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THURSDAY, JANUARY 19th

Trading Post

January 19th, 2012 by Jim Field

FOR SALE: 1983 Dodge full size van 77,000 original miles.  318 automatic.  Runs good.  $575 OBO, 712-579-6973.

GARAGE SALE: Friday, January 20 from 10:30 am to 5:00 pm at Apartment 3-C, 1100 Brookridge Circle Apartments in Atlantic.  Items include many kitchen, bedding & furniture items.

WANTED: 3 bedroom house to rent in the $450/month range.  Must allow pets.  Need as soon as possible.  Call 243-5153.

FREE:  32″ TV (not flat screen) that is available for pick up.  243-3309.

Cyclone Women Fall, 62-60, On Late Texas Shot

Sports

January 19th, 2012 by Jim Field

AUSTIN, Texas – Yvonne Anderson’s floater in the lane with 0.7 seconds left lifted Texas to a 62-60 win over Iowa State Wednesday night at the Frank Erwin Center.

Anderson’s shot came after ISU used a 7-2 run over the final 1:33 to tie it at 60-60. Trailing 58-53, freshman Nikki Moody drove past Chassidy Fussell and got the bucket and the foul to close to within two. After Ashley Gayle made a layup with the shot clock about to expire, Lauren Mansfield was fouled and converted both free throws.

The Cyclones then recorded a stop at the other end before Poppens was fouled by Gayle with 17 seconds left. Poppens, who finished 7-for-8 at the line, converted both free throws to tie the score.

The Longhorns ran the clock down and went to Anderson, who dribbled right and hit a leaner in the lane with 0.7 seconds left. The Cyclones last ditch effort, a pass down the court by Poppens, was broken up giving the Longhorns the win.

In the opening stanza, Texas jumped out to a quick 7-0 lead just a few minutes into the game. The Cyclones were able to fight back and take the lead at 14-12 following back-to-back threes from Lauren Mansfield and Brynn Williamson. The Cyclones pushed their lead to 20-16, their largest of the half, behind a pair of free throws from Christofferson.

The rest of the half was a back-and-forth affair with Texas grabbing a 26-25 lead after Fussell hit a pair of free throws with five seconds left to send the teams to the locker room.

Iowa State was led by Moody’s 14 points. Hallie Christofferson and Brynn Williamson were also in double-digits with 13 and 10 points, respectively.

Fussell led the Longhorns with 20 points and Anderson chipped in 14.

The Cyclones held a 34-30 edge on the glass, led by Poppens’ seven rebounds. Iowa State was also 17-for-19 from the free-throw line.

The Cyclones will be back in action Sunday at Hilton Coliseum when they host No. 17 Texas Tech. Tipoff is schedule for 1:30 p.m. on FSN.

7AM Newscast 01-19-2012

News, Podcasts

January 19th, 2012 by admin

w/ Ric Hanson

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(Podcast) Skyscan Forecast for Jan. 19, 2012

Podcasts, Weather

January 19th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

(delayed posting due to server maintenance)

Here’s the forecast for Atlantic, and the KJAN listening area…

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USDA Report 01-19-2012

Ag/Outdoor, Podcasts

January 19th, 2012 by admin

w/ Denny Heflin

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GLORIA EUNICE KLEIN, 87, of Harlan (Svcs 1-21-12)

Obituaries

January 19th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

GLORIA EUNICE KLEIN, 87, of Harlan, died Wed. Jan. 18th, at the Elm Crest Retirement Community. Funeral services for GLORIA KLEIN will be held 11-a.m. Sat., Jan. 21st, at the Little Sioux United Methodist Church in Little Sioux. Pauley-Jones Funeral Home in Harlan has the arrangements.

 Visitation will be held at the funeral home from 4-9pm Fri., Jan. 20th, with the family present to greet friends from 6-9pm.

Burial will be in the Little Sioux Cemetery.

GLORIA KLEIN is survived by:

Her sons – Glenn “Andy” Klein, Jr., & Garry (Shirley) Klein, all of Little Sioux.

