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King: Supercommittee failure illustrates deadlock

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November 23rd, 2011 by Ric Hanson

JOHNSTON, Iowa (AP) — Republican U.S. Rep. Steve King of Iowa said Wednesday that the congressional supercommittee’s failure to reach a deficit reduction compromise this week is only the latest sign that Congress is hopelessly deadlocked. King said he doubted significant proposals would emerge from Congress until after the next election. “We want to hear from the American people,” King said.

The Republican congressman, who spoke during a taping of Iowa Public Television’s “Iowa Press” program airing over the weekend, said he believed all the deficit reduction proposals discussed by the supercommittee called for too much spending, something he said he would oppose. “I never believed it would produce a proposal that would pass the House and the Senate,” King said of the committee. “In my opinion, they didn’t address the problem. I have yet to see a proposal that takes us to a balanced budget in a reasonable time. ”

King noted the last election swept 87 new Republicans into office and shifted the debate in Washington. Republicans gained control of the House, while Democrats retained the Senate. “This is a split government, so it does bring about inaction,” King said. King currently represents northwest Iowa’s 5th Congressional District. But this year’s reapportionment cost the state a seat in Congress and he’ll be seeking another term in office from the 4th Congressional District, where he’s being challenged by Democratic former Iowa first lady Christie Vilsack. The district is the most heavily Republican in the state and King starts out the race as the favorite.

King has taken a sharply tough position on immigration issues and said he was disappointed to hear former House Speaker Newt Gingrich outline a position this week that would allow a path to citizenship for those who come to the country illegally. He called it a form of amnesty and would make it tougher for him to support Gingrich. King has not endorsed a Republican presidential candidate and said he hasn’t decided if he will take that step.

In Congress, King has often been allied with Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann, but has not endorsed her bid for the Republican presidential nomination.

ROBERT RONALD NORWOOD JR., 49, of Harlan (Svcs Friday 11-25-2011)

Obituaries

November 23rd, 2011 by admin

ROBERT RONALD NORWOOD JR., 49, of Harlan died Sunday, November 20th at the Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan.  Funeral services for ROBERT RONALD NORWOOD JR. will be held 2:00pm Friday, November 25th at the Pauley-Jones Funeral Home in Harlan.

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Visitation will be held one hour prior to services at the funeral home.

Burial will be in the Bear Grove Cemetery in Guthrie Center.

ROBERT RONALD NORWOOD, JR. is survived by:

Mother: Violet Norwood of Earling.

Father: Robert Norwood Sr. of Harlan.

PAUL D. HOKENSTAD, 72, of Griswold (11-26-11)

Obituaries

November 23rd, 2011 by Ric Hanson

PAUL D. HOKENSTAD, 72, of Griswold, died Tuesday, November 15th, at the Cass County Hospice Center in Atlantic.  Memorial services for PAUL HOKENSTAD will be held on Saturday, November 26th at 12:00 pm in the Griswold United Methodist Church.  Hockenberry Family Care Funeral Home in Atlantic is assisting with the arrangements.

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Visitation with the family will be held from 11:00 am until service time on Saturday at the church.

Paul Hokenstad is survived by:

2 sons: Neil Hokenstad of Sonoma, CA

Pete Hokenstad of Griswold

1 daughter: Anne Hokenstad of Denver, CO

1 brother: John Hokenstad of Greenbrae, CA

 

Cass Co. Supervisors discuss weed control & indigent burials

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November 23rd, 2011 by Ric Hanson

Cass County Weed Commissioner Larry Randel provided the Board of Supervisors with an update on his department’s activities. Randel said he’s had several “problem issues” with the growth of noxious and nuisance weeds in the County he’s had to send out notices on, to property owners. Randel says he got a “decent response” from those he sent out notices to, but not a 100-percent response. Randal will follow-up with those property owners next year to remind them of their responsibilities. He said also he wants to work with the County to make sure they take care of their respective rights-of-way, especially after property owners complained that the county doesn’t take care of its fair-share of the weed problem. The weeds he says tend to proliferate, especially in the Massena area, because of work installing the wind turbines and culverts, which causes the seeds to be spread and appear unsightly when the grow into full-fledged weeds. Supervisor Chuck Rieken suggested Randel write an official letter to the County Roads Department, the Iowa DOT Engineer and Iowa Interstate Railroad, to remind them they need to take care of their right-of-ways.

