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(Podcast) KJAN Morning News & funeral report, 9/5/2016

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September 5th, 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: 9/5/16

Weather

September 5th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Today: Partly Cloudy, warm & humid. High 90. SW @ 10-20.                                      Tonight: P/Cldy w/isolated shwrs & tstrms. Low 73. S @10.
Tomorrow: P/Cldy, warm & humid w/scatt shwrs & tstrms. High 87. S @ 10-20.
Wednesday: Cldy wscattered showers & tstrms. High 83.

Thursday: Cldy w/scattered shwrs & tstrms. High 80.

Sunday’s High in Atlantic was 79. We received .05” of an inch of rain yesterday. Our 24-hour Low was 64. Last year on this date, our High in Atlantic was 90 and the low was 72. The Record High in Atlantic on this date was 104 in 1913. The Record Low was 34 in 1962.

Chiefs claim Sam Barrington, Bryan Witzmann off waivers

Sports

September 5th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Chiefs claimed linebacker Sam Barrington and offensive tackle Bryan Witzmann off waivers Sunday and made roster space for them by waiving linebacker Ramik Wilson and offensive lineman Jordan Devey. Barrington had been with the Packers and Witzmann had been with the Cowboys. The Chiefs were looking to upgrade the linebacker spot after Josh Mauga sustained a season-ending hip injury.

Wilson was a fourth-round draft pick who started two games a year ago. Kansas City also filled out its practice squad by signing linebackers Terrance Smith and Tyrell Adams; offensive linemen Daniel Munyer and Jarrod Pughsley; defensive backs Shak Randolph and Brock Vereen; wide receivers Frankie Hammond Jr. and Seantavius Jones; defensive tackle David King and running back Darrin Reaves.

CAROLYN L. STEELE, 84, of Atlantic (Svcs. Pending)

Obituaries

September 5th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

CAROLYN L. STEELE, 84, of Atlantic, died Sunday, Sept. 4th, at Caring Acres Nursing & Rehab Center, in Anita. Services for CAROLYN STEELE are pending at the Hockenberry Family Care Funeral Home, in Anita.

RUBY L. BYRIEL, 91, of Audubon (Svcs. 9/6/16)

Obituaries

September 5th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

RUBY L. BYRIEL, 91, of Audubon, died Saturday, Sept. 3rd, at the Friendship Home, in Audubon. Funeral services for RUBY BYRIEL will be held 10:30-a.m. Tue., Sept. 6th, 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 visitation is from 5-until 7-p.m. today (Monday, Sep. 5th).

Burial will be in the Maple Grove Cemetery in Audubon.

RUBY BYRIEL is survived by:

Her children – Steve (Sherry) Byriel, of Atlantic, & Laurie (Wyman) Nelson, of Blair, NE.

Her sister – Martha (Luke) Dawson, of Warner Robbins, GA.

4 grandchildren, 6 great-grandchildren, other relatives, her in-laws, and friends.

Red Oak P-D/Montgomery County Sheriff’s reports, 9/5/16

News

September 5th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Police in Red Oak report the arrest Sunday night of 26-year old Dylan Thomas Griffith. The Red Oak man was taken into custody at around 11:15-p.m. for Public Intoxication. Griffith was being held at the Montgomery County Law Enforcement Center on a $300 cash bond. Officials said also, 46-year old Shelby JoAnn Olivares, of Red Oak, was arrested at around 8-p.m. Sunday, for violation of a No Contact Order. Olivares was arrested Saturday evening as well, for Domestic Abuse/Simple Assault. She was being held in the Montgomery County Jail without bond.

And, the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office reports 45-year old William Edward Barr, of Villisca, was arrested at around 9-p.m. Sunday, in Villisca. Barr was charged with Domestic Abuse Assault. He was being held without bond, in the Montgomery County Jail.

NWS forecast for Cass & area Counties in IA: 9/5/16

Weather

September 5th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Early This Morning: Mostly cloudy. South wind 10 to 15 mph.

