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Authorities in Montgomery County report the arrest late Wednesday night of a woman from Red Oak on an assault charge. According to the Red Oak Police Department, 31-year-old Holly Ann Kelly, of Red Oak, was taken into custody on a Serious-Domestic-Assault charge. The woman was being held without bond early this (Thursday) morning, in the Montgomery County Jail.
Police in Shenandoah say a woman from their community was arrested Wednesday on three felony Identity Theft charges. 47-year-old Teresa Stitzel, of Shenandoah, was taken into custody on a Page County warrant. Stitzel was being held in the Page County Jail on $29,250.
On Tuesday, officers with the Shenandoah Police Department arrested 26-year-old Nicholas Housh, of Shenandoah, on a Mills County warrant for Failure to Appear in court on an original charge of OWI. Housh was booked into the Page County Jail and subsequently released on $5,000 bond. That same day, 22-year-old Matthew Whitt, of Shenandoah, was arrested on a Page County warrant for Failure to Appear on drug-related charges. Whitt appeared before the magistrate and was unable to post the $1,000 bond. He was being held in the Page County Jail.
More people spent time last year camping in an Iowa State Park compared to 2011. Jim Lawson, with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, says the parks were unusually busy in March of last year because there was no snow and temperatures climbed into the 70s. “Our camping during March and April was probably up 25-percent over the previous year,” Lawson said. “So, we started off very strong and continued strong throughout the summer.” The DNR is reporting “total camping guest days” in Iowa State Parks at 709-thousand-five-hundred-ninety-five (709,595) in 2012. That’s up from 684-thousand-four-hundred-seventeen (684,417) in 2011.
The busiest campground in the state last year was no surprise. “Year after year, our top camping area is the Gull Point Complex in the Great Lakes region,” Lawson said. Okoboji’s Gull Point was followed in popularity by Rock Creek in Kellogg, Viking Lake near Stanton, Lake Ahquabi in Indianola, Clear Lake in Clear Lake and Lake Anita in Anita. Lawson pointed out that three state park campgrounds were closed last year for renovations; Emerson Bay in Okoboji, Wilson Island near Council Bluffs and Lake Darling in southeast Iowa. The Emerson Bay and Lake Darling campground areas are scheduled to reopen this year.
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Top 10 busiest Iowa State Park campgrounds in 2012:
Gull Point Complex – Okobojii area
Rock Creek – Kellogg
Viking Lake – Stanton
Lake Ahquabi – Indianola
Clear Lake – Clear Lake
Lake Anita – Anita
Ledges – Boone
Brushy Creek – Lehigh
Backbone – Dundee
Lake Manawa – Council Bluffs
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GAILARD KNUDSON, 91, of Irwin, died Wed., Jan. 16th, in Harlan. Funeral services for GAILARD KNUDSON will be held 11-a.m. Sat., Jan. 19th, at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Irwin. Burmeister-Johannsen Funeral Home in Harlan has the arrangements.
Friends may call at the funeral home on Friday, Jan. 18th, from 2-until 9-pm, with the family greeting friends from 6-to 8-pm.
Burial will be in the Oak Hill Cemetery at Irwin.
GAILARD KNUDSON is survived by:
His sons – John (Cheri) Knudson, of Washington State, and Jack (Christie) Knudson, of Irwin.
His daughters – Gail Olson, and Jana (Bill) Halloran, all of Omaha, and Kathie (Jim) Allstot, of Lincoln, NE.
His sister – Edna Drake, of Council Bluffs.
9 grandchildren, 7 great-grandchildren, other relatives and friends.
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Sheriff’s officials in Adams County report the arrest Wednesday night of 25-year old Cody Wilson, of Corning. Wilson was taken into custody on a charge of Domestic Abuse Assault, after deputies responded to a dispute call at a residence in the 1900 block of Quincy Avenue, at around 10:50p.m. Wilson was being held in the Adams County Jail on $1,000 bond.
Officials with the Council Bluffs-based Iowa West Foundation, say $4 million in grants will be dispersed for the fourth quarter of 2012. The grants, which were announced Wednesday, will be used to assist 35 non-profit organizations and governmental entities with funding for area projects. Among the grant recipients were the City’s of Griswold and Lewis, which received $7,500 and $6,500 respectively, for community building improvements.The City of Kimballton received a $38,000 grant for park and trail improvements, as part of the designation of an “Iowa Great Place” with its neighboring Danish village of Elk Horn.
Other, Iowa West Foundation 2012 fourth quarter grants include, but were not limited to:
• The Adams County Conservation Board, $20,000 for Timber Ridge campground improvements at Lake Icaria.
• The City of Elliott, $26,000 for a wetlands bridge and trail in watershed area.
• The City of Hancock, $14,000 for a community electronic message board.
• The City of Shelby, new concession facility for city park, $8,000.
• Mills County Prevent Child Abuse Council, “Circles4Support” program, $15,000
• Page County Conservation Board, equestrian campground at Pierce Creek Park, $21,000
• Turnbull Child Development Center, technology upgrades for child care center in Shenandoah, $3,000.
Funding for the foundation’s grants comes from investment earnings and the Iowa West Racing Association, which receives contracted fees from casino operators – Ameristar and Harrah’s. IWRA distributes funds to the Iowa West Foundation, which is an independent 501(3) organization under the IRS Code. The foundation makes grants throughout southwest Iowa and eastern Nebraska.
Requests for Iowa West grant applications for the second quarter of 2013 will begin March 1, 2013, and will be accepted through April 1, 2013. Completed applications will be due April 5, 2013. The deadline to request applications for the first quarter has passed.
For more information including deadlines, interested organizations may visit the foundation’s website at www.iowawestfoundation.org or contact Deb Debbaut, grants manager, at 712-309-3003. Guidelines and procedures can be viewed at the website, and applicants can apply online.