TN man dies in Taylor County car vs. motorcycle accident

August 11th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

One person was killed and another injured when a car and a motorcycle collided Saturday evening, in Taylor County. The Iowa State Patrol reports a 53-year old man from Cookeville, TN died and a 19-year old from Clarinda was injured during the crash, which occurred at the intersection of Highway 2 and Main Street, in New Market. The accident happened at around 7:35-p.m.

Officials say a 2001 Pontiac Grand Am was traveling east on Highway 2 at the same time a 1981 Honda motorcycle was traveling west. When the car made a left hand turn in front of the cycle, the motorcycle crashed into the side of the vehicle. The operator of the cycle was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the car was transported to the Clarinda Regional Hospital. Names were being withheld pending notification of relatives.

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NWS forecast for Atlantic & the KJAN listening area: Sun., Aug. 11th 2013

Weather

August 11th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

Today: Isolated showers and thunderstorms after 5pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 84. Southwest wind 7 to 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 10%.
Tonight: Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 64. South southwest wind 5 to 8 mph becoming calm in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Monday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly between 10am and 4pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 84. Calm wind becoming north northeast around 6 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Monday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 60. Northeast wind around 5 mph becoming calm after midnight.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 80. Light east northeast wind increasing to 5 to 10 mph in the morning.
Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 56.

Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 77.

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Navarro lifts Cubs to 6-5 win over Cardinals

Sports

August 11th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Pinch-hitter Dioner Navarro hit a run-scoring double in the eighth inning to cap a three-run rally and the Chicago Cubs beat the St. Louis Cardinals 6-5 Saturday night to win a series in St. Louis for the first time in nearly three years. Matt Holliday homered for twice St. Louis, which lost its fourth in a row. Chicago won for the third time in four games.

The Cubs trailed 4-2 entering the eighth, but tied it 4-4 on Darwin Barney’s two-out, two-run double by off reliever Trevor Rosenthal (1-3). Navarro followed with his fifth pinch-hit RBI of the season to give Chicago a 5-4 lead. Blake Parker (1-1) picked up the victory for the Cubs, who last won a series in St. Louis on Sept. 13-15, 2010.

Kevin Gregg picked up his 25th save in 29 opportunities despite giving up Holliday’s 15th homer of the season, a solo shot with one out in the ninth.

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Schatz wins Knoxville Nationals sprint car race

Sports

August 11th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

KNOXVILLE, Iowa (AP) — Donny Schatz charged from the back of the field Saturday night to win the Knoxville Nationals sprint car race for the seventh time in eight years. Schatz earned $150,000 for winning the world’s premier sprint car event. Schatz started 21st, the furthest back of any winner at the nationals. Brian Brown was second, followed by Justin Henderson, Paul McMahan and Chad Kemenah.

The race came less than a week after NASCAR star Tony Stewart, Schatz’s team owner, broke his leg racing sprint cars in nearby Oskaloosa. Fellow NASCAR driver Kyle Larson finished sixth.

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Iowa early News Headlines: Sun., Aug. 11th 2013

News

August 11th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press…

AMES, Iowa (AP) — Republican Senator Ted Cruz is continuing his call for cutting off funding for President Barack Obama’s health care law, telling conservative Christians in Iowa that congressional lawmakers can’t be counted on to do it. The Texas Republican drew a standing ovation yesterday at the Family Leadership Summit in Ames, with his denouncement of what he and other Republicans call “Obamacare”.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa House Democrats have elected Representative Mark Smith as their new leader. The Marshalltown man was elected to serve as leader during a meeting in Des Moines yesterday. He is serving his 7th term in office. The Democrats are currently the minority party in the state House of Representatives.

CHARLES CITY, Iowa (AP) — The Messiah Food Pantry is Charles City is bare. The Mason City Globe Gazette reports that dozens of people and families have been turned away this week from the food bank run by the Jordan River church. Debra Lincoln, the church’s pastor, says the pantry ran out of food last week. She says the next delivery from the Northeast Iowa Food Bank in Waterloo won’t arrive until Friday.

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — A 35-year-old has been charged with first-degree theft, accused of robbing a paraplegic man of $60. The Quad-City Times reports that Crystal Greer was arrested Friday. Police say Greer was also arrested on one aggravated misdemeanor count of prostitution after offering to perform a sex act for money with an undercover police officer Wednesday night.

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Tournament of Champions Sunday Tee Times

Sports

August 10th, 2013 by Jim Field

CLICK HERE for the Sunday final round tee times for the Tournament of Champions at the Atlantic Golf & Country Club. Listen for live coverage beginning at noon on KJAN!

