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Kansas-Iowa State game no laugher for Rhoads, Beaty

Sports

October 2nd, 2015 by Ric Hanson

AMES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa State-Kansas game on Saturday is by far the least exciting matchup in the Big 12 this season. Try telling that to coaches Paul Rhoads and David Beaty. Rhoads has never won a league opener in six tries with the Cyclones (1-2). If he can’t break that streak against the Jayhawks, he might not get another chance to do so.

Beaty is already 0-3 at Kansas. On paper, the Cyclones represent his best chance to avoid finishing 0-12 as a rookie head coach.

Iowa early News Headlines: Fri., Oct. 2nd 2015

News

October 2nd, 2015 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

CHARLES CITY, Iowa (AP) — A judge says he won’t dismiss a sex abuse charge filed against a convicted sex offender who received 14 percent of the votes in losing a Charles City school board election last month. Fifty-nine-year-old Doug Lindaman has pleaded not guilty to allegations he performed a sex act in 2011 on a 17-year-old without the boy’s consent. Before the election, Lindaman called the charge politically motivated.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — A 44-year-old man has pleaded not guilty to allegations he killed two other homeless people in Cedar Rapids in separate crimes earlier this month. Travis Standlee’s attorney submitted a written plea on Tuesday. Standlee is accused of killing 56-year-old Raymond Ursino and 41-year-old Sharon Mead.

WAUKEE, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa school district had to dispatch a second bus and driver to pick up students after the first driver quit midway through her morning route. The incident occurred Tuesday in Waukee. Waukee Community School District spokeswoman Nicole Lawrence says no students were endangered. It’s unclear what made the driver quit so abruptly.

MOLINE, Ill. (AP) — Deere & Company says it has reached a tentative agreement with the United Auto Workers union, which represents 10,000 Deere employees at 12 factories in three states. The farm equipment manufacturer announced the agreement on Thursday. The new contract covers manufacturing employees at facilities in Davenport, Ankeny, Dubuque, Ottumwa and Waterloo.

KENNETH DARWIN PUTNAM, 92, of Oakland (Svcs. 10/2/15)

Obituaries

October 1st, 2015 by Ric Hanson

KENNETH DARWIN PUTNAM, 92, of Oakland, died Thu., Oct. 1st, at home. An open visitation for KENNETH PUTNAM will be held at the Rieken Vieth Funeral Home in Oakland on Friday, October 2, 2015 from noon until 6:00 PM.

A private family graveside service will take place at Oaklawn Cemetery.

KENNETH PUTNAM is survived by:

His children – Kenneth Putnam, JR. of Cheyenne Wells, CO; David Putnam and wife Lisa, and Nancy Putnam, all of Oakland.

His brothers – Merrill and Dean Putnam.

His sister – Opal Palmer.

13 grandchildren; many great grandchildren; other relatives and friends.

Bluffs man arrested Thu. on child endangerment/willful injury charges

News

October 1st, 2015 by Ric Hanson

Police in Council Bluffs arrested a man Thursday on willful injury resulting in serious injury and child endangerment resulting in serious injury, charges. 21-year old Andrew Ross, of Council Bluffs, was taken into custody following an investigation into an incident that took place during the early morning hours of Sept. 20th, when Council Bluffs Medics were dispatched to an apartment at 542 Woodbury Avenue, for a five month old Lyncoln Sadler with labored breathing.

Andrew Ross

Andrew Ross

The child was transported by ambulance to Mercy Hospital, where it was discovered she had a skull fracture and bleeding on the brain. Lyncoln was then transferred to Children’s Medical Center in Omaha, where she remains in serious, but stable condition.

The investigation determined the girl was in the sole custody of Andrew Ross when she sustained her injuries. Ross was the boyfriend of Lyncoln’s mother at the time of the incident. Lyncoln remains hospitalized at the Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital in Lincoln, Ne.

Ross was arrested without incident and was being being held at Pottawattamie County Jail.

