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Shenandoah woman arrested on drug charge

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February 20th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

A woman from Shenandoah was arrested Thursday afternoon in Montgomery County, on drug charges. Mongtomery County deputies, in cooperation with the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office, arrested 43-year old Tiffani Jo Bredberg on Delivery of Methamphetamine and Possession of Meth, charges. Her arrest came during a narcotics operation at 7th Avenue and 8th Street, in Villisca. Bredberg was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on $100,000 bond.

And, at around 12-a.m. today (Friday), 21-year old Drew Dale Goodrich, of Creston, was cited for Driving While Suspended, following a traffic stop in the 2500 block of M Avenue, in Montgomery County. The stop was initiated because Goodrich was driving a Dodge Ram pickup without license plates. Goodrich was released on the citation. His truck was towed.

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Governor says time to stop ‘throwing money’ at broken MHIs in Clarinda, Mt Pleasant

News

February 20th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

A union leader says employees at the state-run Mental Health Institutes in Clarinda and Mount Pleasant have been told lay-off notices are going out soon and the facilities will close a few weeks before the current state budgeting year ends on June 30th. Governor Branstad says he’s “not sure about the details” of layoffs at the two institutions. “But I do know that we can’t continue to just throw money at a broken system where we don’t have accredidation and we don’t have psychiatrists,” Branstad says. “We need to devise and develop a modern system that provides the best possible mental health services that we can provide.”

Senator Mark Segebart, a Republican from Vail who used to be a Crawford County Supervisor, says he’s “not against” what Branstad envisions, but Segebart says counties aren’t ready to “make the jump” yet and provide the services that the Mental Health Institutes have provided. “All we’ve really heard all year is ‘Don’t close ’em. We don’t have another option out there to send people to,’ and if you want to get in a room with a bunch of sheriffs, you’ll find that out real quickly,” Segebart says.

County sheriffs in southern Iowa say they’re either spending far more transporting people with acute mental illness to the two Mental Health Institutes in northern Iowa that are accepting patients, or they’re putting patients in local emergency rooms until space in a hospital psych ward opens up. Senate Democratic Leader Mike Gronstal says the governor’s “unilateral approach” without consulting with legislators is a concern. “We’re listening to mental health professionals and public safety people in this state and all of the indications we’re getting from those folks is they think it’s very unwise to close critical institutions in this state without having developed a plan for treating people that currently go to those facilities,” Gronstal says. “So dumping those folks on the street, hoping for better outcomes we think is a mistake.

Danny Homan is president of AFSCME Council 61, the union that represents many of the workers at the two Mental Health Institutes that are being closed. “Before you should shut down an MHI, you should have the community infrastructure in place,” Homan says. “We do not.” Homan says the first round of layoff notices will go this Monday for employees at the Mount Pleasant Mental Health Institute and for employees in Clarinda the first round of layoff notices are expected April 20th. Homan says employees were told this past Tuesday that the Clarinda M-H-I will close on or before May 18th and the Mount Pleasant facility will close around June 11th.

The two state-run facilities in southern Iowa are no longer accepting patients and officials are trying to transfer those who currently are being treated in Clarinda and Mount Pleasant to private facilities.

(Radio Iowa)

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C.Bluffs crash 1 week ago turns fatal

News

February 20th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

A woman who was a passenger in a van that went out of control and caused a multi-vehicle crash last Friday night (Feb. 13th), has died. Sgt. Darren Bud, with the Council Bluffs Police Department says 84-year old Bertha Weinfurtner, of Carter Lake, died Thursday night (2/19) at Nebraska Medicine, as a result of the injuries she suffered in the head-on crash. that happened in the 1600 block of West Broadway Street in Council Bluffs, at around 10:15-p.m., Friday.

