Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Des Moines IA
417 AM CDT Fri May 24 2019

The National Weather Service in Des Moines has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for…
Southern Cass County in southwestern Iowa…
Northwestern Adams County in southwestern Iowa…
Western Adair County in southwestern Iowa…

* Until 1015 AM CDT Friday.

* At 412 AM CDT, local law enforcement reported heavy rain across
the warned area. This rainfall has led to flooding along the West
Nodaway River, especially from 730th and Rockport Road to 740th St
near Massena . A widespread 2 to 4 inches of rain have fallen.

* Some locations that will experience flooding include…
Corning, Lake Icaria, Fontanelle, Casey, Massena, Cumberland,
Bridgewater, Nodaway, Carbon, Lake Icaria State Park and Corning
Municipal Airport.

Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are possible in the
warned area.

This includes Interstate 80 between mile markers 78 and 82.

(Radio Iowa) — More than 15-hundred Iowans have signed a petition urging Governor Kim Reynold to sign a bill that expands the state’s medical marijuana program. Paul Nye of Ankeny was part of the group that delivered the petitions to the governor’s office Thursday.

“We want to send the message that Iowans are ready,” Nye says. “They’re a progressive state. We’re a healthy state and this is a healthy alternative to some of the painkillers out there.” Nye says he used opioids for more than a decade, but for the past six months cannabis products are helping him deal with his chronic back pain.

“I think it’s a lifesaver,” Nye says. “I think that many Iowans stand to benefit from the use of this medicine and an arbitrary cap doesn’t make a lot of sense.” The legislation changes the measurement of the chemical T-H-C that’s allowed in cannabis products sold in five state-licensed locations. Under current law, the chemical component credited with causing the “high” associated with smoking marijuana is limited to three percent in the oils, creams and pills being sold in Iowa.

The bill sets the limit in grams over a 90 day period and could let more potent products be sold in Iowa. Several lawmakers who voted for the bill have since called on Governor Reynolds to veto it because the state medical marijuana advisory board did not recommend the change.

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 2:25 a.m. CDT

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — The Quad Cities River Bandits will play at home this Friday for the first time in weeks. The minor league team plays home games at Modern Woodmen Park, which is located on the banks of the Mississippi River in Davenport. But massive flooding this spring has left the home ballpark inaccessible. That’s forced the River Bandits to play 40 of their first 43 games on the road.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Days after Des Moines community leaders urged federal officials to reconsider plans for a $136.6 million federal courthouse along the downtown riverfront, an agency has released more details about the building. The U.S. General Services Administration on Thursday released a design concept for the new courthouse planned for a block in the heart of downtown. The agency says more than $10 million has been spent on the project and construction is scheduled to begin in the fall.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Officials at a zoo in Des Moines say one of its elderly giraffes has been euthanized after suffering deteriorating health. The Blank Park Zoo said in a news release Thursday that 21-year-old Zuri was euthanized. The female giraffe was born in captivity at Lee Richardson Zoo in Garden City, Kansas, in August 1997. In May 1998, she was moved to Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines.