The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office reports a teenager was arrested Thursday for making felony, “Terroristic Threats.” 17-year old Nicholas Farwell, of Villisca, was taken into custody Thursday morning, in the 200 block of East 5th St, in Villisca. Farwell was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on $5,000 cash bond.
FLORENCE CHRISTOFFERSON, 87, of Atlantic died Wed., Apr., 10th at the Heritage House in Atlantic. A service for FLORENCE CHRISTOFFERSON will be held at 10:00 AM Sat., Apr., 13th in Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Atlantic. Roland Funeral Service in Atlantic has the arrangements.
Friends may call at the Roland Funeral Home in Atlantic.
Burial will be in the Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Cemetery with a committal service following the service.
FLORENCE CHRISTOFFERSON is survived by:
Children, Duane (Fiance Ann Nelsen) Christofferson of Exira, Tom (Phyl) Christofferson of Hamlin and Paul (Susan) Christofferson of Exira.
Nine grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
Two NCAA compliance experts say Iowa State is likely to face sanctions beyond what the school has already imposed for major recruiting contact violations. Expert John Infante said Thursday he wouldn’t be surprised if men’s basketball coach Fred Hoiberg received a suspension for one to three games next season because of an NCAA push to hold head coaches accountable for what happens in their programs.
Infante said it was possible the university would lose a small number of scholarships in men’s basketball and football. Another expert, Ohio University professor David Ridpath, doubts the school will lose scholarships but won’t be surprised if Hoiberg is suspended.
Both experts said the NCAA could also further punish football and men’s basketball assistants who made improper recruiting calls by limiting their contact with prospects.
Lavon Eblen speaks with Lora Kanning, Cass County Conservation Naturalist, about “Red wigglers at work”: Getting started with Vermicomposting.
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – State Treasurer Michael Fitzgerald is urging Gov. Terry Branstad and state lawmakers to expand Medicaid in Iowa. Fitzgerald, a Democrat, says Thursday that a Medicaid expansion would cost the state less than an alternate plan proposed by Branstad. He is basing his analysis on data from the non-partisan Legislative Services Agency and Senate Democrats.
Fitzgerald says he’s concerned about the state’s “fiscal health and how we spend our money.” Senate Democrats have been pushing to expand Medicaid, as permitted under President Barack Obama’s health care overall. Branstad opposes the plan. He says long-term Medicaid costs are unsustainable and has proposed expanding an existing program for low-income Iowans.
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The Adams County Sheriff’s Office reports two people were arrested earlier this week, on separate charges. Ilene Gowen, of Council Bluffs, was taken into custody at around 7:40-p.m. Monday, on an Adams County warrant charging her with Harassment. Gowen was picked up by Council Bluffs Police and has since bonded out of jail. And, on Sunday, Mickey Fidler, of Council Bluffs, was arrested on a warrant stemming from an incident that occurred in 2012. Fidler was charged with Delivery of a Controlled Substance (Marijuana). Fidler posted a $5,000 bond, and was released from custody.
In other news, the Adams County Sheriff’s Office says only minor injuries were reported following a rollover accident early Sunday morning. Officials say the accident happened when Trevor Shipley swerved to miss a deer on Birch Avenue. When he lost control of the 2001 Oldsmobile Aurora he was driving, the vehicle entered a ditch and rolled.
Officials with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources say it’s been 10 years since the DNR and the Food Bank of Iowa joined to promote a new program to help reduce the size of Iowa’s deer herd, and help Iowans in need receive a healthy meal. The Help Us Stop Hunger (HUSH) program allows hunters to donate any legally harvested deer to a participating locker as a way to encourage hunters to harvest more deer.
Lockers process the donated deer into ground venison in specially labeled two pound packages that are picked up by the local food bank and distributed in the community. HUSH lockers have processed 56,000 donated deer providing more than 11 million meals since the program began. The program exemplifies Iowans helping Iowans. Jim Coffey, who coordinates the HUSH program for the DNR, says “We asked our hunters to harvest additional deer to reduce the herd size and the HUSH program gave them an option to donate the additional venison to help their fellow Iowans in need. We have a lot of lockers who enjoy the program and participate because it supports their local community.” Carey Miller, executive director of the Food Bank of Iowa, said “We are so grateful for this partnership and program,” says . “It has helped put a high protein, low fat product into the hands of hungry Iowans.”
Since its inception, the program served an important role to help reduce the deer herd, but that role will be changing. As the deer population approaches the management goal, the program will not be used as much for population control as it will be for certain situations, like hunters wanting to support their local food bank or for hunters participating in special population management hunts in urban areas or park settings. The Iowa program is viewed nationally as one to emulate and states from Hawaii to Nebraska call on Coffey looking for the recipe to replicate Iowa’s success.
Every deer license sold includes a $1 fee that supports the HUSH program. The program is administered through the Fish and Wildlife Trust Fund of the Iowa DNR. Lockers are paid $75 for each HUSH deer processed and participation in the program is voluntary. In 2012, 89 lockers participated in the HUSH program. The Food Bank of Iowa received $5 per deer to pick up and distribute the venison.
More information on the DNR’s HUSH program is available online at http://www.iowadnr.gov/Hunting/DeerHunting/HelpUsStopHungerHUSH.aspx
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