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(Podcast) KJAN Morning Sports report, 7/14/2015

Podcasts, Sports

July 14th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

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

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(Podcast) KJAN Morning News & funeral report, 7/14/2015

News, Podcasts

July 14th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

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

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(Podcast) Skyscan Weather forecast, 7/14/2015

Podcasts, Weather

July 14th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

The Freese-Notis (podcast) weather forecast for Atlantic & the KJAN listening area, and weather information for Atlantic.

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Regional Softball Results/Schedule

Sports

July 14th, 2015 by Jim Field

Class 3-A:
Greene County 16, Atlantic 2
Clarke 9, Saydel 2
Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley 2, Spirit Lake 0
Crestwood 12, Algona 2
Center Point-Urbana 4, Columbus Catholic 2
Mount Vernon 6, Northeast 5
Benton Community 4, Iowa Falls-Alden 0

Class 2-A:
IKM-Manning 7, Treynor 2
North Union 10, Sioux Central 3
St. Edmond 7, Lawton-Bronson 1
Central Springs 9, Northwest Webster 2
Cascade 7, Denver 0
Durant 9, Sumner-Fredericksburg 2
Iowa City Regina 5, CMB 1
Interstate 35 3, Madrid 1

Class 1-A:
Logan-Magnolia 6, Glidden-Ralston 0
Newell-Fonda 7, Woodbury Central 5
Lynnville-Sully 9, Murray 1
New London 2, Sigourney 1
Don Bosco 8, Janesville 5
Marquette Catholic 2, Kee 1
AGWSR 7, North Butler 0
River Valley 2, Akron-Westfield 1

Today’s (Tuesday’s) Regional Finals Schedule:
Class 4-A, Region 1 – Ft. Dodge vs. Bishop Heelan, 7-pm, at Fort Dodge.
Class 4-A, Region 8 – ADM vs. Creston, 7-p.m. , at Adel.
Class 5-A, Region 8 – Waukee vs. C B Abraham Lincoln, 7-p.m., at Waukee
State Softball Championship Schedule (@ Harlan Rogers omplex in Ft. Dodge)
Quarterfinals:
Class 1-A: (Mon., 7/20)
Don Bosco (33-5) vs. Logan-Magnolia (33-3) 7:30-p.m.
AGWSR vs. Marquette Catholic 11:00 am
Lynnville-Sully vs. Rock Valley 11:30 am
New London vs. Newell-Fonda 7:00 pm

Class 2-A: (Tue., 7/21)
Central Springs (27-5) vs. IKM-Manning (25-8), 5-p.m.
St. Edmond vs. Interstate 35 1:00 pm
Durant vs. Iowa City Regina 3:00 pm
North Union vs. Cascade 7:00 pm

Class 3-A: (Tue 7/21)
Greene County (30-6) vs. Crestwood (25-5), 5:30-p.m.
Solon vs. Clarke 1:30 pm
Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley vs. Center Point-Urbana 3:30 pm
Benton Community vs. Mount Vernon 7:30 pm

DELORES STEVENS, 81, of Atlantic (7/17/15)

Obituaries

July 14th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

DELORES STEVENS, 81, of Atlantic, died Mon., July 13th, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital, in Atlantic. Services for DELORES STEVENS will be held at 2-pm, Friday, July 17th at the Roland Funeral Home. Roland Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.

Visitation will take place prior to the service from 12-2 at the Roland Funeral Home.

Burial will take place in the Saint Peter and Paul Catholic Cemetery in Atlantic.

Online condolences may be left at www.rolandfuneralservice.com.

DELORES STEVENS is survived by:

Her Daughters: Lynnette Mary Johnson of Springfield, MO, Michelle Marie Atwood and husband Edward of Murphysboro, IL and Jacalyn Marie Stevens of Columbus, Ohio

Her Son: Jefferey James Stevens of Atlantic.

11 Grandchildren

26 Great Grandchildren

T-shirt sales for fallen police officer net family $215,000

News

July 14th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

The family of fallen Omaha police officer and Iowa native Kerrie Orozco is being given a check for 215-thousand dollars from the sale of “Kerrie On” t-shirts.Kerrie-On The 14-thousand-plus t-shirts were printed by Ideal Images of Omaha where president Peter McCann says he’s amazed at how quickly they sold.

McCann says, “In all honesty, my goal was 10,000 so to hit 14,000, we’re still selling t-shirts, so who knows?” The company teamed up with the Iowa-based Hy-Vee grocery store chain to sell the shirts and they also have been popular online and are continuing to sell nationwide. McCann says he wanted to do his part.

“Being able to do these things is, to me, why I really like being in business,” McCann says. “This is rewarding to be a part of this. Our staff worked so hard, ‘What time do you need me?’ and also, the off-duty police officers were coming in the Saturday afterwards and they were wanting to make deliveries.”