Her daughters – Elaine (Frank) Gruber, of Rodney, IA; Judi (Terry) Holdren, of Harlan; Linda (David) Beckman, of Alamogordo, NM; Nancy (Steve) Collier, of Selma, GA; Peggy (Joe) Meyers, of Little Sioux, & Terri McCord, of Harlan.

Her sister – Margie (Jim) Lewis, of Yuma, AZ.

24 grandchildren, and 35 great-grandchildren.

Man convicted of attacking woman at western IA rest stop

News

January 19th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

A 23-year-old man has been convicted of attacking a 19-year-old woman a little over 13-months ago, at a rest stop off Interstate 29 near Onawa. The Monona County Attorney’s Office says Mark Bitzan was accused of taking the woman into a stall in the women’s restroom, threatening her with a knife and sexually assaulting her. The crime occurred on Dec. 17th, 2010. A jury convicted Bitzan on Tuesday. His sentencing has not been scheduled yet. Bitzan was also convicted in 2006, of a sexual assault in Natrona County, Wyo.

Bluffs convenience store robbed

News

January 19th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

Police in Council Bluffs are looking for a man who robbed a convenience store early this (Thursday) morning. Officials say at around 1:15-a.m., a man entered the Kwik Shop store at 3632 Avenue G, and confronted the clerk. The suspect produced a black handgun and demanded money before leaving the store on foot with an undetermined amount of cash. No injuries were reported.  The man was described as being in his early 20’s, about 5-feet 4-inches tall, and weighing about 150-pounds. He had hazel eyes, wore a gray hooded sweatshirt and baggy red sweatpants. He also wore a dark stocking cap, a face covering, and dark gloves. The incident remains under investigation by the Council Bluffs Police Department’s Criminal Investigation Division.

3 men convicted for burglary in Malvern were sentenced this week

News

January 19th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

A Council Bluffs man faces a 5-year prison term for his role in a burglary which occurred in Malvern last Summer.  According to the Omaha World Herald, 31-year-old Miguel Martinez was sentenced Tuesday in Mills County District Court to five-years in prison, for attempted burglary. Prosecutors say Martinez was one of three people convicted as a result of an investigation into the incident, during which he was the ringleader of the trio, and the one who breached a door when he was confronted by 66-year-old farmer Don Hopp during the August 17th incident. 19-year-old Patrick Hover, who prosecutors said was the “wheelman,”  and 33-year-old Yosvani Galindo, of Omaha, plead guilty to charges of 2nd degree burglary, and were given suspended prison sentences of 10 years each. Both were sentenced to two years of supervised probation.  Hover was ordered to reside at a Council Bluffs half-way house.

Prosecutors say the three men had been smoking methamphetamine in the countryside near Malvern when they hatched a plot to burglarize a nearby farmhouse. During the incident, Martinez was shot by Hopp, who said the shooting was an accident. He said he was outside his home after confronting the burglars when he fell, discharging the weapon.  In December, a grand jury decided not to indict him. In an interview Monday at his Council Bluffs home, Martinez, who has a wife and seven children, said he and the other two were only looking for a place to stay overnight. He told the paper, “I just thought it was an abandoned house.”

Number of home sales, home prices, change little between 2010 and 2011

News

January 19th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

Both home sales and home prices held fairly steady in Iowa last year compared to 2010. That’s according to the latest report from the Iowa Association of Realtors. Association president Dale Gross, of Atlantic, says 2,430 homes were sold last month – 154 more than in December 2010. Gross said it marked the fifth consecutive month of increased home sales. In all 12 months of 2011, 31,089 homes were sold – just 135 more than 2010. The median sale price of an Iowa home in 2011 was $122,000, a one-point-two-percent (1.2%) decline from 2010. “There’s been an increase in the lower end of the housing sales numbers and that’s probably being driven by a lot of the foreclosed or distressed properties. They’re selling for much, much less,” Gross explained. Average prices in Iowa should increase as more of those distressed properties are taken off the market. Gross said he’s already seeing signs that prices will rise based on inventory. “This last month, we had 7.4 months (worth) of homes available to sell – based on the average monthly sales. That happens to be down from nine (months) a year ago,” Gross said. “So, that inventory is slacking off, which means there is a likelihood of higher prices in the future because inventory is dropping.”

(Pat Curtis/Radio Iowa)