The 7:06-a.m. report w/KJAN News Director Ric Hanson
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Today will be mostly sunny early, becoming mostly cloudy in the afternoon with scattered snow showers after 4-p.m., a high of 24, and winds calm early to SSE at 5-10 mph.
Tonight will be mostly cloudy with scattered snow showers through midnight, then isolated snow showers with a low of 16 and winds SSE-S at near 5 mph.
Sunday will be mostly cloudy with isolated early AM snow showers becoming partly cloudy in the late PM and a storm total of less than 1 inch, with a high of 33 and S-NW winds at 5-12 mph.
Sunday night will be partly cloudy with a low of 15 and W-NW winds at 4-10 mph.
Monday will be partly to mostly cloudy with a high of 34; while Monday night will be mostly cloudy with snow, mixing with mixed precipitation near dawn and a low of 29, rising to 31 at dawn.
Tuesday will be mostly cloudy with snow/mixed precipitation changing to rain by mid-morning and back to snow in the mid PM with a high of 34, and Tuesday night will be mostly cloudy with snow early and a low of 8.
Friday’s High in Atlantic was 20. Our 24-hour Low ending today at 7-a.m., was -13. At 7-a.m. it was -1.
A call about a suspicious subject at the Sapp Brothers Truck Stop in Fremont County early this (Saturday) morning, led to the arrest of 26-year old Kory M. Pierce, of Nebraska City, NE. Pierce was taken into custody at around 4:30-a.m. on charges that include Possession of Methamphetamine, Possession of Marijuana and Possession of multiple pieces of drug paraphernalia.
Pierce was being held in the Fremont County Jail on a $2,300 cash bond.
Police in Red Oak say a Villisca woman was arrested early this (Saturday) morning, following a traffic stop at Highway 34 and Ironwood Road. Authorities say 23-year old Danielle Lynette Archer was taken into custody on an OWI charge a little before 3-a.m., and brought to the Montgomery County Law Enforcement Center. Her bond was set at $1,000.
A Red Oak woman with a long history of arrests, was taken into custody Friday afternoon on a charge of Driving While Suspended. 44-year old Shelby Joann Olivares was arrested at around 3:20-p.m. and taken to the Montgomery County Jail, where her bond was set at $566.
A narcotics investigation Friday by the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office led to the arrest of one person on drug charges. Authorities say 39-year old Donald James Ryan, of Sidney, was charged with Possession of Methamphetamine with the intent to deliver/over 5-grams.
Fremont County deputies, assisted by the Iowa State Patrol and Sidney Police, made the arrest in the Sapp Brothers Truck Stop parking lot. Ryan was being held in the Fremont County Jail on a $100,000 cash bond.
GARTH LORDS, 60, of Atlantic, died Fri., Feb. 27th, at the Good Samaritan Home, in Red Oak. Funeral services for GARTH LORDS will be held 11-a.m. Fri., March 6th, at the Atlantic Branch of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Hockenberry Family Care Funeral Home, in Atlantic has the arrangements.
Visitation with the family is from 6-until 8-pm Thu., March 5th, at the funeral home.
Burial will be in Lava Hot Springs, ID.
GARTH LORDS is survived by:
Father – Darrell Lords, of ID
His wife – Tina Lords, of Atlantic.
His sons – Corey and Rick Lords, of UT.
His brothers – Lorin, Alan and Stephen Lords, all of UT, & Keith Lords, of AZ.
His sister – Barbara Johns, of ID.
The attorney for a man convicted in a 2014 murder and arson in Crawford County is seeking a new trial for his client. According to the Omaha World-Herald, Attorney Michael Williams filed a motion in Crawford County District Court on Wednesday, requesting a new trial for 26-year old Michael David Schenk, of Denison, who was convicted on Jan. 28th of two counts of first-degree murder and one count of second-degree arson, in connection with the March 2014 murders of 80-year old Marvin Huelsing, of Maple River and 81-year old Alice Huisenga, of Arcadia. Their badly burned bodies were found on Huelsing’s farm between Deloit and Denison.
Williams’ motion contends that the verdict was contrary to the evidence in the case. It also says the court erred in several ways, including overruling the defense’s objection to the introduction of a Walmart receipt that was used to connect Schenk to a pickup found at the scene. Schenk’s sentencing is March 13th.
Schenk and a codefendant, 19-year old Jayden Ray Chapman, of Denison each were initially charged with two counts of first-degree murder and one count of first-degree arson. The arson charge against Schenk was reduced during the trial. Chapman’s trial is set for April 28.
A third defendant, 37-year old Erika Dains, of Denison pleaded guilty to reduced charges of second-degree burglary and misdemeanor accessory after the fact. As part of a plea agreement, she testified for the prosecution in Schenk’s trial.
Two men were arrested Thursday night in north Omaha, while a third escaped, after the vehicle they were in stopped as it was being pursued by Iowa State Patrol troopers into Nebraska. 38-year old Michael McNary was identified as the driver of the vehicle. Authorities say a passenger was 24-year old Anthony Miller. According to the Omaha World-Herald, Douglas County, NE, emergency 911 dispatchers told Omaha police that Iowa troopers were chasing a westbound vehicle on Interstate 480 into Omaha and that it left I-480 onto Dodge Street. The troopers ended their pursuit shortly after crossing the Missouri River into Omaha.
ABLE 1, the Omaha police department’s helicopter, was in the area and spotted the vehicle at 15th and Dodge Streets, police said. ABLE 1 provided updates for officers as the vehicle traveled in the northeast precinct area. Police said no Omaha officers pursued the vehicle.The vehicle stopped in the area of 38th and Cass Streets and three occupants fled from the vehicle on foot.
After a perimeter was established by police, McNary and Miller were taken into custody around 10 p.m. They were taken to police headquarters at 15th and Howard Streets and were booked into the Douglas County Jail on suspicion of various charges.
A Council Bluffs man is charged with arson after he allegedly set a fire at a facility for the intellectually disabled. The Daily NonPareil says according to a police report, 46-year old Clyde W. Points was arrested on a warrant for third-degree arson Thursday for his role in a trash receptacle fire at VODEC, 612 S. Main Street. A Council Bluffs Fire Department investigator said Points allegedly set a dumpster near the VODEC building on fire on Wednesday.
Police were able to identify Points from surveillance footage at the facility.The fire investigator said authorities are investigating whether the fire could be connected to a string of dumpster fires that occurred in September of 2013.