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Heartbeat Today 07-02-2012

Heartbeat Today, Podcasts

July 2nd, 2012 by admin

Jim Field speaks about the 4th of July festivities in Avoca and Westphalia this week.

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7AM Newscast 07-02-2012

News, Podcasts

July 2nd, 2012 by admin

w/ Ric Hanson

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Class 1-A Regional Softball Tourney Begins Tonight

Sports

July 2nd, 2012 by Jim Field

Class 1-A First Round

(Start time 7 p.m. unless noted)

  • @ Avoca:  A-H-S-T vs. West Harrison
  • @ Bedford: Bedford vs. Villisca
  • @ Coon Rapids: Glidden-Ralston vs. Guthrie Center
  • @ Corning: Orient-Macksburg vs. CAM
  • @ Sidney:   Nishnabotna vs. Stanton (5:30)
  • @ Sidney:  Sidney vs. Essex/South Page (7:30)
  • @ Tabor:  Fremont-Mills vs. East Mills (5:30)
  • @ Walnut: Walnut vs. Adair-Casey
  • @ Westside: Ar-We-Va vs. Boyer Valley
  • @ Woodbine: Woodbine vs. Riverside

Atlantic P&Z Commission to meet this afternoon

News

July 2nd, 2012 by Ric Hanson

The City of Atlantic’s Planning and Zoning Commission is set to meet this (Monday) afternoon. During their 5:30-p.m. session in the Council’s chambers at City Hall, the Commission will review the site plans for a building at 406 West 7th Street. In other business, the P&Z Commission will review and discuss the first drafts of a Zoning Ordinance update.

Midwest business conditions index falls in June

News

July 2nd, 2012 by Ric Hanson

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – A nine-state Midwest and Plains economic survey index fell for the second straight month in June.  A survey report released Monday for the Mid-America Business Conditions Index says it dropped to 57.2 last month, compared with 57.6 in May. The index was 60 in April. In the survey any score above 50 suggests growth. A score below 50 suggests decline. Creighton University economist Ernie Goss says the businesses that were surveyed are still benefiting from healthy farm income and exports, but the activity is slowing. Global economic problems are pushing export orders into negative territory.  A quarter of the managers surveyed say the biggest hurdle in the next year is implementation of health care reform.  The survey covers Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma and South Dakota.

(Podcast) Skyscan Forecast – Mon., July 2nd 2012

Podcasts, Weather

July 2nd, 2012 by Ric Hanson

Yesterday’s High in Atlantic was 94. Our low for the 24-period ending at 7-a.m. today will be 70. Overnight, we were in the upper 70’s.  Rainfall last month amounted to 3.95-inches, or about 2-tenths of an inch below normal. Normal rainfall for the month is 4.16″.  The average High in June was 85.3-degrees, which was nearly 3-degrees warmer than normal . The Average Low last month was 61.1-degrees, which was also 3-degrees above normal.

Here’s the (podcast) Freese-Notis forecast for Atlantic, and the KJAN listening area…

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NWS Forecast for Cass & area Counties: Mon., Jul 2nd 2012

Weather

July 2nd, 2012 by Ric Hanson

TODAY…SUNNY. HOT AND HUMID. HIGH IN THE MID 90S. SOUTH WIND 10 TO 15 MPH. HIGHEST HEAT INDEX READINGS AROUND 100 IN THE AFTERNOON.

TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOW IN THE LOWER 70S. SOUTH WIND 5 TO 15 MPH.

TUESDAY…SUNNY. HOT AND HUMID. HIGH IN THE UPPER 90S. SOUTHWEST WIND 10 TO 15 MPH. HEAT INDEX READINGS 102 TO 107.

TUESDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOW IN THE MID 70S. SOUTH WIND 5 TO 10 MPH. HIGHEST HEAT INDEX READINGS 100 TO 102 THROUGH MIDNIGHT.

INDEPENDENCE DAY…SUNNY. HIGH AROUND 100. SOUTH WIND 5 TO 10 MPH. HIGHEST HEAT INDEX READINGS 101 TO 106 IN THE AFTERNOON.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW IN THE UPPER 70S. HIGH IN THE UPPER 90S.

