The area’s latest and/or top news stories at 7:06-a.m. From KJAN News Director Ric Hanson.
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SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — Another former employee has been given probation for using guests’ credit cards for a scam at a Sioux City hotel. Woodbury County court records say 36-year-old Sandra Lalumendre was sentenced Monday to 10 years in prison, suspended, and five years of probation. She’d pleaded guilty to one felony count of theft. Prosecutors dropped a credit card fraud charge in return.
Court documents say that from May 14 through Sept. 8 last year, Lalumendre and Ethan Ehlers fraudulently overcharged guests’ credit cards at the Howard Johnson hotel in downtown Sioux City. They’d then force refunds and split the money. The documents say the total was more than $32,700.
Ehlers has been sentenced to three years of probation. The two have been ordered to jointly pay $10,000 in restitution to the hotel.
INDIANOLA, Iowa (AP) — A proposal to spend an additional $3.5 million to build a Warren County courthouse and justice center has fallen short of approval. Officials say nearly 56% of voters supported the measure Tuesday, but it needed 60% of the votes to pass. Warren County Supervisor Aaron DeKock says the result disappointed him, but the project still will go back out to bid in January. Voters approved $29.9 million for the courthouse and justice center in August 2018. The project has been stalled since construction bids came back $7 million over budget. The old courthouse and jail have been torn down.
Today: Partly cloudy-to-cloudy. High 45. S winds becoming N @ 10-15.
Tonight: Mostly cloudy w/a chance of flurries; Becoming P/Cldy late. Low 14. N @ 15-30.
Tomorrow: P/Cldy. High 39. NW @ 10.
Friday: Mo. Cldy. High 42.
Saturday: P/Cldy. High 55.
Yesterday’s High in Atlantic was 42. Our Low was 25. Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 44 and the Low was 24. The record High for this date in Atlantic, was 77 in 1915. The Record Low was 9, in 1991.
View the full results of the election from the IA Sec.of State’s website: https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/IA/Pottawattamie/98457/web/#/summary
Contested races only ; I = Incumbent; * = winner(s) of contested races
Council Bluffs:
City Council (Vote for 3)
Deb Bass 2,000
Chad Hannan 3,174*
Roger Sandau 2,942*
Nate Watson 1,615
Sharon White 1,588
Joe Disalvo 2,950*
Neola:
Mayor (Vote for 1)
Karla Pogge 173*
Dawn M. Goodsell 111
City Council (Vote for 3)
Richard D. Schuning 138*
Jason Zaborowski 63
Jonathan McDonald 92
Joseph R. Munch 132
Ty Ungrad 166*
Lori Eckrich 203*
Oakland
City Council (Vote for 2)
Jeremy Perkins 147*
Tina Drahota 84
Kelly Towne 120
Coralee Bernard 89
Betsy Moniz 183*
City Council to Fill a Vacancy (Vote for 1)
Douglas Reed 194*
Courtne Turner 141
Underwood
City Council (Vote for 3)
Royce D. Forbush 88
Josh H. Madsen 134*
Robert W. Dose 94*
Ashleigh M. Robinson 98*
Walnut
City Council (Vote for 2)
Justen Tooley 64
Erich Cochran 92*
LaVonne Wood 62
Cheyenne Mertz 95*
Avoca
City Council (Vote for 2)
Lori Hansen 168
Fred G. Miller III 179*
Matt Gramkow 197*
City Council To Fill a Vacancy (Vote for 1)
Steve Kerr 123
Charles J. Stolz 157*
Carson
City Council (Vote for 2)
Frankie Knudsen 71
Marlene Richardson 74*
Troy Graves 90*
Crescent
City Council (Vote for 3)
Michelle Hargens 78*
Charles Hildreth 63*
Jack A. Powers 78*
Randall J. Adams 45
Hancock
City Council (Vote for 3)
Donald Ehlers 24
Vince Guyer 30
Linda Wageman 36
City Council to Fill a Vacancy (Vote for 1)
Ray C. Evans 35
AHSTW School
Director District #2 (Vote for 1)
Kim Wise 314*
Robert Bryant 224
Board of Director (Vote for 1)
Steven Kock 283*
Michelle Mertz 263
Treynor School Board (Vote for 3)
Gina Mieska 242
Keith Christensen 306*
Amy Bierbaum 139
B.J. Dreyer 283*
Stephen Winchell 295*
Bob Beattie 181
Riverside School
Director District #3 (Vote for 1)
Jamie Kadel 362*
Rodney Pendgraft 204
Underwood School Board of Directors (Vote for 3)
Nathan Burns 132
Brian Leaders 176
Nicole Snyder 168
Rick Larson 223*
Teresa Mace 193*
Matt Brummett 216*
Tri Center School Board (Vote for 2)
Cecilia Thomas 107
Sara Arnold 201*
Katie Ausdemore 346*
Tami Harman 170
Council Bluffs School Board (Vote for 4)
Jill Shudak 3,265*
Dick Dallinger 1,488
Troy Arthur 2,284*
Chris LaFerla 2,276
David Coziahr 2,646*
Lewis Central School Board (Vote for 3)
Brian Stoufer 823*
Amie Adkins 899*
Daryl Weilage 724*
Travis Houseton 655
AHSTW School District/Director At-Large (elect 1)
Steven Kock 74*
Michelle Mertz 73
Harlan Community School District
Director/District 5 (elect 1) –
Allyson Bendorf 435
Joni Larsen (I) 716*
Public Measure SY (10-year PPEL renewal)
Yes – 728*
No – 415
Public Measure SZ (Instructional Support Levy/Income Surtax)
Yes – 710*
No – 426
City of Elk Horn Public Measure SX (Increase in Hotel/Motel tax from 5% to 7%)
Yes – 53*
No – 7
Tri-Center School District
Director At-Large (elect 2) –
Celcilia Thomas 0
Sara Arnold 2*
Katie Ausdemore (I) 4*
Tami Harman 0
City of Irwin
City Council (elect 2) At Large-
Jonna Willadsen 46*
Jim Kramer 22 (tie)
Jessie Bates 11
Richard Wiig 22 (tie)
Boyer Valley School District
Director/District 2 (elect 2) –
Steve Puck (I) 10*
Paul L. Klein (I) 8 (tie)
Jeffrey L. Miller 8 (tie)
Woodbine Community School District/ Director At-Large (elect 3) –
Kert A. Barnum (I) 0
Shawn Cogdill (I) 0
Teresa Coenen 0
Martin Murdock 0
City of Tennant Public Measure SA (AHSTW 10-year PPEL renewal) –
Yes – 93*
No – 73
City of Shelby
City Council (elect 3) –
Robert Morton 75
Christopher J. Evans 99*
Karen Schlueter 79*
Donavon Gail Dontje 77*
City of Defiance – Mayor (No candidate: 37 write-in votes
City of Defiance – At Large – select 2 (No candidates: 69 Write-in votes_
City of Kirkman – City Council At Large (3) (No candidates: 25 W/in votes
City of Panora – Mayor (No candidate: 24 W/in)
City of Panora – At Large (2) (No candidate: 46 W/in)
PAUL LeROY JENSEN, 79, of Harlan, died Tue., Nov. 5th, in Harlan. A Mass of Christian Burial for PAUL JENSEN will be held 10:30-a.m. Saturday, Nov. 9th, at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Harlan. Burmeister-Johannsen Funeral Home in Harlan has the arrangements.
