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CRAIG CUMMINS, 55, of Fontanelle (Svcs. 6-14-12)

Obituaries

June 11th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

CRAIG CUMMINS, 55, of Fontanelle, died Sun., June 10th, at his home in Fontanelle. Celebration of Life services for CRAIG CUMMINS will be held 10:30-a.m. Thu., June 14th, at the United Methodist Church in Fontanelle, with a luncheon to follow. Steen Funeral Home in Fontanelle has the arrangements.

Visitation will be held at the United Methodist Church in Fontanelle, from 2-8pm Wed., June 13th, with the family greeting friends from 6-8pm. Online condolences may be left to the family at www.steenfunerals.com.

Memorials may be directed to the family.

A private family burial will take place in the Fontanelle Cemetery.

CRAIG CUMMINS is survived by:

His companion –  Dixie Dukes, and her daughter, Messina of Fontanelle.

His father – Charles Cummins, of Fontanelle.

His sons – Jacob (Jodie) Cummins, of Fontanelle, and Logan Cummins, of Adair.

His daughter – Erin Vacanti, of Omaha.

His sisters – Kaye Bax (Brad) of Greenfield, Susan Ehrsam (Monte) of Greenfield and Alecia Viera (Rob) of Minneapolis, MN

2 grandchildren, other relatives and friends.

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Greene County man drowns in Guthrie County Lake Saturday

News

June 11th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

Sheriff’s Officials in Guthrie County early this (Monday) morning, released the name of a Greene County man who drowned in Lake Panorama Saturday evening. 54-year old Larry Blanchfield, of Churdan, died shortly after the incident occurred at around 5:20-p.m., Saturday.

Authorities say they received a 911 call from a cell phone at around 5:23-p.m., indicating there was a subject down in the water at Lake Panorama, who was unresponsive.  Emergency services responded, including Panora Fire & Rescue, Lake Patrol, State Patrol and Guthrie County Sheriff’s Office.  A male subject later identified as Blanchfield, was pulled from the water with the help of citizens and LPA Lake Patrol.  Panora paramedics attempted to revive the man by performing CPR, but were unsuccessful.  Blanchfield was transported to the Guthrie County Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

A preliminary investigation indicates Blanchfield initially jumped off the boat into the water to retrieve a hat and went under the water.  The investigation is continuing at this time.  Alcohol is not believed to be a factor.

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Early morning forecast for Cass & area Counties in IA: June 11, 2012

Weather

June 11th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

322 AM CDT MON JUN 11 2012 from the National Weather Service….

EARLY THIS MORNING…MOSTLY CLOUDY. COOLER. NORTHWEST WIND AROUND 5 MPH.

TODAY…SUNNY…BREEZY. NOT AS WARM. HIGH AROUND 80. NORTHWEST WIND 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH.

TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOW IN THE LOWER 50S. NORTHWEST WIND 5 TO 15 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH UP TO 5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.

TUESDAY…SUNNY. HIGH IN THE UPPER 70S. NORTH WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.

TUESDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW IN THE MID 50S. NORTHEAST WIND AROUND 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST AFTER MIDNIGHT.

WEDNESDAY...PARTLY SUNNY. HIGH AROUND 80. SOUTHEAST WIND 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. LOW IN THE LOWER 60S.

THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGH IN THE MID 80S. LOW IN THE UPPER 60S.

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Iowa early News Headlines: Monday, June 11th 2012

News

June 11th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

PRINCETON, Iowa (AP) — Southeast Iowa authorities are searching for the body of a 27-year-old man who drowned in the Mississippi River this weekend. Princeton’s Police Chief says officers were called to the river shortly before 8 p.m. Saturday after two people fell into the river near the public boat ramp. A 27-year-old Clinton man remains missing. Princeton is about 20 miles northeast of Davenport.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa City authorities say the mother of a 20-month-old boy and her boyfriend are responsible for the boy’s death in April. Iowa City police say both 18-year-old Mireya Balderas and 20-year-old Jorge Perez told investigators that they had hit Marcus Balderas before. Perez is charged with two counts of child endangerment resulting in the April 30th death while Balderas faces one count of the same crime. Both remain jailed.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Changes to Iowa’s mental health system have left counties short of money and forced some to drop mentally disabled people from programs. County officials blame a new state law that shifts control over Medicaid-funded mental health services from counties to the state. The change is part of larger reforms of Iowa’s mental health care system designed to make services more uniform, in part by taking control away each of Iowa’s 99 counties.

