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Possible house fire south of Atlantic Saturday morning – updated

News

January 25th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

(Update 7:22-a.m.)

The Atlantic Fire Department has been called to the scene of a possible house fire this (Saturday) morning. Two separate callers reported seeing flames from a distance, at a home near Highway 71 and the Landfill Road, not Lansing Road, as the first caller had initially indicated. The first call came in at around 7:13-a.m.

We’ll update this information as it becomes available.

 

 

Democrats say Iowa’s behind national average in spending on schools

News

January 25th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

Democrats in the Iowa Senate this week will start drafting legislation that would forward more state tax dollars to public schools for the 2015/2016 school year. Senate Democratic Leader Mike Gronstal says the State of Iowa is about 15-hundred dollars behind the national average in per pupil spending. “So we’re well below the midpoint in terms of the support we provide for students in this state and we’ve been slipping,” Gronstal says. House Speaker Leader Kraig Paulsen of Hiawatha — the top Republican in the legislature — says Republicans won’t take up the Democrats’ school spending proposal.

“Here’s the deal: we’re not going back to the days where Governor Culver was making all kinds of promises and then turning around doing across-the-board cuts,” Paulsen says. “That 10 percent across-the-board cut that he did was one of the most devastating things that happened to schools.” In the fall of 2009 as state tax revenue started to fall because of the recession, Governor Culver imposed a 10 percent across-the-board cut in the entire state budget, including state aid to schools.

(Radio Iowa)

NE man arrested for attempted murder of two bluffs women

News

January 25th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

COUNCIL BLUFFS (AP) — A Nebraska man has been charged in an arrest warrant with attempted murder after police say he threatened a woman and her teenage daughter with a circular saw last month. The Council Bluffs Nonpareil reports that 34-year-old Jerry Stilen, of La Vista, Neb., was arrested Thursday at the Pottawattamie County Jail in Council Bluffs, where he was being held on other charges.

Police says Stilen broke into the Council Bluffs home of a 37-year-old ex-girlfriend on Dec. 23 and threatening her with a circular saw. Police say he choked the woman, and when her 15-year-old daughter fled, he chased her down and choked and threatened the girl, too. A neighbor called police to report the attack.

Stilen remains in the jail on $110,000 bond.

Glenwood Police investigate shooting near elementary school

News

January 25th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

Police in Glenwood are investigating a shooting incident which occurred near an elementary school Friday afternoon. According to the Daily NonPareil, Douglas Trent Good, of Glenwood man was taken to the hospital  after a unknown person accidentally discharged a firearm into his leg while sitting in a car waiting to pick up children at West Elementary in Glenwood. A report on Good’s condition was not immediately available. No other injuries were reported. KETV says Douglas Trent Good told emergency operators he shot himself in the leg, while waiting in the playground pick-up area.

Superintendent Devin Embray of the Glenwood Community School District said the incident happened about 3:30 p.m. in the lower playground parking lot. Police were trying to determine why Good had a .9-mm handgun on school property, and the circumstances surrounding the shooting.

Iowa supporters encourage Clinton to run in 2016

News

January 25th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton hasn’t announced if she will run for president in 2016, but her supporters in the early voting state of Iowa are getting organized anyway. Top Iowa Democrats are set to gather in Des Moines today (Saturday) for an event aimed at building support for a potential Clinton White House bid. Craig Smith, the national chairman of the Ready for Hillary group, is scheduled to address the gathering.

Hosts of the event include the state chairs for Clinton’s 2008 campaign and President Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign. Ready for Hillary is a so-called super PAC building a national network to benefit Clinton should she decide to seek the presidency in 2016. The former secretary of state and 2008 presidential candidate hasn’t disclosed her plans.

Iowa News Headlines: Sat., Jan. 25th 2014

News

January 25th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press…

JOHNSTON, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa National Guard is closing an armory in the southern Iowa city of Centerville. The Guard announced in a news release last night that officials had decided to immediately close the armory after studying its force and infrastructure needs. The 21,000 Centerville armory was built in 1992.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Authorities are piecing together what happened at a northeast Iowa house where five bodies have been recovered after a fire. The fire in Arlington early yesterday left just a charred pile of smoking metal and siding. Ron Humphrey with the fire marshal’s office says autopsies will determine if any foul play was involved. Arlington is in Fayette County, about 125 miles northeast of Des Moines.

