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7AM Newscast 04/14/2018

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April 14th, 2018 by admin

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Red Oak man arrested after being stopped for Speeding

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April 14th, 2018 by admin

The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest of 18-year-old Asher John Hinshaw of Red Oak on Friday night after he was stopped for speeding 93mph in a 55mph zone. Hinshaw was stopped at 10:35pm Friday at the intersection of 180th Street and Highway 48. Hinshaw was also charged with Driving While License Suspended and Failure to have SR-22 Insurance on File. He was taken to the Montgomery County Jail and held on $1,000 bond.

Friday’s storm brings high winds, hail and some twisters to Iowa

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April 14th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

High winds, unconfirmed tornadoes, hail and heavy rain wreaked havoc on parts of western and central Iowa, Friday. The National Weather Service says winds in excess of 60-miles per hour caused damage in parts of Cass County.

At around 4:25-p.m., thunderstorm wind damage was reported to outbuildings, 3-miles south/southwest of Marne, Five-minutes later, a 61-mile per hour wind was recorded by an automated weather system, two-miles west/northwest of Atlantic. At around 4:30-p.m., a camper was reported blown over 4-miles southeast of Brayton. There were also media reports of damage to outbuildings and a barn located between Highway 173 and 71, and substantial damage to 5th wheel RV trailers just north of I-80 and the Olive Street exit.

Prior to the line of storms entering Cass County, they fired-up to our southwest. At around 3:15-p.m., one-half inch diameter (marble size) hail was reported near Shelby…nickel-size hail fell in Avoca at around 3:22-p.m….Walnut size (1.5” diameter) hail fell just southeast of Oakland at around 3:53-p.m.  Golf ball size hail (1.75” dia.) was reported near Henderson and Oakland at a little after 4-p.m., with egg-size hail reported to have fallen 5-miles east of Henderson. Some video footage seen on social media indicated there may have been weak tornadoes in parts of northern Cass County Friday afternoon, but that has not yet been confirmed by the Weather Service.

Quarter-size hail fell in Walnut at around 4:15-p.m. Golf ball size hail fell near Essex at around 6:40-p.m., and penny-size hail was reported near Villisca, about 5-minutes later. Nickel-size hail was reported at around 3:50-p.m., in Denison. Guthrie Center received quarter-size hail at around 6:25-p.m. Dime-to quarter-size hail was reported between Gravity and Sharpsburg, in Taylor County, from 7:40-to 7:55-p.m.

South of Creston, winds gusted to a little more than 50-miles per hour, as the storms were moving northeast and out of the listening area, at around 8:15-p.m. Across Iowa, a home was damaged in Hubbard, a semi was blown over on I-35 near Roland, power lines were down in Story City, hail covered the ground in Churdan, multiple buildings were damaged, and large campers were flipped over in Jefferson, and hail caused broken windows in/near Scranton.

Iowa News Headlines: Saturday, April 14th 2018

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April 14th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Democrats searching for potential presidential candidates may find some in an unlikely place: city hall. A handful of Democratic mayors from around the country are considering the race in 2020, taking early steps in Iowa, which holds the first major contest of the presidential campaign. Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti plans to visit Iowa Friday in hopes that his experience running a big city and facing touchy issues like immigration might distinguish him.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Supreme Court has dismissed the state’s efforts to confine two men convicted for sex abuse crimes indefinitely under the state’s law allowing civil commitment of sexually violent predators. The court concluded that Nicholas Wygle, of Aplington couldn’t be further held and concluded Ronald Tripp, of Hazleton should be released from civil commitment. The court says a high bar must be set for holding people after completion of prison sentences to avoid violating constitutional protections.

JEFFERSON, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa city is reviewing its animal control policies and suspending its practice of trapping and fatally shooting feral cats. City administrator Mike Palmer says Jefferson has had feral cat colonies for years. Palmer says the officers are trained to recognize when captured cats are wild and that the department kills about one cat a month. The city is looking to temporarily house up to 30 cats, pending the policy review.

Pills and money taken from vehicle in Afton

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April 13th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

The Union County Sheriff’s Office says an Afton woman reported Thursday afternoon. that her car was entered while parked at 501 N. Douglas, in Afton. Prescription pills and money was taken from the vehicle. The loss was estimated to be $880.

