The 7:20-a.m. Sportscast w/Jim Field.
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Police in Creston report three people were arrested on separate charges, over the weekend. Sunday afternoon, 40-year old Angela Dawn Temme, of Harlan, was arrested at the Creston Wal-Mart store on charges of Public Intoxication and Criminal Mischief in the 5th Degree. Temme was released from custody after posting a $300 bond.
And on Saturday, Creston Police arrested 30-year old Todd Allen Lorensen, of Creston, on a charge of OWI/1st offense. He was later released after posting 10-percent of $1,000 bond. That same day, 36-year old Larry William Jordan, of Creston, was arrested at the Elms Club, for Public Intoxication. He was released on his own recognizance by a magistrate judge.
Creston Police said also, the Wal-Mart store reported a theft on June 24th. The amount of loss was still under investigation.
The 7:05-a.m. report w/KJAN News Director Ric Hanson.
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The Freese-Notis (podcast) weather forecast for Atlantic & the KJAN listening area, and weather information for Atlantic.
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The president of the state’s largest teacher union is in Florida this week for the National Education Association’s annual meeting. Iowa State Education Association president, Tammy Wawro says “I think we will have a lot of conversations about re-authorizing the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, known as No Child Left Behind. And having some discussions about what our priorities are as that comes to fruition.”
She says teachers would like to see more of a dashboard approach when it comes to looking at what the act is accomplishing. “Looking at what schools offer all students versus just a single test score to judge a school or a student’s ability to learn. So, trying to shift that focus from labeling and punishing to truly student learning and student opportunity,” Wawro says.
Wawro says it’s important to be able to provide the same opportunities to all students.
“We know that one in every five children — and nearly 15 million — live in households with income below the U-S poverty threshold. And that is a huge concern to us as we look at opportunities that all children have. We really hope that there’s a piece of it that has to do with arts and athletic programs at the same level of mandatory opportunity for all kids as that one test score.”
The conference began Sunday and runs through July 6th.
(Radio Iowa)
352 AM CDT MON JUN 29 2015
EARLY THIS MORNING…MOSTLY CLEAR. PATCHY FOG. NORTHWEST WIND NEAR 10 MPH.
TODAY…SUNNY. PATCHY FOG THROUGH MID MORNING. HIGH IN THE MID 80S. NORTHWEST WIND 5 TO 15 MPH.
TONIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL EARLY MORNING. LOW IN THE LOWER 60S. WEST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.
TUESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGH IN THE MID 80S. NORTHWEST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.
TUESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. LOW IN THE MID 60S. EAST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.
WEDNESDAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH IN THE LOWER 80S. EAST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.
THURSDAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH IN THE UPPER 70S.
Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The governing board for Iowa’s three public universities is cutting ties with the man who has served as its top lawyer since 2004. A June 16th memo obtained by The Associated Press shows general counsel Tom Evans will soon no longer be employed by the Iowa Board of Regents.
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) — Cedar Falls residents will decide Tuesday whether to back a $35 million bond issue that would help increase elementary school capacity. The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports the district wants to expand Orchard Hill and North Cedar elementary schools while also building a seventh elementary school. If it is approved, the bond issue would add $1.38 of taxes per every $1,000 of taxable value over the next 20 years.
CENTRAL CITY, Iowa (AP) — The ongoing bird flu outbreak has forced competitors at the Linn County Fair and other poultry events in the state to prepare educational displays and leave their birds at home. But the 79 participants in this weekend’s Linn County competition got to meet Iowa Agriculture Secretary Bill Northey. He visited the fair Saturday to speak about poultry health and the bird flu.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa family that lost a son to suicide in jail this January is pushing for changes in the way people with mental illnesses are treated by authorities. Jim Cornick tells the Des Moines Register that sick people shouldn’t be sent to jail when they clearly need treatment.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Cardinals lefty Jaime Garcia is likely to make his next start Thursday against the White Sox, getting two extra days to recover from a groin cramp he sustained running the bases. St. Louis, which leads the majors with a 50-24 record, has a day off Monday and manager Mike Matheny said he’ll use Lance Lynn and John Lackey on regular rest ahead of Garcia.
Garcia is 3-3 with a 1.69 ERA in seven starts coming off thoracic outlet surgery. He allowed a run in seven innings his last outing Wednesday in Miami, but was injured scoring a run in the eighth. Outfielder Matt Holliday, on the 15-day disabled list with a right quad strain since June 9, took batting practice for the second straight day Sunday and said he could begin running early this week.
Holliday said he’d attend the All-Star Game if voted in, but wasn’t sure about a target date for his return.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Carlos Martinez was stingy before and after a lengthy rain delay, and the St. Louis Cardinals hit a season-high six doubles to sweep the Chicago Cubs with a 4-1 victory Sunday night that extended their winning streak to six games.
Jason Heyward, Yadier Molina and Matt Carpenter had run-scoring doubles for St. Louis, which is a major league-best 51-24. The Cardinals’ 29-7 home record also is tops in the majors and is the second-best start in franchise history, trailing only a 31-4 start by the 1885 Browns, according to STATS.
Martinez (9-3) allowed one run on two hits in six innings with six strikeouts for the Cardinals, whose home start is the best in the divisional era since 1969, topping the Expos’ 28-7 record in 1979. The Cubs have lost a season-worst five in a row. Jason Hammel (5-3) gave up four runs and six hits in four innings.
ARTHUR WILLIAM “BILL” DEAN, 88, of Atlantic (& formerly of Griswold), died Sunday, June 28th, at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha. Funeral services for BILL DEAN will be held 10:30-a.m. Wed., July 1st, at the Griswold United Methodist Church. Duhn Funeral Home in Griswold has the arrangements.
An open visitation will be held at the funeral home, on Tuesday, with the family present from 5:00 until 7:30 PM.
Interment will be at the Griswold Cemetery.
ARTHUR “BILL” DEAN is survived by:
His wife – Lois, of Atlantic.
His children – “Cis” Bates and husband Randy, of Griswold, and Steve Dean and wife Beverly of Newton.
His step-children: David Lindvall, of Audubon, and Michael Lindvall and wife Stephanie, of Omaha.
His brothers and sisters – Daniel Dean and wife Bernice, Donald Dean, Patricia Donohoe, and Mary Lange and husband Bernie.
9 grandchildren, 9 great-grandchildren. other relatives and friends.