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Omaha to host 2016 US swim trials for 3rd time

Sports

April 28th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — The 2016 U.S. Olympic swimming trials are going back to Omaha for the third time. USA Swimming President Bruce Stratton announced the decision to return to Nebraska on Saturday. San Antonio and St. Louis were the other finalists. Omaha has hosted the last two trials, in 2012 and 2008. Last year’s eight-day event was attended by more than 164,000 fans and the meet was broadcast live in prime time on NBC. Two temporary pools were built inside the CenturyLink Center for the event.

USA Swimming assistant executive director Mike Unger says Omaha won again because the setup for the athletes and coaches was the best among the three finalists. The trials will be held in early July.

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Harrison upstages packed Drake hurdles field

Sports

April 28th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Queen Harrison ran a world-leading 12.71 seconds in the 100-meter hurdles Saturday to win the marquee event at the Drake Relays. Dawn Harper was second, and fellow Olympian Kellie Wells third — just like they did at the London Games — and Des Moines native Lolo Jones was fourth.

Zusana Hejnova of the Czech Republic cruised to the 400 hurdles title in a world-leading 54.41. Germany’s Bjorn Otto won the men’s pole vault at 18 feet, 8 1/4 inches and Reese Hoffa took the shot put title.

Spain’s Ruth Beitia won the women’s high jump at 6-4 3/4 and Nick Willis took the men’s mile in 3:55.70.

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Drake Relays-Prep Results

Sports

April 28th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Saturday(equals)

At Des Moines(equals)

All race distances in meters(equals)

Boys(equals)

1600_1, Josh Evans, Linn-Mar, 4 minutes, 10.86 seconds, Drake Relays record, old record 4:11.57, Steve Griener, Pekin, 1979. 2, Jason Thomas, Dowling Catholic, 4:14.33. 3, Chandler Austin, Boone, 4:18.74. 4, Caleb Drake, Pleasant Valley, 4:19.24. 5, Wick Cunningham, Knoxville, 4:19.49. 6, Bailey Wetherell, Iowa City West, 4:20.53. 7, Tanner Rathje, Linn-Mar, 4:22.79. 8, Will Norris, Spirit Lake Park, 4:23.04.

400 hurdles_1, Jack Bergstrom, Johnston, 52.96. 2, Derek Jones, Glenwood, 53.11. 3, Raheem Black, Fort Madison, 53.36. 4, Noah Larrison, Waukee, 53.74. 5, Jason Banker, Clinton, 53.80. 6, Sydne Davis, Des Moines Roosevelt, 54.54. 7, Tommy Thorne, Mount Pleasant, 54.64. 8, Zach Weiss, Ames, 55.07.7, Waukee, 8:02.18. 8, Ames, 8:04.15.

4x100_1, Des Moines Lincoln, Vybert Greene, Mason Downing, Jordan Bryson, Jordan Cheatem, 42.78. 2, Linn-Mar, 42.78. 3, Iowa City West, 43.15. 4, Johnston, 43.19. 5, Waukee, 43.45. 6, Cedar Rapids Xavier, 43.56. 7, Bettendorf, 44.12. Southeast Polk DNF.

4×400 relay_1, Cedar Rapids Prairie, Tristan Beyer, Lucas Howes, Jarred Edmonds, Demetrius Harpter, 3:21.52. 2, Glenwood, 3:21.92. 3, Cedar Falls, 3:21.92. 4, Marion, 3:22.47. 5, Clinton, 3:22.69. 6, Albia, 3:22.84. 7, Waukee, 3:22.90. 8, Linn-Mar, 3:26.83.

4×800 relay_1, Iowa City West, Bailey Wetherell, Cole Hatzky, Daniel Gardarsson, Kaleb Griener, 7:48.99. 2, Monticello, 7:49.41. 3, Iowa City High, 7:51.02. 4, Pleasant Valley, 7:57.03. 5, Linn-Mar, 8:00.41. 6, Dubuque Senior, 8:01.77.

Shuttle hurdle relay_1, Waukee, Noah Larrison, Josh Brdicko, Riley Gray, Jared Brdicko, 57.35. 2, Cedar Rapids Kennedy, 57.36. 3, Linn-Mar, 57.54. 4, Norwalk, 58.64.

