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Patient data errantly posted online, Iowa system says

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July 12th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) – Officials say the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics accidentally posted online for two years the names, admission dates and medical records numbers of around 5,300 current and former patients.

A University of Iowa Health Care news release said Tuesday that “a limited set of data” was inadvertently saved in unencrypted files posted online through an application development site.

Spokesman Tom Moore says an online security expert reported the posting April 29. The files were deleted two days later. He says the website where it was posted reported that the files were not copied. Moore also says the files didn’t contain clinical information, Social Security or credit card numbers.

University of Iowa Health Care notified the patients through a June 22 letter.

(Podcast) KJAN 8-a.m. News, 7/12/2017

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July 12th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

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

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WEDNESDAY, JULY 12th

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July 12th, 2017 by Jim Field

GARAGE SALE:  Huge Garage Sale to be held at 1731 Littlefield Drive, Exira, Iowa (between Elk Horn and Exira). Friday, July 14 from 8 am to 8 pm, and Saturday, July 15 from 8 am to noon.   Unpacked much more of Harold and Elna Nissen’s belongings. More tools found. Also selling the table saw, some primitives, corn crib doors and weathered wood, washer, tons of collectibles, antique shipping crate from Kimballton store, Teddy bear cookie jars and figurines, vintage toys, cloth feed sacks, old quilts and chenille, cookbooks, household items, and old plat books and  history books from this area.

New Miss Iowa wants to challenge body stereotypes

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July 12th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

The newly-crowned Miss Iowa is a 23-year-old personal trainer from Urbandale and a Drake University graduate. Chelsea Dubczak says her platform stems from her own experiences and is called “Ladies Who Lift.” It’s centered on encouraging women to focus on their capabilities, physically and mentally. “I do that in hopes of developing healthy relationships with our bodies,” Dubczak says. “Especially women today, we have a lot of societal expectations about what our bodies should look like and what is defined as beautiful and I dare challenge those stereotypes.”

It’s amazing what can happen to change that mindset to focus on your capabilities, she says, instead of the number on a scale or the size of your clothes. She also wants to expand her platform to include men. “I would love to create a second component to Ladies Who Lift that really is the same premise because men have a lot of societal expectations that are expected of them in terms of their body as well,” Dubczak says. “They’re just not as vocal about it and not as emotional about it.”

Miss Iowa 2017 Chelsea Dubczak (Photo from the Miss IA Facebook page)

During the pageant in Davenport last month, she says she kept her cool when it came down to just her and another young lady left on the stage. “I was very calm,” she says, “and in that moment I was trying desperately to think, ‘What’s the name I don’t want to hear? They’re going to call the first runner-up, right? Are they going to call the winner? What’s going to happen?’ Then, when they called her as the first runner up and she walked away, that’s when it really hit me that, wow, I did it!”

It was her 12th pageant and she believed that experience helped her stay calm. Dubczak will compete in the Miss America Pageant later this year. Miss Iowa’s Outstanding Teen is 14-year-old Lydia Fisher from Wapello. Fisher’s platform is Educating The Voters Of Tomorrow. She says she grew up in a family where political discussions around the dinner table were normal.

“But then after I started talking with my friends and fellow classmates, I realized that wasn’t the case,” Fisher says. “I feel students should know about politics no matter how old they are because we are American citizens and we have the right to choose our nation’s leaders, so we should be properly educated in the matter.”

Fisher was this year’s Miss Muscatine Outstanding Teen and it was her 9th pageant. She has also won state titles including: Little Miss Iowa 2010 and Junior Miss Iowa 2014. She will compete in the Miss America Outstanding Teen Pageant this summer.

(Radio Iowa)

Local 24-Hour Rainfall Totals ending at 7:00 am on Wednesday, July 12

Ag/Outdoor, Weather

July 12th, 2017 by Jim Field

  • Corning  .12″
  • Denison  .03″
  • Clarinda  .35″
  • Glenwood  .12″
  • Manning  .03″
  • Woodbine  .17″
  • Shenandoah  .2″
  • Council Bluffs  .22″
  • Creston  .05″
  • Villisca  .7″
  • Elk Horn  Trace
  • Underwood  Trace

Heartbeat Today 7-12-2017

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July 12th, 2017 by Jim Field

Jim Field visits with Trevor Gipple, Morgan Heiny and Lydia Greimann about their select softball experience and the Iowa Games softball tourney.

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Man died after vehicle fell on him, authorities say

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July 12th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

SERGEANT BLUFF, Iowa (AP) – Authorities say a man working under a vehicle died after it fell on him near Sergeant Bluff in northwest Iowa. The accident occurred around 11 a.m. Tuesday. The Woodbury County Sheriff’s Office says a jack supporting the vehicle collapsed, allowing the vehicle to fall on 64-year-old Loren Jorgensen. He was flown to a Sioux City hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The accident is being investigated.

(Podcast) KJAN Morning Sports report, 7/12/2017

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July 12th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

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

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(Podcast) KJAN Morning News & funeral report, 7/12/2017

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July 12th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

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

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Operation Dry Water campaign in Iowa included six BWI arrests

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July 12th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is reporting six people were arrested for boating while intoxicated in the state between June 30th and July 2nd. The DNR took part in a national campaign called Operation Dry Water. Susan Stocker, the DNR’s boating law administrator and education coordinator, says the six drunk boating arrests is down slightly from last year. “During the 2016 campaign, we had 10 boating while intoxicated arrests,” Stocker said.

Law officers stepped-up enforcement efforts over the recent holiday weekend at Okoboji, Clear Lake, Saylorville, Coralville Reservoir/Lake MacBride, Lake Delhi, and both the Missouri and Mississippi rivers. During the three-day enforcement operation, 153 officers participated, spending more than 1,800 hours making contact with 1,463 vessels.

In addition to the six boating while intoxicated arrests, the DNR reports officers issued 478 various citations or warnings. Six people were killed in Iowa in boat crashes last year. Two of those crashes involved alcohol.

(Radio Iowa)