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Iowa State suspends Jameel McKay for violating team rules

Sports

February 6th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Iowa State star Jameel McKay has been suspended indefinitely for violating team rules. Cyclones spokesman Matt Shoultz told The Associated Press that the 6-foot-9 senior did not make the trip for Saturday’s game at Oklahoma State. McKay is averaging 12.4 points and 9 rebounds a game. His absence will further stress a roster that’s been thin all year.

The 13th-ranked Cyclones are 16-6 and 5-4 in the Big 12. They likely will move forward Abdel Nader to the post and give Deonte Burton his first start of the year against the Cowboys.  In that case, Iowa State’s first post player off the bench could be freshman Simeon Carter. He hasn’t played in any of the nine league games.

Family Fun in the Kitchen 02-06-2016

Podcasts, Family Fun in the Kitchen

February 6th, 2016 by Jim Field

Lavon and Miss NiNi talk about gluten-free cooking.

For more information about gluten-free products and gluten-free baking, explore this website at http://www.kingarthurflour.com/glutenfree/

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(Podcast) KJAN Morning Sports report, 2/6/2016

Podcasts, Sports

February 6th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

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

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(Podcast) KJAN Morning News & funeral report, 2/6/2016

News, Podcasts

February 6th, 2016 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: 2/6/16

Weather

February 6th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Today: Mostly Cloudy w/patchy fog thru about 9am. Becoming partly sunny, with a high near 35. SW @ 10-20.
Tonight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 28. S/SW winds becoming W @ 10.
Sunday: Mo. Cldy w/a slight chance of snow & blowing snow after 3pm. High near 37. W/NW 10-20 w/gusts to around 35.
Sunday Night: Cloudy w/a 30% chance of snow & blowing snow. Low around 22. NW @ 20-40. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.
Monday: Mo. Cldy w/a slight chance of snow & patchy blowing snow. High near 24. N/NW @ 20-40mph.
Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 24.

Friday’s High in Atlantic was 29. We received .1” of snow here at the KJAN studios, which amounted to .01″ of liquid precipitation. The 24-hour Low ending at 7-a.m. today was 9. Last year on this date we reached 37 for a High and 17 was the low. The All-time Record High in Atlantic on this date was 54 in 1966, while the Record Low was -27 in 1982.

MELISSA “MITZI” L. LaFOY, 61, of Hamlin (Svcs. 2/9/16)

Obituaries

February 6th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

MELISSA “MITZI” L. LaFOY, 61, of Hamlin, died Fri., Feb. 5th, at the Exira Care Center. Funeral services for MITZI LaFOY will be held 10:30-a.m. Tue., Feb. 9th, at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church, in Audubon. Kessler Funeral Home in Audubon has the arrangements.

Friends may call at the funeral home, where the family will be present beginning at 5-p.m. on Monday, Feb. 8th.

Burial will be in the Hamlin Lutheran Cemetery, east of Hamlin.

MELISSA “MITZI” LaFOY is survived by:

Her husband – David LaFoy, of Hamlin.

Her daughter – Krystal (Michael) Albertsen, of Audubon.

Her brothers – Jeff (Jean) Madsen, and Scott Madsen, both of Exira.

Her sisters – Lori (Mel) Laurensen, of Omaha; Jodi (Bill) Haley, and Natalie (Gary) Smouse, all of Exira.

2 grandchildren, other relatives & friends.

Red Oak teen arrested Sat. on OWI charge

News

February 6th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Police in Red Oak report the arrest of a teenager on an OWI charge this (Saturday) morning. Deputies took 17-year old Megan Justine Sands, of Red Oak, into custody at around 4-a.m. at the intersection of Highway 34 and Ironwood Avenue. Sands was brought to the Montgomery County Law Enforcement Center and charged with OWI/1st offense. She was then released to the custody of a parent.

Red Oak woman arrested Fri. night for probation violation

News

February 6th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Sheriff’s Deputies in Montgomery County arrested a Red Oak woman Friday night. 40-year old Rachel Charise Kathleen Hadden was taken into custody at around 9-p.m. on a Page County warrant for Violation of Probation. Hadden was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on a $5,000 cash bond.

And, Red Oak Police say no injuries were reported following a collision Friday afternoon. Authorities say just before 5-p.m., officers responded to a two-vehicle collision at the corner of N. 4th Street and Highway 34, in Red Oak. While en route, officers were informed one of the vehicles had left the scene. The same vehicle drove past the officers head south at a high rate of speed.

As Officers attempted to turn around and follow the vehicle, they lost sight of it. They continued to the accident scene, where an SUV was in the ditch, with one person trapped inside, but not hurt. Rescue crews were able to extricate 54-year old Michelle Solt, of Red Oak, from her vehicle.

The driver of the other vehicle, 57-year old Bunnie Sue Jared, of Red Oak, called Police later, stating that she was at a friends home and that she left the scene in her 2001 Chevy Impala because she didn’t have a phone to call police from.

Jared was cited for Failure to Obey a Traffic Control Device and Excessive Speed 50-mph in a 20-mpg zone)

Hogg to stop in Onawa and Harlan today (Saturday)

News

February 6th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

U.S. Senate candidate Rob Hogg will highlight jobs and the economy on his visits to Onawa and Harlan today (Saturday). According to the Daily NonPareil, the Democratic candidate will meet with the public in Onawa at the public library, 707 Iowa Ave. from 10 to 11 a.m., followed by a similar function at the American Legion Post in Harlan, 702 Chatburn Ave., from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.

The 49-year old Hogg is serving his third term in the Iowa Senate after two terms in the Iowa House. He announced his candidacy to unseat Charles Grassley last September in Callender, where his grandmother was born in 1902.

 

ISU climatologist: warm weather impacting water levels

News, Weather

February 6th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

An Iowa State University climatologist says the current El Nino weather pattern is generally providing Iowa with milder temperatures this winter. Elywnn Taylor says it’s also bringing abundant moisture which is causing sub-soil tiles to run at full capacity to drain the state’s farm fields. Taylor says there’s a big drawback for farmers from El Nino.

“It doesn’t take very much rain in April and early May to make things awfully wet for when they’re planting crops,” Taylor says, “and that can be a real disadvantage.” Taylor says a strong El Nino weather pattern, like we have now, is often historically replaced by the opposite La Nina pattern, which brings drought conditions during the summer and fall.

Taylor says first indications of that won’t be apparent until late March when the sun moves into spring position over the Midwest.

(Radio Iowa)