The area’s top news at 7:06-a.m., w/KJAN News Director Ric Hanson
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Today: Areas of fog this morning; P/Cloudy. High 48. SW @ 10-15.
Tonight: Partly cloudy. Low 32. SW @ 5-10.
Tomorrow: Mo. Cldy. High 42. S @ 10.
Friday: Mo. Cldy w/a chance of light afternoon rain. High 45.
Saturday: Mostly Cloudy w/a chance of morning rain. High around 45.
Tuesday’s High in Atlantic was 32. Our 24-hour Low (ending at 7-a.m. today) was 25. Last year on this date, our High in Atlantic was 15 and the low was -3. The Record High in Atlantic on this date was 61 in 1951. The Record Low was -28 in 1984.
Sheriff’s Deputies in Montgomery County early this (Wednesday) morning, arrested 23-year old Zachary Nathan Gogert, of Red Oak. Gogert was taken into custody at around 4:15-a.m. on a valid warrant for Theft in the 4th Degree. He was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on a $1,000 cash bond.
Police in Red Oak, Tuesday night, briefly arrested and then released, 25-year old Anthony Michael Harris, of Bedford, following a traffic stop on Highway 34 at Eastern Avenue, in Red Oak. Harris was cited at around 8:30-p.m. for Driving While Suspended, a simple misdemeanor.
West Des Moines is the first city in Iowa to sign on to a national program to train and equip people for a potential emergency situation that includes serious bleeding. West Des Moines E-M-S Assistant Chief David Edgar says the Stop the Bleed program involves bleeding control kits — which could be used in a number of situations, ranging from a mass shooting to someone being injured while trimming a tree with a chainsaw.
“The fact is, in a lot of those cases when it’s severe bleeding, it can mean the difference between death and living by having immediate help before EMS arrives,” Edgar says. “It can take several minutes for EMS to get there and you can lose a lot of blood in that time period.”
The White House launched the Stop the Bleed program in October 2015. Around 75 organizations across the U.S. are officially approved for the program. “The Homeland Security Stop the Bleed program…we’re the first location in the state of Iowa, along with the hospitals here, that have been approved for that,” Edgar says.
Initially, employees at six of West Des Moines’ largest employers will be trained and equipped to become first responders. Edgar says the bleed kits will include a number of items. “A pair of gloves, a set of scissors to be able to cut clothing, some bandages and wraps to provide direct pressure and bleeding control, and then a commercial-type of tourniquet that can be used in severe bleeding,” Edgar says.
Staff at the participating businesses in West Des Moines will take a 20 to 30 minute class on stopping bleeding.
(Radio Iowa)
BOYS BASKETBALL |
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ADM, Adel 78, Dallas Center-Grimes 65
Ar-We-Va, Westside 60, Boyer Valley, Dunlap 51
Creston 54, Clarinda 53
Earlham 62, Panorama, Panora 32
Glenwood 83, Red Oak 63
Lewis Central 65, Denison-Schleswig 56
Logan-Magnolia 68, Griswold 41
Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto 58, Lawton-Bronson 40
Mount Ayr 52, East Union, Afton 35
Southwest Valley 53, Bedford 45
St. Albert, Council Bluffs 62, Shenandoah 40
Woodbury Central, Moville 71, West Monona, Onawa 45
Corner Conference Tournament |
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First Round |
East Mills 44, Essex 42
Sidney 70, Clarinda Academy 40
Stanton 82, Heartland Christian 35
POSTPONEMENTS AND CANCELLATIONS |
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A-H-S-T-W, Avoca vs. Treynor, ppd.
Atlantic vs. Kuemper Catholic, Carroll, ppd. to Feb 2.
Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln vs. Sergeant Bluff-Luton, ppd. to Feb 14.
Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton vs. Woodbine, ppd.
IKM-Manning vs. Underwood, ppd.
Nodaway Valley vs. Lenox, ppd. to Jan 30.
Paton-Churdan vs. CAM, Anita, ppd.
Riverside, Oakland vs. Audubon, ppd. to Jan 19.
Tri-Center, Neola vs. Missouri Valley, ppd.
West Harrison, Mondamin vs. Glidden-Ralston, ppd.
Whiting vs. Omaha Christian Academy, Neb., ppd.
GIRLS BASKETBALL |
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Boyer Valley, Dunlap 60, Ar-We-Va, Westside 27
Creston 59, Clarinda 32
Dallas Center-Grimes 49, ADM, Adel 33
Lawton-Bronson 52, Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto 38
Lewis Central 54, Denison-Schleswig 29
Logan-Magnolia 60, Griswold 37
Mount Ayr 63, East Union, Afton 32
Panorama, Panora 74, Earlham 40
Red Oak 57, Glenwood 33
Shenandoah 65, St. Albert, Council Bluffs 42
Southwest Valley 56, Bedford 18
West Central Valley, Stuart 45, AC/GC 26
Westwood, Sloan 80, OA-BCIG 37
Woodbury Central, Moville 50, West Monona, Onawa 22
Corner Conference Tournament |
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First Round |
Stanton 63, Heartland Christian 30
POSTPONEMENTS AND CANCELLATIONS |
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A-H-S-T-W, Avoca vs. Treynor, ppd.
Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln vs. Sergeant Bluff-Luton, ppd.
Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton vs. Woodbine, ppd.
IKM-Manning vs. Underwood, ppd.
Kuemper Catholic, Carroll vs. Atlantic, ppd. to Feb 2.
Nodaway Valley vs. Lenox, ppd. to Jan 30.
Paton-Churdan vs. CAM, Anita, ppd.
Tri-Center, Neola vs. Missouri Valley, ppd.
West Harrison, Mondamin vs. Glidden-Ralston, ppd.
Whiting vs. Omaha Christian Academy, Neb., ppd.
Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:40 a.m. CST
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa lawmakers are considering a bill that would allow a woman who gets an abortion to sue the doctor who performed the procedure if she experiences emotional distress later. If approved, it would be the first law of its kind in the country. And it could make the state vulnerable to costly court challenges. The proposal would permit the woman to file a lawsuit at any point in her life, something that would go against typical statute of limitation rules.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A former Iowa senator has been sentenced to 15 months in prison for his part in attempting to hide payments he received to endorse presidential candidate Ron Paul in 2012. Kent Sorenson was Iowa chairman of Congresswoman Michele Bachmann’s presidential campaign when he shifted support to Paul days before the 2012 Iowa Caucuses. Prosecutors sought probation because Sorenson testified against three Paul campaign staffers. Judge Robert Pratt said Sorenson’s acts of corruption justified prison time.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds says she supports cutting money that helps at-risk youth in Iowa in order to pay for a new program that ends state funding for Planned Parenthood. Reynolds, the incoming Iowa governor, defended the plan Tuesday by saying other services like foster care wouldn’t be affected. The Associated Press reported Sunday that the plan includes passing up millions of federal dollars and redirecting $2.8 million that currently goes to child and family services.
MARION, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa civil rights group is warning an eastern Iowa city to stop enforcing a local ordinance that requires a permit to hold a political sign on a sidewalk. The American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa demands in a letter Tuesday to Marion leaders that they end enforcement of the ordinance after receiving a complaint from a local resident. The ACLU says police warned the resident in September that he was breaking local law.
The Atlantic Parks and Recreation Department’s Board of Directors, Tuesday evening, voted to accept from the Lions Club, the donation of a little, one-room school house already located at Sunnyside Park. The Lions Club is currently maintaining the structure, which was built in 1870 and relocated to just off Sunnyside lane, in 1960.
Parks and Rec Director Seth Staashelm said the Lions want to donate the house to the Parks Department (a non-profit organization), because the Lions (also a non-profit group), want to apply for grants that will enable them to maintain the building (including new siding), and improve the surrounding landscape.
The Parks and Rec Board also agreed with the Schildberg Recreation Area Committee, that 20 electrical pods to be installed at the Rec Area Campground site, should be metal and purchased from Kriz-Davis for around $3,450. That would be less expensive than a marina-style, fiberglass pod that had been proposed.
Seth Staashelm told the Board that the Enhance Iowa CAT grant application (pertaining to improvements at the Schildberg Recreation Area) is finished, and has been submitted to the Enhance Iowa Board.
The thick, spiral bound application spells out the amount of support the application and proposed project has, including matching funds from the City and County, and in-kind labor contributions. He said they hope to receive an invitation to appear before the Enhance Iowa Board, in a couple of weeks and make a presentation, as well as to answer any questions. If the grant is approved by this April, it will help to cover phase 1 of the Schildberg Recreation Area project, which involves electrical and water hook-ups to the camping pads, along with a new storm-safe shower and shelter house.
Staashelm reminds the public that shelter house reservations at one of the five City Parks are being accepted for groups and families. Already there are reservations made to this month. If you would like to reserve a shelter for an event or family get together, you can do so online at the Parks and Rec website (http://www.atlanticiowa.com/atlantic/city-departments/parks-recreation/reserve-a-shelter/) or call Seth Staashelm at 712-243-3542.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa lawmakers are considering a bill that would allow a woman who gets an abortion to sue the doctor who performed the procedure if she experiences emotional distress later. If approved, it would be the first law of its kind in the U.S.
The proposal would permit the woman to file a lawsuit at any point in her life, something that would go against typical statute of limitation rules. It could also make the state vulnerable to costly court challenges.
Sen. Mark Chelgren is the Republican who introduced the bill. He says the measure is about holding doctors and clinics accountable. It’s unclear how much GOP support the idea has in the Iowa Legislature, though the state’s incoming Republican governor did not dismiss it.