The 29-year-old Orozco was shot to death while serving an arrest warrant in May. The suspect was also killed. Orozco was a Walnut, Iowa, native and a resident of Council Bluffs. She left behind a husband, two stepchildren and a newborn baby girl. That new daughter, Olivia, was born several months premature in February and was due to come home from the hospital the day after Orozco was killed.

(Radio Iowa)

Weather forecast for Cass & area Counties in IA, 7/14/15

Weather

July 14th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

Early This Morning: Mostly clear. Southwest wind near 5 mph.

Today: Sunny. High in the lower 90s. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.

Tonight: Partly cloudy. Low in the upper 60s. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph.

Wednesday: Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of thunderstorms before noon. A chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. High in the mid 80s. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of thunderstorms 50 percent.

Wednesday Night: Thunderstorms likely. Low around 70. Southeast wind 10 to 15 mph with gusts to around 25 mph. Chance of thunderstorms 70 percent.

Thursday: Partly sunny with a 50 percent chance of thunderstorms. High in the mid 80s. Southwest wind 10 to 15 mph with gusts to around 25 mph.

Friday: Sunny. High around 90.

Monday Baseball Scores/Tuesday Schedule

Sports

July 14th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

Monday Baseball
Sioux City East 7-9, Atlantic 4-5
Harlan 5, CB Abraham Lincoln 1
Lewis Central 11, Glenwood 7
Bishop Heelan Catholic 10-17, CB Thomas Jefferson 0
Carlisle 12-16, Carroll 2-4

Tuesday Baseball District Schedule
Class 1-A:
West Harrison @ Logan-Magnolia (at Dunlap)
Boyer Valley @ EHK/Exira (at Dunlap)
Audubon @ Coon Rapids-Bayard (at Coon Rapids)
Ar-We-Va @ Glidden-Ralston (at Coon Rapids)
Nodaway Valley vs. Orient-Macksburg (at Earlham)
Stanton @ Bedford (at Lenox)
East Union @ Lenox (at Lenox)
Sidney @ Fremont-Mills (at Sidney)
Riverside @ Nishnabotna (at Sidney)
East Mills @ Tri-Center (at St. Albert)
Griswold @ St. Albert (at St. Albert)
Guthrie Center vs. CAM @ Van Meter
Van Meter vs. Adair-Casey @ Van Meter

Class 2-A:
A-H-S-T-W @ IKM-Manning (at Avoca)
Clarinda @ Treynor (at Avoca)
Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto @ Kuemper Catholic (at Maple Valley)
Underwood @ East Sac County (at Maple Valley)
West Central Valley @ Des Moines Christian (at Stuart)
Clarke @ Interstate 35 (at Stuart)

Heat expected to help Iowa crops

Ag/Outdoor, News, Weather

July 14th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

The latest U-S-D-A crop report released Monday shows 82 percent of the corn crop is in good to excellent condition and 78 percent of the soybeans are rated the same way. Iowa State University Extension Agronomist, Brian Lang, monitors six counties in the northeast-tip of the state from Decorah to Dubuque.

“You could almost say, they’ve never looked better. We’re having a very good year up here so far. No particular insect pests. No particular diseases of any serious nature at this time,” Lang says. He could only find a slight lack of heat as a negative. “We’re only arguably about two days behind on growing degree days, and I think we’ll pick that up this week. We’re going to have a pretty hot week it looks like, actually probably catch up right up to normal,” according to Lang. “Rainfall has been running just a little bit ahead of normal.”

While most of the state’s crops are in good shape, there are still some spots where heavy rains in June caused some damage.

(Radio Iowa)

Iowa early News Headlines: Tue., July 14, 2015

News

July 14th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Gov. Terry Branstad has signed a proclamation aimed at extending clean-up efforts involved with the bird flu outbreak. Branstad signed a disaster emergency proclamation y for 18 Iowa counties adversely affected by bird flu. It is effective until Dec. 31 and extends a proclamation that was set to expire Wednesday. The proclamation is aimed at helping chicken and turkey producers with disposal and clean-up efforts on affected sites.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — Jeb Bush says new economic proposals from Hillary Rodham Clinton would not grow the economy or boost wages. The GOP presidential hopeful said in Sioux City that Clinton’s new economic agenda is a “continuation of the Obama economics, which has been a complete disaster.” Bush said he wanted to reform taxes and regulations to grow the economy. He said he wants people with part-time jobs to get full-time work if they want it.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The National Weather Service has issued an excessive heat warning for parts of Kansas, Missouri, Iowa and Illinois. Temperatures are expected to reach into the upper 90s in some areas Monday, with heat indices soaring to 116 degrees because of high humidity. Forecasters say there could be a strong tornado or two, along with large hail, as storms begin to form later Monday in eastern Iowa and northwestern and central Illinois.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Governor Terry Branstad says there isn’t enough Republican support for a special legislative session. Democrats want a special session to try to override the governor’s budget vetoes but Branstad says Republicans don’t want to return for a fight over education funding.