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Significant Weather Advisory: Pottawattamie/Mills/Montgomery/Fremont/Page Counties

Weather

June 2nd, 2018 by Ric Hanson 

Pottawattamie IA-Mills IA-Page IA-Fremont IA-Montgomery IA-Cass NE-
Otoe NE-
111 AM CDT SAT JUN 2 2018

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREMONT...WESTERN MONTGOMERY...
MILLS...POTTAWATTAMIE...NORTHWESTERN PAGE...CENTRAL OTOE AND
SOUTHEASTERN CASS COUNTIES UNTIL 200 AM CDT...

At 111 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Shelby to 4 miles southwest of Malvern to
Lorton. Movement was east at 30 mph.

Wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with these storms.

Locations impacted include...
Eastern Council Bluffs, Nebraska City, Plattsmouth, Red Oak,
Glenwood, Shenandoah, Syracuse, Oakland, Avoca, Hamburg, Malvern,
Sidney, Treynor, Underwood, Carson, Essex, Walnut, Shelby, Minden
and Farragut.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 400 AM CDT for
southwestern Iowa...and southeastern Nebraska.

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Red Oak woman arrested Friday night for OWI

News

June 2nd, 2018 by Ric Hanson

Police in Red Oak, Friday, arrested 27-year old Jamiee Renea Miner, of Red Oak. Miner was taken into custody at around 9:43-p.m. in the 200 block of W. Reed Street, and charged with OWI/1st offense. She was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on a $1,000 cash bond.

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Severe thunderstorm update 1-a.m. 6/2/18

Weather

June 2nd, 2018 by Ric Hanson 

Monona IA-Harrison IA-Shelby IA-
1256 AM CDT SAT JUN 2 2018

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MONONA...HARRISON AND WESTERN
SHELBY COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 100 AM CDT...

The storms which prompted the warning have weakened  and no longer
pose an immediate threat to life or property. Therefore, the warning
will be allowed to expire.  However gusty winds up to 40 mph are
still possible with these thunderstorms as they move through the
area early this morning.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 400 AM CDT for
southwestern and west central Iowa.
Mills IA-Pottawattamie IA-Sarpy NE-Cass NE-
1254 AM CDT SAT JUN 2 2018

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT
FOR MILLS...SOUTHERN POTTAWATTAMIE...NORTHEASTERN SARPY AND
NORTHEASTERN CASS COUNTIES...

At 1254 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Underwood to near Pacific Junction, moving east
at 40 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Trained weather spotters have reported tree damage
         in several parts of Omaha.

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Severe Thunderstorm Watch expanded to Montgomery County

Weather

June 2nd, 2018 by Ric Hanson 

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 148 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 4 AM CDT EARLY
THIS MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

HARRISON              MILLS                 POTTAWATTAMIE
SHELBY                MONTGOMERY            MONONA

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Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Monona/Harrison/Shelby Counties

Weather

June 2nd, 2018 by Ric Hanson 

1219 AM CDT SAT JUN 2 2018

The National Weather Service in Omaha has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Monona County in west central Iowa...
  Harrison County in southwestern Iowa...
  Western Shelby County in southwestern Iowa...

* Until 100 AM CDT.

* At 1218 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Smithland to Modale, moving east at 45 mph.

  HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts. This line of storms has a history of
           60 to 70 mph winds and some tree and power line damage.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to
           mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

* Locations impacted include...
  Onawa, Logan, Earling, Mondamin, Ute, Persia, Modale, Pisgah,
  Moorhead, Woodbine, Mapleton, Dunlap, Blencoe, Panama, Portsmouth,
  Magnolia, Soldier, Little Sioux, Castana and Turin.

This includes Interstate 29 between mile markers 79 and 97.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings for western IA

Weather

June 2nd, 2018 by Ric Hanson 

1219 AM CDT SAT JUN 2 2018

The National Weather Service in Omaha has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Monona County in west central Iowa...
  Harrison County in southwestern Iowa...
  Western Shelby County in southwestern Iowa...

* Until 100 AM CDT.

* At 1218 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Smithland to Modale, moving east at 45 mph.

  HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts. This line of storms has a history of
           60 to 70 mph winds and some tree and power line damage.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to
           mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

* Locations impacted include...
  Onawa, Logan, Earling, Mondamin, Ute, Persia, Modale, Pisgah,
  Moorhead, Woodbine, Mapleton, Dunlap, Blencoe, Panama, Portsmouth,
  Magnolia, Soldier, Little Sioux, Castana and Turin.

This includes Interstate 29 between mile markers 79 and 97.
1219 AM CDT SAT JUN 2 2018

The National Weather Service in Omaha has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Mills County in southwestern Iowa...
  Southern Pottawattamie County in southwestern Iowa...
  Sarpy County in east central Nebraska...
  Douglas County in east central Nebraska...
  Northern Cass County in southeastern Nebraska...

* Until 100 AM CDT.

* At 1219 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Springfield,
  or 13 miles southwest of Omaha, moving east at 55 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Omaha, Council Bluffs, Bellevue, Papillion, La Vista, Plattsmouth,
  Ralston, Glenwood, Gretna, Springfield, Oakland, Malvern,
  Louisville, Treynor, Underwood, Waterloo, Carson, Pacific Junction,
  Emerson and Cedar Creek.

