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Creston woman arrested on Theft warrant

News

December 4th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

Police in Creston report 49-year old Nancy Connelly, of Creston, was arrested Tuesday morning, on a Union County Warrant for:

  • Theft 1st Degree
  • Theft 2nd Degree – 3 Counts
  • and Theft 3rd Degree.

Connelly was released from the Union County Jail on $27,000 bond.

Authorities said also, a Creston man reported Tuesday, that sometime during the overnight hours Monday-into Tuesday, someone broke into a residence he is purchasing at 405 W Mills St, and took a wrench and checkbook. The loss was estimated at $210. Another Creston man reported Tuesday morning, that during the same time frame, someone broke into his vehicle that was parked behind his residence in the 500 block of W. Mills Street, and took a set of keys, vehicle documentation and a book. The loss was estimated at $100.

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(Podcast) KJAN Morning News & Funeral report, 12/4/2019

News, Podcasts

December 4th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

The area’s latest and/or top news stories at 7:06-a.m. From KJAN News Director Ric Hanson.

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Cass County Extension Report 12-4-2019

Ag/Outdoor, Podcasts

December 4th, 2019 by Jim Field

w/Kate Olson.

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Ames City Councilwoman-elect is youngest woman ever elected to public office

News

December 4th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) — Voters in Ames made history in their municipal election yesterday (Tuesday). Twenty-year-old Iowa State University student Rachel Junck, an Ames native, was elected to a seat on the Ames City Council. She’s the youngest woman ever elected to public office in Iowa. There were a handful of other run-off elections around the state. In Iowa’s largest city, Des Moines Mayor Frank Cownie won an unprecedented fifth term.

Voters in Bloomfield, Cedar Falls, Charter Oak, Estherville, Fairfield and Orange City also made final decisions in city races yesterday (Tuesday).

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Shotgun deer hunting seasons open Saturday, may bring 40K hunters

Ag/Outdoor, News, Sports

December 4th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) — Many thousands of deer hunters will be combing Iowa’s fields and forests this weekend as the first of two shotgun seasons will open Saturday. Tyler Harms, a wildlife biometrician with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, expects it to be a busy weekend and he reminds hunters to wear their blaze orange, follow the regulations, and report their harvest. “We’ll have about 40,000 or so hunters in the field during both seasons,” Harms says. “These seasons are also when we see the highest amount of deer harvested in the state. About 60,000 deer will be harvested here in the next few weeks in December.”

Harms predicts the deer harvested this month won’t fluctuate too much from 2018’s numbers. “We’ll be at least steady or similar to last year, maybe a slight increase this year, just because we’re seeing a slight increasing trend in our deer population statewide, but we’re still well within our population goal,” Harms says. “I would anticipate a very similar to slightly higher harvest.”

Mother Nature has a lot to do with those numbers and Harms notes this weekend’s forecast is for drier, warmer weather. “If you remember from last year, the first weekend of December, we had some pretty nasty weather statewide. It was really wet and snowy and cold,” Harms says. “It made hunting very challenging and we saw a pretty big decline in the harvest during that season but then the harvest rebounded in the second shotgun season when the weather cooperated a little bit more.”

The first shotgun season runs December 7th through the 11th, with the second season running December 14th through the 22nd.

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VICTOR DOONAN, JR., 59, of Brayton (Celebration of Life 12/14/19)

Obituaries

December 4th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

VICTOR DOONAN, JR., 59, of Brayton, died Nov. 29th, at home. A Celebration of Life Memorial Gathering for VICTOR DOONAN, JR., will be held from 2-until 4-p.m. Dec. 14th, at the Kessler Funeral Home, in Exira.

VICTOR DOONAN, JR. is survived by:

His wife – Tammy Rutherford, of Brayton.

His daughters – Samantha Doonan, of Irwin, and Rachel (Loren) Falk, of SD.

His sons – Anthony Doonan, Anthony (Angelita) Rutherford, and Alexander Rutherford, all of Cedar Rapids.

His sisters – Andrea (Gene) Crane, Diane (Mitch) Munch, Margaret (Mike) Haley, and Lori Doonan, all of Exira.

12 grandchildren; other relatives, in-laws, and his special friend Kelly Dost, of Vinton.

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Skyscan Forecast for Atlantic & the area, 12/4/19

Weather

December 4th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

Today: Partly cloudy. High 50. W @ 10.

Tonight: Partly cloudy. Low 32. W @ 5.

Tomorrow: P/Cldy. High 52. SW @ 10-15.

Friday: P/Cldy. High 40.

Saturday: P/Cldy. High 52.

Tuesday’s High in Atlantic, was 51 Our Low this morning 30. Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 26 and the Low was 20. The record High for Dec. 4th in Atlantic, was 66 in 1998. The Record Low was -8 in 1905.

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Thomas hits late 3-pointer, lifts Drake over Milwaukee 56-53

Sports

December 4th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

Noah Thomas hit a 3-pointer with two seconds left in regulation to allow Drake to hold off Milwaukee, 56-53. Roman Penn hit back-to-back jumpers after Anthony Murphy’s layup tied the game at 49-49 with 4:04 to play. Darius Roy hit two free throws and scored at the basket with :16 left to tie the game at 53-53.

Liam Robbins posted 11 points, seven rebounds and four blocks and Garrett Sturtz had eight rebounds for Drake (7-2), which earned its fifth consecutive home victory. DeAndre Abram had 12 points and seven rebounds for the Panthers (5-4). Amir Allen added three blocks. Josh Thomas had seven rebounds.

Drake matches up against Southeast Missouri at home on Saturday. Milwaukee matches up against Kansas on the road next Tuesday.

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Garza scores 23, Iowa beats Syracuse 68-54

Sports

December 4th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

Luka Garza scored 23 points, Jordan Bohannon and Joe Wieskamp added 17 and 13, respectively, and Iowa pulled away in the second half to defeat Syracuse 68-54 on Tuesday night. Marek Dolezaj led Syracuse with 12 points as the Orange suffered their third straight loss. Syracuse’s 4-4 record represents the program’s worst start in the 44-year tenure of coach Jim Boeheim and the worst start for a Syracuse team since the 1968-69 season when the Orange started 3-5.

The Hawkeyes’ victory marked a good rebound effort after an 83-73 loss to San Diego State, particularly playing short-handed without starter and 3-point specialist C.J. Fredrick and Cordell Pemsl.

UP NEXT

Iowa: It’s a quick turnaround for the Hawkeyes, who have a tough road matchup Friday against No. 4 Michigan.

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Boys basketball scores from Tue., 12/3/19

Sports

December 4th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

A-H-S-T-W, Avoca 73, Riverside, Oakland 33

Audubon 42, Missouri Valley 40

Bedford 65, Essex 13

Carroll 76, Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 45

Clarinda 67, Red Oak 41

Creston 55, Atlantic 41

Denison-Schleswig 61, MVAO-CO-U 27

East Union, Afton 72, Diagonal 67, OT

Glenwood 60, Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson 45

Glidden-Ralston 52, Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton 51

IKM-Manning 47, Underwood 29

Lenox 64, Orient-Macksburg 24

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