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DORENE JANET (Gilliam) HUBBARD, 69, of Menlo (svcs 10-25-11)

Obituaries

October 23rd, 2011 by Ric Hanson

DORENE JANET (Gilliam) HUBBARD, 69, of Menlo, died Fri., Oct. 21st, at home. Funeral services for DORENE HUBBARD will be held 10:30-a.m. Tue., Oct. 25th, at the 1st Congregational Church in Stuart. Johnson Family Funeral Home in Stuart has the arrangements.

Visitation at the funeral home is from 6-8pm Mon., Oct. 24th.  Online condolences may be left for the family at www.johnsonfamilyfuneralhome.com.

Burial will be in the South Oak Grove Cemetery.

DOROTHY C. MULLIGAN, 96, a former Defiance resident (svcs 10-25-11)

Obituaries

October 23rd, 2011 by Ric Hanson

DOROTHY C. MULLIGAN, 96, a former Defiance resident, died Fri., Oct. 21st, at the Elm Crest Retirement Home. A Mass of Christian Burial service for DOROTHY MULLIGAN will be held 10:30-a.m. Tue., Oct. 25th, at St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Defiance. Pauley-Jones Funeral Home in Harlan has the arrangements.

Visitation at St. Peter’s Catholic Church is from 5-9pm Mon., Oct. 24th, with a Wake service at 7pm. The family will meet at the funeral home at 9-a.m. Tuesday, before proceeding to the church for the service.

Burial will be in the Sts. Peter and Paul Cemetery in Defiance.

DOROTHY MULLIGAN is survived by:

Her sons – James (Sheryl) Mulligan, of Gladstone, MO., & Richard (Diane) Mulligan, of Defiance.

Her daughter – Judy (William) Stuck, of Omaha, NE.

Her sister – Alice Wyant, of St. Joseph, MO.

9 grandchildren, 27 great-grandchildren, and 4 great-great-grandchildren.

JUNIOR WOHLENHAUS, 84, a long-time Atlantic resident (svcs 10-25-11)

Obituaries

October 23rd, 2011 by Ric Hanson

JUNIOR WOHLENHAUS, 84, a long-time Atlantic resident, died Fri., Oct. 21st, at the Heritage House in Atlantic. Funeral services for JUNIOR WOHLENHAUS will be held 2:30-p.m. Tue., Oct. 25th, at the 1st United Methodist Church in Atlantic. Roland Funeral Service in Atlantic has the arrangements.

Visitation is open at the funeral home from 8am-5:30pm Mon., Oct. 24th. There is no family visitation.

Burial will be in St. John’s Cemetery, south of Lyman.

JUNIOR WOHLENHAUS is survived by:

His daughters – Renee Wohlenhaus & husband Roger Weiner, of Bethesda, MD, & Sarah Wohlenhaud & husband Eric Amundsen, of Chappaqua, NY.

3 grandchildren.

WILLIAM “BILL” BLAZEK, 69, of Fontanelle (svcs 10-26-11)

Obituaries

October 23rd, 2011 by Ric Hanson

WILLIAM “Bill” BLAZEK, 69, of Fontanelle, died Sat., Oct. 22nd, at the Good Samaritan Society in Fontanelle. Memorial services for BILL BLAZEK will be held 11-a.m. Wed., Oct. 26th,  at the Steen Funeral Home in Fontanelle.

Family visitation at the funeral home is from 6-8pm Tue., Oct. 25th. Online condolences may be left for the family at www.steenfunerals.com.   Memorials may be directed to the family.

Burial, with full military graveside rites, will be in the Greenfield Cemetery.

BILL BLAZEK is survived by:

His wife – Alice Blazek, of Fontanelle.

His children – William Blazek; Velma “Sis” Balzek; Andrew (Kara) Blazek; and Alan Blazek, all of Fontanelle.

His brothers – Kenneth (Estelle) Blazek, and Vern (Merideth) Blazek, all of Orient.

His sister – Jean Davis, of Prescott.

4 grandchildren, his in-laws, other relatives, and friends.

