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Father, son dead after ice fishing incident By IAN RICHARDSON 100 feet offshore, that ice CNA staff reporter
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Republican caucus volunteer Jeremy Rounds, middle, signs in caucusgoer Sherry Drake during Monday night’s Republican caucus at Creston High School. All five Creston precincts combined for 541 total votes, which Union County Republican Party chairman Joe Owens said is by far the largest turnout he’s seen.
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Ted Cruz, Bernie Sanders win in Union County where both party chairs report solid turnout Monday evening. Statewide, Cruz overcomes billionaire Donald Trump, and Hillary Clinton and Sanders end in virtual tie. ■
DES MOINES (AP) — Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, a fiery conservative loathed by his own party’s leaders, swept to victory in Iowa’s Republican caucuses Mond a y , overcoming billiona i r e Cruz Donald Trump and a stronger-than-expected showing by Florida Sen. Marco Rubio. Among Democrats, Bernie Sanders rode a wave of voter enthusiasm to a virtual tie with Hillary Clinton, long considered her party’s front-runner. Cruz’s victory over Trump was a testament to his massive get-out-thevote operation in Iowa and the months he spent wooing the state’s influential conservative and evangelical leaders. “Iowa has sent notice that the Republican nom-
inee and next president of the United States will not be chosen by the media, will not be chosen by the Washington establishment,” Cruz said. His comments were echoed by Sanders, underscoring the degree to which voter frustration with the political system has crossed party lines in the 2016 campaign. “It is too late for establishment politics and establishment economics,” said Sanders, who declared the Democratic race a “virtual tie.” Clint o n took the stage at her own c a m p a i g n Clinton r a l l y saying she was “breathing a big sigh of relief” but with the Democratic race too close to call. Aware that even a slim victory
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An impending blizzard couldn’t keep Union County residents away from Monday night’s caucuses, resulting in high turnouts for both parties that lifted candidates Ted Cruz and Bernie Sanders to local victories. Party leaders at Creston’s Republican caucus scrambled to make extra ballots for the 541 caucusgoers as a a line extended out the Creston High School doors for 30 minutes during signins. Counting the Afton, Arispe and Lorimor precincts, Union County saw 702 Republican voters. “To me, the surprise was the turnout,” said Union County Republican Party chairman Joe Owens. “I think it probably is a record.”
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Kimberly Kendrick shows off a Bernie Sanders sign during the Democratic caucus Monday at Creston Middle School.
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Withi n Union County, Cruz edged Donald Trump by nine Owens votes, 203 to 194. Marco Rubio followed with 135, and Dr. Ben Carson took fourth with 87. Mike Huckabee, who suspended his campaign as results rolled in Monday evening, was fifth with 28. Owens said he expected Trump or Cruz to be the winner but wasn’t sure which would take it. He said Iowa showed Washington pollsters on Monday that they don’t dictate how Iowans vote. “I think what happened, to me, was the pollsters all had Trump out there,
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LEON — A father and son have died following an ice fishing incident Sunday west of Leon that took regional dive units 7 hours to complete. David Adair, 63, and Joe Adair, 33, of Knob Noster, Missouri, fell through the ice while fishing about 200 feet from shore at Little River Lake in Decatur County Sunday afternoon. According to a Decatur County Sheriff press release, at approximately 2 p.m., the sheriff’s office received a call from a subject reporting someone had fallen through the ice at Little River Lake. A Leon rescue team responded to the scene around 2:15 p.m. However, thin ice made attempts at a rescue difficult. “It was enough that if you weighed 130 pounds or you weighed 230 pounds, it wouldn’t hold you,” said Decatur County Sheriff Bert Muir. “Most of the firemen in their dry suits went through the ice. All of them had ropes tied to them and were pulled back out. Once they got
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Weather advisory effective for SW Iowa A winter weather advisory is in effect for Union County until 6 a.m. Wednesday. Three inches of snow had already fallen in Creston by 11 this morning. The National Weather Service (NWS) is now predicting 4 to 6 inches of total snowfall in southwest Iowa by Wednesday morning. Storm Lake and Spencer could see more than a foot of snow. Travel conditions deteriorated quickly in Creston this morning. Every school in the Creston News Advertiser coverage area canceled classes today. Winds will continue today up to 30 miles an
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out there couldn’t hold anything.” After calling in the Mount Ayr and Red Oak dive teams, crews were able to rescue David Adair around 3 p.m. He was unconscious and airlifted to Mercy Hospital in Des Moines, where Muir said he was later pronounced dead. At 8:45 p.m., a Council Bluffs team arrived with a hovercraft and, within 15 minutes, recovered the body of Joe Adair, who had gone underwater about 7 feet. The body was taken to the medical examiner at Decatur County Hospital and pronounced dead. Both men had ice fished many times on Little River Lake. Also assisting with this incident were Leon Rescue, Clarinda Fire Department, Iowa State Patrol, Decatur County Conservation, State of Iowa Conservation, Lamoni Police Department, Leon Police Department and Mercy Life Flight. Muir said five men went to the emergency room
hour or more. Local officials don’t recommend traveling at all. However, if you must travel, NWS suggests greatly reducing travel times, letting others know your destination and not forgetting your fully-charged cell phone. Local officials said power outages are possible today and suggest having a plan of action if that does occur. Drifting may continue Wednesday with the high temperature in the 20s and an overnight low in the teens. Temperatures are expected to warm up by the weekend with Saturday’s high in the low 40s.
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