Friends may call at the funeral home on Friday, Nov. 8th, from 3-until 8-p.m., with the family greeting friends from 5-until 7-p.m., and where a Wake Service begins at 7-p.m.
Burial is in the Harlan Cemetery.
PAUL LeROY JENSEN is survived by:
His son – Matt (Jill) Jensen, of Sioux Falls, SD.
His sister – Marilyn Jensen, of Exira.
His brother – Jerry (Rosalie) Jensen, of Exira.
a grand-daughter, other relatives, and friends.
Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:40 a.m. CST
INDEPENDENCE, Iowa (AP) — A northeastern Iowa man has been sentenced to 30 days in jail _ all but seven days of it suspended _ for torturing the family dog and making his children watch a video of the torture. The Buchanan County prosecutor’s office says in a news release that 42-year-old Jason O’Neil Johnson, of Independence, was sentenced Tuesday. He was found guilty by a jury in August of animal torture.
DAKOTA CITY, Neb. (AP) — An Iowa woman charged in the hit-and-run fatal crash that killed a pedestrian in northeastern Nebraska is set to stand trial in the case. The Sioux City Journal reports that 19-year-old Maria Gonzalez-Diego, of Sioux City, waived her right to a preliminary hearing on Tuesday. She now faces arraignment Dec. 3 on charges of vehicular homicide and failure to stop at the scene of a fatality crash in the June 24 death of 62-year-old Antonia Lopez De Ramirez.
RUNNELLS, Iowa (AP) — Iowa officials say six people, including children, have escaped a house fire in Runnells. Polk County Sheriff’s Deputy Heath Osberg told KCCI the fire broke out Tuesday morning. Several agencies responded, and Osberg says one person was taken to a hospital. Others were treated for minor injuries, including smoke inhalation.
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Members and employees of the governing board for Iowa’s public universities could soon be barred from gambling on the college teams they help oversee. A policy proposed by the Board of Regents would bar board members and staff from betting on games involving the Iowa Hawkeyes, the Iowa State Cyclones or the University of Northern Iowa Panthers. The board will consider adopting the policy at its meeting next week.
Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press
AMES, Iowa (AP) — Senior Michael Jacobson led seven Cyclones in double figures with 20 points and nine rebounds and Iowa State throttled Mississippi Valley State 110-74 in its season opener. Tyrese Haliburton had 12 points, 14 assists, seven rebounds and six steals for the Cyclones, who improved to 7-0 against the Delta Devils.
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Reserve DJ McDonald scored a career-high 15 points, Dragan Elkaz added 14 and George Willborn III had 13 as UC Riverside upset Nebraska 66-47 to spoil Fred Hoiberg’s coaching debut with the Cornhuskers. The Big West’s Highlanders, who went 10-23 last season and have had one winning season since joining Division I in 2000, won for the first time over a Power Five opponent since beating California in November 2017. Nebraska lost a season opener at home for the first time since 1980.
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — No. 18 Iowa is preparing for this weekend’s visit to No. 16 Wisconsin. The Hawkeyes have one of the top defenses in the country. It will be challenged by Badgers running back Jonathan Taylor. Wisconsin has the nation’s top-ranked defense, and the Hawkeyes say they know it will be a physical road game on Saturday.
AMES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa State entered this season with its highest expectations in years. The next two weeks will determine whether the Cyclones can meet those lofty goals. Iowa State which had a bye last week after an upset loss to Oklahoma State, is facing one of the more important two-week stretches in recent memory. The Cyclones play at No. 9 Oklahoma before hosting Texas.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Cardinals manager Mike Shildt has been given a new three-year contract through the 2022 season. Shildt was hired in 2018 and his initial deal ran through 2020. St. Louis also announced president of baseball operations John Mozeliak received a three-year extension through 2023. The Cardinals exercised a 2020 option on general manager Mike Girsch and gave him a two-year extension through 2022.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs and team President Mark Donovan have signed a long-term contract extension. Terms were not disclosed. Donovan joined the Chiefs as chief operating officer in 2009 and was promoted to team president in 2011.