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DALE RANNEY, 77, of Massena (Svcs. 11/15/13)

Obituaries

November 11th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

DALE RANNEY, 77, of Massena, died Sun., Nov. 10th, 2013, at his home in rural Massena. Funeral services for DALE RANNEY will be held 10:30-a.m. Fri., Nov. 15th, at the Steen Funeral Home in Massena.

Open Visitation will be held on Thursday at the Steen Funeral Home in Massena from 12 p.m. to 8 p.m. with the family greeting friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Online condolences may be left to the family at www.steenfunerals.com.

Burial in the Massena Center Cemetery, north of Massena will be followed by a luncheon at the Legion Hall in Massena.

Memorials: To the Dale Ranney Memorial Fund to be established by the family at a later date.

DALE RANNEY is survived by:

his wife, Mary Ranney of Massena

His children – Dale Lynn Ranney of Massena; Jeanette Rochelle Latus of Massena; Terry Ranney and wife Helen of Massena; Sherry Ranney of Massena; Mark Ranney and wife Pam of Red Oak; LeAnn Erickson and husband Pat of Cumberland; Bradley Ranney of Massena and Michael Hill of Massena.

His brother – David Ranney and wife Jody of Pueblo, Colorado.

His sister – Salley Baumann of Cumberland.

21 grandchildren; 14 great grandchildren; 1 great-great grandson; other relatives and friends.

NWS Forecast for the KJAN listening area: Nov. 11 2013

Weather

November 11th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

Veterans Day: A chance of rain and snow before 4pm, then a slight chance of snow between 4pm and 5pm. Cloudy, with a temperature falling to around 26 by 5pm. Windy, with a north wind 7 to 12 mph increasing to 16 to 21 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 29 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.
Monday Night: Mostly cloudy during the early evening, then gradual clearing, with a low around 13. Wind chill values as low as 5. North wind 7 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 31. Wind chill values as low as 5. North wind 5 to 7 mph becoming west southwest in the afternoon.
Tuesday Night: Clear, with a low around 16. South southwest wind 3 to 8 mph.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 42. Breezy.
Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 30.

Thursday: A chance of rain and snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 46. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Iowa early News Headlines: Mon., Nov. 11th 2013

News

November 11th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — A new memorial stone outside a Waterloo high school football stadium honors the life and service of an Army veteran who died in 2005. Family and friends of Staff Sergeant Eric Steffeney gathered Saturday to dedicate the stone outside West High’s Memorial Stadium. Steffeney graduated from West in 1994 and joined the Army. Steffeney became a bomb disposal technician and was killed near the end of his second tour in Iraq. He was 28 and left behind a wife and three children.

AKRON, Iowa (AP) — Three people are facing charges after the discovery of a stolen car in northwest Iowa. KTIV reports the arrests were made Saturday evening after a stolen car was located in Akron, Iowa.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa man is maintaining his innocence in a fatal shooting, but he has pleaded guilty to a gun charge. Authorities say 35-year-old Fernando Jaimes-Martinez pleaded guilty Friday to being a felon in possession of a firearm because he has two Nebraska felony convictions on his record. Jaimes-Martinez faces three to 15 years in prison and deportation. The murder trial is scheduled to begin on Tuesday.

AMES, Iowa (AP) — Naz Long hit eight 3s en route to a career-high 26 points and Iowa State pounded UNC-Wilmington 95-62 yesterday. Georges Niang had 16 points and DeAndre Kane added 13 points and 11 rebounds for the Cyclones, who cruised to their 16th straight win in a home opener.

Iowa comes back to beat Nebraska-Omaha 83-75

Sports

November 10th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Aaron White had 20 points and a career-high 15 rebounds as Iowa came from behind to beat Nebraska-Omaha 83-75 on Sunday. Iowa (2-0) sunk 38 free throws to overcome 18 turnovers and a rough shooting night from the outside. Devyn Marble added 15 points for the Hawkeyes. Carter scored 22 points for Omaha (1-1). The Mavericks led for most of the game before faltering down the stretch.

The Hawkeyes looked lethargic and clumsy in the first half against Omaha — two days after a sharp performance in an 82-39 win over UNC-Wilmington. Iowa turned the ball over 12 times in the first half. Omaha routinely beat the Hawkeyes to loose balls and long rebounds. The Mavericks had 15 second-chance points in the half to lead 43-36 at halftime.

The Hawkeyes bench had 35 points. Zach McCabe scored 12 points and Clemmons added 11. Omaha’s Devin Patterson scored 13 points and John Karhoff added 11.

Iowa upsets No. 14 Dayton 97-93 in OT

Sports

November 10th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) – Bethany Doolittle shot 10 of 13 from the field and scored 22 points as Iowa upset No. 14 Dayton 97-93 in overtime on Sunday in the Hawkeye Challenge.  Samantha Logic hit a 3-pointer for Iowa with nine seconds left in regulation to tie the game at 90 and force overtime.

