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Special Weather Statement: Carroll-Audbubon-Guthrie Counties

Weather

May 26th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

COUNTIES: CARROLL-GREENE-BOONE-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF..CARROLL…JEFFERSON…BOONE…AUDUBON…EXIRA…GUTHRIE CENTER…PANORA…BAYARD…CASEY

755 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2014

..STRONG STORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF IOWA THIS EVENING…

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH MID EVENING. THE STORMS MAY BRIEFLY PULSE UP AND BECOME STRONG. IF THAT OCCURS THEN HAIL TO THE SIZE OF DIMES WOULD BE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH WIND GUST TO 45 MPH. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. RAINFALL RATES OF AN INCH AND A HALF AN HOUR ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS.

 

IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA SEEK SHELTER INDOORS UNTIL THE STORMS PASS.

Adams County Arrest Monday

News

May 26th, 2014 by admin

The Adams County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest of a Corning man on Monday for OWI after responding to a call from Lake Icaria.

Sheriff’s officials received a call at 10:00am Monday (5/26) stating that a red Dodge pickup with a red topper was driving and swerving on the pavement around the Lake Icaria beach and the driver had an open container.  A traffic stop was later conducted on Juniper Avenue and the driver 55-year-old Larry Dean Bickford was arrested for OWI first offense.  Bickford was taken into custody and held on $1,000 bond.

Chiefs OLB Ford looks good at rookie minicamp

Sports

May 26th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Chiefs coach Andy Reid says outside linebacker Dee Ford showed impressive athleticism during the team’s three-day rookie minicamp. Kansas City selected Ford with the 23rd overall pick in this year’s draft. Ford played his college ball at Auburn, where he had 20½ sacks and 27½ tackles for loss in 52 games.

Ford is transitioning from defensive end with the Tigers to outside linebacker with the Chiefs. Reid says Ford has done a great job of learning the defense and his new position. Ford gives Kansas City another pass rusher after the Chiefs had 47 sacks last season, tied for sixth in the NFL. Reid says Ford “brings a lot of energy.”

The rookie minicamp ended on Monday.

Cardinals ’64 champs honored before Yankees series

Sports

May 26th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The St. Louis Cardinals have honored Bob Gibson and other members of their 1964 team that beat the New York Yankees in the World Series. There was a ceremony at Busch Stadium on Monday before the Cardinals hosted the Yankees in the opener of an interleague series. More than a dozen members of that championship team were on hand.

Gibson threw the ceremonial first pitch from halfway between the plate and the mound. Longtime catcher Tim McCarver was on the receiving end. Gibson was the winning pitcher in Game 7 of the 1964 World Series. Gibson, outfielder Lou Brock and Red Schoendienst, a coach on that team, are in the Hall of Fame.

Cubs active OF Ruggiano, send OF Kalish to minors

Sports

May 26th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Chicago Cubs have activated outfielder Justin Ruggiano from the 15-day disabled list and optioned outfielder Ryan Kalish to Triple-A Iowa. The Cubs made the move before opening a three-game series at San Francisco on Monday. Ruggiano was not in the starting lineup.

Ruggiano has been on the disabled list since April 24 with a strained left hamstring. In six rehabilitation games with Iowa, Ruggiano went 3 for 21 with three walks and three runs scored. Ruggiano is batting .229 with a home run and six RBIs in 14 games with the Cubs this season. Kalish is hitting .242 with four RBIs in 39 games.

Backyard and Beyond 05-26-2014

Backyard and Beyond, Podcasts

May 26th, 2014 by admin

Lavon Eblen speaks about the meaning behind placing coins on grave markers on Memorial Day.

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U-of-I contributes to study on how cancer care in rural US is failing

News

May 26th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

Researchers at the University of Iowa were key contributors to a national study that finds cancer care in rural America is lacking and without significant changes, won’t likely improve. One of the study’s authors, Dr. Blase Polite, a professor of medicine at the University of Chicago, says there are too few cancer specialists in rural areas and they face an increasing number of cancer patients. “We know that 20% of Americans live in rural areas but we found that only 3% of our cancer docs, our oncologists, are living in those areas,” Dr. Polite says. “Amazingly, 70% of counties in the United States don’t have a cancer specialist and our concern is that this is likely to get worse.”

It costs a tremendous amount of money to maintain a cancer treatment practice and the report finds many smaller operations won’t be around much longer. Polite says those doctors face a host of challenges, not the least of which is burnout. Polite says, “A lot of our small practices, those one- and two-doc or four- and five-doc practices, we surveyed them and almost two thirds of them will likely close or merge or sell in the next year because a lot of the cost pressures going on.” Medical advances are helping people to live longer, healthier lives, but he notes, there’s something of a downside to our increasing longevity, especially for rural residents.

“As we live longer, it’s just a biological fact that more people are likely to get cancer but our cancer workforce isn’t going to keep up with that,” Polite says. “We anticipate that if we continue the way we’re going right now and continue the way we deliver care right now, as many as 400,000 cancer patients out there in the future may have a difficult time finding a doc.” One of the fears is that some rural patients will simply give up because of the uphill fight to get treatment in a far-away city.

Polite says, “You have to imagine when folks have to travel three and four hours to get care, especially if you’ve got cancer and you’re not feeling great, there are going to be some folks who just decide not to keep going forward with treatment.” Polite is a member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, which put out the report, “The State of Cancer Care in America: 2014.” Learn more at the website: www.asco.org

(Radio Iowa)

Boy reports abduction attempt in Sioux City

News

May 26th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) – Authorities in Sioux City are investigating an attempted abduction near a park.
Sioux City television station KTIV reports that a 12-year-old boy told police he was walking home from Highview Park shortly after 6 p.m. on Friday when a man in a black ski mask tried to lure him into a van.

The boy reported that the van was white with a blue air freshener inside. Police are still searching for the suspect. Sioux City Police Sgt. Kevin Heineman is urging parents to remind their children not to talk to strangers and to report any suspicious activity to an adult.

(Podcast) 8-am Area & State News, 5/26/14

News, Podcasts

May 26th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

With KJAN News Director Ric Hanson

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Iowa principal OK with public talks of his firing

News

May 26th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – An embattled Iowa high school principal says he wants school board discussions of his firing to be aired in public. The Des Moines Register reports that Red Oak High School Principal Jedd Sherman says he has nothing to hide, and he has requested that the Red Oak School Board conduct its talks about him in an open meeting.

Sherman says the board’s efforts to fire him are retaliation for him reporting two cases of student bullying. Sherman says top school officials were also unhappy after he requested that an already-planned bathroom remodeling project be done in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act.

School board member have declined to discuss their reasons for trying to fire Sherman, but have refused his request to conduct their discussion in public.