Iowa signs wrestling coach Tom Brands through 2020

Sports

October 1st, 2015 by Ric Hanson

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa wrestling coach Tom Brands has signed a three-year contract extension through 2019-20. Brands, who won gold at the 1996 Olympic Games, has been at Iowa for nine seasons, winning four Big Ten titles and three NCAA crowns.

The Hawkeyes say Brands was also instrumental in bringing the U.S. Olympic Team Trials to Iowa City in 2012. The event was so popular that the U.S. will return to Iowa City for the trials in 2016. The deal was announced Thursday.

Atlantic faces another tough district test at Dallas Center-Grimes

Sports

October 1st, 2015 by admin

The Atlantic Trojan Football team suffered big loss in week 5 to a tough Harlan squad and lost a couple more players to injury along the way.  The road doesn’t get any easier in week 6 as the Trojans travel to 5th ranked Dallas Center-Grimes.

The Mustangs sport a 4-1 record with their only loss coming in week 2 to top ranked Pella.  The Mustang offense is led by Senior Quarterback Austin Kloewer who has thrown 771 yards and 9 Touchdowns on the season and also rolled up 331 yards rushing and 2 more scores.  Dallas Center-Grimes Head Coach Scott Heitland says that Kloewer is the best athlete on the team and is a big part of their offense.  Kloewer may be the star but Coach Heitland also believes the Mustangs have a large number of players that are capable of impacting the game.

Atlantic Head Coach Eric Waldstein says his team knows that they need to slow down Kloewer in order to have a chance to compete.  On the other side of the ball Waldstein is preparing his team for a multitude of defensive looks from the Mustangs and says their versatility will make it difficult from a play calling standpoint.

We will have coverage of the game on KJAN.  Chris Parks and Seth Christensen will bring you the action with Pregame at 6:30pm and Kickoff at 7:00pm.  Our football night starts with our weekly high school pick ’em show Who’s Gonna Win? at 6:00pm.  Listen in on AM1220, FM101.1, on the web, or on the KJAN mobile app.  You can also watch the live video stream on KJANTV.

Sixth Iowa Girls High School Volleyball rankings released

Sports

October 1st, 2015 by admin

2015 SIXTH  Iowa High School Volleyball Rankings

October 1, 2015

Class 1A

School Record LW
1 Janesville 16-9 1
2 Central Lyon 194 2
3 Tripoli 13-8 3
4 Holy Trinity Catholic 22-1 4
5 Sidney 16-1 5
6 Springville 19-7 6
7 Iowa Valley 17-6 7
8 Grand View Christian 17-10 8
9 Marquette Catholic 15-4 9
10 Le Mars Gehlen Catholic 21-10 10
11 New London 20-6 11
12 Don Bosco 14-6 15
13 Audubon 14-7 NR
14 Turkey Valley 13-5 NR
15 George-Little Rock 12-7 12

Dropped Out: Harris-Lake Park (13), Trinity Christian (14)

 

Class 2A

School Record LW
1 Western Christian 19-3 1
2 Unity Christian 23-2 2
3 Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont 23-1 3
4 West Branch 18-1 4
5 Wapsie Valley 20-4 5
6 Dike-New Hartford 26-6 6
7 Sumner-Fredericksburg 21-2 7
8 Grundy Center 16-7 8
9 Lake Mills 28-1 9
10 Tri-Center 17-2 12
11 Denver 24-6 14
12 Nashua-Plainfield 16-6 NR
13 Tipton 17-5 NR
14 Council Bluffs St. Albert 12-4 15
15 Lawton-Bronson 22-2 10

Dropped Out: North Cedar (11), Starmont (13)

 

Class 3A

School Record LW
1 West Liberty 19-0 1
2 Kuemper Catholic 17-1 2
3 Nevada 19-5 3
4 Sioux Center 22-3 4
5 Mount Vernon 13-4 5
6 Center Point-Urbana 17-5 9
7 Forest City 17-4 6
8 Waterloo Columbus 10-9 7
9 Union 15-8 8
10 Davenport Assumption 12-7 10
11 Humboldt 19-2 11
12 Osage 12-5 NR
13 East Sac County 22-7 13
14 Algona 19-11 14
15 Spirit Lake 25-6 15

