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(Podcast) 8-a.m. KJAN News, 12/27/2014

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December 27th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

With Ric Hanson.

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Family Fun in the Kitchen 12-27-2014

Podcasts, Family Fun in the Kitchen

December 27th, 2014 by admin

Lavon and Miss NiNi talk about food for New Year Celebrations.

CRAZY CRACKERS—Miss NiNi

Ingredients:

¾ c. cooking oil

2, 10-oz. packages oyster crackers or Ritz Bits

1 T. lemon pepper

1 t. dill weed

½ t. garlic powder

1 pkg. dry Hidden Valley Ranch salad dressing mix

Method:

Preheat oven to 200 degrees Fahrenheit. Pour cooking oil into a 9 x 13-inch baking pan. Place pan in oven for about 10-15 minutes to warm the oil. Add crackers and stir until oil is well absorbed into crackers. Stir together lemon pepper, dill weed, garlic powder, and dry dressing mix. Pour over crackers. Stir so that crackers are well coated with seasoning.  Return to oven and bake for 40-45 minutes, stirring about every 10 minutes. Cool. Store in airtight container.

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(Podcast) 7:20-a.m. Sports Report, 12/27/14

Podcasts, Sports

December 27th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

With Ric Hanson.

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(Podcast) 7-a.m. KJAN News, 12/27/14

News, Podcasts

December 27th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

With KJAN News Director Ric Hanson.

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(Podcast) Skyscan Weather forecast: Sat., 12/27/2014

Podcasts, Weather

December 27th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

The Freese-Notis weather forecast for the KJAN listening area and weather info. for Atlantic.

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V. KATHLEEN ARMENTROUT, 94, of Red Oak (Svcs. 12/30/14)

Obituaries

December 27th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

V. KATHLEEN ARMENTROUT, 94, of Red Oak, died Thu., Dec. 25th, at the Montgomery County Memorial Hospital in Red Oak. Funeral services for KATHLEEN ARMENTROUT will be held 1-p.m Tue., Dec. 30th, at the Griswold United Methodist Church. Sellergren-Lindell-DeMarce Funeral Home in Red Oak has the arrangements.

Friends may call at the funeral home on Monday (12/29), from 5-until 7-pm. Remembrances and condolences may be shared with the family as well, at www.sldfuneralhome.com.

Burial will be in the Griswold Cemetery.

KATHLEEN ARMENTROUT is survived by:

Her son – Barry (Linda) Armentrout, of Portland, OR.

Her daughter – Karlee (Roger) Ovig, of Red Oak.

4 grandchildren, other relatives and friends.

Assault arrest in Red Oak

News

December 27th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

Police in Red Oak arrested a man Friday evening on an assault charge. Officials say 45-year old Lynn Kenneth Houtchens, of Red Oak, was taken into custody at around 5:20-p.m. at a location on Market Street, and charged with Domestic Assault. Houtchens was being held in the Montgomery County Jail without bond while awaiting his trial.

More info. released on C.Bluffs officers-involved shooting

News

December 27th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

The Council Bluffs Police Department has released the names of the Council Bluffs police officers involved in a Tuesday shooting. Sgt. Chad Meyers says Officers Jarrod Poore, a 13 -year veteran on the force, and Corey Woodward, who has been with the department for 14-years,were on the scene in the 100 block of Park Avenue when 33-year-old Jesse Wilkinson allegedly accelerated a stolen vehicle toward the pair, prompting the shooting.

Meyers says that at around 12:40 p.m., Tuesday, the uniformed officers – in an unmarked vehicle – saw Wilkinson as he pulled a blue 2012 Chevrolet Corvette that has been reported as stolen into the driveway of an apartment complex at 127 Park Avenue. Poore and Woodward approached on foot from behind. As they neared, Wilkinson allegedly accelerated the vehicle in reverse toward police, striking and damaging their parked vehicle. Poore fired two shots at the Corvette as it backed up. One shot hit Wilkinson in the right thigh and the other in the left calf. The department cited policy in noting both are currently on administrative leave.

Wilkinson was able to flee the scene after being shot and eluded authorities after a brief high-speed chase. Around 1:15 p.m. law enforcement in Omaha found the Corvette in the 5900 block of North 35th Street, while the Metro Area Fugitive Task Force found Wilkinson nearby – at 5702 N. 35th St. – around 4 p.m. later in the day. Omaha Fire and Rescue personnel transported Wilkinson to the Nebraska Medical Center for treatment.

He was released on Thursday and is now in the custody of Douglas County (Neb.) Corrections, held on an unrelated federal warrant for being a felon in possession of a firearm, according to Douglas County officials and the Council Bluffs Police Department. Bluffs Police Sgt. Dave Dawson said charges related to the Tuesday incident are pending.

The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation continues to investigate the officer-involved shooting, while the police department investigates Wilkinson’s alleged crimes. The Pottawattamie County Attorney’s Office is scheduled to make a decision on charges after the completion of the investigations.

ISU professor’s interrogation techniques being tested by military

News

December 27th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

The U.S. military is testing an Iowa State University psychology professor’s theories about which tactics work best when questioning terrorism suspects.  “We’re now in our fifth year and we’re actually doing a field validation study with the Air Force Office of Special Investigations in which we’re actually training more than 100 of their investigators with the new science-based methods.” That’s Christian Meissner, an Iowa State University professor who’s been leading an international team of researchers on this topic. He says they’ve discovered the “scientific approach” yields better results.

“To understanding what factors might be important in eliciting cooperation and eliciting information from individuals who would be reticent to provide it,” Meissner says. “With my colleagues here in the US and the UK and Europe and Southeast Aside and even the Middle East, we’ve conducted studies to understand the psychological and contextual factors that will determine whether people will provide information.” According to Meissner, the tactics that work best in these kind of interrogations are nothing like you see on T-V and the movies.

“Shows like Jack Bauer (in “24”) and movies like “Zero Dark 30″ — I think this do a disservice to the discourse around this topic,” Meissner says. Meissner’s research shows the locked, windowless room is the least effective setting for getting a terrorism suspect to reveal his or her secrets. Hostile or aggressive questioning isn’t effective either. “Who would you tell your deepest, darkest secret to?” Meissner asks.

“Somebody who came in the room, who you didn’t know, who demanded that you be truthful with them and told you the most embarrassing moments of your life or somebody who you got to know over time, developed a relationship with, had trust in and began to be willing to disclose that information?” Fruitful interrogations would “be very boring to watch,” according to Meissner.

(Radio Iowa)

Weather forecast for Cass & area Counties, 12/27/14

Weather

December 27th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

(3:40-a.m. Sat., Dec. 27 2014; Nat’l Weather Svc. – Dsm)

EARLY THIS MORNING…CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW. NORTHWEST WIND 10 TO 15 MPH.

TODAY…CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW THROUGH MID MORNING…THEN PARTLY SUNNY IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. HIGH IN THE UPPER 20S. NORTHWEST WIND 10 TO 15 MPH.

TONIGHT...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOW 15 TO 20. SOUTHWEST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.

SUNDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGH IN THE LOWER 30S. SOUTH WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.

SUNDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOW IN THE LOWER 20S. SOUTH WIND AROUND 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST AFTER MIDNIGHT.

MONDAY…CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW. BREEZY. HIGH IN THE MID 20S. NORTH WIND 10 TO 20 MPH.

MONDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. COLDER. LOW ZERO TO 5 ABOVE.

TUESDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. COLDER. HIGH AROUND 10.