DON MERLE WETZEL, 82, of Guthrie Center died Mon., Jan., 8th in Guthrie Center. Services for DON MERLE WETZEL will be held 10:30 AM Sat., Jan., 12th at Twigg Funeral Home in Guthrie Center.
Inurnment will be in the Union Cemetery at Guthrie Center.
DON MERLE WETZEL, 82, of Guthrie Center died Mon., Jan., 8th in Guthrie Center. Services for DON MERLE WETZEL will be held 10:30 AM Sat., Jan., 12th at Twigg Funeral Home in Guthrie Center.
Inurnment will be in the Union Cemetery at Guthrie Center.
BETTY PRALL, 95, of Atlantic died Mon., Jan., 7th at the Heritage House in Atlantic. Visitation for BETTY PRALL will be held 1:00 PM Mon., Jan., 14th, at the Hockenberry Family Care Funeral Home, in Atlantic.
A Committal service will take place at 2:00 PM Monday, in the Atlantic Cemetery.
BETTY PRALL is survived by:
Her nephew – Richard (Carol) Hensley of Atlantic, numerous other nieces and nephews and her sisters-in-law.
The trial for two Nebraska residents charged in connection with an arson fire in Atlantic in Dec. 2010 has been delayed until March. According to online court records, 27-year old William Kautter, of Omaha, faces a felony 1st degree arson charge, and six felony charges of Attempt to Commit murder. His wife, 29-year old Elizabeth Kautter, also of Omaha, faces a felony 1st degree arson charge. All charges stem from a Dec. 2010 residential fire at 601 E. 6th Street, in Atlantic.
The homeowners, Myron and Jolynne Gill, along with one of their adult children and three juveniles, were in the home at the time, but all escaped without injury. Investigators determined gasoline was splashed across the front door and porch of the house and then set aflame.
Complaints and Affidavits filed in coordination with the arrest of William and Elizabeth Kautter said prior to the fire, William Kautter had made several harassing phone calls, threatened physical harm and death to the Gill family. In addition, cell phone records showed the Kautter’s had traveled to Iowa from Omaha the night of the fire, and, Elizabeth Kautter was seen purchasing gasoline at an Atlantic area gas station on December 14th, 2010.
The Kautter’s have plead not guilty to the arson charges. Both trials were set to have begun Tuesday, Jan. 8th, but on Monday, Judge Jeffrey Larson agreed to extend the pre-trial conferences until Feb. 25th, with the both trials slated for March 26th. The couple remains free on bond. William Kautter had also been charged with Making Terrorist Threats, but he instead plead guilty to a reduced charge of 1st Degree Harassment.
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Documents show Iowa prison officials had confiscated a notebook with drawings depicting rape made by an inmate charged with fatally stabbing his mother and kidnapping a female acquaintance hours after being released. A search warrant affidavit made public Wednesday shows Iowa Department of Corrections officials told the Sac County sheriff about Kirk Levin’s troubling writings and drawings shortly before his release from prison Jan. 1st. The document says the 21-year-old’s notebook contained explicit writings “and drawings depicting the sexual assault and rape of a female.”
Prosecutors say Levin repeatedly stabbed his mother at her farmhouse in Early on Jan. 3. They say he then kidnapped a 21-year-old woman who he tied up and put in the trunk of a car. The woman eventually escaped after he drove into a ditch.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa’s focus will be on improving its defense for Thursday night’s game against No. 22 Michigan State. The Hawkeyes (11-4, 0-2 Big Ten) fell apart late in the first half on Sunday against second-ranked Michigan. The Wolverines scored 66 points in the final 23 minutes of a 95-67 win. It was a disheartening performance from a team that nearly beat No. 5 Indiana in their Big Ten opener. Coach Fran McCaffery says the Hawkeyes have a responsibility to their teammates to make sure they don’t let each other down.
McCaffery also says he might look at reducing the playing time of leading scorers Devyn Marble and Aaron White to keep them fresher on both ends of the floor.
DORIS CARL, 85, of Bridgewater, died Wed., Jan. 9th, at the Good Samaritan Society in Fontanelle. Funeral services for DORIS CARL will be held 1:30-p.m. Sat., Jan. 12th, at the Trinity Christian Church in Bridgewater. Steen Funeral Home in Fontanelle has the arrangements.
Visitation will be held at the funeral home from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 11th, with the family greeting friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Memorials may be directed to the Doris Carl memorial fund, to be established by the family. Condolences may be left to the family at www.steenfunerals.com.
DORIS CARL is survived by:
Her sisters – Marie Pool, of Creston, and Helen Palma, of Greenfield.
Other relatives, and friends.
The trial for an Atlantic man facing a felony charge of Willful Injury Causing Bodily Injury, and a Serious Misdemeanor charge of Domestic Abuse Assault Causing Bodily Injury, has been delayed until May. According to online court records, Judge Jeffrey Larson, on Monday, granted a request by attorneys in the case of 45-year old Rex Dean McDermott to delay his trial until 9:30-a.m. May 29th.
His pre-trial conference is set to take place earlier that same month.His trial was originally set to take place January 8th in Cass County District Court. McDermott entered a written plea on Monday, of Not Guilty to the charges, and is currently free on bond.
McDermott had been arrested in Oct. 2012, following an incident which allegedly occurred at R&B Feeds in Atlantic.
A woman from Corning was arrested early this (Wednesday) morning, following an investigation into an accident which occurred previously. The Adams County Sheriff’s Department says 20-year old Kaitlyn DeYoung, of Corning, faces an OWI and Child Endangerment charge. She was taken into custody at around 10:30-a.m. DeYoung was being held in the Adams County Jail on $3,000 bond.
An underground water main broke early this (Tuesday) morning in Council Bluffs and prompted part of a residential street to collapse. Homeowner David Froth woke up around 3 A-M to see the road caving in. Froth says he ran to the aid of a neighbor who was driving up the street and crashed into a large hole. “It’s a little scary seeing something like this and then trying to help your neighbor out of his own car,” Froth said.
Officials with the Council Bluffs Water Works said a major water main break near Ave E and N. 9th Street caused a loss of water pressure on the west end of Council Bluffs. The water main break has been isolated and the system was repressurizing late Wednesday morning.
The utility says “While loss of pressure does not necessarily mean the water has been contaminated, it does mean that pathogens may be able to enter the piped-water system and thus be carried to consumers. The Council Bluffs Water Works is issuing precautionary boil water advisory for the entire City until further notice. The precautionary notice includes the cities of Crescent, Underwood, and McClelland and the Bentree Subdivisions.
Do not use tap water for drinking or food preparation. Under a boil-water advisory (BWA), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that water be brought to a rolling boil for one minute before it is consumed in order to kill protozoa, bacteria and viruses. The Council Bluff Water Works will be taking water samples throughout the City to verify the safety of the water and lift the advisory as soon as possible.”
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) – The Iowa Court of Appeals has upheld the first-degree murder conviction of a woman serving life in prison for the 2001 fatal shooting of a neighbor in her Iowa home. The court on Wednesday rejected Tracey Richter‘s argument that prosecutors failed to overcome her claim that the shooting of 20-year-old Dustin Wehde was in self-defense.
Richter shot and killed Wehde in her home in the Sac County town of Early. She maintains that she shot Wehde to protect herself and her three children after Wehde and another man invaded her home. Prosecutors say the home invasion claim was a hoax, and that Richter killed Wehde as part of a plot to frame her ex-husband.
The court says there was “substantial evidence” from which jurors could conclude the killing wasn’t justified.
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