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8AM Sportscast 06-08-2011

Podcasts, Sports

June 8th, 2011 by admin

w/Sports Director Jim Field

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Atlantic vs Harlan Baseball 06-07-2011

Podcasts, Sports

June 8th, 2011 by admin

Sports Director Jim Field with the call.

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Testing of new control system results in Atlantic Power Outage

News

June 8th, 2011 by Ric Hanson

About one-third of the City of Atlantic and a large part of a rural area served by an Atlantic Municipal Utilities substation were without power for a few minutes Tuesday evening, thanks to a previously unknown problem.

Greg Smith, AMU’s Director of Electric Operations said they were putting in a new control system at around 4:45-p.m., and when they went to test the system and operate a breaker remotely, they quickly discovered a problem with some of the older wiring. Smith says result was a signal being sent to a wrong breaker, which opened-up and caused the Chestnut Street substation to briefly go off-line. He says it‘s a good thing they found the problem because the wiring was incorrect.

He says once the signal was sent and the breakers were tripped, they were able to clear the alarms and restore electrical service.  Smith says they are working to correct the problem so it doesn’t occur again.

7AM Newscast 06-08-2011

News, Podcasts

June 8th, 2011 by admin

w/ News Director Ric Hanson

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Tuesday Baseball/Softball Scores

Sports

June 8th, 2011 by admin

Baseball

  • Atlantic 14, Harlan 4 (5) (Dalton Franken 4 for 4 with 2 RBI & 3 Runs, Chad Christensen 2 for 3 with 3 RBI, Garrett Eblen winning pitcher, AHS 5-3)
  • Lewis Central 17, Kuemper Catholic 7
  • Glenwood 19, Clarinda 7
  • Shenendoah 7, Red Oak 2
  • Denison-Schleswig 12, Cherokee 7
  • Creston 12, Winterset 1 (6 inn)
  • Walnut 12, Orient-Macksburg 4
  • Tri-Center 5, St. Albert 3
  • Treynor 10, Nishnabotna 2
  • Coon Rapids Bayard 9, West Central Valley 0
  • Corning 10, Nodaway Valley 0
  • Fremont-Mills 16, Stanton 1 (4 inn)
  • East Mills 20, Clarinda Academy 5
  • Sidney 18, Essex 5
  • Bedford 14, East Union 7
  • Mount Ayr 14, Lenox 6
  • Martensdale-St. Mary’s 6 Southeast Warren 1
  • Abraham Lincoln 12-2, Sergeant Bluff-Luton 7-11
  • IKM-Manning 14, Boyer Valley 1

Softball

  • Harlan 8, Atlantic 0
  • Red Oak 14, Shenendoah 2  5-innings
  • Glenwood 9, Clarinda 3
  • Lewis Central 5, Kuemper Catholic 0
  • Creston 11, Des Moines North 0 (5 inn)
  • Denison 5, Missouri Valley 4
  • Walnut 5, Orient-Macksburg 4  9-innings
  • AHST 2, Treynor 1
  • Corning 10, Nodaway Valley 3
  • OA-BCIG 4, Maple Valley-AO 3
  • Charter Oak-Ute 18, IKM-Manning 10

Atlantic vs. Harlan Deatils:

Harlan 8 @ Atlantic 0

1  2  3  4  5  6  7  R  H  E
HAR 1  0  3  0  3  0  1  8  8  1
ATL 0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  3  2

WP- Brook Schaben   LP- Marissa Berns

Atlantic Highlights…
4th – ReAnn Cappel doubled to lead off the inning, moved to third on a FC
by Bre VonWehye but was called for leaving too early on a pop out by Tiara
Edelman.

6th – Katie Groves led off the inning with a walk.  Mollee Welter entered
the game as a courtesy runner.   Ali Krogman reached on a fielding error.
Both runners moved up on a FC hit by ReAnn Capple but were stranded with a
strike out then ground out.

Coach Hinzmann’s comments…
“Not to take anything away from Harlan, they are an outstanding team, but
we just did not execute very well tonight and we lacked a great deal of
discipline at the plate.  Those are two things which you simply can not do
against one of the best teams in the state and one of the best pitchers in
the conference.  As a team we need to stop playing scared and begin
playing with some confidence.  We seemed to be playing unemotional right
now and consequently are making mistakes that are more associated with
Little League teams and not 3A Hawkeye-Ten teams. I pitchers need to step
up and make pitches or we are going to continue to struggle.”

