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(Podcast) Skyscan Forecast: Tue., Sept. 3rd 2013

Podcasts, Weather

September 3rd, 2013 by Ric Hanson

The latest forecast for the KJAN listening area and weather information for Atlantic….

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Iowa State University to sell bacon expo tickets

Ag/Outdoor

September 3rd, 2013 by Ric Hanson

AMES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa State University will soon begin selling tickets for its first exposition celebrating all things bacon. Tickets go on sale Friday for the school’s first-ever Bacon Expo, which is scheduled for Oct. 19 in the Scheman Building Courtyard at the Iowa State Center. Officials say 1,200 tickets will be sold at $8 each.

Students are organizing the event, which will offer visitors hundreds of pounds of bacon samples as well as a bacon-eating contest. The expo is aimed at promoting the school’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, as well as the impact of pork production in the state.

Tickets can be purchased online.

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NWS Forecast for the KJAN listening area: 9/3/13

Weather

September 3rd, 2013 by Ric Hanson

EARLY THIS MORNING…CLEAR. AREAS OF FOG. EAST WIND NEAR 5 MPH.

TODAY…SUNNY. HIGH IN THE MID 80S. SOUTHWEST WIND NEAR 5 MPH.

TONIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW IN THE UPPER 50S. SOUTH WIND NEAR 5 MPH.

WEDNESDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGH IN THE UPPER 80S. SOUTHWEST WIND NEAR 5 MPH.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF LIGHT SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. LOW IN THE LOWER 60S. LIGHT WIND. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 20 PERCENT.

THURSDAY...PARTLY SUNNY. HIGH IN THE MID 80S. EAST WIND NEAR 10 MPH.

THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW IN THE LOWER 60S. HIGH AROUND 90.

FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW IN THE UPPER 60S. HIGH IN THE MID 90S.

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2 injured in Pott. County cycle crash

News

September 3rd, 2013 by Ric Hanson

Two people suffered what were described as non-life threatening injuries, after the motorcycle they were riding crashed Monday morning on Interstate 29 in Pottawattamie County. The Daily NonPareil reports the pair were heading south on I-29 at around 10:20-a.m., when the accident occurred between Crescent and Honey Creek. They were transported to Alegent Creighton Health Creighton University Medical Center in Omaha for treatment.

The names of the individuals and the cause of the crash are currently not available.

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Chiefs use waiver wire as roster overhaul goes on

Sports

September 3rd, 2013 by Ric Hanson

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs began working in earnest Monday for their season opener at Jacksonville while also trying to work seven new players into the fold. The Chiefs were awarded them off the waiver wire Sunday, while also cutting loose six more as they continue to churn the bottom of the roster. Because they had the No. 1 selection in the NFL draft, the Chiefs also had the top priority in claiming players released by other teams.

The series of moves they made Sunday resulted in a 53-man roster with 30 newcomers heading into Sunday’s opener against the Jaguars. That includes all three quarterbacks and all the tight ends. “If there’s a time to do it,” GM John Dorsey said of the overhaul, “the time is now.”

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Cardinals’ Molina leaves game with sore wrist

Sports

September 3rd, 2013 by Ric Hanson

CINCINNATI (AP) — Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina left a game against the Cincinnati Reds with a sore left wrist. Molina grounded out and flied out in his two at-bats before being replaced by Rob Johnson for the bottom of the fifth inning on Monday. The Reds led 6-2. Molina missed 14 games with a strained right knee. He was activated off the disabled list on Aug. 15 and had started 15 games, with manager Mike Matheny going easy on him to prevent a recurrence of the knee problem.

The Cardinals also were missing right fielder Carlos Beltran for the start of their four-game series. Beltran missed his second straight game with a stiff back. Matheny held him out as a precaution. St. Louis and Pittsburgh were tied for the NL Central lead.

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Iowa early News Headlines: Tue., Sept. 3rd 2013

News

September 3rd, 2013 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press…

LOGAN, Iowa (AP) — The cause of death of a 5-year-old boy found in a western Iowa ravine has not yet been released. An autopsy on the boy’s body was completed yesterday but the Iowa medical examiner’s office is conducting further laboratory tests before a definitive cause is released.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Farmers in central Iowa are finding more damage from a weekend storm that passed though Iowa with enough wind to flatten corn plants in some fields and damage trees. Farmers in Dallas County say the early Sunday morning storm brought an end to the recent heat wave but also packed strong wind. No injuries were reported from the storms, which brought a 20-degree drop in high temperatures to Iowa breaking the nearly week-long record setting heat wave.

