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ANNA MARIE HANSEN, 84, of Elk Horn (Formerly of Audubon) – Svcs. 8/2/13

Obituaries

August 1st, 2013 by Ric Hanson

ANNA MARIE HANSEN, 84, of Elk Horn (Formerly of Audubon), died Tue., July 30th, at the Salem Lutheran Homes in Elk Horn. Funeral services for ANNA HANSEN will be held 2-p.m. Fri., Aug. 2nd, at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church in Audubon. Kessler Funeral Home in Audubon has the arrangements.

A family visitation will be held at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church from 1-pm until the time of service, Friday.

Burial will be in the Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery, in Kimballton.

ANNA MARIE HANSEN is survived by:

Her children – Linda Garnett, of Harlan; Coleen Hines, of Audubon, and Tim Hansen (& Special Friend Cindy Baker), of Emmetsburg.

10 grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren, other relatives & friends.

(Podcast) Skyscan Forecast: Thu., Aug. 1st 2013

Podcasts, Weather

August 1st, 2013 by Ric Hanson

The Freese-Notis (podcast) weather forecast for Atlantic & the KJAN listening area, and weather information for Atlantic.

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NWS forecast for Cass & surrounding Counties in IA

Weather

August 1st, 2013 by Ric Hanson

344 AM CDT THU AUG 1 2013

EARLY THIS MORNING...MOSTLY CLEAR. PATCHY FOG. NORTHWEST WIND NEAR 5 MPH.

TODAY...PARTLY SUNNY. PATCHY FOG THROUGH MID MORNING. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. HIGH IN THE LOWER 80S. SOUTHWEST WIND NEAR 10 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 50 PERCENT.

TONIGHT…THUNDERSTORMS. LOW IN THE MID 60S. SOUTH WIND AROUND 5 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 80 PERCENT.

FRIDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH IN THE LOWER 80S. SOUTHEAST WIND AROUND 5 MPH.

FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW IN THE MID 60S. HIGH AROUND 80. NORTHEAST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.

SATURDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW IN THE UPPER 50S.

SUNDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH IN THE UPPER 70S.

SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. LOW IN THE MID 60S. HIGH IN THE LOWER 80S.

Cardinals place C Molina, OF Robinson on 15-day DL

Sports

August 1st, 2013 by Ric Hanson

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The St. Louis Cardinals have placed catcher Yadier Molina and outfielder Shane Robinson on the 15-day disabled list and recalled outfielder Adron Chambers and utility player Brock Peterson from Triple-A Memphis.

Molina has been dealing with a right knee sprain for more than a month. He left a 6-0 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday night after the third inning and flew to St. Louis on Wednesday for further examination. Molina is third in the National League with a .330 batting average. The All-Star said late Tuesday he tried to play through the pain but believes rest is a better option.

The injury comes at a difficult time for the Cardinals, who have lost a season-high six straight to fall 1½ games behind Pittsburgh in the NL Central.

Iowa early News Headlines: Thu., Aug. 1st 2013

News

August 1st, 2013 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

(Lenox) — An ATV accident in Adams County has claimed the life of a Lenox man, and injured a child. The Iowa State Patrol reports a volunteer firefighter found 41-year old Carey Ishikawa and an unidentified 9-year old boy were found underneath an overturned 1987 Honda ATV. The machine was located in a ditch near an intersection northwest of Lenox, at around 5:30-p.m., Wednesday.

WAVERLY, Iowa (AP) — A jury has awarded more than $80,000 to a former paralegal after finding that Floyd County didn’t respond appropriately to her repeated complaints about sexual harassment in the county attorney’s office. The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports that jurors returned their verdict yesterday afternoon, finding that Theresa Farmer was sexually harassed by fired County Attorney Jesse Marzen.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A Des Moines police lieutenant who pleaded guilty to a mortgage scheme has been sentenced to six month of home confinement and three years of probation. The Des Moines Register reports U.S. District Judge James Gritzner signed a sentencing order yesterday for Lieutenant Wade Wojewoda of Grimes requiring home confinement except for employment. Wojewoda’s lawyer says his police officer certification will likely be revoked.

WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — A Waterloo man who failed to register as a sex offender has been sentenced to more than three years in federal prison. The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports 41-year-old Dana Curry received the sentence Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Cedar Rapids. Curry pleaded guilty to the charge in March. Prosecutors say he did not properly update his sex offender registration in Iowa from mid-2010 through end of 2012.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Officials are still trying to figure out how to remove excessive algae from a popular pond in Des Moines. Des Moines television station KCCI reports city officials added aerators to the pond at Greenwood Park in an effort to help circulate the water.