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Tractor-trailer rollover on I-80 in Cass County Updated

News

August 10th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

*Updated with driver information and accident details*

Westbound traffic on Interstate 80 in Cass County was impeded this (Saturday) morning and early afternoon by a tractor-trailer rollover accident at the 68-mile marker (Between Anita and Wiota). The accident happened at around 11:20-a.m. The Iowa State Patrol says 47-year old Piotr Brzozowski of Carol Stream, IL was traveling westbound on I-80 when he became distracted while driving. The 2007 Volvo semi he was driving went off the road into the north ditch.

When Brzozowski overcorrected, he caused the semi to flip onto it’s right side. The rig slid on its side and came to rest blocking both lanes of westbound traffic. The road was blocked for roughly two hours. Brzozowski was wearing his seatbelt but was transported to Cass County Memorial Hospital by Medevac for unspecified injuries. He was cited for failure to maintain control.

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Tournament of Champions – Saturday Results

Sports

August 10th, 2013 by Jim Field

Championship Division:

Brad Hartkopf (Atlantic G & CC) 70-67 – 137 (-1)
Matt Weresch (Des Moines G & CC) 71-68 – 139 (+1)
Jim Brown (Urbandale G & CC) 68-71 – 139 (+1)
Andrew Martin (Nishna Hills) 68-72 – 140 (+2)
Darby McLaren (Atlantic G & CC) 74-68 – 142 (+4)
Tim Murphy (Dunlap GC) 73-69 – 142 (+4)
Derek Jacobsen (Atlantic G & CC) 71-71 – 142 (+4)
Evan Schuler (Atlantic G & CC) 70-72 – 142 (+4)
Jason Reynolds (Past Champion) 71-72 – 143 (+5)
Ron Peterson (Past Champion) 70-73 – 143 (+5)
Jared Cochran (Terrace Hills GC) 70-74 – 144 (+6)
Lance Halvorsen (Osceola CC) 69-75 – 144 (+6)
Ryan Clark (Briarwood Club of Ankeny) 73-72 – 145 (+7)
Ross Martens (Rosman-Glendale) 73-72 – 145 (+7)
Zach Christianson (Atlantic G & CC) 72-73 – 145 (+7)
Alex Huyser (Diamond Trail GC) 72-73 – 145 (+7)
Aaron Ahrendsen (Manning/Manilla GC) 69-76 – 145 (+7)
Carter Trewet (Otter Creek GC) 75-72 – 146 (+8)
Rob Langfelt (Nishna Hills) 72-74 – 146 (+8)
Cary Cochran (Quail Run) 68-78 – 146 (+8)
Sam Markham (Atlantic G & CC) 76-71 – 147 (+9)
Chris Nelson (Atlantic G & CC) 78-69 – 147 (+9)
Dan Conaway (Eagle Grove GC) 75-72 – 147 (+9)
John Thomson (Cresco CC) 72-75 – 147 (+9)
Kurt Matthewson (Woodward GC) 74-74 – 148 (+10)
Phil Ruth (Lakeside Municipal GC) 74-75 – 149 (+11)
Barry Smith (Pine Knolls CC) 76-73 – 149 (+11)
Steve Tibbles (Perry G & CC) 73-76 – 149 (+11)
Shane Burmeister (Atlantic G & CC) 73-76 – 149 (+11)
Cory Scamman (American Legion CC) 78-72 – 150 (+12)
Eric Rock (Oakland CC) 73-78 – 151 (+13)
Matt Haley (Happy Hollow CC) 78-74 – 152 (+14)
Jaxson Armstrong (Crestwood Hills) 75-77 – 152 (+14)
Walker Adams (Osceola CC) 79-74 – 153 (+15)
Jeremy Perkins (Oakland CC) 74-79 – 153 (+15)
Brad Bailey (Treynor Rec Area) 78-77 – 155 (+17)
Jason Branham (Quail Run CC) 77-78 – 155 (+17)
Ryan Huinker (Harlan G & CC) 80-76 – 156 (+18)
Taylor Wheatley (5X80 CC) 82-75 – 157 (+19)
Craig Benson (Avoca G & CC) 80-78 – 158 (+20)
Eric Brown (Mt. Ayr CC) 77-81 – 158 (+20)
Steve Davie (Dunlap GC) 76-82 – 158 (+20)
Michael Bylund (Audubon GC) 77-82 – 159 (+21)
Jeff Gude (Atlantic G & CC) 76-83 – 159 (+21)
Josh Burns (Sac CC) 84-77 – 161 (+23)
Ryan Sloth (Belmond CC) 79-82 – 161 (+23)
Matt Gross (Nishna Hills) 80-83 – 163 (+25)
Ryan Kirchhoff (Griswold G & CC) 85-81 – 166 (+28)
Steve Miller (Dunlap GC) 78-88 – 166 (+28)
Brandon Brown (Twin Lakes GC) 89-79 – 168 (+30)
Kramer Sameulson (Clarinda CC) 82-86 – 168 (+30)
Jake Speer (Greenfield G & CC) 87-82 – 169 (+31)
Steve Swenson (Villisca CC) 89-92 – 181 (+43)
Joel Anderson (Willow Creek GC) 98-87 – 185 (+47)

