With KJAN News Director Ric Hanson….
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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – Fans attending the College World Series at night will notice some new lighting on the Road to Omaha sculpture in front of the main gate at TD Ameritrade Park. Lighting fixtures and glass panels attached to the sculpture’s concrete backsplash, as well as a new spotlight, provide a different kind of illumination.
CWS Inc. president Jack Diesing Jr. said the lighting is synchronized to provide an alternating spectrum of colors behind the sculpture. The 1,500-pound bronze sculpture was created by John Lajba and depicts four baseball players celebrating victory at home plate. It was dedicated in 1999 and moved to the downtown ballpark from its original location at the old Rosenblatt Stadium.
Here’s the Freese-Notis (Podcast) weather forecast for Atlantic & the KJAN listening area, and weather information for Atlantic…
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402 AM CDT FRI JUN 14 2013
EARLY THIS MORNING…SCATTERS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. NORTHEAST WIND NEAR 10 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 70 PERCENT.
TODAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING…THEN THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH IN THE LOWER 80S. SOUTHEAST WIND 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 60 PERCENT.
TONIGHT…THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY. LOW IN THE UPPER 60S. SOUTH WIND 5 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 70 PERCENT.
SATURDAY…THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY. HIGH IN THE MID 80S. TEMPERATURE STEADY OR SLOWLY FALLING IN THE AFTERNOON. SOUTHWEST WIND NEAR 5 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 60 PERCENT.
SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. LOW IN THE MID 60S. HIGH IN THE LOWER 80S. SOUTHEAST WIND NEAR 5 MPH.
SUNDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. LOW IN THE MID 60S.
MONDAY...PARTLY SUNNY. HIGH IN THE UPPER 70S.
Baseball Scores…
Adair-Casey 3, Orient-Macksburg 1
Ar-We-Va, Westside 2, EHK-Exira 1
Bishop Garrigan, Algona 15, Pocahontas Area 7
Bishop Heelan Catholic, Sioux City 2, Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 1
CAM, Anita 17, Iowa Christian Academy 9
Central Decatur, Leon 10, Corning 5
Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 5, Bishop Heelan Catholic, Sioux City 4
Glenwood 11, Creston 6
Guthrie Center 8, Earlham 1
Harlan 4, Denison-Schleswig 2
Interstate 35, Truro 13, Nodaway Valley 6
Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 9, Atlantic 1
Missouri Valley 10, IKM-Manning 8
Nishnabotna 8, Logan-Magnolia 5 (Lo-Ma Tournament)
OA-BCIG 4, St. Mary’s, Storm Lake 3
Red Oak 11, Clarinda 0
Treynor 16, Nishnabotna 5 (Lo-Ma Tournament)
Treynor 19, Logan-Magnolia 2
Van Meter 15, Panorama, Panora 0 (4 innings)
West Central Valley, Stuart 17, Woodward-Granger 3
Softball scores…
Central Decatur, Leon 5, Corning 1
Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 6, Bishop Heelan, Sioux City 2
Creston 4, Glenwood 1
Essex 15, Villisca 9
Exira-EHK 6, Grandview Park Baptist 1
Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 8, Atlantic 2
Logan-Magnolia 14, Missouri Valley 4
Orient-Macksburg 12, Adair-Casey 0
Tri-Center, Neola 15, IKM-Manning 0
Villisca 7, East Mills 6
Winterset 1, Carroll 0
Winterset 7, Carroll 1
Woodward-Granger 11, West Central Valley, Stuart 6
Residents and businesses in Treynor can expect faster internet service thanks to efforts of the Mayor and others, who took charge of an effort broaden access to wireless communications. According to the Daily NonPareil,Mayor Bryce Polland and a group of citizens in Treynor approached Spiral Communications of Glenwood, for help. The company says it plans to install fiber optic cables throughout Treynor proper and broaden wireless access to surrounding rural areas.
Mayor Polland said he’s heard concerns from residents who need faster Internet speeds to work at home. Officials with Spiral Communications say expanded internet service also contributes to economic development, by attracting new businesses to town and assisting existing, home-based businesses.
Company officials say they hope ground work on the project can start in July and be completed by October. They will run the fiber optics underground in some areas, and connect to telephone poles in others.
The Mills and Harrison County Attorney’s Offices will be called upon to handle cases against a Crescent man who allegedly threatened the Assistant Pottawattamie County Attorney. The Daily NonPareil reports the Pottawattamie County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Thursday to approve the appointment of special prosecutors to handle cases against 56-year old Paul Grindstaff, who’s accused of threatening an assistant county attorney.
