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Backyard & Beyond 2-23-2017

Backyard and Beyond, Podcasts

February 23rd, 2017 by Jim Field

LaVon Eblen visits with Kelly Norris, who will be a featured speaker at the Spring Garden Seminar in Atlantic.

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Heartbeat Today 2-23-2017

Heartbeat Today, Podcasts

February 23rd, 2017 by Jim Field

Jim Field visits with Eric Miller and Carly Westphalen of the Atlantic FFA.

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Shelby County Fire Danger drops to “Low”

Ag/Outdoor, News, Weather

February 23rd, 2017 by Ric Hanson

Forecast snowy weather has prompted the Shelby County Emergency Management Agency to reduced the field/grassland Fire Danger category to “Low,” from now through Monday, when the next update will be available. Earlier this week, dry and windy conditions, as well as numerous recent grass and brush fires in Shelby County, had resulted in the Fire Danger being elevated to High.

DCI: Leath will not be charged over use of Iowa State planes

News

February 23rd, 2017 by Ric Hanson

AMES, Iowa (AP) – Iowa State University President Steven Leath will not be charged over allegations that he used school airplanes for personal benefit. The Division of Criminal Investigation said Wednesday that Story County Attorney Jessica Reynolds declined to charge Leath Feb. 3 after determining “there was no probable cause to substantiate a violation of Iowa law.”

The six-week investigation focused on whether Leath violated a law barring the use of state assets for any private purpose or personal gain. A DCI summary says agents interviewed “many people” and analyzed records. It began after a Board of Regents audit in December found Leath used university planes for medical appointments in Minnesota, personal flight lessons and trips to his North Carolina home. He’s now reimbursed the university for those flights.

Earlier Wednesday, regents took no action against Leath after an audit found he may have violated policy by storing and transporting guns without written approval.

Warrant issued for arrest of a Griswold man

News

February 23rd, 2017 by Ric Hanson

The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office reports a warrant was issued Wednesday for the arrest of a Cass County man in connection with ongoing harassment. Authorities say 64-year old Duane Edwin Myers is wanted for Harassment by Communication/Intimidation, after deputies were called to a home on Contrail Avenue in Griswold, just before 9-p.m. Wednesday. The father of an 18-year old female advised deputies his daughter was just harassed by their neighbor, identified as Myers, and that the problem is an ongoing issue.

And, a Des Moines woman was cited Wednesday afternoon for Possession of a Controlled Substance (Nearly 50 grams of marijuana), following a traffic stop on Interstate 80 in Pottawattamie County, near mile marker 10. After the 2016 Chevy Suburban was pulled over for speeding at around 12:45-p.m., a probable cause search was conducted, and the driver, identified as 29-year old Katren Elizabeth Anne Delger, was cited and then released from the scene.

(Podcast) KJAN 8-a.m. News, 2/23/2017

News, Podcasts

February 23rd, 2017 by Ric Hanson

More area and State news from KJAN News Director Ric Hanson.

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Treasurer accused of stealing from high school booster club

News

February 23rd, 2017 by Ric Hanson

MANLY, Iowa (AP) – A woman has been accused of stealing more than $9,300 from a northern Iowa high school athletics booster club when she was treasurer. Online court records say 37-year-old Autumn Dillavou is charged with theft. Authorities say she took the money from the Central Springs High School Athletic Booster Club in Manly from May through December 2016.

(Podcast) KJAN Morning Sports report, 2/23/2017

Podcasts, Sports

February 23rd, 2017 by Ric Hanson

The 7:20-a.m. Sportscast w/Jim Field.

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Creston woman arrested for DWS

News

February 23rd, 2017 by Ric Hanson

The Creston Police Department reports 40-year old Teresa Earley, of Creston, was arrested at around 5:50-p.m., Wednesday, for Driving While Suspended (DWS). Earley was taken into custody in the 1100 block of Patt Street, and later released from the Union County Jail on a $300 bond.

(Podcast) KJAN Morning News & funeral report, Thursday, Feb. 23rd, 2017

News, Podcasts

February 23rd, 2017 by Ric Hanson

The area’s top news at 7:06-a.m., w/KJAN News Director Ric Hanson.

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