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SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) – A free outdoor concert has been planned to thank the thousands of people who have volunteered to help fight Missouri River flooding in the Sioux City area. The concert is scheduled to begin at 8 p.m. Saturday at the Sioux City Center parking lot. Bush Hawg and Toby McBrooks will perform.
The Army Corps of Engineers is releasing massive amounts of water into the river from dams upstream. Those releases will keep the river above flood stage along Nebraska and Iowa at least into August.
A reward of up to $1,000 is being offered by Crime Stoppers, for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for several burglaries last weekend, in Harlan. According to Harlan Police, several burglaries were reported in the community during the weekend of June 18th & 19th.
Officials say in two of the instances, garages were entered and items stolen, while in another instance, the home of an elderly female was entered while she was away due to an illness. Authorities remind residents in the community to secure locks on their homes while they are away.
Harlan Police report also, 18-year old Mitchell Max, of Harlan, was cited June 17th for 5th Degree Theft, after he allegedly took items with out paying for them, from the Hy-Vee Food Store in Harlan. Max was found to be in possession of a 20-ounce can of Red Bull energy drink, when he was caught. After being cited for the alleged offense, the man was released from custody.
And, authorities in Harlan say 26-year old Tiffanie Newcomb, of Harlan, was arrested this past Monday, an an active Shelby County warrant for probation revocation related to a possession of controlled substance charge filed against her on May 26th. The woman was being held in the Shelby County Jail. Her arraignment on the PCS charge is scheduled for June 27th.
WENDELL A. LARSEN, 87, of Elk Horn, died Thu., June 23rd, at the Nebraska Medical Center, in Omaha, NE. Services for WENDELL LARSEN will be held on Tuesday, June 28th at 1:00 pm at the Elk Horn Lutheran Church. Burmeister-Johannsen Funeral Home in Harlan has the arrangements. www.burmeisterjohannsen.com
Friends may call Monday, June 27th from 1:00 pm to 9:00 pm with the family present from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm at the funeral home. Burial will be in the Elk Horn Lutheran Cemetery.
Wendell A. Larsen is survived by:
Wife — Irene M. Larsen of Elk Horn
2 Daughters — Lynda Martin of Kimballton and Angela (Dennis) Hemminger of Blair, NE
Son — Eugene Larsen of Elk Horn
6 Grandchildren
8 Great-grandchildren
1 Great-great-grandchild
ALAN D. STEPHENSON, 54, of Adair (formerly of El Paso, IL), died Thu., June 23rd, at the Dallas County Hospital in Perry. Services for ALAN STEPHENSON will be held 10:30-a.m. Fri., July 1st, at the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Adair. Hockenberry Family Care Funeral Home in Adair has the arrangements.
Visitation with the family of Alan Stephenson will be from 6-8pm Thu., June 30th, at the funeral home.
Burial will take place in the Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery in Adair.
ALAN STEPHENSON is survived by:
His mother – Marilyn Stephenson, of Adair.
His children – Chad (Traci) Stephenson, of Adair, & Scott Stephenson, of El Paso, IL.
His sisters – Janet (John) Della Vedova, of Norwalk.
3 grandchildren
An Elliott man was arrested Thursday morning in Montgomery County, on a drug charge. Sheriff’s officials say 44-year old Shawn Darran Dunkeson faces a charge of delivery of marijuana. Dunkeson was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on $50,000 cash bond.
No injuries were reported following a collision Thursday afternoon between two SUV’s in Fremont County. The Sheriff’s Office says the accident happened at around 12:10-P.M., just south of Shenandoah.
Officials report a 1999 Chevy SUV pulling a boat, and being driven by Glenn K. Rolf, of Tarkio, MO, was traveling south on Highway 59, when he hit a 2007 Chevy SUV driven by Bobbi Jeanette Johnson, of Jefferson City, MO, as Johnson was turning onto westbound Highway 2, from northbound Highway 59.
Authorities say Johnson was cited for failure to yield the right-of-way.
No injuries were reported following two separate accidents this week, in Harlan. Both crashes were the result of a driver failing to obey a stop sign. The Harlan Police Department says one of the collisions happened Sunday, at the intersection of Highways 44 and 59. Officials say Sharon Petersen, of Harlan, was cited for Failure to Obey a Stop sign, after her 2003 Cadillac hit a 2004 Ford Mustang, driven by Lori Tarney, of Portsmouth. The damages amounted to $3,400.
The second accident happened Wednesday, at the intersection of Southwest and Industrial Avenues, in Harlan. The H-PD says Cindy Morrison, of Portsmouth, was cited for failure to obey a stop sign, after her 2005 Hyundai was hit by a 2005 Chrysler, driven by Tricia Pearson, of Harlan. The damage amounted to $7,000.