Dropped Out: Sergeant Bluff-Luton (12)

 

Class 4A

School Record LW
1 West Delaware 30-1 1
2 Marion 16-3 2
3 Harlan 14-3 3
4 Lewis Central 22-3 4
5 Clinton 19-5 6
6 Waverly-Shell Rock 21-8 8
7 Sioux City Bishop Heelan 15-8 5
8 Charles City 12-8 7
9 Dubuque Wahlert 11-5 9
10 Fairfield 22-2 11
11 Pella 15-7 13
12 Independence 14-5 12
13 Western Dubuque 11-6 NR
14 Carroll 19-6 10
15 Bondurant-Farrar 11-5 15

 Dropped Out: Norwalk (14)

Class 5A 

School Record LW
1 Bettendorf 19-1 1
2 Ankeny Centennial 21-2 6
3 Dowling Catholic 24-3 2
4 Cedar Falls 22-2 4
5 Cedar Rapids Prairie 15-3 4
6 Cedar Rapids Kennedy 17-6 5
7 Linn-Mar 19-4 7
8 Johnston 12-3 9
9 Southeast Polk 24-4 10
10 Iowa City West 16-7 9
11 Ankeny 16-8 11
12 West Des Moines Valley 26-7 12
13 Marshalltown 17-6 13
14 Dubuque Hempstead 16-7 15
15 Sioux City East 20-2 NR

Dropped Out: Iowa City High (14)

OCTOBER 2015

Birthday Club

October 1st, 2015 by admin

October 1st:

  • Brent Paulsen of Cumberland (Winner)
  • Ann McCurdy of Atlantic
  • Preston Jepsen

October 2nd:

  • LaVern Martens of Atlantic (Winner)
  • Viola Sander of Elk Horn
  • Betty Marcellus of Atlantic

October 3rd:

  • Jolene Roecker of Atlantic (Winner)

October 4th:

  • no birthdays

October 5th:

  • Jim Rogers of Wiota (Winner)
  • Terry Martens of Brayton
  • Billie Butler of Atlantic
  • Nevaeh Abild of Atlantic
  • Lana Tanner of Atlantic
  • Charlie Noland of Adair

October 6th:

  • Carly Paulsen of Exira (Winner)
  • Tracy Paulsen of Atlantic

October 7th:

  • Brandon Lamp of Atlantic (Winner)
  • Mary McLaren of Atlantic
  • Jean Petersen of Exira

October 8th:

  • Tori Lillard of Cumberland (Winner)
  • Michele Hackwell of Exira
  • Dane Paulsen of Exira
  • Mary Ann Moorman of Atlantic
  • Dottie Teig of Atlantic
  • Pam Jones of Red Oak
  • Sandy Fairbairn of Atlantic

October 9th:

  • Kris Ferry of Atlantic (Winner)
  • Connie Wiechmann of Lewis
  • Dee Bebensee of Atlantic

October 10th:

  • Andy Steffen of Griswold (Winner)
  • Teresa Lugman of Atlantic
  • Marlene Jensen of Atlantic

October 11th:

  • BJ Hart of Atlantic (Winner)
  • Alan Reimer of Atlantic
  • Cody Bock of Atlantic
  • Ruth Richter of Atlantic

October 12th:

  • Richard Hoffman of Cumberland (Winner)
  • Heather Conrad of Atlantic
  • Angela Logeman of Atlantic

October 13th:

  • Beau Buskirk of Atlantic (Winner)
  • Mary Gittens of Atlantic
  • Dalton Logemann of Atlantic
  • Lisa Paulsen of Exira
  • Ron Ostrus of Wiota

October 14th:

  • Jill Turner of Griswold (Winner)
  • Tyler Thomas of Atalntic
  • Neal McMichael

October 15th:

  • Jan Brehmer of Atlantic (Winner)
  • Holly Brenton of Atlantic
  • Brianna Brown of Atlantic
  • Mikala Smith of Atlantic

