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Receiver to be appointed to manage Sioux City building

News

October 28th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — A federal judge had ordered the appointment of a receiver to manage a 12-story historic art deco building in downtown Sioux City while foreclosure proceedings against the building’s owner and developer continue.

The Sioux City Journal reports that the order was issued Friday for the historic Badgerow Building. The move came after a federal judge in California earlier this month dismissed a bankruptcy filing by developer Mako One Corp., of Carlsbad, California.

Cedar Rapids Bank and Trust filed for foreclosure on the Badgerow Building in April, saying Mako and its partners defaulted on a $6 million bond agreement to help renovate the building. The bank said at the time that it was owed more than $4.4 million.

The Badgerow Building was built in 1933 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Kansas officers bring special gift to fallen officer’s son

News

October 28th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

BELLEVUE, Iowa (AP) — Police officers from around the country are reaching out to support a fallen Iowa officer’s son. Anamosa police Officer Mitch Kelchen died in a car crash over Labor Day weekend while off duty. After his death, Kelchen’s oldest son, Shane, collected business cards from other officers. But someone at his school destroyed the cards. Since then, police departments have sent Shane more than 10,000 cards.

Des Moines television station KCCI reports that officers from Kansas City, Kansas, got involved and presented a special gift to the family Friday in Bellevue, Iowa. They gave him two frames full of more than 150 business cards, including one of Mitch Kelchen’s cards.

Shane’s mom, Tina Kelchen, says the support her family has received since her husband’s death has been more than she expected.

VA: Secret waiting list delayed care for 87 veterans in 2017

News

October 28th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs officials say an unauthorized, secret waiting list for psychotherapy appointments at Omaha’s VA hospital delayed care for 87 veterans this year.

The Omaha World-Herald reported Saturday that letters addressed to Iowa Sens. Joni Ernst and Chuck Grassley and Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse blamed the unauthorized list on “training deficiencies” involving the hospital’s medical support assistants.

The VA’s response to Sasse said no employees were fired, but one employee who was involved retired and another resigned. It also said no bonuses were paid based on performance data implicated in the investigation of the secret lists.

Officials said the investigation is continuing into whether lower-ranking employees in the VA’s Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System were responsible. That should be completed by the end of the month.

High winds bring milestone for Iowa utility’s wind power

News

October 28th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — This week’s high winds in Iowa blew in a first for one electric utility. MidAmerican Energy officials tell Des Moines television station KCCI that winds blew hard enough on Monday and Tuesday for wind turbines to provide all the power needed to meet its customers’ needs for the state.

MidAmerican spokeswoman Tina Hoffman says the utility’s experts noted the wind was strong enough to produce the energy needed to power 670,000 electric customers in the state.

MidAmerican’s goal is to eventually produce 100 percent of its power with renewable resources. The company is upgrading its old wind turbines and building new ones to help reach that goal.

Much of the state saw sustained winds around 25 mph and gusts of around 40 mph on Monday and Tuesday.

(Podcast) KJAN 8-a.m. News, 10/28/2017

News, Podcasts

October 28th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

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

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(Podcast) KJAN Morning Sports report, 10/28/2017

Podcasts, Sports

October 28th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

The 7:20-a.m. Sportscast w/Ric Hanson.

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(Podcast) KJAN Morning News & funeral report, Saturday, 10/28/2017

News, Podcasts

October 28th, 2017 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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FREEZE WARNING continues until 10-a.m. today (Saturday)

Weather

October 28th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

AREA COUNTIES: Harrison-Shelby-Pottawattamie-Mills-Montgomery-Fremont-Page-Audubon-Guthrie-Dallas-Cass-Adair-Madison-Adams-Union-Taylor and Ringgold….

A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM TODAY (10/28)

* TEMPERATURE…Upper 20s to low 30s.

* IMPACTS…Temperatures below freezing will kill unprotected plants.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A Freeze Warning means sub-freezing temperatures are imminent or highly likely. These conditions will kill crops and other
sensitive vegetation.

ERVIN BAUER, 86, of Manning (Mass of Christian Burial 10/31/17))

Obituaries

October 28th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

ERVIN BAUER, 86, of Manning, died Friday, Oct. 27th, at the Manning Regional Hospital. A Mass of Christian Burial for ERVIN BAUER will be held 10:30-a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 31st, at the Sacred Heart Church in Manning. Ohde Funeral Home in Manning has the arrangements.

Friends may call at the funeral home on Monday, Oct. 30th, from 4:30-p.m. until 7-p.m., with a Rosary at 5-p.m. and a Prayer Service at 7-p.m.; Visitation will resume 9:30-a.m. Tuesday, at the Sacred Heart Church, prior to the Mass of Christian Burial.

Burial will be in the Sacred Heart Cemetery.

ERVIN BAUER is survived by:

His sons – Keith (Susana) Bauer, of Ankeny; Kevin Bauer, Jeffrey Bauer, and Kerry Bauer, all of Manning; James (Melissa) Bauer, of Denison; and Kenny (Diane) Bauer, of Manilla.

His sister – MaryAnn (Donald) Habert, of Maple River.

10 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren, other relatives and friends.

DUANE R. SCHRADER, 77, of Exira (Svcs. 10/31/17)

Obituaries

October 28th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

DUANE R. SCHRADER, 77, of Exira, died Friday, Oct. 27th, at Mercy Hospital Medical Center, in Des Moines. Funeral services for DUANE SCHRADER will be held 10:30-a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 31st, at the Exira Lutheran Church. Kessler Funeral Home in Exira has the arrangements.

Friends may call at the funeral home, where the family visitation is on Monday, Oct. 30th, at 5-p.m.

Burial will be in St. John’s Lutheran Cemetery, west of Exira.

DUANE SCHRADER is survived by:

His wife – Diane Schrader, of Exira.

His son – Steven Schrader and fiance’ Novella Chizek, both of Audubon.

His daughters – Tammy (Jason) Jensen, of Elk Horn, and Stacy (Kevin) Brown, of Adair.

His brother – Jerry (Judy) Schrader, of Elk Horn.

His sister – Gail (Paul) Heuss, of Des Moines.

8 grandchildren, his in-laws, other relatives, and friends.