Today: Mostly sunny. Breezy. High in the upper 80s. South wind 10 to 20 mph with gusts to around 30 mph.

Tonight: Partly cloudy. Breezy. Low in the lower 70s. South wind 10 to 20 mph. Gusts up to 30 mph through midnight.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny with a 40 percent chance of thunderstorms. Breezy. High around 90. South wind 10 to 20 mph with gusts to around 30 mph.

Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy with thunderstorms likely. Low in the upper 60s. South wind 10 to 15 mph. Gusts up to 25 mph through midnight. Chance of thunderstorms 60 percent.

Wednesday: Mostly cloudy. A chance of thunderstorms in the morning…then thunderstorms likely in the afternoon. High in the lower 80s. South wind 10 to 15 mph. Chance of thunderstorms 70 percent.

Thursday: Mostly sunny. High in the lower 80s.

2 cycles & a car collide in Taylor County, Sunday – 2 injured

News

September 5th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

A collision between two motorcycles and a car Sunday afternoon in Taylor County, resulted in the motorcyclists being transported to hospitals in Des Moines and Mt. Ayr. The Iowa State Patrol says a 2013 Harley Davidson soft tail motorcycle driven by 38-year old Tammy Willett, of Afton, and a 2014 H-D FLHX motorcycle driven by 44-year old Michael Priest, of Shenandoah, were traveling west on Highway 2 at around 1:20-p.m., when a 2010 Buick Lucerne driven by 90-year old James Meek, Sr., of Afton, pulled away from a stop sign as he was headed north from Quail Avenue onto westbound Highway 2.

The cycles collided with the side of the car. Willett was transported by Mercy One helicopter to Methodist Hospital in Des Moines, while Priest was transported by ambulance to the Ringgold County Hospital in Mt. Ayr.

Deputies with the Taylor County Sheriff’s Office, personnel from Bedford Fire and Rescue, and Taylor County Ambulance assisted the State Patrol at the accident scene.

Iowa early News Headlines: Monday, Sept. 5th 2016 – Labor Day

News

September 5th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:20 a.m. CDT

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The board that oversees Iowa’s three public universities says its plan for a new two-year budget system will bring more predictability to tuition expenses for students and their families, but the unpredictability of available state funding could complicate that effort. The Iowa Board of Regents, which provides support to the University of Iowa, Iowa State University and the University of Northern Iowa, recently announced a plan to fund the budget years that end in 2018 and 2019.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — A group in Council Bluffs hopes to convert a vacant warehouse into a center for arts and entertainment. Supporters are raising money for the project with the hope of completing it by the end of 2018.

MILAN, Iowa (AP) — Drive south of Milan on Ridgewood Road and you’ll see lots of new homes with nicely mowed lawns and tidy flower beds. You also might spot a small, older house set back from the road, nearly hidden by giant ragweeds. Welcome to Beacon Woods Farm, home of Gary and Chris Nordick, where they harvest vegetables, fruit and flowers. They also keep 15 bee hives for honey, chop firewood and raise chickens for meat as well as eggs. Yes, they butcher! It doesn’t get much more hands-on than that.

DUNKERTON, Iowa (AP) — Iowa woman who stole stamps and cash from U.S. Post Office where she worked has been sentenced to five years of probation. Prosecutors say the woman stole more than $2,700 of cash and stamps last year. The woman told investigators she took the money to help pay her bills.

Group hopes to convert vacant warehouse into art center

News

September 4th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — A vacant western Iowa warehouse might be redeveloped into an arts and entertainment center in Council Bluffs. The Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil reports that supporters of the project are raising money now with hopes of opening the center in late 2018.

Judy Davis with the Pottawattamie Arts, Culture and Entertainment organization says the project seems to be on schedule. The plans call for converting the building into a space for traveling exhibits, rehearsal space for plays and classrooms and a theater and public gathering space. The project would complement the Harvester Lofts apartments nearby that are geared toward the artistic community.