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Iowa stuns Michigan State 19-16 in double OT

Sports

October 13th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Mark Weisman ran for 116 yards and a tying touchdown in the final minute of regulation, and Iowa went on to beat Michigan State 19-16 in double overtime Saturday. Mike Meyer kicked field goals in both overtimes, including a 42-yarder in the second that gave the Hawkeyes (4-2, 2-0 Big Ten) their first lead of the game. Iowa then won it when Andrew Maxwell’s deflected pass was intercepted by Greg Castillo. Le’Veon Bell ran for 140 yards and a touchdown for Michigan State, but the Spartans (4-3, 1-2) couldn’t hold on late. Iowa drove 68 yards in nine plays and tied it at 13 on Weisman’s 5-yard scoring run with 55 seconds left in the fourth quarter.

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ROBERT NEWTON CALHOON, 82, of Oakland (Svcs. 10-17-12)

Obituaries

October 13th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

ROBERT NEWTON CALHOON, 82, of Oakland, died Fri, Oct. 12th, at the Avoca Nursing and Rehab Center, in Avoca.  A Memorial service for BOB CALHOON will be held 11-a.m. Wed., Oct. 17th, at the Oakland United Methodist Church. Rieken Vieth Funeral Home in Oakland has the arrangements.

Visitation with the family will be held on Tuesday from 5-7:30 at the Oakland United Methodist Church.

BOB CALHOON is survived by:

His sons: Robert Bruce and wife Debra Kay of Ford, KS; Rick and his wife Barb of Worthington, MN, and Jeff and his wife Deb of Avoca.

His sisters Mary Pendegraft and husband Jim, and Francis Rollins.

His brother Larry Calhoon and wife Frieda.

6 grandchildren, 7 great grandchildren, his in-laws, other relatives and friends.

 

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(Podcast) Local News – Sat., Oct. 13 2012

News, Podcasts

October 13th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

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Freese-Notis Forecast: Sat., Oct. 13 2012

Weather

October 13th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

The forecast for Atlantic and the KJAN listening area:

Today: Showers and occasional thunderstorms. High 74. S @ 15-30.

Tonight: Scattered showers & thunderstorms. Low 53. S-SW winds becoming NW @ 10-15.

Sunday: Rain ending in the morning; Becoming Partly Cloudy. High 68. NW @ 10-20.

Sun. Night: Mostly Clear. Low 43.

Mon. & Tue.: Mo Sunny. High’s in the mid-70’s.

Friday’s High in Atlantic was 73. Our 24-hour Low ending at 7-a.m. Saturday will go down as 33-degrees. 24-hour Rainfall (ending at 7-a.m. today) was .87″.

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Hazardous Weather Outlook: Western & Central Iowa – Sat. Oct. 13 2012

Weather

October 13th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS AND CASS COUNTIES

423 AM CDT SAT OCT 13 2012

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NUMEROUS TODAY AND THIS EVENING…ISOLATED AFTER MIDNIGHT. SOME SMALL HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH A LOW PROBABILITY OF HAIL UP TO PENNY SIZE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT LIKELY.

ADAIR-MADISON-ADAMS-UNION-TAYLOR AND RINGGOLD COUNTIES

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NUMEROUS TODAY AND THIS EVENING…ISOLATED AFTER MIDNIGHT. SOME SMALL HAIL IS POSSIBLE THIS MORNING. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH LARGE HAIL THE MAIN THREAT. HIGH WINDS WILL BE A SECONDARY THREAT. AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS POSSIBLE NEAR THE MISSOURI BORDER.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED BETWEEN 400 PM AND 800 PM TODAY.

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Hazardous Weather Outlook: Far western/sw Iowa – Sat., Oct. 13 2012

Weather

October 13th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT and PAGE COUNTIES….

356 AM CDT SAT OCT 13 2012

THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA TODAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER WITH THESE STORMS…WITH LARGE HAIL THE MAIN HAZARD AND ALSO A RISK FOR A FEW DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. ALSO AN ISOLATED TORNADO CAN’T BE RULED OUT.

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Authorities now say grave marker found in Council Bluffs was not stolen

News

October 13th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

A grave marker belonging to a 6-month old child who died in 1986 apparently wasn’t stolen after all. Last week, employees of the Council Bluffs recycling Center found a plaque with the name Megan Alaine Kjellberg, in a recycling bin. A report Thursday in the Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil stated Council Bluffs Police Capt. Terry LeMaster and other authorities, feared someone had stolen the marker in an attempt to sell it for scrap metal. LeMaster said area cemeteries and funeral directors were checked, as well as funeral and obituary databases and reports about stolen items.  He wondered if someone might have stolen the marker thinking it was solid copper. When it turned out to be only copper coated, it was tossed into a recycling bin.

