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The area’s latest and/or top news stories at 7:06-a.m. From KJAN News Director Ric Hanson.
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National Weather Service Omaha/Valley Nebraska – 600 AM CDT Sat Oct 5 2019
At 558 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 5 miles southwest of Fort Calhoun to near Springfield to 4 miles south of Elmwood. Movement was northeast at 50 mph. Winds in excess of 30 mph will be possible with these storms.
Locations impacted include…
Omaha, Council Bluffs, Bellevue, Papillion, La Vista, Plattsmouth, Ralston, Springfield, Louisville, Weeping Water, Fort Calhoun, Elmwood, Pacific Junction, Murray, Cedar Creek, Elkhorn, Murdock, Union, Nehawka and Millard.
This includes the following highways…Interstate 29 between mile markers 32 and 71; Interstate 80 in Iowa between mile markers 1 and 11; Interstate 80 in Nebraska between mile markers 437 and 454.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
Heavy rainfall is also occurring with these storms. Be cautious of ponding of water on roadways. Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms. Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe shelter inside a building or vehicle.
Atlantic, IA – The October session of Healthy U will be held Thursday, October 17th, at Cass County Health System. The program, “What is Medical Cannabis?,” will be presented by CCHS Pharmacy Director Crystal Starlin, PharmD. She will be discussing several areas of medical marijuana, how it works, therapeutic uses, and Iowa’s law for medical cannabis.
Crystal has served as the Pharmacy Director since joining CCHS in 2006; she along with her staff provide pharmacy oversight for all medications issued in the hospital for inpatients and patients receiving outpatient treatments.
Healthy U will be offered at noon on Thursday, October 17. Healthy U is a free educational series at Cass County Health System held monthly in Conference Room 2. The public is invited and welcome to attend, but reservations are required as a meal is provided for all attendees. Call 712243-7479 to reserve your seat.
Today: Cloudy w/showers & thunderstorms thru mid-day. High 64. S winds becoming NW @ 10-20.
Tonight: Fair to Partly cloudy. Low 40. NW @ 5-10.
Tomorrow: P/Cloudy. High 66. NW @ 10-20.
Monday: Mostly sunny. High 68.
Tuesday: Mo. sunny. High 74.
Friday’s High in Atlantic was 57. Our Low was 38. Rainfall overnight thru 7-a.m. today was .25″. Last year on this date our High was 57 and the Low was 47. The record High in Atlantic on this date was 93 in 1963. The Record Low was 22 in 2012.
Two people from Nebraska and one person from Iowa were injured during a three-vehicle collision Friday afternoon on Highway 2, in Fremont County. The Iowa State Patrol reports at around 4:45-p.m., a 2013 Ford F-250 pickup driven by 54-year old Vernon Christiansen, of Nebraska City, Nebraska, was traveling east on Highway 2 at the one mile marker, when for reasons unknown, he failed to slow for traffic that was stopped in a construction zone.
The pickup hit the rear end of a stopped 2017 Subaru Outback, driven by 63-year old Maureen Fowler, of Lincoln, NE. Her vehicle then struck the rear of a 2014 GMC Acadia driven by 59-year old Teresa Hopkins, of Sidney (IA). Her SUV was pushed into the back of yet aa 2009 Ford F-150. During the crash, the Subaru spun around and came to rest in the opposite lane of Highway 2, facing sideways. The pickup crossed the center line and struck a westbound vehicle head-on, after the westbound vehicle struck the F-150.
Christiansen was transported by LifeNet to Bergan-Mercy Hospital. Fowler was transported by Nebraska City Rescue to St Mary’s Hospital, and Hopkins was brought to Grape Community Hospital in Hamburg, by Hamburg Rescue. The accident remains under investigation.
Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:45-a.m. CDT
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Trump administration says it plans to implement new rules that will increase demand for ethanol, reversing a decline caused by exemptions given to oil refineries. The proposal announced Friday follows months of complaints by Midwest farmers, politicians and the ethanol industry that the federal government’s granting of waivers to refiners had violated federal law and forced some ethanol plants to close. Roughly 40 percent of U.S. corn is used to produce ethanol.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee has filed yet another lawsuit against a major media organization, claiming he was defamed in a magazine story about his family’s Iowa dairy farm. Rep. Devin Nunes of California is seeking $77.5 million in the lawsuit filed Monday against Esquire publisher Hearst Magazines and former reporter Ryan Lizza, now a correspondent for Politico. Nunes filed similar lawsuits against Twitter and newspaper publisher The McClatchy Co. earlier this year.
WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — A company has taken another step toward redeveloping the former Waterloo Greyhound Park. The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports that the Waterloo planning and zoning commission voted Tuesday to endorse a special permit that would let Deer Creek Development fill 7 acres on the site to get it out of the 100-year flood plain. Deer Creek President Harold Youngblut says doing so will make the site more appealing to companies because they wouldn’t have to pay for costly flood insurance.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A man has been convicted of video recording girls in the bathroom of his West Des Moines record store. Court records say 50-year-old Robert Kuhn was found guilty Wednesday of three counts of sexual exploitation of a minor and three counts of invasion of privacy. His sentencing is set for Nov. 14. Kuhn was arrested in 2017 after a girl who had worked for him told police she found a video camera hidden on a shelf in the bathroom after Kuhn had asked her to try on dresses.
Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press
ATLANTA (AP) — Mike Foltynewicz threw seven dominating innings before pinch-hitter Adam Duvall hit a two-run homer that carried the Atlanta Braves to a 3-0 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals. Foltynewicz, who spent a good chunk of his summer in Triple-A after a miserable start, has been a different pitcher since returning from the minors. The best-of-five series is now tied at one game apiece as it shifts to St. Louis for the next two games.
ATLANTA (AP) — St. Louis Cardinals rookie Ryan Helsley was insulted by his first exposure to the Tomahawk Chop chant by Atlanta Braves fans. Helsley, a member of the Cherokee nation, told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch the chant is a “misrepresentation of the Cherokee people or Native Americans in general.”
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska will again try to bounce back from a humiliating loss. The Cornhuskers will enter their game against Northwestern off a 41-point beat-down at home by Ohio State. Second-year coach Scott Frost says the Nebraska job is not harder than he thought it would be and good things are coming. Northwestern enters the game with one of the nation’s worst offenses and will be without its leading receiver.
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Each year Kansas’ basketball season kick-off, dubbed Late Night in the Phog, promises a festive night filled with musical performances, skits and scrimmages, building excitement to match the lofty expectations for the upcoming season. However, this year anticipation eagerly surrounded not only an appearance by Snoop Dogg, but also whether Kansas’ recent notice of allegations from the NCAA would dampen the mood.
CHICAGO (AP) — DePaul says former Kansas guard Charlie Moore will be eligible to play immediately after the NCAA granted a waiver. The Chicago product transferred in April, making DePaul his third school. He began his career at California and played one season at Kansas. Moore averaged 2.9 points in 35 games as a sophomore after sitting out the Jayhawks’ 2017-18 Final Four season. He scored 12.2 points per game as a freshman at California in 2016-17.
The Atlantic Trojans got off to a quick start but couldn’t sustain any momentum in a 28-7 loss at OA-BCIG Friday night.
The Trojans opened up the game getting the ball in Falcon territory when OA-BCIG fumbled the opening kickoff. The Trojans were able to take advantage and scored on an 11-yard Tyler Moen touchdown run.
The Trojans held that lead for a few possessions before Falcons quarterback Cooper DeJean got OA-BCIG on the board with a touchdown run with 3 minutes left in the half. They then use their timeouts to save clock and forced an Atlantic punt with a little over a minute left in the half. DeJean then scored on a wild back and forth run from 51-yards out with just :25 left in the half.
The momentum from that big play carried over into the second half. The Falcons went on drives of 84 and 89 yards on their first two possessions of the half. The first ended in a touchdown pass from DeJean to Jake Nieman, the second with DeJean’s third touchdown run of the game. That pushed the Falcon lead to 28-7 and would prove to be the final margin.
DeJean finished the game 20-28 passing for 259 yards and 1 score. He ran for 164 yards and three touchdowns. The Falcons outgained the Trojans 437-293. The Falcons move to 6-0 on the season and 2-0 in 2A District 9. The Falcons travel to Shenandoah next week.
Atlantic was led by Tyler Moen with 186 yard and 1 touchdown. The Trojans fall to 2-4 on the season and 1-1 in the district. Next up for the Trojans is a homecoming meeting with Greene County.
High School Football Schedule for Friday (10/04/2019)
CLASS 4A
District 7
Ames 58, CB Abraham Lincoln 21
Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson 41, Des Moines, North 12
Valley, West Des Moines 52, Urbandale 13
CLASS 3A
District 1
Denison-Schleswig 20, Bishop Heelan Catholic 14 OT
District 2
Carroll 55, Boone 13
District 9
ADM 42, Creston-OM 28
Glenwood 28, Harlan 21
Lewis Central 28, Winterset 0
CLASS 2A
District 9
OABCIG 28, Atlantic 7- ON KJAN
Greene County 38, Kuemper Catholic 22
Shenandoah 42, Red Oak 0
CLASS 1A
District 8
AC/GC 14, Clarinda 7
Panorama 14, Mount Ayr 6
Van Meter 48, West Central Valley 7
District 9
East Sac County 56, Cherokee, Washington 0
Missouri Valley 46, MVAOCOU 12
Treynor 24, Underwood 20
CLASS A
District 2
IKM-Manning 35, Manson Northwest Webster 16
District 9
Earlham 47, AHSTW 10
Riverside 24, Nodaway Valley 6
St. Albert 28, Southwest Valley 7
District 10
Lawton-Bronson 20, Logan-Magnolia 14
Tri-Center 56, West Monona 12
Woodbury Central 36, Westwood 16
CLASS 8
District 1
Newell-Fonda 32, Ar-We-Va 8
District 6
East Union 30, Murray 18
Lamoni at Seymour
Southeast Warren 28, Lenox 8
Moravia 51, Mormon Trail 13
District 7
Fremont-Mills 58, Bedford 42
East Mills 63, Sidney 22
Stanton-Essex 82, Griswold 54
District 8
CAM 52, Woodbine 12
Audubon 37, Coon Rapids-Bayard 12
Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton 50, West Harrison 14
Glidden-Ralston 50, Boyer Valley 6