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — A man mistakenly released on bond after he was convicted of making methamphetamine in a Davenport child daycare center, is back in custody. The Quad-City Times reports  Dale Sammy Blumer was returned to jail Saturday. Blumer, who is 35, shouldn’t have been released while awaiting an appeal of his conviction.

DYERSVILLE, Iowa (AP) — The Field of Dreams movie site in Dyersville has taken on the ghostly feel of the Kevin Costner movie shot at the field 24 years ago for an unusual night game. A team of ghost players emerged from the cornfield to play in the first night game at the field on Sunday. About 100 people attended the game at the field featured in the 1989 movie in which an Iowa farmer builds a baseball field and ghostly players from the 1919 World Series return to play.

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ADELAIDE MARIE CROGHAN, 86, formerly of Panama (Svcs. 9/5/13)

Obituaries

September 2nd, 2013 by Ric Hanson

ADELAIDE MARIE CROGHAN, 86, formerly of Panama, died Sun. Sept. 1st, at the Elm Crest Retirement Community in Harlan. A Mass of Christian Burial service for ADELAIDE CROGHAN will be held 10:30-a.m. Thu., Sept. 5th, at the St. Mary of the Assumption Church in Panama. Pauley-Jones Funeral Home in Harlan has the arrangements.

Visitation at the funeral home is from 8-am to 9-pm Wed., Sept. 4th, with a Wake service at 7-p.m.

Burial will be in the St. Mary’s Cemetery.

ADELAIDE CROGHAN is survived by:

7 sons – Michael (Ruth) Croghan, of Littleton, Co; Donald (Kathie) Croghan, of Knoxville, IA; Phil (Jean) Croghan, of Panama; Robert (Janet) Croghan, of Portsmouth; Richard (Janie) Croghan, of Panama; Frank Croghan, of Littleton, CO; & Raymond Croghan, of Earling.

6 daughters – Marilyn (Roy) Dobson, of Hamilton, OH; Margaret (Tom) Goeser, and Barbara (Rick) Bruck, all of Manilla; Theresa (Vinton) Wooster, of Charter Oak; Alice (Ron) Ratigan, of Panama, and Kathleen (Scott) Englander, of Lenexa, KS.

2 brothers – Peter (Mae) Gaul, Jr. of Melbourne, FL, & Leo (Agnes) Gaul, of Harlan.

38 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren.

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VALERA MAYBERRY, 100, formerly of Atlantic (Svcs. 9/6/13)

Obituaries

September 2nd, 2013 by Ric Hanson

VALERA MAYBERRY, 100, of West Des Moines (& formerly of Atlantic ), died Mon., Sept. 2nd, at her home. Funeral services for VALERA MAYBERRY will be held 10:30-a.m. Fri., Sept. 6th at the Hockenberry Family Care Funeral Home in Atlantic.

Visitation at the funeral home is from 6-to 8-pm Thursday, Sept. 5th.

Burial will be in the Atlantic Cemetery.

Memorials may be directed to the family for later designation to Mercy Hospice.

VALERA MAYBERRY is survived by:

Her children – Terry (Janet) Mayberry, of West Des Moines; Linda Legg, of Ames, and Merlin (Marcia) Mayberry of Mobile, AL.

Her sister – Bernice Hopp, of Lincoln, NE.

7 grandchildren, 7 great-grandchildren, and 1 great-great grandchild.

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RALPH LEROY HALL, 67, of Adair (Svcs. 9/4/13)

Obituaries

September 2nd, 2013 by Ric Hanson

RALPH LEROY HALL, 67, of Adair, died Sun., Sept. 1st, at his home. Graveside services for RALPH HALL will be held 2-p.m. Wed., Sept. 4th, at the Bear Grove Cemetery in rural Guthrie Center. Twigg Funeral Home in Guthrie Center has the arrangements.

Visitation at the funeral home is from 12:30-to 1:30-p.m. Tue., Sept. 3rd.

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