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Berry Salad (10-8-13)

Mom's Tips

October 8th, 2013 by Jim Field

  • 1 – 10 oz. package of frozen sliced strawberries
  • 1 – 10 oz. package of frozen raspberries, thawed
  • 1 – 6 oz. box of strawberry or raspberry Jello
  • 1 1/2 cups of boiling water
  • 1/2 cup cranberry juice or apple juice
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice

Drain strawberries or raspberries; reserve syrup.  In a bowl, dissolve jello in boiling water.  Stir in juice, reserved syrup and lemon juice.  Chill about 45 minutes or until partially set.  Fold in berries.  Chill four hours and serve.

(Cloris Mehmen)

 

Heartbeat Today 10-08-2013

Heartbeat Today, Podcasts

October 8th, 2013 by admin

Jim Field speaks with Angie Smith from Narcanon Arrowhead Agency about the problems with synthetic marijuana and synthetic drugs.

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Northwest Iowa woman claims $1M Powerball prize

News

October 8th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – A 52-year-old northwest Iowa woman has claimed her $1 million Powerball prize.  Debbie Sheldon went to the Iowa Lottery headquarters on Monday after working a few hours at her job in Rock Valley. She’d bought the ticket at a convenience store in Sheldon. The ticket matched the first five numbers but missed the Powerball number. It was one of five tickets nationwide to win $1 million in Saturday’s drawing.

Sheldon and her husband, Dave, plan to use the money to help their children and grandchildren and put a little money away for retirement.  Debbie Sheldon says the money also will let her and her husband “breathe financially a little bit now.”

No one won Saturday’s $88 million jackpot, so the prize will increase to about $108 million for Wednesday’s drawing.

7AM Newscast 10-08-2013

News, Podcasts

October 8th, 2013 by admin

w/ Ric Hanson

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Nodaway Valley Cross Country Invitational Results

Sports

October 8th, 2013 by Jim Field

Girls Team Scores:

1. Griswold 54

2. Creston 84

3. West Central Valley 108

4. Exira/EHK 134

5. A-C/CAM 160

 

Girls Top Finishers:

1. Rebekah Topham, Griswold

2. Destiny Scar, Nodaway Valley

3. Alyx Flippin, Griswold

4. Maria Mostek, Creston

5. Charissa Mogler, Bedford

 

Boys Team Scores:

1. Creston 74

2. Nodaway Valley 77

3. Van Meter 98

4. Clarinda 146

5. Griswold 146

 

Boys Top Finishers:

1. Cooper McDermott, Creston

2. Noah Larsen, Moiunt Ayr

3. Jay Wolfe, Creston

4. Shane Breheny, Nodaway Valley

JOANN VILLEGAS, 75, of Irwin (10-12-13)

Obituaries

October 8th, 2013 by admin

JOANN VILLEGAS, 75, of Irwin died Tuesday, October 8th at home.  Funeral services for JOANN VILLEGAS will be held on Saturday, October 12th at 10:30 am in the St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Irwin.  Ohde Funeral Home in Manilla has the arrangements.

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Friends may call Friday from 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm at the funeral home.  Visitation will resume at 9:30 am Saturday at the church.

Burial in the Oak Hill Cemetery near Irwin.

JOANN VILLEGAS is survived by:

Husband:  John Villegas of Irwin.

Daughter:  Jodean Rupert-Groesbeck of Oklahoma City, OK.

Son:  Roderick “Rowdey” Rupert of Parkers Prairie, MN.

Sister:  Kathy Bohlmann of Brayton.

Brothers:  David (Jolene) Bohlmann of Manning; Jerry (Mary) Bohlmann of Cheyenne, WY; Rick (Tauna) Bohlmann of Audubon.

Step-Sister:  Susan (Michael) Lapham of Audubon

Step-Brothers:  Willis (Dawn) Bruhn of Audubon; Orrin (Carol) Bruhn of Irwin; Edward (Veronica) Bruhn of Santee, CA; Russell (Bev) Bruhn of Audubon.

