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CAM @ Exira/EHK 8-Man Football Live Tonight on KJAN & KJAN.com!

Sports

September 5th, 2014 by Jim Field

CAM and Exira/EHK will try to build on their season opening wins as they tangle in Exira tonight.  The Cougars beat rival Adair-Casey while the top-ranked Spartans downed Nishnabotna in week 1.
Both coaches expect a tough football game.
You can catch all the action tonight with our football coverage beginning at 6:00 with “Who’s Gonna Win?” Our pre-game coverage begins at 6:30 tonight with Jim Field and Chris Parks and leads up to kick-off at 7:00. In addition to listening to the game on KJAN, we will again this season provide live, streaming video of the game on our TV page at KJAN .com.
You can also hear from Atlantic’s Eric Waldstein this afternoon on “Trojan Preview” at 4:45.

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Thursday’s (9/4/14) area volleyball scores

Sports

September 5th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

Hawkeye 10:
(3-0) Glenwood 25-25-25, Atlantic 15-18-15
(3-0) Red Oak 25-25-25, Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 18-22-21
(3-0) Creston 25-25-25, Clarinda 11-16-18
(3-0) Shenandoah 27-25-25, Denison 25-20-23
(3-1) CB Abraham Lincoln 25-25-23-25, St. Albert 17-18-25-19

Western Iowa:
(2-0) Missouri Valley 25-25, Sioux City, North 21-13
(2-0) Missouri Valley 25-25, West Monona 16-18
(2-1) Maple Valley-Anthon Oto 25-16-15, Missouri Valley 14-25-10
(2-0) Riverside 25-25, Essex 12-17
(2-0) Bedford 25-25, Riverside 15-22

Rolling Valley:
(3-0) Boyer Valley 25-25-25, Adair-Casey 15-13-17
(3-1) CAM 29-25-13-25, Ar-We-Va 27-22-25-21
(3-0) Coon Rapids-Bayard 25-26-25, Charter Oak-Ute 13-24-20
(3-1) Glidden-Ralston 22-25-25-25, West Harrison 25-8-22-17

Others:
(2-0) Bedford 25-25, Essex 12-17
(3-2) East Mills 18-25-25-25-15, Southwest Valley 25-16-27-23-12
(3-0) Fremont-Mills 25-25-25, Sidney 20-13-22
(3-0) Martensdale-St. Marys 25-25-25, Lenox 17-18-21
(3-1) Orient-Macksburg 23-25-25-25, Diagonal 25-16-17-13
(3-1) West Central Valley 15-25-25-25, Southeast Warren 25-10-8-21

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2014 High School Football Schedule – Week 2, September 5

Sports

September 5th, 2014 by Jim Field

Class 3-A District 8
ADM @ Ballard
Denison @ Atlantic
Creston @ Clarinda
Dallas Center-Grimes @ Pella
Glenwood @ Thomas Jefferson
Carroll @ Harlan
Winterset @ Norwalk

Class 2-A District 8
Creston @ Clarinda
South Central Calhoun @ East Sac County
Greene County @ Kuemper Catholic
Eagle Grove @ Prairie Valley
Riverside @ Red Oak
Mount Ayr @ Shenandoah
Nodaway Valley @ West Central Valley

Class 1-A District 1
A-H-S-T-W @ Tri-Center
IKM-Manning @ Audubon
Maple Valley @ Missouri Valley
OA-BCIG @ Lawton-Bronson
Treynor @ St. Albert
Logan-Magnolia @ Underwood
Sibley-Ocheyedan @ West Monona

Class 1-A District 8
PCM @ Central Decatur
Des Moines Christian @ Ogden
Martensdale-St. Marys @ Interstate 35
NW Webster @ Panorama
Southwest Valley @ Bedford
Van Meter @ Earlham
Madrid @ Woodward-Granger

Class A District 1
IKM-Manning @ Audubon
Griswold @ Clarinda Academy
Logan-Magnolia @ Underwood
Maple Valley @ Missouri Valley
Riverside @ Red Oak
Treynor @ St. Albert
A-H-S-T-W @ Tri-Center
Westwood @ Akron-Westfield

Class A District 8
Southwest Valley @ Bedford
Griswold @ Clarinda Academy
Van Meter @ Earlham
Martensdale-St. Marys @ Interstate 35
Mount Ayr @ Shenandoah
Nodaway Valley @ West Central Valley
Pleasantville @ Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont
Woodward Academy @ SE Warren

