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Dense Fog Continues Across Portions of Central Iowa Through Mid-Morning.
(Added Counties: Shelby-Crawford-Carroll-Greene)
Audubon-Guthrie-Dallas-Polk-Cass-Adair-Madison-Adams-Union-Taylor-Ringgold-Pottawattamie-Mills-Montgomery-Fremont and Page Counties:
DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM.
* VISIBILITY…Expect visibilities to remain below one half mile with widespread one quarter mile visibilities through mid morning. Visibilities will begin to improve by mid to late morning. Locations east of I-35 and north of highway 30 may see improvement shortly after sunrise but further south and west lower visibilities will remain in place during the morning commute.
* IMPACTS…Low visibilities in dense fog will make for limited sight distance and hazardous travel. Drive carefully.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A Dense Fog Advisory means visibilities will frequently be reduced to less than one quarter mile. If driving, slow down, use your headlights, and leave plenty of distance ahead of you.
No serious injuries were reported following a rollover accident off Interstate 80 this morning, in Cass County. According to dispatch reports, a vehicle rolled into the median just east of Exit 64. The driver and lone occupant was said to be out and claiming to be uninjured. Anita and Wiota Fire and Rescue responded to the scene. There was dense fog in the area at the time. The driver advised authorities he lost control after hitting ice on the bridge.
No other details are available.
(Des Moines/Radio Iowa) — The State Historical Society of Iowa is seeking your help in identifying the soldiers from our state who were the casualties of World War One. Department of Cultural Affairs communications officer, Michael Morain, says three-thousand-576 Iowans lost their lives while serving in World War One.”We have about 27-hundred names and images from that total,” Morain says. “We are asking Iowans to help us out and fill in some of those missing pieces.”
Morain says they are putting together an honor roll of those who lost their lives as part of the historical society’s ongoing commemoration of the 100th anniversary of America’s entrance into the war. That’s where you can help them fill in the blanks. “We have a website where folks can check in and scroll through it and see who is on the list — and if anyone is missing form that list or if there are missing photos — those are the ones that we are really looking for,” Morain explained.
The website is: iowaculture.gov/honorroll. He says if you look through the list and find someone you know is not there, you can send in their picture and information. The names already on the list include Merle Hay of Glidden, who was among the first men to die, and Wayman Minor of Centerville, who was among the last soldiers to die in the war. The first U-S woman to die during active service in the war was Marion Crandall of Cedar Rapids. The State Historical Society also has an exhibit called “Iowa and the Great War,” which Morain encourages you to see and learn more about the effort and sacrifices of Iowans.”Both in the trenches and back here at home and how that war really shaped the way Iowa thought of itself and the sweep of history here in Iowa,” according to Morain. “So it’s a really interesting exhibit with lots of great artifacts that tell the story.”
The “World War I Honor Roll” with the photos and names of those who were killed in action, went missing, or died of disease, wounds or accidents, will go on display at the State Historical Museum of Iowa next year on Memorial Day weekend.
Today: DENSE FOG ADVISORY until 10-a.m.; Dense fog this morning; Becoming P/Sunny. High 48. S @ 10-20.
Tonight: P/Cloudy to Cldy. Low 40. S @ 5-10.
Tomorrow: Cloudy w/isolated showers. High near 55. S @ 15-25.
Wednesday: P/Cldy. High around 50.
Thursday: P/Cldy. High near 50.
Sunday’s High in Atlantic was 51. The 24-hour Low (recorded at 7-a.m.) will be 21 (at 5-a.m. it was 32). Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 64 and the low was 32. The Record High in Atlantic on this date was 83 in 1999. The Record Low for this date was -5 in1940.
DORINE KOOB, 93, of Brayton, died Sunday, Nov. 12th, at the Heritage House, in Atlantic. Funeral services for DORINE KOOB will be held 11-a.m. Wed., Nov. 15th, at the Exira Lutheran Church. Kessler Funeral Home in Exira has the arrangements.
Friends may call at the funeral home; The family visitation is from 10-a.m. until the time of service Wednesday, at the Exira Lutheran Church.
Burial will be in the Oakfield Cemetery east of Brayton.