Power outage due to broken power line in Atlantic

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April 13th, 2018 by Jim Field

A portion of Atlantic is without power due to a broken power line near the Atlantic bus barn this afternoon. The line broke just before 4:00pm on Friday. Atlantic Fire was also called to the area of the power line break to deal with a grass fire that broke out due to the power line issue.

Travel is also difficult on the east side of town as the traffic lights are down due to the power line breakage. Lights are down east of Olive Street.

Court: 2 convicted of sex crimes can’t be held indefinitely

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April 13th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Supreme Court on Friday dismissed the state’s efforts to confine indefinitely two men convicted for sex abuse crimes under a state law allowing sexually-violent predators to be committed. The court concluded that 29-year old Nicholas Wygle, of Aplington, could not be further imprisoned because he had completed his two-year prison sentence for assault with intent to commit sexual abuse and was serving a special 10-year sentence in an Ames residential facility when the state began its civil commitment proceedings.

The court concluded state law only allows officials to commit sexual predators if they’re “presently confined” or if they commit another sex-related crime. Wygle had not committed another crime and the court concluded being in a residential facility is not the same as being presently confined. As a result, the court ordered the case dismiss and Wygle will not be held in the civil commitment program.

In a second case, 66-year old Ronald Tripp, of Hazleton, will be released from civil commitment after the court ruled his case should have been dismissed. The justices concluded the state lacked evidence to show Tripp committed another sex-related crime that justified civil commitment.

Both cases were decided by a split 4-3 decision. State civil commitment programs have been challenged in court cases that have reached the U.S. Supreme Court. There is a case currently scheduled for trial Oct. 1 in federal court in Cedar Rapids in which nine men claim the Iowa civil commitment program is unconstitutional because it fails to offer adequate counseling and other services that would rehabilitate them enough for release.

Court challenges to Iowa’s law enacted in 1998 highlight the difficult balance states must strike between keeping dangerous sexual predators off the streets and not violating their constitutional rights by imprisoning them longer than their court-mandated sentences.

Glenwood woman arrested following Tuesday accident while texting

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April 13th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

The Mills County Sheriff’s Office reports 29-year old Nicole Marie Zeski, of Glenwood, was arrested Tuesday evening following an investigation into an accident. Zeski was driving a 2002 Hyundai north on 250th Street at around 6:55-p.m., when she lost control of her vehicle.

The vehicle went onto the right shoulder of the road, swerved and crossed over the southbound lane before hitting the west ditch embankment and rolling over. Zeski admitted she was texting her boyfriend at the time. No one was injured.

Zeski faces charges that include OWI/1st offense, Failure to Maintain Control and Open container. Her bond was set at $1,000.

Iowa city suspends policy allowing police to kill feral cats

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April 13th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

JEFFERSON, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa city is reviewing its animal control policies and suspending its practice of trapping and fatally shooting feral cats. City administrator Mike Palmer says Jefferson has had feral cat colonies for years. The city usually supplies traps to residents and businesses, and police then kill the captured cats. Palmer says the officers are trained to recognize when cats are wild and that the department kills about one cat a month.

City Councilman Matt Wetrich says the city is looking to temporarily house up to 30 cats, pending the policy review. Animal Rescue League of Iowa officials say they’re working with the city to find better solutions, such as trapping and neutering.

Experts in Minnesota, Nebraska help owl found ailing in southwest Iowa

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April 13th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

ELMWOOD, Neb. (AP) — A snowy owl found starving along a southwest Iowa highway has been nursed back to health at recovery centers in Nebraska and Minnesota. The Omaha World-Herald reports a motorist found the owl weak and barely able to fly in November near Henderson in southwest Iowa. It was first taken to the Fontenelle Forest’s Raptor Recovery center near Elmwood in eastern Nebraska. Then it was sent to The Raptor Center at the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Denise Lewis with the Fontenelle Forest center says the bird was released in top shape less than two weeks ago in Minnesota. The movie bird known as Hedwig in the “Harry Potter” films was depicted as a snowy owl.