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Omaha P.D. make an arrest in Bob Kerrey Pedestrian bridge vandalism

News

December 11th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

(Omaha, NE./KETV – Police in Omaha have made an arrest in connection with the vandalism that took place recently at the Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge crossing the Missouri River from Council Bluffs to Omaha. According to KETV, officers booked 42-year-old David Orlawski on a felony criminal mischief charge, Friday evening. They say he has an outstanding felony warrant out of Council Bluffs for a similar charge.

OPD released surveillance camera footage of the vandalism earlier this week. Police say during the early morning hours of Dec. 6, the suspect caused “significant” damage to the bridge’s lighting system. The damage is estimated at $90,000.

David Orlawski

Omaha Parks and Recreation says the destruction knocked out the LED system “for the foreseeable future,” but access to the bridge will continue.

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CHRISTOPHER J. IAFRATE, 51, of Atlantic (No services scheduled)

Obituaries

December 11th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

CHRISTOPHER J. IAFRATE, 51, of Atlantic, died Thursday, December 9, 2021, at Cass Health in Atlantic. Cremation has been accorded and no services are scheduled at this time for CHRISTOPHER IAFRATE. Schmidt Family Funeral Home in Atlantic is assisting the family.

CHRISTOPHER J. IAFRATE is survived by:

His mother – Carolyn Iafrate, of Palm Desert, CA.

His brothers – Michael Iafrate, of Phoenix, AZ, and Ritchie Iafrate, of Litchfield, AZ.

His fiance’ -Lachelle Petersen, of Atlantic.

Condolences may be left at www.schmidtfamilyfuneralhomes.com.

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LESTER EDWIN HASS, 95, of Griswold (& formerly of Harlan) – Svcs. 12/17/21

Obituaries

December 11th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

LESTER EDWIN HASS, 95, of Griswold (& formerly of Harlan), died Friday, Dec. 10, 2021, in Atlantic. Funeral services for LESTER HASS will be held 10:30-a.m. Friday, Dec. 17, at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Harlan. Burmeister-Johannsen Funeral Home in Harlan has the arrangements.

Friends may call at the funeral home on Thursday, Dec. 16th, from 2-until 7-p.m., with the family greeting friends from 3-until 5-p.m.

Burial is in the Nishnabotna Cemetery, at Manilla.

LESTER HASS is survived by:

His daughter – Linda (Jim) Fisher, of Dayton, TX.

4 grandchildren, other relatives & friends.

Online condolences may be left at www.burmeisterjohannsen.com.

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FRANKIE LOUISE MINOR, 85, of Atlantic (Memorial Svcs. 12/14/21)

Obituaries

December 11th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

FRANKIE LOUISE MINOR, 85, of Atlantic, died Friday, December 10, 2021, at the Exira Care Center. A Memorial service for FRANKIE MINOR will be held 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, December 14, 2021, at the Schmidt Family Funeral Home in Atlantic.

A visitation will take place an hour before the memorial service.

Lunch will follow the service in the Community Room of Schmidt Family Funeral Home.

Burial will take place at Atlantic Cemetery at a later date.

Condolences may be left at www.schmidtfamilyfuneralhomes.com.

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Conservation Report 12/11/2021

Ag/Outdoor, Podcasts

December 11th, 2021 by admin

Chris Parks and Cass/Adair County Conservation Officer Grant Gelly talk about the great outdoors. This week we discuss second deer season and Christmas Bird Count.

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Riverside hosts big home wrestling tourney on Saturday

Sports

December 11th, 2021 by admin

The Riverside Bulldogs will welcome in 20 schools for their home wrestling tournament on Saturday. 38 rated wrestlers will be in the field with teams from Iowa, Nebraska, and Missouri competing.

Each bracket is expected to have 16 wrestlers and there will be a JV component and girls division as well.

Ranked teams that will be in action there are West Sioux, Logan-Magnolia, and Aurora, NE.

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Atlantic/CAM and Underwood start strong at Council Bluffs Wrestling Classic

Sports

December 11th, 2021 by admin

One of the area’s largest early season wrestling tournaments got underway on Friday and will continue Saturday. The Council Bluffs Classic at the Mid-America Center features teams from multiple states and a strong number of ranked wrestlers.

Atlantic/CAM currently sits in 16th place out of 41 teams after day one and have eight wrestlers that have qualified for Gold bracket competition on Saturday. 3 Trojan wrestlers are on the championship side of the bracket: Aiden Smith (106), Ethan Follmann (132), and Kadin Stutzman (170). Those three won first-round matches and will wrestle in the quarterfinals Saturday. 5 Trojans are in the consolation side of the gold bracket: Cruz Weaver (120), Brian South (145), Jarrett Armstrong (182), Brenden Casey (195), and Nathan Keiser (285).

Three other Trojans are in the Silver Bracket and won first-round matches: Easton O’Brien (138), Tanner O’Brien (152), and Miles Mundorf (220).