Assistant county attorney Maggie Reyes asked the board Thursday to allow the Mills County Attorney’s Office to prosecute Grindstaff, who is charged with first-degree harassment and terroristic threats after allegedly sending threatening emails to the Pottawattamie County Attorney’s Office. The paper says a second case involving a theft by Grindstaff will be handled by the Harrison County Attorney’s Office.
Grindstaff was arrested in Omaha in May. According to court documents, a grandchild was removed from his care in Douglas County (Neb.) in February. In April, his guardianship was dissolved. The affidavit in support of Grindstaff’s arrest alleges after the guardianship was dissolved, he continually emailed assistant county attorney Dawn Landon, who was involved in the case because the office represents the Department of Human Services by Iowa Code.
The state alleges the communications threatened bodily harm and intended to intimidate, annoy or alarm the recipient. Grindstaff was released on a $50,000 bond. A preliminary hearing in the case is set for July 10th.Reyes said there is an unwritten agreement between county attorney offices to cover each other in the event of a conflict of interest. She said Pottawattamie County would pay for any costs associated with prosecuting the cases, but they will not pay the other county attorney offices for their work.
A Nebraska woman suffered minor, possible injuries during an accident Wednesday night near the Ameristar Casino, in Council Bluffs. The Iowa State Patrol reports 46-year old Sandra Rodriguez-Pena, of Bellevue, NE, who was wearing her seat belt, was transported by Council Bluffs Fire and Rescue to Mercy Hospital in Council Bluffs. Officials say her 2002 Chevy Cavalier was traveling west on Nebraska Avenue a a little after 10-p.m. Wednesday, and heading into the Ameristar parking lot, at the same time a 2010 Chrysler Sebring driven by 18-year old Kaitlin Jens, of Glenwood, was traveling east on Nebrska Avenue and coming out of the Ameristar lot turning left onto the ramp to get to Interstate 29 southbound. The vehicles collided in the middle of the intersection.
Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Governor Terry Branstad has issued a disaster emergency proclamation for Des Moines County. The proclamation announced yesterday follows similar action for other counties due to spring storm and flooding damage. Branstad also activated an individual assistance program that provides grants of up to $5,000 for home or car repairs, clothing or food replacements and temporary housing expenses.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Senator Tom Harkin and three other Senators are asking Nickelodeon to ban ads targeted at children that promote and sell junk food and sugar. Nickelodeon says in a statement it is committed to fighting childhood obesity but will “leave the science of nutrition to the experts.” Last June, the Walt Disney Company banned junk food ads on its television channels, radio stations and websites.
DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — A 27-year-old Bettendorf woman has been accused of leaving her infant in her car while working out at a Davenport fitness center. The Quad-City Times says Amanda Broihier faces a misdemeanor count of child endangerment.
DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — Government data shows Iowa’s Hispanic population continues to increase at a much higher rate than the state’s overall population. U.S. Census Bureau data released yesterday shows more than 162,800 Latinos lived in the state in July 2012. That’s a 3.2 percent increase from the year before, and 10 times the estimated increase for the state’s overall population for the year.
Cass County Auditor Dale Sunderman reports nomination papers may be circulated now for the September 10th, 2013 school board elections in Cass County. Nomination papers for offices to be filled in 2013 can be filed (with the school board secretary) July 8, 2013 through August 1, 2013. All offices are four year terms.
In Cass County, Iowa the following offices will appear on the ballots for the respective school districts on September 10, 2013:
Atlantic Community School District
Two At Large local directors, who are nominated and elected at large (Minimum of 50 signatures are needed for nomination) Incumbents: Kristy Pellett & Josh McLaren, both from Atlantic.
CAM Community School District
One North District, one South District local director and one At Large local Director: The nominees must live in the respective districts. They are nominated and elected at large (Minimum of 23 signatures for nomination).
North District Incumbent: Chuck Kinzie, of Anita. South District Incumbent: Gary Dinkla, of Massena. At Large local director Incumbent: Nick Kauffman, of Adair.
Griswold Community School District
One District 3 and one District 4 local director: Nominees must live in their respective districts. They will be nominated and elected by district (Minimum of 10 signatures for nomination, each.)
And, two At Large local directors, who will be nominated and elected at large (Minimum of 25 signatures for nomination).
Because the Griswold School Director District Plan has changed from seven local director districts to four local director districts and three directors elected at large, the incumbents of the new districts are not known. The following four current directors’ terms will expire in 2013: Robert Peterson, of Elliott; Scott Peterson, Elliott; Steve Baier, of Griswold; Tom Moore, of Griswold.
Election information, including candidate nomination forms, is available online at the Iowa Secretary of State’s website, from the local school board secretary’s offices and from the county auditor’s offices. Check with your local school board secretary for local school board director district boundaries.