That accident happened when the driver of the minivan, 77-year old Meredith Robinson, of Omaha, blacked out as his vehicle was traveling eastbound on west Broadway. The van  crossed into the westbound lanes of traffic and struck a Hyundai Elantra, driven by 51-year old Cassondra McCaune, of Des Moines. Her car spun around and hit a westbound Honda CRV, driven by 59-year old Mary Horan-Cummings, of Council Bluffs.

Horan-Cummings was not injured in the crash. Cassondra McCaune suffered critical injuries. Three other people in her car, all of whom are from Des Moines, were injured, as well. 29-year old Heather McCaune and 16-year old Kala McCaune, both suffered minor injuries. 63-year old Robert McCaune, suffered critical injuries. All four were transported to Creighton CHI in Omaha for treatment.

Meredith Robinson suffered minor injuries also. Witnesses indicated that speed may be a factor in the crash, which remains under investigation.

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Area boys high school basketball scores from Thu., 2/19/15

Sports

February 20th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

Carroll 63, Harlan 52
Denison-Schleswig 67, Atlantic 64

1A District Substate Quarterfinals
Bedford 68, Lenox 54
Diagonal 61, Mount Ayr 45
Earlham 69, East Union, Afton 28
Adair-Casey 49, Coon Rapids-Bayard 48
Griswold 53, Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton 40
Nodaway Valley 75, Glidden-Ralston 42
Paton-Churdan 59, Audubon 47
Clarinda Academy 50, East Mills 45
Fremont Mills, Tabor 71, Heartland Christian 59
Sidney 56, Riverside, Oakland 36
Stanton 62, Nishnabotna 49
Ar-We-Va, Westside 63, Charter Oak-Ute 40
Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto 78, Logan-Magnolia 26
St. Albert, Council Bluffs 90, West Monona, Onawa 80
Tri-Center, Neola 74, Boyer Valley, Dunlap 65, OT

2A District Substate Semifinals
Panorama, Panora 54, West Central Valley, Stuart 21
Shenandoah 68, A-H-S-T-W, Avoca 58
Treynor 67, Underwood 39
IKM-Manning 71, Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 69

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KJAN listening area weather forecast: 2/20/2015

Weather

February 20th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

340 AM CST FRI FEB 20 2015

EARLY THIS MORNING…MOSTLY CLOUDY. NOT AS COLD. SOUTH WIND 10 TO 15 MPH.

TODAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. WARMER. HIGH IN THE LOWER 30S. SOUTHWEST WIND 5 TO 15 MPH.

TONIGHT…CLOUDY. LOW IN THE LOWER 20S. SOUTHWEST WIND AROUND 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST AFTER MIDNIGHT.

SATURDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. OCCASIONAL FLURRIES IN THE MORNING. HIGH IN THE UPPER 20S. NORTH WIND 5 TO 15 MPH.

SATURDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. MUCH COLDER. LOW ZERO TO 5 ABOVE. NORTH WIND AROUND 15 MPH.

SUNDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. COLDER. HIGH AROUND 15. NORTH WIND 10 TO 15 MPH. WIND CHILL READINGS AROUND 15 BELOW.

SUNDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOW ZERO TO 5 BELOW.

MONDAY…SUNNY. HIGH IN THE LOWER 20S.

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Iowa halts two-game skid, routs Rutgers, 81-47

Sports

February 20th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Jarrod Uthoff scored 14 points and Iowa defeated Rutgers 81-47 Thursday night. The win snaps a two-game losing streak for Iowa (16-10, 7-6 Big Ten), and is just the third win in its last eight games. Iowa coach Fran McCaffery and his team have a favorable schedule down the stretch too, as just two of their final five opponents have a winning conference record.

The Scarlett Knights (10-17, 2-12) never really competed in what became their 10th-straight loss, a streak that started immediately after they, somehow, beat No. 4 Wisconsin, 67-62, at home in Piscataway. Uthoff’s 14, on 5-of-9 shooting, led all scorers. Aaron White added another 13 with eight boards. Rutgers had just two players score in double figures — Myles Mack had 11 and D.J. Foreman scored 10.