Old phone scam makes a comeback

News

June 8th, 2011 by Ric Hanson

An old scam is making a comeback. The Cass County Sheriff’s Office is making the public aware of a scam that is currently going around in our area.

The scam involves a person who — in most cases — calls, claiming to be a grandchild or another relative. The individuals claims they are in jail and need money.

The Sheriff’s Office encourages anyone receiving a call of that nature to be extremely suspicious, and to ask questions of the caller, that only your grandchild or other relative would know the answers to.

In addition, before offering any financial help or information, you should to attempt to contact your grandchild or other relative yourself, to verify the story being told to you. You may recall, a year or so ago, we told you an area resident received a similar call from a person claiming to be a man’s grandson who was in jail in Canada.

When the resident asked the caller a question only his grandson could answer, the person on the other end of the phone became upset and eventually hung-up. The man later called his grandson to confirm he was NOT in trouble with the law.

FRANCIS M. JOHNSTON (6-10-2011)

Obituaries

June 8th, 2011 by Ric Hanson

FRANCIS M. JOHNSTON, 84, of Ft. Dodge, died Tue., June 7th, at his home in Fort Dodge. Funeral services for FRANCIS JOHNSTON will be held at 11-a.m. Fri., June 10th, in the Kessler Funeral Home in Audubon.

Burial is in the Maple Grove Cemetery at Audubon.

FRANCIS JOHNSTON is survived by:

his son – Bruce (Risa) Johnston, of Ft. Dodge.

his daughter – Barbra Johnston & husband Paul Harvey, of Council Bluffs.

his sister-in-law – Gwen Johnston, of Atlantic.

2 grandsons; other relatives, and friends.

ALFRED EGGER (6-10-2011)

Obituaries

June 8th, 2011 by Ric Hanson

ALFRED JACOB EGGER, 86, of Stuart (formerly of Casey), died Tue., June 7th, at the Adair County Memorial Hospital in Greenfield. Funeral services for ALFRED EGGER will be held on Friday, June 10th, beginning at 10:30-a.m., at the Casey United Methodist Church in Casey. Hockenberry Family Care Funeral Home in Atlantic has the arrangements.

Visitation with the family of Alfred Egger will be held from 9-to 10:30-a.n. Friday (prior to the service), at the church.

Burial is in the Oakwood Cemetery at Casey.

Memorials may be directed to the Hospice of Central Iowa.

ALFRED EGGER is survived by:

His daughter – Bev (Scott) Erskine, of Clive, IA.

2 grandchildren

Council Bluffs launches 24-7 flooding hotline

News, Weather

June 8th, 2011 by Ric Hanson

Plenty of rumors are floating about the looming flooding in Council Bluffs and the city is taking steps to separate truth from fiction. Art Hill, a spokesman for Council Bluffs, says they’re launching a 24-seven flooding hotline so people can get answers to any questions right away.

“We are establishing an information line,” Hill says. “It’ll always be staffed by a person to relate information they’ve been hearing and whether or not it’s correct.” He says the city is also updating its website constantly with the latest flood data. Hill urges Council Bluffs residents and business owners to register on the city’s Code Red notification system.

“If, geographically, your home or business is in a location that might be impacted in some way, you’ll get either a phone call or a text telling you about it,” he says. Hill says officials want to make sure all residents with special needs get help in case there is an evacuation due to flooding — or some other emergency.

“Whether it’s because of limited mobility or age, they (should) register with the city and in the event of an evacuation, we’d have the information.” The information line is (712) 328-4672 and the website is: www.councilbluffs-ia.gov

(Matt Kelley/Radio Iowa)

Company selling 9 care centers in Neb. and Iowa

News

June 8th, 2011 by Ric Hanson

BEATRICE, Neb. (AP) — A company that operates long-term care facilities is selling nine centers in Nebraska and Iowa, including the Beatrice Manor.

Careage Management LLC of Sioux City, Iowa, has reached an agreement to sell the facilities to The Ensign Group, which operates 87 skilled nursing, assisted living, home health and hospice services in eight western states.

Beatrice Manor is an 87-bed facility and employs nearly 100 people.

The other Nebraska centers being acquired are in Falls City, Randolph and Wayne. The Iowa facilities are in Fort Dodge, Clarion, Hawarden, West Bend and Cherokee.

Dan Myers, the president of CEO of Careage, says the new company plans to retain current employees.

The sale is expected to close July 1.