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MARLENE HOOVER, 71, of Atlantic (6-17-13)

Obituaries

June 9th, 2013 by admin

MARLENE HOOVER, 71, of Atlantic died Friday, June 7th.  A memorial service for MARLENE HOOVER will be held on Monday, June 17 at 11:00 am at the First Baptist Church in Elk Horn.  Roland Funeral Service in Atlantic has the arrangements.

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Open visitation will be held Monday, June 10 through Friday, June 14 from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm at the funeral home.

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

MARLENE HOOVER is survived by:

Children:  Randall Hoover of Papillion, NE; Janelle Buschman of Perryton, TX; Deborah Ried of Newell; Wesley Hoover of Atlantic.

Brother:  Stann Udd of Missouri Valley.

Sisters:  Mary Enns of Lincoln, NE; Norma Brunner of Beverly, MA.

13 Grandchildren

4 Great-grandchildren

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Body identified as Kathlynn Shepard

News

June 9th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

Des Moines, IOWA — The Iowa Office of the State Medical Examiner with the assistance of the Iowa Department of Public Safety’s Division of Criminal Investigation have confirmed the identification of the body discovered in Boone County on Friday, June 7th, 2013, as that of Kathlynn Shepard.

Following an autopsy on June 8th, 2013, Dr. Julia Goodin, Chief State Medical Examiner determined the cause of death to be multiple sharp and  blunt forced injuries. The manner of death will be certified as homicide.

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Hazardous Weather Outlook for central/western Iowa 6/9-6/15

Weather

June 9th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

TODAY AND TONIGHT:

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY INTO THIS EVENING ACROSS THE AREA. AT THIS TIME THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER IS MARGINAL.

MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY:

THUNDERSTORMS ARE AGAIN POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND MAINLY FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. THERE IS A THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER TUESDAY NIGHT…WITH LARGE HAIL…DAMAGING WINDS…AND AN ISOLATED TORNADO POSSIBLE. THE GREATEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE WEATHER EXTENDS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM CARROLL TO OSKALOOSA TUESDAY NIGHT.

SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT…

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TUESDAY NIGHT.

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(Updated) NWS Forecast for Cass & area Counties in Iowa

Weather

June 9th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

844 AM CDT SUN JUN 9 2013

REST OF TODAY…CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS THROUGH MID MORNING…THEN SHOWERS LIKELY AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH IN THE UPPER 60S. WEST WIND 10 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 60 PERCENT.

TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING…THEN PARTLY CLOUDY OVERNIGHT. AREAS OF FOG AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOW IN THE MID 50S. NORTHWEST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 40 PERCENT.

MONDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGH IN THE UPPER 70S. NORTHWEST WIND AROUND 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST UP TO 5 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

MONDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW IN THE LOWER 60S. SOUTHEAST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.

TUESDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGH IN THE MID 80S. SOUTHEAST WIND 5 TO 15 MPH.

TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. LOW AROUND 70. HIGH IN THE MID 80S.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW IN THE MID 60S. HIGH IN THE LOWER 80S.

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Head-on crash in Dallas County injures 2 Adair County people, kills 1 Sunday morning

News

June 9th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

(Updated) A central Iowa woman was killed and two Adair County residents were injured during a head-on crash early this (Sunday) morning in Dallas County. The Iowa State Patrol says a 2007 Chevy Aveo driven by 24-year old Megan Wakeham, of West Des Moines was traveling east in the westbound lanes of Interstate 80 one-mile east of Earlham at around Midnight, when it collided head-on with a 1994 Pontiac Firebird driven by 20-year old Jessie Leeper, of Adair. A 2010 GMC Terrain, driven by 49-year old Lori Wallace, of Greenfield, then collided with the rear of Leeper’s car.

Wakeham died from her injuries.Wallace and Leeper were transported by Stuart E-M-S and Dallas County E-M-S to Methodist and Mercy Hospital’s in Des Moines, respectively.

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Gov. plans to try again on anti-bullying effort

News

June 9th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – A bill designed to crack down on cyberbullying failed to advance in the Legislature this year, but Gov. Terry Branstad says he plans to keep working to toughen Iowa’s anti-bullying laws.  Branstad promised Thursday that he would hold another state summit on bullying, as he did last fall, and will work to get a bill passed next year. Branstad says he “wants kids to feel safe.”
 
The bullying bill offered by Branstad this year would have updated state guidelines for school districts to include bullying that occurs outside school on social media websites like Facebook. It received subcommittee approval in the state House, but never moved forward. 
 
Matt Carver, of the group School Administrators of Iowa, says he thinks the Legislature will approve the bill once lawmakers have more information.

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Underage drinkers cited in Red Oak

News

June 9th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

Two young people were cited early this (Sunday) morning for public intoxication and given a warning for being in violation of curfew. According to Red Oak Police, 16-year old Jacob Ryan Ballard, of Clarinda, and 17-year old Todd Micheal H. Rensch, of Red Oak, were cited just after 2-a.m. near the intersection of Coolbaugh Street and Highland Avenue. Both teens were released to the cutody of a parent or adult guardian.

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Weekend rainfall in Atlantic

Weather

June 9th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

Rainfall in Atlantic from mid-day Saturday through 6:30-a.m today (Sunday), amounted to 1.04-inches here at the KJAN studios, the official National Weather Service reporting site for Atlantic. The forecast calls for more showers and possible thunderstorms redeveloping later this afternoon and this evening, before ending and becoming partly cloudy w/areas of fog into Monday morning.

Saturday’s high in Atlantic was 69. Our near 24-hour low through 5-a.m. today was 55.

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NWs forecast for Cass & area Counties: 6/9/13

Weather

June 9th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

414 AM CDT SUN JUN 9 2013 – Nat’l. Weather Service/Des Moines

EARLY THIS MORNING…CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. SOUTHWEST WIND AROUND 10 MPH.

TODAY…CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. SHOWERS LIKELY LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH IN THE UPPER 60S. WEST WIND 10 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 60 PERCENT.

TONIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING…THEN PARTLY CLOUDY OVERNIGHT. AREAS OF FOG AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOW IN THE MID 50S. NORTHWEST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 40 PERCENT.

MONDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGH IN THE UPPER 70S. NORTHWEST WIND AROUND 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST UP TO 5 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW IN THE LOWER 60S. HIGH IN THE MID 80S. SOUTHEAST WIND 5 TO 15 MPH.

TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. LOW AROUND 70. HIGH IN THE MID 80S.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW IN THE MID 60S. HIGH IN THE LOWER 80S.

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Latos pitches Reds to 4-2 win over Cardinals

Sports

June 9th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

CINCINNATI (AP) — Mat Latos turned in seven solid innings and the Cincinnati Reds broke out of their slump with a 4-2 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Saturday night. Devin Mesoraco homered and drove in two runs and Jay Bruce also homered as the Reds snapped a three-game losing streak and scored more than two runs against St. Louis for the first time in the last seven games between the teams.

Latos (6-0), who got the decision in Cincinnati’s last win over St. Louis on April 29, allowed eight hits and two runs with no walks and five strikeouts against a Cardinals team that went into the game leading the National League in hitting.

The Reds had lost five of their last six games against St. Louis, but scored four against Cardinals rookie left-hander Tyler Lyons before a sellout crowd of 40,740 at Great American Ball Park.

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