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Iowa early News Headlines: Fri., Feb. 20th 2015

News

February 20th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — Jurors have entered deliberation after attorneys delivered their closing arguments in the trial of an Iowa woman accused of killing her husband and his girlfriend more than 30 years ago. The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports both the prosecution and defense made their closing statements Thursday in Waterloo in the murder trial of 54-year-old Theresa Supino, who was arrested in March in connection with the 1983 slayings of Steven Fisher and Melisa Gregory. Their bodies were found on the Copper Dollar Ranch northwest of Newton.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A House panel has approved a bill that would help Iowa abuse victims keep their home address confidential. Members of a public safety subcommittee approved the bill yesterday. It now moves to a full committee for consideration.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A House panel has approved a bill that would add fine arts to Iowa’s mandated education curriculum for K through 12 students. An education subcommittee approved the bill Thursday. It now advances to a full committee for review.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — West Des Moines plans to provide about $3.5 million to build an aquifer storage facility that Des Moines Water Works says will add 3 million gallons of water capacity on peak usage days. The Register reports that Des Moines Water Works will own and operate the facility, which will also be used to cool Microsoft’s new data center.

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Friday State Wrestling Schedule

Sports

February 20th, 2015 by Jim Field

Today is the second day of the state wrestling tournament in Des Moines.  Today schedule looks like this:

  • 9:00 am to 1:00 pm – Class 3-A & 2-A quarterfinals & second round consolation
  • 2:30 pm to 5:45 pm – Class 1-A quarterfinals, Class 3-A semifinals and 3rd round consolation, Class 1-a second round consolation
  • 7:30 pm to 8:40 pm – Class 2-A semifinals and third round consolation
  • 8:45 pm to 10:00 pm – Class 1-A semifinals and third round consolation

We will have live coverage with reports at:

  • 10:20 am
  • 11:35 am
  • 11:15 pm
  • 4:30 pm
  • 5:45 pm
  • 8:00 pm (halftime of basketball game)
  • 9:05 pm
  • 10:05 pm

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State Wrestling Team Scores – Day 1

Sports

February 19th, 2015 by Jim Field

Class 3-A:

1. Southeast Polk 39.5
2. Bettendorf 26.5
3. Prairie Cedar Rapids 22.5
4. Fort Dodge 22.0
5. North Scott, Eldridge 17.0
6. Pleasant Valley 16.0
7. Fort Madison 15.5
8. Dubuque Hempstead 15.0
9. Cedar Rapids Jefferson 13.0
9. Iowa City West 13.0
9. Valley, WDM 13.0
12. Ankeny Centennial 12.0
12. Keokuk 12.0
12. Waverly-Shell Rock 12.0
15. Dowling Catholic, WDM 11.5
16. Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson 10.0
16. Epworth, Western Dubuque 10.0
16. Johnston 10.0
16. Linn-Mar, Marion 10.0
16. Oskaloosa 10.0
21. Ottumwa 9.0
21. Sioux City North 9.0
23. Cedar Falls 8.0
23. Cedar Rapids Kennedy 8.0
23. Dallas Center-Grimes 8.0
23. Glenwood 8.0
23. Lewis Central 8.0
23. Waukee 8.0
29. Clinton 7.0
29. Waterloo East 7.0
31. Ames 5.0
32. Des Moines East 4.0
32. Des Moines North-Hoover 4.0
34. Ankeny 3.0
34. Burlington 3.0
34. Indianola 3.0
34. Marshalltown 3.0
34. Mason City 3.0
34. Urbandale 3.0
40. Xavier Cedar Rapids 2.5
41. Carroll 2.0
41. LeMars 2.0
41. Newton 2.0
41. Sioux City East 2.0
45. Boone 1.0
45. Storm Lake 1.0
47. Davenport Central 0.0
47. Des Moines Roosevelt 0.0
47. Maquoketa 0.0
47. Pella 0.0
47. Waterloo West 0.0