In other business, the Board of Supervisors met for about an hour with area funeral home directors to discuss revisions to the County’s indigent burial policy, which currently pays up to $1,500 for burial or cremation services. Some suggestions which will likely be included in a draft of the policy – which hasn’t been changed since 1997 – include removing a nearly identical and redundant fee funeral homes and the County pays to the Medical Examiner’s Office, removing the funeral homes’ responsibility for finding a burial plot, and setting an equal rate for which the county pays cemeteries for grave openings and closing. How much the County pays for indigent burials needs to be determined soon, because budget deadlines are looming.

Backyard and Beyond 11-23-2011

Backyard and Beyond, Podcasts

November 23rd, 2011 by admin

Lavon speaks about home remedies that work.

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8AM Sportscast 11-23-2011

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November 23rd, 2011 by admin

w/ Jim Field

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Update: 3 injured, 1 seriously during Tues. accident in Cass County

News

November 23rd, 2011 by Ric Hanson

In an update to a story we first brought to you Tuesday evening during the news on KJAN, the Cass County Sheriff’s Department says three people were injured, one of them seriously, during a crash Tuesday afternoon, southeast of Anita. Cass County Sheriff’s Deputy Bill Ayers told KJAN News the accident happened about 3-miles southeast of Anita on Glendale Road, at about 3:45-p.m.

Ayers says a 1999 Chevy Blazer driven by 33-year old Cynthia Simon, of Anita, was traveling west on Glendale Road and turning left into a farm driveway, when she failed to see an eastbound 2000 Buick LeSabre, driven by 92-year old Virgil Martin, of Fontanelle.  The vehicle s collided head-on.

Both drivers were transported to the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, along with Evelyn Martin, of Fontanelle, who was a passenger in the Buick. She was later flown to a hospital in Des Moines for treatment of serious injuries. Her husband was being treated at the hospital. Simon was treated at the hospital and released. Charges are pending completion of an investigation into the accident. Damage from the crash amounted to $18,000.

November Deer Hunt Begins Friday

Ag/Outdoor, Sports

November 23rd, 2011 by Ric Hanson

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources says hunters can still purchase a deer tag in many counties for the November antlerless hunt that begins on Friday. D-N-R state deer biologist, Tom Litchfield, says it the season is available in 41 counties. “It has mixed popularity throughout the state, some hunters really like it, and some hunters hate it,” Litchfield says. The season was added as a temporary season to take a few extra antlerless deer. The number of antlerless tags available in each county depends on the deer population.

He says the objective established in 2003 was to return the deer herd to levels of the mid to late 1990’s, and as counties reach those goals, then it takes less of a doe harvest to maintain the numbers. Shotguns, handguns, muzzleloaders and bows may be used. There are some special rules that apply to this hunt. Litchfield says the licenses are only valid on private land as that is where the bulk of the remaining “high density” deer populations are. Litchfield says there are still some areas that need to drop the deer herd numbers.

He says from approximately south-central Iowa into south-western Iowa into the Loess Hills and scattered counties in central Iowa. Litchfield says there are some counties in southeast Iowa that could be hunted, but the need isn’t there like it has been in the past. He expects the overall deer harvest to be down five to six percent this year. Hunters reported taking just over 127-thousand deer in all hunts last year — which was down about seven percent. The November season ends Sunday (November 26). The regular shotgun deer season will begin in December.

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8AM Newscast 11-23-2011

News, Podcasts

November 23rd, 2011 by admin

w/ Ric Hanson

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Heartbeat Today 11-23-2011

Heartbeat Today, Podcasts

November 23rd, 2011 by admin

Jim Field talks about last minute Thansgiving preparation tips.

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