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Juvenile injured in Page County collision, Wednesday

News

August 12th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

A male juvenile passenger in a pickup truck involved in a collision Wednesday in Page County, was transported to the hospital after complaining of pain. The accident happened on a gravel road a little after Noon on Wednesday, about four-miles east of Shenandoah. The Page County Sheriff’s office reports an investigation determined 16-year-old Benjamin Roger Labrum, of Riverton, was driving a 1994 Ford Ranger pickup northbound in the 2000 block of on F Avenue, and was slowing to turn into the driveway located at 2037 F Avenue.

A 1991 Ford Crown Victoria driven by 15-year-old Blake Dellas Herold, of Shenandoah, was also traveling  northbound on F Avenue, behind Labrum’s pickup. Due to gravel dust kicked-up by Labrum’s pickup, Herold did not see for Ranger slowing for the turn. The car struck the rear driver’s side of pickup. Both vehicles came to rest in the roadway. Damage from the collision amounted to $5,000.

Herold was cited for Following to Closely. The juvenile passenger in Labrums vehicle was transported to Shenandoah Medical Center by Shenandoah Ambulance Service.

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63rd Annual Tournament of Champions fires away on Friday

Sports

August 12th, 2021 by admin

The 63rd Annual Tournament of Champions will tee up this weekend at the Atlantic Golf and Country Club. We’ll have coverage throughout the weekend on KJAN.

Two of the division winners from last year’s tournament will be back to try to defend their titles. Dr. Matt Weresh won the Championship Division in 2020 with a two-shot victory. He finished with a weekend total +1, 208, grabbing his third title at the T of C. He currently is not scheduled to play. Zach Christianson was runner-up with a 210 total in 2020 and he’ll be back in the field.

Ron Peterson will be back to defend his Senior Division title. The Senior Division is open to players 50 years of age and up. Peterson had won the Championship Division multiple times and last year was his first playing in the Senior portion of the tournament. He ran away with a 7-shot victory, finishing with a +8, 215 weekend total. Del Miller and Darron Baker both finished at +15 to take 2nd and 3rd place respectively; they will both be back in the field as well.

The Super Senior Division, which is available to players 65+, was won in 2020 by Rick Thompson. He shot terrific +1, 208 total to win the division by ten shots. He also is back in the field for this year’s event.

Currently 43 players are entered in the Championship Division, 28 players in the Senior Division, and 14 players in the Super Senior Division.

We’ll have live reports from the course all weekend long, so keep it tuned to KJAN for all the latest results and check the sports page here for continuous score updates.

Check out the first round tee times here: 2021 Round 1 Tee Times

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Lieutenant Governor says now’s the time to market Iowa to out-of-staters

News

August 12th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – Lieutenant Governor Adam Gregg is hinting at a state marketing campaign targeting former Iowans and others considering moving into the state to fill job openings. “Keep your eyes peeled for some future efforts in this regard in terms of communicating with folks who might be interested in coming to our state,” Gregg says. Gregg says now is the time to sell Iowa’s cost of living and quality of life with residents of urban areas of the country. “I think with some of the safety concerns that we see in some our big cities, with the pandemic challenges, with the continued lock downs in some of those big cities, I think there’s a renewed interest in coming to Iowa and coming to rural Iowa where we value freedom,” Gregg says, “and where social distancing is sort of baked into the cake in our rural communities.”

Gregg toured the Winnebago Industries assembly plant in Forest City yesterday (Wednesday). The company has several job openings at the plant — on the production floor and in management and engineering staff. “They’re talking about hiring over 500 people over the course of the next year. What great opportunities for folks to have a great quality of life in rural Iowa, work for a great company, build a career and support a family, but there’s also challenges as well in having a workforce that’s trained to meet those needs,” Gregg says. “I know that they’re making some significant investments in a career center here, which means great opportunity for students.”

Winnebago sales have increased during the pandemic and the company’s expanding its workforce to meet that demand. The lieutenant governor made stops yesterday (Wednesday) in Whittemore, Estherville and Milford as well as Forest City, part of his 99 county tour of the state.