Iowa (2-0) held a 77-63 lead with under 10 minutes remaining in the second half and was up 85-79 with three minutes to play. But Dayton (1-1) then scored 11 straight points to take a 90-85 lead with 32 seconds left. Iowa held the Flyers to just 3 points in overtime and scored 5 of its 7 points in the extra frame on free throws.

Ally Disterhoft scored 19 points for the Hawkeyes and Logic added 16. Andrea Hoover led Dayton with 23.  Dayton is coming off a 28-3 season. Both teams lost in the second round of last season’s NCAA Tournament.

High speed chase in Omaha/Council Bluffs leads to an arrest early Sunday morning

News

November 10th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

Authorities say a man wanted on felony charges led police on a two-hour high-speed vehicle chase through Omaha and Council Bluffs Saturday night. The Omaha World-Herald reports the chase began at around 10:30-p.m. in Omaha, after police saw a suspect in a pickup truck and began to follow him. The unnamed suspect pulled into a gas station just after 11-p.m., got out of the pickup and allegedly car jacked a four-door vehicle.

The ensuing chase involved the stolen car driving through backyards and fences, running stoplights and heading into oncoming Interstate 80 traffic. It finally ended in a cul-de-sac with the suspect being taken into custody about 12:20 a.m.  today (Sunday), in a residential area near 108th and Q Streets in Omaha.

The paper says there was a report of shots fired at the scene, but no one was hit. The suspect was treated by rescue crews however, after officers used a stun gun to subdue him.

UTV goes up in smoke & flames near Oakland, Saturday

News

November 10th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

Authorities in Pottawattamie County say no injuries were reported after a 4-wheeled off-road utility vehicle erupted into flames late Saturday morning, near Oakland. Oakland Fire Chief Brant Miller told the Daily NonPareil the Gator utility task vehicle (UTV) was being used to gather soil sampled in a harvested corn field about seven miles southwest of Oakland, when  it caught on fire at around 11:30-a.m., Saturday. Brant said wind blew the flames into the corn stubble and burned a small area.

The cause of the fire was undetermined, but it’s suspected the UTV either overheated or ignited some corn stubble. Oakland Fire & Rescue was assisted by fire crews from Minden who brought their grass trucks to the scene.

Iowa News Headlines: Sun., Nov. 10th 2013

News

November 10th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press…

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – A tea party Republican U.S. Senator has spoken to a group of Iowa conservatives. Senator Mike Lee of Utah, who led the fight that brought on the 16-day partial government shutdown, spoke Saturday to hundreds of people at the Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition’s 13th annual banquet at the State Fairgrounds in Des Moines.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) – A 26-year-old man has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted murder in a Sioux City shooting that killed a man and a woman and left another man injured. The Sioux City Journal reports Juan Nino-Estrada of Sioux City made his initial court appearance Friday in Woodbury County District Court. Bond was set at $2 million.

WEST UNION, Iowa (AP) – Only three days after a fire destroyed two buildings in downtown West Union, a feed business housed in one of them is back up and running in a new location. The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports that Unionland Feed and Supply Store was making feed deliveries and offering goods to walk-in customers Friday in a vacant building two blocks from where Tuesday’s fire ravaged buildings at Elm and Walnut streets.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) – Jordan Canzeri ran for a career-high 165 yards on 20 carries to help the Iowa Hawkeyes defeat the Purdue Boilermakers 38-14 Saturday afternoon. Jake Rudock passed for 191 yards and two touchdowns for Iowa, which set season highs with 509 total and 318 rushing yards.

Glenwood men arrested for icy caper

News

November 10th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

Police in Red Oak arrested two Glenwood men early this (Sunday) morning. Officials say 26-year old Eric Meyer Garland and 20-year old Brandon Michael Smith, both of Glenwood, were arrested at around 2:10-a.m. in the 100 block of West Hammond Street, after officers observed the men running through yards carrying bags of stolen ice. Garland and Smith were brought to the Montgomery County Jail, where they were being held on $300 cash bond, each.

National Weather Service forecast for Atlantic & the KJAN listening area

Weather

November 10th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

Sunday, Nov. 10th 2013

Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 53. Light and variable wind becoming south 8 to 13 mph in the morning.

Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 37. South wind 5 to 10 mph becoming northwest after midnight.

Veterans Day: Mostly cloudy, with a temperature falling to around 27 by 5pm. Windy, with a north northeast wind 8 to 13 mph increasing to 16 to 21 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 29 mph.
Monday Night: Cloudy during the early evening, then gradual clearing, with a low around 17. Wind chill values as low as 5. Blustery, with a north wind 10 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 32. North wind 5 to 10 mph.
Tuesday Night: Clear, with a low around 18.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 41. Breezy.