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June 5th, 2012 by admin

FOR SALE: 110 air conditioner, works good. Leave message if no answer please. 712-243-6903.

WANTED: Two to three bedroom apartment or house to rent in the Elk Horn or Walnut, Iowa area.  Please call 712- 254-0572 if you have anything available now or within the next 3 to 4 months.

FOR SALE: 2 Citizenband mobile radio lingars – 1 is 100 watt $75 the other is 225 watt $150; WANTED: Citizenband base lingars. 712-243-6772.

FOR SALE: Fencing material including steel and wood posts.  Located at 902 Plum St in Atlantic.

High School Baseball Live Tonight on KJAN!

Sports

June 5th, 2012 by Jim Field

Listen for the Atlantic @ Harlan baseball game tonight on KJAN!  We’re on the air at 7:30 and the first pitch is at 7:45.  Jim Field will have the action from tonight’s Hawkeye 10 Conference showdown on AM 1220 and FM 101.1.

Cass and Adair County Boards to hold meetings, Wednesday

News

June 5th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

The Cass and Adair County Boards of Supervisors will hold their regular, separate meetings Wednesday,beginning at 9-a.m.  In Greenfield, the Adair County Board will act on a 28-E sharing agreement with the Southern Iowa Trolley, and the dissolution of a 28-E agreement with SIRWA (The Southern Iowa Rural Water Association) . In other business, the Board will: Receive a Fiscal Year 2013 Case Management Project cost report from Home Care Coordinator Jane Ernst; Hear from County Engineer Nick Kauffman, with regard to approval of a new hire and the purchase of a brush cutter; and, they’ll hear from V-A Administrator Donna Bittmer, with regard to the perpetual care of Catholic cemeteries.

In Atlantic, the Cass County Board of Supervisors, Wednesday, are expected to take action on signing a letter of intent to join with other counties in a 28-E agreement for Mental Health services, as regionalization is required. Governor Terry Branstad signed legislation late last month that reform’s the state’s mental health system. It shakes up the current county-based format, in favor of one based on “regions.”

Omaha going on another search for superintendent

News

June 5th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – The Omaha school board has decided to conduct another national search for a superintendent.  The board voted Monday night for a new search and to begin the process for appointing an interim superintendent.  On Saturday the board accepted the resignation of former Des Moines Superintendent Nancy Sebring. A records search showed she’d exchanged sexually explicit emails with a lover using the Des Moines district’s computers.

Sebring had been scheduled to start in Omaha in July. But that plan unraveled after she resigned suddenly from her Des Moines job on May 10th.  The Omaha board had selected Sebring in April out of three finalists to replace John Mackiel, who plans to retire this summer.
Board President Freddie Gray said Monday that she hadn’t talked to Mackiel about staying longer.

Icaria, Adams County and the Civil War

News

June 5th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

Officials with the French Icarian Colony Foundation say an Iowa Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission endorsed event, entitled “Icaria, Adams County and the Civil War,” will be held June 23rd from 9:00-am to 5:00-pm, at America’s French Icarian Village, located  at 2349 220th Street, in Corning.  The commemoration will recognize the sacrifices made by Icaria and Adams County families during the Civil War.  Whether they were soldiers on the battlefield, supported the troops from the home front, or defended their state’s southern border, Iowans played an important role in the Civil. War.  The Icaria and Adams County men and their families shared in that sacrifice. 

The family oriented event will include a military encampment, recruiting scenarios, musket and cannon demonstrations, a skirmish, storytelling, a ladies tea (for which reservations are required by June 18th), children’s period games and activities, heritage craft demonstrations, President Lincoln and two exhibits.  The Fiery Trial: Iowa and the Civil War, a traveling exhibit from the Iowa on the Move Program will be on loan as well, from the State Historical Society of Iowa.  An additional traveling exhibit from The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, Looking at Lincoln: Political Cartoons from the Civil War Era with presentations from President Abraham Lincoln will be on loan.  More information is available at www.icaria.net, 641.322.4717 or icaria@frontiernet.net.

Carroll man charged with OWI following Monday accident

News

June 5th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

A Carroll man faces a trio of charges following an accident Monday evening, in Audubon County. Sheriff’s Officials say 54-year old Richard Lee Wilson was charged with OWI/3rd offense, Driving While Revoked and Failure to Maintain Control. Wilson was driving a 2000 Chevy Impala southbound on Highway 71 just north of Hamlin, at around 6:30-p.m., when the vehicle went out of control, crossed the road and a bike trail before coming to rest in a field.

The man refused medical treatment. He was subsequently brought to the Audubon County Jail and held pending  a court appearance. Damage to his car was estimated at $5,000.

Backyard and Beyond 06-05-2012

Backyard and Beyond, Podcasts

June 5th, 2012 by admin

Lavon Eblen speaks with Barbara Byrd, Owner of the Carson and Barnes Circus, about the circus coming to Atlantic June 11th for shows at 4:30pm and 7:30pm at the Atlantic Airport.