FRIDAY…SUNNY. HIGH IN THE UPPER 90S.

1 killed, 4 others injured during crash in Council Bluffs Sunday evening

News

July 2nd, 2012 by Ric Hanson

One person has died and four other people were injured during a collision between a pickup and a car Sunday evening on Interstate 80, near the I-29 interchange. According to Council Bluffs Police, the vehicles collided at around 6:10-p.m., when one of the vehicles heading west on I-80 left the road, traveled down an embankment and entered the I-29 southbound/I-80 eastbound on-ramp and collided with the second vehicle . Both vehicles rolled over following the impact. The driver of one vehicle and three passengers, along with the driver of the other vehicle and one passenger, were transported to area hospitals. Media reports say a female in one of the vehicles died, while the driver of the vehicle was listed in critical condition. Bluffs Police have not released a report on any of the victims’ conditions, and no names have been released. The cause of the crash remains under investigation by the Council Bluffs Police Special Operations Unit.

Underwood High School Reunion marred by tragedy

News

July 2nd, 2012 by Ric Hanson

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – A 13-year-old girl has died when the vehicle her mother was driving crashed and rolled into a field near the Nebraska-Kansas state line.  The Kansas Highway Patrol says Taylor Isaac died in the Saturday morning accident. KETV television reports her mother, 39-year-old Nicki Isaac, was driving from their home in Hydro, Okla., to a high school class reunion in Underwood, Iowa, when their 2005 Chevy Tahoe went out of control and rolled.
 
Isaac and two children, Taylor, and 14-year-old Jacob were trapped in the vehicle for four hours. The youngest son, 10-year-old Mackenzie was thrown out and waved down a passing car for help. The Kansas Highway Patrol says Jacob and Mackenzie were not wearing their seat belts.Nicki Isaac and the two boys were injured. Authorities say Nicki Issac’s foot had to be reattached, while Jacob required a back brace after he fractured a vertebra, and Mackenzie has a broken elbow.

The Underwood High School class of 1992 is raising money for the family. Isaac grew up in Underwood.

Saturday’s High School Baseball & Softball Results

Sports

July 2nd, 2012 by Ric Hanson

Baseball

  • Coon Rapids-Bayard 3, Ballard 3 (Prange Classic, Ended in tie due to time limit)
  • Coon Rapids-Bayard 7, Bondurant-Farrar 6 (Prange Classic)
  • Lewis Central 10, Sioux City, West 0 (5 innings)
  • Treynor 8, Tri-Center 3
  • Pleasantville 4, Corning, 3
  • PCM 18 Corning 6

Softball

  • Atlantic 5, Cherokee, Washington 0
  • Atlantic 8, Sioux City West 0
  • Woodward-Granger 5, Atlantic 2
  • Adair-Casey 3, Coon Rapids-Bayard 2
  • Ar-We-Va 4, Grandview Park Baptist 3
  • Ar-We-Va 8, Glidden-Ralston 7 (8)
  • Boyer Valley 10, West Harrison 3
  • Carroll 11, Denison-Schleswig 9
  • Carroll 9, Woodward-Granger 6
  • Coon Rapids-Bayard 12, Guthrie Center 0
  • Denison-Schleswig 13, Sioux City West 1
  • Denison-Schleswig 9, Kuemper Catholic 4
  • East Sac County 11, Harlan 9
  • Essex 10, Orient-Macksburg 6
  • Harlan 10, St. Mary, Storm Lake 0
  • Harlan 5, Emmetsburg 1
  • Kuemper Catholic 11, Riverside 3
  • Kuemper Catholic 7, Woodward-Granger 4
  • Lenox 11, Essex 10
  • Martensdale-St Marys 12, Clarinda 0
  • Missouri Valley 12, East Sac County 10
  • Mount Ayr 8, Orient-Macksburg 1
  • Murray 7, Mount Ayr 6
  • Newell-Fonda 4, Missouri Valley 0
  • Perry 10, Adair-Casey 0
  • Perry 15, Guthrie Center 4
  • Riverside 7, Cherokee, Washington 6
  • Wayne 3-4, Lenox 0-0
  • Sgt. Bluff-Luton 6, Missouri Valley 1
  • Carroll 10, Cherokee 0