712 Digital Group - top

(Update) Prolonged Heat Event to Begin Sunday (8/25/13)

Weather

August 24th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

This Special Weather Statement is for Cass, Adair, Adams, Audubon, Guthrie, Crawford, Carroll, Dallas, Madison, Union, Taylor and Ringgold Counties in the KJAN listening area….

Issued 446 AM CDT SAT AUG 24 2013

…A PROLONGED PERIOD OF UNSEASONABLY HOT CONDITIONS FORECAST TO BEGIN SUNDAY AND EXTEND THROUGH MUCH OF NEXT WEEK...

A WARM FRONT WILL LIFT THROUGH IOWA ON TODAY AND WILL BRING MUCH WARMER CONDITIONS TO THE STATE BY SUNDAY. HIGH TEMPERATURES ON SUNDAY WILL BE IN THE LOW TO MID 90S. EVEN WARMER TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY WITH HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S. THIS WILL INCLUDE THE POTENTIAL FOR A FEW LOCATIONS TO REACH 100 ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES TUESDAY AND IN THE SOUTHWEST WEDNESDAY.

HIGHS WEDNESDAY MAY BE A FEW DEGREES COOLER OVER THE NORTHEAST WITH HIGHS AROUND 90 EXPECTED. DEW POINT VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE MID TO UPPER 60S DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE DEW POINTS COMBINED WITH THE TEMPERATURE WILL PRODUCE HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 100 TO 105 DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS.

A WEAK COLD FRONT MAY MOVE INTO NORTHEAST IOWA WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY AND MAY PROVIDE LIMITED RELIEF HOWEVER THE HEAT IS EXPECTED TO BUILD BACK INTO THE STATE BY FRIDAY. THIS WILL BE THE MOST PROLONGED PERIOD OF HEAT SINCE LAST SUMMER. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAT…THE POTENTIAL FOR APPRECIABLE PRECIPITATION THROUGH THIS PERIOD IS VERY LOW.

THERE ARE NUMEROUS PRECAUTIONS THAT CAN BE TAKEN DURING PROLONGED HEAT EVENTS: DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS…STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM…STAY OUT OF THE SUN…AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK…EXERCISE OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE…RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS  ACTIVITIES TO THE EARLY MORNING OR EVENING HOURS. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK…SCHEDULE FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS.

Posted in Weather |

2013 High School Football Scores – Week 0, August 23

Sports

August 24th, 2013 by admin

 

Eight Man, District 6

  • CAM 40 @ Adair-Casey 55
  • Grandview Park Baptist 6 @ Coon Rapids-Bayard 66
  • Glidden-Ralston 41 @ Murray 32
  • Mormon Trail 49 @ Seymour 6
  • Colo-Nesco 26 @ Melcher-Dallas 34
  • Lenox 36 @ East Union 2

Eight Man, District 7

  • Boyer Valley 50 @ Kingsley-Pierson 14
  • Fremont-Mills 12 @ West Harrison 62
  • Sidney 44 @ Ar-We-Va 20

Eight Man, District 8

  • Stanton 48 @ Nishnabotna 28
  • Essex/South Page 14 @ Twin Cedars 48
  • Southwest Valley 48 @ Tri-County 20

Class 2A, District 8

  • Clarke, Osceola 36, Clarinda Academy 28

Posted in Sports |

Week 0 High School Football Scores

Sports

August 24th, 2013 by admin

Here is the scoreboard for the early week high school football games in Western Iowa.
Adair-Casey 55, CAM, Anita 40
Boyer Valley, Dunlap 50, Kingsley-Pierson 14
Clarke, Osceola 36, Clarinda Academy 28
Coon Rapids-Bayard 66, Grandview Park Baptist, Des Moines 6
Glidden-Ralston 41, Murray 32
Lenox 36, East Union, Afton 2
Melcher-Dallas 34, Colo-NESCO 26
Mormon Trail, Garden Grove 49, Seymour 6
Sidney 44, Ar-We-Va, Westside 20
Southwest Valley 48, Tri-County, Thornburg 20
Stanton 48, Nishnabotna 28
Twin Cedars, Bussey 48, Essex 14
West Harrison, Mondamin 62, Fremont Mills, Tabor 12

Posted in Sports |

Wainright Key as Cards Top Braves Friday

Sports

August 24th, 2013 by admin

ST. LOUIS (AP) – Adam Wainwright earned his NL-leading 15th win with his fifth complete game and had a key sacrifice fly to lead the St. Louis Cardinals to a 3-1 victory over the Atlanta Braves on Friday night.

