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Warner’s interception for touchdown spurs Drake to 17-12 win

Sports

October 28th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Will Warner returned an interception for a touchdown in Drake’s 17-12 win over Davidson on Saturday. Warner, making his third interception of the season, picked off Stockton McGuire at the Davidson 38 and raced down the right side for a 14-0 lead in the second quarter.

Brock Reichardt, who finished with 106 yards rushing, ran 20 yards for Drake’s first score while Danny Donley kicked a 41-yard field goal with 11 minutes left in the game for a 17-6 lead. McGuire threw a 27-yard touchdown pass to William Wicks in the final minute but the Bulldogs recovered the onside kick.

The Bulldogs (5-3, 4-1) remain a game back of Pioneer Football League leader San Diego (5-0). The Wildcats (2-6, 0-5) lost their fifth straight game and their 13th consecutive league contest.

Drake’s Sam Hefner made his first start at quarterback in place of Grant Kraemer, who dressed but was held out while recovering from a calf injury. Hefner threw for 94 yards and was intercepted twice, Davidson’s first picks of the season.

Cedar Rapids child care provider charged in baby’s injury

News

October 28th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — A Cedar Rapids woman accused of breaking the leg of a baby in her care has been charged with child endangerment causing serious injury.

Cedar Rapids television station KCRG reports that 21-year-old Victoria Stastny was operating a child day care when the 1-year-old boy was injured on July 18. The boy’s mother reported that he was screaming when she picked him up from the day. She took him to a hospital, which discovered a spiral fracture in his left femur.

Police say Stastny admitted becoming frustrated with the boy and tossing him “from one couch to another.”

If convicted, Stastny faces up to 10 years in prison. Court records indicate she is representing herself in the case.

Receiver to be appointed to manage Sioux City building

News

October 28th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — A federal judge had ordered the appointment of a receiver to manage a 12-story historic art deco building in downtown Sioux City while foreclosure proceedings against the building’s owner and developer continue.

The Sioux City Journal reports that the order was issued Friday for the historic Badgerow Building. The move came after a federal judge in California earlier this month dismissed a bankruptcy filing by developer Mako One Corp., of Carlsbad, California.

Cedar Rapids Bank and Trust filed for foreclosure on the Badgerow Building in April, saying Mako and its partners defaulted on a $6 million bond agreement to help renovate the building. The bank said at the time that it was owed more than $4.4 million.

The Badgerow Building was built in 1933 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Kansas officers bring special gift to fallen officer’s son

News

October 28th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

BELLEVUE, Iowa (AP) — Police officers from around the country are reaching out to support a fallen Iowa officer’s son. Anamosa police Officer Mitch Kelchen died in a car crash over Labor Day weekend while off duty. After his death, Kelchen’s oldest son, Shane, collected business cards from other officers. But someone at his school destroyed the cards. Since then, police departments have sent Shane more than 10,000 cards.

Des Moines television station KCCI reports that officers from Kansas City, Kansas, got involved and presented a special gift to the family Friday in Bellevue, Iowa. They gave him two frames full of more than 150 business cards, including one of Mitch Kelchen’s cards.

Shane’s mom, Tina Kelchen, says the support her family has received since her husband’s death has been more than she expected.

VA: Secret waiting list delayed care for 87 veterans in 2017

News

October 28th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs officials say an unauthorized, secret waiting list for psychotherapy appointments at Omaha’s VA hospital delayed care for 87 veterans this year.

The Omaha World-Herald reported Saturday that letters addressed to Iowa Sens. Joni Ernst and Chuck Grassley and Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse blamed the unauthorized list on “training deficiencies” involving the hospital’s medical support assistants.

The VA’s response to Sasse said no employees were fired, but one employee who was involved retired and another resigned. It also said no bonuses were paid based on performance data implicated in the investigation of the secret lists.

Officials said the investigation is continuing into whether lower-ranking employees in the VA’s Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System were responsible. That should be completed by the end of the month.

High winds bring milestone for Iowa utility’s wind power

News

October 28th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — This week’s high winds in Iowa blew in a first for one electric utility. MidAmerican Energy officials tell Des Moines television station KCCI that winds blew hard enough on Monday and Tuesday for wind turbines to provide all the power needed to meet its customers’ needs for the state.

MidAmerican spokeswoman Tina Hoffman says the utility’s experts noted the wind was strong enough to produce the energy needed to power 670,000 electric customers in the state.

MidAmerican’s goal is to eventually produce 100 percent of its power with renewable resources. The company is upgrading its old wind turbines and building new ones to help reach that goal.

Much of the state saw sustained winds around 25 mph and gusts of around 40 mph on Monday and Tuesday.

(Podcast) KJAN 8-a.m. News, 10/28/2017

News, Podcasts

October 28th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

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

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(Podcast) KJAN Morning Sports report, 10/28/2017

Podcasts, Sports

October 28th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

The 7:20-a.m. Sportscast w/Ric Hanson.

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(Podcast) KJAN Morning News & funeral report, Saturday, 10/28/2017

News, Podcasts

October 28th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

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

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FREEZE WARNING continues until 10-a.m. today (Saturday)

Weather

October 28th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

AREA COUNTIES: Harrison-Shelby-Pottawattamie-Mills-Montgomery-Fremont-Page-Audubon-Guthrie-Dallas-Cass-Adair-Madison-Adams-Union-Taylor and Ringgold….

A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM TODAY (10/28)

* TEMPERATURE…Upper 20s to low 30s.

* IMPACTS…Temperatures below freezing will kill unprotected plants.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A Freeze Warning means sub-freezing temperatures are imminent or highly likely. These conditions will kill crops and other
sensitive vegetation.