The area’s top news at 7:06-a.m., w/KJAN News Director Ric Hanson
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Today: Areas of fog possible this morning; Partly Cloudy. High 80. N @ 10.
Tonight: P/Cldy. Low around 55.
Tomorrow: P/Cldy. High near 78
Friday: P/Cldy. High 78.
Saturday: P/Cldy. High 82.
Tuesday’s High in Atlantic was 88. Our 24-hour Low (ending today at 7-a.m.) was 63. We received .01” of an inch rain Tuesday, here at KJAN. Last year on this date, our High in Atlantic was 84 and the low was 57. The Record High in Atlantic on this date was 101 in 1913. The Record Low was 35 in 1967.
The State Historical Museum in Des Moines is taking its show on the road. Museum spokesperson Jeff Morgan says an exhibit called “Iowa History 101” will be touring the state. “It’s going to be housed in a 38 foot long Winnebago RV that’s going to visit all 99 Iowa counties beginning next spring,” Morgan says. The traveling exhibit will also feature artifacts from each of Iowa’s 99 counties. Morgan identified a couple of the items.
“A 1917 prototype of Iowa’s state flag that was designed by Dixie Cornell Gebhardt of Knoxville,” Morgan said. Another feature will be a 1928 record of the song “Sugar” featuring jazz musician and Davenport-native Bix Beiderbecke. Mike Wolfe, star of the television show “American Pickers,” took part in an event Tuesday to announce the new exhibit at Antique Archaeology in Le Claire.
“Mike Wolfe is our exhibit partner and will be providing the voice and video talent for the multimedia components of the exhibit,” Morgan said. The Iowa Historical Museum RV will start touring in the spring and admission will be free. EMC Insurance Group is the exhibit’s presenting sponsor.
(Radio Iowa)
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The board that oversees Iowa’s three public universities says it wants to use a new two-year budget system that would include some tuition increases. The Iowa Board of Regents announced Tuesday it wants the Legislature to support a plan that would increase state funding to the universities by two percent each year for the budget years that end in 2018 and 2019. Additional money would go to the University of Northern Iowa in the first year.
The plan would also increase tuition rates by two percent each year for in-state undergraduate students. The board will vote in September on a $12.7 million request in new dollars for the first year. That includes $4.6 million for the University of Iowa, $3.7 million for Iowa State University and $4.4 million for UNI.
Firefighters from Marne and Atlantic were called early this (Wed.) morning to report of two semi-tractors on fire at the exit 51 off-ramp of Interstate 80 eastbound. The call came in at around 4:50-a.m. One of the semi’s was pulling another. Both were said to have been fully engulfed in flames and were a total loss. No one was in either cab when crews were dispatched. Flames were visible at least one-mile away, by law enforcement and fire fighters responding to the scene.
In a separate incident, Griswold Fire was called to the scene of an overturned fuel truck at around 5-a.m. today (Wednesday). The accident happened near 650th and Wichita Road. No injuries were reported. Some diesel fuel was leaking from the vehicle after the crash. No other details are available.
LOWELL L. JUHL, 70, of Des Moines, (and formerly of Harlan), died Friday, Aug. 26th, in Des Moines. Memorial services for LOWELL JUHL will be held 10:30-a.m. Saturday, Sept. 10th, at the Burmeister-Johannsen Funeral Home, in Harlan.
Online condolences may be left at www.burmeisterjohannsen.com.
Burial will be in the Harlan Cemetery.
LOWELL JUHL is survived by:
His sons – David (Kristine) Juhl, of Anacortes, WA., & Jeffrey Juhl, of Des Moines.
His step-sons: Rodney Doyle, of Stafford, KS., & Richard (Barbara) Doyle, of Commerce City, CO.
His step-daughter: Arlene Doyle, of Harlan.
His brothers – Roger (Karen) Juhl, of Akron, PA., & Bruce Juhl, of Irwin.
His sister – Myrna (Richard) Schwarte, of Irwin.
12 grandchildren, 6 great-grandchildren, other relatives, his sister-in-law Cynda Juhl, of Harlan, & many friends.
A traffic stop in Red Oak Tuesday afternoon resulted in a man being arrested on OWI and other charges. Red Oak Police say 47-year old Michael Sean Colebank, of Red Oak, faces a felony OWI/3rd offense, charge, as well as Driving while revoked. He was also cited for having no insurance and failure to yield to an emergency vehicle. Colebank was transported to the Montgomery County Jail and held on a $5,000 cash bond.
Early this morning: Mostly cloudy. Patchy fog early in the morning. Low in the lower 60s. Northeast wind near 5 mph.
Today: Partly sunny through mid morning then clearing. Patchy fog through mid morning. High around 80. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight: Clear. Low in the mid 50s. Northeast wind near 10 mph.
Thursday: Sunny. High in the upper 70s. East wind near 10 mph.
Thursday Night: Mostly clear. Low in the mid 50s. East wind 5 to 10 mph.
Friday: Sunny. High in the upper 70s.
Friday Night: Partly cloudy. Low in the upper 50s.
Saturday: Mostly sunny with a 20 percent chance of thunderstorms. High in the upper 70s.
Hawkeye 10 Conference
(3-2) A-D-M, Adel 25-25-16-17-15, Creston 16-16-25-25-13
Western Iowa Conference
(2-0) Audubon 28-25, Ar-We-Va 26-17
(2-0) Audubon 25-25, ACGC 21-12
(2-1) Griswold 22-25-15, East Mills 25-20-7
(2-1) Griswold 25-12-15, Essex 17-25-10
(2-1) Griswold 26-19-15, Fremont-Mills 24-25-12
(2-0) Underwood 25-25, East Mills 14-7
(2-0) Underwood 26-25, Fremont-Mills 24-20
(2-0) Underwood 25-25, Boyer Valley 8-13
Rolling Valley Conference
(2-0) AC-GC 25-25, Ar-We-Va 21-15
Corner Conference
(2-0) East Mills 28-25, Essex 26-22
(2-0) Essex 25-25, Boyer Valley 8-14
(2-0) Fremont-Mills 25-25, Boyer Valley 8-14
(3-0) Diagonal 25-25-25, South Page 22-9-16
Pride of Iowa Conference
(3-1) Central Decatur 23-24-25-25-15, Martensdale St Marys 25-26-16-10-8
(2-0) I-35 25-25, Lenox 18-22
(3-2) Nodaway Valley 23-25-25-25-15, Martensdale-St Marys 25-27-16-10-8
(2-0) Winterset 25-25, Lenox 23-17
(2-0) Winterset 25-25, I-35 18-20
Other Scores
(2-0) Mount Ayr 25-25, Ankeny Christian Academy 14-14
(2-0) Mount Ayr 26-25, Southeast Warren, Liberty Center 24-17
(3-1) Ogden 25-22-26-25, Earlham 22-25-24-14
(3-0) South Central Calhoun 25-26-25, Carroll 15-24-17
(3-2) Westwood, Sloan 11-18-25-25-15, West Monona 25-25-19-11-6
(3-0) Woodward-Granger 25-25-25, West Central Valley, Stuart 6-16-6