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(Update ) Fatal House fire north of Anita Friday morning

News

October 9th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

An investigator with the State Fire Marshal’s Office says one person died and another suffered from smoke inhalation during a house fire early this (Friday) morning, north of Anita. The call about the fire at 74566 Boone Road (about a mile south of Interstate 80 off of Highway 148) came in at around 12:43-a.m. Anita Fire Chief Josh Peach told KJAN News there was heavy smoke coming from the rural residence and flames showing from the second floor. The flames were attacked and quickly extinguished.

Photos from the scene of the fire

Photos from the scene of the fire

The house, owned by Brad Barber, was occupied by two elderly residents.  Peach says one of the victims, a male, was transported to the Cass County Memorial Hospital, after was having difficulty breathing due to smoke inhalation. The other person died at the scene, in the upper floor of the home. State Fire Investigator John Ticer says an initial investigation determined the fire was caused an electrical malfunction in wiring within the wall of the second floor of the residence. The cause was deemed accidental. Ticer will not release the names of the victims until later today.

Anita Fire was on the scene until around 5:45-a.m., conducting mop-up and other related activities.

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9th

Trading Post

October 9th, 2015 by Jim Field

GARAGE SALE:  I am having a moving sale at 1203 Maple for the next three weeks on Friday 3-6pm. There is little furniture but have outdoor items and some garden tools along with various house hold décor items.

GARAGE SALE:  210 E 11th St., Friday 1-6, Saturday 8-1.  Men’s, women’s and girl’s clothes. VCR, CD’s, records, rocking chair, bar stools, baseball caps, Christmas items, children’s toys, & lots more.

FOR SALE: 2 girls bike in good condition. 1 is $10 and the other is $5 call 243-5153 leave a message. Also a Yard Sale is going on Friday all day until whenever at 905 Elm St., Atlantic

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Area high school Volleyball Scores from Thu., 10/8/2015

Sports

October 9th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

Hawkeye 10 Conference

(2-0) Clarinda 25-25, Mount Ayr 17-18
(2-0) Clarinda 25-25, Southwest Valley 21-15
(3-0) Creston 25-25-25, Glenwood 20-23-19
(3-2) Red Oak 25-26-26-25, St. Albert, Council Bluffs 20-24-28-23
(3-0) Lewis Central 25-25-25, Denison-Schleswig 20-15-20

Western Iowa Conference

(3-0) AHSTW 25-25-26, Riverside, Oakland 20-14-24
(3-0) IKM-Manning 25-25-25, Logan-Magnolia 20-23-20
(3-0) Treynor 25-25-25, Missouri Valley 9-15-14
(3-0) Tri-Center, Neola 25-25-25, Griswold 13-8-10
(3-0) Underwood 25-25-25, Audubon 21-19-13

Rolling Valley Conference

(3-2) AR-WE-VA, Westside 20-26-11-25-15, Boyer Valley 25-24-25-19-9
(3-1) Coon Rapids-Bayard 25-17-25-25, Adair-Casey 23-25-23-11
(3-2) Exira-EHK 25-20-22-25-15, Paton-Churdan 16-25-25-23-11(3-0) Exira-EHK 25-25-25, West Harrison 20-11-13
(3-0) Glidden-Ralston 25-25-25, Charter Oak-Ute 10-21-16
(3-1) Paton-Churdan 15-25-25-25, West Harrison 25-12-14-8
(3-0) Woodbine 25-25-25, CAM, Anita 23-19-23

Corner Conference Tournament

Consolation: (3-2) Stanton 25-25-15-20-15, Essex 23-9-25-25-12
Championship: (3-0) Sidney 26-25-25, Fremont-Mills 24-13-13

Pride of Iowa Conference

(3-0) Lenox 25-25-25, Orient-Macksburg 7-15-10
(2-1) Southwest Valley 22-25-15, Mount Ayr 25-20-8

Other Scores

(3-1) Siouxland Community Christian 25-25-17-25, Maple Valley-Anthon Oto 20-17-25-14
(2-0) LeMars Gehlen Catholic 25-25, Maple Valley-Anthon Oto 13-12

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(Update 3:25-a.m.) House fire north of Anita Friday morning

News

October 9th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

An investigator with the State Fire Marshal’s Office was called to look into the cause of a house fire early this (Friday) morning, north of Anita. The call from a location about a mile south of Interstate 80 off of Highway 148 came in at around 12:43-a.m.  Anita Fire Chief Josh Peach told KJAN News when they arrived on the scene there was heavy smoke coming from the rural residence and flames showing from the second floor. The flames were attacked and quickly extinguished.

One person, an elderly male was transported to the Cass County Memorial Hospital by Anita Rescue for treatment of smoke inhalation. Peach would not confirm a female resident of the home died in the fire, pending notification of relatives, but Cass County Medical Examiner Dr. Elaine Berry was on the scene within about 90-minutes.

There’s been no official word on what may have caused the fire. Additional information is being withheld at this time, pending the results of the State Fire Marshal’s investigation. We should know more later this morning.

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BETTY A. WILLIAMS, 86, of Harlan (Svcs. 10/12/15)

Obituaries

October 9th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

BETTY A. WILLIAMS, 86, of Harlan, died Wed., Oct. 7th, in Omaha. Funeral services for BETTY WILLIAMS will be held 10:30-a.m. Monday, Oct. 12th, at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Irwin. Burmeister-Johannsen Funeral Home in Harlan has the arrangements.

Friends may call at the funeral home from 1-until 8-pm Sunday, Oct. 11th, with the family greeting friends from 3-until 4:30-p.m, and where a Prayer service begins at 4:30-p.m. Online condolences may be left at www.burmeisterjohannsen.com.

Burial will be in the Oak Hill Cemetery at Irwin.

BETTY WILLIAMS is survived by:

Her sons – Michael (Amy) Williams, of Kerrville, TX, & Mark (Traci) Williams, of Denver, CO.

Her daughter – Debra Becker, of Omaha.

Her sister – Marilyn (Warren) Davison, of Mason City.

6 grandchildren, 5 great-grandchildren, other relatives & friends.

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Red Oak man arrested for Possession of Stolen Property

News

October 9th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

Police in Red Oak Thursday evening, arrested one person in connection with a theft that occurred Monday. 24-year old Michael Eugene Sickels, of Red Oak, was arrested just before 6-p.m. Thursday on a felony Possession of Stolen Property charge, for property valued at more than $1,000 but less than $10,000. Sickels was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on $5,000 bond, with additional charges and arrests still possible.

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High School Football Schedule – Week 7 – 10/09/2015

Sports

October 9th, 2015 by admin

2015 High School Football  Schedule
Week 7 – October 9

Class 3-A, District 8
Shenandoah @ Atlantic
Harlan @ Creston
Dallas Center-Grimes @ Winterset
Glenwood @ ADM

Class 2-A, District 8
Kuemper Catholic @ Clarinda
West Central Valley @ East Sac County
Red Oak @ Southeast Valley

Class 1-A, District 1
A-H-S-T-W @ Underwood
NW Webster @ IKM-Manning
Missouri Valley @ OA-BCIG
Treynor @ West Monona

Class A, District 1
Griswold @ Logan-Magnolia
Tri-Center @ Riverside
Westwood @ Audubon
Maple Valley @ St. Albert

Class A, District 8
Bedford @ Clarinda Academy
Pleasantville @ SE Warren
Nodaway Valley @ Martensdale-St. Marys
Earlham @ Mount Ayr

8-Man, District 1
Exira/EHK @ Newell-Fonda
Ar-We-Va @ Boyer Valley
River Valley @ Kingsley-Pierson
Woodbine @ West Harrison

8-Man, District 7
Ankeny Christian @ Adair-Casey
Coon Rapids-Bayard @ Glidden-Ralston
Guthrie Center @ East Union
Murray @ NE Hamilton

8-Man, District 8
Lenox @ Fremont-Mills
CAM @ East Mills
Sidney @ Stanton
Essex @ Nishnabotna

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Atlantic Cross Country Meet Results

Sports

October 9th, 2015 by admin

The Atlantic Trojans hosted their annual Cross Country meet on Thursday, October 8th at the Atlantic Golf and Country Club.  Results are as follows.

