The area’s latest and/or top news stories at 7:06-a.m. From KJAN News Director Ric Hanson.
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WESTFIELD, Iowa (AP) — A former city clerk has been charged with stealing from the city in northwest Iowa. Plymouth County court records say 50-year-old Angela Sorensen is charged with theft and ongoing criminal conduct. Sorensen’s preliminary hearing is scheduled for Monday.
Station KTIV reports that Sorensen had been clerk in Westfield from May 25, 2013, until she quit in August 2017. A special state audit of the city books shows auditors identified nearly $40,000 of utility payments to the city that were never deposited.
Auditors also said Sorensen was overpaid by more than $13,000 during the 4½ years, and said she wrote herself about $4,300 worth of unauthorized checks.
(Radio Iowa) — A charging bull caused an all terrain vehicle accident in northwest Iowa. Fifty-two-year old Joseph Eickholt of rural Hinton was checking his cattle Friday evening when a bull had turned and started charging after Eickholt and the ATV. In an effort to escape the bull, Eickholt drove through a wash-out causing his ATV to roll, throwing Eickholt from the machine. Eickholt was able to place a cell phone call to his family, who found him lying in the pasture. Eickholt was airlifted by a medical helicopter to Mercy One of Sioux City. Officials say his condition is not known, but determined not to be life threatening.
BRIGHTON, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say the body of a missing kayaker has been found in southeast Iowa. A news release from Washington County says the body of 52-year-old David Woodson was recovered around 4:40 p.m. Monday. He was reported missing Saturday night, after his kayak flipped in the Skunk River near Brighton. He didn’t resurface.
The search began Saturday night, continued without success on Sunday and resumed Monday morning. Woodson lived in Brighton.
Today: Partly cloudy to cloudy w/scattered showers & thunderstorms, mainly later this afternoon. High 87. SW @ 10-15.
Tonight: Partly- to Mostly cloudy w/scattered shwrs & tstrms. Low 70.
Tomorrow: P/Cldy to Cldy w/scattered shwrs & tstrms. High 88. Variable breeze @ 5-10.
Thu./Fri.: P/Cldy to Cldy w/scattered shwrs & tstrms. Highs around 87.
Yesterday’s High in Atlantic was 89. Our Low this morning, 71. Last year on this date our High was 84 and the Low was 61. The record High in Atlantic on this date was 102 in 1911. The Record Low was 45 in 1924 & 1959.
Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press
TORONTO (AP) — Freddy Galvis hit a pair of solo home runs, rookie Cavan Biggio had four RBIs and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Kansas City Royals 11-4. Randal Grichuk had four hits and four RBIs and Teoscar Hernández added a solo home run as the Blue Jays won for the 15th time in 19 regular-season home meetings with the Royals. Wearing red caps and jerseys in honor of Canada Day, the Blue Jays scored in each of the first four innings and finished with a season-high 18 hits.
CINCINNATI (AP) _ Christian Yelich singled with the bases loaded and belted his major league-leading 30th homer as the Milwaukee Brewers downed the Reds, 8-6 at Cincinnati. Milwaukee sent 10 batters to the plate for five runs in the seventh inning before Yelich added a two-run blast in the ninth. The Reds led 3-1 until the seventh-inning eruption.
PITTSBURGH (AP) _ The Brewers lead the NL Central by one game over Chicago after Josh Bell slammed three more homers in the Pittsburgh Pirates’ 18-5 thrashing of the Cubs. Bell belted a three-run shot off Adbert Alzolay in the first, added a two-run shot off the Cubs rookie in the second and finished off a four-hit, seven-RBI night by going deep against newly-signed Chicago closer Craig Kimbrel in the eighth. Adam Frazier finished 5 for 6 and tied a major-league record with four doubles. Colin Moran collected a career-high five hits for the Pirates.
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) _ Los Angeles Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs has died during a team road trip at age 27, leading to the postponement of Monday’s game against the Texas Rangers. Skaggs was with the team in Texas when he was found unresponsive in his hotel room and pronounced dead at the scene. Police said they are investigating, but no foul play is suspected at this time. Skaggs had been a regular in the Angels’ starting rotation since late 2016, when he returned from Tommy John surgery.
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — Former NFL wide receiver Dorial Green-Beckham has been charged with jumping out of a window with marijuana in his pocket as officers served a search warrant at a Missouri home late last year. The Springfield News-Leader reports that the misdemeanor marijuana possession and resisting arrest charges were filed Thursday. Police say Green-Beckham was shocked with a stun gun and then arrested during the December raid in Springfield. Another man was the target of the search.
