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Heartbeat Today 11-27-2014

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November 27th, 2014 by admin

Jim Field talks about some common Thanksgiving myths.

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(Podcast) 7:20-a.m. KJAN Sports, 11/27/2014

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November 27th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

With Chris Parks.

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(Podcast) 7:07-a.m. KJAN News & funeral report, 11/27/2014

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November 27th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

With KJAN News Director Ric Hanson.

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(Podcast) Skyscan Weather Forecast: Thu., 11/27/2014

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November 27th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

The KJAN listening area forecast and weather information for Atlantic.

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Bluffs authorities search for Special Needs woman

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November 27th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

Authorities in Council Bluffs are asking for your help in finding a special needs woman who jumped out the window of a facility at 2065 Nash Boulevard late Wednesday evening. Bluffs Police Sgt. Dave Dawson says 21-year old Kyla Jones left the area in an unknown direction after she leaped from the building at around 8:50-p.m., Wednesday.

Kyla Jones

Kyla Jones

The woman was last seen wearing a dark gray long sleeve shirt and grey sweatpants. She’s 5-feet five-inches tall, and weighs about 162-poounds. Jones left her cell phone behind when she took off, and police say they’ve exhausted all leads in trying to find her.

If you see Kyla Jones, call your local police department, immediately.

Red Oak boy arrested for the asssault of a student on a bus

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November 27th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

A juvenile was arrested and later cited into juvenile court, following an assault which occurred Wednesday afternoon on a school bus. Red Oak Police say 11-year old Jackson Michael Kelly, of Red Oak, was taken into custody at around 4:30-p.m. on a Serious Assault charge, for allegedly striking another student on the bus.

Kelly was later released into the custody of his mother, Holly Ann Kelly, and will appear in juvenile court at a later date.

Crash near Marne sends a 16-year old the hospital by helicopter

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November 27th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

A single-vehicle accident Wednesday afternoon just east of Marne, resulted in a passenger in the vehicle being flown to a hospital in Omaha. According to reports, 16-year old Lily Elliott, of Marne, was flown by LifeNet helicopter to Creighton University Hospital. The teen was injured when the van she was riding in slid through the intersection at 580th Street and Eastland Road, and crashed at around 2:35-p.m.

The accident happened, as the driver of the 2010 Dodge Caravan, 37-year old Jamie Elliott, of Marne, tried to slow down for the stop sign at the intersection. The van skidded into the north ditch and hit a utility pole. The driver and two other children in the van were not hurt.

Trio of Republicans announce plans to run for Ernst’s IA Senate seat

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November 27th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

The Omaha World-Herald reports three Republicans have announced they will seek the Iowa Senate seat being vacated by Joni Ernst, who won election to the U.S. Senate earlier this month. Once Ernst resigns from her State Senate seat, Gov. Terry Branstad will call for a special election to fill the vacancy.

State Rep. Mark Costello of rural Imogene, Fremont County Board member Cara Marker-Morgan of Hamburg and Clarinda school board member Seth Watkins have all announced their candidacies.

Elderly man critically injured in crash SE of C. Bluffs

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November 27th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

One person was critically injured Tuesday afternoon in a truck accident southeast of Council Bluffs. Officials with the Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office told the Omaha World-Herald, that the accident occurred about 5:30 p.m. at 22338 Pioneer Trail. 80-year old Francis Hedrick of rural Council Bluffs was taken by medical helicopter to Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha.

The Sheriff’s Office said Hedrick was eastbound on Pioneer Trail in a 2003 Ford F-150 pickup truck as a 1983 GMC flatbed straight truck was backing out of a driveway. The pickup struck the back of the straight truck, the Sheriff’s Office said, and the crash left Hedrick briefly trapped in the Ford after the vehicle’s dashboard was pushed into him.

He was taken by a Lewis Township rescue squad to the Lewis Central High School parking lot, where he was transferred to the medical helicopter, the Sheriff’s Office said. His injuries were not considered life-threatening, authorities said. Hedrick was listed in good condition Wednesday.

The driver of the straight truck, 32-year old Travis Tyson, of Bellevue, was not injured. The Sheriff’s Office said Tyson cited for unsafe backing and failure to yield.

$23-to $27-million “Tiger Vision” projects subject of public hearing in Red Oak

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November 27th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

Patrons of the Red Oak Community School District will be able to participate in the district’s facilities planning process, during a regular meeting of the Red Oak School Board on Dec. 15th, beginning at 6-p.m. in the Red Oak Technology Center. The Daily NonPareil reports, the district’s facility planning process, known as Tiger Vision, accelerated after Red Oak Community Middle School was temporarily shut down over the Labor Day weekend. Facility recommendations were made in September, and the board has since mulled how it wants to proceed on the project that could include a $12.5-million high school addition.

The addition would make room for middle-schoolers in the current high school classrooms. Tiger Vision proposes consolidating the district into a two-building campus instead of having separate, stand-alone buildings across the city for preschool, kindergarten through grade 3, grades 4 and 5, grades 6 through 8 and grades 9 through 12. Superintendent Terry Schmidt told the paper in an email that no decision would be made concerning “Tiger Vision” until another opportunity is given for public input – questions or concerns.

If the recommendations were adopted following the public hearing next month, the Red Oak Community High School would receive an addition that would provide a modern high school space. The elementary grades would see an addition and renovation of Inman Elementary School, located only a block away from the high school, along with a new intermediate school.

Total costs for the Tiger Vision projects are between $23 million and $27 million. Schmidt has said the district believes it could use its physical plant and equipment levy and state sales tax proceeds to do the high school component without the need to issue a general obligation bond, which would require a 60 percent supermajority approval from district voters.