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Top Shot 2021 First Round Scores

Sports

August 12th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

(Atlantic, Iowa) –  The Wickman Chemical-sponsored “Top Shot” round one scores have been released. Posted scores are based on the number of targets broken out of 50 per individual. Annie Oakley winners are based on elimination or “knock out” involving 4 or more shooters. Round 2 is going on now through August 17th. Round 3 will begin September 6th and end Friday September 17th. Costs are $20.00 for 50 targets or $5.00 per Annie Oakley per person. All proceeds go directly to APCCO better known as Atlantic Police Community Charitable Organization.

So, if you think you can shoot call Krystal at 712-243-7739. Shooting hours are Monday through Thursday from 5 p.m. until dark, by appointment only. Top Shot is sponsored by Wickman Chemical.

Scores……..

Team, Doubles, Singles, & Annie Oakley winners:

2021 Top Shot 4 person team scores

  • Team I Tom Hurford, Tom Christofferson, Pat Petersen, Rick Scott, 133
  • Josh Wittrock, Kyle Irlmeier, Dustin Hansen, & Zach Wahlert, 131
  • Brody, Easton, Tanner, & Tyson O’Brien, 130
  • Cody Moreland, Mark O’Brien, Jon Meislahn, & Jeff Moreland, 124
  • Clark Borkowski, Cody Kirchhoff, Chase Pottebaum, & Jamie Meads, 118
  • Garrett Reynolds, Erich Wickman, Drey Newell, & Josh Perkins, 115
  • UnDanes- Bob Mchugh, Gary Kriley, Mary Kriley, & Jim Lindgron , 71
  • LA Confidential- Chris Antablian, Armand Asdourian, Galeh Margossian, & Vahe Khanjian, 48

2021 Top Shot 2 Person Team Scores

  • Tim & Brad Adreon, 75
  • Garrett Reynolds & Drey Newell, 69
  • AA- Erich Wickman & Drey Newell, 63
  • 2 W – Erich & Zeb Wickman, 60
  • Dream Team – Jackson Wickman & Matt Tolton, 56
  • Henningsen Meat Locker – Randy Henningsen & Ashley Finnell, 48

2021 Top Shot Singles

  • Brody O’Brien, 42
  • Rick Scott, 41
  • Drey Newell, 39
  • Tim Adreon, 38
  • Brad Adreon, 37
  • Cody Moreland, 36
  • Dustin Hansen, 35
  • Jim Lindgron, 34
  • Cody Kirchhoff, 34
  • Chase Pottebaum, 34
  • Josh Wittrock, 34
  • Tom Hurford, 33
  • Randy Henningsen, 33
  • Erich Wickman, 32
  • Garrett Reynolds, 32
  • Mark O’Brien, 32
  • Easton O’Brien, 32
  • Zack Wahlert, 32
  • Jon Meislahn, 31
  • Tom Christofferson, 30
  • Kyle Irlmeier, 30
  • Matt Tolton, 30
  • John Asberry, 29
  • Josh Perkins, 29
  • Jeff Morelan, 29
  • Zeb Wickman, 28
  • Pat Petersen, 28
  • Ryan Young, 26
  • Clark Berkawski, 26
  • Jackson Wickman, 26
  • Tanner O’Brien, 24
    Jamie Meads, 24
  • Tyson O’Brien, 23
  • Dwaine Kirchhoff, 22
  • Danny Newell, 20
  • Bob McHugh, 19
  • Armand Asdourian, 19
  • Matt Brinkman, 18
  • Ashley Finnell, 15
  • Galeh Margossian, 15
  • Gary Kriley, 14
  • Tom Wittrock, 14
  • Chris Antablian, 8
  • Vahe Khanjian, 6
  • Mary Kriley,4

