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NE man arrested Friday night in Fremont County on drug-related warrant

News

January 23rd, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Fremont County Sheriff Kevin Aistrope reports a Nebraska man was arrested late Friday night on a valid Fremont County warrant. 45-year old David Balfour, of Nebraska City, NE, was taken into custody at around 9-p.m. on charges that include three counts of Possession of a Controlled Substance/Methamphetamine – 3rd offense, Conspiracy to Commit a Felony, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, and on two counts of Felony Contraband.

Balfour was transported to the Fremont County Law Enforcement Center, where he was being held on $27,300 bond.

Exira-EHK Special School Board meeting Mon. night

News

January 23rd, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Members of the Exira-Elk Horn Kimballton School District’s Board of Education will meet in a Special Session that begins 7-p.m. Monday (1/25), in the Conference Room at the Elk Horn High School. Shortly after opening their session, the Board will move into a Closed Session for the purpose of interviewing a candidate or candidates for School District Superintendent/Principal.

Afterward, they will move out of Closed Session and adjourn for the evening. No action is expected to be taken prior to the conclusion of the session. A decision on hiring is expected to take place sometime in early February.

In December, the School Board agreed to establish a committee to review applications and set-up interviews during the first few weeks of January for the position, which is being left open due to the planned retirement at the end of this school year, of current Superintendent Dean Schnoes.

CCHS Remodeling Project Begins

News

January 23rd, 2016 by Ric Hanson

A nine-month remodeling project is officially underway at Cass County Health System (CCHS), in Atlantic. CCHS CEO Todd Hudspeth said Friday, “Our number one goal is to make improvements that benefit our patients. The three phases of remodeling truly center around what’s best for patients and their families.”

The first phase of the remodeling project involves merging Admissions, Patient Accounts and Health Information Management into a single department.CCHS Previously, Cass County Memorial Hospital (CCMH) and Atlantic Medical Center (AMC) maintained separate departments for these three areas. Now, these departments have all been merged, and the staff is cross-trained to serve both clinic and hospital patients.

Hudspeth says “This merger of clinic and hospital support departments allows us to serve our patients more efficiently. Wait times should be reduced, we’ll be better able to cover any staff shortages, and it’s less confusing for patients and families, too.” The former hospital admissions and business office will house the combined Patient Accounts and Health Information Management departments. New, private hospital admissions offices will be constructed adjacent to AMC.

The second phase of the project will be to remodel the former Health Information Management Department space into an additional medical suite for Atlantic Medical Center. The final phase will be expanding Southwest Iowa Surgery by adding office and exam room space for Dr. Edward Fisher, orthopedic surgeon and Dr. Roger Drown, foot and ankle surgeon. Both physicians are currently working out of the CCMH Outpatient Clinic until space is available in Southwest Iowa Surgery this fall.

Please Note:

• Calls to both the Atlantic Medical Center (243-2850) and Cass County Memorial Hospital (243-3250) are now answered as “Cass County Health System.” Staff is cross-trained to be able to direct your call as needed.
• Hospital Admissions is temporarily located in the atrium, behind the staircase, until the new Admissions area is constructed this summer.
• All billing, insurance, and medical records questions are being handled at the Atlantic Medical Center.

KJAN listening area forecast from the NWS, 1/23/16

Weather

January 23rd, 2016 by Ric Hanson

342 AM CST SAT JAN 23 2016
EARLY THIS MORNING…CLOUDY. PATCHY FOG. SCATTERED FLURRIES. SOUTH WIND AROUND 5 MPH.
TODAY…CLOUDY. PATCHY FOG THROUGH MID MORNING. SCATTERED FLURRIES THROUGH MID MORNING. HIGH IN THE UPPER 20S. SOUTH WIND 5 TO 10 MPH INCREASING TO AROUND 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.
TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOW IN THE LOWER 20S. SOUTHWEST WIND 5 TO 15 MPH.
SUNDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. HIGH IN THE LOWER 30S. SOUTH WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.
SUNDAY NIGHT…CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF FREEZING DRIZZLE AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOW IN THE UPPER 20S. EAST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.
MONDAY…FREEZING DRIZZLE LIKELY IN THE MORNING…THEN LIGHT SNOW AND FREEZING DRIZZLE LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON. BREEZY. HIGH IN THE LOWER 30S. NORTH WIND 5 TO 15 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 70 PERCENT.
TUESDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGH IN THE UPPER 20S.

Iowa News Headlines: Sat., Jan. 23rd 2016

News

January 23rd, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A judge has declined to halt Iowa’s efforts to turn over management of its Medicaid program to private insurers. Aetna Better Health and Meridian Health Plan sued seeking to halt the transition to managed care which is now expected to begin in March.

WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is out with his first attack ad aimed at rival Ted Cruz. The ad paints the Texas senator as an inconsistent politician who once supported allowing the millions of people living in the country illegally to remain. Cruz responded on ABC by describing Trump’s position as akin to amnesty.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa City man who has been charged with using a plastic gun to rob a bank now faces charges of calling in a bomb threat to a school on the same day. The Press Citizen reports 30-year-old Clifton Brinkmeyer was taken into custody Tuesday morning after a bank robbery that occurred about 20 minutes after a bomb threat was phoned in at West High School.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A man whose second-degree murder conviction was thrown out by the state appeals court must face a new trial in the case in which a partying crowd beat a Des Moines man to death in a downtown parking lot in 2013. The Iowa Supreme Court on Friday ruled that 20-year-old Kent Tyler the Third must be retried for the death of 40-year-old Richard Daughenbaugh.