People attending Heartland of America Park should seek safe shelter
immediately!

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 80 in Iowa between mile markers 1 and 17.
 Interstate 80 in Nebraska between mile markers 426 and 454.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

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Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued until 4-a.m. Saturday

Weather

June 1st, 2018 by Ric Hanson

1000 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 2018 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 148 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS IOWA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE:

BUENA VISTA CHEROKEE HARRISON IDA MILLS MONONA PLYMOUTH POTTAWATTAMIE SHELBY WOODBURY

Primary threats include… Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 75 mph likely Scattered large hail likely with isolated very large hail events to 2 inches in diameter possible A tornado or two possible.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch means conditions are favorable for severe thunderstorms in and close to the watch area. Persons in these areas should be on the lookout for threatening weather conditions and listen for later statements and possible warnings. Severe thunderstorms can and occasionally do produce tornadoes.

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Three Democrats running in third congressional district race

News

June 1st, 2018 by Ric Hanson

There are congressional contests on the ballots in Tuesday’s Primaries. In the third congressional district, Republican Congressman David Young of Van Meter is seeking reelection and three Democrats are hoping they’re selected to challenge him in November.

Cindy Axne of West Des Moines worked in state government for nine years when Democrats Tom Vilsack and Chet Culver and Republican Terry Branstad were serving as governor. She and her husband run a digital design firm. Pete D’Alessandro of Des Moines has worked for Tom Harkin and Tom Vilsack and he was state coordinator for the 2016 Bernie Sanders campaign here.

Sanders has endorsed D’Alessandor and helped him raise money. Eddie Mauro of Des Moines is a former teacher and coach at the high school and community college level. He is currently president of a wholesale insurance firm that does business nationwide. Simpson College political science professor John Epperson says Mauro’s last name is well-known in populous Polk County because his relatives have won office.

Axne may benefit from being the only female in the race. “I think she absolutely does,” Epperson says. “That doesn’t necessarily mean she’ll win. And Epperly says D’Alessandro mainly presents himself “as the Bernie guy. That’s an interesting strategy which if you look nationally hasn’t worked all that well in most places.” There is also a Libertarian candidate running in the third district. Bryan Holder of Council Bluffs is a Creighton Law School graduate who runs his family’s photography business.

(Radio Iowa)

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Three Democrats, one Republican and a Libertarian line up to challenge Steve King

News

June 1st, 2018 by Ric Hanson

Republican Congressman Steve King has a primary opponent and three other candidates are competing to be the Democrat who runs in the fourth congressional district this fall.

King is seeking a ninth term in the U.S. House. The district is decidedly Republican, but the Democrats who’ve lined up to run against King are hoping King’s headline-grabbing comments may be a turn-off for Republicans and independents, while Democratic turn out may be higher in a mid-term election.

Thirty-eight-year-old J.D. Scholten, a paralegal from Sioux City, is a former professional baseball player who says his competitive energy extends to the political field. “I’m fighting for your job. I’m fighting for your wage and your paycheck and I’m fighting for your health care and I’m fighting for your kids’ education,” Scholten says. “That’s what it boils down to.”

Fifty-five-year-old LeAnn Jacobsen is a member of Spencer’s city council who helped start a farmers market and a coffeehouse/wine bar in Spencer. “I don’t think candidates that have run in the past have done a really intentional job of holding Steve King accountable for the fact that he does nothing and gets nothing done,” Jacobsen says.

Fifty-eight year old John Paschen, an Ames pediatrician, says running for office wasn’t on his bucket list, but Paschen says he felt he had no choice but to run given the current political climate. The Republican running against Congressman King in the primary is 46-year-old Cindi Hanson of Sioux City, an administrator at the community college campus in South Sioux City, Nebraska. Hanson, who says she is a moderate Republican, argues it’s time for some collaboration in congress, “instead of being severely entrenched and in an extreme position.”

Congressman King says he believes he has a “reasonable chance” to win in November. Libertarian Charles Aldrich of Clarion is also running for congress in the fourth district. Aldrich, who ran for the U.S. Senate in 2016, is an industrial engineer.

(Radio Iowa)

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Reynolds approves $7.4B state budget, issues several vetoes

News

June 1st, 2018 by Ric Hanson

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds has given final approval to a roughly $7.4 billion state budget and issued a handful of vetoes to conclude this year’s legislative action.

The Republican governor announced Friday afternoon she signed the bills making up the state budget, which goes into effect on July 1. The GOP-controlled Legislature was forced to make mid-year spending cuts the past two years. Legislators hope next year’s budget avoids a similar fate, even as the state cuts income tax rates starting next year.

Reynolds vetoed a proposal to immediately halt a pilot program for pretrial assessments, which will conclude this winter. She also vetoed a bill that would have allowed self-employed workers to qualify for small-group health insurance coverage, which she said would “further destabilize” Iowa’s health insurance market.

In addition, Reynolds vetoed portions of bills dealing with pooling employee benefits, regulation of the Iowa Insurance Division and a $195,000 appropriation she said could go through a competitive bidding process.

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