Today: Areas of dense fog this morning (Otherwise) Mostly Sunny. High 85. N @ 10 mph.
Tonight: Fair to Partly cloudy. Low 62.
Tomorrow: P/Cldy. High 88. SW @ 10-15.
Friday: P/Cldy. High 86.
Saturday: P/Cldy. High 88.
Yesterday’s High in Atlantic was 85. Our Low this morning was 56. Last year on this date our High was 82 and the Low was 50. The record High in Atlantic on this date was 111 in 1934. The Record Low was 39 in 1904.
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353 AM CDT Wed Aug 8 2018
…PATCHY DENSE FOG THIS MORNING…
Patchy dense fog has developed across portions of southwest Iowa this morning with visibilities being restricted to a half mile or less. As of 3:45 AM, visibilities of a quarter mile or less were
being reported at Clarinda, Harlan, and Shenandoah. Conditions are expected to improve by 8 or 9 AM.
A traffic stop in Montgomery County early this (Wednesday) morning, resulted in two, drug-related arrests. The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office reports a vehicle driven by 58-year old Terry Joe Halvin, of Red Oak, was pulled over in the 1800 block of Highway 48, at around 1:20-a.m. Halvin was subsequently arrested for Possession of a Controlled Substance/Methamphetamine – with the intent to deliver, a Class-B Felony. Halvin was also charged with Driving While Revoked. A passenger in the vehicle, 57-year old Julie Ann Vore, of Council Bluffs, also faces a Felony Possession of a Controlled Substance/Methamphetamine – with the intent to deliver, charge.
Both were transported to the Montgomery County Jail, where they were being held without bond until being seen by a magistrate. The Montgomery County K9 Unit and Red Oak Police assisted in conducting the arrests.
Three people from southwest Iowa were hurt during a collision Tuesday evening in Taylor County. The Iowa State Patrol reports a 2005 Pontiac Grand Am driven by 19-year old Konner Ray Martin, of New Market, was traveling east on Highway 2 at around 6-p.m., when the car crossed the centerline of the road and collided with a westbound 2014 Toyota Highlander SUV, driven by 61-year old Jean Ann Minor, of Clarinda.
Both vehicles ended up in opposite ditches. Both drivers – who were wearing their seat belts – and a passenger in one of the vehicles, 18-year old Sophia Alezandra Groumoutis, of Creston, were injured. Martin and Minor were transported by Clarinda EMS to the Clarinda Hospital. Groumoutis, who was not wearing a seat belt, was flown by LifeNet helicopter to the UNMC in Omaha.
The crash remains under investigation. The State Patrol was assisted at the scene by the Taylor and Page County Sheriff’s Offices, Clarinda and New Market EMS, and LifeNet.
Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press
MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Kansas State offensive lineman Dalton Risner has a future in the NFL. But he also hopes his future includes the growth and development of his foundation, RiseUp, which aims to provide hope and inspire the next generation. Eventually, he wants to establish a series of football-centric summer camps for kids that come from a variety of backgrounds.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Mike Montgomery allowed five singles over six-plus innings, David Bote drove in a career-high three runs and the Chicago Cubs beat the Kansas City Royals 5-0. Montgomery (4-4), who the Royals drafted in the first round in 2008, picked up his first win since June 29. Montgomery is 3-0 with a 0.40 ERA in four appearances against the Royals.
MIAMI (AP) — Streaking Matt Carpenter hit his 30th home run, a tiebreaking drive in the eighth inning that lifted the St. Louis Cardinals over the Miami Marlins 3-2. Carpenter connected for the fourth time in five games and increased his career high for home runs. He also extended his streak of reaching base safely to 26 games, the longest active string in the majors.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Tiger Woods at times looks similar to the guy who won the PGA Championship four times among his 14 major titles, except for the results. And except for the way he began the week of the final major of the year. He took an ice bath. Woods says at 42 and having gone through four back surgeries, he has to manage his game. His results in the majors have been inconsistent
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Heavy storms that rolled through Missouri helped with the oppressive heat, but the rain also sent the humidity soaring at the PGA Championship. That was bad news for Dustin Johnson, who forgot to pack shorts for one of the few events at which PGA Tour players are allowed to wear them for practice rounds. That shouldn’t be as much trouble next year, when the PGA moves to May and will be played at Bethpage on New York’s Long Island.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Davis Love III will join a select club when he plays in his 100th major championship this weekend. There are only 14 others who have played in that many majors, a list that is topped by Jack Nicklaus with 164 starts. The 54-year-old Love’s first was the 1986 PGA Championship at Inverness, so it’s a nice coincidence he’s reaching triple digits at the PGA Championship this weekend at Bellerive.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Jordan Spieth will take a second stab at winning the career Grand Slam when the PGA Championship begins Thursday at Bellerive in St. Louis. Spieth has struggled much of the season. But he was in contention at the British Open last month and thinks he has a chance to win the only major championship missing from his resume.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Francesco Molinari made his major championship debut 12 years ago at the Masters alongside Tiger Woods and didn’t make it to the weekend. That wasn’t devastating. All he was doing was caddying for brother Edoardo. A dozen years later, Molinari was again with Woods at a major, this time beating him to win the British Open. He now looks to build on his remarkable summer at the PGA Championship, the final major of the year.
Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:40 a.m. CDT
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An outspoken critic of Iowa’s Medicaid privatization process says he has been removed as a chairman of a state council that monitors the state’s shift to private management of its $5 billion Medicaid program. The Des Moines Register reports David Hudson says Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds has dropped him from the Medical Assistance Advisory Council for apparently pushing back too hard against the privatization scheme.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A spokesman for a central Iowa nonprofit crime-stopper organization says the reward fund for a missing University of Iowa student has grown to more than $300,000 and is likely to continue climbing. Greg Willey, spokesman for Crime Stoppers of Central Iowa says the Mollie Tibbetts reward fund has reached $301,363 a record for the organization that was incorporated in 1982.
EDDYVILLE, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say a man died after a boat capsized on the Des Moines River in southern Iowa. Rescuers were sent to a spot on the southern end of Mahaska County around 7 p.m. Sunday to check a report about a capsized boat and people in the water. The Mahaska County Sheriff’s Office says 46-year-old Martin Almond was found unconscious in the river and that he was declared dead later at a hospital. He lived in Oskaloosa.
DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) — A Chicago man accused of trying to kill his estranged wife has been sentenced to 25 years in an Iowa prison. The Telegraph Herald reports that 51-year-old Clifford Smiley was sentenced Monday. Prosecutors say Smiley stabbed his estranged wife in a Dubuque store parking lot on April 1.
(Radio Iowa) — Templeton Rye Spirits held a grand opening for several new facilities today (Tuesday) that will help produce their rye whiskey on the east side of Templeton. Construction on the 35-thousand-square-foot distillery and 55-thousand-square-foot aging warehouse started in April of 2017.
Templeton Rye Co-Founder, Keith Kerkhoff, says he is proud to bring all parts of the whiskey-making process from the 1920s and 30s back to town. A renovated visitor center goes along with the production facilities to highlight the town’s past. Kerkhoff says the community was excited to step up and provide stories and artifacts from Templeton’s bootlegging days.
“We certainly want to thank them for their support. Very meticulous, very pride-driven people,” he says. Kerkhoff says that community involvement is one of the reasons for the investment in the plant. “I am really proud to be an heir of this community,” Kerkhoff says.
The project is also a significant investment in the community — with a total of 17 new jobs to the town and total employment of 28 people at their new location. The company spent 35 million dollars on the project and the distillery can now produce nearly 500-thousand proof gallons of rye whiskey per year, and up to 40-thousand barrels of the product can then be aged on site at the new warehouse State and county officials, local residents and whiskey lovers were in attendance to see the changes firsthand.
Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association
2018 All-State Teams
2018 All-State “Super Team”
P Austin Krob Lisbon Sr
P Luke Llewellyn Urbandale Sr
P Duncan Davitt Indianola Sr The Graphic Edge/IHSBCA Player of the Year
C Tony Barreca North Scott Sr Brendan Sher – Indianola
C Calvin Harris Western Dubuque So
1B Peyton Williams Johnston Jr
2B Cade Moss Johnston Jr
SS Brendan Sher Indianola Sr
3B Brooks Sunny North Scott Sr Lanny Peterson “All Academic” Award
OF Levi Usher Cedar Rapids Prairie Sr Tony Barreca – North Scott
OF Brady Kluender Spencer Sr
|OF Josh Fitzgerald Mason City Newman Jr
OF Andrew Nord Johnston Jr
UT Luke Ira Solon Sr
UT Jake Hilmer North Linn Jr
UT Jaden Snyder West Lyon Sr
All-State Team – Class 4A Captain: Brendan Sher – Indianola
First Team Second Team
P Sean Nussbaum Johnston Sr P Drew Irvine Waukee Sr
P Sam Goodman Western Dubuque Jr P Clayton Nettleton Davenport West Sr
P Chase Keeney Cedar Rapids Jefferson Jr P Connor Crabill Dubuque Hempstead Sr
C Lucas Karwal Iowa City West Sr C Hunter Simpson West Des Moines Dowling Jr
C Noah Cook Urbandale Sr C Josh Nutt Sioux City East Sr
1B Jake Morrison Waukee Sr 1B Evan Crawford Pleasant Valley Sr
2B Griff Clark Cedar Rapids Prairie Sr 2B Aaron Eybers Sioux City North Sr
SS Drew Beazley Johnston Sr SS Trevor Burkhart Davenport West Sr
3B Carter Troncin Urbandale Sr 3B Alec Patino Sioux City East So
OF Jared Simpson Clinton Sr OF Coy Sarsfield Linn-Mar Fr
OF Brook Heinen Urbandale Jr OF Ben De Taeye West Des Moines Valley Jr
OF Evan Martin SE Polk So OF Chase Moseley North Scott Jr
OF Lincoln Riley Cedar Rapids Washington Jr OF Bryce Butler Mason City Sr
UT Nate Vance Marshalltown Sr UT Nate Zyzda Sioux City East Jr
UT Jacob Bockenstedt CR Washington Sr UT Chris Miller Urbandale Sr
UT Harrison Cook Cedar Rapids Prairie Jr UT Haydon Sinnett Johnston Sr
All-State Team – Class 3A Captain: Luke Ira – Solon
First Team Second Team
P Brett Sears Harlan Jr P Cam Miller Solon So
P Julien Broderson Davenport Assumption Jr P Jake Johnson North Polk Sr
P Nic McCay Carlisle Sr P Rick Atkins Marion Jr
C Jimmy McDermott Dubuque Wahlert Sr C Spencer Kleene Sargeant Bluff-Luten So
C Jaden Rolffs Pella Sr C Seth Adrian Davenport Assumption So
1B Ryan Doran Harlan Sr 1B Austin Simpson Fairfield Jr
|2B Ryan Willis Waverly-Shell Rock Sr 2B Cam Steffens Central DeWitt Sr
SS Gabe Lux Cedar Rapids Xavier Sr SS Gabe Eckstaine LeMars Sr
3B Colin Kasperbauer Bishop Heelan Sr 3B Kyle Moeder Cedar Rapids Xavier Jr
OF Hunter Hope Bishop Heelan Sr OF Brady Leonard Waverly-Shell Rock Sr
OF Kendrick Harris Solon Sr OF Casey Young Winterset So
OF Jaden Langenfeld Denison-Schleswig Sr OF Jayce Levy Davenport Assumption Sr
OF Trevor Bormann Algona Sr OF Craig Garrison Saydel Sr
UT Nate Mortimer Carlisle Sr UT Evan Appenzeller Boone Sr
UT Tanner Bedier Bondurant-Farrar Sr UT Luke Willis Waverly-Shell Rock Sr
UT Jackson Boever Bishop Heelan Sr UT Jayden Gibson Grinnell Jr
All-State Team – Class 2A Captain: Jaden Snyder – West Lyon
First Team Second Team
P Mitch Gahan Iowa City Regina Sr P Anthony Potthoff Van Meter So
P Jared Townsend Wilton Jr P Kyler Steinborn South Central Calhoun Sr
P Zach Miller Denver Sr P Jacob Craven Ogden Jr
C Trent Hoogerwerf Iowa City Regina Sr C Ben Berg Carroll Kuemper Sr
C Jacob Manternach Monticello Sr C Dean Bedell Treynor Sr
1B Brock Farley Denver Jr 1B Jace Davidson Pocahontas Area Jr
2B Tyson Belloma Centerville Sr 2B Mitch Pomeroy Van Meter Sr
SS Jackson Harris Des Moines Christian Sr SS Trey Jacobson Estherville Lincoln Central Sr
3B Gannon O’Brien Cascade Sr 3B Kade Tharp Davis County Jr
OF Logan Otting Cascade Jr OF Harris Hoffman Cascade Jr
OF JJ Durflinger Van Meter Sr OF Kayden Kruse Ogden Jr
OF Blake Berns Iowa City Regina Sr OF Ryan Schott Iowa City Regina Sr
OF Bryce Neal Clarinda Sr OF Briar Rowley Estherville Lincoln Central Jr
UT Colin McCrabb Wilton Jr UT Corey Anderson Wilton Jr
UT Ryne Schooley Iowa City Regina Sr UT Andrew Mescher Monticello Sr
UT Daniel Hargrave Centerville Sr UT Noah Van’t Hof West Lyon Sr
All-State Team – Class 1A Captain: Austin Krob – Lisbon
First Team Second Team
P Caden Kratz Mason City Newman Sr P Mitchell Thys HLV Sr
