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Easy Peasy Slaw (7-18-2017)

Mom's Tips

July 18th, 2017 by Jim Field

  • 4 cups frozen peas (thawed)
  • 4 green onions (chopped)
  • 1 package coleslaw mix
  • 1 cup poppy seed salad dresing
  • 1 cup sweet peanuts

Mix all together, add dressing and peanuts just before serving.

Heartbeat Today 7-18-2017

Heartbeat Today, Podcasts

July 18th, 2017 by Jim Field

Jim Field visits with Exira Mayor Mike Huegerich about the exceptional assistance and what comes next after the fire last Friday in the community.

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(Podcast) KJAN Morning Sports report, 7/18/2017

Podcasts, Sports

July 18th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

The 7:20-a.m. Sportscast w/Jim Field.

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Ideas needed for Atlantic’s Sesquicentennial Celebration

News

July 18th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

Atlantic Mayor Dave Jones is asking for citizens to attend a meeting this (Tuesday) evening at City Hall, to help plan for the City’s Sesquicentennial (150th Anniversary) Celebration. You’re asked to bring ideas for the event, and to join in on the discussion. The meeting begins at 5:30-p.m.

Tools stolen from a truck in Creston

News

July 18th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

The Creston Police Department says a man from Orient reported last Friday that various tools were stolen from the back of his truck while is was parked at 211 N. Pine Street, in Creston. The loss was estimated at $350.

(Podcast) KJAN Morning News & funeral report, 7/18/2017

News, Podcasts

July 18th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

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

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Deliberations begin in ex-Iowa GOP caucus staffer’s lawsuit

News

July 18th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Jurors have begun deliberating a verdict in the sexual harassment lawsuit brought by a former Iowa Senate Republican Caucus aide. Kirsten Anderson contends she was fired in 2013 as caucus communications director because she complained that she had been subjected to sexual harassment by male aides and lawmakers for years. In his closing statement Monday afternoon, her attorney said Anderson’s supervisors and elected Republican leaders ignored her concerns, fearing a disruption of the status quo at the Statehouse.

Republican officials deny she was harassed and say she was fired because of poor job performance. The case went to the jury Monday afternoon. The deliberations are expected to resume Tuesday.

Skyscan forecast & weather data for Atlantic: 7/18/17

Weather

July 18th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

Today: P/Cldy w/isolated showers & tstrms possible this morning. High 93. Heat Index around 100. S @ 10-20.

Tonight: P/Cldy w/isolated shwrs & tstrms late. Low around 73. S @ 10.

Tomorrow: P/Cldy w/isolated morning shwrs & tstrms. High 94. S @10-20. Heat Index as high as 103.  ** Excessive Heat Watch in effect at Noon Wednesday**

Thursday & Friday: P/Cldy. Highs both days around 96.

Monday’s High in Atlantic was 93. Our Low this morning 70. Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 84 and the low was 66. The Record High in Atlantic on this date was 107 in 1936. The Record Low was 44 in 1953.

ARLENE M. GREGERSEN, 87, of rural Audubon (Svcs. 7/20/17)

Obituaries

July 18th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

ARLENE M. GREGERSEN, 87, of rural Audubon, died Monday, July 17th, at home. Funeral services for ARLENE GREGERSEN will be held 2-p.m. Thursday, July 20th, at the Kessler Funeral Home in Audubon.

Friends may call at the funeral home, where the family visitation is from 1-p.m. Thursday, until the time of service.

Burial will be in the Maple Grove Cemetery in Audubon.

ARLENE GREGERSEN is survived by:

Her husband – Howard Gregersen, of Audubon.

Her daughters – Carol (Carl) French, of Manilla; Sherry (Bill) Buttler, of Guthrie Center, and Leaha Greene, of Atlantic.

5 grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren, her sister-in-law Mildred Dreher, of Audubon, other relatives, and friends.

Iowa body armor maker featured in White House event

News

July 18th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

Body armor plates manufactured in Centerville, Iowa, were exhibited in Monday’s “Made in America” event at the White House. R-M-A Armament C-E-O Blake Waldrop is featured in a video on the company’s website. “I started this business to help better protect the end user, my fellow Marines, my fellow police officers,” Waldrop says in the video. “I lost a friend in Iraq January 1, 2005. The same plates that were issued then (to soldiers) are issued now. We got in this business to make a better product, to make a superior product.”

The company’s ceramic body armor plates are inserted in what are often called “bullet proof vests.” The factory in Centerville makes about a thousand units a week and they’re sold to police departments throughout the country. One manufacturer from each state was invited to exhibit their product at yesterday’s (Monday’s) event in Washington, D.C.

(Radio Iowa)