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Red Oak woman & teen arrested on drug charges Mon. night

News

March 31st, 2015 by Ric Hanson

A woman and female teenager from Red Oak were arrested Monday night, on drug charges. The Red Oak P-D says 18-year old Cara Belle Hale, and 16-year old Clara Lianne Hebb were taken into custody at around 9:30-p.m. near the intersection of Broadway and Oak Streets. Hale faces charges that include Possession of a Controlled Substance, OWI/Drugged and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. Her bond was set at $1,000. Hebb was cited for Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, and subsequently released to the custody of her parents.

Cardinals pick Carlos Martinez as 5th starter

Sports

March 31st, 2015 by Ric Hanson

JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — The St. Louis Cardinals have picked Carlos Martinez as their fifth starter and put pitcher Jaime Garcia on the 15-day disabled list. Cardinals manager Mike Matheny made the announcement about the rotation on Monday. Martinez, Garcia and Marco Gonzales had been competing for the final starting spot.

The 23-year-old Martinez went 2-4 with a 4.03 ERA in 57 games for the NL Central champions last year. The right-hander made seven starts. Adam Wainwright, Lance Lynn, John Lackey and Michael Wacha are the other starters for the Cardinals.

Garcia is sidelined because of soreness in his surgically repaired left shoulder.

 

Nationals reliever Storen out with blister in loss to Cards

Sports

March 31st, 2015 by Ric Hanson

JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — Washington Nationals closer Drew Storen exited early because of a blister on his right big toe Monday in a 6-2 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals. Storen issued a two-out walk to Kolten Wong, then left the mound in the sixth inning. The setback is the second of the spring for the right-handed Storen, who missed time after undergoing surgery to remove part of a bone in his left hand.

After the game Nationals manager Matt Williams said there is no timetable for Storen’s return, a fact made more troublesome by the news that an MRI exam of reliever Casey Janssen’s shoulder showed rotator cuff tendinitis. Janssen is expected to be Washington’s primary setup man.

The injury report from Washington’s position players isn’t any more encouraging. Anthony Rendon was scheduled to see Dr. James Andrews for an exam on his ailing left knee.

 

KJAN listening area forecast from the NWS, 3/31/15

Weather

March 31st, 2015 by Ric Hanson

345 AM CDT TUE MAR 31 2015

EARLY THIS MORNING…CLEAR. NOT AS COOL. NORTH WIND NEAR 5 MPH.

TODAY…SUNNY. HIGH IN THE LOWER 70S. WEST WIND NEAR 5 MPH.

TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOW IN THE UPPER 40S. SOUTH WIND 5 TO 15 MPH.

WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. BREEZY. HIGH IN THE LOWER 80S. SOUTH WIND 15 TO 25 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH INCREASING TO 40 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT…THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MIDNIGHT…THEN THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT. BREEZY. LOW IN THE UPPER 40S. SOUTH WIND 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS NEAR 100 PERCENT.

THURSDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE MORNING. COOLER. HIGH IN THE MID 60S. NORTHWEST WIND 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH.

FRIDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. COOLER. HIGH IN THE LOWER 50S.

 

Iowa man accused of kidnapping, threatening girlfriend

News

March 31st, 2015 by Ric Hanson

WOODBINE, Iowa (AP) — A western Iowa man accused of confining his girlfriend and psychologically torturing her has been arrested. Online court records on Monday listed a first-degree kidnapping charge against 50-year-old Daniel Yate, of Woodbine. He was detained after his girlfriend told police last week that he assaulted her at his home and wouldn’t let her leave.

Woodbine Police Chief Michael Jensen says the girlfriend accused Yates of binding her and threatening to throw her in a nearby river. The girlfriend says Yates also sat on her chest and opened and closed a knife.

Records show the woman had injuries consistent with her allegations and a hospital visit revealed a broken rib.

Iowa early News Headlines: Tue., March 31st 2015

News

March 31st, 2015 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An early morning fire at the Des Moines Renaissance Faire grounds has left at least two structures with nothing but charred framework remaining. Police say they responded around 1:15 a.m. Monday to reports of a fire in an area of Sleepy Hollow Sports Park where the festival is held. Fire officials called in portable water tanks to contain the flames that scorched the food vendor and maintenance buildings because no hydrants are located on the fairgrounds. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Authorities have identified the two Cedar Rapids officers who shot and wounded a man at the end of a chase. The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation says officers Jeremy Depies and Brandon Tinta were involved in the shooting. The driver wounded by the gunfire has been identified as 28-year-old Kyle Orth. He was treated at a hospital before being taken to jail.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A House panel has approved a bill that would require some businesses in Iowa to offer more leave benefits to parents who adopt children. The bill would require businesses offering leave benefits to parents of newborns to do the same for adoptive parents. A business that doesn’t already offer such benefits would not be required to start. Supporters of the bill say it would treat biological parents and adoptive parents more equally.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A Senate panel has approved a bill that would allow law enforcement officials in Iowa to conduct limited strip searches on certain jail inmates without probable cause. The bill would allow a strip search involving visual inspection of a person, including genitals, without probable cause if he or she is arrested on suspicion of a simple misdemeanor or scheduled violation and is in a holding area with others.