P Collin Kramer St. Ansgar Jr P Jake Szalat Fort Dodge St. Edmond Sr
P Blaine Harpenau Remsen St. Mary’s Fr P AJ Nemesio Akron-Westfield Sr
C Bryce Werdeman Lisbon Sr C Keaton Parker Alburnett Sr
C Colby Page Southeast Warren Jr C Carson Crawford Sigourney Jr
1B Brady Gavin Martensdale St. Mary’s Sr 1B Sean Boardman North Linn Sr
2B Cy Patterson Council Bluffs St. Albert Fr 2B Brad Pflughaupt North Linn Sr
SS Garret Reisz Council Bluffs St. Albert Sr SS Derrick Schorg Remsen St. Mary’s Sr
3B Evan Paulus Mason City Newman Jr 3B Kaleb Harrison Tri-Center, Neola Sr
OF Ryan Miller North Linn Sr OF Nick Phelps Woodbury Central Sr
OF Dean Shaull HLV Jr OF Tucker Babbit Moravia Sr
OF Carter Kuchel Remsen St. Mary’s Sr OF Kolton Fisk Martensdale St. Mary’s Sr
OF Lance Wright Council Bluffs St. Albert So OF Hagen Waters Lisbon Jr
UT Trevor Dooley Martensdale St. Mary’s Sr UT Isaac McSorley New London Jr
UT Brett Givens Lisbon Sr UT Carter Boothe Central Decatur Sr
UT Trevor Brown Don Bosco Sr UT Tyson Tucker Maquoketa Valley Sr
AMES, Iowa (AP) — Big 12 coaches and football junkies know all about Iowa State junior running back David Montgomery. Montgomery is poised to make his presence felt throughout the rest of the country this fall.
Montgomery racked up 1,146 yards rushing and 11 touchdowns in 2017. But those numbers fail to fully show how impressive he was in just his second season at the position. Montgomery also forced a national-best 109 missed tackles — a stat compiled by website Pro Football Focus — while running behind a line that was average on its best days.
Montgomery will be the focal point of both Iowa State’s offense and opposing defenses this season, which starts on Sept. 1 against South Dakota State of the FCS.
But Montgomery instead deferred to a talented supporting cast during Tuesday’s media day, cracking a few jokes in an effort to deflect attention.
Montgomery converted from quarterback to running back when he arrived on campus in 2016. After earning first-team All-Big 12 honors at his new position, it’s safe to say that Montgomery won’t be called upon as a placeholder. Montgomery scored twice in last year’s opening-night win over Northern Iowa and added 112 yards in a loss to rival Iowa. Montgomery bowled over Hawkeyes All-American linebacker Josey Jewell for a touchdown in that one, essentially sealing his status as the team’s starter.
Iowa State, which went 8-5 in 2017, then rallied to stun then-No. 3 Oklahoma 38-31, and Montgomery flashed his versatility in that early October upset by catching seven passes for 89 yards. Montgomery later ran for at least 100 yards in three straight games, highlighted by a three-TD performance against Oklahoma State. Montgomery finished the year with 36 receptions, and those missed tackles were the most since Pro Football Focus started tracking that stat in 2014.
Montgomery said he doesn’t have any statistical goals in mind for 2018. But he should be in position to surpass last year’s numbers with four starters back along the offensive line, a unit led by juniors Julian Good-Jones and Bryce Meeker. Though Campbell isn’t convinced that the line has arrived, so to speak, Iowa State is hoping that all that returning experience should mean that Montgomery won’t have to work so hard to avoid oncoming defenders.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A spokesman for a central Iowa nonprofit says the reward fund for a missing University of Iowa student has grown to more than $300,000 and is likely to continue climbing. Greg Willey, spokesman for Crime Stoppers of Central Iowa, says the Mollie Tibbetts reward fund has reached $301,363, which is a record for the organization that was incorporated in 1982.
Willey says donations have come from more than 180 individuals and businesses from across the country. The fund has been established to help return Tibbetts to her family. The 20-year-old woman went missing on July 18 from her hometown of Brooklyn, about 70 miles east of Des Moines.
Officers from the FBI, state and local law enforcement agencies are working to find her. She was last seen jogging on the city streets in the town of 1,400.
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