Girls(equals)

1500_1, Stephanie Jenks, Linn-Mar, 4:35.22. 2, Karissa Schweizer, Dowling Catholic, 4:37.39. 3, Anna Holdiman, Waverly-Shell Rock, 4:40.02. 4, Grace Coen, Newton, 4:40.45. 5, Allison Gregg, Cedar Falls, 4:41.22. 6, Rebekah Topham, Griswold, 4:42.27. 7, Abby Caldwell, Waverly-Shell Rock, 4:44.09. 8, Lauren Benzing, Solon, 4:45.71.

400 hurdles_1, Sarah Plock, Iowa City High, 1:01.56. 2, Anne Leners, Pleasant Valley, 1:02.75. 3, Jenny Roberts, Ankeny, 1:02.95. 4, Sammie Osterberger, Dubuque Senir, 1:04.11. 5, Taylor Glover, Spencer, 1:04.36. 6, Rebekah Topham, Griswold, 1:05.56. 7, Kim Kroeze, Western Christian, 1:06.22. 8, Carly Donahue, Pleasant Valley, 1:06.26.

4×100 relay_Des Moines Roosevelt, Teanna Lewis, Briyana Carter, Jalynn Roberts-Lewis, Agnes Sayeh, 47.67. 2, Davenport Assumption, 48.29. 3, Cedar Rapids Jefferson, 48.46. 4, Dowling Catholic, 48.97. 5, Cedar Falls, 49.47. 6, Cedar Rapids Washington, 49.66. 7, Iowa City High, 49.84. 8, Iowa City West, 51.23.

4×400 relay_1, Pleasant Valley, Kaley Ciluffo, Carly Donahue, Kathryn Leidahl, Claire Schwarz, 3:52.97. 2, Davenport Assumption, 3:56.45. 3, Des Moines Christian, 3:57.03. 4, Cedar Rapids Jefferson, 3:59.53. 5, West Des Moines Valley, 3:59.54. 6, Waukee, 4:01.76. 7, Urbandale, 4:02.73. 8, Bettendorf, 4:07.89.

4×800 relay_1, West Des Moines Valley, Emily Seibel, Melissa Shepherd, Torey Brown, Lydia Saggau, 9:24.84. 2, Ankeny, 9:27.26 3, Ames, 9:27.44. 4, Linn-Mar, 9:28.76. 5, Waukee, 9:28.95. 6, Pleasant Valley, 9:31.15. 7, Iowa City West, 9:32.22. 8, Bettendorf, 9:36.81.

Shuttle hurdle relay_1, Waukee, Emma Drees, Emily Kamm, Mallory Smith, Maddie Rouw, 1:02.84, Drake Relays record, old record 1:03.29, Waukee, 2012. 2, West Des Moines Valley, 1:04.17. 3, Dowling Catholic, 1:04.64. Cedar Rapids Jefferson DQ.

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Iowa RB Canzeri impresses in spring ball

Sports

April 28th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A crowd of roughly 16,500 Iowa football fans was given a show Saturday by running back Jordan Canzeri. The sophomore running back looked like his old self after missing all of last season with a knee injury. Canzeri made swift cuts and displayed significant acceleration during Iowa’s 2013 spring game at Kinnick Stadium.

His performance was well received, both by the fans and coaches who watched him. Some of his family even traveled all the way from his hometown of Troy, New York just to watch him scrimmage.

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Martin’s homer lifts Pirates over Cardinals

Sports

April 28th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Russell Martin hit a two-run home run to highlight a four-run seventh inning and the Pittsburgh Pirates rallied to beat the St. Louis Cardinals 5-3 on Saturday. The comeback gave A.J. Burnett (2-2) his second victory over St. Louis in 10 days. He gave up two runs and five hits in six innings. His six strikeouts expanded his team record for month of April to a league-leading 48. Burnett threw seven shutout innings in a 5-0 win over St. Louis on April 17.

St. Louis starter Jake Westbrook left after six innings with a 2-0 lead in search of his 100th career victory. He struck out six and scattered six hits to lower his ERA to 0.98 in four starts. The Pirates had three consecutive hits against Joe Kelly (0-1) to lead off the seventh and were aided by a hit by pitch and a walk to score four runs.

