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Late night fire near Elliott

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October 11th, 2011 by Ric Hanson

Firefighters from Griswold and Elliott spent about three-hours fighting a fire two-miles north of Elliott last night. The call about the blaze at 540th and Yankton Road came in at around midnight. Griswold Fire Chief Jim Wyman says when they arrived on the scene, a vacant house with an adjacent trailer was fully engulfed in flames.

Mutual aid provided by firefighters from Elliott was dispatched at around 12:08-a.m. Tuesday, according to the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Department. Wyman told KJAN News the structures were a complete loss, and there wasn’t much left to do except clean-up the mess left behind and prevent the fire from spreading to three nearby corn fields . He says the cause of the fire remains undetermined, and because the home was unoccupied, the State Fire Marshal will not be called-in to investigate. Wyman says he hopes this isn’t the beginning of a trend.

Wyman said he “Just wonders where the next one is gonna be.” No injuries were reported. According to Wyman,  a calm wind and heavy air prevented the spread of the fire to the fields. Fog was not a problem on the way to the fire, but Wyman says on the way back to the station, it was a problem they had to contend with. Early this (Tuesday) morning, visibilities were down to less than one-quarter of a mile.

8AM Sportscast 10-11-2011

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Backyard and Beyond 10-10-2011

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Lavon Eblen speaks with Bethany Rogers, Healthy

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Heartbeat Today 10-11-2011

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Jim Field discusses the final fall KJAN Radio Auction coming up on Wednesday!

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Jim Field speaks with the folks at the Narcanon Arrowhead Agency about addiction and resources for help.

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VIRGINIA RASMUSSEN, 86, of Elk Horn (svcs 10-15-11)

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October 11th, 2011 by Ric Hanson

VIRGINIA RASMUSSEN, 86, of Elk Horn, died Mon., Oct. 10th, at the Salem Lutheran Nursing Home. Funeral services for VIRGINIA RASSMUSSEN will be held 11-a.m. Sat., Oct. 15th, at the Elk Horn Lutheran Church. Pauley-Jones Funeral Home in Harlan has the arrangements.

Visitation at the funeral home is from 9am-9pm Fri., Oct. 14th, with the family present from 5-7pm.

Burial will be in the Elk Horn Lutheran Cemetery.

VIRGINIA RASMUSSEN is survived by:

Her daughters – Connie (Daryle) Moeller, of Elk Horn; Susan Kite, of Columbus, OH; & Jane Hendrickson, of Cypress, TX.

Her sons – Larry Rasmussen, of Nice, France, & Jerry (Karel) Rasmussen, of Houston, TX.

9 grandchildren & 10 great-grandchildren.

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Iowa Prep Football Poll

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October 11th, 2011 by Jim Field

 By The Associated Press
     The Top Ten teams in the Associated Press Iowa high school
football polls of the 2011 season with first-place votes in
parentheses and won-loss record, total points and position last
week at right:
 Class 4A
                                 Record  Pts  Prv
 1. West Des Moines Valley (7)       7-0  169    2
 2. Cedar Falls (10)                 7-0  162    1
 3. Marion Linn-Mar                  7-0  137    3
 4. Southeast Polk                   6-1  117    4
 5. Iowa City High                   6-1   97    5
 6. Bettendorf                       6-1   89    6
 7. Ankeny                           6-1   72    7
 8. West Des Moines Dowling          6-2   59    8
 9. Iowa City West                   6-1   42    9
 10. Eldridge North Scott            6-1   22  NR 
                                
     Others receiving votes: 11, Waterloo East 10. 12, Des Moines
Lincoln 7. 13, Waukee 5. 14, Marshalltown 1. 14, Pleasant Valley 1.

 Class 3A
                               Record  Pts  Prv
 1. Clear Lake (16)                7-0  169    1
 2. Boyden-Hull-RV (1)             7-0  144    3
 3. Adel ADM                       7-0  121    6
 4. Webster City                   6-1  110    2
 5. Sioux City Heelan              6-1   92    8
 6. Solon                          6-1   91    7
 7. Manchester West Delaware       6-1   62    9
 8. Maquoketa                      6-1   48   10
 9. Carroll                        6-1   26    4
 10. Waverly-Shell Rock            6-1   21    5
                              
