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Backyard & Beyond 12-25-2018

Backyard and Beyond, Podcasts

December 25th, 2018 by Jim Field

LaVon Eblen wishes everyone a Merry Christmas!

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(Podcast) KJAN 8-a.m. News, 12/25/2018

News, Podcasts

December 25th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

More State and area news from KJAN News Director Ric Hanson.

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Cranberry Pudding (12-25-2018)

Mom's Tips

December 25th, 2018 by Jim Field

  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 cups whole raw cranberries
  • 3 tablespoons melted butter
  • 2 cups flour, sifted
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup milk

Sauce:

  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 3/4 cup milk
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Mix dry ingredients.  Add cranberries.  Combine butter and milk and add.  Mix and bake in 8″ square pan at 350 degrees for one hour.  Serve warm with the following sauce.  Mix butter, milk and sugar in saucepan and boil for 10 minutes or until thick.  Add vanilla.

(Marlys Ellison)

(Podcast) KJAN Morning Sports report, 12/25/18

Podcasts, Sports

December 25th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

The 7:20-a.m. Sportscast with Jim Field.

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Heartbeat Today 12-25-2018

Heartbeat Today, Podcasts

December 25th, 2018 by Jim Field

Jim Field shares the real, biblical story of Christmas.

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(Podcast) KJAN Morning News & Funeral report, 12/25/18

News, Podcasts

December 25th, 2018 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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Christmas eve morning fire in Red Oak

News

December 25th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

The occupants of a home in Red Oak escaped without injury early Monday morning, after a fire broke out at around 3:15-a.m. According to reports, several departments responded to the fire in the upstairs bedroom at 410 East Nuckols Avenue, in Red Oak. A functional smoke detector alerted the residents to the danger.

The second floor of the home sustained extensive fire and water damage. Red Oak fire was assisted at the scene by crews from Elliott and Stanton. Red Oak Police, the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office, MidAmerican Energy and Red Oak’s Water Department also provided assistance. Firefighters were on the scene for about two-and-a-half hours.

The American Red Cross was contacted to assist the homes’ residents. The cause of the fire was under investigation.

Forecast predicts warmer weather and more ‘rain extremes’ ahead

Ag/Outdoor, News, Weather

December 25th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) — A new climate assessment for Iowa and the rest of the Northern Plains predicts the region will see overall warmer temperatures and more “rain extremes” in the months and years ahead. Meteorologist Dennis Todey, director of the U-S-D-A’s Midwest Climate Hub, based in Ames, says ag producers will need to make more and more adjustments, starting with soil health. “At worst, maintain. Don’t lose any more of your soil, but do things that help regenerate that soil with reducing tillage when you’re harvesting a crop,” Todey says. “Don’t remove some of that stover as much as possible to help renew the soil and help keep regenerating the soil.”

While concerns have been raised for years over nutrient application on fields and the subsequent run-off, Todey says fertilizer use will have to be even more carefully monitored. “Being more judicious with our nutrient application so we don’t get any kind of water quality issues,” Todey says. In some areas of the region, he says agricultural producers may have to consider changing the crops they plant to align better with the changing climate. “Corn and soybeans are things that people know how to grow,” Todey says. “They’re insured. There’s a number of issues supporting that, but, especially when we have the pricing issues right now, are there other things you can grow, that you know how to grow, that are more able to be managed under the conditions we’re dealing with?”

The national climate assessment report endeavors to forecast approaching changes over the next 10-to-30 years.

Skyscan Forecast for Atlantic & the area: 12/25/2018

Weather

December 25th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

Today (Christmas Day): Partly sunny, with a high near 43. Light south southeast wind.

Tonight: Cloudy, with a low around 31. East wind 5 to 10 mph.

Wednesday: A slight chance of sleet before 7am, then a chance of freezing rain and sleet between 7am and 9am, then rain after 9am. High near 42. Breezy, with an east southeast wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. Little or no ice accumulation expected. Little or no sleet accumulation expected.

Wednesday Night: Rain. Temperature rising to around 47 by 5am. Breezy, with a southeast wind around 17 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between three quarters and one inch possible.

Thursday: Rain, mainly before noon. High near 50. Breezy, with a southeast wind 15 to 25 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Thursday Night: A chance of rain and snow before 9pm, then a chance of snow and freezing rain between 9pm and midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 24. Blustery. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Friday: Cloudy, with a high near 26. Blustery.

Yesterday’s High in Atlantic was 42. Our 24-hour Low (ending at 7-a.m. Today) will be/was 19 Last year on this date our High was 13 and the Low was -7. The record High in Atlantic on this date was 56 in 1922. The Record Low was -20 in 1983.

DOT again seeks approval to open driver’s license center in Dallas County

News

December 25th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) — State transportation officials are asking lawmakers to give the green light to another state-run driver’s license station in central Iowa. Driver’s licenses and I-D cards are issued in 83 county treasurers’ offices — and the Iowa D-O-T operates facilities in the most heavily populated areas of the state. Iowa D-O-T director Mark Lowe says “We have 17 service centers in 16 counties right now.”

There already are two D-O-T license stations in Polk County — one in Ankeny and the other on the north side of Des Moines. Lowe has presented the governor with a plan to open a new D-O-T service center on the west side of the Des Moines metro, in Dallas County. Lowe says Dallas County officials are overwhelmed. “They’re doing about 26,000 licenses and IDs a year which is over seven times more than the average county treasurer’s office and it’s very comparable to what we do in our Ames, Council Bluffs and Dubuque Service Centers,” Lowe says. “Dallas County officials have come to us and asked us if we would take over the services in Dallas County and we’ve agreed to do that.”

Lowe says Dallas County’s population is two-and-a-half times larger than it was when the Dallas County Treasurer began issuing licenses out of the courthouse in Adel. The D-O-T director told the governor staffing costs for the new D-O-T facility in Dallas County would be half a million dollars.  “You’ll also see in our capital budget $350,000 which would be the build-out of a leased facility to house the new service center,” Lowe says. “And we’re targeting the start of January of 2020 to have that up and running in place and Dallas County has been working closely with us and will be a great partner in that transition.”

This is the D-O-T’s second try at getting a new service center in Dallas County. In 2016, Senate Democrats voted to specifically prohibit the D-O-T from buying, building, renting or leasing any kind of license station in Dallas County. Republicans are now in charge in the state senate — and the senate president is from Dallas County, but he has not commented publicly on the D-O-T’s proposal.