Class 2-A:

1. Mediapolis 21.0
2. Creston/Orient-Macksburg 19.0
3. Crestwood 16.5
4. Assumption, Davenport 16.0
5. Union 15.0
6. Clear Lake 13.0
6. Osage 13.0
8. Albia 11.0
9. Columbus Community, Columbus Junction 10.0
9. Denver/Tripoli 10.0
9. Forest City 10.0
9. North Fayette Valley 10.0
13. Ballard 9.0
14. ADM 8.0
14. Central Lyon/George-Little Rock 8.0
14. Clarinda 8.0
14. Independence 8.0
14. Saydel 8.0
14. Solon 8.0
14. Wahlert, Dubuque 8.0
21. Gilbert 7.5
22. Decorah 7.0
22. Garner-Hayfield/Ventura 7.0
22. Sergeant Bluff-Luton 7.0
25. Carlisle 6.0
25. Hampton-Dumont 6.0
25. Iowa Falls-Alden 6.0
25. Washington 6.0
25. Webster City 6.0
30. Bedford/Lenox 5.0
30. Bondurant-Farrar 5.0
30. Central Decatur, Leon 5.0
30. Grinnell 5.0
30. Mid-Prairie, Wellman 5.0
30. West Delaware, Manchester 5.0
36. Center Point-Urbana 4.5
37. Algona 4.0
37. Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley 4.0
37. Centerville 4.0
37. Charles City 4.0
37. Greene County 4.0
37. Missouri Valley 4.0
37. MOC-Floyd Valley 4.0
37. Mount Vernon 4.0
37. West Liberty 4.0
46. Camanche 3.0
46. Chariton 3.0
46. Clear Creek-Amana 3.0
46. East Marshall/GMG 3.0
46. Fairfield 3.0
46. Knoxville 3.0
46. New Hampton 3.0
46. Oelwein 3.0
46. Roland-Story, Story City 3.0
46. Sheldon/South O`Brien 3.0
46. Sioux Center 3.0
46. Spencer 3.0
46. Spirit Lake Park 3.0
46. Vinton-Shellsburg 3.0
46. West Burlington/Notre Dame/Danville 3.0
46. Western Christian, Hull 3.0
46. Williamsburg 3.0
63. Benton Community 2.0
63. Cherokee 2.0
63. Humboldt 2.0
63. Louisa-Muscatine 2.0
63. PCM, Monroe 2.0
63. Pocahontas Area 2.0
63. Red Oak 2.0
63. Waukon 2.0
71. Aplington-Parkersburg 1.0
71. Atlantic 1.0
71. Perry 1.0
71. Winterset 1.0
75. Central Clinton 0.0
75. Estherville Lincoln Central 0.0
75. Southeast Valley, Gowrie 0.0
75. Woodward-Granger 0.0

Class 1-A:

1. Alburnett 28.0
2. Don Bosco, Gilbertville 21.0
3. Southeast Warren, Liberty Center 20.0
4. Clarion-Goldfield-Dows 19.5
5. Sibley-Ocheyedan 16.0
6. Lisbon 12.0
7. Logan-Magnolia 11.0
7. Maquoketa Valley, Delhi 11.0
9. Sumner-Fredericksburg 9.5
9. West Marshall, State Center 9.5
11. Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont 9.0
11. South Central Calhoun 9.0
11. Wilton 9.0
11. Woodbury Central, Moville 9.0
15. South Winneshiek, Calmar 8.5
16. Central Springs 8.0
16. Highland, Rverside 8.0
18. Alta-Aurelia 7.0
18. Iowa Valley, Marengo 7.0
18. Regina, Iowa City 7.0
18. Sigourney-Keota 7.0
18. Tipton 7.0
23. Westwood, Sloan 6.5
24. AGWSR 6.0
24. English Valleys, North English 6.0
24. Lake Mills 6.0
24. St. Edmond, Fort Dodge 6.0
24. Underwood 6.0
24. West Fork, Sheffield 6.0
30. MFL MarMac 5.5
30. North Butler, Greene 5.5
30. Riverside, Oakland 5.5
33. Belmond-Klemme 5.0
33. Clarksville 5.0
33. Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire 5.0
33. Manson Northwest Webster 5.0
33. Newman Catholic, Mason City 5.0
33. North-Linn, Troy Mills 5.0
33. Panorama, Panora 5.0
40. Audubon 4.0
40. Belle Plaine 4.0
40. Dike-New Hartford 4.0
40. Exira/ElkHorn-Kimballton 4.0
40. Guthrie Center 4.0
40. Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn 4.0
40. Hinton 4.0
40. Lone Tree 4.0
40. Moravia 4.0
40. New London 4.0
40. Saint Ansgar 4.0
40. West Lyon, Inwood 4.0
52. North Cedar, Stanwood 3.0
52. OA-BCIG 3.0
52. Ogden 3.0
52. Southwest Iowa 3.0
52. West Branch 3.0
57. Nashua-Plainfield 2.5
58. B-G-M 2.0
58. Edgewood-Colesburg 2.0
58. Emmetsburg 2.0
58. Griswold 2.0
58. Hudson 2.0
58. Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn/RU 2.0
58. Martensdale-St. Marys 2.0
58. Mount Ayr 2.0
58. South Hamilton, Jewell 2.0
58. Treynor 2.0
58. Tri-Center, Neola 2.0
58. Wapsie Valley, Fairbank 2.0
70. Akron-Westfield 1.0
70. East Mills 1.0
70. H-L-V, Victor 1.0
70. Interstate 35, Truro 1.0
70. Nodaway Valley 1.0
70. Rockford 1.0
70. Starmont 1.0
70. West Monona, Onawa 1.0
78. AHSTW 0.0
78. Bellevue 0.0
78. Collins-Maxwell-Baxter 0.0
78. East Buchanan, Winthrop 0.0
78. East Union, Afton 0.0
78. Jesup 0.0
78. Lawton-Bronson 0.0
78. Lynnville-Sully 0.0
78. Northwood-Kensett 0.0
78. Okoboji, Milford 0.0
78. Pleasantville 0.0
78. Postville 0.0
78. Sioux Central, Sioux Rapids 0.0
78. Wapello 0.0
78. Woodbine 0.0

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Thursday Class 1-A State Wrestling Results

Sports

February 19th, 2015 by Jim Field

First Round:

  • 106 – Wyatt Crocker, Logan-Magnolia beat Cody Fisher, South Winnesheik 11-4
  • 106 – TJ Schott, Iowa City Regina beat George Appleseth, Panorama FALL 5:23
  • 106 – Tatum Bluml, Riverside beat Hunter Pfantz, West Marshall TF 18-0 4:50
  • 113 – Alex Thomsen, Underwood beat Joel Becerra, A-H-S-T-W FALL 1:30
  • 120 – Hadley Ogg, Griswold beat Chase McLaughlin, Lisbon 8-6
  • 120 – Bryce West, Highland beat Ben Freese, Nodaway Valley FALL :26
  • 126 – Nick Mangrich, Don Bosco beat Christian Danker, A-H-S-T-W 7-0
  • 126 – Nick Williams, Lisbon beat Christian Polley, Tri-Center 3-1
  • 132 – Trent Johnson, Dike-New Hartford beat Alec Moorman, East Mills 5-2
  • 132 – Dylan Schuck, Sibley-Ocheyeden beat Tucker Bluml, Riverside MD 15-4
  • 138 – Luis Uribe, South Winnesheik beat Jake Mulford, Audubon 3-2
  • 138 – Tanner Abbas, Clarion-Goldfield-Dows beat Dakota Moss, Southwest Iowa 7-5
  • 138 – Tanner Sloan, Alburnett beat Jacob Vogl, Riverside FALL 3:04
  • 145 – Brad Kerkhoff, Audubon beat Coleby Bratrud, Northwood-Kensett 7-1
  • 145 – Garrett Sayler, Sibley-Ocheyeden beat Brady Wilson, Logan-Magnolia FALL 1:45
  • 152 – Bryce Paul, Alburnett beat Josh Hopkins, East Mills 3-2
  • 152 – Sawyer Amling, Edgewood-Colesburg beat Brady Charbonneau, Logan-Magnolia 9-2
  • 152 – Lane Boender, Sigourney-Keota beat Trevor Smith, Audubon FALL 2:32
  • 160 – Cody Kingery, Underwood beat Sal Arzani, I-35 8-4
  • 170 – Dale Hilleman, West Marshall beat Riley Wohlers, Logan-Magnolia FALL 3:30
  • 182 – Steven Gregory, Treynor beat Mason Lyons, Bellevue 7-1
  • 182 -Austin Laabs, Guthrie Center beat Derek Kohlmeyer, Sumne-Fredericksburg 5-3
  • 182 – Evan Hansen, Exira/EHK beat Cruz Vera, AGWSR Fall 2:53
  • 195 – Zach Hickson, Don Bosco beat Drake Johnsen, Logan-Magnolia FALL 1:29
  • 195 – Jed Van’t Hof, West Lyon beat Lane Ring, Exira/EHK 9-6
  • 220 – Cale Crowder, Guthrie Center beat Robbie Carrothers, Alburnett 3-2
  • 220 – Marcus Brody, Panorama beat Bret Blackburn, Southwest Iowa 3-2
  • 285 – Luke Worden, Belmond-Klemme beat Coy Maher, Riverside FALL :13
  • 285 – Houston Cloeman, Sibley-Ocheyeden beat Gabe Shafer, Woodbine injury default

First Round Consolation:

  • 106 – George Appleseth, Panorama beat Justin Severson West Lyon FALL :59
  • 113 – Jeremy Schmitz, Don Bosco beat Joel Becerra, A-H-S-T-W FALL 3:08
  • 120 – Ben Freese, Nodaway Valley beat Alex Hanna, Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont 12-5
  • 126 – Jake Wulf, OA-BCIG beat Christian Danker, A-H-S-T-W 8-2
  • 126 – Christian Polley, Tri-Center beat Austin Pontier, I-35 MD 13-2
  • 132 – Tucker Bluml, Riverside beat Alec Moorman, East Mills 7-5
  • 138 – Jake Mulford, Audubon beat Kyle Green, Sibley-Ocheyeden 10-1
  • 138 – Cole Fox, Don Bosco beat Dakota Moss, Southwest Iowa 7-2
  • 138 – Jacob  Vogl, Riverside beat Sebastian Berg, Akron-Westfield 11-5
  • 145 – Brady Wilson, Logan-Magnolia beat Coleby Bratrud, Northwood-Kensett 10-8
  • 152 – Josh Hopkins, East Mills beat Jared Johnson, West Marshall 6-2
  • 152 – Brady Charbonneau, Logan-Magnolia beat Trevor Smith, Audubon MD 11-3
  • 170 – Riley Wohlers, Logan-Magnolia beat Brogan Kinyon, East Union FALL 3:42
  • 195 – Drake Johnsen, Logan-Magnolia beat Lane Ring, Exira/EHK FALL 4:24
  • 220 – Bret Blackburn, Southwest Iowa beat Charles Robertson, Collins-Maxwell-Baxter FALL 3:11
  • 285 – Cody Thompson, Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire beat Coy Maher, Riverside FALL 1:28
  • 285 – Tim Butcher, Northwest Webster beat Gabe Shafer, Woodbine Forfeit

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