2021 Top Shot Annie Oakley winners

  • Brody O’Brien
  • Tim Adreon
  • Drey Newell
  • Cody Moreland
  • Dustin Hansen
  • Jim Lindgron
  • Jon Meislahn
  • Tom Christofferson
  • Kyle Irlmeier
  • John Asberry
  • Jeff Moreland
  • Pat Petersen
  • Tanner O’Brien
  • Bob McHugh
  • Erich Wickman

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Biofuels backer says infrastructure bill is bad for Midwest economy, farmers

Ag/Outdoor, News

August 12th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – The trillion-dollar infrastructure bill that passed the U-S Senate this week contained nothing for biofuels but did include more than seven-billion dollars in funding for a charger network for electric vehicles, or E-Vs. Cassidy Walter, spokeswoman for the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association, says the Senate missed a tremendous carbon reduction opportunity. Walter says, “If our country is trying to reduce carbon emissions by having a singular focus on EVs, we’re really setting aside the huge impact that biofuels are prepared to make.”

The biofuels industry is already making great leaps, Walter says, toward being more planet-friendly. “Today, they’re reducing carbon emissions by roughly 50% or more already and they’re on a path to be carbon negative in the next decade,” Walter says. “It’s a missed opportunity that’s actually worse for our environment, it’s no good for the Midwestern economy and it hurts farmers.” The bill has headed to the U-S House where Walter says her organization will be lobbying members of Iowa’s congressional delegation to include biofuels.  “There is a lot of room for biofuels to grow when it comes to infrastructure,” Walter says. “We have a long way to go in terms of increasing consumer access to higher biofuel blends like E-15, E-85 and B-20.”

Walter says it’s critical Congress embrace multiple solutions to the nation’s environmental challenges instead of following a one-size-fits-all approach as the Senate did.

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Drought conditions increase across parts of Iowa

Ag/Outdoor, News, Weather

August 12th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

Cass and parts of surrounding counties are still experiencing drought conditions. The latest Drought Monitor released today (Thursday), indicates all of Cass, Adair, and Mills Counties are Abnormally Dry. Most of Audubon and Madison Counties are also Abnormally Dry, with a section of Guthrie and most of Dallas County in a Moderate Drought. Other counties in the area experiencing abnormally dry soil conditions include: the eastern half of Pott. County; the southeastern part of Shelby County; the northwestern half of Adams County; and about two-thirds of Fremont and Page Counties.

Extreme Drought continues to plague all or parts of 11 counties in northeastern Iowa, and parts of five northwest/central Iowa, closest to the Minnesota border.

The Drought Monitor map released 8/12/21

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2 vehicle accident w. of Wiota

News

August 12th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

One person was complaining of head pain and being shaken-up, following a two-vehicle accident this morning, about a mile west of Wiota. The Cass County Communications Center dispatched Anita Rescue and Cass EMS to the scene on Highway 83, where both vehicles ended up in a ditch. The collision occurred at around 8:50-a.m.

Additional details are currently not available.

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(Podcast) KJAN News, 8/12/21

News, Podcasts

August 12th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

Area and State News (broadcast at 8:05-a.m.), with Ric Hanson.

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Cream Cheese Sheet Cake (8-12-2021)

Mom's Tips

August 12th, 2021 by Jim Field

  • 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons butter, softened
  • 2 packages (3 oz. each) cream cheese, softened
  • 2 1/4 cups sugar
  • 6 eggs
  • 3/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 1/4 cups cake flour

FROSTING:

  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1/3 cup evaporated milk
  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips

In a mixing bowl, cream butter, cream cheese and sugar.  Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.  Beat in vanilla.  Add flour; mix well.

Pour into a greased 15″ x 10″ x 1″ baking pan.  Bake at 325 degrees for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.  Cool completely.

For frosting, combine sugar and milk in a saucepan; bring to a boil over medium heat.  Cover and cook for 3 minutes (do not stir).  Stir in butter and chocolate chips until melted.  Cool slightly.  Stir; spread over cake.

YIELD:  24-30 servings.

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(Podcast) KJAN News, 8/12/21

News, Podcasts

August 12th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

The latest local/area News broadcast at 7:07-a.m., from KJAN News Director Ric Hanson.

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