MILDRED L. BETTS, 93, of Panora, died Sat., April 21st, at her home. Funeral services for MILDRED BETTS will be held 11-a.m. Thu., April 26th, at the 1st Christian Church in Panora. Twigg Funeral Home in Panora has the arrangements.
Visitation at the funeral home will be held from 4-8pm Wed., April 25th, with the family present from 6-8pm.
Burial will be in the Elm Grove Cemetery in Des Moines, at 2:30-p.m. Thu., April 26th.
SPENCER, Iowa (AP) — Two apparent tornadoes have touched down in northwest Iowa but no damage was reported. National Weather Service meteorologist Brad Temeyer said one twister touched down east of Spencer about 4:30 p.m. Saturday and the second was spotted 15 minutes later about 10 miles southeast of Dickens. Temeyer says the tornadoes were in rural areas and no damage was reported. The storm system also brought hail, heavy rain and several funnel clouds that didn’t reach the ground.
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Rulon Gardner’s coach says the 40-year-old heavyweight trained like a madman to get back to the Olympics. But Gardner says his body told him to stop cutting weight just hours before he was set to weigh in for the Olympic Team Trials. Gardner says he reached 269 pounds Friday before he realized he’d been pushing himself too hard to reach the 264.5 pound limit for his weight class. Gardner declined to weigh in, ending his quest to reach the London Olympics. Gardner won the gold medal in Sydney in 2000 and bronze in Athens eight years ago before gaining nearly 200 pounds after retiring from wrestling. U.S. national Greco-Roman coach Steve Fraser says Gardner trained harder than anyone else on the team over the past few months.
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — A Missouri River boat ramp in Pottawattamie County has reopened almost a year after it was closed by flooding. Park Ranger Brian Orth said that it’s been a bad year or two for boating at Narrows River Park, so it’s exciting that the ramp reopened Wednesday. Pottawattamie County Conservation was forced to close the ramp after the river swelled last May. The water eventually filled the whole park. The ramp was also closed for several weeks in 2010 because of high water. Mark Shoemaker, executive director of Pottawattamie County Conservation, called the reopening of the boat ramp a good step toward recovery. He says there is still a lot of work to do in the park, such as fixing park shelters and playground equipment.
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN IOWA: EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-SAC-CALHOUN- WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE- BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER- POWESHIEK-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-ADAMS-UNION– CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE- DAVIS-
THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT:
SCATTERED NON SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE DIME SIZED OR SMALLER HAIL.
DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN…SUNDAY THROUGH SATURDAY:
FROST IS POSSIBLE ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL IOWA SUNDAY NIGHT. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY AND AGAIN LATE IN THE WEEK OR ON SATURDAY. THE STORMS MIDWEEK HAVE A LOW PROBABILITY OF BEING SEVERE. THE CHANCES OF SEVERE WEATHER INCREASE BY SATURDAY…BUT SIGNIFICANCE OF THE THREAT IS VERY UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME.
An Atlantic woman was killed during one of two separate crashes in Cass County, Saturday. According to the Iowa State Patrol, 84-year old Norma Jean Sothman of Atlantic died, and 48-year old Julie Nash, of Walnut, was injured during one of the crashes, which took place 10:30-a.m., Saturday at the intersection of 4th and Poplar, in Atlantic. Officials say Sothman’s 2005 Buick LeSabre was westbound on 4th Street, when she stopped at the intersection before proceeding across the street and into the path of Nash’ northbound 2007 Toyota Tundra. The pickup hit the car broadside in the intersection. Sothman was wearing her seat belt, but Nash was not. Both women were transported to the Cass County Memorial Hospital, where Sothman died from her injuries.
The second accident happened at around 12:25-p.m. Saturday, about 10-miles south of Atlantic, near the intersection of Highway 71 and Pella Road. Officials say a 2011 Buick Enclave SUV was traveling east on Pella Road at the same time a 1994 Olds Cutless was traveling west. The vehicles collided head-on at the crest of a hill, located about one-half mile east of Highway 71. The vehicles were driven by 51-year old Lori Johnson and 17-year old Bryce Wernimont, both of Atlantic. Neither driver suffered life-threatening injuries. Wernimont was transported by LifeNet helicopter to Creighton University Medical Center in Omaha, while Johnson was taken by Medivac Ambulance to the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. Both drivers were wearing their seat belts.
Both accidents remain under investigation.
Denison Boys Golf tournament on Saturday, April 21, 2012
Team Scores:
Atlantic Scores:
Coach Ed Den Beste says: Started off cold and a little wet this morning. By the time we had 8 holes to go, it was much better. Evan had a great round with a 4 over 75. Nice to see him finish well. He was in a group that had scores of 74, 75, 75. Ben also had a good day. Sam played fine but couldn’t get some birdie puts to fall. Travis finished a little higher than we wanted. He struggled on one hole but played well the rest. Nick came back and had a good front nine. Cole has his struggles but will hopefully score better the next time we play.
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VERA MAXENE MORRISON, 90, of Griswold, died Sat., April 21st, at her home in Griswold. Funeral services for MAXENE MORRISON will be held 1:30-p.m. Wed., April 25th, at the Grant United Methodist Church. Duhn Funeral Home, in Griswold has the arrangements.
Visitation is open at the funeral home, on Tuesday (4/24), with the family present from 5:30-7:30pm.
Burial will be in the Grant Cemetery.
MAXENE MORRISON is survived by:
Her daughters – Marcia (Ken) Davidson, of Seabrook, MD; Juli )Doug) Seemann, of Atlantic; & Sallie (Mike) Merritt, of Preston, MN.
Her son – Scott (Dana) Morrison, of Bartlett, TN.
12 grandchildren and 8 great-grandchildren, other relatives & friends.
Audubon boys varsity golf team beat Missouri Valley by a score of 163-215 on Friday, April 20, at 4:00 p.m. at Audubon Golf and Country Club. Audubon seniors Michael Bylund and Andrew Irlmeier both shot 38. The 3rd tiebreaker hole gave the top medal to Michael and runner-up medal to Andrew. Audubon’s other four varsity players were within two strokes of each other: Nick Fett (43), Drew Keller (44), Cameron Mennenoh (44), and Andy Hoffmann (45). Missouri Valley’s Dan Waterhouse shot 47.
Audubon’s JV team shot 192, led by Lucas Smith-Petersen’s 45. The next three were Brock Deist (48), Chase Petersen (49), and Chris LaFoy (50).
The varsity record is now 5-1. Audubon plays in the Lake Panorama tournament on Sat., April 21, and travels to Griswold for a dual meet on Mon., April 23.
In girls golf, Audubon beat Missouri Valley 199-204. Taylor Gardner of Missouri Valley was medalist shooting the low round of 43. Audubon’s Susie Bylund was runner-up shooting a 45. Also for the Wheelers, Lexie Thygesen shot 50, Faith Fliflet posted 51 and Rachel Flug 53.
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