The 7:20-a.m. Sportscast with Jim Field.
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Jim Field visits with Hannah Lundeen of Adaptive Sports Iowa, which has a team of about 70-80 cyclists with physical and vision disabilities who will be riding through Atlantic on RAGBRAI this weekend.
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DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — A jury is expected to resume deliberations on a 13-year-old eastern Iowa student accused of trying to kill his social studies teacher. Lawyers delivered their final arguments Tuesday in Davenport and the case went to the jury. The judge sent the jury members home around 4 p.m. and ordered them to continue their work Wednesday morning.
Prosecutors say the boy pointed a loaded .22-caliber handgun on Aug. 31 at Dawn Spring in a North Scott Junior High School classroom in Eldridge. It didn’t fire when he pulled the trigger because the safety was engaged. The teacher and a guidance counselor later tore the gun from him.
The boy is being tried as a youthful offender in adult court. He’s charged with attempted murder and two weapons crimes. (The Associated Press doesn’t generally name juveniles charged with crimes.)
A traffic stop at around 8-p.m. Tuesday in Creston, resulted in an arrest for drugs. The Creston Police Department reports 40-year old Dustin James Seley, of Creston, was arrested at Elm/Taylor Streets. A K9 was deployed and gave a positive alert to the odor of narcotics. A search of the vehicle resulted in Seley being arrested on charges of Possession of A Controlled Substance 3rd or Subsequent – Methamphetamine, Possession of a Controlled Substance 3rd or Subsequent – Marijuana, and OWI 1st Offense. He was being held in the Adams County Jail on $8,000 bond.
The area’s latest and/or top news stories at 7:06-a.m. From KJAN News Director Ric Hanson.
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COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say a pilot was injured when his crop-dusting helicopter crashed in western Iowa. The crash occurred around 5:45 p.m. Tuesday, a couple of miles south of the Council Bluffs Municipal Airport. Pottawattamie County Sheriff Jeff Danker says the pilot was taken to a Council Bluffs hospital for treatment. The pilot’s name hasn’t been released. The crash cause is being investigated.
Today: Partly cloudy, warm & humid w/isolated showers possible, mainly north of I-80. Excessive Heat Warning in effect from 1-p.m. Today thru 7-pm Saturday. High today around 93. S @ 10-20.
Tonight: P/Cldy. Low 75. S @ 5-10.
Tomorrow: Mostly sunny. High 96. SW @ 10-20.
Friday: Mostly sunny. High 97.
Saturday: P/Cldy w/isolated showers & tstrms possible. High 95.
Yesterday’s High in Atlantic was 88. Our Low was 69. We received .55” rain yesterday (for a total of 3.31”). Last year on this date our High was 80 and the Low was 60. The record High in Atlantic on this date was 109 in 1936. The Record Low was 45 in 1911.
A KJAN listener reports a potentially dangerous section of roadway in Cass County could cause problems for vehicles and motorcycles. We’re told N-28 north of Highway 92 (where road construction is underway or will soon be underway), has what was described as 10-foot by 1-foot, 6-inch deep sections of pavement missing or removed from the center line of the road. Beware if you travel or expect to travel on N-28, north of Highway 92.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Police are investigating the deaths of three people found inside a Des Moines residence. The bodies were found around 11 p.m. Tuesday by officers sent to the Laurel Village apartments complex. The names of the deceased, their relationships and the causes of their deaths have not been released. Police say the deaths are being investigated as homicides. No arrests have been reported.