Matt Holliday’s 432-foot home run off Kris Medlen (10-12) snapped a sixth-inning tie for St. Louis, which took the first two games of a four-game set against the NL East leaders.

Having already thrown 101 pitches, Wainwright was allowed to bat with the one out and the bases loaded in the seventh inning and hit a long sacrifice fly off Scott Downs for his third RBI of the season to make it 3-1. He then retired the side in order in the eighth.

Posted in Sports |

Skyscan Forecast 08-24-2013

Podcasts, Weather

August 24th, 2013 by admin

SKYSCAN FORECAST  August 24, 2013

Today:  Isolated showers and thunderstorms between 7am and 9am. Partly sunny, with a high near 91. Breezy, with a south wind 10 to 15 mph increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph.

Tonight:  Mostly clear, with a low around 72. Breezy, with a south wind 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Sunday:  Sunny, with a high near 94. Heat index values as high as 100. Breezy, with a south southwest wind 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Monday:  Sunny, with a high near 96. Breezy, with a south southwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Tuesday:  Sunny, with a high near 96.

Wednesday:  Sunny and hot, with a high near 97.

Play

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (484.0KB)

Subscribe: RSS

Posted in Podcasts, Weather |

Movie in the Park to be held Aug. 30th in Cass County

Ag/Outdoor, News

August 23rd, 2013 by Ric Hanson

The Cass County Conservation Board is holding a “Movie in the Park” Campground Program. The title of the August 30th film is “Legend of the Guardians the Owls of GaHoole.”Screen-Shot-2013-03-05-at-11.44.15-AM The free public program will be held at the Campground Shelter at Cold Springs Park in Lewis, on August 30th 2013, at 9:00-pm!

If it rains the movie WILL BE cancelled. You DO NOT have to be a registered camper to attend the program.

Posted in Ag/Outdoor, News |

Cass County Conservation Board celebrates its 55th year with a Treasure Hunt & party

Ag/Outdoor, News

August 23rd, 2013 by Ric Hanson

The Cass County Conservation Board is 55 years old this year. Officials say they’ve decided to celebrate in a couple of different ways: a digital treasure hunt and a Birthday Celebration. The Board considers Cass County parks to be our treasures, and they would love for you to visit them. Follow clues established by the Board and take a picture. Two special clues involve using a GPS (The rules and clues are published below).

Geocashing

Geocashing

Prizes will be awarded, but you will have to wait until the Birthday Celebration on September 14th, when you can meet Conservation Department employees and board members. The event takes place at the Cold Springs Park– Campground Shelter, beginning at 7-PM.  Cake and refreshments will be served.
The Cass County Conservation Board was established in 1958 as the county resource agency with the authority to acquire lands specifically for recreation and conservation. Each member of our board is appointed by the Cass County Board of Supervisors and appointed five year terms.
****************
Treasure Hunt Rules:
1. All photos must include at least one member of the family or person. Self-portraits are allowed as long as we can verify your location by the picture.
2. Photos shall be submitted through the following email: lkanning@casscoia.us
3. Entrant will only receive an email back if their submission was Incorrect.
4. One entry per family.
5. Deadline for submission is Sept 3rd 2013 at 4:30 PM CST. Winners will be drawn and announced at the Birthday Celebration Sept. 14th 2013.
6. The CCCB reserves the right to display winners’ photos and other contest images.
7. Board members, staff and their families are ineligible for the drawing.
Prizes: all correct submissions will be entered into one drawing. There will be 3 additional drawings one for each of the correct GPS clues, and one for correct pictures for ALL of the picture clues.