8-Man District 1
Clay Central-Everly @ Ar-We-Va
Boyer Valley @ Fremont-Mills
CAM @ Exira/EHK
Remsen St. Mary’s @ Kingsley-Pierson
Newell-Fonda @ Harris-Lake Park
River Valley @ Remsen-Union
West Harrison @ East Mills
Woodbine @ Sidney

8-Man District 7
Nishnabotna @ Adair-Casey
Seymour @ Ankeny Christian Academy
Coon Rapids-Bayard @ M-M-C
East Union @ Essex
Glidden-Ralston @ Laurens-Marathon
Guthrie Center @ Melcher-Dallas
Wayne @ Murray
Colo-Nesco @ NE Hamilton

8-Man District 8
CAM @ Exira/EHK
West Harrison @ East Mills
East Union @ Essex
Boyer Valley @ Fremont-Mills
Mormon Trail @ Lenox
Nishnabotna @ Adair-Casey
Woodbine @ Sidney
Lamoni @ Stanton

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Settlement reached in Iowa suit over food bidding

News

September 5th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A food distribution company has agreed to pay $1.9 million to settle a lawsuit that claims it conspired with others over several years to restrain the bidding process for selling food at schools across Iowa. The lawsuit says Martin Brothers Distributing Company conspired with Iowa Educators Corporation and its successor, the Iowa Association for Educational Purchasing, to monopolize the business of food distribution at hundreds of schools over a 14-year period.

Martin Brothers and the others deny they did anything wrong. They say the process was fair, and the agreement was reached to avoid litigation costs. An eligible individual can file a claim to receive up to $3.50 per student per year, for a maximum of $50 per student.

For a list of school districts, years covered by the settlement, and a claim form, go to: http://iowaschoolfoodsettlement.com/

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Boston doctor who contracted Ebola in Africa being flown to Omaha hospital for treatment

News

September 5th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

(Updated 6-a.m.) A-P/Radio Iowa

A doctor who became infected with Ebola while working in Liberia has arrived at a Nebraska hospital for treatment. Dr. Rick Sacra (SAY-kruh) was driven by ambulance to the Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha after landing a little after 6 a.m. Friday at Offutt Air Force Base just south of Omaha. His ambulance went into a hospital receiving bay and vanished from public view at around 6:40-a.. He will begin treatment in the hospital’s 10-bed special isolation unit. Dr. Mark Rupp is medical director of infectious control at the hospital in Omaha where Dr. Rick Sacra will be treated. “I am very confident that we can care for this patient safely,” Rupp said during a news conference in Omaha on Thursday. “This is a specially designed unit. It’s locked. It’s secured. It’s separated physically.”

Dr. Sacra, the patient, is a faculty member at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. He went on a mission trip to Liberia in August to work in a hospital there and was diagnosed with Ebola early this week. He will be treated in what’s called the “Biocontainment Patient Care Unit” at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha. Jeffery Gold, the chancellor at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, says the unit is one of the few in the country that’s equipped to deal with a patient suffering from an infectious disease like Ebola.

“We have been preparing for this type of event for a very long time,” Gold said during a Thursday news conference. “This is not a surprise that we’re being called to serve in this way.” Gold says not only will Sacra receive “world-class care” but all other patients, staff, faculty and visitors at the hospital will be “completely protected and safe.” Sacra’s wife told reporters in Boston yesterday (Thursday) that her husband is very ill, but was able to walk onto the plane that carried him out of Africa.

A U.S. doctor and an American nurse who contracted Ebola while on mission trips to Africa were flown to Emory University’s hospital in Atlanta last month for treatment. Dr. Sacra, the third American to be diagnosed with the disease, is a 51-year-old family doctor who has made many trips to Liberia in the past 20 years. He was not treating Ebola patients during his most recent trip, but was working in another part of the hospital. He got a fever last Friday and put himself in isolation while tests were done to confirm the Ebola diagnosis.

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STEVE SIVADGE, 66, of Fontanelle (Svcs. Private)

Obituaries

September 5th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

STEVE SIVADGE, 66, of Fontanelle, died Thu., Sept. 4th,, at the Greater Regional Hospice House in Creston. Private family services for STEVE SIVADGE will be held. Steen Funeral Home in Fontanelle is assisting the family with the arrangements.

Online condolences may be left to the family at www.steenfunerals.com.

Memorials may be directed to the Greater Regional Hospice House in Creston.

