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AUDREY A. TWIST, 92, of Exira & formerly of Audubon (Svcs. 4/20/15)

Obituaries

April 18th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

AUDREY A. TWIST, 92, of Exira (& formerly of Audubon), died Thu., April 16th, at the Exira Care Center. Funeral services for AUDREY TWIST will be held 10:30-a.m. Mon., April 20th, at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church in Audubon. Kessler Funeral Home in Audubon has the arrangements.

Friends may call at the funeral home, where the family will be present from 1-until 3-pm on Sunday.

Burial will be in the Arlington Heights Cemetery in Audubon.

AUDREY TWIST is survived by:

Her sisters-in-law: Erma Larsen, of Exira, & Juanita Twist, of Des Moines.

Other relatives, and friends.

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Traffic stop in Red Oak results in an arrest this morning

News

April 18th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

A traffic stop early this (Saturday) morning, in Red Oak, resulted in an arrest. Red Oak Police say at around 12:30-a.m., a van driven by 35-year old Meri Ellen Kling, of Red Oak, was pulled over in the 1300 block of North Broadway. Following questioning of the driver, the Montgomery County K9 was deployed and alerted to the odor of narcotics coming from the vehicle. Kling was subsequently taken into custody for Possession of drug paraphernalia and OWI/Drugged. She was also cited for having no insurance. Kling was transported to the Montgomery County Jail, where her bond was set at $1,000.

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KJAN listening area weather forecast from the NWS, 4/18/2015

Weather

April 18th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

401 AM CDT SAT APR 18 2015

EARLY THIS MORNING…CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND  ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. SOUTHEAST WIND NEAR 10 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 40 PERCENT.

TODAY…SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MID MORNING…THEN NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. HIGH IN THE UPPER 60S. SOUTHEAST WIND 5 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 70 PERCENT.

TONIGHT…CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. LOW IN THE MID 50S. SOUTHEAST WIND NEAR 10 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 50 PERCENT.

SUNDAY…CLOUDY…BREEZY. SHOWERS LIKELY AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH IN THE LOWER 60S. WEST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH INCREASING TO NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 70 PERCENT.

SUNDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY THROUGH MIDNIGHT THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. BREEZY…COLDER. LOW IN THE UPPER 30S. NORTHWEST WIND 10 TO 20 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH THROUGH MIDNIGHT.

MONDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. BREEZY. HIGH IN THE MID 50S. NORTHWEST  WIND 15 TO 25 MPH.

TUESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. BREEZY. HIGH IN THE UPPER 50S.

 

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Area schools to benefit from STEM Awards

News

April 18th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

More than 100,000 Iowa students will benefit from the fourth year of a state program to boost science, technology, engineering and mathematics programs. The Daily NonPareil reports the Iowa Governor’s STEM Advisory Council has announced about 2,800 educators from all corners of the state have been accepted to receive STEM programs through its STEM Scale-Up initiative for the 2015-16 academic year.

Council members selected 14 STEM programs to provide curriculum, after-school programming and other enrichment opportunities for students in preschool through high school. Robotics, wind turbines, virtual reality and career skills are all among the topics covered by the programs. Southwest Iowa public schools, preschools, libraries and other community organizations benefited from the Scale Up program awards.

