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Body in Iowa cornfield identified

News

August 6th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Authorities have released the name of a woman whose body was found in a southwest Iowa cornfield.  Des Moines television station KCCI says  the Iowa State Medical Examiner’s Office identified her as 31-year-old Maggie Weaver.  Authorities say a crime isn’t suspected in Weaver’s death. Toxicology reports are expected in four to six weeks.

The body was found Saturday in a field west of Lenox in Taylor County. Weaver had been missing for several days.

Hill announces his run for Senate in District 11

News

August 6th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

Council Bluffs Republican Art Hill, Monday, announced his decision to run for Iowa Senate in District 11. The district covers 2,200 miles in Pottawattamie, Cass, Adams, and Union Counties. Hill stopped in Atlantic Monday afternoon following his announcement at the Public Library in Council Bluffs. Speaking with KJAN News, Hill, who works as the City of Council Bluffs’ Finance Director, said he’s tossing his hat in the ring this early in the political season because there’s a lot of work to be done and many miles to cover before the Primary election, which is about 300 days away.

Hill says after reapportionment in 2011, he looked at the new district and saw how radically it had changed. He also looked at the common threads between Council Bluffs, Atlantic and Creston. They each have campuses with community colleges that provide an opportunity for graduates to get good jobs, and that’s something he wants to continue to see happen. Fellow Republican, Senator Hubert Houser, currently presides over the 11th District. Houser has not announced his intentions with regard to re-election. Hill says he spoke with Houser in May and informed him of his intentions. He says he respects Houser and whatever plans he makes. Hill says if Houser decides to run against him in the Spring, voters in the four counties should feel they would be well represented by either of the two men. No democrats have announced their intentions early in this political season to challenge Hill or Houser in the 2014 elections.

Hill says his experience as Finance Director for Council Bluffs, and a former Business Manager for the Lewis Central Community School District, gives him an edge when it comes to fiscal responsibility. He says “Finding an equitable way of raising tax revenue for services we ask for from our government in the future is important. He says in Iowa, that means simplifying the tax code. On a national level, he says a Fair Tax is important. Voter integrity is also important to Hill, who says voter ID laws are one way of ensuring the elections are legitimate on the state and national level. Hill says he supports efforts by Secretary of State Matt Schultz to ensure election integrity. He says also, a common core of values and beliefs are important to the future of our society.

He says “As a country we’ve developed a culture that has provided many blessings and providence for our country and it’s based on a core set of values and beliefs.” Hills says “Maintaining a sense of purpose…and a set of values we can rally around is important for any society to be ongoing.”

Hill has lived in Council Bluffs with his wife Andrea for the past 18-years. The couple have been married for 35-years. They have two adult children.

Severe Thunderstorm Watch until Noon today for western/sw Iowa

Weather

August 6th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WS 473
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
625 AM CDT TUE AUG 6 2013

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 473 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1200 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING  IOWA COUNTIES…

FREMONT              HARRISON            MILLS
MONONA               MONTGOMERY          PAGE
POTTAWATTAMIE        SHELBY

DCI Investigates officer-involved shooting of a federal fugitive in Council Bluffs

News

August 6th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

(re-posted due to a formatting error on previous post entered 5:30-pm Mon., Aug. 5th)

(Council Bluffs) — As the investigation into Sunday’s officer involved shooting incident continues, the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation, Monday evening, released the names of all individuals involved. Offcials say on Sunday, August 4th  at around 4:45-p.m., an unidentified woman told Council Bluffs Police Officers Aaron Gutierrez and Jason Burleigh that she had just seen a suspicious individual at the site of the new Wal-Mart in Council Bluffs.  She told the officers that the man was acting suspicious and was bleeding from his hands.

Michael Hannum

Michael Hannum

Officers Gutierrez and Burleigh responded to the construction site where they encountered 52 year old Michael Hannum. Hannum was bleeding from his wrists and armed with a sharp, cutting instrument.  Throughout the encounter, Hannum did not respond to verbal commands from Officers Gutierrez and Burleigh.  When he became aggressive towards the officers, Officer Burleigh to deployed his TASER, but the officer’s attempt to subdue Hannum was unsuccessful.  Hannum continued to advance toward the officers, at which time Officer Gutierrez fired is duty weapon, striking Hannum two times. Hannum was transported to the University of Nebraska Medical Center where he remains in critical but stable condition.

