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DARYL “DUAL” FISCHER, 66, of Audubon (4-15-14)

Obituaries

April 10th, 2014 by Jim Field

DARYL “DUAL” FISCHER, 66, of Audubon died Wednesday afternoon.  Mass of the Christian Burial for DARYL “DUAL” FISCHER will be held Tuesday, April 15th at 10:30 am  at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Dedham.  The Sharp Funeral Home in Carroll has the arrangements.

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Friends may call at the Sharp Funeral Home in Carroll after 3:30 pm on Monday where there will be a rosary at 4:00 pm and a Christian Wake Service at 7:00 pm.

The casket will be moved to St. Joseph’s Church at 9:30 am Tuesday, where visitation will resume until the time of the funeral mass.

Burial will be at St. Joseph’s Cemetery in Dedham.  Military honors will be conducted by the Dedham American Legion.

DARYL “DUAL” FISCHER is survived by:

Wife:  Mary Ellen of Audubon

Step-Daughter:  Marisa Petersen of Ankeny

Brother:  Dennis Fischer of Idaho.

Sisters:  Denise Odland of Johnston; Diane Fath of Des Moines; Debbie Tranel of Illinois

3 Grandchildren

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USDA Report 04-10-2014

Ag/Outdoor, Podcasts

April 10th, 2014 by admin

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Red Oak men arrested on drug charges

News

April 10th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

Authorities in Montgomery County say two Red Oak men were arrested Wednesday, on drug charges.The Sheriff’s Office says Charlie Daniel Brooms and Dustin Lee Doyen were taken into custody at around 11:30-a.m.

Brooms was charged with two-counts of delivery of marijuana, while Doyen faces one count of delivery of marijuana.Both men were being held in the Montgomery County Jail on $5,000 cash bond, each.

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Numerous field/grass fires reported Wednesday afternoon

Ag/Outdoor, News

April 10th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

Firefighters in Montgomery County had a very busy day, Wednesday. Emergency Management Coordinator Brian Hamman reports firefighters from Stanton were finishing up with a previous field fire at around 2-p.m., when they noticed heavy smoke south of Stanton. A crew from Stanton responded to investigate the area and found a large fire in a field in the area of 110th Street and M Avenue, in Page County.

Photos courtesy Brian Hamman, Montgomery Co. EMA.

Photos courtesy Brian Hamman, Montgomery Co. EMA.

Fire1 Fire crews from Essex, Red Oak, and Villisca assisted on the scene for several hours. Multiple tractors with discs also aided with controlling the fire. While this was ongoing, a rekindle of a previous fire west of Stanton occurred and a second crew from Red Oak and Stanton were able to control the fire in a short amount of time. The cause of this fire appears to have been from previous burn pile that was reignited by strong winds.

Earlier in the day, the Villisca Fire Department was paged to a small waterway on fire around 8:30-a.m., and another fire around 11-a.m., in Villisca. Stanton was paged almost simultaneously to two separate field/ditch fires around 11:30-a.m. The first was a half mile south of Stanton on O Ave and the second fire was west of Stanton on the train tracks around 220th Street and M Ave. Fire crews from Red Oak and Villisca Fire assisted Stanton Fire on both fires, using with grass trucks and tankers.

Although most of fires were unintentionally set, some were from old burns that had taken place or others were set and left. Red Flag conditions were in effect Wednesday. When that type of warning is in-place, no one should conduct any outdoor burning, at any time.

There were also reports of field fires in Shelby County, and near the Lake Anita Dam in Cass County, Wednesday afternoon.

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VELMA MARIE COOK, 96, of Earlham (Svcs. 4/11/14)

Obituaries

April 10th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

VELMA MARIE COOK, 96, of Earlham, died Tue., April 8th, at the West Bridge Care Center in Winterset. Funeral services for VELMA COOK will be held 10:30-a.m. Fri., April 11th, at the Bear Creek Friends Church in rural Dexter. Johnson Family Funeral Home in Earlham has the arrangements.

Friends may call at the funeral home from 4-to-8pm Thu., April 10th, where the family will be present from 6-to 8-pm. Condolences may be left online at www.johnsonfamilyfuneralhome.com.

Burial will be in the Bear Creek Cemetery.

Memorials may be directed to the West Bridge Care Center or The American Bible Society.

