Jim Field visits with Samantha Pollard of the Midwest Region of the American Red Cross about the importance of blood donations during the holidays.
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Jim Field visits with Samantha Pollard of the Midwest Region of the American Red Cross about the importance of blood donations during the holidays.
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Two Adair County men were arrested early this (Tuesday) morning on drug charges, in Creston. Creston Police say 34-year old Jason Herbal and 23-year old Steven Patterson, Jr., both of Greenfield, were taken into custody at around 3:20-a.m. at 806 Laurel Street in Creston. Both men were charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance, with Patterson’s charge being a 2nd offense. Herbal and Patterson, Jr. were being held in the Union County on $1,000 bond, each.
And, 35-year old Christopher Bell, of Creston, was arrested Monday evening in Creston. Bell was taken into custody at the Union County Law Enforcement Center for Theft in the 5th Degree. He was subsequently released on a Promise to Appear later, in court.
The area’s top news at 7:06-a.m., w/KJAN News Director Ric Hanson
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Today: Partly Cloudy. High 42. W @ 10-20.
Tonight: P/Cloudy. Low 25, W @ 5.
Tomorrow: P/Cloudy. High 47. SW-NW @ 10-20. .
Thursday: P/Cldy. High 40.
Friday: Mostly Cloudy w/scattered light rain. High 38
Monday’s High in Atlantic was 25. Our 24-Hour Low (ending at 7-a.m. today) was 3. Last year on this date, our High in Atlantic was 48 and the low was 30. The Record High in Atlantic on this date was 61 in 1941. The Record Low was -25 in 1901.
TYNDALL, S.D. (AP) – An Iowa man accused of intentionally injuring a South Dakota police officer in a hit-and-run incident has been arrested after more than four months on the run.
The Yankton Daily Press & Dakotan reports 35-year-old Travis McPeek, of Sioux City, Iowa, was arrested Thursday in Mesa, Arizona, by federal marshals.
McPeek had been wanted on a warrant for felony aggravated assault against law enforcement since the Aug. 6 traffic stop.
Authorities allege he struck Tyndall Police Officer Kelly Young with his truck in a convenience store parking lot and fled. Young was treated at a hospital for broken ribs, a cut on a leg, an injured ankle, and other cuts and bruises.
Join Cass County Conservation Staff at Atlantic’s Schildberg Recreation Area- Lake 4 on Saturday, January 7th 2017. Staff will be giving ten-minute presentations regarding the Trumpeter Swans every half-hour beginning at 11:00 a.m. with the last one being presented at 2:00 p.m. There will also be time to view the swans through spotting scopes and witness random swan feeding sessions.
Hot chocolate, cookies, grilled hotdogs, and other snacks will be provided free of charge with donations being accepted (for swan care). The Schildberg Recreation Area is located on the northwest edge of Atlantic, Lake 4 is on the north side of Highway 83. 
IF THE WEATHER IS “BAD” OR THE SWANS ARE NOT AT THE PARK…the program will be held at the Atlantic Public Library from 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m. with a light lunch available. This event is being sponsored by the Cass County Conservation Board, Atlantic Parks and Recreation, the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, and the Atlantic Public Library.
(Cass Co. Conservation Dept. News Release)
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Two Iowa men will serve shorter prison terms after President Barack Obama commuted their sentences. The names of Anthony Dodd, of Davenport, and Aaron Rees, of Pleasantville, were on a list of those who received the commutations Monday. Both men’s life sentences were shortened to 20 years.
The Des Moines Register reports Rees was sentenced in 2005 following his convictions on conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine and using a minor to manufacture meth. Dodd was convicted of conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine and received his sentence in 2006.
White House officials say Obama has shortened the sentences of 1,176 people during his presidency, including 395 serving life sentences.
Congress is expected to begin work early next year on the next farm bill. Iowa Farm Bureau president Craig Hill says maintaining a strong crop insurance program is his group’s top priority. “What we hear from our producers is, ‘don’t touch my crop insurance program. We like the crop insurance program,'” Hill says. “It gives us the ability to farm another year. It’s revenue protecting. We don’t want to go to Congress with a request for a disaster bill if we have a drought or other problem. We want to rely on a good insurance program.”
Iowa’s crop insurance participation rate exceeds 90 percent. Hill is also hoping the next farm bill will help farmers with conservation efforts. “We’re hearing that across the state. We want to do better and we’re going to need assistance in terms of technical advice and engineering, but also in cost sharing and fundamentally assisting us in doing what we can best do as stewards,” Hill says.
Congress passed the last farm bill in 2014.
(Reporting by Ken Anderson, Brownfield Ag News)
There are plenty of Iowa connections on the coaching staff at North Dakota as the Fighting Hawks get ready for tonight’s (Tuesday night’s) game in Carver-Hawkeye Arena. North Dakota coach Brian Jones spent seven years as a Hawkeye assistant under Steve Alford and former Iowa standout Jeff Horner is in his third season on the North Dakota staff. Horner was the coach at West Des Moines Valley High School when Iowa coach Fran McCaffery was recruiting Peter Jok.
Horner was Mr. Basketball in Iowa in 2002 as a senior at Mason City and became Iowa’s all-time leader in three pointers and second all-time in assists. North Dakota is 5-4 while the Hawkeyes are 6-5 after a 69-46 win over Northern Iowa in the Hy-Vee Classic. Pre-game coverage on KJAN begins at 7-p.m. Tip-time from Carver -Hawkeye Arena is at 8-p.m.
(Learfield Sports)
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