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Easy Meat Stew (7-26-2011)

Mom's Tips

July 25th, 2011 by admin

  • 2 lb. stew meat
  • 1 can cream of mushroom soup
  • 1 pkg. Lipton onion soup mix (dry)
  • 1 soup can water

Blend soups and water. Pour over meat in Dutch oven or covered casserole. Cover and bake at 325 degrees for 3 hours. Resist peeking! Serve over cooked rice or noodles.

Monday, July 25th

Trading Post

July 25th, 2011 by admin

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Mills County Arrests

News

July 25th, 2011 by admin

The Mills County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrests of several people on Satutrday.

Forty five year old John Anthony Welch of Council Bluffs was arrested on a warrant for Failure to Appear on Driving While Revoked.

Thirty Three year old Nickolas James Haley of Malvern was arrested for Domestic Abuse Assault.

Thirty Seven year old Marcus Walter Truitt of Eldrege was arrested for Public Intoxication and Public Consumption.

And twenty Seven year old Jesse Ray Salmons-Rice of Malvern was arrested for Driving Under Suspension and No Insurance.

Cass County Crash Injures Three People

News

July 25th, 2011 by admin

The Iowa State patrol reports that three people were injured in a crash Monday morning on Interstate 80 in Cass County.

A 2011 Nissan Sentra driven by Ebony Porter of Peoria, Ill was traveling eastbound on interstate 80 in the right lane.

Porter says she was attempting to pass another vehicle in front of her by entering the left lane. One of her tires went off the shoulder and into the median and Porter attempted to hit the brakes, but accidentally hit the gas pedal instead.

Porter’s car went across both lanes and into the south ditch where it struck a farm fence and came to rest in a corn field.

Porter had two other passengers in her car. They were identified as 27-year-old Marquita Adams of Peoria, Illinois and 26-year-old Paul Lee of Union City, California. All three were taken by Anita Rescue to the Cass County Memorial Hospital.

MAXINE ANN ARENTSEN, 93, of Avoca (SVCS 7-29-11)

Obituaries

July 25th, 2011 by admin

MAXINE ANN ARENTSEN, 93, of Avoca, and formerly Shelby, died on Sunday, July 24th at the Avoca Nursing and Rehab Center in Avoca. Funeral services will be held on Friday, July 29th at 1:30 PM the Pauly Jones Funeral Home in Avoca.

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Inurnment will be at a later date at the Layton Township Cemetery in Walnut.

MAXINE ANN ARENTSEN is survived by:

Daughter: Joyce (Mark White) Jensen of Council Bluffs

3 sons: Gary (Theresa) Arentsen of Kearney, Nebraska; Duane (Kenda) Arentsen of Lowell, Arkansas; Dennis Arentsen of Shelby

8 grandchildren, 6 great-grandchildren and other friends and relatives

DONALD L. PAULSEN, 76, of Exira (SVCS 7-28-11)

Obituaries

July 25th, 2011 by admin

DONALD L. PAULSEN, 76, of Exira died on Saturday, July 23rd at the Exira Care Center in Exira. Graveside services will be held on Thursday, July 28th at 10:30 AM in the St. John’s Lutheran Cemetery west of Exira Kessler Funeral Home in Exira has the arrangements

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Burial of the cremains will be in the St. John’s Lutheran Cemetery west of Exira.

DONALD L. PAULSEN is survived by:

Wife: Eileen Paulsen of Exira

Son: John David Paulsen of Seattle

Daughter: Karen Marie (Simon) Mouhanna of Woodinvale, Washington

Brother: Emmert Paulsen of Exira

2 grandchildren and other friends and relatives

GEORGE ARTHUR REWERTS, 67, of Defiance (SVCS 7-26-11)

Obituaries

July 25th, 2011 by admin

GEORGE ARTHUR REWERTS, 67, of Defiance died on Saturday, July 23rd at the Defiance Methodist Hospital. Mass of Christian Burial will be held Tuesday, July 26th at 10:30 AM at St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Defiance.

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Visitation will be from 12:00 PM until 8:30 PM on Monday, July 25th at the Pauly Jones Funeral Home in Harlan.

Wake Service will be at 7:00 PM on Monday, July 25th at he Pauly Jones Funeral Home in Harlan.

GEORGE ARTHUR REWERTS is survived by:

Wife: Judy (Wolff) Rewerts of Defiance

3 sons: Lance Rewerts of Ames; Bruce Rewerts of Englewood, Colorado; Jay Rewerts of Urbandale

2 sisters: JoAnn Moore of Omaha and Dorothy Krueger of Omaha

2 grandchildren

Atlantic School Board Meeting Tuesday

News

July 25th, 2011 by admin

The Atlantic School Board will hold their regularly scheduled meeting Tuesday.

On the agenda is the resolution for the issuance and the securing of payments of bonds.

The board will also discuss a couple of issues regarding building space.

They’ll hold a discussion of classroom space at Washington Elementary School and the relocation of Link Center for the 2012-2013 school year.

The meeting will begin at 7:30 Tuesday evening at the Atlantic High School Media Center.

Rollover Accident in Adair County

News

July 25th, 2011 by admin

Thunderstorms on Saturday morning in Adair County led to a semi-truck rollover accident.

At about 8:40 AM Saturday, a semi-truck driven by Alfredo Santos of Denver was westbound in the right lane on interstate 80 near mile marker 88.

There were severe winds and heavy rain due to a thunderstorm that was passing through the area. The strong winds caused the truck driven by Santos to veer to into a ditch and roll onto its side.

No injuries were reported and total damage from the incident was about $6,000.

Fremont County Arrests

News

July 25th, 2011 by admin

The Fremont County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrests of several people the past few days.

On Wednesday, 19-year-old Bryan Dacey Herbst of Shenandoah was arrested for person under the legal age.

On Tuesday, three people were arrested.

They include 39-year-old Shannon Gene Bruce of Hamburg who was arrested for three counts of child endangerment.

Twenty-nine-year-old Jenny Christine Bruce of Hamburg was arrested for three counts of child endangerment.

Also on Tuesday, twenty-five-year-old Brian Keith Palm of Des Moines was arrested for a Des Moines Police Department warrant.

On July 17, 20-year-old Jeffrey Paul Hull of Des Moines was arrested for criminal mischief in the 5th degree and person under legal age.