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Heartbeat Today 07-29-2014

Heartbeat Today, Podcasts

July 29th, 2014 by admin

Jim Field shares the results from our Questions of the Day at the 2014 Cass County Fair and announces the winners of a $10 Hy-Vee Gift Card for participating each day.

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Atlantic’s Coca Cola Days T-shirts available

News

July 29th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

Coca Cola Days will be held in Atlantic September 26th and 27th. The event is the second biggest collector’s show in the United States and includes a tailgate barbeque dinner and a Show Swap and Sell. More information is available at CocaColaDays.org.  Event Committee Chair Dolly Bergmann says t-shirts for the 2014 Coca-Cola Days Celebration are now available for purchase. The shirts feature the theme, “Thirst knows no season.”

Coca –Cola Days Committee Members Pictured: Kathie Hockenberry, Dolly Bergmann, Jolene Roecker,  Mike Papas, Charlene Johnson, Ali Krogman and Margret Sleepsky.

Coca –Cola Days Committee Members Pictured: Kathie Hockenberry, Dolly Bergmann, Jolene Roecker, Mike Papas, Charlene Johnson, Ali Krogman and Margret Sleepsky.

Bergmann said “The theme is created by a volunteer committee each year.”  T-shirts for the event can be purchased at the Atlantic Area Chamber of Commerce or on-line at www.atlanticiowa.com. Prices are $16 for short sleeved and $22 for long sleeve.

Call the Atlantic Area Chamber of Commerce if you have any questions, at 712-243-3017, or email chamber@atlanticiowa.com.

7AM Sportscast 07-29-2014

Podcasts, Sports

July 29th, 2014 by admin

w/ Jim Field

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7AM Newscast 07-29-2014

News, Podcasts

July 29th, 2014 by admin

w/ Ric Hanson

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Freese-Notis weather forecast for Atlantic & the KJAN listening area: 7/29/14

Weather

July 29th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

Monday’s High in Atlantic was 75. Our Low this morning: 52.

Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 80. NW @ 5-10.
Tonight: Clear to Partly cloudy, with a low around 56.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 80. N @ 5.
Wed. Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 56.

Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 81. Light and variable wind.
Thu. Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 60.

Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 81.

2 arrested on drug charges overnight in Red Oak

News

July 29th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

Police in Red Oak say two people were arrested on drug charges overnight. Authorities say 29-year old Crystal Lynn Hansen, of Red Oak, was arrested today (Tuesday) at around 3-a.m., on a valid Pottawattamie County warrant for Failure to Appear on a possession of controlled substance/marijuana charge. During her arrest in the vicinity of north 3rd and east Washington Streets, Hansen was found to allegedly be in possession of marijuana and  drug paraphernalia, along with an unlawful possession of prescription drugs. She was brought to the Montgomery County Law Enforcement Center (LEC) and held on $10,000 cash bond for Pott. County.

And, at around 10:35-p.m. Monday, 16-year old Daniel Lee Vance-Hunt, of Red Oak, was arrested in the 200 block of east Reed Street, on a Possession of Drug Paraphernalia charge. The teen was cited and released to the custody of his parents.

Minor injuries reported following Montomery County accident

News

July 29th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

Sheriff’s officials in Montgomery County say only minor injuries were reported following an accident Monday night near Anderson Conservation on 190th Street. Authorities say a 2002 Chevy Impala occupied by the driver, Allison N. Aufdenberg and her passenger, Kendra A. Hardy, both of Red Oak, was traveling east on 190th Street at around 10:20-p.m., when Aufdenberg turned to look at her passenger during a conversation. When she looked back, she noticed her car was near the south edge of the road.

Aufdenberg took corrective action, but the car entered the ditch and scraped the side of a utility pole. The car continued east in the ditch until Aufdenberg determined she couldn’t drive out of the ditch. Hardy suffered minor lacerations from broken glass, but declined treatment at the scene.

The car sustained $4,000 damage. No citations were issued.

