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A District Court Judge has denied a request by an Atlantic man to have his 5-year prison sentence reconsidered. According to Cass County Attorney Dan Feistner, Rex Dean McDermott filed his motion on Oct. 6th, asking Judge Jeffrey L. Larson to reconsider the sentence originally imposed on Nov. 12, 2013. The Judge on Monday entered an order denying McDermott’s request for a hearing on the Motion.
Feistner said the court’s action is not subject to appeal, and while McDermott could make one final request to the Judge to reconsider the request for another hearing on the matter, other than that, all criminal appeals have been exhausted and ruled upon by the Iowa Court of Appeals. Pending any other challenges to the matter, such as a civil petition for post-conviction relief, McDermott will remain in custody of the Iowa Department of Corrections until he is paroled.
McDermott was arrested in Oct. 2012 on a felony charge of Willful Injury and a Serious Misdemeanor charge of Domestic Abuse Assault, following an incident involving his wife that occurred at R&B Feeds. An additional felony charge of Domestic Abuse Assault by Strangulation was filed in Dec. 2012.
McDermott plead guilty to the latter charge in Sept., 2013, and in November of that year was sentenced to a maximum of 5-years in prison with credit for time served. McDemott appealed the sentence, but the Iowa Court of Appeals affirmed the district court’s decision. The Iowa Supreme Court also later affirmed the district court ruling.
McDermott was subsequently transported to the Iowa Medical and Classification Center in Coralville, and is currently being held at the Correctional Facility in Ft. Dodge.
One-person was transported to the Cass County Memorial Hospital following a two-vehicle accident Thursday evening on Atlantic’s east side. According to dispatch reports, the accident happened at around 5-p.m. near the school bus barn on Highway 6.
Fuel was reported leaking from one of the vehicles, and the road was said to have been blocked for a time. No other details are currently available.
Class 1-A
1 Holy Trinity Catholic 33-2 1
2 Central Lyon 25-2 2
3 Janesville 17-9 3
4 Tripoli 19-8 4
5 New London 25-7 5
6 Grand View Christian 18-9 6
7 Marquette Catholic 22-3 7
8 LeMars Gehlen Catholic 17-14 8
9 Turkey Valley 19-7 9
10 Keota 14-3 12
11 Springville 22-10 10
12 Iowa Valley 15-5 13
13 Algona Bishop Garrigan 20-15 11
14 Fremont-Mills 16-5 14
15 Winfield-Mount Union 21-9 15
Class 2-A
1 Dike-New Hartford 22-2 2
2 Sumner-Fredericksburg 26-2 1
3 Western Christian 26-3 3
4 Unity Christian 18-2 4
5 Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont 26-2 5
6 South Central Calhoun 31-0 6
7 Grundy Center 23-7 7
8 West Branch 21-3 8
9 Lake Mills 36-2 10
10 Durant 17-4 9
11 Wapsie Valley 24-6 11
12 Woodward-Granger 18-8 13
13 Pella Christian 17-9 13
14 Treynor 20-8 15
15 North Cedar 22-6 NR
Class 3-A
1 Solon 19-4 1
2 Mount Vernon 21-3 2
3 Red Oak 24-3 5
4 Independence 22-4 4
5 Nevada 24-7 3
6 Sioux Center 23-5 10
7 West Liberty 24-2 6
8 Mediapolis 25-4 7
9 Iowa Falls-Alden 17-6 8
10 Union 16-8 9
11 Roland-Story 13-4 12
12 Forest City 27-5 11
13 North Polk 15-7 14
14 Kuemper Catholic 13-6 13
15 Algona 23-7 NR
Class 4-A
1 Harlan 22-1 1
2 West Delaware 29-0 2
3 Marion 23-3 3
4 Sioux City Bishop Heelan 18-8 6
5 Clear Creek-Amana 17-6 8
6 Charles City 26-4 4
7 Le Mars 21-4 7
8 Indianola 20-9 5
9 Boone 22-5 9
10 ADM 19-8 10
11 Lewis Central 16-9 12
12 Creston 14-3 13
13 Carroll 16-6 15
14 Dubuque Wahlert 10-12 14
15 Cedar Rapids Xavier 13-11 11
Class 5-A
1 Bettendorf 27-0 1
2 Johnston 23-2 2
3 Ankeny Centennial 23-1 3
4 Dowling Catholic 24-3 5
5 Iowa City High 13-6 8
6 Cedar Rapids Prairie 17-7 10
7 West Des Moines Valley 29-9 6
8 CB Abraham Lincoln 29-11 7
9 Ankeny 26-5 4
10 Southeast Polk 26-5 9
Atlantic hosted a cross country meet at the Atlantic Golf and Country Club Thursday night. On the girls side, it was a one-two Cass County finish as Rebekah Topham of Griswold won the race with Atlantic’s Tiffany Williams right behind.