  • “A World in Motion” program uses real-world engineering challenges to teach STEM through inquiry for elementary and middle-school students. Those receiving it include The AHST Elementary School, Atlantic schools, Griswold Public Library, Iowa State Extension of Page County, Missouri Valley schools, Red Oak Middle School, Shenandoah Middle School, Sidney Elementary School and West Harrison schools.• Curriculum for Agricultural Science Education provides experiences about agriculture, food and natural resources for high-schoolers. Those receiving it include Boyer Valley schools and Shenandoah schools.
  • Defined STEM stresses fundamentals of STEM through web-based enrichment for a school setting. Those receiving it include Fremont-Mills schools, Missouri Valley schools and Underwood schools.
  • Engineering is Elementary in Iowa integrates engineering and technology with elementary science topics. Those receiving it include Iowa State Extension of Cass County, Nishna Valley YMCA, Shenandoah schools, Tabor Public Library and West Harrison schools.
  • FIRST Tech Challenge goes beyond a robotics competition by stressing how to work together, share ideas and treat others with respect and dignity. Those receiving it include Iowa State Extension of Mills County and South Page schools.
  • HyperStream offers hands-on technology projects, contests and other activities for fifth through 12th grade after-school clubs or curriculum. Those receiving it include AHST schools, Boys & Girls Club of Council Bluffs, Boys & Girls Club of Carter Lake, Carter Lake home-schoolers, Iowa State Extension of Harrison County, Shelby County Catholic Schools, Shenandoah Middle School and South Page schools.
  • KidWind teaches renewable energy topics through lab activities. Those receiving it include Atlantic schools, Clarinda’s Garfield Elementary, Griswold High School, Iowa State Extension of Harrision County, Iowa State Extension of Shelby County, Lewis Central schools, Logan-Magnolia schools, Red Oak Middle School, Shenandoah High School, Sidney Elementary School and West Harrison schools.
  • National STEM League is offered for secondary students to compete like professional innovators in engineering, software and hardware integration, enterprise, marketing and development. Those receiving it include Logan-Magnolia schools, Missouri Valley Middle School, Shenandoah schools and Tri-Center schools.
  • Project Lead The Way has several related programs: the core principals of engineering (POE) curriculum, the computer science and software engineering (CSE) curriculum, a middle-school design and modeling as well as automation and robotics program (Gateway) and a new elementary-school program (Launch). Those receiving those programs include AHST (POE), Council Bluffs schools (CSE and POE), Lewis Central schools (CSE, Launch) and Logan-Magnolia schools (Launch).
  • Pint Size Science from the Science Center of Iowa is geared for children age 3 to 5 to explore science concepts. Those receiving it include AHST Elementary School, Atlantic Head Start, Bloomer Head Start, Clarinda’s Garfield Elementary School, Clarinda Head Start, Council Bluffs Head Start, Essex Head Start, Griswold Head Start, Griswold Public Library, Hamburg Elementary School, Hamburg Head Start, Harlan schools, Harlan Head Start, Iowa State Extension of Fremont County, Iowa State Extension of Page County, Iowa State Extension of Shelby County, Lakin Head Start, Lewis Central schools, Lewis Central Lucky Children, Missouri Valley Elementary School, Missouri Valley Head Start, Red Oak Head Start, Riverside schools, Shenandoah Head Start, Sidney Public Library, South Page schools, Tabor Public Library, Trinity Lutheran Preschool (Council Bluffs), Walnut Community School, West Harrison schools, Woodbine schools and Woodbine Head Start.
  • Spatial-Temporal Math uses a game to boost math comprehension and proficiency through graphically-rich animations and visual representation of concepts. Those receiving it include Hamburg Elementary School, Missouri Valley Elementary School, Shenandoah schools, Sidney Elementary School and South Page schools.

A total of $3.1 million from the Iowa Legislature was spread across six regional STEM areas. Results from 2013-14, according to a press release, show that more than 90 percent of students in STEM Scale-Up programs reported a higher interest in at least one STEM subject or career field.

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Sioux City Police: one teen dies, three recovering, after smoking synthetic drug

News

April 18th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

A Sioux City teenager died and three others were hospitalized after police say they became ill while smoking a synthetic drug. Officer Jeremy McClure of the Sioux City Police Department says emergency responders were initially called late Thursday night to War Eagle Park to check on a person who was sick. “Four subjects were transported to local hospitals for treatment after ingesting smokeable synthetic drugs. One those subjects, 18-year-old Austin McCloud of Sioux City, died while being treated,” McClure said at a news conference Friday. McCloud and the three other victims, between the ages of 16 and18, were found together in a car shortly after 11 p.m.

McClure said an autopsy will help determine exactly what caused McCloud’s death. Two of the teens were still be treated at the hospital, as of Friday afternoon, while the other teen was treated and released. The names of the other three victims are not being released, but McClure said they are all students at Sioux City West High School. It remains unclear exactly what substances were being used by the four teens.

“We’re not exactly sure what synthetic drug they were using at this time,” McClure said. “The substances that we found at the scene are being sent to the Iowa State Criminal Lab to be tested.” For now, no charges have been filed in the case.

(Radio Iowa)

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GERALD EUGENE HACKETT, 86, of Oakland (Svcs. 4/21/15)

Obituaries

April 18th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

GERALD EUGENE HACKETT, 86, of Oakland, died Friday, April 17th, 2015 at the Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs. Funeral services for GERALD HACKETT will be held 10:30-a.m. Tuesday, April 21st, at the Oakland United Methodist Church in Oakland. Rieken Vieth Funeral Home in Oakland is in charge of arrangements.