7AM Newscast 10-22-2011

News, Podcasts

October 22nd, 2011 by admin

w/ Brett Johnson

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This is Your Nishna Valley 10-22-2011

Podcasts, This is Your Nishna Valley

October 22nd, 2011 by admin

w/ Jim Field and Stacie Linfor

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Friday HS Football Scores

Sports

October 22nd, 2011 by admin

CLASS 3A:
District 1
Atlantic 55, Red Oak 12
Carroll 49, Glenwood 6
Creston 42, Harlan 20
Winterset 27, Lewis Central 24

District 2
Denison-Schleswig 35, LeMars 7

CLASS 2A:
District 2
Cherokee, Washington 40, Missouri Valley 32 (ND)
Kuemper Catholic 67, Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto 0

District 8
Clarinda 45, Shenandoah 6
Colfax-Mingo 48, Interstate 35, Truro 32
PCM, Monroe 34, Bondurant-Farrar 7
Pella Christian 28, Clarke, Osceola 0

CLASS 1A:
District 1
IKM-Manning 20, Prairie Valley, Gowrie 6

District 7
Des Moines Christian 49, West Central Valley, Stuart 9
Nodaway Valley 57, Wayne, Corydon 7
Panorama, Panora 60, Central Decatur, Leon 0

District 8
Griswold 57, Clarinda Academy 8
St. Albert, Council Bluffs 35, Logan-Magnolia 19
Treynor 55, Audubon 16
Tri-Center, Neola 33, Underwood 29

CLASS A:
District 7
Van Meter 39, Guthrie Center 14

District 8
A-H-S-T, Avoca 41, Bedford 34
EHK-Exira 39, Corning 12

CLASS 8-Man
District 6
Adair-Casey 56, Lamoni 8
Lenox 77, Ankeny Christian Academy 26
Mormon Trail, Garden Grove 30, East Union, Afton 22
Murray 36, CAM, Anita 28

District 7
Ar-We-Va, Westside 61, East Greene, Grand Junction 34
Glidden-Ralston 42, Coon Rapids-Bayard 12
Woodbine 48, Charter Oak-Ute 16

District 8
Fremont-Mills, Tabor 80, East Mills 49
Nishnabotna 47, Essex 32
Sidney 53, Villisca 0
Stanton 67, Heartland Christian 22 (ND)

State Football Playoff Brackets

Sports

October 22nd, 2011 by admin

(Click the link to open the brackets)

Class 3A: 11_CLASS3A_Bracket

Areas qualifiers include: Atlantic, Harlan, Carroll, Creston

Class 2A: 11_CLASS2A_Bracket

Areas qualifiers include: Kuemper Catholic

Class 1A: 11_CLASS1A_Bracket

Class A: 11_CLASSA_Bracket

Areas qualifiers include: AHST, Exira-EHK

8 Man: 11_CLASS8_Bracket

Areas qualifiers include: Adair-Casey, CAM

Class 4A: 11_CLASS4A_Bracket

Iowa’s Highway 2 to reopen Monday

News

October 21st, 2011 by Ric Hanson

NEBRASKA CITY, Neb. (AP) — A main highway that connects Nebraska and Iowa is scheduled to reopen next week after being closed by the flooding on the Missouri River.  Iowa Highway 2 between Nebraska City and Fremont County, Iowa, is scheduled to open at 4 p.m. Monday. The entrance and exit ramps connecting the highway to Interstate 29 also will reopen. Iowa transportation officials say traffic on Iowa Highway 2 will be limited to two-way traffic on the eastbound lanes. The westbound lanes will remain closed.

Company announces 131 jobs for Underwood

News

October 21st, 2011 by Ric Hanson

UNDERWOOD, Iowa (AP) — A snack company has announced plans to build a distribution center in the western Iowa community of Underwood. Link Snacks plans creating 131 jobs with the center. Link Snacks is a meat snack manufacturer that sells products in more than 40 countries. The company is getting financial assistance and tax incentives to acquire a building in Underwood to establish its second distribution center in Iowa. Link Snacks is investing more than $9 million in the project.

Link Snacks, Inc. was founded in 1985 and is based in Minong, Wisconsin.