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7AM Newscast 12-20-2011

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December 20th, 2011 by admin

w/ Ric Hanson

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Quick Cracker Cookie (12-20-11)

Mom's Tips

December 20th, 2011 by Jim Field

  • soda crackers
  • 1 1/2 sticks of margarine, melted
  • 1 1/2 cups brown sugar
  • 1 bag semi-sweet chocolate chips
  • nuts

Line 9″ x 13″ pan with soda crackers, covering all the surface.  Drizzle melted margarine over the crackers.  Cover with brown sugar – just scatter the sugar.  Bake 10-12 minutes in 325 degree oven.  Watch carefully – you just want the  margarine and brown sugar to melt together.  Turn off oven, scatter the bags of chocolate chips over the crackers and return the pan to the oven for approximately two minutes.  Spread the melted chips over the crackers, scatter nuts over chocolate.  Break into serving pieces.  Tastes like a heath bar.

Cherry Bars (12-20-11)

Mom's Tips

December 20th, 2011 by Jim Field

  • 1 cup margarine
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 3 cups flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 can cherry pie mix

Mix together the margarine and sugar, I use mixer.  Add eggs and beat well.  The add flour, salt and baking powder.  Save one cup of mixture for topping.  Spread cherry pie mix over bottom of pan; dot the extra cup of batter over the top of cherries.  Use a fork to spread.  Bake in 300 degree oven for 40 minutes.  Can frost, drizzle lightly over the top when cool.

1 man killed, another injured in Pottawattamie County crash

News

December 20th, 2011 by Ric Hanson

An accident near Underwood Monday evening has claimed one life of one man and resulted in injuries to another.  According to media reports, the crash happened at around 5-p.m. near 240th and Railroad Highway south of Underwood.  Pottwattamie County Sheriff’s officials said the men were traveling south on Railroad Highway in a late model Mazda 3 sedan, when the car went out of control and rolled several times. Both men were thrown from the car.  One died at the scene, the other was flown by helicopter to the Creighton University Medical Center. Their names weren’t immediately released, and the cause of the crash remained under investigation.

Northern Iowa Dominates Division III Loras 84-48

Sports

December 20th, 2011 by Jim Field

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) — Deon Mitchell and Austin Pehl scored 13 points apiece to lead seven double-figure scorers for Northern Iowa in an 84-48 victory over Loras on Monday night.

Chip Rank added 12 points for the Panthers (10-1), who ran their winning streak to nine in a row. Marc Sonnen had 11, and Matt Morrison, Seth Tuttle and Anthony James scored 10 apiece.

Tim Kelly scored 11 points for the Division III Duhawks (2-8), who lost their fifth straight.

The Panthers shot 52 percent (29 of 56) and went 11 of 20 from 3-point distance. The Duhawks were limited to 35 percent shooting (18 of 51).

Northern Iowa forced 16 turnovers, committing only five, and turned that into a 27-3 edge on points off turnovers.

The Panthers reached 10-1 for just the sixth time in school history.

No. 23 Creighton beats Tulsa 83-64

Sports

December 20th, 2011 by Jim Field

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Sophomore Doug McDermott scored a career-high 35 points and No. 23 Creighton routed Tulsa 83-64 on Monday night.

The 6-foot-7 McDermott had 19 points in the first half on a variety of low-post bank shots as Tulsa elected not to double-team the nation’s second-leading scorer.

McDermott finished 16 of 23 from the field and made both of his 3-point attempts.

The Bluejays (9-1) trailed 20-19 but went on an 8-0 run spurred by three baskets by Antoine Young, who finished with 14 points. McDermott scored the Bluejays’ final 11 points of the half as Creighton took a 42-34 lead.

Center Gregory Echenique, who played just 2 minutes in the first half, scored nine points in the opening 2:52 of the second as Creighton took a 51-34 lead. Tulsa never came closer than 12 points again.

Jordan Clarkson scored 14 points and Tim Peete added 12 for Tulsa (5-7), which lost for the seventh time in nine games.

2 NW Iowa men plead guilty to US child porn charges

News

December 20th, 2011 by Ric Hanson

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — Two northwest Iowa men have pleaded guilty to federal charges of child pornography possession. A news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Iowa says 23-year-old Donald Coffey and 26-year-old Justin Slattery each pleaded guilty last week to a single count. Both men are from Cherokee in northwest Iowa.

The release says that in plea deals with prosecutors, Coffey agreed to 12 years in prison and Slattery agreed to seven years. A sentencing date has not been set.

Weather Forecast for 12-20-11 (podcast)

Podcasts, Weather

December 20th, 2011 by Ric Hanson

Here’s the forecast for Atlantic and the KJAN listening area, along with the weather stats for Atlantic.

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Iowa Defeats Central Arkansas 105-64

Sports

December 20th, 2011 by Ric Hanson

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — In what’s often been a trying stretch for Iowa, the Hawkeyes finally got to clear out the bench and savor an easy victory. Devyn Marble had 19 points and six assists, freshman Aaron White added 17 points and Iowa pounded Central Arkansas 105-64 on Monday night. Melsahn Basabe had 14 points and nine rebounds for the Hawkeyes (7-5), who cracked the 100-point barrier for just the second time under coach Fran McCaffery.

Iowa opened the game with a 24-5 run and led by 13 at halftime despite five 3-pointers from Central Arkansas’s Dewan Clayborn. The Hawkeyes pushed their lead to 75-46 with 12 minutes remaining and cruised to back-to-back victories for the first time in a month. Clayborn had 18 points to lead the Bears (5-5), who’ve dropped two in a row after winning five straight. Central Arkansas never led, but it briefly scared the Hawkeyes with a pair of runs late in the first half. This was the fourth win by 20 points or more this season for Iowa, which has shown signs of progress since a disheartening 0-2 road trip against rivals Northern Iowa and Iowa State.

Monday High School Basketball Results

Sports

December 20th, 2011 by Ric Hanson

BOYS BASKETBALL
  • Logan-Magnolia 66, West Harrison 50
  • Nishnabotna 53, Heartland Christian 26
  • Riverside 49, Stanton 31
  • Sioux City North 45, Lewis Central 40
  • Storm Lake St. Mary’s 73, Denison-Schleswig 56
  • Villisca 49, Bedford 37
GIRLS BASKETBALL
  • Bedford 65, Villisca 44
  • Lewis Central 47, Kuemper Catholic 45
  • St. Albert 54, Fremont-Mills 37
  • Stanton 59, Riverside 36