In accordance with the police department’s policy, Officers Gutierrez and Burleigh will remain on paid, administrative leave until the conclusion of the investigation into this incident. Last Friday, Hannum was listed as a fugitive from the Federal Bureau of Prisons – Federal Residential Reentry Center in Council Bluffs.  At the time of the encounter, the officers did not know Hannum’s identity.

To avoid the appearance of a conflict of interest, the Council Bluffs Police Department requested DCI review the incident.  At the conclusion of the investigation, the DCI investigative report will be turned over to Pottawattamie County Attorney Matt Wilber for his office’s review of the incident. Law enforcement officials are looking for the woman who originally alerted Officers Gutierrez and Burleigh to the suspicious person.  This citizen should contact DCI at 712-322-1585 or the Council Bluffs Crime Stoppers at 712-328-7867.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 6TH

Trading Post

August 6th, 2013 by admin

WANTED: Any kind of fencing for a horse for free.  If anyone is willing to part with some, woven wire to post.  Call 712-250-0097.  Call 249-8475.

FOR SALE: Ashley Sofa….Great condition and was not sit on to much. Tag still on and always kept a cover on and in non smoking home. Firm $200.  Call 249-8475.

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FOR SALE:  8,10 and 12 lb dumbells…….new would cost at least $1 a lb plus shipping……make offer ….Call 249-8475.

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FOR SALE:  Presto Fry Daddy…..used a few a times………..$15.   Call 249-8475.

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FOR SALE: electric stove, like new $210; canning jars, very clean 40 cents for pints, 50 cents for quarts; conventional maytag washing machine, good working condition $75. 712-243-7792.

WANTED:  Looking for a donkey for goat protection and companion. Must be able to be handled as goats are very tame and we have small kids. 712-781-2332.

WANTED:  to purchase Kansas City Royals Baseball tickets for Sept 20,21,22, Royals vs Texas for a group outing.  Call 712-249-1965.

FOR SALE: Toolbox for the back of a pickup. Black and plastic in decent shape, $30. Also a new grill guard, no brackets, asking $50 but willing to talk on price. And a stainless steel sheet for sale, roughly 2 1/2 or 3 feet by 8 feet, $75. Finally, and old movie projector, still in case and works great and a big adding machine, $35 total for those two items. Interested in trading for any of these items as well. Call 712-304-4262.

TRADE: I have a really old metal fishing pole, reel works well and would like to trade it for a really old, working, cash register. Call 712-778-5131

FOR SALE: 9 horsepower, zero turn, Dixon 32-inch riding lawn mower in very nice condition. $400. Call 790-1841.

WANTED: Looking for a small, fixer-upper farm house, fairly cheap and needs to have a little room for one horse. If you can help please call 712-250-0097.

Locally dense fog possible this (Tues.) morning (8/6/13)

Weather

August 6th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

AREA COUNTIES: SAC-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-CASS-ADAIR-ADAMS-UNION-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD;   537 AM CDT TUE AUG 6 2013

…LOCALLY DENSE FOG AT TIMES THROUGH MORNING…

AREAS OF FOG WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE EARLY
MORNING HOURS. VISIBILITIES WILL GENERALLY BE AROUND OR GREATER
THAN ONE MILE. HOWEVER…PATCHY DENSE FOG IS POSSIBLE WITH
VISIBILITIES LESS THAN ONE MILE…DOWN TO ONE QUARTER OF A MILE AT
TIMES…ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING AREAS. DUE TO THE PATCHY NATURE OF
THE MOST RESTRICTED VISIBILITIES…USE EXTRA CAUTION WHILE
TRAVELING. SLOW DOWN…USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS AND LEAVE PLENTY OF
DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU.

New rules in place as high school football teams gather for preseason drills

Sports

August 6th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

Most of the state’s 342 high school football teams will begin holding pre-season practices next week, although a few teams that play their first game on August 23 are getting started this week. All of the teams will need to follow new guidelines put in place by the Iowa High School Athletic Association. I-H-S-A-A Assistant Executive Director Todd Tharp says the biggest change may be the order of no more than one practice per day.

