A Creston man was arrested Thursday evening on a Union County warrant for Violating a Protective Order. Police say 52-year old Kirby Konkler was taken into custody at his residence at around 5:15-p.m. Konkler was being held in the Union County Jail while awaiting a bond hearing.
The 8-a.m. Newscast w/KJAN News Director Ric Hanson.
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Jim Field speaks with Katie Marshall with the American Red Cross Midwest Blood Services Region about the importance of donating blood, especially during the summer travel season.
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A report recently released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture shows there are plenty of jobs in ag-related fields, but not enough college graduates to fill them. Krysta Harden is Deputy Secretary of Agriculture. “Folks don’t really realize the variety of jobs and the availability of the jobs in science and technology, in education, in communication, food production, all the way through the entire chain, frankly,” Harden says.
The report from the USDA and Purdue University states there are nearly 60,000 ag related job openings expected annually in the U.S., but only a little over 35,000 graduates available to fill them. Sonny Ramaswamy, director of the USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture, says that means there are some great opportunities for recent college graduates. “For some majors like agribusiness, animal science, crop science, the young people are being offered two to three job offers and signing bonuses,” Ramaswamy says.
The report projects almost half of the ag job opportunities in the next five years will be in management and business. Another 27 percent will be in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) areas. According to the report, more than half the grads in agriculture and ag-related fields are women.
(Radio Iowa)
A new study finds almost two-thirds of people injured or killed in crashes involving a teen driver are people -other- than the teen behind the wheel. Rose White, traffic safety director at Triple-A-Iowa, says we’re now in what’s considered the “100 Deadliest Days,” the period between Memorial Day and Labor Day when teen crash fatalities historically climb. Kids are out of school, White says, and often have access to vehicles.
“As a result, we always see a big increase in crashes and, unfortunately, fatalities and injuries involving young teen drivers,” White says. “Looking at stats over two decades, we are noticing that in those fatality crashes, it’s usually a person in the other vehicle or possibly a passenger that’s killed in the car crash.”
Since teens spend more time behind the wheel during the summer than any other season, White is reminding everyone, including drivers, pedestrians and bicyclists, to be mindful when sharing the roads with young drivers. “Driving is the most dangerous activity a teen will undertake,” White says. “What that means is, they need to have practice time behind the wheel. So, we encourage parents to spend more time with their teenager. Some helpful tools are available at the website teendriving.aaa.com.”
While great strides are being made to improve driver safety, motor vehicle crashes remain the leading cause of death for drivers between the ages of 15 and 19. “In Iowa, the most current statistics available which are gathered from the year 2013, that year 27 fatalities were reported in which a teen driver was at fault,” White says. “In those situations, 11 teen drivers died, seven passengers died and nine occupants of other vehicles.”
Nationwide in 2013, the Triple-A report found teen driver-involved crashes claimed nearly three-thousand lives and injured 371-thousand people. Crash rates for teens are higher than any other age group. White says keeping teen drivers safe is the shared responsibility of parents, policy makers, other motorists and the teens themselves.
(Radio Iowa)
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The Freese-Notis forecast for Atlantic & the KJAN listening area, & weather information for Atlantic.
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Baseball:
Exira/EHK 4, Lenox 0
Nodaway Valley 9, Creston 6 (8 inn)
Glenwood 7, St. Albert 3
Fremont-Mills 4, East Mills 3
Coon Rapids-Bayard 3, Southeast Valley 2
South Central Calhoun 13, Glidden-Ralston 3 (5 inn)
Abraham Lincoln 4-0, Thomas Jefferson 0-6
Softball:
Charter Oak-Ute 3, IKM-Manning 1
Lenox 3 Nodaway Valley 2
Kuemper Catholic 12-7, Clarinda 0-4
St. Albert 3-1, Glenwood 2-13
Creston 4-2, Lewis Central 1-5
Fremont-Mills 14, East Mills 2 (3 inn)
Sidney 11, Nishnabotna 8
Glidden-Ralston 12, South Central Calhoun 0 (3 inn)
Southeast Valley 12, Coon Rapids-Bayard 0
Abraham Lincoln 12, Thomas Jefferson 3
THOMAS GEORGE HOFFMAN, 68, of Walnut, died Thu., May 28th, at home. Graveside services for THOMAS HOFFMAN will be held 10:30-a.m. Mon., June 1st, at the Layton Township Cemetery in Walnut. Pauley-Jones Funeral Home, in Avoca has the arrangements.
Visitation will be held on Sunday, from 5-until 8-p.m. at the funeral home.
THOMAS HOFFMAN is survived by:
His wife – Phyllis Hoffman of Walnut.
His sons – Jerry Hoffman, of Elk Horn, (IA); Steve Hoffman, of Grandville, IA; Brian Hoffman of Exira;
His daughter – Jenny (Jeff) Boelter, of Schleswig.
His brother – Cliff Hoffman, of Carroll.
His sisters – Lou Meister, of Hubbard; Pat Lengeman, of Urbandale, & Bev Rowedder, of Manning.
9 Grandchildren 2 Great Grandchildren
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