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National Sports Headlines: Sunday, 1/1/2017

Sports

January 1st, 2017 by Ric Hanson

ATLANTA (AP) — Top-ranked and unbeaten Alabama is in the national championship game after scoring 10 points off turnovers in a 24-7 win over No. 4 Washington in the Peach Bowl. Bo Scarborough carried the Tide’s offense by running for 180 yards and two touchdowns to earn game MVP honors. Ryan Anderson returned an interception 26 yards for a touchdown late in the first half to help Alabama improve to 14-0 heading into its title game against Clemson.

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — DeShaun Watson ran for two touchdowns and threw for another as Clemson blasted Ohio State, 31-0 to advance to the national championship game. Watson was 23 of 36 for 259 yards and two interceptions before taking a seat on the bench with five minutes left in the fourth quarter. He also had 57 yards rushing for the Tigers, who scored in each quarter and held the Buckeyes to 215 total yards and nine first downs.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Columbus Blue Jackets have tied the second-longest winning streak in NHL history by downing the Wild, 4-2 in Minnesota. Cam Atkinson scored twice while Columbus built a 3-0 lead en route to its 15th consecutive win, two away from the all-time record set by the 1992-93 Penguins. The outcome also ends the Wild’s team-record, 12-game winning streak.

HOUSTON (AP) — James Harden torched the Knicks for 53 points, 17 assists and 16 rebounds to highlight Houston’s 129-122 victory. Harden set career highs for points and 3-pointers with nine, and matched his career best for assists in his second consecutive triple-double. Ryan Anderson added 25 points for the Rockets, who have won four in a row and finished December 15-2 to tie a club record for wins in a single month.

UNDATED (AP) — Saturday’s college basketball schedule included three upsets in the ACC. Justin Bibbs drained four 3-pointers while scoring 18 points to lead Virginia Tech’s 89-75 win against fifth-ranked Duke. Josh Okogie scored 26 points and Ben Lammers had 11 and 11 rebounds in the Yellow Jackets’ 75-63 triumph over ninth-ranked North Carolina, and Dwayne Bacon scored 26 of his 39 points in the second half to lead 20th-rated Florida State past No. 12 Virginia, 60-58.

 

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Most popular names for babies born in (Des Moines) Iowa in 2016

News

January 1st, 2017 by Ric Hanson

Des Moines’ based UnityPoint Health has released a list of the top baby names for 2016. Nearly 5,000 babies were born in 2016 at three hospitals in the Des Moines area under the UnityPoint Health banner. UnityPoint has released a list of the most popular names given to those newborns. The top girl names in 2016 were Olivia, Lilly, Norah, Sophie, and Charlotte. The most popular names for boys were Jack or Jackson, Henry, Oliver, William, and Owen.

(Radio Iowa)

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ISP: Seat belt saves the life of a Madison County teen

News

January 1st, 2017 by Ric Hanson

Officials with the Iowa State Patrol says a Madison County teen’s life was saved by the use of her seat belt, Saturday night. 16-year old Arianna Snell, of St. Charles, was driving a 2012 Toyota Prius westbound on the Truro blacktop road, about two-miles east of Interstate 35, when the car went out of control on a curve where the blacktop meets the gravel on the road.

The car rolled several times before coming to rest in a ditch. The accident happened at around 7:50-p.m., Saturday. Snell was transported by New Virginia Rescue to Mercy West Hospital in Des Moines. There was no report on her condition.

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NWS Forecast for Atlantic & the area, 1/1/2017

Weather

January 1st, 2017 by Ric Hanson

Today (New Year’s Day): Increasing clouds, with a high near 39. Wind chill values as low as 5. South wind 6 to 11 mph.
Tonight: A slight chance of drizzle or freezing drizzle between 11pm and midnight, then a chance of drizzle. Cloudy, with a low around 33. Southeast wind 8 to 10 mph.
Monday: A 40 percent chance of rain. Cloudy, with a high near 43. Southeast wind 5 to 9 mph becoming south southwest in the afternoon. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Monday Night: A chance of rain, mixing with freezing rain after 11pm, then gradually ending. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 21. Blustery, with a west southwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming northwest 12 to 17 mph in the evening. Winds could gust as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 22. Windy, with a northwest wind 17 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph.
Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 6. Blustery.
Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 17.

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Hazardous Weather Outlook for the KJAN listening area: 1/1/17

Weather

January 1st, 2017 by Ric Hanson

AREA COUNTIES: SAC-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON- ADAMS-UNION-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD….341 AM CST SUN JAN 1 2017

TODAY AND TONIGHT: SPOTTY FREEZING DRIZZLE OR LIGHT FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80. LITTLE TO NO ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED BUT THERE MAY BE SLICK SPOTS ON SOME ROADS.

MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY: SPOTTY FREEZING DRIZZLE OR LIGHT FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE ON MONDAY MORNING NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80. LITTLE TO NO ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED BUT THERE MAY BE SLICK SPOTS ON SOME ROADS.

AREA COUNTIES: MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT- PAGE COUNTIES….405 AM CST SUN JAN 1 2017

TODAY AND TONIGHT: THERE IS A CHANCE FOR LIGHT SNOW…POSSIBLY MIXING WITH LIGHT RAIN…THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. ANY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIGHT WITH ONLY A DUSTING POSSIBLE. AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE ARE POSSIBLE OVER MUCH OF EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA FROM LATE EVENING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. AREAS NORTH AND NORTHWEST OF INTERSTATE 80 STAND THE BEST CHANCE OF SEEING BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES WHERE A COUPLE HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH OF ICING IS POSSIBLE. ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO REMAIN ABOVE FREEZING…SO THE RISK OF ANY ICING IS LOW.

MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY: THE POTENTIAL FOR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING NORTH AND NORTHWEST OF INTERSTATE 80. HOWEVER TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO CLIMB TO ABOVE FREEZING BEFORE NOON…SO ICING SHOULD REMAIN RATHER LIGHT IF ANY. BEHIND THIS STORM SYSTEM…COLDER AIR WILL SPILL INTO THE REGION FOR MUCH OF THE WEEK WITH LOWS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS AND HIGHS IN THE TEENS OR LOWER 20S. THE COLDEST WIND CHILLS OF 5 TO 15 BELOW ARE FORECAST WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY MORNINGS.

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Iowa early News Headlines: 1/1/2017

News

January 1st, 2017 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 4:35 a.m. CST

BURLINGTON, Iowa (AP) — A county attorney says she’s seeking first-degree murder warrants for two Missouri men in connection with the March slaying of a Burlington teenager. Des Moines County Attorney Amy Beavers tells The Hawk Eye she asked a district judge Friday to issue the warrants in the case of 16-year-old Kedarie Pierre Johnson. Beavers says she’s prohibited from releasing the names of the men until the warrants are executed. Police say Kedarie was found in an alley with several gunshot wounds.

ALTOONA, Iowa (AP) — A Des Moines woman has been accused of driving at speeds of 110 mph in a 45 mph zone amid a car chase with police. The Des Moines Register reports 36-year-old Belladonna Melissa Guirgis was taken into custody following the Friday night incident. Altoona Police say an officer tried to stop Guirgis in the Des Moines suburb on suspicion of speeding. She is accused of speeding away, driving into oncoming traffic and running a red light. She was later taken into custody.

LE MARS, Iowa (AP) — A semitractor-trailer carrying raw turkey was sliced in half following a train collision in northwest Iowa. The Sioux City Journal reports the collision happened Friday afternoon on a road near a grocery store in downtown Le Mars. The driver of the semitrailer was taken to a hospital with minor injuries. The newspaper reports raw turkey packed in the semitrailer was pressed against the front of the train, scattering the meat across the area.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The keeper of Iowa City’s records has retired after 37 years on the job. There was no big reception at Iowa City Hall on Friday for Marian Karr, the longtime city clerk who marked her last day of work by leaving at noon. Co-workers respected Karr’s plans to spend the afternoon with her grandchildren. The Iowa City Press-Citizen reports Karr had a hand on all aspects of city government over the years, including overseeing contracts and other records.

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Analysts expect continued growth in hog industry

Ag/Outdoor

December 31st, 2016 by admin

An agricultural economist says he doesn’t see anything in the near future to slow the growth in the hog industry. David Miller, director of research and commodity services for the Iowa Farm Bureau, says today’s hog producers continue to be more efficient. “We continue to get advances in genetics that are able to push this 1 to 1.5 percent gains that we’re seeing in both litters per sow and better return rates on breeding,” Miller says. “I think relative to pigs per litter – that’s on a march upward.” Purdue ag economist Chris Hurt says while the increase of pigs per litter has slowed slightly over the years – it is still on the positive side.

“The proof is in the pudding,” Miller says. “We’ve been at this a long time, certainly for 35 years or so, basically at this same rate. When you have that kind of longevity, you have to say it’s probably going to be on that positive side – at least that 1 to 1.25 percent a year.” The USDA reported a two percent increase in pigs per litter for September to November, one percent higher than pre-report estimates.

(Reporting by Meghan Grebner, Brownfield Ag News)

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JUNETTE KEES, 94, of Atlantic (Svcs. 1/3/17)

Obituaries

December 31st, 2016 by admin

JUNETTE KEES, 94, of Atlantic, died Friday, Dec. 30th, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital, in Atlantic Graveside services for JUNETTE KEES will be held 2-p.m. Tue., Jan. 3rd 2017, in the Atlantic Cemetery. Hockenberry Family Care Funeral Home in Atlantic has the arrangements.

JUNETTE KEES is survived by:

Her son – Dennis (Sharon) Witt, of Atlantic.

Her daughter – Candice Christensen, of Atlantic.

8 grandchildren and 6 great-grandchildren.

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Train in Iowa slices semitrailer carrying turkey

News

December 31st, 2016 by Ric Hanson

LE MARS, Iowa (AP) — A semitractor-trailer carrying raw turkey was sliced in half following a train collision in northwest Iowa. The Sioux City Journal reports the collision happened Friday afternoon on a road near a grocery store in downtown Le Mars. The driver of the semitrailer was taken to a hospital with minor injuries.

Le Mars Fire Chief Dave Schipper says the empty 87-car Union Pacific train was traveling south when it struck the westbound semitractor-trailer. The vehicle was dragged about 100 feet before the train came to a stop.

The newspaper reports raw turkey packed in the semitrailer was pressed against the front of the train, scattering the meat across the area. The railroad pole that holds critical signal lights was also damaged.

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Audubon P-D arrest report (12/31/16)

News

December 31st, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Audubon Police Chief Matt Starmer reports two arrests took place over the past couple of weeks. Starmer says 29-year old Dane Kristian Larson, of Audubon, was arrested on Dec. 16th and 19th, both times on warrants for Failure to Appear in court. And, on Dec. 23rd, 34-year old Isaiah Lee Goetz, of Carroll, was arrested for Operating Motor Vehicle While Intoxicated (OWI).

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