“I think it has been a fairly common thing for some of veteran coaches to hold a morning practice and then come back in the evening for another practice,” Tharp says. “We have also seen a lot of coaches going to one practice per day because they have kids from rural areas and it’s difficult to get those kids in and out from where they live.” That one practice must not exceed three hours in length. Tharp says that mandate applies only to “physical activity,” so a practice could go longer.

“They could take players (inside) to educate them and maybe watch a bit of game film…they might actually be there for three-and-a-half hours, but the key is three hours of physical activity,” Tharp says. Most of the changes to the pre-season rules in Iowa are based on safety concerns and follow national guidelines on the issue. Tharp says “full contact” with pads was previously allowed on day four or the pre-season, but the new rule allows full contact on day six.

“The national research is showing…we weren’t giving the kids enough time,” Tharp says. “So, the first couple days they can go in helmets. On days three, four, and five, they can wear helmets and shoulder pads.” For the first time this year, teams are allowed to hold a scrimmage with another school after 10 days of practice and prior to their first game.

“It’s going to be a coach’s discretion. Some might not want to do that,” Tharp says. “Others might want to take that opportunity to scrimmage against (a team) that they’re obviously not going to see during the regular season.” Many football coaches, particularly in some of Iowa’s smaller schools, have been pushing for such a scrimmage game for years — to take the place of an intrasquad game.

“A lot of our small schools might only have 18 kids out for high school football, grades 9-12. Obviously, if you don’t have 22, it’s tough to scrimmage,” Tharp says. “Also, you might have an intrasquad scrimmage with the varsity against the JV squad…well,
juniors and seniors going against freshman…you might not get a whole lot out of that scrimmage.” Another change involves post-season play. The UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls will only be used for the semifinal and championship games.

Tharp says that will eliminate 8:45 p.m. start times on a weekday for a playoff game, which had some players getting home well after midnight. The Cedar Falls Tigers, however, will continue to play their home games in the UNI-Dome.

(Radio Iowa)

(Podcast) Skyscan Weather Forecast: Tue., Aug. 6th 2013

Podcasts, Weather

August 6th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

Here’s the Freese-Notis (podcast) forecast for Atlantic & the KJAN listening area, and weather information for Atlantic from KJAN News Director Ric Hanson…

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Nat’l.Weather Service forecast for Cass & area counties in IA: 8/6/13

Weather

August 6th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

EARLY THIS MORNING...PARTLY CLOUDY. PATCHY FOG. NORTHEAST WIND NEAR 5 MPH.

TODAY...PATCHY FOG THROUGH MID MORNING. PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH IN THE UPPER 80S. SOUTH WIND NEAR 10 MPH.

TONIGHT…THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY UNTIL EARLY MORNING…THEN A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE MORNING. LOW IN THE MID 60S. SOUTH WIND NEAR 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 70 PERCENT.

WEDNESDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGH AROUND 80. NORTH WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW IN THE UPPER 50S. NORTHEAST WIND AROUND 5 MPH.

THURSDAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH AROUND 80. EAST WIND NEAR 5 MPH.

THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW AROUND 60. HIGH IN THE LOWER 80S.

Univ. of Iowa 2013-14 wrestling schedule released

Sports

August 6th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

The University of Iowa wrestling schedule for next season has been released. It includes seven home dates and a return to one of the sport’s premiere events. Iowa will open the 2013-14 season on the weekend of November 15 at a tournament “yet to be determined.” Then, the Hawkeyes will host the Iowa City Duals on Friday, November 22. The other teams will be Baker University, Cornell College, and Iowa Central. The home schedule also includes dual meets against non-conference foes Buffalo and Oklahoma State, and Big Ten opponents Michigan State, Indiana, Minnesota, and Michigan.

The Hawkeyes will visit Evanston, Illinois on December 29-30 for the Midlands Championships. Iowa did not compete in the Midlands last year. Iowa wrestles Iowa State in Ames on December 1. The Big Ten Championships will take place March 8-9 in Madison, Wisconsin, while Oklahoma City hosts the NCAA Championships March 20-22.

(Radio Iowa)