State Baseball Tournament: scores from Wed., 7/31/13

Sports

August 1st, 2013 by Ric Hanson

CLASS 4-A Quarter-finals:

Clinton 10, Ankeny 8
Des Moines East 7, Davenport North 6 (9)
Johnston 2, Linn-Mar 0
Sioux City East 1, Cedar Rapids Xavier  0

Thursday’s Schedule at Principal Park in Des Moines:

CLASS 1-A Semi-finals:
12:00-p.m. – Newman Catholic vs. Twin Cedars
2:00-p.m. – Van Meter vs. Van Buren

CLASS 2-A Semi-finals:
6:00-p.m. – Beckman Catholic vs. Roland-Story
8:00-p.m. – North Polk vs. Kuemper Catholic

Pirates slip by Cardinals 5-4 for 4th straight win

Sports

July 31st, 2013 by Ric Hanson

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Russell Martin drove home Neal Walker with the go-ahead run in the eighth inning and the Pittsburgh Pirates rallied to beat the St. Louis Cardinals 5-4 on Wednesday night. Martin’s sharp grounder off Trevor Rosenthal (1-2) rolled into left field, giving Walker enough time to score from second. The Pirates’ fourth straight win over the Cardinals gave Pittsburgh a 2½-game lead in the NL Central.

St. Louis left 11 runners on base and dropped its seventh consecutive game. The Cardinals led 2-0, 3-1 and 4-2 but couldn’t hold on. Tony Watson (3-1) worked two shutout innings in relief. Mark Melancon pitched a perfect ninth for his fifth save. Matt Holliday had three hits and drove in two runs, and the Cardinals’ struggling offense put together 13 hits.

ATV accident claims the life of a SW IA man

News

July 31st, 2013 by Ric Hanson

An ATV accident in Adams County has claimed the life of a Lenox man, and injured a child. The Iowa State Patrol reports a volunteer firefighter found 41-year old Carey Ishikawa and an unidentified 9-year old boy underneath an overturned 1987 Honda ATV. The machine was located in a ditch near an intersection northwest of Lenox, at around 5:30-p.m., Wednesday.

Ishikawa was pronounced dead at the scene. The boy was transported by helicopter to Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines. Officials say the accident remains under investigation.

Iowa competing with Nebraska again for data center

News

July 31st, 2013 by Ric Hanson

Iowa is apparently vying with Nebraska for another multi-million dollar data center. The Omaha World Herald reports officials south of Omaha in Sarpy County, Nebraska will apply for 200-million dollars in state incentives for the center known as “Project Oasis.” Iowa’s Economic Development director has already said she would like to land Project Oasis after the state beat out Nebraska for a nearly one-BILLION dollar center in Altoona known as “Project Catapult.”

Google has invested or plans to invest one-and-a-half-BILLION dollars in its center in Council Bluffs and Microsoft is spending 677-million dollars on a data center in West Des Moines. The company behind Project Oasis has not been identified.

(Radio Iowa)

Change made to Iowa AMBER Alert criteria following Dayton, Evansdale abductions

News

July 31st, 2013 by Ric Hanson

Law enforcement officials have tweaked the criteria for issuing an AMBER Alert. The review of the criteria for activating an emergency notification to the public when a child is believed to be in danger was prompted by two high-profile kidnapping and murder cases in the state. Iowa State Patrol Major Todd Misel says the result is a “minor change” to one of the four criteria which a missing child case must meet for the activation of an AMBER Alert. The change involves striking the word “and” from the criteria language.

“We want it clarified that there is enough descriptive information about the child, abductor, or the suspect’s vehicle to believe an immediate broadcast alert will help,” Misel said, noting “and/or” was replaced by simply “or.” “By throwing the word ‘and’ in there, it makes you think that it’s inclusive and you need to have everything. We just want to place an emphasis on that — that’s not the case.” The review of AMBER Alert activations follows the abduction of a 15-year-old Dayton girl on May 20th and the disappearance of two girls in Evansdale in July 2012. All three girls were later found murdered. Many Iowans have questioned why AMBER Alerts were not issued in those two cases.

“In each of those cases…Evansdale, the criteria was really not there for an abduction, we weren’t aware of an abduction,” Misel says. “In Dayton, we were just getting ready to issue the AMBER Alert when we actually located the abductor and his vehicle in that case.” The man suspected in the Dayton kidnapping had hung himself. No one has been arrested in the Evansdale case. Misel says the meeting of the AMBER Alert Criteria Group also included discussion of an increased need for training of all Iowa law enforcement on the AMBER Alert criteria.

“It’s just important to make sure you have a good missing persons policy in place at your department…for example – abductions – when is it right to ask for the AMBER Alert to be issued? It would be a very good topic to train on, on a regular basis,” Misel said. A press release from the Iowa Department of Public Safety states: “It is critical that local agencies notify DPS quickly to increase the chances of a successfully recovering Iowa’s abducted children. Training opportunities will be identified in the near future.”

The AMBER Alert Criteria Group is made up of representatives from the Iowa Sheriff’s and Deputies Association, Iowa Police Chief’s Association, Iowa State Police Association, County Attorney’s Association, Iowa Attorney General’s Office, U.S. Attorney’s Office – Northern District, U.S. Attorney’s Office – Southern District, Iowa State Patrol, Iowa Department of Transportation, and the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation.

(Radio Iowa)