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Baked Potato Cupcakes (8-23-2016)

Mom's Tips

August 23rd, 2016 by Jim Field

  • 5 large russet potatoes, skins on, quartered
  • 1 cup diced Cheddar or Colby Jack cheese
  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • 3 large eggs, beaten
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
  • favorite baked potato toppings, such as bacon bits, sour cream, chopped chives, green onions, etc.

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.  Generously coat 15 wells of two 12-cup muffin pans with nonstick spray.  Place the potatoes in a large pot and cover with water.  Bring to a boil, reduce heat to medium and simmer until tender when pierced with a knife, 15 to 20 minutes.  Drain, place potatoes in a large bowl and mash with a potato masher.  Fold in the cheese and butter, then add the eggs, salt and pepper.

Divide the potato mixture among the prepared muffin cups, filling them to the top (the cupcakes will not rise in the oven).  Bake 40 to 45 minutes or until golden.  Cool the muffins in the pans on a rack for 10 minutes before removing from the pans and serving with your favorite baked potato toppings.

(Midwest Dairy Association)

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(Podcast) KJAN Morning Sports report, 8/23/2016

Podcasts, Sports

August 23rd, 2016 by Ric Hanson

The 7:20-a.m. Sportscast w/Jim Field.

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Fontanelle man arrested on a Theft charge

News

August 23rd, 2016 by Ric Hanson

The Creston Police Department reports an Adair County man was arrested on a Theft charge Monday afternoon. 27-year old Larry Warrior, of Fontanelle, was arrested at the Union County Law Enforcement Center on the charge of Theft in the 3rd Degree. Warrior was later released from the Union County Jail on a $2000 bond.

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(Podcast) KJAN Morning News & funeral report, 8/23/2016

News, Podcasts

August 23rd, 2016 by Ric Hanson

The area’s top news at 7:06-a.m., w/KJAN News Director Ric Hanson

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Skyscan forecast & weather data for Atlantic: 8/23/16

Weather

August 23rd, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Today: P/Cldy to Cldy w/a 30% chance of mid-afternoon showers & thunderstorms. High 83. S @ 15-25.
Tonight: Mo. Cldy w/a 70% chance of showers & thunderstorms. Low 68. S@10. New rainfall amounts between 1 and 2 inches possible.
Wednesday: Mo. Cldy w/a 40% chance of afternoon showers & tstrms. High 80. NW @ 5-10. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Wednesday Night: A 30% chance of showers & thunderstorms. Low around 61.
Thursday: Partly Cldy to Cldy, with a high near 80.
Friday: P/Cldy. High 82.  

Monday’s High in Atlantic was 81. Our 24-hours Low (ending today at 7-a.m.), was 61. Last year on this date, our High in Atlantic was 70 and the low was 42. The Record High in Atlantic on this date was 99 in 1894. The Record Low was 36 in 1891.

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LOIS ELIZABETH “Bette” PAYNE, 89, of Exira (Svcs. 8/25/16)

Obituaries

August 23rd, 2016 by Ric Hanson

LOIS ELIZABETH “Bette” PAYNE, 89, of Exira, died June 30th, at the Exira Care Center. A Celebration of Life Memorial Service for LOIS PAYNE will be held 10-a.m. Thursday, Aug, 25th, at the Holy Trinity Catholic Church, in Exira. Kessler Funeral Home in Exira has the arrangements.

Burial will be in the Exira Cemetery.

LOIS PAYNE is survived by:

Her sisters – Margaret (Lyle) Wescott, of Portlant, OR, and Janice Boice, of Tucson, AZ.

Her “adopted relatives”: Bob and Pat Nymand, and their son Robert.

Other relatives and many friends.

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Iowa among States w/surge in traffic fatalities in 1st 1/2 of 2016

News

August 23rd, 2016 by Ric Hanson

WASHINGTON (AP) – Preliminary data show traffic deaths were up 9 percent in the first six months of this year compared to the same period last year, continuing a surge in deaths that began two years ago as the economy improved and travel picked up. The National Safety Council, which gets its information from state authorities, estimates that 19,100 people have been killed on U.S. roads from January through June. That’s 18 percent more than two years ago at the six-month mark. About 2.2 million people were seriously injured.

U.S. drivers have also put in a record number of miles on the road in the first half of this year.  States with the biggest increases since the upward trend began in 2014 include Vermont, Oregon, New Hampshire, Idaho, Florida, Iowa, Georgia, and Indiana.

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Drop in Iowa State Fair attendance blamed on bad weather

News

August 23rd, 2016 by Ric Hanson

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Weather is being blamed for a drop in attendance at this year’s Iowa State Fair. Some days were rainy, some extra hot and humid and some apparently were just right for going to the fair, which ended Sunday. The attendance for the 11-day fair was 1,031,278. Attendance dropped about 86,000 this year from last year’s record-breaking 1,117,398.

Fair CEO Gary Slater told The Des Moines Register that “the numbers weren’t down because of any other reason other than weather.”

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Hazardous Weather Outlook for far west/s.w. IA & parts of eastern NE (8/23)

Weather

August 23rd, 2016 by Ric Hanson

IOWA COUNTIES: MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT-PAGE; 555 AM CDT TUE AUG 23 2016

TODAY AND TONIGHT: STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT.  LIGHTNING…LARGE HAIL…DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE THE MAIN HAZARDS, HOWEVER AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS ALSO POSSIBLE.

AN UPPER LEVEL WEATHER DISTURBANCE WITH LIFT ACROSS THE AREA
TODAY WITH DEEP MOISTURE POOLING AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. INITIALLY STORMS SHOULD BE ELEVATED AND A STRONGER WIND SIGNAL LATER THIS MORNING AND EARLY THIS AFTERNOON IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA COULD LEAD TO STORMS WITH STRONGER WINDS.

HEATING WILL ALSO OCCUR AND WIND SHEAR IS SUFFICIENT FOR AN ISOLATED TORNADO. A LOT WILL DEPEND ON HOW EXTENSIVE THE CLOUD COVER IS AND IF THERE ARE ANY LOW LEVEL BOUNDARIES TO HELP FOCUS ON. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE AS A MOISTURE RICH ATMOSPHERE FEEDS INTO THE STORMS AND MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF STORMS ARE POSSIBLE.

WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY: THE SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL CONTINUE WEDNESDAY IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN.  THUNDERSTORM CHANCES RETURN FRIDAY INTO MONDAY WITH A GOOD CHANCE FOR STORMS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY AGAIN MONDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT…

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

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Hazardous Weather Outlook for Cass & some area Counties (8/23)

Weather

August 23rd, 2016 by Ric Hanson

COUNTIES: SAC-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-CASS-ADAIR-ADAMS-UNION- TAYLOR-RINGGOLD- 452 AM CDT TUE AUG 23 2016

TODAY AND TONIGHT: THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND BECOME WIDESPREAD TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS WITH HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND THE MAIN THREATS. AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS POSSIBLE DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. HEAVY RAINFALL AND THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING IS POSSIBLE WITH STORMS TONIGHT.

WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY: THUNDERSTORM CHANCES REMAIN IN THE FORECAST ACROSS AREAS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80 WEDNESDAY AND ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH THE WEEKEND. A FEW SEVERE STORMS AND THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE FAR SOUTH ON WEDNESDAY.

THE SEVERE AND HEAVY RAIN THREATS FOR STORMS LATER IN THE WEEK THROUGH THE WEEKEND WILL BE BETTER DETERMINED IN LATER FORECASTS.

SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT:  SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

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