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January 24th, 2014 by Jim Field

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Backyard and Beyond 01-24-2014

Backyard and Beyond, Podcasts

January 24th, 2014 by admin

Lavon Eblen speaks with Teddi Grindberg, Healthy Cass County Coordinator, about getting signed up for Live Healthy Iowa and what the program is all about.  Last weekend to get signed up.

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Atlantic woman arrested for Child Endangerment

News

January 24th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

Police in Atlantic report the arrest on Thursday of 26-year old Lacey Dorris, of Atlantic. Dorris was charged with OWI/1st offense and three-counts of Child Endangerment. She was brought to the Cass County Jail and held pending an appearance before the magistrate.

Study ranks Iowa emergency rooms #11 in the USA

News

January 24th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

Iowa’s hospital emergency rooms rank just short of the top ten nationwide, according to a new study which finds support for hospitals and emergency room patients is ailing. Dr. Jon Mark Hirshon, spokesman for the American College of Emergency Physicians, says the report gave the country’s E-Rs a grade of D-plus overall, and Iowa was just a little better.  “Iowa actually did relatively well, they got a C overall and they were 11th in the nation,” Dr. Hirshon says. “They’re about average or a little above average.”

While the state has moved up in the rankings to 11th from 19th in the last study, conducted in 2009, Hirshon says Iowa has actually seen declines in a few key categories. “They did best in public health and injury prevention and in access to emergency care,” Hirshon says. “But having said that, there are significant medical workforce shortages that threaten people’s access to emergency care in Iowa. This has declined quite a lot since 2009.”

Overall, he says the quality of care in emergency rooms nationwide is deteriorating and while Iowa is rising in the rankings, he says state’s performance in some categories is still very poor. Hirshon says, “They’ve got the lowest per capita rate of emergency physicians, and near last for having specialists such as neurosurgeons, plastic surgeons, orthopedists, hand surgeons and they’ve had a declining Medicaid C level since 2007.” He says Iowa’s rankings on the study should be red flags to residents.

“This really looks to be an alarming issue related to workforce and the ability to access physicians when you need them,” he says. The study ranked E-Rs in Washington D-C tops, followed by Massachusetts and Maine. The bottom-ranked states are: New Mexico, Arkansas and last, Wyoming. See the full report at www.emreportcard.org.

(Radio Iowa)

SW IA woman arrested for compulsary education violation

News

January 24th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

Police in Shenandoah report the arrest on Thursday of woman charged with a compulsory education violation.  49-year-old Tammy Cook, of Shenandoah, was taken into custody on a Page County warrant. Cook was also charged with Contempt of Court for illegal resistance in order to process. Cook was being held in the Page County Jail on a $600 cash only bond.

Update on Thursday morning accident in Cass County

News

January 24th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

In an update to our story Thursday morning about a rollover accident just north of Interstate 80 near the Cass/Audubon County line, sheriff’s officials in Cass County report a Red Oak man faces numerous charges associated with the incident. Authorities say the driver of a Dodge van, 36-year old Timothy Welch, of Red Oak, was charged with Driving while Barred, 3rd offense OWI, three-counts of Child endangerment, Possession of a Controlled Substance, failure to maintain control, and failure to obey a stop sign. He was also cited for having no proof of insurance.

The accident happened at around 4:10 a.m., as Welch, an adult female, and three children, ages 3, 4 & 5, were traveling on 710 Street. The van went out of control and rolled onto its side. The children and one adult were taken by Anita Rescue to the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. Welch was transported to the Cass County Jail, where he was being held pending an appearance in front of a magistrate.

JoANN NEARY, 81, of Atlantic (1-29-14)

Obituaries

January 24th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

JoANN NEARY, 81, of Atlantic died Thu., Jan. 23rd at Creighton Hospital in Omaha.  Funeral services for JoANN NEARY will be held 10-a.m. Wed., Jan. 29th, at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Atlantic.  Roland Funeral Service in Atlantic is in charge of the arrangements.

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An open visitation will be held on Sunday from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm, Monday from 8:30 am to 5:30 pm and Tuesday from 8:30 am to family visitation time (5-to7-pm) at the funeral home.

Burial will be in the Atlantic Cemetery.

Online condolences may be left at www.rolandfuneralservice.com.

JoANN NEARY is survived by:

Daughters:  Nancy (Doug) Cyr, of Lincoln, NE; Shari (Russ) Freeman, of Columbus, NE, & Sally (Jack) Bialek, of Lawrence, KS.

4 Grandchildren

1 Great-Grandchild

8AM Sportscast 01-24-2014

Podcasts, Sports

January 24th, 2014 by admin

w/ Jim Field

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8AM Newscast 01-24-2014

News, Podcasts

January 24th, 2014 by admin

w/ Ric Hanson

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Heartbeat Today 01-24-2014

Heartbeat Today, Podcasts

January 24th, 2014 by admin

Jim Field speaks with Navy Veteran Alan Cranston of Atlantic about his time in the service as part of our Freedom Fridays series.

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