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Boys State Soccer First Round

Sports

June 1st, 2012 by Jim Field

Class 1-A:

  • Waterloo Columbus Catholic 1, MOC-Floyd Valley 0
  • Iowa City Regina 1, St. Albert 0
  • Nevada 1, Dyersville Beckman 0
  • West Liberty 1, Solon 0

Class 2-A:

  • Dubuque Wahlert 4, Clear Creek-Amana 1
  • ADM 3, Webster City 0
  • Spirit Lake Park-Okoboji 4, Pella 1
  • Norwalk 2, Cedar Rapids Xavier 1 (2OT/PK)

Class 3-A:

  • Iowa City West 8, Sioux City West 0
  • Ames 2, Ankeny 1 (2OT/PK)
  • WDM Valley 1, Iowa City High 0
  • Johnston 3, Bettendorf 0

SW IA opera house, built in 1902, to hold first big event since restoration

News

June 1st, 2012 by Ric Hanson

One of the few remaining historic opera houses in Iowa will hold its first big event tonight (Friday) following the facility’s grand reopening in early April. De (dee) Heaton is the program director at the Corning Opera House in southwest Iowa. The structure was built in 1902.

Corning Opera House BEFORE restoration

“We completely restored from the roof to the basement,” Heaton says. “The auditorium is restored to look like the original and we added a conference room and a prep kitchen for catering.” Between 1870 and 1920, roughly 1,500 opera houses were built in Iowa. In recent years, several Iowa cities have taken steps to restore the structures.

Heaton says many opera houses are still standing, but have been abandoned. Some of Iowa’s recently restored opera houses are located in Elkader, Coggon, Clermont, Decorah, DeWitt, What Cheer and Dubuque. The Corning Opera House, which has room for about 300 people, will be used for concerts and movies and can be rented for wedding receptions and other special events. Tonight, the Corning Opera House will host a special screening of “The Last Ride” – a new movie about the life of 1940s and 50s country music star Hank Williams. “There are 10 historic theaters across the United States that get to premiere the movie and we are the only one in the Midwest,” Heaton says.

Corning Opera House AFTER restoration

 The movie will show today, Saturday and Sunday at 7 p.m. each evening. Tickets are $8 for adults and $6 for students at the door.

(Podcast) Skyscan Forecast – June 1st 2012

Podcasts, Weather

June 1st, 2012 by Ric Hanson

Here is the (podcast) weather forecast for Atlantic and the KJAN listening area, from Freese-Notis Meteorologist Dan Hicks, and the weather data for Atlantic, from KJAN News Director Ric Hanson….

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National Weather Service to begin issuing cell phone severe weather alerts

News, Weather

June 1st, 2012 by Ric Hanson

Officials with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) have announced the agency is providing additional tools for federal, state, local officials and others, to alert and warn the public about severe weather. The Commercial Mobile Alert System, or CMAS, will be used to deliver Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) to wireless carriers for distribution to the public. That means your cell phone will receive messages on its screen, similar to a text message, showing the type and time of the alert, along with what type of action will be taken. The alerts will NOT take the place of locations where CODE RED alert systems are in-place, as those systems also handle a wide variety of local emergency situations. 

The message will be no more than 90 characters, and will have a unique tone and vibration, indicating a WEA has been received. If an alert is received by your cell phone, you are advised to follow the instructions and seek additional information from local radio, television, NOAA Weather Radio and other official sources for emergency information. 

The alerts will be broadcast by cell towers. Any cell phone within range of those specific towers will immediately pick up the signal, provided they are capable of receiving the alerts. The availability of WEA alerts will be dependent on the network status of the wireless carriers and handset availability, since not all cell phones receive WEA’s. Check with your cellular carrier to see if WEA alerts are available in your area. 

FEMA says as with all new cellular services, it will take time for upgrades in infrastructure, coverage and handset technology, to allow WEA alerts to reach all cellular customers.

Atlantic receives over $510,000 for airport design standards

News

June 1st, 2012 by Ric Hanson

Iowa Senator Tom Harkin has announced the City of Atlantic’s airport has received a grant amounting to $510,763 to assist the facility in meeting design standards. The funds were a portion of the more than $11.5-million awarded to 27 Municipal airports in Iowa, from the US Dept. of Transportation and F-A-A. 