Lewis Central won the team title. On the boys side, Eldon Warner of Thomas Jefferson was the champ, with Dallas Center-Grimes winning the team crown. For complete results, click these links:
Our football Friday night match-up takes us to Shenandoah tonight as Atlantic visits the Mustangs in non-district play. These two teams haven’t faced off since 1991. Atlantic is 2-4 on the season while Shenandoah sports a 1-5 record. Our pre-game show begins at 6:30 with kick-off set for 7:00. Listen to Atlantic Coach Eric Waldstein on “Trojan Preview” this afternoon at 4:45. “Who’s Gonna Win?” begins our evening coverage at 6:00. You can listen live on AM 1220, FM 101.1, online at www.kjan.com or on your smartphone with the free KJAN app. We will also be providing live, streaming video tonight. If you can’t make the game you can still watch it on the TV page at www.kjan.com.
Class 3-A District 8
ADM @ Glenwood
Atlantic @ Shenandoah
Creston @ Harlan
Winterset @ Dallas Center Grimes
Class 2-A District 8
Clarinda @ Kuemper Catholic
East Sac County @ West Central Valley
Prairie Valley @ Red Oak
Atlantic @ Shenandoah
Class 1-A District 1
Underwood @ A-H-S-T-W
IKM-Manning @ NW Webster
OA-BCIG @ Missouri Valley
West Monona @ Treynor
Class 1-A District 8
Central Decatur @ Woodward-Granger
Des Moines Christian @ Panorama
Interstate 35 @ Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont
Van Meter @ Southwest Valley
Class A District 1
Audubon @ Westwood
Logan-Magnolia @ Griswold
St. Albert @ Maple Valley
Riverside @ Tri-Center
Class A District 8
Clarinda Academy @ Bedford
Mount Ayr @ Earlham
Martensdale-St. Marys @ Nodaway Valley
SE Warren @ Pleasantville
8-Man District 1
Boyer Valley @ Ar-We-Va
Newell-Fonda @ Exira/EHK
Kingsley-Pierson @ River Valley
West Harrison @ Woodbine
8-Man District 7
Ankeny Christian Academy @ Adair-Casey
Glidden-Ralston @ Coon Rapids-Bayard
East Union @ Guthrie Center
NE Hamilton @ Murray
8-Man District 8
East Mills @ CAM
Nishnabotna @ Essex
Fremont-Mills @ Lenox
Stanton @ Sidney
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Red Oak Police report two arrests. Early this (Friday) morning, 27-year old Kaleena Nicole Dawn Potts, of Red Oak, was arrested for Driving While License Suspended. Potts was being held in the Montgomery County Law Enforcement Center on $300 bond.
And, at around 4:20-p.m. Thursday, Red Oak Police arrested 16-year old Heath Woods, of Red Oak, after officers were called to the Red Oak High School with regard to an incident of harassment. Following an investigation, Woods was taken into custody and charged with Harassment in the 3rd degree, a simple misdemeanor. He was cited into Juvenile Court and released to his parents.
RANDALL H. “RANDY” STOLZ, 63, of Earling, died Wednesday, October 8th, in Harlan. A memorial mass for RANDY STOLZ will be held on Tuesday, October 14th at 10:30 am in the St. Joseph Catholic Church in Earling. Burmeister-Johannsen Funeral Home in Harlan has the arrangements.
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Friends may call Monday from 1:00 pm to 9:00 pm with the family greeting friends from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm at the funeral home.
A wake service will be held Monday at 7:00 pm at the funeral home.
RANDALL H. “RANDY” STOLZ is survived by:
Children: Gary (Janice Christensen) Stolz of Earling; Becky (Jason) Finken of Harlan; Tina (Kelly) Schwarte of Earling; Randy Stolz of Earling.
Brothers: Sid Stolz of Defiance; Russ (Jill) Stolz of Defiance.
Sisters: Twyla (Bob) McConnell of Defiance; Deb (Ked) Frederick of Earling; Pam (Randy) Schwery of Earling; Cheri Stolz of Harlan.
7 Grandchildren