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Very Best Chicken Casserole (5-31-2016)

Mom's Tips

May 31st, 2016 by Jim Field

  • 3 cups cooked rice
  • 1 can cream of mushroom soup
  • 1 can cream of chicken soup
  • 1 tablespoon chopped onion
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup salad dressing
  • 4 hard-cooked eggs, chopped
  • 2 tablespoons lemon juice
  • 1 cup carrots, shredded
  • 1 cup finely chopped celery
  • 1 cup shredded Velveeta cheese

Mix all ingredients.  Put in a 9″ x 13″ pan.  Refrigerate overnight.  Top with buttered cracker crumbs.  Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes.

Monday High School Baseball/Softball

Sports

May 31st, 2016 by Jim Field

In Monday baseball, Red Oak downed Atlantic 3-1 in a game played at Principal Park in Des Moines.  Tigers pitcher Carlos Guerra held the Trojans in check, giving up only one hit and striking out 12 in the complete game.  Ryker Connell belted a two-run single in the sixth inning to break a 1-1 tie and give the Tigers the win.

Also, Abraham Lincoln split a doubleheader with Thomas Jefferson, the Lynx winning 4-1 in the first game and the Yellow Jackets grabbing the second game 5-3.

In Monday softball, Lewis Central swept a pair from Creston 4-2 and 13-10.  Sioux City East beat Thomas Jefferson twice by identical 12-0 scores.

 

Creston Police arrest & theft/vandalism report (5/31/16)

News

May 31st, 2016 by Ric Hanson

The Creston Police Department has released a report on recent arrests and thefts. Officials say 19-year old Wayne Signs, of Creston, was arrested Saturday night for Possession of drug paraphernalia and Criminal Mischief in the 5th degree. He was later released on a promise to appear in court. Saturday morning, Creston Police arrested 48-year old Joel Weeks, of Creston, on an assault charge. Weeks was released from the Union County Jail on a promise to appear in court, and later transferred to the custody of Polk County Sheriff’s Deputies. And, on Friday, 18-year old Dakota Williams, of Creston, was arrested for Driving While Suspended. He was later released on $300 bond.

Authorities said also, four incidents of theft or vandalism were reported. On Monday, a woman reported someone stole a red, Murray 22-inch mower off the front porch of her home in the 300 block of New York Avenue, in Creston. The loss was estimated at $156. That same afternoon, a resident reported someone had broken into his home in the 500 block of W. Adams Street, and taken a blanket and jacket. The loss was estimated at $400.

Last Saturday, a resident of Maryville, MO., reported to Creston Police someone had keyed his vehicle while it was parked on the south side of 1100 block of E. Irving Street, in Creston. The damage was estimated at $500. And, on on Friday, a resident of the 1500 block of Maranatha Lane, in Creston, reported someone had stolen 5 traffic barricades from the intersection of Sumner & Prairie Streets. The bottoms of all barricades were left behind, but the cone, top sections were missing. The loss was estimated at $500.

(Podcast) KJAN Morning Sports report, 5/31/2016

Podcasts, Sports

May 31st, 2016 by Ric Hanson

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

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(Podcast) KJAN Morning News & funeral report, 5/31/2016

News, Podcasts

May 31st, 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: 5/31/16

Weather

May 31st, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Today: P/Cldy to Cldy w/scattered shwrs & thunderstorms, mainly this afternoon. High 79. S @ 10-15.

Tonight: Scattered showers ending late; Becoming P/Cldy. Low 55. NW @ 5-10.

Tomorrow: Mo. Sunny. High 77. NW @ 10-15.

Thursday: P/Cldy. High 79.

Friday: P/Cldy w/a slight chance of isolated thundershowers. High 82.

Monday’s High in Atlantic was 86. Our 24-hour Low thru 7-a.m. today was 62. We received .02” rain (two-one hundredth’s of an inch of rain) over the past 24-hours.  Last year on this date, our High in Atlantic was 67 and the low was 46. The All-time Record High in Atlantic on this date was 101 in 1934. The Record Low was 31 in 1897.

Legal issues remain unresolved in Sioux City casino dispute

News

May 31st, 2016 by Ric Hanson

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) – Legal issues remain unresolved following the Iowa Supreme Court’s decision not to rule on the closure of the former Argosy Sioux City riverboat casino. Last week the high court rejected the Belle of Sioux City’s request to review an Iowa Appeals Court decision that upheld previous rulings leading to the casino closure.

The Sioux City Journal reports that among the legal issues still pending is a breach of contract lawsuit Penn National Gaming Co. filed against Missouri River Historical Development, the state-licensed nonprofit gambling group that had held Woodbury County’s gambling license with the Belle of Sioux City, a subsidiary of Penn National.

There’s also the matter of nearly $1.8 million in revenue-sharing payments the Argosy owner withheld from the gambling group during the last year the casino operated.

Accident on I-80 in Cass County Tue. morning

News

May 31st, 2016 by Ric Hanson

(Update 5:52-a.m.) vehicle removed from the roadway, all lanes open

Atlantic Fire & Rescue, Marne 1st Responders and Medivac Ambulance were dispatched to a single-vehicle accident early this morning on Interstate 80, in Cass County. Dispatch reports at 5:11-a.m. indicated a subject was in shock following the accident that took place about a mile east of the Elk Horn (Highway 173) exit off I-80 eastbound, and during which all of the vehicles’ airbags deployed. It’s unclear if there were any serious injuries. At least one person was transported to the Cass County Memorial Hospital to be checked for possible injuries.

A man and woman from Colorado were in the 4-door Chevrolet vehicle. Authorities said they were in their early 20’s.

Additional information is not available at this time.

New study looks into origins of hog disease known as PED virus

Ag/Outdoor

May 31st, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Iowa is the nation’s top pork producer and the porcine epidemic diarrhea virus has killed more than six-million piglets nationwide since 2013. The virus likely originated in China, but no one has determined how it got to the U-S. A new study simulates the trip pig feed ingredients make on the way from production in China to an American hog farm. Lead author Scott Dee says the P-E-D virus survived on one-third of the tested ingredients after a 37-day experimental journey.

“It’s not the container that these things are traveling in,” Dee says. “It’s potentially the ingredient or the contents of the container that allows the virus to survive.” An earlier study from the U-S Department of Agriculture suggested fabric shipping totes were inadvertently offering the virus a free ride. Dee says he’s shown imported ingredients may have brought the virus here from China.

Dee says, “Contaminated feed ingredients, if they’re the right ones, could have certainly supported virus survival throughout this entire 37-day trip.” Dee’s research also showed two treatments successfully killed P-E-D in contaminated ingredients. He says he hopes the findings will lead to more research on animal diseases that have not yet arrived here from other continents. Dee is director of research at Pipestone Veterinary Services in Pipestone, Minnesota.

(Radio Iowa)

Red Oak man arrested for OWI Monday night

News

May 31st, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Police in Red Oak arrested a man late Monday night, on an OWI charge. 26-year old Shadoe Lane Steeve, of Red Oak, was arrested just before 11-p.m. in the 1800 block of N. Broadway Street, and brought to the Montgomery County Jail, where his bond was set at $1,000.