Senior Division:

Del Miller (West Liberty G & CC) 69-73 – 142 (+4)
Jim Wood (Red Oak CC) 74-69 – 143 (+5)
Kim Peters (Crestwood Hills) 75-70 – 145 (+7)
Rick Carter (Crestmoor CC) 73-72 – 145 (+7)
Arnie Leistad (Atlantic G & CC) 75-71 – 146 (+8)
Rick Thompson (Fairfield G & CC) 75-71 – 146 (+8)
Darron Baker (Eagle Grove GC) 74-73 – 147 (+9)
Kirk Nelson (Atlantic G & CC) 74-74 – 148 (+10)
John Willmore (Past Champion) 80-68 – 148 (+10)
Terry Hannah (Jester Park) 75-73 – 148 (+10)
Daryl Armstrong (Crestwood Hills) 76-74 – 150 (+12)
Jeff Morenz (Atlantic G & CC) 74-77 – 151 (+13)
Jim Campbell (Albia CC) 75-77 – 152 (+14)
Paul Huddleson (Nishna Hills) 77-76 – 153 (+15)
Gene Capps (Indianola CC) 77-78 – 155 (+17)
Ken Portsche (Beaver Creek GC) 80-76 – 156 (+18)
Blair Hoegh (Otter Creek GC) 78-79 – 157 (+19)
Lyle Wittrock (5X80 CC) 77-80 – 157 (+19)
Dean Muhs (Quail Run CC) 78-80 – 158 (+20)
Doug Williams (Nishna Hills) 87-73 – 160 (+22)
Rodd Bullard (Waveland GC) 85-76 – 161 (+23)
Donald Perrin (Happy Hollow CC) 84-81 – 165 (+27)
Frank Rodriguez (Harlan G & CC) 81-85 – 166 (+28)
John Scott Thomson (Cresco CC) 81-86 – 167 (+29)
Mark Morris (Bedford GC) 87-82 – 169 (+31)
Jerry Moores (Fremont County GC) 89-96 – 185 (+47)

Super Senior Division:

Richard Scybert (Nishna Hills) 70-76 – 146 (+8)
Richard Mitchell (Nishna Hills) 79-75 – 154 (+16)
Ed Leistad (Nishna Hills) 76-81 – 157 (+19)
Frank Gunsolley (Mt. Ayr G & CC) 78-79 – 157 (+19)
Bruce Duval (Fremont County GC) 84-84 – 168 (+30)
Jerry Hoff (Crestmoor GC) 82-87 – 169 (+31)

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MONDAY, AUGUST 12th

Trading Post

August 10th, 2013 by Jim Field

FOR SALE: We have 4 myotonic goats for sale. 3 bucks and 1 doe. Asking 200.00 for each. All are registered with the MGR. Text 249-7653 or email schroder@metc.net for pictures.

FOR SALE: Old Dempster hand well pump with offset spout suitable for yard art $95.00. New 2 inch hitch receiver and 2 inch ball $19.00. 712–249-7592.

FREE: Kenmore gas clothes dryer. Works fine. Updated to a new energy efficient one. FREE TO ANY ONE WHO CAN USE IT! 712-249-6430.

FREE TO A GOOD HOME: Border Collie, 2 year old neutered male, friendly. 515-210-0465.

WANTED: I am looking for an apartment for rent around Walnut or Shebly, Iowa. All I can spend is $400.00 a month. psebeniecher@yahoo.com.

FOR SALE: chocolate cockapoo puppies. $300 dollars. 712-249-6930.

FOR SALE: wardrobe with shelves and hanging area. Oak finish 60″ high x 32′ wide x 21″ deep. Asking $40.00. 712-563-2539.

WANTED: some really hot peppers, jalapeno or habanero peppers to make salsa. Call 243-5759.

FOR SALE: Brown lift chair, excellent condition. Purchased for $800, asking $350. 712-250-0228

WANTED: lawnmower trailer or cart. 712-304-4262

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