11 Grandchildren

9 Great-Grandchildren

(Podcast) Skyscan Forecast: Tue., Oct. 8th 2013

Podcasts, Weather

October 8th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

The (podcast) Freese-Notis/Weather.Net forecast for the KJAN listening area, and weather information for Atlantic…

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Shenandoah woman arrested for Public Intox

News

October 8th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

Police in Red Oak report the arrest Monday evening of a woman on alcohol-related charges. 38-year old Ginger Lee Reed, of Shenandoah, was arrested at around 9:30-p.m. in the 1000 block of East Maple Street in Red Oak, on a charge of Public Intoxication. Reed was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on $300 cash bond.

Weekly crop report not available

Ag/Outdoor, News, Weather

October 8th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

Due to the Federal government shutdown, the USDA National Agriculture Statistics Service (NASS) has not completed the weekly crop progress and condition report that is released weekly during the growing season. Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey issued a statement Monday on harvest progress, however.

Northey said “Unfortunately due to the Federal government shutdown we will not have a crop progress report this week. In general, what I’m hearing from around the state is that many farmers were able to start harvesting before the wet weather moved in late last week. If we get several days of dry, warm weather this week as forecasted, that will help crops dry down and farmers will again be busy harvesting both corn and soybeans.”

State Climatologist Harry Hillaker, with the Iowa Department of Agriculture & Land Stewardship says weather-wise, the big news of the week was the severe weather impacting northwestern Iowa on Friday (4th) evening. Damage surveys are ongoing, however it would appear that this was Iowa’s largest tornado event for so late in the year since the outbreak of November 12, 2005. Tornado damage was reported from Woodbury, Plymouth, Cherokee and Buena Vista counties with large hail and high winds reported from an additional 15 counties across north central, southwest and central Iowa.

The past reporting week began with dry weather prevailing from Sunday (29th) through Wednesday (2nd) afternoon. Thunderstorms developed over western Iowa late Wednesday and spread across far northern and far southern Iowa on Thursday (3rd) morning. Thunderstorms brought widespread moderate to heavy rain from west central into east central Iowa late Thursday into Friday afternoon with a few reports of large hail and high wind in central Iowa. Friday evening’s storms were mostly confined to about the northwest one-half of the state with the heaviest rains centered upon Worth, Mitchell and Floyd counties. Weekly rain totals varied from only 0.02 inches at Fairfield to 5.19 inches near Colwell in Floyd County.

The statewide average precipitation was 1.19 inches while normal for the week is 0.69 inches. This was Iowa’s wettest week in 14 weeks (late June). Meanwhile, unseasonably warm and humid air dominated the state from Monday (30th) through Friday (4th) with afternoon highs reaching into the 80’s each day over much of Iowa. Sunday (29th) and Saturday (5th) at the beginning and end of the period brought seasonal temperatures. Temperature extremes varied from afternoon highs of 88 degrees at Sioux City on Wednesday (2nd) and at Donnellson, Fort Madison and Keokuk on Friday (4th) to Saturday (5th) morning lows of 37 degrees at Hawarden, Le Mars, Rock Rapids, Sibley and Sioux Center. Temperatures for the week as a whole averaged 7.7 degrees above normal.

Ernst says DC power brokers need to “sit down & communicate”

News

October 8th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

U.S. Senate candidate Joni Ernst says communication is the key to resolving the partisan impasse in Washington, D.C. “You absolutely have to be communicating,” Ernst says, “even with people you may not agree on those same ideas or same philosophies, but you know what? You have to sit down and communicate — period.” Ernst is one of a handful of candidates who are running for the Republican Party’s 2014 nomination for the U.S. Senate. Ernst and competitors Sam Clovis and Matt Whitaker signed an online petition calling for an “ObamaCare Showdown” over “defunding” the Affordable Care Act.

“We need to repeal and replace ObamaCare,” Ernst says. “I know that they are working hard to do that, but they have to communicate.” Ernst was at the statehouse Monday to publicly receive the endorsement of Lieutenant Governor Kim Reynolds. Afterwards, Ernst was asked by a reporter if the federal government shutdown was the “wrong strategy” for Republicans in congress. “I don’t know that it’s the wrong strategy,” Ernst replied. “But, again, they need to be working through this situation and I don’t see the communication right now.”

Ernst, a state senator from Red Oak, is also a battalion commander in the Iowa National Guard.

(Radio Iowa)