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Severe Thunderstorm Warning for west Central Harrison County

Weather

September 15th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

449 PM CDT THU SEP 15 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…

WEST CENTRAL HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…

EAST CENTRAL DODGE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA…

SOUTHEASTERN BURT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA…

NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA…

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 449 PM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHEAST

OF NICKERSON…OR 29 MILES NORTHWEST OF OMAHA…MOVING NORTHEAST AT

25 MPH.

HAZARD…60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED.

 

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Severe Thunderstorm Watch for parts of western IA until 9-p.m.

Weather

September 15th, 2016 by Ric Hanson 

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 476 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
.    IOWA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

CRAWFORD             HARRISON            IDA
MONONA               POTTAWATTAMIE       SAC
SHELBY               WOODBURY

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Tornado Warning for parts of Harrison & Pottawattamie Counties

Weather

September 15th, 2016 by Ric Hanson 

HARRISON IA-POTTAWATTAMIE IA-DOUGLAS NE-WASHINGTON NE-
448 PM CDT THU SEP 15 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN HARRISON...NORTHWESTERN POTTAWATTAMIE...NORTH CENTRAL
DOUGLAS AND SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES...

AT 448 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT CALHOUN...OR 11 MILES NORTHWEST
OF OMAHA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.

IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
         SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
         TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR.  TREE DAMAGE
         IS LIKELY.

THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  FORT CALHOUN AROUND 500 PM CDT.
  BLAIR AROUND 510 PM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE DESOTO
BEND NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE AND WILSON ISLAND STATE PARK.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 HIGHWAY 30 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 5.
 HIGHWAY 30 IN NEBRASKA NEAR MILE MARKER 450.
 HIGHWAY 75 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 102 AND 114.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN
A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

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Flash Flood Watch for Sac, Crawford, Carroll, Audubon Counties

Weather

September 15th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

335 PM CDT THU SEP 15 2016

…FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR MONONA, HARRISON, SHELBY, AUDUBON, SAC, CRAWFORD AND CARROLL COUNTIES IN THE LISTENING AREA.

A COMBINATION OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL AND SLOWLY PROGRESSING STORMS THIS EVENING MAY RESULT IN LOCAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES OR MORE.

* WATER…STANDING OR FLOWING…MAY MAKE ROADS IMPASSABLE AT TIMES. RAPID RISES ON LOCAL STREAMS AND CREEKS MAY BE SEEN AS WELL.

Flash Flood Watch for Counties in green

Flash Flood Watch for Counties in green

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

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Severe Thunderstorm Warning Harrison/Pottawattamie Counties

Weather

September 15th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

410 PM CDT THU SEP 15 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…

SOUTHWESTERN HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…

NORTHWESTERN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…

DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA…

SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA…

* UNTIL 445 PM CDT

* AT 410 PM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ELKHORN…OR 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF OMAHA…MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD…60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT…HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS…SIDING…AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…

WESTERN OMAHA…BLAIR…MISSOURI VALLEY…VALLEY…FORT CALHOUN… WATERLOO…KENNARD…ELKHORN…BENNINGTON…BOYS TOWN… WASHINGTON… DESOTO BEND NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE AND WILSON ISLAND STATE PARK.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS…

HIGHWAY 275 IN NEBRASKA NEAR MILE MARKER 167.

HIGHWAY 30 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 5.

HIGHWAY 30 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 441 AND 450.

HIGHWAY 75 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 99 AND 117.

INTERSTATE 29 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 66 AND 75.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING.

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Atlantic looks to find a way to win at Winterset

Sports

September 15th, 2016 by admin

The Atlantic Trojans Football team is hoping to get over the hump this week as they travel to take on the Winterset Huskies.  The Trojans have suffered two straight close losses to Shenandoah and Denison-Schleswig and hope they can finish this week to get a win.  Head Coach Mike McDermott said an emphasis for his team this week has been to find a way to win.

The Trojans will playing a Winterset team that has the same thoughts on their minds as they have come up just short in their last two games as well, including a 17-13 loss to ADM last week.  Coach McDermott knows that the Huskies are a tougher challenge than their 0-3 record suggests.

Atlantic mixed up the offense last week against Denison-Schleswig by moving Jaxson Eden up under center and Garrett Franken out on the edge, which resulted in a big passing touchdown. Coach McDermott knows they will have to pick their spots to try to hit the big play against a strong Huskies defense led by Conner Van Pelt and Noah Larson.

Winterset Head Coach Zach Sweeney talked about establishing the run as being a focus for his team with Running Back Brad Benshoof already carrying the ball 56 times for 296 yard and a score for his team this year. Coach Sweeney also talked about setting the down on defense by shutting down Atlantic’s run game.

Both teams will obviously be hungry to get a win after losing close games last week and Coach Sweeney talked about his team needing to improve in some of the intangible categories to get in the win column.