State Baseball Tournament Scores (7/28) & Schedule (7/29)

Sports

July 29th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

CLASS 2A STATE TOURNAMENT

Monday, July 28
Quarterfinals
North Polk 7, Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto 1
Roland-Story 4, South Winneshiek 1
Beckman Catholic 6, Hinton 3
Van Meter 2, Iowa City Regina 1
Thursday, July 31
Semifinals
6 p.m. — North Polk (30-5) vs. Roland-Story (27-12)
8 p.m. — Beckman Catholic (28-13) vs. Van Meter (32-2)

CLASS 3A STATE TOURNAMENT
Tuesday, July 29
Quarterfinals
Noon — Waverly-Shell Rock (35-2) vs. Solon (23-15)
2 p.m. — Harlan (25-8) vs. Assumption (23-15)
6 p.m. — Sergeant Bluff-Luton (24-11) vs. Algona (27-7)
8 p.m. — Fairfield (30-7) vs. Dallas Center-Grimes (22-14)

Council Bluffs’ new Police Chief is not new to the area

News

July 29th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

A native of the Omaha/Council Bluffs metropolitan area is returning to his roots to serve as the next Police Chief in Council Bluffs. The Omaha World-Herald reports Tim Carmody has accepted an offer made by Mayor Matt Walsh, after panel interviews with 10 candidates and one-on-one interviews with four of them. The Council Bluffs City Council will vote on the hire at its Aug. 11 meeting, and Carmody said he hopes to begin the job in early September.

Tim Carmody

Tim Carmody

Carmody, born and raised in Omaha, is currently the police chief in Fort Dodge, Iowa. He replaces Interim Chief Ray Mabbitt, who took over when Ralph O’Donnell retired in March after five years in the position. Carmody left the Omaha Police Department as a captain in September 2010 after 22 years of service. He took the Fort Dodge police chief position that month.

He began his law enforcement career in 1984 as a Sarpy County, NE., sheriff’s deputy. In 1988 Carmody joined the Omaha Police Department, where he patrolled north Omaha, worked uniform patrol and supervised the Metro Area Fugitive Task Force. He also commanded the Emergency Response Unit, which was responsible for managing security for high-profile events and for responding to crises. Carmody attended Omaha Northwest High School and graduated with a degree in criminal justice from Bellevue University.

Groundwater looking good heading into late summer

Ag/Outdoor, News

July 29th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

The state’s water situation has turned around after things got very dry at the end of last year and drought was a big concern. Tim Hall of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources keeps track of the groundwater numbers. “We’d been watching various parts of the state pretty closely, but of course June was a very wet month, and that moisture came in a fairly decent widespread pattern and it’s helped to alleviate just about all of the drought conditions that we had in the state as of last week,” Hall says. July has been cooler than normal and Hall says that also plays a big role in the water situation — especially during the growing season.

“When the weather is cooler there is less demand from all the vegetation — not just corn and soybeans — but from the trees and grasses,” Hall says. “They tend to use less water when it’s not as hot. And that tends to keep that water down in the soil, and that improves and prolongs the benefit of the rainfall we’ve gotten.” He says nearly all of Iowa had some form of drought in October of 2013, but that has all changed. “There’s a very tiny spot in southeast Iowa that’s only rated ‘abnormally dry.’ So, for all intents and purposes, the state is free of drought,” Hall says.

Hall says the conditions are just where they should be at this point in the year. “This is about as normal as we are going to see it here in the state,” Hall says. “We don’t have any major groundwater issues around the state. It looks like the subsoil moistures are pretty health for the most part. So, we are sitting pretty good right now.” Hall reminds us that the water situation was looking good around this time last year until the weather changed. But, he’s not expecting a repeat.

“We were looking really good in the first half of the year and then the rainfall kind of shut off in the second half of the year. But I think my colleagues in the National Weather Service and some of the longer-term predictions are looking at what will be pretty close to normal conditions for the rest of the year,” Hall says. He says rainfall normally starts to slow beginning in July, but he says if it stays around normal in the later summer and fall months this year, the groundwater should be in good shape.

(Radio Iowa)