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NWS Forecast for the KJAN listening area: Sun., April 28th 2013

Weather

April 28th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

445 AM CDT SUN APR 28 2013

EARLY THIS MORNING...CLEAR. SOUTH WIND NEAR 5 MPH.

TODAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGH IN THE UPPER 70S. SOUTH WIND 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH.

TONIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT. LOW IN THE MID 50S. SOUTHEAST WIND NEAR 10 MPH.

MONDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MID MORNING. HIGH IN THE MID 70S. SOUTHEAST WIND NEAR 10 MPH.

MONDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW IN THE UPPER 50S. SOUTH WIND 5 TO 15 MPH.

TUESDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH IN THE MID 70S. TEMPERATURE STEADY OR SLOWLY FALLING IN THE AFTERNOON. SOUTHWEST WIND 5 TO 15 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

TUESDAY NIGHT…THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY THROUGH MIDNIGHT…THEN SHOWERS WITH THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOW IN THE UPPER 40S. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 80 PERCENT.

WEDNESDAY…RAIN…BREEZY. MUCH COOLER. HIGH IN THE LOWER 50S. CHANCE OF RAIN 80 PERCENT.

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DUANE KAISER, 88, of Rural Lewis (Svcs. 5-2-2013)

Obituaries

April 27th, 2013 by admin

DUANE KAISER, 88, of Rural Lewis died Sat., Apr., 27th at his home. A funeral service for DUANE KAISER will be held at 1:30 PM Thurs., May 2nd in the Roland Funeral Home in Atlantic.

Open visitation at Rolands Monday-Wednesday from 8:00 AM to 5:30 PM with family meeting friends from 6:00 to 8:00 PM Wed., May 1st.

Burial in the Lewis Oakwood Cemetery. Grave side Military Rites by Griswold American Legion Post 508.

DUANE KAISER is survived by:

His children, Susan (Warren) Schuler of Springdale, AK, Danny Kaiser of Lewis, Wesley (Bonnie) Kaiser of Bellevue, NE, Nancy (Doug) Radford of Griswold and Sherry (Shawn) Askeland of Griswold.

Sisters, Corinne Gunderson of Auburn, WA and Dorothy Johnson of Griswold.

Brother, Roy Kaiser of Redmond, WA

And five grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.

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Senate pushes to reopen some unemployment offices

News

April 27th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

DES MOINES, Iowa(AP) — Senate Democrats are pushing to reopen some unemployment offices that closed amid a shift to offering more services by computer, but they acknowledge the governor’s opposition will likely stop their effort. The Democrats, who hold a majority in the state Senate, have included $2.7 million in their economic development budget to reopen unemployment offices in Ames, Atlantic, Clinton, Denison and Newton. Supporters of the effort say those areas need extra attention to help unemployed people.

But supporters like Democratic Sen. Bill Dotzler, of Waterloo, acknowledge Gov. Terry Branstad opposes the effort and Republicans likely won’t support it. Branstad has been behind the effort to close dozens of unemployment office and install computers in more than 1,000 spots where job seeks can file for unemployment, search for jobs and build resumes.

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Saturday Morning Forecast 4-27-2013

Podcasts, Weather

April 27th, 2013 by admin

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MARION RUTH HENDRICKS, 79, of Harlan (Memorial Svc. 5/3/13)

Obituaries

April 27th, 2013 by admin

MARION RUTH HENDRICKS, 79, of Harlan died Fri., Apr., 26th in Harlan. A Memorial services for MARION HENDRICKS will be held 11-a.m. Fri., May 3rd, at the Burmeister-Johannsen Funeral Home in Harlan.

MARION HENDRICKS is survived by:

Her Sons – Victor Conrad of Harlan, Ray Petersen (& special friend, Judy Pyles) of Waldron, AR and Rodger Petersen of Harlan.

Her daughters – Cindy (Charles) Allmon of Harlan and Judy (Dean) Allmon of Manilla

Her brothers – Clarence (Irmgard) Fox of Monroe, LA and Fred (LaVonne) Fox of Harlan

Her sisters – Virginia Rold of Harlan and Maryanne Knouse of TX

16 grandchildren and many great-grandchildren.

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