WIMBLEDON, England (AP) _ Fifteen-year-old American Coco Gauff pulled off one of the two biggest stunners on opening day at Wimbledon by defeating seven-time Grand Slam champion Venus Williams. The youngest competitor to qualify at the All England Club in the professional era pulled off a 6-4, 6-4 victory over the 39-year-old Williams, the oldest player in the women’s field. Women’s second seed and defending U.S. Open and Australian Open champion Naomi Osaka dropped a 7-6, 6-2 decision to Yulia Putintseva.
Hawkeye Ten Conference
Creston 10, Clarinda 6
Denison-Schleswig 8, IKM-Manning 2
Glenwood 6, Atlantic 2
Harlan 12, Lewis Central 6
Lewis Central 16, Red Oak 6
Western Iowa Conference
Audubon 4, Southwest Valley 0
Treynor 7, South Central Calhoun 4
South Central Calhoun 17, Treynor 12
Tri-Center 15, Shenandoah 5
Underwood 11, St. Albert, Council Bluffs 5
Rolling Valley Conference
Ar-We-Va 4, East Sac County 2
Boyer Valley, Dunlap 16, Riverside, Oakland 1 (4 innings)
Coon Rapids-Bayard 5, Nodaway Valley 1
West Harrison 13, Whiting 0
Woodward-Granger 11, CAM 6
Corner Conference
Essex/South Page 9, Griswold 5
Fremont-Mills 14, East Mills 12
Stanton 13, Sidney 6 (Stanton clinches Regular Season Conference Title)
Other Scores
Boone 9, Winterset 1
Carroll 13, Perry 3 (Final 5 innings)
Mount Ayr 11, Bedford 2 (Completion of Suspended Game)
Mount Ayr 6, Bedford 2
Firefighters from Walnut and Harlan were called to assist Avoca Fire at a possible house fire in Avoca. The incident occurred at 907 N. Frost Avenue, at around 2:53-a.m., when residents thought they had smoke coming from a register in the home. A Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Deputy arriving on the scene reported two residents of the home had safely evacuated, but there was no smoke or flames visible.
Walnut and Harlan Fire were told to “disregard” the response at around 3:07-a.m. About 10-minutes later, it was determined there was no fire, and all units returned to service.
Hawkeye Ten Conference
Atlantic 3, Red Oak 1
Atlantic 7, Red Oak 3
Clarinda 10, Southwest Valley 0
Creston 8, Lewis Central 7
Harlan 4, Bishop Heelan 2 (8 innings)
Shenandoah 17, Tri-Center 0
West Monona 12, St. Albert 0
Western Iowa Conference
AHSTW 4, Logan-Magnolia 3
Audubon 12, Glidden-Ralston 7
Riverside 5, Underwood 0
Rolling Valley Conference
Exira-EHK 3, Ar-We-Va 0
Lenox 4, CAM 1
West Harrison 13, Whiting 0
Corner Conference
Fremont-Mills 7, East Mills 1
Sidney 12, Stanton 5
Pride of Iowa Conference
Lenox 11, Southwest Valley 0
Grand View Christian 4, Nodaway Valley 2
Mount Ayr 11, Bedford 1
Mount Ayr 16, Bedford 3
Other Scores
ADM 3, Van Meter 0
Carroll 10, Perry 0
East Sac County 4, OABCIG 0
Saydel 9, Panorama 7
Sioux City East 16, Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson 4
South Central Calhoun 6, MVAOCOU 3
Seattle enters their home game tonight (Tuesday night) against St. Louis, as losers of their last four games. The Mariners are 17-25 in home games. Seattle has hit 150 home runs this season, second in the MLB. Daniel Vogelbach leads them with 20, averaging one every 12.9 at-bats. The Cardinals are 17-23 in road games. The St. Louis pitching staff as a whole has an ERA of 4.15. Dakota Hudson leads the team with a 3.40 earned run average. This is the first meeting of the season for these two teams. Game time is 9-p.m. Central Time. Pre-game coverage on KJAN begins at 8:15-p.m.
TOP PERFORMERS: Vogelbach leads the Mariners with 20 home runs and is batting .244. J.P. Crawford is 17-for-42 with three doubles, two triples, two home runs and 12 RBIs over the last 10 games for Seattle.
Paul DeJong leads the Cardinals with 80 hits and is batting .260. Tommy Edman is 8-for-27 with a triple, two home runs and three RBIs over the last 10 games for St. Louis.
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