October 16th:

  • Beth Turner of Atlantic (Winner)
  • Calvin Knop
  • Ashley Maas of Atlantic
  • Lilly Barber
  • Galen Becker

October 17th:

  • Joaquin Wailes of Atlantic (Winner)

October 18th:

  • Oliver Becker of Atlantic (Winner)
  • Darla Casady of Atlantic
  • Ruth Steffen of Cumberland

October 19th:

  • Angela Immel of Exira (Winner)
  • Patty Maas of Atalntic
  • Lynn Mortensen of Kimballton
  • Jacob Fibelkorn of Exira
  • Janell Roberts of Exira

October 20th:

  • Christel Buskirk of Atlantic (Winner)
  • Jackie Ring of Atlantic
  • Donnis Schwanke of Atlantic
  • Julia Nelson of Atlantic

October 21st:

  • no birthdays

October 22nd:

  • Rachel Larson of Atlantic (Winner)

October 23rd:

  • Pansie Hoffman of Cumberland (Winner)
  • Vicki Brown of Atlantic
  • Claude Wood of Atlantic

October 24th:

  • Doris Sothman of Lewis (Winner)
  • Stacey Bock of Atlantic
  • Judy Lauridsen of Exira

October 25th:

  • Pearl Mailander of Atlantic (Winner)
  • Darlene McConnell of Atlantic
  • Connie Steffen of Griswold

October 26th:

  • Morgan Godwin of Cumberland (Winner)
  • Amy Shafer of Atlantic
  • Lesli Welter of Atlantic

October 27th:

  • Larraine Howell of Walnut (Winner)
  • Joanne Greving of Elk Horn
  • Randy Thompson of Exira

October 28th:

  • Brian Nielsen of Atlantic (Winner)
  • Beth O’Brien of Atlantic
  • Wayne DeBord of Atlantic

October 29th:

  • Brian Nielsen of Atlantic (Winner)
  • Beth O’Brien of Atlantic
  • Wayne DeBord of Atlantic

October 30th:

  • Evan Kelly of Griswold (Winner)
  • Janice Fancher of Audubon

October 31st:

  • Kenny Struble of Exira (Winner)
  • Rod Christensen of Atlantic
  • Arla Clay of Atlantic
  • Oxford Zense of Atlantic

Legal experts support confidential juvenile court records

News

October 1st, 2015 by Ric Hanson

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Two legal experts are recommending the court records of Iowa’s convicted juveniles be confidential and unavailable to the public. Jerry Foxhoven, the executive director of the Neal & Bea Smith Legal Clinic, and Mike Sorci, head of the Youth Law Center in Des Moines, met Wednesday with a state task force studying justice policy reform. The group is expected to make recommendations within the next month on reforms in a variety of areas, including juvenile court records.

The Des Moines Register reports that the men said confidential juvenile court records would help young people who have completed probation turn their lives around. Both of them recommended changing state law so juvenile court records remain confidential unless a judge orders them to be public.

Atlantic man arrested on drug charges

News

October 1st, 2015 by Ric Hanson

The Cass County Sheriff’s Office says an Atlantic man was arrested this (Thursday) morning on drug charges. 32-year old Bryan Matthew Kirby faces charges that include Possession of A Controlled Substance (Methamphetamine), and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. Kirby was taken to the Cass County Jail where he was subsequently charged with felony Possession of Contraband in Jail. Kirby remains at the Cass County Jail on $6,300 bond.

Also arrested today (Thursday) in Cass County, was 37-year old Robert Lee Atkinson, of Massena, who was taken into custody on a Sheriff’s Office warrant for Driving While Barred, and Eluding. Atkinson was taken to the Cass County Jail where he remains on $2,000 bond.

And on Wednesday, 23-year old Carly Jean Seddon, of Atlantic, was arrested by Cass County deputies on an Atlantic Police Department warrant for Assault Causing Injury. Seddon was taken to the Cass County Jail where she was released later that day on $1000 bond.