We’ll have coverage of the Trojans and the Huskies on Friday night on KJAN. Catch our weekly pick ’em show Who’s Gonna Win? at 6:00pm, followed by the Dvorak Tire and Service Pre-Game Show at 6:30pm, and Kickoff will be at 7:30pm.  Chris Parks and Mike Smith will have the call on AM1220, FM101.1, online at kjan.com, and on the KJAN app.  You can also check out live streaming video on the TV page at kjan.com.

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NW IA high schoolers hold protest rally after voters reject school district merger

News

September 15th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

High school students in a northwest Iowa school staged a walk-out on Wednesday after the proposed merger of the Battle Creek-Ida Grove and Odebolt-Arthur School Districts failed. On Tuesday, voters in the Battle Creek-Ida Grove district overwhelmingly voted in favor of the merger, but 57 percent of voters in the Odebolt-Arthur School District voted against it. Terry Kenealy is the superintendent for both districts. He says teachers were going to have some professional development time Wednesday afternoon, so an early dismissal had already been planned for the high school.

“We had become aware that this was going to happen and our principal worked well with the students to try to make sure that it was done in a respectful manner,” Kenealy says. “They walked out to the football field and kind of had a rally and a discussion.” Students who didn’t want to participate left for home or stayed in the school cafeteria. The majority of students, though, chanted, “Ask the students!” as they left the school.

“My impression since I got here is that students for the most part — we’re not perfect, but for the most part — they get along really very well and they’ve enjoyed this experience as a whole-grade sharing school,” says Kenealy, who’s been superintendent for both districts for two years. “There’s many of them that were upset that the vote failed and they feel that students were not the primary concern that people were focused on when they went to vote…They feel like if they’d focused on the students, it would have passed.”

The two districts have had a whole grade sharing arrangement since 2009. High school students in both districts go to school in Ida Grove. Sixth, seventh and eighth graders to go school in Odebolt. There’s also an elementary school in Odebolt and an elementary school in Ida Grove. The superintendent says school boards in both districts will meet next week to discuss what’s next. Kenealy says the Battle Creek-Ida Grove School Board will discuss ending the whole grade sharing agreement with the neighboring district — and that decision must be made by November 1st.

“My point, in my discussion with board members, is students, families and staff members need to know what we’re going to do sooner rather than later because this impacts them more than anybody else,” Kenealy says. “The quicker we can let them know what’s going to happen, the better.” If the school boards decide to seek a second vote on a merger, that can’t happen for at least six months. Critics in Odebolt-Arthur who voted against the merger this week objected to the make-up of the merged school board. They argued it would give too much control to the Battle Creek-Ida Grove side of the district.

About 3900 people live in the Battle Creek-Ida Grove district and about 2000 people live in Odebolt-Arthur’s district. The merged district would have covered 259 square miles and included more than a thousand students.

(Radio Iowa)

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Weak farm income hurts economy in rural parts of 10 states

Ag/Outdoor, News

September 15th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Bankers say weak farm income continues to weigh down the economy in rural parts of 10 Plains and Western states. The overall rural economic index for the region remained in negative territory and declined to 37.3 in September from August’s 41.1. Survey officials say any score below 50 on any of the survey’s indexes suggests a decline in that area.

Creighton University economist Ernie Goss says farm income is expected to decline 12 percent over last year. That is limiting spending by farmers and hurting the economy in rural areas. Bankers from Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming were surveyed.

Goss says the number of farm loan defaults hasn’t increased significantly over the past year, but more loans are being restructured.

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Atlantic Police investigate field vandalism

Ag/Outdoor, News

September 15th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Officials with the Atlantic Police Department are asking for your help in solving an incident of field vandalism. Authorities say last Sunday (September 11th), a person reported that a bean field had been mowed through, causing several paths of damage. Officials say it appears that the field was mowed with a bush hog.

The land is located on the southeast corner of Buck Creek Rd. and Iowa Ave., in between the railroad tracks and the Schildberg Recreation Area. Anyone having information about the incident is encouraged to contact the Atlantic Police Department.

Area where a bean field was vandalized.

Area where a bean field was vandalized.

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Harlan Police report (9/15/16)

News

September 15th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

The Harlan Police Department has issued an update on recent arrests and incidents. Officials say on Sept. 8th, two juvenile males were cited for possession of tobacco by persons under legal age when an officer observed them smoking at the skate park.  The juveniles were cited and released to their parents.

On Sunday, Sept. 11th, 64-year old Larry Meurer, of Harlan, was arrested when officers were called to an altercation between neighbors in the 1300 block of Hawkeye Avenue.  Meurer was transported to the Shelby County Jail where he was charged with intoxication in public.

This past Monday, 30-year old Cory Hunter, of Harlan, was taken into custody when officers were called to the 500 block of 12th Street for a domestic disturbance.  Hunter was transported to the Shelby County Jail where he was charged with domestic abuse assault for allegedly assaulting Gloria Sammons, also of Harlan.

And on Wednesday,  55-year old Denise Heilesen-Winchell was arrested on two active Shelby County warrants.  Heilesen was taken to the Shelby County Jail.

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