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5 ex-Chiefs back at Arrowhead Stadium with Titans

Sports

September 5th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — It’ll be a reunion Sunday at Arrowhead Stadium. The Tennessee Titans are visiting Kansas City in what amounts to a homecoming for wide receiver Dexter McCluster, kicker Ryan Succop and a slew of other former Chiefs players. In this modern era of free agency, it’s not uncommon for players to face their former teams. A few members of the Chiefs have a history with Tennessee, including wide receiver Donnie Avery.

But when McCluster and Succop are lumped together with safety Bernard Pollard, defensive end Ropati Pitoitua and running back Jackie Battle, well, that’s a whole lot of familiarity. What makes it even stranger? Succop was waived by the Chiefs just this past weekend.

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Cardinals beat Brewers 3-2 to win 6th straight

Sports

September 5th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Marco Gonzales and his fellow St. Louis relievers worked out of several jams in combining for six innings of one-run ball, and the Cardinals held off the slumping Milwaukee Brewers 3-2 Thursday night for their sixth straight win. The Cardinals moved to a season-high 14 games above .500 and extended their lead to four games in the NL Central over the Brewers, who lost their ninth straight.

St. Louis used the bullpen early after Michael Wacha was limited to three innings in his first start off the disabled list. Gonzales went 2 1-3 innings for the win. The Brewers stranded potential tying runs in scoring position from the sixth through the ninth. St. Louis never trailed after Yadier Molina’s two-run single in the first off Wily Peralta.

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MILWAUKEE (AP) — The St. Louis Cardinals activated Michael Wacha from the disabled list to start Thursday against the Milwaukee Brewers. The move was expected for the 23-year-old Wacha, who was on the disabled list since June 18 with a right shoulder stress reaction. He is 5-5 with a 2.79 ERA in 15 starts.

St. Louis also called up first baseman Xavier Scruggs from Triple-A Memphis. Scruggs, who was batting seventh Thursday, was hitting .286 with 21 home runs and 87 RBIs in the minors. The Cardinals moved outfielder Shane Robinson from the 15-day to the 60-day disabled list.

St. Louis has won five straight to take a three-game lead in the NL Central over Milwaukee.

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NWS/KJAN listening area forecast: 9/5/2014

Weather

September 5th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

336 AM CDT FRI SEP 5 2014 – Nat’l. Weather Service/Des Moines

EARLY THIS MORNING…NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS. COOLER. NORTH WIND 10 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 60 PERCENT.

TODAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING…THEN SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. MUCH COOLER. HIGH IN THE UPPER 60S. NORTH WIND AROUND 10 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 50 PERCENT.

TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MIDNIGHT…THEN PARTLY CLOUDY AFTER MIDNIGHT. COOLER. LOW IN THE UPPER 40S. NORTH WIND 5 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 20 PERCENT.

SATURDAY…SUNNY. HIGH IN THE LOWER 70S. NORTH WIND AROUND 5 MPH.

SATURDAY NIGHT…CLEAR. LOW IN THE UPPER 40S. NORTHWEST WIND NEAR 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST AFTER MIDNIGHT.

SUNDAY…SUNNY. HIGH IN THE MID 70S. SOUTH WIND NEAR 10 MPH.

SUNDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. LOW IN THE MID 50S.

MONDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH IN THE MID 70S.

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Iowa early News Headlines: Fri., Sept. 5th 2014

News

September 5th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The University of Iowa has expelled a second student for sexual misconduct as part of a campus crackdown on perpetrators. UI President Sally Mason said yesterday the student was expelled during the summer term. No other details were immediately released Thursday.

DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) — Dubuque officials are making homeowners liable for most cases in which people are injured on sidewalks. The Dubuque City Council has approved an amendment to a city ordinance, allowing officials to delegate financial responsibility for sidewalk repairs to property owners. The Telegraph Herald reports the move is aimed at encouraging homeowners to keep sidewalks in better condition.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A federal agency is reviewing whether it would be appropriate for Iowa City to use $1 million in affordable housing funds to buy five condominiums at a luxury high-rise development. The Department of Housing and Urban Development confirmed the review in a letter to Senator Chuck Grassley, who raised questions about the arrangement.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A food distribution company has agreed to pay $1.9 million to settle a lawsuit that claims it conspired with others over several years to restrain the bidding process for selling food at schools across Iowa. The lawsuit says Martin Brothers Distributing Company conspired with Iowa Educators Corporation and its successor, the Iowa Association for Educational Purchasing, to monopolize the business of food distribution at hundreds of schools over a 14-year period. Martin Brothers and the other defendants deny any wrongdoing.

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