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Garcia gets win as Cardinals beat Blue Jays 5-0

Sports

June 8th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

TORONTO (AP) – Jaime Garcia and two relievers combined on a three-hitter, Matt Carpenter and Jhonny Peralta homered, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-0 on Sunday. Garcia (2-0) allowed three hits in seven innings, walked three and struck out four to win for the first time in three starts.

Pat Neshek worked the eighth and Trevor Rosenthal finished for the Cardinals, who have a Major League-high 12 shutouts this season. Texas entered Sunday with 11. St. Louis won back-to-back games for the first time since May 24 and 25 against Cincinnati.

L. IRENE GASKILL, 85, of Atlantic (6-12-14)

Obituaries

June 8th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

L. IRENE GASKILL, 85, of Atlantic died Saturday, June 7th at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. Memorial services for L. IRENE GASKILL will be held on Thursday, June 12th at 11:30 am at the First United Methodist Church in Atlantic.  Hockenberry Family Care Funeral Home in Atlantic has the arrangements.

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Visitation with the family will be held on Wednesday from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm at the funeral home.

Burial in the Dalmanutha Cemetery in rural Casey Thursday at 9:30 am.

Memorial may be directed to the Atlantic Hospice, CCMH Auxilliary or the family.

L. Irene Gaskill is survived by:

Son:  Jim Gaskill of Omaha

Daughter:  Ila (Tom) Waldmann of Sherwood, AR

4 Grandchildren

4 Great-Grandchildren

The latest KJAN listening area forecast: Sun., 6/8/14

Weather

June 8th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

REST OF TODAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. HIGH AROUND 70. EAST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.

TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE MORNING. LOW IN THE UPPER 50S. EAST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 50 PERCENT.

MONDAY…THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY. HIGH IN THE LOWER 70S. EAST WIND 10 TO 15 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 70 PERCENT.

MONDAY NIGHT…CLOUDY. LOW IN THE MID 50S. NORTHEAST WIND 10 TO 15 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH THROUGH MIDNIGHT.

TUESDAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH IN THE MID 70S. NORTHEAST WIND 10 TO 15 MPH.

TUESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOW IN THE UPPER 50S.

WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGH AROUND 80.

Iowa football player cited for disorderly conduct

Sports

June 8th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — University of Iowa defensive back Nico Law is facing a criminal charge and consequences at school for fighting outside an Iowa City restaurant. Law, who will be a senior this fall, was cited for disorderly conduct after the incident at 1:45 a.m. Saturday. Police say the 21-year-old football player assaulted another man after that man argued with a woman who was with Law.

Iowa football coach Kirk Ferentz said in a statement that Law will face discipline under the university’s student-athlete code of conduct once the facts are gathered. Law played in all 13 Iowa games last fall and recorded four tackles and one assist. He is from Clinton, Maryland.

Public Hearing in Atlantic Mon. morning

News

June 8th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

A public hearing will be held early Monday morning in Atlantic, during a meeting of the Board of Adjustment. During the meeting in the Council’s Chambers at City Hall, a hearing will be held with regard to a Variance application by Jim and Linda Headlee, who reside at 1008 Laurel Street, in Atlantic.

Their application seeks permission to expand a residential garage not conforming to accessory setback requirements (as stated in the City’s Zoning Ordinance). The site of the garage would be at 1008 Laurel Street.

The meeting and hearing begins at 7:30-a.m., Monday.

NWS Forecast for Atlantic & the KJAN listening area: Sun., 6/8/2014

Weather

June 8th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

Today: Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 75. East wind around 9 mph.
Tonight: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 59. East wind 7 to 10 mph. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Monday: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Cloudy, with a high near 71. Breezy, with an east wind 10 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Monday Night: Cloudy, with a low around 56. Northeast wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.
Tuesday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 75. North northeast wind 10 to 13 mph.
Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 58.
Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 80.

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Sunday’s High in Atlantic was 76. Our 24-hour low was 54. We received .59″ of an inch of rain in Atlantic, Sunday.

Area Baseball/Softball Scores from Sat., June 7th 2014

Sports

June 8th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

Baseball Scores:
Atlantic @ Winterset (game was cancelled due to rain)
Perry @ Nodaway Valley (Cancelled)
Orient-Macksburg @ Nodaway Valley (Cancelled)
Bishop Heelan Catholic 6, LeMars Gehlen Catholic 4
North Polk 3, Coon Rapids-Bayard 0

Softball Scores:
Kuemper Catholic 13, LeMars Gehlen Catholic 3
Missouri Valley 13, West Monona 1
Newell-Fonda 4, Charter Oak-Ute 0
Ft. Dodge/St. Edmond 10, Kuemper Catholic 4
Woodbine 6, Council Bluffs/St. Albert 5
Grandview Park Baptist 3 Coon Rapids-Bayard 0

IA Republican nominating convention moved from Creston to Urbandale

News

June 8th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

Iowa Republican Party Chairman Danny Carroll announced Saturday, that the location of the nominating convention has been moved from Creston, to Urbandale. The Republican nominee for Iowa’s 3rd Congressional District will be decided at a special nominating convention held on Saturday, June 21st, at the Des Moines Christian School (13007 Douglas Parkway), in Urbandale, as the Creston location announced earlier, is not available due to a scheduling conflict.

513 delegates will represent the 3rd District and select the GOP’s nominee for the 3rd Congressional District. Carroll said “As no candidate received the necessary 35% share of the vote in the primary election, rules state that the party’s nominee will be selected at a convention whose date and location is set by the Chairman.”

The state party will be mailing out notices to delegates and alternates, informing them of additional details for the June 21st special nominating convention. Delegates will credential in between 8:30am-9:45am with the convention being called to order at 10:00am.

 

Car vs. motorcycle injury accident in Council Bluffs

News

June 8th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

Police in Council Bluffs say one person was injured Saturday afternoon, following a car-versus-motorcycle accident  at the intersection of Avenue A and north 36th Street. Authorities report 21-year old Tyler Norman, of Council Bluffs, suffered life-threatening injuries during the crash, and was transported by Council Bluffs Fire and Rescue to Creighton University Medical Center in Omaha. Officials said he was not wearing a helmet.

Norman was operating a 2013 Kawasaki motorcycle westbound on Avenue at around 3:55-p.m., when he hit the right rear of a 1998 Chrysler Sebring that was traveling north on North 36th Street. The driver of the car, 45-year old Ramona Springman, of Manilla, was transported by private vehicle to Jennie Edmundson Hospital, in Council Bluffs.

Speed is considered to be a factor in the crash, which remains under investigation.

Email scam uses legitimate news to con victims

News

June 7th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – A new email scam is playing off the good fortunes of a Kansas City man who won a huge lottery last year to entice potential victims to shell out hundreds of dollars to claim their share of the prize. The Kansas City Star reports people all over the U.S. have received emails saying the local mechanic who won a $71.5 million Powerball jackpot in December wants to give then $750,000 each as his way of “paying it forward.”

But authorities warn the ruse has all the earmarks of a Nigerian letter fraud scheme that has been going on even before the Internet. FBI spokeswoman Bridget Patton reminds people of the old adage that anything that looks too good to be true probably is.