JERRY LEE GIBSON, 50, of Elliott , died Sat., March 29th, at Methodist Hospital in Omaha. Memorial services for JERRY LEE GIBSON will be held 11-a.m. Fri., April 4th, at the Elliott United Methodist Church. Duhn Funeral Home in Griswold has the arrangements.
JERRY GIBSON is survived by:
His wife – Kathi Gibson, of Elliott.
His children: Roxanne, April, Cody, and Kayla, Jerry the 4th and Abby.
His sister Penny, and brothers Kurt and Steve.
and 6 grandchildren
The Daily NonPareil report two Council Bluffs Boy Scouts who were burned in an explosion Thursday evening were released Saturday from St. Elizabeth Regional Medical Center in Lincoln. Jared Holcomb, a senior at Abraham Lincoln High School, and Scott Brown, a junior at Abraham Lincoln — were among a group of scouts who were working a project involving gun powder for a spring ceremony.
The explosion occurred at a home at 205 Kingsridge Drive. Fire officials said four other people suffered minor injuries.
AREA COUNTIES: SAC-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-ADAMS-UNION-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD
603 AM CDT SUN MAR 30 2014
…ELEVATED FIRE DANGER THIS AFTERNOON…
STRONG SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH…WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH AT
TIMES…WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS MORNING AND
AFTERNOON. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH EARLY EVENING. IN
ADDITION…RATHER DRY AIR IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA WITH
RELATIVE HUMIDITY FALLING TO AROUND 30 TO 35 PERCENT AT TIMES
TODAY FROM NOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING. THIS WILL LEAD TO AN
ENHANCED FIRE DANGER…WITH ANY FIRES THAT START EXPECTED TO
SPREAD RAPIDLY. BURNING IS HIGHLY DISCOURAGED TODAY.
SIMILAR CONDITIONS WILL RETURN TO SOUTHWEST AREAS MONDAY WITH
GUSTY WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY.
One person was seriously injured during a rollover accident Saturday evening, on the southern outskirts of Council Bluffs. The Iowa State Patrol says 46-year old Cynthia Devault, of Council Bluffs, who was not wearing a seat belt, was flown by LifeNet helicopter to Creighton University Medical Center in Omaha following the crash on Interstate 29 southbound near Lake Manawa, at around 6:10-p.m., Saturday.
Officials say for reasons unknown, Devault’s 2007 Chevy Impala swerved to the right across both lanes of traffic and entered the southbound ditch before rolling up and over a dirt berm and coming to rest on its top.
The accident happened at around the 46.25-mile marker.
AUSTIN MICHAEL OLDENKAMP, 18, of Griswold, died Sat., March 29th, during an accident east of Griswold. A Mass of Christian Burial service for AUSTIN OLDENKAMP will be held 11-a.m. Fri., April 4th, at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Sioux City. Duhn Funeral Home in Griswold is assisting the family with the arrangements.
A Rosary will be held 4-p.m. Wed. (4/2) at the Griswold Community Building, followed by visitation with the family until 8-p.m.
Memorials may be given to the Iowa Donor Network, in Austin’s name.
Interment will be in the Memorial Park Cemetery in Sioux City.
AUSTIN OLDENKAMP is survived by:
His father – Chad Oldenkamp and wife Cheryl, of Sioux City.
His mother – Stephanie (Dan) Willms, of Griswold.
His brothers – Daniel and Jacob Oldenkamp, of Sioux City.
His grandparents – Rick (Wendy) Oldenkamp and Steve and Patricia Mahnke, and Ramona Robertson, all of Sioux City; Richard (April) Robertson, of West VA., & Richard (Mary) Willms, of Griswold.
His great-grandparents: Darlene Oldenkamp, Mary Musselman, Betty Mahnke, and Everett Robertson.
Other relatives and friends.
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) – The University of Northern Iowa Panther Marching Band will ring in the new year in the Old World. The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports that the band has been asked to march in the London New Year’s Day Parade on Jan. 1st. Danny Galyen, director of the UNI marching band, says he believes it will be the first time the UNI band has performed internationally.
A selection committee of top-tier music educators made recommendations about which bands to invite. Thousands of featured performers from around the world will march past such landmarks as Big Ben and the Palace of Westminster.
The parade’s website says it attracts twice as many spectators as the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade in New York.
A single-vehicle rollover accident late Saturday morning in rural Cass County claimed the life of a Griswold teen. The crash was reported at 11:52-a.m. near 70828 570th Street, or about two-miles south of Highway 92, southeast of Griswold. Cass County Sheriff’s Deputy Corey Larsen told KJAN News 18-year-old Austin Oldenkamp, of rural Griswold was traveling northbound in a 2006 Chevy Monte Carol, when for reasons unknown, he lost control of the car. The vehicle entered the west ditch and rolled twice before coming to rest upright. Oldenkamp was ejected from the vehicle and died at the scene.
The Cass County Sheriff’s Office was assisted at the crash site by Griswold Fire and Rescue, Medivac ambulance, and Iowa DNR Officer and the Iowa State Patrol.
AREA COUNTIES: SAC-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-ADAMS-UNION-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD…
343 PM CDT SAT MAR 29 2014
GUSTY WINDS SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS
ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. HUMIDITY WILL FALL TO
30 TO 40 PERCENT. THE COMBINATION OF THE WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY
WILL PRODUCE AN ENHANCED FIRE DANGER OVER THE STATE…ESPECIALLY
THE SOUTHWEST HALF.
THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON MONDAY. A FEW STORMS COULD
BE SEVERE…WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL THE PRIMARY THREATS.
HOWEVER AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT.
ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM WILL IMPACT THE AREA MID WEEK WITH A CHANCE
FOR AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. IT IS
TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE ANY SEVERE THREATS WITH THIS SYSTEM.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT…
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED MONDAY.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Iowa State coach Fred Hoiberg and the Cyclones look ready to be nationally relevant for years to come, even after their breakout season ended in a Sweet Sixteen loss to Connecticut.
The Cyclones won 28 games and the Big 12 tournament title and reached the Sweet Sixteen for the first time in 14 years. Iowa State (28-8) also put a pair of players on the All-Big 12 first team, including Player of the Year Melvin Ejim.
The season came to an end Friday night with an 81-76 loss to Connecticut in New York in the regional semifinals of the NCAA tournament.
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