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Icy conditions possible this afternoon (11/21/13)

News, Weather

November 21st, 2013 by Ric Hanson

COUNTIES: AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-ADAMS-UNION-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD….
1117 AM CST THU NOV 21 2013

AREAS OF LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE OR FREEZING RAIN ARE POSSIBLE AT
TIMES ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST IOWA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON
HOURS. A BAND OF LIGHT RAIN WILL SPREAD NORTHWARD IN SOUTHWEST
IOWA THROUGH 4 PM CST. COLDER TEMPERATURES WILL FILTER INTO THE
STATE CAUSING SURFACE TEMPERATURES TO DROP BELOW FREEZING. THIS
MAY LEAD TO SOME AREAS RECEIVING A LIGHT GLAZING…ESPECIALLY ON
ELEVATED SURFACES SUCH AS OVERPASSES AND BRIDGES. USE EXTRA
CAUTIONS WHILE DRIVING THIS AFTERNOON AS ROAD CONDITIONS MAY
CHANGE ABRUPTLY AT TIMES.

Glenwood woman arrested Wednesday

News

November 21st, 2013 by Ric Hanson

Sheriff’s Officials in Mills County say a Glenwood woman was arrested Wednesday on a warrant for Violation of a Protection Order and harassment charges. 21-year old Mackenzie Mae Steinman was taken into custody at a location on Sharp Street in Glenwood at around 10:45-p.m. Her bond was set at $500.

LAWRENCE SCHULTES, 90, of Carroll (Svcs. 11/23/13

Obituaries

November 21st, 2013 by Ric Hanson

LAWRENCE SCHULTES, 90, of Carroll, died Wed., Nov. 20th, at home. A Mass of  Christian Burial service for LAWRENCE SCHULTES will be at 10 a.m. Sat., Nov. 23rd, at St. Lawrence Catholic Church in Carroll. Sharp Funeral Home in Carroll has the arrangements.

Friends may call at the Sharp Funeral Home in Carroll after 4:30 p.m. on Friday where there will be a rosary at 5 p.m. by the Carroll Knights of Columbus and a Christian Wake Service at 7 p.m. by St. Lawrence Parish. The casket will be moved to St. Lawrence Church at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday where visitation will resume until time of the funeral mass.

Burial will be in Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Carroll with military honors conducted by the Dedham American Legion.

Memorials may be left at the funeral home or the church for St. Anthony Hospice in Carroll.

 

8-player IA high school football Championship

Sports

November 21st, 2013 by Ric Hanson

Catch the Exira-EHK vs. Don Bosco 8-Player Championship game live now on KJAN AM1220 and FM 101., or online at kjan.com. (click on the tower icon in the upper right corner of the home page).

Atlantic City Council rejects offer for property; hears street report

News

November 21st, 2013 by Ric Hanson

The Atlantic City Council, Wednesday, rejected an offer from a local couple to purchase an abandoned house at 203 Locust Street. The City had earlier been awarded title to the property, and was prepared to sell it to Rob and Marlo Stamp, until some last minute offers were received. A public hearing was held, during which City Attorney Dave Wiederstein said he had received word another party was interested in the property. That being the case, the Council decided to request sealed bids for the property, but no deadline was set for the receipt of bids. A condition of the bids is that the prospective buyer must agree to demolish the current structure in a timely manner.

In other business, the Council received a report from Snyder and Associates Engineer Dave Sturm, with regard to the Street Maintenance Study. The Study, which was commissioned in 2010, indicated street repairs are the highest priority of the community’s citizens. Sturm said there are just under 50-miles of streets in Atlantic, of which 12.5-miles are comprised of concrete, 26.5 are asphalt, seven are seal coated and 2.5-miles are gravel. Sturm went on to describe the types of problems each road-style can expect to have over the course of its lifespan.

The streets are rated on a score from zero to 100, with 100 being the score needed for an entirely new street. The options given for any given condition include reconstruction, rehabilitation, deferred action, preventative maintenance and routine maintenance. Sturm said the study shows the City has made substantial progress over the past eight-years, having completed the repair or replacement of half of its streets.

He said it should continue with efforts to catch-up with backlogged projects….but it won’t come cheap. He says the City needs to spend anywhere from 750-thousand to One-million dollars per year in order to continue playing catch-up to get to the rest of the streets.

Sturm said once the City is caught-up on its street projects, it could expect to spend 400-to 500-thousand dollars per year just to maintain a high level of service on them. A copy of the report is available for viewing in the City Clerk’s office.

A look back at Hugh Sidey’s view of Kennedy assassination

News

November 21st, 2013 by Ric Hanson

Americans will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President John Kennedy tomorrow (Friday). An Iowa reporter from Adair County who became know for his coverage of the presidency was in Dallas, Texas on that fateful day. Hugh Sidey was Time Magazine’s White House correspondent for nearly 50 years and was on the press bus when the fatal shots were fired.“I remember lounging in the bus, watching Kennedy’s car go around the curb up ahead, ”Sidey said. Reporter Lee Kline interviewed Sidey at the family’s newspaper office in Greenfield shortly after the assassination. He talked about his feelings.

“Actually there’s almost a physical reaction, your stomach or something tightens up,” Sidey said. He described the area where the shooting took place as a “strange tableau.” “Women were lying down on the ground and men had their arm around their families. I remember one man sitting on the curb pounding the ground just out of frustration. Obviously something was wrong and we immediately then began to sense that perhaps he’d been shot,” according to Sidey.

Hugh Sidey later became personal friends with Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush. He died on this date ( November 21) eight years ago, one day before the anniversary of his biggest story.

(Radio Iowa)

Man held as suspect in Council Bluffs house fire

News

November 21st, 2013 by Ric Hanson

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) – Authorities have taken a man into custody on suspicion of starting a house fire in Council Bluffs.  A woman was inside the house when the fire started around 1:15 a.m. Thursday. Authorities say the woman and the man were outside the house when firefighters arrived. After questioning the man, officers him away.

Police haven’t released the names of the man and woman or any other details about the fire.  No injuries have been reported.

Dense Fog to persist this morning (11/21/13)

Weather

November 21st, 2013 by Ric Hanson

AREA COUNTIES: SAC-CRAWFORD-CARROLL- GREENE-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON
814 AM CST THU NOV 21 2013

AREAS OF DENSE FOG ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH 1030 AM CST ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA. VISIBILITY WILL RANGE FROM LESS THAN A HALF MILE TO AROUND 3 MILES AT TIMES…WITH THE GREATEST VISIBILITY REDUCED IN LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS RIVER BOTTOMS. THE FOG WILL DISSIPATE AS A COLD FRONT ADVANCES THROUGH CENTRAL IOWA
TODAY.

(Podcast) 8-a.m. Newscast, 11/21/2013

News, Podcasts

November 21st, 2013 by Ric Hanson

With KJAN News Director Ric Hanson.

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Leash on Life 11-21-2013

Ag/Outdoor, Podcasts

November 21st, 2013 by admin

Andrea Farrior and Chris Parks talk about the latest information from the Atlantic Animal Shelter at 309 Sunnyside Lane in Atlantic.

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