DORINE KOOB is survived by:
Her nieces: Catherine Koob, of Anita; Linda (Max) Smith, of Anita; Rhonda (Bob) Davidson, of Colfax; her Special Friends: Jan & Craig “Bub” Sorensen, of Exira, other relatives and friends.
Police in Red Oak, Sunday morning, arrested 38-year old Tyler Gregory Jennings, of Red Oak, on an assault charge. Jennings was arrested at around 9:45-a.m. In the 500 block of N. 4th Street, following an investigation into a physical domestic assault. He was brought to the Montgomery County Jail and held without bond for Domestic Abuse Assault/1st offense – A Simple Misdemeanor.
413 AM CST Mon Nov 13 2017
Dense Fog Continues Across Portions of Central Iowa Through Mid-Morning.
Audubon-Guthrie-Dallas-Polk-Cass-Adair-Madison-Adams-Union-Taylor-Ringgold-Pottawattamie-Mills-Montgomery-Fremont and Page Counties:
DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM.
* VISIBILITY…Expect visibilities to remain below one half mile with widespread one quarter mile visibilities through mid morning. Visibilities will begin to improve by mid to late morning. Locations east of I-35 and north of highway 30 may see improvement shortly after sunrise but further south and west lower visibilities will remain in place during the morning commute.
* IMPACTS…Low visibilities in dense fog will make for limited sight distance and hazardous travel. Drive carefully.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A Dense Fog Advisory means visibilities will frequently be reduced to less than one quarter mile. If driving, slow down, use your headlights, and leave plenty of distance ahead of you.
Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press
UNDATED (AP) — Nebraska’s 54-21 loss at Minnesota was its fourth in five games and left the Cornhuskers to ponder the possibility of finishing with their fewest wins since 1961. Calls from the fan base imploring new athletic director Bill Moos to make a coaching change are only growing louder. Sports columnists for the state’s two largest newspapers suggested that Moos fire Mike Riley immediately. Nebraska finishes the regular season at Penn State and at home against Iowa.
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Newcomer Luke Garza led Iowa’s charge to a 92-58 victory over Alabama State, scoring 11 points to go with 13 rebounds. Though the freshman shot just 2 of 8 from the field, he added seven points from the free throw line on 11 attempts.
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Hometown star Trae Young had 15 points and 10 assists in his college debut to help Oklahoma defeat Omaha 108-89. Jamuni McNeace had 14 points and a career-high six blocks and Christian James also scored 14 points for the Sooners.
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Sabrina Ionescu had 29 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists for her fifth career triple-double, and No. 11 Oregon beat Drake 110-77 in the second round of the preseason WNIT. Ionescu, a sophomore, is just one away from the Pac-12 career record of six, set by Nicole Powell (Stanford, 2001-04) and two shy of the NCAA mark of seven by Suzie McConnell (Penn State, 1985-88) and Louella Tomlinson.
Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:45 a.m. CST
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A top official for Senate Republicans in the Iowa Legislature says an investigation into alleged sexual harassment within the office is complete, but there will be no report about it and no information will be shared with the public. Ed Failor, senior aide to Senate Majority Leader Bill Dix, told The Associated Press that additional information cannot be shared publicly because it’s a personnel issue.
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa Western Community College professor and literacy advocate has donated hundreds of books to a county jail. Nicole Juranek is a communications professor at the community college in Council Bluffs. The Daily Nonpareil reports that it was Juranek’s third annual donation to the Pottawattamie County Jail. But this one more than doubled the 300 she donated in her first two years.
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — A Sioux City man has been released from prison less than two months into his seven-year sentence for shooting his 3-year-old sister in the face with a BB gun. The Sioux City Journal reports that a judge reconsidered 18-year-old Adrian White’s sentence earlier this week and suspended the remainder of White’s prison term. Prosecutors say White shot the preschooler twice in the face in May. One BB fractured the girl’s jaw and the other entered her eye and lodged next to her brain.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Judicial Branch data shows that more than three-fourths of those who took Iowa’s bar exam passed this year. The Des Moines Register reports the state had a 78 percent pass rate this year, compared to 68 percent in 2016. Of the 260 people who took the Iowa bar in 2017, 204 passed. The percentage of people who passed the exam on their first try also increased in 2017.