Visitation with the family will be on Monday evening at the Oakland United Methodist Church from 5-7:30 PM.

Interment will be in the Oaklawn Cemetery.

GERALD HACKETT is survived by:

His wife of 65 years – Lorraine, of Oakland.

His daughter – Geralynne Cohrs and husband Kenneth of Underwood.

His sons – Gary Hackett and wife Arlene, Larry Hackett and wife Wendy, Dan Hackett and wife Janice, Tom Hackett and wife Lori, and Tim Hackett and wife Jody, all of
Oakland.

His sisters, Jessie Shiffer of Oakland and Marlene Clark of Atlantic.

His brother – Dean Hackett and wife Shirley of Syracuse, NE

12 grandchildren, 11 great grandchildren, other relatives and friends.

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ELLWOOD BOND, 94, of Fontanelle (Svcs. 4/22/15)

Obituaries

April 18th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

ELLWOOD BOND, 94, of Fontanelle, died Friday, April 17th,  at the Good Samaritan Society in Fontanelle. Funeral services for ELLWOOD BOND will be held 10:30-a.m. Wed., April 22nd, at the Steen Funeral Home in Fontanelle.

Visitation at the funeral home is from 4-until 8-pm on Tuesday. Online condolences may be left to the family at www.steenfunerals.com.

Burial in the Fontanelle Cemetery with full military graveside rites conducted by the
Fontanelle American Legion Carlson Post No. 247. A luncheon will be held at the Emmanuel Lutheran Church following the burial.

Memorials may be directed to the Ellwood Bond memorial fund to be established by the family.

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Wacha has 7 strong innings, Cardinals shut down Reds 6-1

Sports

April 18th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Michael Wacha pitched seven strong innings and Yadier Molina delivered a bases-clearing double to lead the St. Louis Cardinals to a 6-1 win over the Cincinnati Reds on Friday night. With the score 1-1, Matt Holliday led off the bottom of the seventh with a single to right field. He went to third on a one-out double by Jhonny Peralta. After Jon Jay was intentionally walked, Molina lined the first pitch from Johnny Cueto down the left-field line that scored three.

Joey Votto gave Cincinnati a first-inning lead with his fourth homer, his third against St. Louis. Matt Carpenter tied the game in the bottom of the inning after doubling, going to third on a groundout and scoring when he somersaulted over catcher Brayan Pena on Holliday’s fly to center.

The Cards and Red are in action again today (Saturday) in St. Louis. Pre-game coverage on KJAN is at 12:20-p.m., with the 1st pitch at around 1:15.

 

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Iowa State basketball coach Fred Hoiberg has heart surgery

Sports

April 18th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa State says coach Fred Hoiberg has undergone open-heart surgery to replace aortic valve. Hoiberg had surgery Friday at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Doctor Rakesh Suri says the operation was a success, adding that “Hoiberg is in recovery and doing very well himself.”

Hoiberg retired from the NBA following the 2004-05 season because of heart issues. He just completed his fifth season at Iowa State, leading the Cyclones to four straight NCAA Tournament appearances and back-to-back Big 12 tournament titles.

Hoiberg is expected to need about 4-6 weeks to recover.

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Iowa early News Headlines: Sat., April 18th 2015

News

April 18th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa board has approved nearly $16 million in investments in three companies across the state. The Iowa Economic Development Authority announced the grants Friday for projects in Sioux City, West Des Moines and Knoxville. The board also approved an additional $19.8 million in tax refunds for Google Inc.’s Council Bluffs data center, bringing its total tax incentives to more than $36 million.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say a van stolen from a Cedar Rapids nonprofit has been found in West Des Moines but no arrests have been made. The van was taken from the Boys and Girls Club of Cedar Rapids Polk Unit. Police say someone broke into the building and stole electronics and the club van. Officers are working to identify a suspect.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The discovery of bird flu on an Iowa turkey farm has raised serious concerns that the poultry-killing virus could find its way into chicken barns in the state. Iowa is home to roughly 50 million chickens that lay nearly one in every five eggs consumed in the country. The H5N2 virus has not yet been detected in Iowa chicken barns.

GARNER, Iowa (AP) — A former Iowa lawmaker has testified during his sexual abuse trial that he didn’t have sex with his wife in May at a nursing home in Garner. Henry Rayhons is accused of sexually abusing his wife after being told she was no longer mentally capable of consenting to sex due to dementia caused by Alzheimer’s disease. She died in August.

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