While an initial attempt by authorities to find where the marker belongs failed, newspaper and broadcast reports  asking citizens for help in locating the child’s burial site paid off. LeMaster told the Nonpareil that they received several phone calls, some coming from as far away as Wisconsin.  But one call in particular solved the mystery. A person left a message asking authorities to check the website of Forest Lawn Cemetery in Omaha.

The Forest Lawn Cemetery has an alphabetical online record of everyone buried at the facility, and there in the K section was the name Megan Alaine Kjellberg. According to the cemetery, she is buried in the “Garden of the Apostles,” on the eastern edge of the property one row back of a lane that passes through the section. LeMaster said his department called the cemetery, which confirmed the plot number. After checking the records, it was determined the girls’ family had placed a new headstone on the grave in 1999 and had taken possession of the old one.

It’s still not clear how the removed marker made it to the recycling bin, though. If the family does not respond to the calls from police asking them to claim the marker, it would be considered found property and processed accordingly. LeMaster told the paper he was happy to know there isn’t a child’s grave out there without a marker, and that concerned citizens worked in concert to make sure that is wasn’t the case.

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Funeral for Carter Lake solider killed in TX to be held today (Oct. 13th)

News

October 13th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

Funeral services will be held today (Saturday) in Council Bluffs, for a Carter Lake soldier who was shot during an incident on Oct. 4th, near Ft. Hood, Texas. According to the Killeen (Texas) Police Department, a loud party at the home of some soldiers started the chain of arguments that led to the shooting of 22-year old Army Specialist Jamie Lee Schnider.

Schnider graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School with the class of 2008. He enlisted in the United States Army and served two tours in Iraq. His funeral service is today, beginning at 10:30 a.m.,  at Hoy-Kilnoski Funeral Home, 1221 N. 16th St, in Council Bluffs.

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NWS forecast for Cass & area Counties: Sat., Oct. 13 2012

Weather

October 13th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

340 AM CDT

TODAY…OCCASIONAL THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING…THEN THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON. BREEZY…WARMER. HIGH IN THE LOWER 70S. SOUTH WIND 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 90 PERCENT.

TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING… THEN A CHANCE OF SHOWERS OVERNIGHT. LOW IN THE LOWER 50S. SOUTH WIND 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 20 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 50 PERCENT.

SUNDAY…PARTLY SUNNY IN THE MORNING THEN CLEARING. BREEZY. HIGH IN THE UPPER 60S. NORTHWEST WIND 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH.

SUNDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. COLDER. LOW IN THE LOWER 40S. WEST WIND NEAR 10 MPH.

MONDAY…SUNNY. HIGH IN THE MID 70S. SOUTHWEST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.

MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW IN THE LOWER 50S. HIGH IN THE LOWER 70S.

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Post Season Baseball Schedule

Sports

October 13th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES
(Best-of-7; x-if necessary)
American League
All games televised by TBS

Saturday, Oct. 13: Detroit (Fister 10-10) at New York (Pettitte 5-4), 8:07 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 14: Detroit (Sanchez 4-6) at New York, 4:07 p.m.

Tuesday, Oct. 16: New York at Detroit (Verlander 17-8), 8:07 p.m.

Wednesday, Oct. 17: New York at Detroit (Scherzer 16-7), 8:07 p.m.

x-Thursday, Oct. 18: New York at Detroit, 4:07 p.m.

x-Saturday, Oct. 20: Detroit at New York, 8:07 p.m.

x-Sunday, Oct. 21: Detroit at New York, 8:15 p.m.

National League
All games televised by Fox

Sunday, Oct. 14: St. Louis (Lynn 18-7) at San Francisco (Baumgarner 16-11), 8:15 p.m.

Monday, Oct. 15: St. Louis at San Francisco (Vogelsong 14-9), 8:07 p.m.

Wednesday, Oct. 17: San Francisco at St. Louis, 4:07 p.m.

Thursday, Oct. 18: San Francisco at St. Louis, 8:07 p.m.

x-Friday, Oct. 19: San Francisco at St. Louis, 8:07 p.m.

x-Sunday, Oct. 21: St. Louis at San Francisco, 4:45 p.m.

x-Monday, Oct. 22: St. Louis at San Francisco, 8:07 p.m.

WORLD SERIES
(Best-of-7; x-if necessary)
All games televised by Fox

Wednesday, Oct. 24: at National League (n)

Thursday, Oct. 25: at National League (n)

Saturday, Oct. 27: at American League (n)

Sunday, Oct. 28: at American League (n)

x-Monday, Oct. 29: at American League (n)

x-Wednesday, Oct. 31: at National League (n)

x-Thursday, Nov. 1: at National League (n)

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