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Hawkeye 10 Boys Soccer All-Conference

Sports

June 5th, 2012 by Jim Field

First Team, 2012
Trenton McNeel, Glenwood, SR, Forward
Devon McClain, Harlan, SR, Forward
Troy Mahood, Lewis Central, SR, Mid
Blake Beier, Glenwood, SR, Mid
Cesar Estrada, Denison, SR, Mid
Jordan Voge, Harlan, SO, Mid
Miguel Ramos, Lewis Central, JR, Mid
Kyle Nolan, Glenwood, SR, Def
Zach Shelton, Harlan, SO, Def
Zac Johnson, Denison, JR, Def
Nick Frazee, Glenwood, JR, Goalie

Second Team, 2012
Marcos Rodriguez, Denison, SR, For
Tyler Jensen, Glenwood, JR, For
Alex Hillers, Lewis Central, JR, Mid
Ben Landers, Creston, SR, Mid
Colton McNeel, Glenwood, SO, Mid
Cooper Kanne, Kuemper, SO, Mid
Dakota Watson, Atlantic, SR, Def
Greg Conry,  Harlan, SR, Def
Quintin O’Toole, Lewis Central, JR, Def
Josh Whitmore, Lewis Central, SR, Def
Jaden Brouse, Lewis Central, SR, Goalie

Honorable Mention, 2012
Alex Guerrero, Denison, JR, Def
Justin Kahl, Denison, JR, Mid
Nolan Gillespie, Lewis Central, SR, For
Connor Pals, Creston, FR, For
Thomas Devine, Harlan, JR, Mid
Derek Von Seggern, Atlantic, SR, For
Harrison Hoegh, Atlantic, JR, Mid
Kolby Shaw, Creston, SR, Def
Scout Crow, Glenwood, SO, Mid
Carter Daniel, Kuemper, SR, Mid
Joshua Ahrens, Kuemper, FR, Goalie

EPA says farmland flyovers are hunting for Clean Water Act violators

Ag/Outdoor, News

June 5th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

Concerns are being raised after the U-S Environmental Protection Agency announced it’s using airplanes to conduct fly-over inspections of large-scale livestock lots in Iowa and Nebraska. Josh Svaty, the E-P-A Region 7 Senior Advisor, says they are focusing on livestock operations that may be violating Clean Water Act regulations. Svaty says, “We don’t want to bother the people that are doing their very best and are in complete compliance but there are hundreds of animal feeding operations in these impaired watersheds and this enables us to more easily find some of the ones that might need a little more attention from us than others.” He says it saves taxpayer dollars to use the aircraft to so this type of surveillance versus driving up and down hundreds of miles of rural roadways to do spot checks of farmers and ranchers.

“Most of them are in compliance and are doing just fine,” Svaty says. “Some of the larger feedlots, in fact, some of them that we’ve worked with in the past, we’ve noticed have made significant, substantial improvements over the years.” The practice is raising concerns from livestock producers and legislators. Members of the Nebraska Congressional delegation recently sent a letter to EPA administrator Lisa Jackson, asking for answers to those concerns by June 10th. Svaty says the EPA only takes still photographs and they avoid houses. He says Nebraska’s Farm Service Agency has been doing compliance flyovers since the 1980s so it isn’t a new concept. Iowa U-S Senator Chuck Grassley says he’ll likely join the Nebraskans in asking for more answers from the EPA.

“I’ll probably sign the letter without any insinuation that anything’s wrong but I sure have a right to know what in the heck they’re doing and what they’re up to,” Grassley says. “I’m more interested in that. Transparency will bring some accountability.” The Nebraska delegation is asking how many flights have been conducted and what statutes authorize aerial surveillance inspections. The delegation also wants to know if the EPA conducted such flights prior to 2010. It asks what images are made, how they are used and how long they are kept. Grassley says this type of flight is nothing new. “Going back to the 1930s and ’40s, we’ve had airplanes fly over farmland in Iowa and take pictures and all of the work at the county offices where measuring fields was done from the photographs that airplanes were taking at that particular time,” Grassley says. “If that’s what they’re up to, we’ve been involved with that for 60 years but I wanna’ know what they’re up to.”

The letter to the head of the EPA notes that farmers and ranchers pride themselves in the stewardship of natural resources, saying, “As you might imagine, this practice (of flyovers) has resulted in privacy concerns among our constituents and raises several questions.” Grassley says the EPA needs to be more upfront.
“Whatever the federal government’s doing, observing on private land, the public has a right to know,” Grassley says. “You’ve also got to remember though that out in California, they use a lot of airplanes to take pictures to see where people are violating the laws by growing marijuana.” Grassley, a Republican, says all farmers know they have to abide by the Clean Water Act. “I don’t think it’s very easy to cover up if you’re killing fish that you’re violating.”

(Radio Iowa)

Non-injury accident, & an arrest in Atlantic

News

June 5th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

An Atlantic woman was arrested Monday for Operating a motor vehicle While Intoxicated. The Atlantic Police Department reports 27-year old Samantha Schroeder was taken into custody on a charge of OWI/3rd offense. She was booked into the Cass County Jail and held pending a court appearance.

And, the A-P.D. says no injuries were reported following an accident Monday afternoon, at 7th and Cherry Streets. Officials say vehicles driven by Atlantic residents Danny Grover and Sarah Park collided, when Park pulled out from a business entrance, and in front of Grover’s vehicle as he was traveling westbound on 7th. Park was cited forFailure to Yield upon entering through street. Damage from the collision amounted to $5,200.