pickup truck just after 2 p.m. Thursday. The truck was found alongside Mormon Bridge Road by Interstate 29. Investigators say Proplesch was handcuffed, duct taped and severely beaten.

The woman managed to tell investigators her attackers planned to dispose of her body, but the truck ran out of gas. Authorities say one of the men stopped at a nearby home and asked some roofers for help. One of the roofers, whose identity was not released, was able to identify the man on surveillance video for the investigators.

KETV says Bey was taken down by authorities in the parking lot of an Omaha bar and grill, Friday night. His alleged accomplice remains at large and is considered to be armed and dangerous. Anyone with information about the location of Travis Labno, is urged to call the Pottawattamie County Communications Center at 712-328-5737, or 9-1-1.