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Council Bluffs man & wife were victims of FL airport shooting

News

January 7th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The sister of an Iowa man says he was among the five people killed in the Fort Lauderdale, Florida, airport shooting. Elizabeth Oehme-Miller told The Associated Press by phone Saturday that her brother, 57-year-old Michael Oehme, of Council Bluffs, was killed in Friday’s attack and that her brother’s wife, Kari Oehme, was shot in the shoulder and is expected to recover.

Oehme-Miller says the couple was in Fort Lauderdale getting ready for a Caribbean cruise that was supposed to start Saturday. She says they were frequent travelers who loved cruises and were happy to be headed on another one. Oehme-Miller says another family member is flying to Fort Lauderdale to help Kari Oehme return home to Council Bluffs.

No official list of the victims has been released, but loved ones have started to talk about them to news outlets.

RUTH ANN COREY, 90, of Lemon Grove, CA & formerly of Avoca & Walnut (Graveside Svcs. 1/14/17)

Obituaries

January 7th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

RUTH ANN COREY, 90, of Lemon Grove, CA, (& formerly of Avoca & Walnut) died Jan. 1st at the Boulder Creek Post Acute Care Center, in Poway, CA. Graveside services for RUTH ANN COREY will be held 10:30-a.m. Saturday, Jan. 14th, at the Monroe Township Cemetery in Walnut. Pauley-Jones Funeral Home in Avoca has the arrangements.

RUTH ANN COREY is survived by:

Her daughters – Catherine Lopez, of Lakeside, CA, and Linda (Eric) Hansen, of Encinitas, CA.

Her son – Richard (Kathy) Corey, of Henderson, TX.

14 grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren, 2 great-great grandchildren, and her daughter-in-law.

Iowa’s Rock & Roll Hall of Fame names inductees

News

January 7th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

The names of the inductees into the 2017 class of the Iowa Rock and Roll Hall of Fame are being released. The Arnolds Park-based music association pays tribute to those groups and people who have influenced Iowa’s rock-and-roll music scene. The hall’s John Senn says six Iowa bands are on the list of honorees.

“Jeff Brandt and Galaxy out of the central region by Des Moines, Lavender Lace Band from the same area,” Senn says. “We have a group called High Heel and the Sneakers from the southwest part of the state. From the southeastern part of the state, we have The Night People. From the northeast, we have Hampton Road, and from the northwest, Prince and The Paupers.”

Senn says many of the bands will be performing at the annual Hall of Fame concert at the Roof Garden Ballroom in Arnolds Park from September 1st through 3rd. That concert series has run two decades now. “It started in 1997 and every year, it’s amazing,” Senn says. “We have people come from all over the state, all over the United States and even from foreign countries that are from Iowa and played within the state with groups.”

Individual performers being inducted include: Angelo Doud and Craig Erickson, while Spirit Awards are going to: Surf Zombies, Merle and Jan Wiese, Greg Miksich and Bruce Cameron. Tickets for the reunion concert go on sale June 1st. For details, visit: www.iowarocknroll.com.

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(Podcast) KJAN Morning Sports report, 1/7/2017

Podcasts, Sports

January 7th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

The 7:20-a.m. Sportscast w/Ric Hanson.

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(Podcast) KJAN Morning News & funeral report,1/7/2017

News, Podcasts

January 7th, 2017 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: 01/07/17

Weather

January 7th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

Today: Mostly sunny. High near 20. NW @ 5-10.

Tonight: Partly cloudy. Low 3. E @ 5-10.

Tomorrow: Mo. Cldy. High 27. SE @ 10-20.

Sunday night: Mo. Cldy. Low 22.

Monday: P/Sunny. High 33.

Tuesday: Cldy w/a chance of rain. High 37.

Wednesday: P/Sunny. High 28.

Friday’s High in Atlantic was 15. Our 24-Hour Low was -6. Last year on this date, our High in Atlantic was 34 and the low was 32. The Record High in Atlantic on this date was 63 in 2003. The Record Low was -27 in 1912.

2 die during eastern IA police chash and crash Friday night

News

January 7th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

A man who was fleeing from police in eastern Iowa late Friday night has died in a crash that also killed another motorist. The Iowa State Patrol reports 31-year old Troy C. Marvin, of Cedar Rapids, was driving a 2007 Chevy Silverado pickup being pursued by Tama Police, when the pickup t-boned the driver’s side door of a 2007 Chevy Impala at the intersection of 4th and Beautiful Street, in Tama.

After the impact, both vehicles left the road and struck a utility pole before rolling several times. The accident happened just before midnight. Neither Marvin nor the driver of the Impala, 25-year old Ian L. Halverson, of Tama, were wearing their seat belts. Both men died at the scene.

The crash remains under investigation.

Northern IA DE Schult receives Buchanan Award

Sports

January 7th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

FRISCO, Texas (AP) – Sam Houston State quarterback Jeremiah Briscoe won the Walter Payton Award on Friday night as the most outstanding player in FCS and Northern Iowa defensive end Karter Schult received the Buck Buchanan Award as top defensive player.

Briscoe, a junior who transferred from UAB after it shut down its football program, passed for 4,602 yards and 57 touchdowns for the Bearkats (12-1). He beat out Eastern Washington teammates Gage Gubrud, a quarterback, and Cooper Kupp, a receiver. Kupp was trying to become a two-time winner of the Payton award after taking it last season.

Schult led FCS with 17 sacks. The other finalists were linebacker Dylan Cole of Missouri State and defensive P.J. Hall of Sam Houston State.

Shenandoah K9 unit makes drug-related arrest Saturday morning

News

January 7th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

A traffic stop on a vehicle in Shenandoah early this (Saturday) morning resulted in the arrest of a Nebraska woman on drug charges. According to the Shenandoah P-D, a vehicle was pulled over at around 12:30-a.m. in the 200 block of West Valley Avenue.

K9 “Argo” (Shenandoah P-D Facebook page photo)

Upon further investigation and the deployment of the Shenandoah PD’s new K9, “Argo,” officers arrested 20-year old Harley Collier, of Omaha, for Possession of a Controlled Substance and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.

Collier was transported to Page County Jail, where her bond was set at $1,000.

Area girls basketball scores from 1/6/17

Sports

January 7th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

GIRLS BASKETBALL

A-H-S-T-W, Avoca 53, Tri-Center, Neola 43

ADM, Adel 61, Bondurant Farrar 30

Boone 65, Carroll 38

CAM, Anita 67, Ar-We-Va, Westside 16

Carlisle 50, Winterset 30

Central Decatur, Leon 75, East Union, Afton 26

Charter Oak-Ute 45, Coon Rapids-Bayard 38

Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson 56, Nebraska City Lourdes, Neb. 35

Denison-Schleswig 58, Atlantic 35

Essex 45, Fremont Mills, Tabor 38

Glidden-Ralston 55, Boyer Valley, Dunlap 36

Griswold 36, Riverside, Oakland 27

Interstate 35,Truro 63, Lenox 17

Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 64, Glenwood 43

Lewis Central 79, Clarinda 17

Logan-Magnolia 56, IKM-Manning 43

Mount Ayr 68, Martensdale-St. Marys 40

Red Oak 55, Shenandoah 48

Sidney 89, Heartland Christian 19

Southwest Valley 62, Wayne, Corydon 52

St. Albert, Council Bluffs 67, Harlan 37

Treynor 66, Missouri Valley 23

Underwood 64, Audubon 50

West Central Valley, Stuart 57, Earlham 47

West Monona, Onawa 67, River Valley, Correctionville 41

Woodward-Granger 43, AC/GC 29