The area’s top news at 7:06-a.m., w/KJAN News Director Ric Hanson
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Cass County Emergency Management Coordinator Mike Kennon reports the City of Atlantic will resume regular testing of its outdoor warning sirens today (Friday, March 17th), at noon. The sirens have traditionally been tested on Fridays from Mid-March through November, during the severe weather season. The regular siren activation is necessary to ensure to proper operation of the system.
The siren testing is occurring before Iowa Severe Weather Awareness Week, which runs from March 27-31. The National Weather Service will conduct a Statewide Tornado Drill on Wednesday, March 29th between 10 and 11 a.m.
Residents should remember Outdoor Warning Sirens are intended to alert persons who are involved with outdoor activities. There is no guarantee they will hear an Outdoor Warning Siren when it is activated. Persons indoors should not depend on Outdoor Warning Sirens as their primary way of being warned.
Atlantic residents will also be notified of this initial siren test through the Cass County Emergency Notification System (ENS). To register for the Cass County Emergency Notification System, residents can go to the KJAN home page and look for the sign-up link. You can sign up by entering your cell phone, e-mail and/or pager number, city and zip code.
There are also links located on the Cass County homepage (http://www.casscountyiowa.us/) and the Cass County EMA Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/CassCoEMA). If you need assistance, please contact Mike Kennon at 712-243-1500.
Today: P/Cloudy. High near 60. NW @ 15-25.
Tonight: Clear to P/Cldy. Low 28.
Tomorrow: P/Cldy. High 54. N-SE @ 5-10.
Sunday: P/Cldy. High 65.
Monday: Mo. Cldy w/a chance of morning showers. High 57.
Thursday’s High in Atlantic was 64. Our 24-hour Low was 32. Last year on this date, our High in Atlantic was 59 and the low was 26. The Record High in Atlantic on this date was 84 in 1894. The Record Low was -11 in 1906.
A call to the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office early this (Friday) morning about a person pounding on the door of a residence near Hamburg, resulted in the arrest of a Shenandoah man. Fremont County Sheriff Kevin Aistrope reports Deputies were notified at around 2:45-a.m. about the incident that was taking place at 3027 300th Avenue.
24-year old Steven Thomas Shane, of Shenandoah, tried to hide from authorities when they arrived on the scene, but the K9 unit was deployed and Shane was arrested a short time later without incident.
Shane was brought to the Fremont County Law Enforcement Center, where he was charged with two counts of Violating a Protection Order. He was being held in the jail without bond.
Police in Red Oak, early this (Friday) morning, arrested a Cass County man following a traffic stop. 38-year old Chad Allen Sharp, of Griswold, was taken into custody just after 3-a.m. in the 1700 block of N. Broadway Street, for Driving While Suspended and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. Sharp was booked into the Montgomery County Jail and held on a $300 bond.
Ally Disterhoft has gone from a 9-year-old poster child to the greatest scorer in University of Iowa women’s basketball history, when her 21-points pushed her career mark to 2,061. The hometown senior became the Hawkeyes’ career scoring leader Thursday in Iowa’s 95-74 victory over Missouri State in a first-round Women’s NIT game at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. The Hawkeyes, now 18-13, advance to host a second-round game against defending WNIT champion South Dakota on Saturday on Mediacom Court. Tipoff is 3 p.m.
The previous scoring record for the Lady Hawks was held Cindy Haugejorde, who racked-up 2,059 points from 1976-80. Disterhoft wasn’t the only one to establish a record Thursday. Sophomore center Megan Gustafson had her 16th double-double, finishing with 14 points and 10 rebounds. She set a school record for rebounds in a season with 307. Amy Herrig had set the previous mark of 306 during the 1998-99 season.
Iowa scored 50 points in the paint, to go with 25 bench points. The Hawkeyes also set a WNIT record by shooting 62.3 percent from the field. The Hawkeyes had 23 assists on 38 made baskets. Iowa had five players score in double figures. Kathleen Doyle added 18 points, Makenzie Meyer 14, and Hannah Stewart 10.
Tickets are on sale for the WNIT Second Round game against South Dakota through the UI Athletics Ticket Office at 800-IA-HAWKS or via hawkeyesports.com.
(HawkeyeSports.Com)
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Monte Morris had 19 points, eight rebounds and eight assists, and Iowa State outlasted Nevada 84-73 on Thursday night to advance to the second round of the NCAA Tournament for the second straight year.
Deonte Burton added 14 points and eight rebounds as the fifth-seeded Cyclones won for the 10th time in their last 11 games, building off their impressive run through the Big 12 Tournament. Naz Mitrou-Long and Matt Thomas had 13 points apiece.
Iowa State (24-10) will try for its third Sweet 16 appearance in four years when it takes on No. 4 seed Purdue on Saturday.
Cameron Oliver scored 22 points for Nevada (28-7), which had won nine straight by an average of 15 points. Jordan Caroline had 20 points and eight rebounds, and Marcus Marshall finished with 16 points on 5-for-16 shooting.
Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:40 a.m. CDT
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Republicans in the Iowa House passed a bill Thursday to overhaul how workers in the state are compensated for on-the-job injuries, though they backed off on some key proposals amid internal concern. The GOP-majority chamber voted 55-38 for the bill, which would revamp standards for hurt workers in Iowa, including reductions to shoulder injury benefits and decreased coverage for injuries tied to a pre-existing condition. The Republican-led Senate will now consider the legislation.
MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) — Police are looking into who has been targeting a Mason City synagogue with profanity-laced phone messages. The Globe Gazette report that the most recent call came around 2:30 a.m. Wednesday. The call to the Adas Israel synagogue rang through to the home of its president, Alan Steckman. Steckman believes it was the same man who left an anti-Semitic voicemail message on the Steckmans’ answering machine on March 5.
WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Newly unsealed court documents in the case of a 16-year-old girl who was starved to death say medics discovered her in an adult diaper lying on a bare floor. A police affidavit says it appeared Natalie Finn had been on the floor of her mother’s home “in her own waste for some time.” Her parents face several felony charges, including first-degree murder levied against her mother. Prosecutors say the girl was starved and tortured by her parents.
OSAGE, Iowa (AP) — An Osage woman accused of stealing about $2,300 from her mother to gamble at a local casino has pleaded guilty to a reduced charge. The Mason City Globe Gazette reports that 58-year-old Marilyn Jo Spartz pleaded guilty Wednesday to misdemeanor third-degree theft. In exchange, prosecutors dropped a charge of felony theft.
SUSAN M. NEUMANN, 44, of Atlantic, died Wed., March 15th, at Creighton University Medical Center, in Omaha. Per her wishes, cremation has taken place, and private family services for SUSAN NEUMANN will be held at a later date. Hockenberry Family Care Funeral Home in Atlantic is in charge of the arrangements.
Online condolences may be left to the family at www.hockenberryfamilycare.com.
The Sac County Sheriff’s Office reports an Odebolt man wanted by authorities on three counts of Child Endangerment and drug-related charges, has been apprehended in Council Bluffs. 43-year old Stephen (Steve) Ray Campbell was wanted in connection with a March 7th search warrant served at Campbell’s house at 600 West 6th Street, in Odebolt.
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