Girls high school basketball scores 01/22/2016

Sports

January 22nd, 2016 by admin

Hawkeye Ten Conference

Atlantic 66, Clarinda 45
Glenwood 69, Shenandoah 57
Harlan 66, Red Oak 22
Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 38, Denison-Schleswig 36
Lewis Central 51, Sergeant Bluff-Luton 50
St. Albert, Council Bluffs 47, Creston 42

Western Iowa Conference

A-H-S-T-W, Avoca 46, Missouri Valley 40
Audubon 57, Riverside, Oakland 30
IKM-Manning 46, Tri-Center, Neola 36
Logan-Magnolia 57, Treynor 52
Underwood 72, Griswold 28

Rolling Valley Conference

Ar-We-Va, Westside 47, Coon Rapids-Bayard 29
Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton 58, Boyer Valley, Dunlap 43
Glidden-Ralston 40, Adair-Casey 33

Pride of Iowa Conference

Central Decatur, Leon 55, Nodaway Valley 44
Lenox 53, Southeast Warren, Liberty Center 47
Martensdale-St. Marys 71, Southwest Valley 61, 2OT
Mount Ayr 72, Wayne, Corydon 44

Corner Conference Tournament Championship

Sidney 35, Essex 31

Other Scores

Bondurant Farrar 70, Carroll 31
Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 48, Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson 24
Panorama, Panora 67, Guthrie Center 13

Boys high school basketball scores 01/22/2016

Sports

January 22nd, 2016 by admin

Hawkeye Ten Conference

Atlantic 66, Clarinda 27 (Ryan Hawkins 22 points, reaches 1,000 points for his career; Garrett Franken 16 points)
Glenwood 81, Shenandoah 52
Harlan 78, Red Oak 49
Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 56, Denison-Schleswig 46
Sergeant Bluff-Luton 66, Lewis Central 47
St. Albert, Council Bluffs 68, Creston 57

Western Iowa Conference

Audubon 57, Riverside, Oakland 16
IKM-Manning 82, Tri-Center, Neola 46
Missouri Valley 55, A-H-S-T-W, Avoca 47
Treynor 61, Logan-Magnolia 39
Underwood 52, Griswold 31

Rolling Valley Conference

Ar-We-Va, Westside 59, Coon Rapids-Bayard 36
Boyer Valley, Dunlap 63, Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton 55
Glidden-Ralston 75, Adair-Casey 45

Pride of Iowa Conference

Lenox 77, Southeast Warren, Liberty Center 40
Mount Ayr 63, Wayne, Corydon 61
Nodaway Valley 64, Central Decatur, Leon 58
Southwest Valley 70, Martensdale-St. Marys 59

Other Scores

Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 57, Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson 34
Madrid 61, West Central Valley, Stuart 40
Panorama, Panora 64, Guthrie Center 34
Winterset 68, ADM, Adel 66

MELISSA “Missy” JONES, 49, of Walnut (Visitation 1/30/16)

Obituaries

January 22nd, 2016 by Ric Hanson

MELISSA “Missy” JONES, 49, of Walnut, died Tuesday, January 19th as a result of a traffic accident west of Atlantic. A visitation for MISSY JONES will be held from 2-until 5-pm Sat., Jan 30th, at the Atlantic Senior Citizens Center (411 Walnut street). There will be no funeral services. Hockenberry Family Care Funeral Home in Atlantic is assisting the family.

Memorials may be directed to her family.

MELISSA JONES is survived by:

Her Step-father: Steve Maxwell.

Her daughter – Alice Gunderson.

Her sons – Jimmy Joe Misner, Jr., & Cameron Misner.

and 3 grandchildren.

 

Clarinda man arrested on multiple probation warrants

News

January 22nd, 2016 by Jim Field

The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest of 20-year-old Steven Whitt of Clarinda on a valid Montgomery County Bench Warrant for Violation of Probation on Friday.  At approximately 2:09pm deputies arrested Whitt and took him to the Montgomery County Law Enforcement Center and held on $10,000 bond.  Whitt was also arrested on a Page County Bench Warrant for Violation of Probation and is being held on $5,000 bond for Page County.

Economist on the markets: “This is not a time to be buying or selling”

News

January 22nd, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Some analysts say spiraling gasoline prices are causing significant instability in stock markets, agricultural commodities markets and elsewhere. In a survey of bank C-E-Os in Iowa and nine other Midwestern states, Creighton University economist Ernie Goss says pessimism is contagious. “With grain prices down, with beef prices down, pork prices down, it’s spilling over into the broader economy,” Goss says. “Agricultural equipment sales are down to a record low level. We’ve got farmland prices continuing to decline.”

While Iowa is the nation’s top ethanol producer, falling prices for grain and fuel are impacting the entire region’s ethanol industry. About one-fifth of the bank CEOs surveyed reported ethanol plants in their area had reduced production. “It’s not good out there,” Goss says. “With the global economic slowdown, our trading partners are buying less and less of our agricultural products.” The rollercoaster stock market leaves traders with no idea what to expect after huge drops, especially following the shake-up in China’s economy.

“The market was over-priced to begin with and now profits have weakened and we’ve got a Federal Reserve that’s raising rates,” Goss says. “This is not a time to be buying or selling, like the old saying, don’t try to catch a falling knife.” In the January numbers, Creighton’s Rural Mainstreet Index fell for the fifth straight month and is now at the lowest level since August of 2009.

(Radio Iowa)