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — The next Miss Iowa will be Mariah Cary. She won the title of Miss Iowa 2012 on Saturday night. Cary is a resident of Burlington and had been serving as Miss Muscatine. Cary will represent Iowa in the Miss America pageant in Las Vegas next January.

NEVADA, Iowa (AP) — Another proposal to build a hog confinement operation in Iowa has been scrapped. Story County officials say a proposal to build a hog confinement operation for nearly 2,500 animals near Hickory Grove Lake Park has been withdrawn. Last month, a different proposal in Dallas County was withdrawn after neighbors protested that hog confinement proposal.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Media and political analysts say Omaha residents will find their televisions inundated with political ads aimed at the presidential election in the weeks before the November 6th general election. But the ads aren’t necessarily aimed at the very red state of Nebraska. The target lies across the Missouri River, as both campaigns battle for undecided Iowa. And to get air time in western Iowa, you’ve got to go through Omaha. Presidential campaign ads have already shown up in Omaha earlier than usual. Omaha television station KETV says President Barack Obama’s campaign has been running ads, but not Romney’s. But Romney is getting a boost in Omaha from some conservative super PACs, which have spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to run ads slamming Obama for several weeks.

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SEVERE T-STORM WARNING: ADAMS & TAYLOR COUNTIES IN IA

Weather

June 10th, 2012 by Ric Hanson 

934 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA...
  NORTHERN TAYLOR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA...

* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT

* AT 933 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR VILLISCA...OR 15 MILES
  NORTH OF CLARINDA...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CARBON AROUND 945 PM CDT.
  CORNING AROUND 950 PM CDT.
  PRESCOTT AROUND 1000 PM CDT.

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SEVERE T-STORM WARNING FOR ADAIR COUNTY IN IOWA

Weather

June 10th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

937 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…

ADAIR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA… UNTIL 1015 PM CDT

AT 933 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL…AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GREENFIELD…OR 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ATLANTIC…AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.  THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…FONTANELLE AROUND 950 PM CDT. GREENFIELD AND ORIENT AROUND 955 PM CDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE HOME…GET OUT NOW…AND SEEK SHELTER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING.

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SVR TSTORM WARNING FOR AUDUBON COUNTY HAS EXPIRED

Weather

June 10th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

845 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2012

…THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN AUDUBON COUNTY HAS EXPIRED…

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA.

ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE…AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM.

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SVR T-STORM WARNING CANCELLED FOR CASS CO., REMAINS FOR AUD. CO.

Weather

June 10th, 2012 by Ric Hanson 

829 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
AUDUBON COUNTY UNTIL 845 PM CDT...

AT 825 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF
60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF AUDUBON...OR 18
MILES NORTHEAST OF ATLANTIC...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN AUDUBON COUNTY.

SPOTTERS REPORTED PEA SIZE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS AT 825 PM IN
EXIRA...BUT NO DAMAGE WAS REPORTED.

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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING: NE CASS & SOUTHERN AUDUBON COUNTIES

Weather

June 10th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

805 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…

SOUTHERN AUDUBON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…

NORTHEASTERN CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT

* AT 803 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL…AND

DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR

ELK HORN…OR 10 MILES NORTH OF ATLANTIC…AND MOVING EAST AT 40

MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…

AUDUBON…BRAYTON…EXIRA…AUDUBON AIRPORT AND ANITA.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 55 AND 73.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE IN A

MOBILE HOME…GET OUT NOW…AND SEEK SHELTER IN A REINFORCED

BUILDING.

 

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WILLIAM “BILL” CARPENTER, 68, of Atlantic (Svcs. 6-13-12)

Obituaries

June 10th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

WILLIAM “BILL” CARPENTER, 68, of Atlantic, died Sat., June 9th, at the Atlantic Nursing & Rehab Center. Funeral services for BILL CARPENTER will be held 2-p.m. Wed., June 13th, at the Duhn Funeral Home in Griswold.

An open visitation will be held at the funeral home, with the family meeting friends beginning at 12:30-p.m. Wednesday (prior to the service).

Burial will be in the Whipple Cemetery.

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