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Click it or Ticket effort to start Saturday

News

May 23rd, 2014 by Ric Hanson

State and local law officers are beginning a “Click it or ticket” effort Saturday that will carry through this Memorial Day weekend. Iowa Highway Patrol Trooper Vince Kurtz says they goal is simple. He says the goal is to make sure that people are using their seatbelts as he says they want to see the seatbelt use numbers continue to go up.

Iowa currently has a 93-percent statewide, daytime seatbelt average, ranking Iowa in the top ten in the nation. The nighttime seatbelt average is only 39-percent. Trooper Kurts points to an accident that happened on the bypass in Sioux City recently as a good example of why they want everyone to buckle up. During that accident it was determined a female driver who was not wearing her seat belt and was ejected from the vehicle and fatally injured.

“I believe the number is about 75 percent of the people who are thrown from a vehicle in a crash are killed. You are much safe inside that vehicle and the seatbelt is the one thing that is going to keep you inside that vehicle during a crash,” Kurtz says. It is the start of the summer driving season and that leads to more vehicles on the road, and the possibility of more accidents.

“Last year in 2013 there were three fatality crashes over the Memorial Day Holiday — two of those which were alchol related,” Kurtz says. He says other years there have been more fatal accidents, and the main point is that you need to take precautions like using your seatbelts to avoid becoming one of the statistics. The campaign begins Saturday (May 24) and runs through June 4th.

(Radio Iowa)

Corps: Missouri River levels will rise but no flooding this season

News, Weather

May 23rd, 2014 by Ric Hanson

Above-normal runoff is expected over the coming weeks in the Missouri River system, but officials with the U-S Army Corps of Engineers say -no- flooding is anticipated. Jody Farhat, who heads the Corps’ Missouri River Basin Water Management Office in Omaha, says more water will be pouring into the waterway but it shouldn’t cause a problem as it’s been so dry. Farhat says, “Runoff this year is expected to be above-average and flood control remains our primary consideration, however, drought persists across much of the lower basin and storage in the Missouri River main stem reservoir system remains below normal due to the 2012 drought.”

Kevin Stom, a Corps engineer in the water management office, provides more details about the expected run off.  “The 2014 calendar year runoff forecast is 31.7-million acre feet, which is 125% of normal, above Sioux City, Iowa,” Stom says. “April runoff of 2.8-million acre feet, or 96% of normal, is 0.6-million acre feet below the April forecast.” Corps engineer Mike Swenson says they have plenty of storage space in the upstream reservoirs to handle additional water from runoff.

“Reservoir system storage is currently at 54.6-million acre feet and is 1.5-million acre feet below the top of the carryover multiple use zone,” Swenson says. “This 1.5-million acre feet of storage is in addition to the 16.3-million acre feet of flood control storage that is normally available at the start of the runoff season.”

Swenson says releases from Gavins Point Dam have been increased to 30-thousand cubic feet per second, and release levels will go higher as needed later in the season to support downstream navigation.

(Radio Iowa)

8AM Sportscast 05-23-2014

Podcasts, Sports

May 23rd, 2014 by admin

w/ Jim Field

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Cowboys sign 5th-round pick Devin Street

Sports

May 23rd, 2014 by Ric Hanson

IRVING, Texas (AP) — The Dallas Cowboys have signed fifth-round draft pick Devin Street to a four-year contract. Street is a receiver from Pittsburgh, where his 202 career receptions are the most in school history. He was the 146th overall pick earlier this month.

With Street signing Friday, the Cowboys have left unsigned only their top three draft picks. All five of their seventh-round draft picks signed during a rookie minicamp last weekend.

Unsigned are first-round pick Zack Martin, the offensive tackle from Notre Dame; second-round pick DeMarcus Lawrence, a defensive end from Boise State; and fourth-round pick Anthony Hitchens, a linebacker from Iowa.

 

8AM Newscast 05-23-2014

News, Podcasts

May 23rd, 2014 by admin

w/ Ric Hanson

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(Podcast) 7:07-a.m. News & funeral report, 5/23/14

News, Podcasts

May 23rd, 2014 by Ric Hanson

With KJAN News Director Ric Hanson.

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Thursday Soccer Results

Sports

May 23rd, 2014 by Jim Field

GIRLS SOCCER:

  • Atlantic 5, Carroll 4 (Megan Plambeck scored twice and Emily Mitchell, Taylor Jessen & Sierra Smith scored once each)
  • Harlan 5, Kuemper Catholic 0
  • Glenwood 10, Missouri Valley 0
  • Thomas Jefferson 9, Denison 0

 

Thursday Girls Regional Tennis

Sports

May 23rd, 2014 by Jim Field

Class 1-A Region 2 at Red Oak (Will be played on Friday the 23rd due to rain)

Class 1-A Region 3 at Boone

Doubles Final – Audrey Fyock & Jenna Taylor (Creston / Orient/Macksburg) over Meredith Ossian & Olivia Astarita (Ballard) 6/1, 6/3

Class 2-A Region 4 at WDM Valley

Singles Final – Chloe Jefferies (WDM Valley) over Abby Bergsten (Lewis Central) 6/1, 6/1

(Podcast) Skyscan Forecast: Fri., May 23rd 2014

Podcasts, Weather

May 23rd, 2014 by Ric Hanson

The Freese-Notis Weather Forecast for the KJAN listening area and weather information for Atlantic.

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DNR to hold meeting on Beaver Lake water quality

Ag/Outdoor, News

May 23rd, 2014 by Ric Hanson

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is holding a public meeting to discuss the results of a study completed on the quality of water in Beaver Lake, located west of Des Moines in Dallas County. The meeting is set for 6 p.m. June 10 at the Raccoon Valley Bank in Adel.

The 34-acre Beaver Lake is on the state’s list of impaired waters because it has high levels of algae cause by too much phosphorous which impacts the recreation at the lake. The plan explores the amounts and sources of phosphorus and offers potential solutions to reduce those levels. High phosphorous levels often result from runoff of fertilizers from farmland.

After gathering comments, the DNR will forward a final plan to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for approval.