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Freese, Lynn Lead Cardinals Over Cubs 5-1

Sports

April 25th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

CHICAGO (AP) — David Freese homered and Lance Lynn threw eight strong innings to lead the St. Louis Cardinals to a 5-1 win over the Chicago Cubs on Wednesday afternoon. Lynn (4-0) held Chicago to six hits in becoming the first four-game winner in the majors and helping the Cardinals avoid a three-game sweep. Freese’s two-run blast in the sixth capped a three-run, two-out rally against starter Chris Volstad. Freese added an RBI double in the eighth. Volstad (0-3) threw six solid innings, retiring St. Louis in order during four of them. But he’s still 0-8 in 15 starts since July 10, 2011. Bryan LaHair homered to lead off the fourth for Chicago’s only run. LaHair has four of Chicago’s majors-lowest seven home runs this season.

Kurt Busch to Run Nationwide Race in Iowa

Sports

April 25th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — NASCAR Sprint Cup regular Kurt Busch will run the Nationwide race at Iowa Speedway on May 20. Busch confirmed he’ll race in Iowa for the first time. He will be the first Sprint Cup champion to run on Iowa’s 0.875-mile oval. Danica Patrick, Sam Hornish Jr., Austin Dillon and Ricky Stenhouse Jr., who won both Nationwide races at Iowa in 2011, are also slated for the race. The May event will be the first of four Nationwide and Camping World Trucks series races in Iowa this season. The track will also host an IndyCar race in June.

Record High Temperature broken in Atlantic!

News, Weather

April 25th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

Temperatures across western Iowa are soaring this afternoon. Here in Atlantic, we hit 91-degrees at 2-p.m..  The old record for this date was 90, in 1981. The National Weather Service says temps are in the upper 80’s to low 90’s.

At 2-p.m. in Carroll, Harlan, Red Oak, Shenandoah and Cherokee, it was 90-degrees. The temps in central Iowa, were only in the mid-to-upper 70’s and low 80’s.

New Iowa group hopes to reverse decline in hunting

Ag/Outdoor, News

April 25th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Outdoor enthusiasts and business groups are forming a new group to promote hunting in hopes of reversing declining interest in the activity. Iowa Retail Federation President Jim Henter says hunters spend more than $288 million in Iowa every year and have a big impact on the state’s economy. Iowa Department of Natural Resources Director Roger Lande says part of the hunting decline has been because the state has had a series of harsh winters that cut into wildlife population. Last year’s mild winter could help that population. 

Lande says a loss of habitat also has contributed to the wildlife decline.  Statistics from the DNR bear out the trend, with the number of hunting licenses issued in Iowa dropping for 10 straight years.

Plans to bring rural water to SW Cass County dry up due to lack of interest

News

April 25th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

Plans for the Southern Iowa Rural Water Association (SIRWA) to bring a dependable supply of water to parts of southwestern Cass County have dried up, at least for now, because of wetter weather over the past couple of years, a fairly good supply of private wells, and because of a general lack of interest in the project. That was the word today (Wednesday) from SIRWA officials, who spoke before the County Board of Supervisors.

SIRWA inspector Max Crawford said the $7-million dollar project is on-hold for now, because they weren’t able to acquire enough participation in two separate studies which began late last Spring.

In order to qualify for a $5.4-million USDA grant to make the project feasible, Crawford said there needed to be a good majority of the people participating. He says there were 335 customers in the second area they studied, with 166 indicating they were interested in hooking-up to rural water, or 49.6-percent. Crawford said that wasn’t good enough. He says they needed at least 277 sign-up’s or 70-percent participation from the approximate 385 rural homesteads in the area. Follow-up efforts included door-to-door contacts, publishing meetings in local papers, and phone calls. Still, Crawford says the response was not what they’d hoped for. 

Beth McDermott, who lives in the area, said meetings which were held on the project were not sufficiently publicized, and therefore resulted in low turnout. Crawford said it wasn’t for a lack of trying to get the word out through print and broadcast media. McDermott, who would like to subscribe to rural water, mailed out more than 300 letters herself, to area residents trying to spur interest. Crawford said SIRWA also tried repeatedly to contact residents, but it got to the point where some people who had been contacted multiple times and refused, were getting annoyed. He said after reviewing the amount of time and money spent on pre-engineering land options for water tower sites and the conducting of surveys…nearly $120,000…and only receiving 49% interest from the residents and land owners, the SIRWA Board said no more money would be invested in the project. 

He said efforts to find other ways to bring dependable water to residents of the area, some of whom desperately want it, will proceed, but it may not be SIRWA who provides that service, and it may take up to 10-years for any progress to be made.

Backyard and Beyond 04-25-2012

Backyard and Beyond, Podcasts

April 25th, 2012 by admin

Lavon Eblen speaks with Margee Shaffer, Administrator for Audubon County Economic Development, about the John James Audubon Festival this Saturday in Audubon.

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TERI KLYN, 55, of Johnston (Formerly of Atlantic) (Svcs 04-27-2012)

Obituaries

April 25th, 2012 by admin

TERI KLYN, 55, of Johnston (Formerly of Atlantic) died Tuesday, April 24th.  Funeral Services for TERI KLYN will be held Friday, April 27th at 10:00am at the Altoona United Methodist Church.  Caldwell-Raddatz Funeral Home in Urbandale has the arrangements.

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Visitation will be held Thursday, April 25th from 6-8pm at the Altoona United Methodist Church.  602 5th Avenue SW in Altoona.

Memorials can be directed in her memory to the Altoona United Methodist Church.  Online condolences may be directed to caldwellraddatz.com

TERI KLYN is survived by:

Mother: Nancy Rourick of Atlantic.

Husband: Wayne Klyn of Johnston.

Daughter: Anna Moreland of Des Moines.

Sons: Ryan (Christy) Moreland of Johnston.  Curtis (Kristy) Klyn of Grimes.  Kevin (Dagmar) Klyn of Germany.

Sister: Rebecca (George) Siska of New Jersey.

Brothers: Patrick (Linda) Rourick, of St. Ansgar;  Timothy (Kim) Rourick & Kelly (Tracy) Rourick, all of Boise, ID;  Shawn (Chris) Rourick of Ankeny, &  Thomas (Londa) Rourick of Overland Park, KS.

9 Grandchildren, many nieces, nephews, and cousins.

9AM Newscast 04-25-2012

News, Podcasts

April 25th, 2012 by admin

w/ Chris Parks

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8AM Sportscast 04-25-2012

Podcasts, Sports

April 25th, 2012 by admin

w/ Jim Field

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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25th

Trading Post

April 25th, 2012 by Jim Field

FOR SALE: Fiberglass truck topper to fit 1997 to 2003 Ford F-150 full size with standard 8 foot box.  In good shape. Asking $200.00 or best offer. Call 243-1512.

WANTED: Retired Truck Driver to haul grain from farm to market Part Time.  Call 712-249-4978.

YARD SALE: 202 W. 5th Street.  Apt. 2 in Atlantic today April 25th.

FOR SALE: 2 big boxes of vintage record albums.  A lot of Jazz, classical, some 80’s, country, time life, kids and ?? more as not sorted all out.  Around 200 albums. $40.00.  Cell phone, 712-243-4337.

WANTED: Willing to cut down trees if you cannot afford a tree service.  The work would be done to help people out, as he would not use the wood for personal use.  He would not be able to do anything more than 2 feet across…also could only cut down trees in more open areas.  778-4672.

FOR SALE: Hide a bed that can function as a queen and single size.  Also has a new mattress.  $50.  249-8367.

FOR SALE: Small dog house for $10.  249-8367.