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SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — A Nebraska resident accused of stabbing to death a woman in northwest Iowa has had her trial rescheduled to start June 8. Melissa Camargo-Flores, of Dakota City, Nebraska, is accused of killing 24-year-old Kenia Alvarez-Flores in Sioux City on April 8, 2018. Court documents say Camargo-Flores admitted stabbing Alvarez-Flores. Camargo-Flores told investigators she’d been involved in a relationship with the victim’s boyfriend. Authorities say the two women were not related.
MARY MARGARET EILTS, 96, of Council Bluffs (formerly of rural Cumberland), died Monday, March 2nd, at home. Funeral services for MARY EILTS will be held 11-a.m. Saturday, March 7th, at the Hoy-Kilnoski Funeral Home, in Council Bluffs.
Visitation at the funeral home is on Friday, March 6th, from 5-until 7-p.m., with a Prayer Service at 7-p.m.
Interment is in the Hazel Dell Cemetery.
Memorials in her name may be directed to Timothy Lutheran Church of Council Bluffs, Crescent Fire Department or St. Croix Hospice.
MARY MARGARET EILTS is survived by:
Her daughters – Susanne Eilts, and Jolene (Kevin) Edmonds, all from Council Bluffs.
1 grandchild, 3 great-grandchildren, other relatives and friends.
NEVADA, Iowa (AP) — A man accused of fatally stabbing his wife in Story County has been found not competent for trial. Further evaluation and psychiatric treatment have been requested for 71-year-old Gary Pillman. He’s already pleaded not guilty to a charge of first-degree murder. Court records say Pillman’s attorney requested the initial evaluation. Investigators have said Pillman killed his wife after an argument in which she told him she was leaving him. The body of 62-year-old Betty Pillman was found Nov. 13 outside the Pillmans’ home in Zearing.
Officials with the Creston Police Department say a teen was transported to the Greater Regional Medical Center, Wednesday afternoon, following a collision near the Creston High School Parking lot. Police report a 2014 Chevy Impala driven by 40-year old Erin Elizabeth Dodge, of Creston, was traveling east on Townline Road. A 2006 Chrysler Sebring driven by 16-year old Katelynn Nicole Buchanan, of Creston, was pulling out of the C.H.S parking lot, and failed to yield to the oncoming Impala. When she pulled in front of the vehicle, the resulting collision caused a total of $10,000 damage.
Buchanan complained of pain and was transported to the hospital by EMS. She was later cited for Failure to Yield upon entering a through highway.
Red Oak Police report Beth Renee Perdue was arrested Wednesday afternoon in the 1200 block of E. Summit Street. Perdue was arrested on a Cass County warrant for Probation Violation, with her bond set at $4,000. She was later transported by Cass County Deputies from the Montgomery County Jail to the Cass County Jail.
The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office says at around 3:20-p.m., Wednesday, a juvenile male was arrested for Terroristic Threats, following an incident at the Southwest Valley Middle School. The male was transported to, and held at, the Juvenile Detention Center, in Council Bluffs.
RED FLAG WARNING in effect south of I-80, from Noon until 6-p.m.**Wind Advisory in effect from 9-a.m. to 6-p.m., north of I-80**
Today: Partly cloudy & windy. High 52. NW @ 20-25 w/higher gusts.
Tonight: Fair to P/Cldy. Low 25. Diminishing NW winds.
Tomorrow: Mostly sunny. High 50. S @ 10.
Saturday: Mo. Sunny. High 68.
Sunday: P/Cldy. High 68.
Wednesday’s High in Atlantic was 59. Our Low was 26. Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 24 and the Low was -6. The record High for March 5th in Atlantic, was 74 in 1921. The Record Low was -31 in 1960.
EVERETT R. NELSON, 94, of Audubon, died Wed., March 4th, at the Friendship Home, in Audubon. Funeral services for EVERETT NELSON will be held 2-p.m. Saturday, March 7th, at the First United Methodist Church in Audubon. Kessler Funeral Home in Audubon has the arrangements.
Friends may call at the funeral home, where the family visitation is at 5-p.m., Friday (3/6).
Burial is in the Merrill’s Grove Cemetery, near Fiscus.
EVERETT NELSON is survived by:
His sons – Rodney (Marie) Nelson, of Waterford, VA., & Calvin (Paula) Nelson, of Madrid, IA.
His daughter – Pamela (Bob) Hamburger, of Omaha.
8 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren, other relatives & friends.
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