     Others receiving votes: 11, Creston-Orient-Macksburg 16. 12,
Grinnell 13. 13, Pella 10. 14, Norwalk 9. 15, Oskaloosa 2. 16,
Harlan 1.
 Class 2A
                                     Record  Pts  Prv
 1. Iowa City Regina (12)                7-0  165    1
 2. State Center West Marshall (5)       7-0  158    2
 3. Spirit Lake                          7-0  126    3
 4. Mediapolis                           7-0  108    5
 5. Monroe PCM                           7-0  101    6
 6. Carroll Kuemper                      6-1   73    7
 7. Calmar South Winneshiek              7-0   62    9
 8. Dyersville Beckman                   6-1   47    8
 9. Fort Dodge St. Edmond                6-1   45    4
 10. South Central Calhoun               6-1   34   10
                                    
     Others receiving votes: 11, Sheldon 8. 12, Forest City 5. 13,
New Hampton 1. 13, West Union North Fayette 1. 13, Central Lyon-GLR
1.
 Class 1A
                                     Record  Pts  Prv
 1. Council Bluffs St. Albert (10)       7-0  160    1
 2. Emmetsburg (6)                       7-0  154    2
 3. Woodward-Granger (1)                 7-0  135    3
 4. Logan-Magnolia                       7-0  103    4
 5. Aplington-Parkersburg                6-1  101    5
 6. Lawton-Bronson                       7-0   80    6
 7. Panora Panorama                      7-0   73    7
 8. Fairbank Wapsie Valley               7-0   56    8
 9. Alburnett                            7-0   49    9
 10. Inwood West Lyon                    5-2    7  NR 
                                    
     Others receiving votes: 11, Des Moines Christian 6. 12, St.
Ansgar 5. 13, Nashua-Plainfield 4. 14, Arlington Starmont 1. 14,
Gladbrook-Reinbeck 1.
 Class A
                                   Record  Pts  Prv
 1. Le Mars Gehlen Catholic (12)       7-0  164    1
 2. Lisbon (5)                         7-0  157    2
 3. Postville                          7-0  131    4
 4. Britt West Hancock                 6-1  121    5
 5. Mason City Newman                  6-1   87    6
 6. Traer North Tama                   6-1   76    7
 7. Lone Tree                          6-1   69    3
 8. Lynnville-Sully                    6-1   51    8
 9. Wayland WACO                       6-1   32    9
 10. Bedford                           6-1   19   10
                                  
     Others receiving votes: 11, Elk Horn-Kimballton/Exira 12. 12,
Madrid 11. 13, Algona Garrigan 4. 14, Brooklyn BGM 1.
 Class 8-Man
   Record Pts Prv
 1. Armstrong-Ringsted (14)          8-0  157    1
 2. Blairsburg NE Hamilton (1)       7-0  136    2
 3. Tabor Fremont-Mills (1)          7-0  124    3
 T4.West Bend-Mallard                7-0  101    4
 T4.East Mills                       7-0  101    5
 6. Newell-Fonda                     7-0   87    6
 7. Clarksville                      7-1   58    7
 8. Preston                          7-1   53    8
 9. Janesville                       6-1   27   10
 10. Melcher-Dallas                  7-0   23  NR 
                                
     Others receiving votes: 11, Adair-Casey 5. 11, Remsen-Union 5.
13, Moravia 2. 14, Glidden-Ralston 1.

Western Iowa Conference Cross Country Results

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October 11th, 2011 by Jim Field

Girls Team Scoring:

  1. Griswold  36
  2. Audubon  61
  3. Tri-Center  70
  4. Treynor  89
  5. Missouri Valley  103
  6. Underwood  148
  7. Riverside  210

Girls Top 10:

  1. Rebekah Topham (Griswold) 13:13
  2. Ashtyn Alfers (Tri-Center) 14:54
  3. Megan Deist (Audubon) 15:03
  4. Jordyn Sindt (Griswold) 15:10
  5. Michelle Mumm (Tri-Center) 15:29
  6. Brittany Kulesa (Treynor) 15:36
  7. Larissa Backhaus (Griswold) 15:57
  8. Breezy Weaver (MoValley) 15:58
  9. Alyx Flippin (Griswold) 16:15
  10. Dana Johnson (Audubon) 16:18

Boys Team Scoring:

  1. Riverside  29
  2. Missouri Valley  44
  3. Tri-Center  84
  4. Treynor  102
  5. Underwood  112
  6. Griswold  130

Boys Top 10:

  1. Cade Cleaveland (Riverside) 17:12
  2. John Gunderson (Riverside) 17:24
  3. Ean Patrick (Riverside) 18:08
  4. Taylor Tuel (Tri-Center) 18:25
  5. Drew Pauley (MoValley) 18:29
  6. Brady Ryun (Riverside) 18:34
  7. Caleb Wilson (MoValley) 18:35
  8. Xavier Olivo (Griswold) 18:35
  9. Devon Jensen (MoValley) 18:38
  10. Logan Reinig (MoValley) 18:41