SULLY, Iowa (AP) — Officials have released the name of an Iowa inmate who died while working at a truck wash business. Department of Corrections spokesman Fred Scaletta says 26-year-old Willie Mercer was pronounced dead Tuesday at Sully Truck Wash in Sully. Officials have not determined his cause of death. Two other employees were found unconscious near Mercer inside a tank trailer. They remain hospitalized.

ROSEVILLE, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota and Iowa state lotteries have unveiled a new two-state game in which players win by matching all of the numbers — or none of them. All or Nothing players will choose 12 numbers from a pool of 24. A $1 ticket gives players a shot at a top prize of $100,000.

Boys High School Basketball Scores from 1/24/14

Sports

January 25th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

Hawkeye 10:

  • Atlantic 56, Clarinda 32
  • Harlan 67, Red Oak 47
  • Kuemper Catholic 62, Denison-Schleswig 37
  • Shenandoah 58, Glenwood 57
  • St. Albert 64, Creston 57

Western Iowa:

  • Griswold 53, Missouri Valley 52
  • IKM-Manning 68, Tri-Center 40
  • Treynor 45, Underwood 32
  • Logan-Magnolia 62, Riverside 42
  • A-H-S-T 66, Audubon 41

Rolling Valley:

  • Ar-We-Va 82, Charter Oak-Ute 56
  • Coon Rapids-Bayard 63, Woodbine 42
  • Glidden-Ralston 63, Adair-Casey 52
  • Paton-Churdan 54, CAM 34
  • Boyer Valley 78, West Harrison 62

Others:

  • Bedford 55, Interstate 35 54
  • Bondurant Farrar 69, Carroll 59
  • Nodaway Valley 67,  Central Decatur 62
  • CB Abraham Lincoln 58, CB Thomas Jefferson 41
  • Lenox 71, Southeast Warren 33
  • Madrid 56, West Central Valley 31
  • Martensdale-St. Marys 61, Southwest Valley 39

NWS forecast for Atlantic & the KJAN listening area 1/25/14

Weather

January 25th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

Today: A 20 percent chance of snow before 8am. Mostly sunny, with a temperature falling to around 26 by 11am. Breezy, with a north northwest wind 9 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph.
Tonight: Mostly cloudy, with a temperature rising to around 36 by 5am. Blustery, with a light and variable wind becoming west northwest 15 to 20 mph in the evening. Winds could gust as high as 28 mph.

**High Wind Watch in effect Sunday afternoon through and evening**
Sunday: A 20 percent chance of snow after 3pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 42. Windy, with a west northwest wind 13 to 23 mph increasing to 24 to 34 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 55 mph.
Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around -3. Wind chill values as low as -25. Very windy, with a north northwest wind 32 to 37 mph decreasing to 22 to 27 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 49 mph.

Monday: Mostly sunny and cold, with a high near 6. Blustery, with a north northwest wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph.
Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around -7.

Tuesday: Sunny and cold, with a high near 10.

High Wind Watch in effect for the KJAN listening area on Sunday

Weather

January 25th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

COUNTIES: HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-
SAC-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-CASS- ADAIR-MADISON-ADAMS-UNION– 409 AM CST SAT JAN 25 2014

…HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING.

* TIMING…SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING

* WINDS…WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH GUSTING TO 60 MPH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS… A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH…OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.

NE. man sentenced to 64 Months in Prison for escape from Bluffs facility

News

January 24th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

The U-S Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa reports a Nebraska man was sentenced Friday to almost 2 1/2-years in prison for escape from a residential care facility in Council Bluffs. 53-year old Michael E. Hannum, of Omaha, was sentenced by United States District Court Senior Judge Robert Pratt to 30 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for escape.

On November 1st, 2013, Hannum pled guilty to escaping on August 2nd, 2013, from CH Inc. the residential re-entry center in Council Bluffs. On August 4th, 2013, Hannum was arrested by officers with the Council Bluffs Police.

The investigation was conducted by the Council Bluffs Police Department and the United States Marshal Service, and the case was prosecuted by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa.