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- #14 Miami 76, Notre Dame 65
- Pittsburgh 76, #25 North Carolina 74
- #11 UCLA 67, Washington State 66
- #15 Wisconsin 76, Western Michigan 66
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- Rutgers 90, Coppin State 57
- Michigan State 89, Buffalo 68
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(Cass County, Iowa) – Griswold Rescue and Cass EMS crews were paged at around 4:46-p.m. to the scene of a rollover accident. The crash was located near 60100 Yankton Road. A Cass County Sheriff’s Deputy was on-scene with the victim, who complained of pain, but the extent of their injuries was unknown. The driver was out of the vehicle with the deputy at last report.
No other details are currently available.
DOUGLAS “DOUG” HOWARD, 65 of Atlantic, died Friday, December 30, 2022, at Cass Health (CCMH) in Atlantic. Funeral services for DOUG HOWARD will be held 11-a.m. Saturday, Jan. 7, 2023, at the Fellowship Church, in Oakland. Roland Funeral Service in Atlantic has the arrangements.
Visitation, with the family present, is from 6 until 7:30-p.m. Friday, Jan. 6th, at the funeral home.
The family invites friends and relatives to a luncheon following the service in the church fellowship hall.
A Private family burial will be held at a later date.
Memorials may be directed to Gideon’s International.
DOUG HOWARD is survived by:
His daughter – Christina Flipse, of Omaha, NE.
His parents – George (Sharon) Howard, of Atlantic.
and 2 grandchildren.
JUDY ANN SCHEFFLER, 77, of Harlan, died Dec. 6, 2022, at Methodist Hospital. A Celebration of Life for JUDY ANN SCHEFFLER will be held January 7th, from 1-until 4-p.m., at the C.G. Therkildsen Center, in Harlan. Pauley-Jones Funeral Home in Harlan has the arrangements.
JUDY ANN SCHEFFLER is survived by:
Her husband – Henry Scheffler, of Harlan.
Her sons – Bill Scheffler, Kale (Jacie) Scheffler, Mike (Jenny) Scheffler, and Joseph Scheffler, all of Harlan.
Her daughters – Wendy (John) Mesenbrink, of Ankeny, Jenny (Neil) Pfeifer-Penn, of Colorado Springs, CO, and Amy (Brian) Coenen, of Harlan.
Her brothers – Gary (Barb) Ellsworth, of Hillsboro, OR., & Mark (Marsha) Ellsworth, of Omaha.
Her sister – Joyce Rabenberg, of Armour, SD.
14 Grandchildren, 3 Great-Grandchildren, her sister-in-law (Peg Ellsworth, of Harlan), and other relatives.
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(Radio Iowa) – An Iowa woman and her husband from the small town of Swan south of Des Moines will be in New York for a special one million dollar Powerball drawing. Chris Manuel of Swan is among 29 nationwide finalists for the Powerball First Millionaire of the Year drawing on New Year’s Eve. The winner will be announced just after during A-B-C’s broadcast of “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” from Times Square. The 60-year-old Manuel is a locksmith who has undergone cancer surgery and radiation treatments — and says says the money would be a big boost.
“I see retiring early you know, I still got another year and a half but if I would win the money and I could retire a year early and enjoy this time with my husband,” she says. This is the fourth consecutive year for the Powerball First Millionaire of the Year promotion, and the first time since the inaugural edition in 2019 that finalists get to travel to New York City for the event. Manuel said she’s heard from nearly everyone in her Marion County community of 76 about her win, and she expect them to be watching. “My next door neighbor who I know she has told everybody and anybody about it so yeah there’s gonna be a lot of people watching,” she says. Manuel’s husband Randy says he thought it was going to be something bad when she told him she had something to tell him.
“She told me that her name was drawn. You sure? That’s what they said. She wasn’t sure either….I mean she’s pretty lucky so hopefully her luck keeps going,” he says. Each of this year’s finalists receives an exclusive trip for two to New York valued at more than 28-thousand dollars that includes round-trip airfare; a three-night hotel stay in Times Square; two tickets to a theater performance and other iconic excursions; all meals while in New York, one-thousand dollars spending cash. Just after the ball drops to usher in the New Year, Powerball’s First Millionaire of the Year will be announced live on the national broadcast at 11 p-m Iowa time.
(Glenwood, Iowa) – The Mills County Sheriff’s Office reports three, recent arrests. Authorities say 21-year-old Nicholas Turnbull, of Red Oak, was arrested Thursday morning at the Sheriff’s Office, for Driving Under Suspension ($300 bond). And, there were two arrests this (Friday) morning, in Mills County: 38-year-old Lamberto Campuzano, of Columbus, OH, was arrested at around 12:34-a.m. in the area of Highway 34 & Hilman Road. He was charged with OWI/1st offense (Bond $1,000); 35-year-old Clayton Shane Geick, of Council Bluffs, was arrested at around 9:30-a.m. He was taken into custody at the Mills County Jail for Violation of a No Contact Order, and was being held in the jail without bond.
(Atlantic, Iowa) – The Cass County Board of Supervisors held their final meeting of the year, this (Friday) morning, in Atlantic. The Board moved to appoint Mark Knudsen, of Atlantic, as Maintenance Superintendent in the Cass County Engineer’s Department. Engineer Trent Wolken….
With the appointment, Knudsen’s current position will be posted internally at first for five business days, and if there are no County employees interested, with then be posted externally.The Board then received a presentation from Cara Morgan, Executive Director of the non-profit Golden Hills RC & D organization, based in Oakland. Board of Supervisors Chair Steve Baier is on the Golden Hills Board, also. Morgan spoke with regard to tourism, trails and information with regard to the feasibility of having a full- or part-time Cass County Tourism Director.
She said by using Golden Hills, Cass County would have the intellectual and resources and practical experience of their entire team, in writing grants and other sources of funding.
She said as far as what it takes to bring tourism to the County, Morgan said they can’t come in and tell us what we need, as far as promoting the sites and towns in our county.
Board Chair Steve Baier…
You may recall we mentioned that after serving 15 years as a volunteer promoting Cass County Tourism, Kenner Baxter, of Marne, announced last Spring, her plans to retire. During last week’s Board of Supervisor’s meeting, CADCO Executive Director Jennifer McEntaffer, and Atlantic Area Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Bailey Smith, told the Board they have no desire to take on a Tourism Director’s position, due to their current, busy schedule and duties. The Supervisors took no action on the matter at this time. It will be considered during the budgeting process. Morgan said if the Board decides to move forward with the commitment, she would prepare a Letter of Engagement.
In other business the Cass County Supervisors passed the adoption of a County Employee Wellness Policy, and a Resolution allocating a portion of the County’s ARPA (Covid relief) funds, for $25,700 in roof repairs to the Hitchcock House. They also tabled approval of a five-year lease extension for the Cambridge Law Firm for use of the upper floor of the County’s building at 707 Poplar Street, in Atlantic. The Board wanted time to review the contract and current market prices. They will act on the matter during their meeting on January 3rd.
The Board accepted the resignation of Karen Thomsen, from the County Zoning Board of Adjustment.
(Radio Iowa) – Some Iowa families have a tradition of taking down the Christmas tree tomorrow (Saturday), on the last day of the year, in order to start the new year out fresh on Sunday. Horticulturist and extension educator John Fech says don’t just toss the tree to the curb, but find a way to repurpose it. “Recycling it, reusing it, thinking of it again as a resource or an asset,” Fech says. If you’re crafty, trim the branches to make a fragrant sachet, wreath, or garland to enjoy in the weeks ahead. You could also cut up pieces of the evergreen to toss in a nearby lake or pond to provide a habitat for fish. Fech says mulching is another option.
“Do that yourself with a hatchet or you could have it run through a chipper,” Fech says. “Many of the cities do that for their parks and then they use that for trail cover around city parks and hospitals and places like that.” Another idea is to return the tree to the great outdoors for wildlife to use as shelter. He likes to call it tree-cycling. “Also, it could just be songbird habitat,” Fech says. “Set it near the bird feeder so birds have a place to get out of the wind and have a little bit of refuge from predator birds.”
If mulching the entire tree is too much work, just using the needles can be an effective mulch on perennial plants, in your garden, and to keep weeds in check.