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Iowa early News Headlines: Monday, March 25th 2019

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March 25th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:50 a.m. CDT

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Rain storms expected later this week could lead to another crest along the Missouri River and its tributaries just as residents are cleaning up from this spring’s flooding. National Weather Service hydrologist Kevin Low said that more than an inch of rain is expected to fall in Nebraska and Iowa later this week.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Lottery officials say the Powerball jackpot has ballooned to $750 million after no ticket matched all six numbers in the most recent drawing. The numbers drawn Saturday night are 24, 25, 52, 60 and 66, with a Powerball of 5. The next drawing for what would be the fourth-largest jackpot in U.S. history is Wednesday. The odds of winning are roughly 1 in 292.2 million.

FAIRMONT, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa man is charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of his adult son. The Des Moines Register reports that 59-year-old Daniel Niebuhr of Fairbank was charged Friday in the death of 36-year-old Brock Niebuhr of Dike. The sheriff’s office says Daniel Neibuhr told investigators that he walked up behind his son and shot him in the head as he was on a couch watching television. Authorities have not disclosed a motive.

Rain later this week may push Missouri River up

News, Weather

March 24th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

Rain storms expected later this week could lead to another crest along the Missouri River and its tributaries just as residents are cleaning up from this spring’s flooding. National Weather Service hydrologist Kevin Low said that more than an inch of rain is expected to fall in Nebraska and Iowa later this week.

Low says the storms between Wednesday and Friday could create a 1-foot rise in the level of the Missouri River around Omaha and cities downstream starting next weekend.

But it’s not yet clear how much additional flooding that rise could create.

Gustafson, Iowa blow past Missouri 68-52

Sports

March 24th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Megan Gustafson scored 24 points with 19 rebounds, Makenzie Meyer added 18 points and second-seeded Iowa blew past Missouri 68-52 on Sunday to advance to its second Sweet 16 in five years. Kathleen Doyle scored 15 points for the Hawkeyes (28-6), who put away the Tigers with a blistering 23-4 run in the second half. They’ll face either Kentucky or North Carolina State, who play each other on Monday, in the semifinals of the Greensboro Regional next week. Tania Davis hit her first 3 of the game to open the fourth quarter, putting Iowa up 50-41, and Meyer’s corner 3 pushed the lead to 13. Gustafson’s jumper over two defenders made it 60-43 with 4:21 to go, capping a spurt that helped Iowa clinch its highest win total in 31 years.

Hawkeyes fans will get at least one more opportunity to watch Gustafson, the greatest player in school history. Is Gustafson good enough to help lead Iowa to the Final Four? She might be — but Gustafson’s teammates will need to play above expectations for that to be possible. Gustafson received a standing ovation when she was finally pulled from her final home game with 22.4 seconds to go.

Powerball jackpot now $750M after no winning ticket drawn

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March 24th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Lottery officials say the Powerball jackpot has ballooned to $750 million after no ticket matched all six numbers in the most recent drawing. The numbers drawn Saturday night are 24, 25, 52, 60 and 66, with a Powerball of 5.

The next drawing for what would be the fourth-largest jackpot in U.S. history is Wednesday. The odds of winning are roughly 1 in 292.2 million. No one has won the Powerball jackpot since the day after Christmas. Twenty-four drawings since then have failed to produce a winner.

The buyers of three tickets shared the country’s largest jackpot. It was a nearly $1.59 billion Powerball prize drawn on Jan. 13, 2016. A South Carolina purchaser won a $1.54 billion Mega Millions jackpot. That was the nation’s second-largest lottery prize ever.

Tennessee blows big lead, rallies for 83-77 OT win over Iowa

Sports

March 24th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Tennessee avoided one of the biggest meltdowns in NCAA Tournament history Sunday, letting a 25-point lead slip away before two-time SEC player of the year Grant Williams scored 6 points in overtime for an 83-77 victory over Iowa. The Volunteers (31-5) made it back to the Sweet 16 for the first time since 2016, though there were more tense moments than the Vols imagined after they ran off to a 44-19 lead in the opening half.

The biggest NCAA Tournament comeback? BYU’s 25-point rally past Iona in the First Four in 2012. Tenth-seeded Iowa (23-12) nearly pulled off another one, sending it overtime tied at 71 — the first overtime game in this year’s tournament.

Jordan Bohannon scored 18 for Iowa, which never led but managed to tie it twice after falling so far behind. The Hawkeyes wrapped up a turnaround season. They improved their win total by nine games and were second in the Big Ten in scoring in coach Fran McCaffrey’s ninth season. They were prone to give up a lot of points and lost three games by at least 20.
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Tennessee heads to Louisville to play third-seeded Purdue on Thursday. The Boilermakers beat defending champion Villanova 87-61 on Saturday behind Carsen Edwards’ career-high 42 points.

