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(Podcast) KJAN Morning News & funeral report, 6/24/2015

News, Podcasts

June 24th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

The 7:06-a.m. report w/KJAN News Director Ric Hanson

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Cass County Extension Report 06-24-2015

Ag/Outdoor, Podcasts

June 24th, 2015 by admin

w/ Kate Olson

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Weather Advisory: Shelby/Harrison/Monona Counties

Weather

June 24th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

SHELBY IA-HARRISON IA-MONONA IA-
621 AM CDT WED JUN 24 2015

…SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN MONONA…NORTHERN HARRISON AND NORTHWESTERN SHELBY COUNTIES UNTIL 645 AM CDT…

AT 621 AM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER PISGAH…OR 33 MILES WEST OF DENISON…MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
EARLING…MONDAMIN…IRWIN…DEFIANCE…PISGAH…MOORHEAD…
WOODBINE…DUNLAP…PANAMA…LITTLE SIOUX…WESTPHALIA…KIRKMAN…
PREPARATION CANYON STATE PARK…LITTLE SIOUX SCOUT RANCH…SCHABEN PARK…MANTENO RECREATION AREA AND WILLOW LAKE RECREATION AREA.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 59 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 83 AND 89.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

Tuesday Softball & Baseball Scores

Sports

June 24th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

Tuesday Softball
Atlantic 9, Kuemper Catholic 1
Creston 13, Shenandoah 1
Glenwood 7, Clarinda 4
Denison-Schleswig 14, St. Albert 0
Harlan 4, Lewis Central 2
Essex 10-16, Fremont-Mills 8-10
Mount Ayr 11, Southwest Valley 1
Lenox 7, East Union 2
Nodaway Valley 11-7, Bedford 1-3
Alta/Aurelia 7, Charter Oak-Ute 5
Abraham Lincoln 11, Thomas Jefferson 1

Western Iowa Conference Tournament
1st Round:
A-H-S-T-W 1, Tri-Center 0
Underwood 12, Audubon 6
Quarterfinals:
IKM-Manning 11, A-H-S-T-W 1
Treynor 5, Riverside 0
Logan-Magnolia 5, Griswold 0
Missouri Valley 8, Underwood 0

Tuesday Baseball
Kuemper Catholic 4, Atlantic 2
Shenandoah 5, Creston 4
Glenwood 10, Clarinda 6
Harlan 4, Lewis Central 3
Denison-Schleswig 7, St. Albert 6
CAM 12, West Harrison 5
Nishnabotna 9, A-H-S-T-W 7
Fremont-Mills 13-9, Essex 2-0
East Mills 13-19, Clarinda Academy 1-4
Southwest Valley 16, Mount Ayr 1
Lenox 17, Mount Ayr 7
Nodaway Valley 15, Bedford 0
Abraham Lincoln 5-6, Thomas Jefferson 2-2

Flash Flood Watch for part of the KJAN listening area

News, Weather

June 24th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

AREA COUNTIES: GUTHRIE-DALLAS-MADISON

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS (WED.) AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.

Counties in green are included in a Flash Flood Watch

Counties in green are included in a Flash Flood Watch

* VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH TONIGHT. RAINFALL RATES ASSOCIATED WITH THE MOST INTENSE STORMS MAY EXCEED 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR. IN ADDITION…MULTIPLE STORMS MAY PASS OVER THE SAME AREA AND WILL FURTHER ENHANCE THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS MAY EXCEED 3 INCHES WITH SOME LOCATIONS REACHING 5 INCHES.

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.

Red Oak teen involved in alleged Criminal Mischief

News

June 24th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

Police in Red Oak referred a local teen to Juvenile authorities Tuesday afternoon, in connection with an alleged incident of Criminal Mischief in the 4th Degree. 17-year old James Michael McCauley, of Red Oak, was released to his parents following the police response.

JEFFREY R. JENSEN, 55, of Exira (Svcs. 6/26/15)

Obituaries

June 24th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

JEFFREY R. JENSEN, 55, of Exira, died Sun., June 21st, at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital. Funeral services for JEFF JENSEN will be held 10:30-a.m. Fri., June 26th, at the Exira Lutheran Church. Kessler Funeral Home in Exira has the arrangements.

Friends may call at the funeral home, where the family visitation begins at 5-p.m. Thursday (6/25).

Burial will be in the Maple Grove Cemetery in Audubon.

JEFF JENSEN is survived by:

His wife – Linda Jensen, of Exira.

His children – Tina Jensen, and Angela Jensen, both of Exira, and Chad (Megan) Jensen, of Nebraska City, NE.

His sisters – Marsha Jensen, of Carroll; Vicky (Larry) Sorensen, of Exira; Peggy (Vernon) Venteicher, of Brayton, and Kimberly (Jedidiah) Stratford, of Oklahoma.

3 grandchildren, his brothers-in-law, other relatives & friends, and Deb Steinbach, of Carroll, a Special Friend of the family.

NWS forecast for Atlantic & the KJAN listening area (updated 4-am 6/24/15)

Weather

June 24th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

Today: Scattered showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 87. South southeast wind 9 to 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Tonight: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly between 8pm and 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 68. South wind 6 to 11 mph becoming north after midnight. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high near 81. North northeast wind 7 to 10 mph.

Thursday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 64. Northeast wind 5 to 9 mph becoming light. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 78. Northeast wind 6 to 9 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 60.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 78.

Iowa egg production drops 28 percent with bird flu losses

Ag/Outdoor, News

June 24th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

The U-S-D-A’s latest report on the number of egg-laying hens is showing the impact of the outbreak of bird flu with the flock at its smallest level since 2004. Iowa is the nation’s largest egg producer and the U-S-D-A says total eggs produced in Iowa dropped 28 percent this May compared to last year. The U-S-D-A’s Gregg Thessen says that type of drop would have raised concern in any other year.

” If we wouldn’t have known that there was a disease outbreak, obviously it would have been pretty stunning. But it hasn’t been a secret that there’s been a disease outbreak. So we pretty much knew that it was coming,” Thessen says. What’s not known is how long the flu outbreak will persist, though new reported cases in Iowa have slowed dramatically in June.

(Radio Iowa)

Bluffs convenience store robbed early Wed. morning

News

June 24th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

Police in Council Bluffs are investigating a robbery that occurred early this (Wednesday) morning, at a convenience store. Officers responded at around 1:15-a.m. to the report of an armed robbery that had occurred at the Kum & Go convenience store at 154 Bennett Avenue.

An investigation revealed that a white male, approximately 5-feet 7-inches to 6-feet tall, wearing a dark zipped up hooded sweatshirt, blue jeans, and grey in color work gloves, robbed the clerk at knife point. The suspect fled the area on foot with an unknown amount of cash. The clerk was not injured during the incident.

Anyone with information is urged to contact the Council Bluffs police department crime stoppers at 712-328-7867.