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House panel voted 23-1 for bill that may bring about end of dog racing in Iowa

News

April 10th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

A House committee has advanced a bill that supporters say could be the vehicle used to ratify a deal that would end greyhound racing in Iowa. Representative Guy Vander Linden, a Republican from Oskaloosa, was one of 23 members of the House Ways and Means Committee to vote for a bill that will be altered later with the details of whatever deal is struck. “It is the intent of the General Assmebly to enact legislation relating to live dog racing requirements at parimutuel dog race tracks,” Vander Linden said.

Representative Todd Pritchard, a Democrat from Charles City, says officials from the greyhound industry and the casinos in Council Bluffs and Dubuque where dogs race today have been negotiating for a couple of weeks. “It’s my understanding that the parties are close to an agreement, if not having an agreement and they’re finalizing that,” Pritchard says. “I would hope that process continues and we have an acceptable agreement.”

The casinos say they’re sinking 13-million dollars a year into subsidizing greyhound races that few patrons bet on or watch. Legislators anticipate a deal between the greyhound industry and the two casinos that would have the casinos pay a “cessation fee” and pay into a multi-million dollar “retirement fund” for greyhound owners and breeders in Iowa.

(Radio Iowa)

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MARJORIE MAXINE COFFMAN, 89, of Oakland (Svcs. 4/14/14)

Obituaries

April 10th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

MARJORIE MAXINE COFFMAN, 89, of Oakland, died Wed., April 9th, at Mercy Hospital in Council Bluffs. Graveside services for MARJORIE COFFMAN will be held 11-a.m. Mon., April 14th, at the Oaklawn Cemetery at Oakland.  Rieken-Vieth Funeral Home in Oakland has the arrangements.

An open visitation will be held from 2-until 6-pm Sunday, April 13th, at the Rieken-Vieth Funeral Home, where the family will not be present at any specific time.

MARJORIE COFFMAN is survived by:

Her children: Ernie Coffman, and Shirley (Bill) Adams, all of Oakland; Wayne (Sharon) Coffman, of Lebanon, MO.; Brad (Loretta) Coffman, of Silver City, IA; and Brenda Miller, of Avoca.

9 grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren, many nieces and nephews.

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NWS forecast for the KJAN listening area: Thu., 4/10/14

Weather

April 10th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

346 AM CDT THU APR 10 2014
EARLY THIS MORNING…PARTLY CLOUDY. WARMER. SOUTHWEST WIND 10 TO  15 MPH.
TODAY…PARTLY SUNNY UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON THEN CLEARING. BREEZY…COOLER. HIGH IN THE MID 60S. NORTH WIND 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH.
TONIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY UNTIL EARLY MORNING THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOW IN THE LOWER 40S. WEST WIND NEAR 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH AFTER MIDNIGHT.

FRIDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGH IN THE LOWER 70S. SOUTHWEST WIND 5 TO 15 MPH.
FRIDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW IN THE UPPER 40S. SOUTH WIND 10 TO 15 MPH.

SATURDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING…THEN THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON. BREEZY. HIGH IN THE MID 70S. SOUTHWEST WIND 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 70 PERCENT.
SATURDAY NIGHT…THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY. LOW IN THE UPPER 40S. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 70 PERCENT.

SUNDAY…RAIN LIKELY. BREEZY. MUCH COOLER. HIGH IN THE UPPER 40S. CHANCE OF RAIN 70 PERCENT.

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3 indicted in northern Missouri bank robbery

News

April 10th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Three Iowa men have been indicted on charges of robbing a northern Missouri bank of approximately $12,000 that was later found stashed in an evergreen tree.

The U.S. Attorney’s office says a grand jury in Kansas City returned the indictments Wednesday against Donald Kestner Jr. and Torrence Joseph O’Neill, both 26 and from Mount Pleasant, and 27-year-old Travis Joe Davis of Fort Dodge. They’re accused in the March 21 armed robbery of Citizens Bank and Trust, located just south of the Iowa border in Burlington Junction, Mo.

Authorities said the suspects drove north and stashed their car in Iowa, then were captured after running back into Missouri. A plastic bag containing the cash was later found in a tree branch in Iowa.

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Iowa football looks solid at RB, WR

Sports

April 10th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa appears to be deep enough at both running back and wide receiver heading into next season. What the Hawkeyes would really like to see is a few of those guys blossom into big-time playmakers.

Iowa’s abundance of backs could be the envy of the new Big Ten West in 2014, and the Hawkeyes are also deep and experienced at wide receiver. But the Hawkeyes also averaged 4.2 yards per rush and 6.8 yards per pass last season en route to just 26.3 points a game.

That’s why one of the main tasks for Iowa this spring has been to identify explosive but possibly inexperienced players and see how close they are to helping Iowa next season.

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