Clues:
1. Over 70,000 Mormons traveled by on the Road to Zion. Take your picture with the sign describing these events.
2. Travel to this park on a “dry” day and take your picture with the park entrance sign!
3. Enjoy our “newest” Cass County park, take your picture in the “newest” structure on the shore.
4. Named after a pioneer town that had a saw mill and a hotel. Take your picture with the park entrance sign.
Get out your GPS unit for these special prizes:
Go to these coordinates (N 41˚ 18.200 W 095˚ 06.195) and leave your full name in the log to qualify for a special prize!
Go to these coordinates (N 41˚ 25.724 W 094˚ 58.955) and find a wildflower or tree sign. Email the correct name from the sign to the email above to qualify.
Reminder the deadline for submission is Sept 3rd 2013 at 4:30 PM CST. Winners will be drawn and announced at the Birthday Celebration Sept. 14th 2013.

Posted in Ag/Outdoor, News |

“Mysterious Monarchs” Program to be held in Sept.

Ag/Outdoor, News

August 23rd, 2013 by Ric Hanson

The Cass County Conservation Board is holding a “Mysterious Monarchs” Program early next month.Cass Co Conservation Board The free public program will be held at the Campground Shelter at Cold Springs Park in Lewis, on September 7th, beginning at 4:00-pm, and at the Camblin Addition Shelter at Sunnyside Park in Atlantic, on September 14th beginning at 2:00-pm.

During the sessions, you can discover the Monarch Butterflies before they begin their journey south. Conservationists will be tagging monarchs and show the public how to do so, as well.  If you would like a home tagging kit you must attend and pre-register for the Kit. Call 712-769-2372 to pre-register for your kit. You DO NOT have to be a registered camper to attend the program. 

Posted in Ag/Outdoor, News |

Iowa tabs Jake Rudock as QB

Sports

August 23rd, 2013 by Ric Hanson

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa sophomore Jake Rudock will be the starting quarterback for the season opener against Northern Illinois on Aug. 31. The announcement was made on Friday. Rudock was the backup to James Vandenberg in 2012, though he never took a snap for the Hawkeyes.

Rudock, from Weston, Fla., played for St. Thomas Aquinas High — winning 31 games and three state titles as the starter. He takes over a passing game that threw just seven TD tosses last season and ranked 104th nationally in yards.

C.J. Beathard and Cody Sokol will serve as Rudock’s backups.

Posted in Sports |

USDA: food prices will rise this year, but not as much as previously forecast

News

August 23rd, 2013 by Ric Hanson

Iowans will not be paying as much for food this year as previously predicted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The agency has reduced its forecast for food price inflation this year to one-and-a-half to two-and-a-half (1.5 to 2.5) percent. USDA Economist Ricky Volpe says the previous prediction was based primarily on the drought in 2012. “We were initially looking at a three to four percent increase, which was above average, but that was before we knew we were going to have these lower fuel prices, the strengthening U.S. dollar, and the overall improvement in the economy,” Volpe says.

One of the biggest bits of good news for consumers, according to Volpe, is the downward revision of price increases for dairy products. “We were initially forecasting pretty strong price increases (for dairy) for 2013, but it turns out that we saw most of the impacts of the drought at the tail end of 2012,” Volpe says. “We’re now on track for very moderate price increases for dairy for the foreseeable future, one to two percent for 2013.” And although beef prices won’t be increasing as much as expected, Volpe says beef will remain expensive this year.

“We’re now looking at beef prices to increase between two and three percent on the year, but many beef prices have reached record or near record levels across super markets in the U.S. So, inflation for the beef category may be small in percentage terms, but it’s not as if consumers are seeing any relief there,” Volpe says. High inflation is still forecast for poultry, with prices expected to rise three to four percent, according to the USDA. Egg prices should rise two to three percent this year.

(Radio Iowa)

Posted in News |