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Funeral services will be held today (Wednesday) at 10:30-a.m., in the East Sac County High School in Lake View, for a Southwestern Community College student who was killed over the weekend in a northern Missouri crash, just two-miles south of the Iowa border. 18-year old Chrystal Olerich was a freshman volleyball player at Southwestern Community College, in Creston. Olerich, of Lake View, 22-year old 2009 SWCC grad Joshua Bix, of Hopkins, and one other person died Saturday, when the pickup truck they were passengers in rolled over. All seven people in the pickup, including the driver, were ejected from the vehicle, as it rolled. None were wearing their seat belts.
Sheriff’s officials say the group had recently left a Halloween party. Alcohol was found at the scene. The driver, 22-year old Scott Woods, of Hopkins, MO., has been charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter and three counts of 2nd-degree assault.
An SUV, street lamp and heavy piece of equipment were damaged during an accident Monday afternoon, in Atlantic. According to Atlantic Police, a heavy piece of machinery belonging to Western Engineering stalled while traveling uphill on 10th Street, near the Cass County Community Center.
When the machine began to roll backwards, traveling west on 10th, the unidentified operator bailed out, fearing for his safety. The machine continued rolling down hill, while Western Engineering employees rushed to get people and vehicles out of the way. The machine rolled past the Whetstone car wash, struck a parked SUV and a light pole, and finally came to rest in a ditch at the intersection of Highway 6 and 10th Street.
No injuries were reported. Officials said the SUV and light pole sustained a combined $7,000 damage, while damage to the piece of heavy equipment was estimated at $5,000.
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KENNETH (BEANER) IHNKEN, 79, of Atlantic, died Tue., Nov. 1st, at the Cass County Hospice Center. Services for KENNETH BEANER IHNKEN will be held 10:30-a.m. Mon., Nov. 7th, at Zion Lutheran Church in Atlantic. Roland Funeral Home in Atlantic has the arrangements.
Visitation is open at the funeral home from 8am-5:30pm Fri., Nov. 4th; 8am-Noon Sat., Nov. 5th; and on Sunday, Nov. 6th from 1-5pm, with family visitation from 5-7pm Sunday.
KENNETH IHNKEN is survived by:
His wife – Lois Ihnken.
His sons – Scott (LuAnn) Ihnken and Brian Ihnken, all of Atlantic.
His sisters – Inez Ward, of Ames, and Helen Rossell, of Atlantic.
3 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren.
GLENN H. STONEBRAKER, 74, of Exira (& formerly of Adair) , died Tue., Nov. 1st, at the Exira Care Center. Funeral services for GLENN STONEBRAKER will be held 10:30-a.m. Thu., Nov. 3rd, at the Exira Lutheran Church. Kessler Funeral Home in Exira has the arrangements.
Visitation is open at the funeral home, where the family will be present 7-p.m. today (Wed., Nov. 2nd).
Burial will be in the Exira Cemetery.
GLENN STONEBRAKER is survived by:
His wife – Kay Stonebraker, of Cumberland.
His children – Jeanette Stonebraker, of West Des Moines; Jason Stonebraker, of Adair; Lisa (Richard) D. Andersen, of Wiota; Tami Stonebraker, of West Des Moines; Kathy (Kevin) Hemphill, of Sidney.
His brother – Leo (Marjorie) Stonebraker, of Excelsior Spring, MO.
5 grandchildren; other relatives, and friends.
RUBY ANN CRAWLEY, 76, of Audubon, died Sat., Oct. 29th, at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital. Funeral services for RUBY CRAWLEY will be help 2-p.m. Sat., Nov. 5th, at the Kessler Funeral Home in Exira.
Friends may call at the funeral home, where the family will be present 6-pm Fri., Nov. 4th.
Burial will be in St. John’s Lutheran Church Cemetery, west of Exira.
RUBY ANN CRAWLEY is survived by:
Her children – Kathy (Gary) Devilbliss, Sharon Bacon & her significant other, Roger Wright, and Karen Coe, all from Audubon; Melvin Coe, Jr. & his significant other, Kelly Peel, of Atlantic; Sandy Peel of Audubon; Russell Coe & his significant other, Kim Huggins, of Guthrie Center; & Tanya (Tom) Anderson, of Exira.
Her step-children – Robert Crawley, Jr. (Laura), of Audubon; Jim (Helen) Crawley, of Tucson, AZ; Dan Crawley and his wife, and, Tommy Crawley, all from Fremont, NE.
Her twin-sister – Ruth Crouch, of Manilla.
Her brother – Gary (Vickie) Jessen, of Omaha, NE.
21 grandchildren, 26 great-grandchildren, 3 step-great-grandchildren; her in-laws, other realtives, and friends.
Officials with the U-S Army Corps of Engineers say repairs on one of the main levees breached by Missouri River floodwaters this year can begin — as soon as the money is allocated. Corps spokeswoman Monique Farmer says all the preliminary work has been completed to rebuild the levee in the far southwestern Iowa town of Hamburg. “The Corps of Engineers has pulled funds from other projects to go ahead and jumpstart construction efforts to begin the repair process,” Farmer says. “We are still waiting to find out how much money Congress is going to allocate so that we can continue that repair process.” Many have criticized the Corps for not taking action sooner to prevent the monumental flooding that lasted all summer. Farmer says she’s heard the Corps being blasted for months on the issue.
“There was nothing in our weather forecast that would have given us the indication back in the January-February timeframe or even the March-April timeframe that would have given us that red flag to say that we should increase releases,” she says. When the levee broke this summer, floodwaters rolled over and covered thousands of acres of farmland and destroyed many miles of key roadways, including sections of Interstates 29 and 680. Repairs to just three miles of I-680 are estimated at 19-million dollars.
(Matt Kelley/Radio Iowa)
The City Council in Atlantic will hold a public hearing Wednesday, with regard to the disposition of city property. The property consists of 7.6-acres of land located more or less northwest of the intersection of Olive and Commerce Streets in Atlantic. The hearing will be followed by a resolution approving the disposition of that property, and discussion, as well as possible action on the sale of the parcel.
City Administrator Doug Harris says the land was included in a list of City-owned parcels which were advertised for farm leases. John McCurdy, of Atlantic, held a high bid of $300 per acre for the land, but Dave Chase, representing Nishna Valley Trails, informed the Council during their last meeting, that he had been in discussions with Ted Wickman, about getting an easement that would connect the Schildberg Quarry east, to Olive Street.
Chase said Wickman had been farming the 7.6-acre parcel since he gave it to the City in 1986, along with 10-acres of land the City owns just east of Schildberg Recreation Area Lake number 2. Harris says he was unable to find any record of the City being aware of the arrangement. He added, that Wickman didn’t submit a bid for lease of the property, Dave Chase indicated he would interested in buying or leasing it. That would be contingent on Wickman being allowed to farm both City parcels. Given the sensitivity of the matter, the City Council at their last meeting, decided to hold-off on accepting McCurdy’s bid and schedule the public hearing, to allow for discussion on what should be done with the site, and find a fair resolution on the matter.
The Atlantic City Council will also hold the second reading of an ordinance adding a chapter to the City’s Code of Ordinances, with regard to a Minimum Maintenance Code, which is designed to keep properties from deteriorating to the point they become dilapidated and/or dangerous. The ordinance would require property owners to keep structures in reasonably good repair.
The City Council meeting begins at 5:30-p.m., Wednesday. For those unable to attend, it will be broadcast live on local cable channel 18, and rebroadcast at other times during the week.