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Storms roll through Midwest with strong winds

News, Weather

September 1st, 2014 by Ric Hanson

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A storm spotter remains hospitalized in Sioux City after lightning struck him as storms moved across several Midwest states Sunday night leaving power outages, trees down and campers overturned. Hardest hit in Iowa was the Denison area where Crawford County Emergency Management Director Gregory Miller says five travel trailers were overturned at Yellow Smoke Park. No injuries were reported.

Miller says winds of at least 70 miles an hour knocked down trees and blew down outbuildings on two farms. Denison and areas to the south saw flash flooding from heavy rain.

In Nebraska, Omaha officials rescued eight people from the fast-moving Elkhorn River and some buildings were damaged by strong winds. In Kansas City, the Indians-Royals game was suspended due to rain.

ISU WR Bundrage out for season

Sports

September 1st, 2014 by Ric Hanson

AMES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa State wide receiver Quenton Bundrage is out for the season with a knee injury. Cyclones coach Paul Rhoads said Monday that Bundrage tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee in Saturday’s loss to North Dakota State. Bundrage, who led the Cyclones with 48 catches for 676 yards and 9 TDs last season, injured his knee just four plays into a 34-14 loss to the Bison.

Rhaods says freshman Allen Lazard and transfer D’Vario Montgomery will likely get more playing time in Bundrage’s absence. Iowa State (0-1) hosts Kansas State (1-0) on Saturday.

Flood Warning – Levee breach: Harrison County

News, Weather

September 1st, 2014 by Ric Hanson

HARRISON IA-

127 PM CDT MON SEP 1 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR A LEVEE FAILURE IN…SOUTHWESTERN HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…UNTIL 730 PM CDT MONDAY.

* AT 124 PM CDT…EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED FLOODING WAS OCCURRING IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI VALLEY AND SURROUNDING AREAS DUE TO A BREACH IN THE LEVEE OF THE BOYER RIVER.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…MISSOURI VALLEY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED. ALL INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS IMMEDIATELY. ADDITIONALLY…COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS…STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

August 2014 weather data for Atlantic

Weather

September 1st, 2014 by Ric Hanson

Here’s a summary of the weather for the month of August, 2014 in Atlantic, at the KJAN Studios…the OFFICIAL National Weather Service reporting site for Atlantic:

Rainfall for the month amounted to 10.43 inches. (3.88 is the norm…The highest on record was 10.57″ in Aug., 1987).  The most amount of rain (2.21″) fell on Aug. 27th.

The High for the month averaged 81 degrees, which was about 2-degrees cooler than normal. The warmest day was Aug. 22nd, when we hit 90 degrees.

The Low averaged 63 degrees, which was almost 2 degrees warmer than normal. The lowest temp of 49 was recorded on Aug. 12th.

 

(Podcast) 8-a.m. News & funeral report, 9-1-2014

News, Podcasts

September 1st, 2014 by Ric Hanson

With KJAN News Director Ric Hanson.

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Police ask for your help in finding a missing western IA teen

News

September 1st, 2014 by Ric Hanson

Police are asking for the public’s help in locating a missing teen from Rockwell City. KCCI TV reports 16-year old Cassie Simkins went missing around 2:30 a.m. Saturday, and she does not have her necessary epilepsy medications. Police said she’s believed to be with 20-year-old Chance Kinney.
The public is urged to contact the Rockwell City Police Department at 712-297-7583. cassie-simkins

(Podcast) 7:18-a.m. Sports, 9-1-2014

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September 1st, 2014 by Ric Hanson

With KJAN News Director Ric Hanson.

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(Podcast) 7:06-a.m. News & funeral report, 9/1/2014

News, Podcasts

September 1st, 2014 by Ric Hanson

With KJAN News Director Ric Hanson.

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Contract between CHI Health, insurer expires

News

September 1st, 2014 by Ric Hanson

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – The contract between Blue Cross Blue Shield of Nebraska and Catholic Health Initiatives’ UniNet has expired without a new agreement. UniNet represents CHI Health facilities across Nebraska. Starting today (Monday) people who visit doctors or hospitals in Nebraska associated with the CHI Health network will have to pay more if they have insurance from Blue Cross. CHI Health’s Mercy Hospital in Council Bluffs, Iowa, should not be directly affected, but Iowa residents with Blue Cross policies who seek treatment in Nebraska would be.

Blue Cross says CHI Health, which used to be called Alegent Creighton Health, routinely charges 10 to 30 percent more than other Omaha hospitals. CHI Health says those figures are misleading and it believes its total cost of treatment is lower, even if certain services cost more.

Rainfall report from storms on 8/31/14

Weather

September 1st, 2014 by Ric Hanson

Massena, 1.2″

Atlantic (@ KJAN), .14″

Shenandoah, .96″.

3 miles S. of Treynor, .6″

1.5 miles S. of Avoca, .1″