JERRY DEAN SCOTT, 75, of Panora, died Fri., March 15th, at the Panora Nursing & Rehab Center. A Celebration of Life luncheon in honor of JERRY SCOTT will be held at 3:30-p.m. on March 23rd, at the 1st Christian Church in Panora*.
(*please use the southeast entrance of the church. An elevator is available for those who need it.)
There is no visitation.
Burial of Cremains will be at a later date.
ESTHER MARIE KESSELRING, 85, of GUTHRIE CENTER died Thur., Mar 13th at Exira Care Center in Exira. Services for ESTHER MARIE KESSELRING will be held at 11-am on Mon., Mar 17th, at the United Methodist Church in Guthrie Center. Twigg Funeral Homes in Guthrie Center has the arrangements.
Visitation will be Sun., Mar 16th from 4pm-8pm with the family present from 6pm-8pm at the funeral home.
Burial will be at Union Township Cemetery in rural Guthrie Center.
Montgomery County Emergency Management Director Brian Hamman reports firefighters from Elliott, Griswold, and Red Oak battled a barn fire on Wednesday afternoon in rural southeast Pott County. The call from 11717 480th Street came in at around 2:50-p.m.
The blaze started in the barn that was being torn down, and extended to the field as well as two grain bins. Several area farmers assisted with removal of grain from the bins as well as providing tractors in the field to contain the field fire. No injuries were reported.
A survey released this week shows Iowa employers are predicting a robust job market between April and June. Karen Miller, a spokesperson for Manpower, Incorporated, says “We found 71-percent of the employers that we surveyed are going to maintain their current staffing levels, while another 24-percent said they’re going to be adding to their staff for this coming quarter.”
The results of the second quarter survey are similar to those from a year ago, but mark an improvement over the first quarter of this year when 18-percent of Iowa employers anticipated adding to their workforce.
(Radio Iowa)
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — Iowa state police are investigating an officer-involved shooting in Council Bluffs. The Iowa Department of Criminal Investigation says the shooting occurred Friday evening, when a Council Bluffs officer fired his gun at a suspect during a foot chase, missing the suspect. No injuries were reported from the shooting.
The man was caught and taken to a local hospital for a medical condition not related to the shooting. The officer had been called to an eastern area of Council Bluffs for a report of a reckless driver.
The court ruled that the supervisors would not have been prejudiced by the disclosure of the recording from the Nov. 7th meeting, where the board discussed whether to dispute the costs of subpoenas from a previous lawsuit, pay the costs or table the discussion for a further time. Since the court ruled records from the Nov. 7 meeting are public information because the discussions were not within the legal boundaries to enter closed session, the supervisors were ordered to disclose the recording from that meeting.
The court however, ruled that the supervisors were within the scope of the open-meeting laws when they entered closed session during a meeting held under the same section of the Iowa Code, on Nov. 14th.
Firefighters in Council Bluffs saved four kenneled dogs found inside a burning, unoccupied home, Friday afternoon. The Daily NonPareil reports the blaze at 1403 S. 8th Street was called-in at around 2:30-p.m. Officials say crews were able to contain the flames to where they started, on the northwest side of the home.
Interim Fire Marshal Curtis McKeon told the paper said the fire started outside the home in a tarp-covered storage unit. The cause of the fire is unknown, but McKeon said there was no indication it was electrical or suspicious in nature, but the cause remains under investigation.
Deb Chapman said she lives at the home much of the week to take care of her 85-year old mother, Betty Chapman. Chapman said she was at her father’s house nearby when a friend called her about the fire. The incident caused about $6,000 in damage.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Western Christian’s inside duo of Taylor Feenstra and Josh VanLingen combined for 32 points and 24 rebounds Friday night, leading the top-ranked Wolfpack past No. 3 West Fork 48-38 for the Class 2A state championship.
Feenstra, a 6-foot-7 senior, put up 20 points on 9-for-16 shooting. He also grabbed 13 rebounds as part of a dominating performance in the paint that produced the seventh state championship for Western Christian (27-0) and coach Jim Eekhoff, who tied Davenport’s Paul Moon for the most titles by a coach.
VanLingen, a soft-handed 6-6 sophomore, added 12 points and 11 rebounds to help Western Christian cap the school’s first unbeaten season and avenge its only loss in a state championship game.
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Brandon Snyder scored 23 points and handed out nine assists and unranked West Lyon rolled past Number 4 Dunkerton 60-32 Friday night to win the Class 1A state championship. Snyder quarterbacked West Lyon to the Class A football title last fall. He ran the show again as the Wildcats (23-5), seeded eighth in the eight-team field, won the basketball crown in their first trip to the state tournament.
The Wildcats did it convincingly, winning their three games at state by an average of 21.3 points and postingthe widest margin ever in a 1A championship game.
Kaleb Heyer added 10 points, 16 rebounds and five steals for West Lyon, while Nick Anderson led Dunkerton (27-2) with 11 points.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Georges Niang scored 25 points before leaving with a bloody gash to his forehead in the closing minutes, and No. 16 Iowa State held on to beat No. 10 Kansas 94-83 Friday night and reach its first Big 12 tournament title game since 2000. DeAndre Kane had five 3-pointers and scored 20 points, and Big 12 player of the year Melvin Ejim added 19 points for the fourth-seeded Cyclones (25-8), who will play for just their second tournament title against the winner of Texas-Baylor on Saturday night.
Relying on some hot outside shooting, Iowa State took charge in the second half, and then held on as the top-seeded Jayhawks (24-9) tried to make a late run to get back into the game. Perry Ellis led Kansas with 30 points. Andrew Wiggins finished with 22.
Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press…
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say they have arrested one man and are looking for three others in connection with a shooting at an Iowa City apartment complex. Cedar Rapids police arrested 20-year-old Devasier Dungtion of Cedar Rapids on Friday. Police in Iowa City have issued arrest warrants for two other 19-year-old men of Cedar Rapids and one 20-year-old man from Iowa City.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say two juveniles have been charged with starting the fire that damaged playground equipment at a Des Moines elementary school. Police Sergeant Dan Blom tells the Register that the juveniles were charged yesterday with second-degree arson and turned over to their parents. Des Moines fire officials said they responded shortly before 11 a.m. Friday to Park Avenue Elementary.
DENVER, Iowa (AP) — A schools administrators group has named a northeast Iowa woman its elementary principal of the year for 2014. The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier says Kim Tierney at Denver Elementary School was cheered during an assembly at the school on Thursday.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Georges Niang scored 25 points before leaving with a bloody gash to his forehead in the closing minutes, and Number 16 Iowa State held on to beat Number 10 Kansas 94-83 last night and reach its first Big 12 tournament title game since 2000. DeAndre Kane had five 3-pointers and scored 20 points, and Big 12 player of the year Melvin Ejim added 19 points for the fourth-seeded Cyclones.
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