The 7:06-a.m. Newscast with KJAN News Director Ric Hanson.
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Cass County: Corn $3.46, Beans $9.58
Adair County: Corn $3.43, Beans $9.61
Adams County: Corn $3.43 Beans $9.57
Audubon County: Corn $3.45 Beans $9.60
East Pottawattamie County: Corn $3.49, Beans $9.58
Guthrie County: Corn $3.48, Beans $9.62
Montgomery County: Corn $3.48, Beans $9.60
Shelby County: Corn $3.49, Beans $9.58
Oats $2.60 (always the same in all counties)
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) – A Sioux City officer who was shot in the face by a man who later took his own life says she knew she was ready to return to work. Officer Jill Ohm said on Thursday that, “I believe I’m doing what I’m supposed to be doing – my job. I wouldn’t have come back if I wasn’t ready to come back.” She returned to duty on Jan. 6th. Ohm also said at a news conference in Sioux City that her ordeal has made her more skeptical of people.
Ohm was shot Oct. 3 by 27-year-old Noah Ironshell after Ohm responded to a report about a suicidal person. Ironshell was found later in an abandoned home, suffering from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. He died Oct. 12 in an Omaha, Nebraska, hospital.
The Freese-Notis forecast for the KJAN listening area, and weather information for Atlantic.
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(Corrects source as Omaha World-Herald, not KETV)
A residential fire in Council Bluffs early this (Friday) morning, may have racially motivated origins. The Omaha World-Herald reports the call about the blaze in northeast Council Bluffs came in at around 3:35-a.m. from a Bluffs police officer who noticed heavy smoke in the area and went to investigate.
Reports to Pottawattamie County emergency 911 dispatchers indicated that firefighters had the blaze at a home near North 29th Street and Avenue G was “knocked down’’ about 20 to 25 minutes after it was reported. No injuries were reported.
Some reports to dispatchers indicated that the home had swastikas and racial slurs spray-painted on its garage. WOWT reports a woman in her 60s lives in the home, and has a daughter of mixed race.
ELWOOD HANSEN, 67, of Atlantic, died Thu., Jan. 15th, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. Funeral services for ELWOOD HANSEN will be held 10:30-a.m. Wed., Jan. 21st, at Zion Lutheran Church, in Atlantic. Hockenberry Family Care funeral home, in Atlantic has the arrangements.
Visitation with his family is from 5-until 7-pm Tuesday (1/20), at the funeral home.
There will be a private burial for ELWOOD HANSEN.
MAXINE RUTH HALL, 81, of Atlantic, died Thu., Jan. 15th, at the Nebraska Medical Center, in Omaha. Funeral services for MAXINE HALL will be held 2-p.m. Mon., Jan. 19th, at the 1st Assembly of God Church, in Atlantic. Hockenberry Family Care funeral Home, in Atlantic has the arrangements.
Visitation with her family is from 4-until 6-pm Sun., Jan. 18th, at the funeral home.
Burial will be in the Atlantic Cemetery.
Memorials may be directed to the Open Door Missions.
MAXINE HALL is survived by:
Her son – Kirk (Beverly) Hall, of Atlantic.
Her daughters – Charlotte Auerbach, of Ozark, MO., & Darla Hall, of Kirkman (IA).
Her brother – Wayne (Elenanor) Musser, of Torrence, CA.
Her sister – Betty Demain, of Omaha.
9 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren.
Today Sunny, with a high near 52. South southwest wind 8 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Tonight Partly cloudy, with a low around 33. South southwest wind 8 to 13 mph.
Saturday Mostly sunny, with a high near 44. Windy, with a west northwest wind 11 to 16 mph increasing to 21 to 26 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 36 mph.
Saturday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 25. Windy, with a west wind 14 to 24 mph, with gusts as high as 32 mph.
Sunday Sunny, with a high near 44. West wind 10 to 13 mph.
Sunday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 25.
Monday (M.L.King Day) Mostly sunny, with a high near 44.
The Iowa West Foundation, headquartered in Council Bluffs, has announced that its board awarded more than $5.2 million in grants to close out 2014. Those grants will assist 22 nonprofit organizations and governmental entities with funding for projects and programs that directly impact southwest Iowa and eastern Nebraska.
Among the list of award recipients is: Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Midlands, community-based mentoring for children in Mills and Pottawattamie counties, $40,000; City of Council Bluffs, transformation of historic trolley building into a park shelter, $15,000; City of Council Bluffs, operating support to city arena, $100,000; City of Glenwood, lazy river feature for the Charles E. Lakin Aquatic Center, $50,000; Heartland Family Service, Children’s Center to address the behavioral health needs of children in our community, $100,000; Iowa JAG Inc., dropout prevention programs in Council Bluffs schools, $40,000; Iowa Newspaper Foundation, newspapers in southwest Iowa school libraries, $18,500; Iowa West Foundation Initiative, Iowa West Opportunity Scholarship Program for first-generation college students administered by the Iowa College Foundation, $400,000; Malvern Area Betterment Association, Main Street revitalization project in Malvern, $40,000; Pottawattamie County Board of Supervisors, CITIES program to support rural economic development, $665,000; Sons and Daughters of Imogene Inc., improvement to the baseball complex in Imogene, $10,000; City of Council Bluffs, support of events for 2015 LoessFest at River’s Edge Park, $175,000.
The next opportunity to apply for funding will begin Feb 1st. Interested organizations should visit the foundation’s website at www.iowawestfoundation.org to learn more about the application process. Funding for the foundation’s grants comes from investment earnings and the Iowa West Racing Association, which receives contracted license fees from casino operators Ameristar and Harrah’s. IWRA distributes funds to the Iowa West Foundation, an independent 501(c)3 organization under the IRS Code. The foundation makes grants throughout southwest Iowa and eastern Nebraska.