Flood information meeting in Glenwood – Live Video

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March 24th, 2019 by admin

 

 

Live stream available of flood information meeting in Glenwood

News, Weather

March 24th, 2019 by admin

The Mills County Emergency Management Agency along with other local officials will be hosting a flood information meeting today at 2:00pm in the Glenwood High School Auditorium. Presenters will include Mills County Emergency Management, Pacific Junction and Glenwood governmental officials, Glenwood Municipal Utilities, Glenwood School Superintendent, and lots of information on resources, FEMA and more.

In order to assist those that can’t make it to the meeting, KJAN will offer a live stream of the meeting through our facebook page KJAN AM 1220

The feed will be available a few minutes prior to the start of the meeting. We will attempt to post a link directly to our news page of the video as well for easy location.

Officials urge cities to protect drinking water supplies as flood worries mount

News

March 24th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) — Key state officials say Iowans who aren’t in a flood zone today should prepare for flooding. State Climatologist Justin Glisansays 2018 was the second-wettest year on ecord and the ground is saturated — creating concerns as the snow in the Dakotas and Minnesota melts and drains south. “If we get into a regime with active precipitation patterns, we could be in a very bad position,” Glisan says.

Glisan says forecast models indicate there will be “above average precipitation” in the weeks ahead. The 147 years of weather records for Iowa show the atmosphere and surface temperatures are warming and that means it’s more likely to rain, according to Glisan. “What we’re seeing over the past 30 years is that the intensity of precipitation events is increasing and we’re also seeing them lock into specific parts of the Midwest and even over Iowa,” Glisan says. “…You’re getting rainfall rates in which infrastructure can’t keep up.”

Glisan cites last summer’s flash flooding in central Iowa caused when as much as eight inches of rain fell in three hours. Joyce Flinn, director of Iowa Homeland Security and Emergency Management, says community leaders should consider how to protect key infrastructure, like drinking water plants, from flooding. “We’re focused on the Missouri River right now, but there are a lot of the interior rivers that are high as well and there’s the potential for flooding on the Mississippi, so we are reaching out to those folks,” Flinn says. “Mnay of them are taking those proactive measures because when you lose a water system, that’s hard to recover from quickly.”

Flood waters have swamped three southwest Iowa communities in the past week. Flinn and Glisan made their comments Friday, during a taping of the “Iowa Press” program.

RICHARD L. FORESMAN, 83, of Perry (& formerly of Audubon) – Svcs. 3/26/19

Obituaries

March 24th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

RICHARD L. FORESMAN, 83, of Perry (& formerly of Audubon), died Friday, March 22nd, at the Rowley Memorial Masonic Home, in Perry. Funeral services for RICHARD FORESMAN will be held 2-p.m. Tuesday, March 26th, at the First United Methodist Church, in Audubon. Kessler Funeral Home in Audubon has the arrangements.

Friends may call at the funeral home; The family visitation will take place at the 1st United Methodist Church, from 12:30-p.m. until the time of service, Tuesday.

Burial will be in the Arlington Heights Cemetery in Audubon.

RICHARD FORESMAN is survived by:

His daughters – Lori (Paul) Foresman-Kirpes and Vicky (Jen) Foresman, all of West Des Moines; Cynthia (Chad) Filean, of McKinney, TX; and Kathy (Joe) Walsh, of Niles, IL.

His sisters – Donna Klever, of Columbia City, OR; Doris (Darrell) Sloss, of Portland, OR; and Henrietta Rubino, of Garden Grove, CA

His brother – Peter (Deb) Foresman. of Estacada, OR

10 grandchildren; his sister-in-law Judy Gates of Sonora, CA; and numerous nieces and nephews.

ARDATH L. EUKEN, 92, of Atlantic (formerly of rural Cumberland) – Svcs. 3/28/19

Obituaries

March 24th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

ARDATH L. EUKEN, 92, of Atlantic (& formerly of rural Cumberland), died Friday, March 22nd, at the Heritage House in Atlantic. Funeral services for ARDATH EUKEN will be held 11-a.m. Thursday, March 28th, at the First Lutheran Church south of Wiota. Roland Funeral Home in Atlantic has the arrangements.

Friends may call at the funeral home on Wed., March 27th, from Noon until 5:30-p.m., and at 1st Lutheran Church south of Wiota, on Thursday, from 10-until 11-a.m.; Online condolences may be left at www.rolandfuneralservice.com.

Memorials may be directed to the First Lutheran Church south of Wiota.

ARDATH EUKEN is survived by:

Her sons – Roger (Rita) Euken, of Cumberland; Randy (Jill) Euken, of Lewis, and Russ (Jolene) Euken, of Clear Lake.

6 grandchildren and 9 great-grandchildren.