 

Mo. Valley Fire Chief pleads not guilty to setting fires

News

March 31st, 2015 by Ric Hanson

The Omaha World-Herald is reporting that the former Fire Chief in Missouri Valley plead not guilty, Monday, to simple misdemeanor charges of interference with official acts and reporting false information. The charges against 44-year old Johnnie Walker were with regard to allegedly false statements Walker made to Missouri Valley police, as authorities investigated a fire earlier this month at an abandoned house. Walker has stated he wasn’t available to fight the March 7th blaze at 105 W. Superior Street, because he was ill, and that he was not completely focused because of his illness, when he spoke later with police.

Investigators would not say what Walker told them or why they suspect he tried to mislead them. He has since resigned as chief of the volunteer department. John Ticer, an investigator with the State Fire Marshals Office, has said the fire on Superior Street might be connected to fires set in October in an abandoned house on the northeast corner of 10th and Granite Streets, on Missouri Valley’s south side. Missouri Valley Police Chief Edward Murray said each fire has a separate suspect, neither of whom is Walker. No arrests had been made as of Monday.

During Monday’s hearing, the judge told Walker that if he pleaded guilty he probably would be fined rather than receive jail time. The maximum sentence for each charge is 30 days in jail. Walker’s trial date was set for May 8th.

More grass fires reported Monday

News

March 31st, 2015 by Ric Hanson

High winds fanned grass fires across parts of the KJAN listening area, Monday afternoon. Two fires were reported at separate locations in Pottawattamie County, while a third was fought in Union County. The Daily NonPareil reports crews from Macedonia, Carson and Treynor responded to a fire in the 3500 block of Aspen Road at around 3-p.m. They stuck around for a while once the flames were put out, to make sure there were no flare ups.

Council Bluffs firefighters were called to a brush fire at around 3:30-p.m., near the Union Pacific Railroad track a little bit south of the Pott. County Jail, off of North 16th Street. Crews were able to bring the fire under control quickly, but remained for a while to extinguish some hot spots.

In Union County, a fire on the northwest side of Afton, between Lake Afton and St. Edwards Cemetery, kept firefighters busy for hours. Afton Police Chief John Coulter said on his social media page, that the fire was started deliberately, but they don’t know who did it. Several large bales of hay smoldered into the evening once the flames were put out.

Conditions were ripe throughout the day for fire. The National Weather Service had issued a “Red Flag” warning for the entire western half of Iowa, indicating that high winds, low humidity and dry brush were prime for fire ignition.

Northern Iowa’s Tuttle among Wooden finalists

Sports

March 31st, 2015 by Ric Hanson

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Willie Cauley-Stein of Kentucky, Frank Kaminsky of Wisconsin and Jahlil Okafor of Duke are among the 10 candidates for the John R. Wooden Award as the nation’s top college basketball player. The trio, who are all participating in this week’s Final Four, along with Jerian Grant of Notre Dame and D’Angelo Russell of Ohio State have been invited to Los Angeles, where the winner will be announced by the Los Angeles Athletic Club on April 10.

The other finalists announced Monday are Ron Baker of Wichita State, Malcolm Brogdon of Virginia, Seth Tuttle of Northern Iowa, Kyle Wiltjer of Gonzaga and Delon Wright of Utah.

They were selected by a panel of nearly 1,000 national college basketball media and the award’s former winners. Voting was from March 16-23 and included the opening rounds of the NCAA Tournament.

The finalists for the women’s Wooden Award are Nina Davis of Baylor, Jewell Loyd of Notre Dame, Tiffany Mitchell of South Carolina, and Connecticut teammates Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis and Breanna Stewart, who finished third in last year’s voting.

The Legends of Coaching Award will be presented to Steve Fisher of San Diego State on the same night.

 

CARROLL WALLACE JOHNSON, 86, of Oakland (Svcs. 4/1/15)

Obituaries

March 30th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

CARROLL WALLACE JOHNSON, 86, of Oakland, died Sun., March 29th, at the Oakland Manor Nursing Home. Funeral services for CARROLL JOHNSON will be held 11:30-a.m. Wed., April 1st, at the Rieken-Vieth Funeral Home, in Oakland.

Visitation with the family will start at 11:00 AM on Wednesday, at the funeral home.

Interment will be at the Oaklawn Cemetery in Oakland.

CARROLL JOHNSON is survived by:

His wife – Margaret Johnson, of Oakland.

His daughter – Carol Larsen, of Oakland.

His sons – Lloyd Johnson and Ronnie Lee Johnson, both of Council Bluffs.

His brothers – Leland Johnson and wife Beverly, and Bernard Johnson and wife Naomi.

His sister – Delores Dau.

3 grandchildren, other relatives and friends.