Brandon Valley currently leads the team race with 183 points. Underwood is 3rd with 120.5. Missouri Valley is 30th.

Underwood has the following wrestlers in Gold Bracket competition: Lucas Bose (113), Blake Allen (120), Westin Allen (126), Gable Porter (132), Stevie Barnes (138), Hagen Heistand (145), Maddox Nelson (152), Graham Jensen (160), Carter Davis (195), and Thomas Huneke (220).

Action will span throughout the day on Saturday at the MAC.

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High School Basketball Scoreboard 12/10/2021

Sports

December 11th, 2021 by admin

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Hawkeye Ten Conference
Creston 53, Atlantic 48
Glenwood 71, Clarinda 28
Harlan 72, Denison-Schleswig 37
Lewis Central 36, St. Albert 26

Western Iowa Conference
Audubon vs AHSTW (Postponed to January 10th)
Tri-Center vs IKM-Manning (Postponed to January 6th)
Treynor vs Logan-Magnolia (Postponed)
Riverside 45, Missouri Valley 28

Rolling Valley Conference
Exira-EHK 64, CAM 48 (E-EHK: Macy Emgarten 20pts, Quinn Grubbs 13pts. C: Mallory Behnken 11pts)
West Harrison vs Paton-Churdan (Postponed to Saturday, December 11th)
Woodbine vs Coon Rapids-Bayard (Postponed)

Corner Conference
Sidney 61, Griswold 14
Stanton 47, East Mills 34

Pride of Iowa
East Union 50, Bedford 45
Mount Ayr 43, Southeast Warren 36
Nodaway Valley 72, Wayne 41

Other Scores
ACGC 50, Ogden 21
CB Abraham Lincoln 55, CB Thomas Jefferson 19
Murray 41, Orient-Macksburg 28
Panorama 70, West Central Valley 21

BOYS BASKETBALL

Hawkeye Ten Conference
Creston 55, Atlantic 48 (C: Tony Davidson 17pts. A: Dayton Templeton 14pts)
Glenwood 60, Clarinda 50
Harlan 62, Denison-Schleswig 44
Kuemper Catholic vs Red Oak (Postponed to December 13th)
Lewis Central 66, St. Albert 55
Shenandoah 61, Essex 26

Western Iowa Conference
AHSTW vs Audubon (Postponed to January 10th)
Tri-Center vs IKM-Manning (Postponed to January 6)
Treynor vs Logan-Magnolia (Postponed)
Riverside 67, Missouri Valley 55

Rolling Valley Conference
Exira-EHK 53, CAM 38 (E-EHK: Easton Nelson 18pts, Jackson Radcliff 11pts. C: Cade Ticknor 18pts)
Coon Rapids-Bayard vs Woodbine (Postponed)
West Harrison vs Paton-Churdan (Postponed to Saturday, December 11th)

Corner Conference
East Mills 61, Stanton 43
Sidney 87, Griswold 31

Pride of Iowa Conference
Bedford 62, East Union 37
Mount Ayr 73, SE Warren 47
Nodaway Valley 74, Wayne 53

Other Scores
ACGC 75, Ogden 60
CB Abraham Lincoln 75, CB Thomas Jefferson 42
Murray 52, Orient-Macksburg 13

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HOWARD BEAMAN, JR., 88, of Walnut (Svcs. 12/15/2021)

Obituaries

December 11th, 2021 by admin

HOWARD BEAMAN, JR., 88, of Walnut died Thursday, December 9th at Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan. A Memorial Service for HOWARD BEAMAN, JR. will be held on Wednesay, December 15th at 10:30 a.m. at Pauley-Jones Funeral Home in Harlan.

Visitation will be held on Tuesday, December 14th from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Pauley-Jones Funeral Home in Harlan.

Burial will be in the Magnolia Cemetery in Magnolia.

HOWARD BEAMAN, JR. is survived by:

Sons: Daniel (Penny) Beaman of Brayton. Joe (Lori) Beaman of Atlantic.

Daughter: Susan (Mike) Errickson of Sioux City.

Sisters: Darlyne (Bill) Mullin of Council Bluffs.

8 Grandchildren

11 Great-Grandchildren

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Skyscan Forecast Saturday 12/11/2021

Weather

December 11th, 2021 by admin

Skyscan Forecast  Saturday, December 11, 2021  Dan Hicks

Today: Becoming partly cloudy. NW @ 15-30, shifting to the W @ 10-15 this afternoon. High 40.

Tonight: Fair to partly cloudy. SW @ 5-10. Low 20.

Sunday: Fog early then mostly sunny. SW @ 10-15. High 54.

Monday: Partly cloudy. High 56.

Tuesday: Partly cloudy. High 60.

We picked up a light glaze of ice and .2″ of snow overnight at the KJAN studios. Yesterday’s high was 38 and the low was 28. This day last year the high was 38 and the low 28. The all-time record high for today was 64 set in 1965. Record low was -14 in 1917. Sunrise this morning at 7:36 a.m. and sunset is at 4:50 p.m.

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