Girls

  1. Lexi Smith, Dallas Center-Grimes
  2. Tiffany Williams, Atlantic
  3. Kye Madsen, Lewis Central
  4. Ellie Mendlik, Denison-Schleswig
  5. Sami Sterbenz, Dallas Center-Grimes
  6. Kaitlyn Murano, Dallas Center-Grimes
  7. Raegan Andersen, Denison-Schleswig
  8. Abby McIntyre, Glenwood
  9. Claire Jones, Abraham Lincoln
  10. Claire Campbell, Shenandoah

20th Karsyn Rush, Atlantic
21st Ashley Wendt, Atlantic

Team Results

  1. Dallas Center-Grimes 51pts
  2. Shenandoah  124pts
  3. Denison-Schleswig 124pts
  4. Glenwood 131pts
  5. Harlan 140pts
  6. Atlantic 152pts

Boys

  1. Brenden O’Brien, Lewis Central
  2. Cooper McDermott, Creston
  3. Jon Dahlheimer, Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson
  4. Evan Wilson, Exira-EHK
  5. Alex Thompson, Dallas Center-Grimes
  6. McGwire Midkiff, Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson
  7. Jerry Jorgenson, Treynor
  8. Curtis Harryman, Winterset
  9. Michael Sciranko, Harlan
  10. Andrew Dick, Winterset

19th Ryan Hawkins, Atlantic
35th Phoenix Shadden, Atlantic

Team Results

  1. Dallas Center-Grimes 54pts
  2. Winterset 86pts
  3. Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson 108pts
  4. Harlan 152pts
  5. Atlantic 245pts

Atlantic CC1 Atlantic CC2

 

 

 

 

FULL RESULTS:

Trojan XC Boys JV 10.5.15

Trojan XC Boys V 10.5.15

Trojan XC Girls JV 10.5.15

Trojan XC Girls MS 10.8.15

Trojan XC Girls V 10.5.15

Trojan XC MS Boys 10.8.15

 

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Exira-EHK prepares for battle of unbeaten at Newell-Fonda

Sports

October 9th, 2015 by admin

The Exira-EHK Spartans Football team is gearing up for a big 8-Man District 1 road game at Newell-Fonda on Friday night.  Both teams come into the game sporting 6-0 records and a win would go a long way toward winning a district title.  The Mustangs are the defending State Champions in 8-Man football and Exira-EHK Head Coach Tom Petersen says he knows his team will need to play a great game in order to knock off a great team. Newell-Fonda returns 7 of 8 offensive starters from last season and Quarterback Jason Hess actually entered the championship game at that position last year due to injury.  Hess has thrown for 737 yards and 13 touchdowns and just 4 interceptions this season.  Newell-Fonda likes to keep the ball on the ground though and they are lead in rushing by Senior Cole Wise wtih 680 yards and 13 scores on the year.

The Spartans have also gotten some great play out of a Running Back in Junior Drew Buckholdt whom is averaging over 8 yards per carry and has rushed for 10 touchdowns and caught 4 more.  Newell-Fonda Head Coach Brian Wilken says he has a lot of respect for the Spartans and expects a tough game from them.  The Mustangs come into the game having won 17 straight games and Coach Petersen says his team knows the type of focus and execution they need to try get the win.

We’ll have coverage of the game on KJAN.  Chris Parks and Seth Christensen will bring you the broadcast with a 6:30pm Pregame and 7:00pm Kickoff from Newell.  You can listen on AM1220, FM101.1, online at kjan.com, or on the KJAN mobile app.  You can also watch a live video stream of the game online on the KJANTV page at kjan.com.  Our football night begins with our weekly high school pick ’em show Who’s Gonna Win? at 6:00pm.

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Atlantic looks to bounce back for Homecoming versus Shenandoah

Sports

October 9th, 2015 by admin

The Atlantic Trojan football team gets a different kind of match-up this week, that is one not against a top ten ranked opponent.  The Trojans have lost big the last two weeks to top ten rated foes Harland and Dallas Center-Grimes.  This week the Trojans get to take a break from District play and take on fellow Hawkeye Ten Conference member Shenandoah whom is 4-2 on the season. Atlantic Head Coach Eric Waldstein says his team is ready to bounce back and prove they can win this week.

The Trojans (1-5) have battled through a wide variety of injuries forcing a lot of young players to see the field in a variety of positions.  The Trojans are hopeful that they will be a little healthier this week after making it through the Dallas Center-Grimes game with no major setbacks.  The Trojans will rely on leaders like Wide Receiver Brenden Holmes and Running Back Drake Roller to get the Trojans back in the win column.

The Trojans will try to slow down the Mustang rushing attack that is led by Running Back Logan Roberts (574 yards, 4 touchdowns) and Quarterback Jake Johnson (462 yards, 6 touchdowns). Coach Waldstein says assignment defense will be the key and thinks the Trojans offense can have some success on the ground themselves.

You can hear an extended interview with Coach Waldstein on Trojan Preview at 4:45pm Friday on KJAN.

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