Also receiving grant monies were these airports; Arthur N. New in Carroll, $236,700 – for the acquisition of replacement snow removal equipment; Creston Municipal Airport, $412, 408 – to enhance airport access; Guthrie County Regional Airport, $382,500 – for construction of a hangar building; Red Oak Municipal Airport, $142,106 – for the replacement of snow removal equipment; and Schneck Field in Clarinda, $313, 920 – for the rehabilitation of the runway lighting system. 

Senator Harkin, who is a member of the appropriations subcommittee which funds the DOT, said the funds will ensure Iowa’s municipal airports have the resources they need to update, repair or replace their facilities.

Villisca residents arrested

News

June 1st, 2012 by Ric Hanson

The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest Thursday of two Villisca residents. Officials say 19-year old Taylor Shane Luna, was arrested at around 11-p.m. Thursday, on charges of public intoxication and disorderly conduct, following an incident which occurred at 2nd Avenue and High Streets. She was brought to the Montgomery County Jail and held on $300 bond. 

And, at around 5:45-p.m., 24-year old Kahla Ellen Morrison, of Villisca, was arrested for driving while revoked, for OWI test refusal. Morrison was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on $1,000 cash bond.

CCMH goes live with new information system

News

June 1st, 2012 by Ric Hanson

Officials with the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic report CCMH has gone live with a new integrated information system, which is designed to stabilize and integrate the facilities’ technology solutions across the organizations, enable the hospital to control costs, and provide a higher level of patient safety and care. The new Health Care Information System (HCIS) includes all clinical and financial software, including scheduling, registration, laboratory, radiology, and several other applications. 

One change patients will notice, according to hospital officials, is the need to re-create their medication information in the new hospital system, as the previous list did not transfer to the new computer system. Patients who are seen in the CCMH Outpatient Specialty Clinic, are asked to bring either a list of med’s and dosage levels, or their actual medications to review with the nurses. Arriving 5- to 10-minutes prior to your scheduled appointment time will help to facilitate that process. 

This does not affect patients being seen at the Atlantic Medical Center, Southwest Iowa Surgery, Eye Associates, or the Southwest Iowa Mental Health Center.

Forecast for Cass & area Counties in IA: June 1st, 2012

Weather

June 1st, 2012 by Ric Hanson

406 AM CDT FRI JUN 1 2012 NWS/Des Moines

TODAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. WARMER. HIGH IN THE UPPER 60S. WEST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.

TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MIDNIGHT…THEN A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOW IN THE LOWER 50S. WEST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 50 PERCENT.

SATURDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGH IN THE UPPER 70S. NORTHWEST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.

SATURDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOW IN THE LOWER 50S. WEST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH AFTER MIDNIGHT.

SUNDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGH IN THE MID 80S. SOUTH WIND 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH.

SUNDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. WARMER. LOW IN THE MID 60S.

MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGH IN THE MID 80S. LOW IN THE MID 60S.

Thursday High School Softball Results

Sports

June 1st, 2012 by Ric Hanson

Hawkeye 10:

  • Glenwood 6-7, Atlantic 4-4
  • Creston 11-11, Lewis Central 1-1
  • Harlan 15-4, Shenandoah 3-2
  • Kuemper Catholic 6-7, Clarinda 3-9
  • Denison 12-18, Red Oak 1-3

Western Iowa:

  • Missouri Valley 4, Griswold 1
  • Treynor 10, Nishnabotna 0
  • Underwood 6, Essex 5

Rolling HIlls:

  • Walnut 9, Adair-Casey 3

Others:

  • Coon Rapids-Bayard 6, Ogden 4
  • Logan-Magnolia 9, Kingsley-Pierson 3
  • Maple Valley-Anthon Oto 2, Charter Oak-Ute 1

 

Thursday High School Baseball Results

Sports

June 1st, 2012 by Ric Hanson

Hawkeye 10:

  • Glenwood 8, Atlantic 2 (Gunnar Blum hit 2-run HR for Atlantic)
  • Denison-Schleswig 12-12, Red Oak 1-1
  • Kuemper Catholic 2-7, Clarinda 0-1
  • Harlan 15-9, Shenandoah 1-1

Rolling Hills:

  • Walnut 11, Adair-Casey 1

Others:

  • Abraham Lincoln 13, Sioux City East 6
  • Logan-Magnolia 14, Missouri Valley 8
  • Underwood 13, Essex 5