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Baked Tuna Cakes

Mom's Tips

January 23rd, 2018 by admin

Ingredients:

  • 1 (12 oz) can of tuna in water, drained
  • 1 large egg
  • 2 Tablespoons green onion, sliced
  • 1/4 cup of mayonnaise
  • 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
  • 1/2 cup panko bread crumbs, divided
  • 1/2 teaspoon Italian seasoning
  • 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice
  • salt and pepper, to taste
  • 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper, optional

Directions:

Combine tuna, egg, green onion, mayonnaise, mustard, 1/4 cup panko bread crumbs, Italian seasoning, lemon juice, salt, pepper, garlic powder and cayenne pepper. Form 8 patties. Coat patties in remaining panko bread crumbs then refrigerate for 30 minutes. Bake at 375 for 20 minutes. Serve with chili sauce or garlic aioli for dipping if desired.

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Pat Grassley out, Gaesser and Lang to compete for GOP nomination for state ag secretary

Ag/Outdoor, News

January 23rd, 2018 by Ric Hanson

State Representative Pat Grassley — the grandson of U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley — has announced he plans to seek reelection to the Iowa House. The move ends speculation the younger Grassley is hoping the governor named him state ag secretary whenever current Iowa Ag Secretary Bill Northey leaves for a job in the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Texas Senator Ted Cruz has for months been blocking a confirmation vote for Northey in the U.S. Senate. Two OTHER Republicans have already announced they plan to run for state ag secretary in 2018. Ray Gaesser, a farmer from Corning who’s a former president of the American Soybean Association, launched his bid last week. “Strong family farms build a strong, healthy community and grow a strong, healthy Iowa,” Gaesser says. “And I will work with farmers, with legislators, with citizens to share that message that we’re all in this together and we all have responsibilities that we can share.”

Gaesser says the goal should be a “responsible, but profitable” agricultural sector. Gaesser Farms has been nearly 100 percent no-till since 1991 and Gaesser says his family plants cover crops on about half of their corn and soybean ground. “Our goal on our farm is to have 100 percent,” Gaesser says. “We just see real value in conserving the soil, giving that blanket of protection for Mother Nature in our soil that is needed and building organic matter, sequestering nutrients, all those things of being a benefit from the practice.”

In late October, former Iowa Farm Bureau president Craig Lang announced he’s running for the Republican Party’s 2018 nomination for state ag secretary. Lang is a farmer from Brooklyn who also has served as president of the Iowa Board of Regents. No Democrat has stepped forward to announce plans to seek the elected post of state ag secretary.

(Radio Iowa)

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Heartbeat Today 01/23/2018

Heartbeat Today, Podcasts

January 23rd, 2018 by admin

Jim Field speaks with Anna Campbell of Hamlin, a freshman at Audubon High School, who won the Growmark FFA Essay Contest in Iowa.

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(Podcast) KJAN Morning Sports report, 1/23/2018

Podcasts, Sports

January 23rd, 2018 by Ric Hanson

The 7:20-a.m. Sportscast w/Chris Parks.

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Trial in Iowa City bail bondsman slaying moved to Des Moines

News

January 23rd, 2018 by Ric Hanson

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A trial will be moved to Des Moines for a parolee accused of killing a bail bondsman in Iowa City. Court records say a judge ordered the change of venue Friday at the request of lawyers for 41-year-old Curtis Jones. He’s accused of shooting 34-year-old Jonathan Wieseler in the head while committing a robbery on April 22. Police say Jones was seen on security video near the crime scene and that Wieseler’s DNA was found in Jones’ vehicle. The trial is set to begin July 16.

Jones is also charged with the June murder of Iowa City cab driver Ricky Lillie. He has pleaded not guilty in that case. The Iowa Board of Parole released Jones from prison years early in November 2016 in an armed robbery case.

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Creston Police report (1/23) – 2 arrests

News

January 23rd, 2018 by Ric Hanson

The Creston Police Department reports the arrest early this (Tuesday) morning, of 22-year old Tyler White, from Creston. White was taken into custody at around 2:30-a.m. for Possession of Paraphernalia and Possession of a Controlled Substance. He was being held in the Union County Jail, on $1,300 bond. And, at around 4:10-p.m. Monday, 33-year old John Raymond Johnson, of Murray, was arrested on a Union County warrant for Violation of Parole. Johnson remains in the Union County Jail without bond.

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(Podcast) KJAN Morning News & funeral report,1/23/2018

News, Podcasts

January 23rd, 2018 by Ric Hanson

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

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May trial scheduled for man accused of killing hunter

News

January 23rd, 2018 by Ric Hanson

CENTERVILLE, Iowa (AP) — A May trial has been scheduled for a man accused of killing a hunter in south-central Iowa. Court records say 27-year-old Ethan Davis entered a written plea of not guilty Monday to a charge of first-degree murder. His trial is set to begin May 1. Davis is charged with killing 31-year-old Curtis Ross, of Cedar Falls, whose body was found Dec. 2 in a remote area of Appanoose County. An autopsy report says Ross suffered several stabbing and gunshot wounds.

Officials say fingerprints on bullet casings discovered near Ross’ body led investigators to Davis. Investigators also say Davis’ fingerprints were found on a rifle that was hidden under farm equipment at Davis’ property about 3½ miles (6 kilometers) northeast of Promise City.

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JOAN LANGE, 85, of Webster City (Svc. 1/25/18)

Obituaries

January 23rd, 2018 by Ric Hanson

JOAN LANGE, 85, of Webster City, died Sunday, Jan. 21st, at Southfield Wellness Community. Funeral services for JOAN LANGE will be held 10:30-a.m. Thursday, Jan. 25th, at the Elk Horn Lutheran Church (in Elk Horn, IA). Pauley-Jones Funeral Home in Harlan has the arrangements.

Visitation at the Elk Horn Lutheran Church will be held Wednesday, Jan. 24th, from 5-until 7-p.m.

Burial will be in the Elk Horn Lutheran Cemetery.

JOAN LANGE is survived by:

Her sons – Timothy (Patricia) Lange, of Sibley, and Bruce (Darcia) Lange, of Promise City, IA.

Her daughter – Lori Thomas, of Ft. Dodge.

Her sister-in-law Carolyn (Joe) Mason, of White Lake, MN, and her brother-in-law Richard Nelson, of Elk Horn.

9 grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren, 2 step-grandchildren, 7 step great-grandchildren and 3 step great-great grandchildren.

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Skyscan Forecast & weather data for Atlantic: 1/23/18

Weather

January 23rd, 2018 by Ric Hanson

Today: Mostly Cloudy w/flurries this morning; P/Cldy this afternoon. High 32. NW winds @ 15-30 this morning diminshing this afternoon.

Tonight: Fair to P/Cldy. Low 16.

Tomorrow: P/Cldy. High near 40. S @ 5-10.

Thursday: P/Cldy, windy & mild. High near 50.

Friday: P/Cldy. High 48.

Monday’s High in Atlantic was 39 Our Low this morning (as of 5-a.m.) was 27. We received 1 inch of snow, along with some sleet and freezing drizzle late Monday afternoon through last night. The liquid value of all those forms of precipitation amounted to .21″. Last year on this date our High was 34 and the Low was 29. The record High in Atlantic on this date was 60 in 1981, and the Low was -24 in 1948.

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