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Corrections Department says officer OK after prison attack

News

September 9th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

FORT DODGE, Iowa (AP) — An assault by an inmate at a prison in Fort Dodge has left an officer with minor injuries. The Iowa Department of Corrections says that on Sunday afternoon, an inmate at the Fort Dodge Correctional Facility attacked a correctional officer.

Officials say the attack happened about 4 p.m. when the inmate pushed the officer backward and then attempted to hit the officer. The officer responded with pepper spray and other officers quickly tried to subdue the inmate.

The officer and the inmate were taken to a local hospital and then released. The Corrections Department didn’t identify the officer or inmate.

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Sheriff: New evidence confirms ID of Missouri woman’s body

News

September 9th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

PINEVILLE, Mo. (AP) — Authorities say dental records and a tattoo support an earlier tentative identification of a body found on a hillside in southwest Missouri. McDonald County Sheriff Michael Hall said Monday the new evidence suggests the body found July 29 near Noel is that of 25-year-old Jessica McCormack, of Noel. Investigators believe she was stuffed into a suitcase that rolled down a hill after being thrown from a moving vehicle.

Hall tentatively identified the body in August. The Joplin Globe reports Hall said Monday dental records and a tattoo on the body’s left wrist made authorities confident the body was McDonald.

Her boyfriend, 37-year-old Mahamud Tooxoow Mahamed is charged with kidnapping but is a fugitive. Investigators believe he took McCormack’s three daughters to Iowa and left them with a friend before disappearing.

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FRANKLIN MOHR, 90, of Manning (Svcs. 9/14/19)

Obituaries

September 9th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

FRANKLIN MOHR, 90, of Manning, died Sunday, Sept. 8th, at home. Funeral services for FRANKLIN MOHR will be held 10:30-a.m. Sat., Sept, 14th, at Zion Lutheran Church in Manning. Ohde Funeral Home in Manning has the arrangements.

Friends may call at Zion Lutheran Church in Manning on Friday, Sept. 13th, from 4-until 7:30-p.m. Visitation will resume at the church on Saturday, beginning at 9:30-a.m. until the time of service.

Burial is in the Manning Cemetery/

FRANKLIN MOHR is survived by:

His wife – Arlene Mohr, of Manning.

His sons – Steven Mohr, of ND; Daniel (Sharon) Mohr, of Westside; and Johnathan (Lisa) Mohr, of Halbur.

His daughters – Debra (Bill) Ranninger, Rebecca (Ken) Eischeid, Elizabeth (Ben) Booth, and Mary (Chris) Greving, all of Manning, and Michelle (Matt) Pritchard Danner, of Carroll.

His brothers – Russ Mohr, of TX, and Allen Mohr, of WI.

His sisters – Louise Mischler, and Sandy Holtz, both of CA.

Numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

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LINDA MARIE SIMON KOONCE, 76, of Florida (Svcs. 9/21/19)

Obituaries

September 9th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

LINDA MARIE SIMON KOONCE, 76, of Florida, died July 15th, in Fort Walton Beach, Florida. The family of LINDA KOONCE would like to invite you to join them for a light lunch and time of fellowship 11-a.m. Saturday, Sept. 21st, in the basement of the Oakland United Methodist Church. Rieken Vieth Funeral Home is assisting family with arrangements.

A graveside service takes place 12:30-p.m. Saturday, at the Oaklawn Cemetery, in Oakland.

LINDA KOONCE is survived by:

Her children: Patricia A. Selbe; Donna (Ricky) Chappell, and Zane L. Koonce

Her siblings: Cyndy (Terry) Haines, of Oakland; Nancy Wedberg, of Omaha, Nebraska; Toni (Tom) Dorenkamp, of Fremont, Nebraska; Leslie Gleaves, and Laura Baller, both of Council Bluffs, and Lewis Fredrick Simons and fiancé Karen Long, of Richmond, Virginia.

9 grandchildren; 14 great grandchildren; other relatives & friends.

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Radio Iowa High School Football Poll 09/09/2019

Sports

September 9th, 2019 by admin

Class 4A
1. Ankeny Centennial (2-0), LW #2 vs Waterloo West
2. WDM Valley (2-0), LW #5 @ #3 Kennedy
3. Cedar Rapids Kennedy (2-0), LW #4 vs #2 Valley
4. Dowling Catholic (1-1), LW #1 vs Johnston
5. Bettendorf (2-0), LW #6 vs Dubuque Hempstead
6. Cedar Falls (2-0), LW #7 vs #7 Ankeny
7. Ankeny (1-1), LW #8 @ #6 Cedar Falls
8. Southeast Polk (1-1), LW (X) vs Iowa City West
9. Fort Dodge (2-0), LW #10 vs Indianola
10.Cedar Rapids Prairie (2-0), LW (X) @ Waukee

Class 3A
1. Western Dubuque (2-0), LW #1 @ Decorah
2. Solon (2-0), LW #2 @ Marion
3. Cedar Rapids Xavier (2-0), LW #3 @ #7 Assumption (Thur)
4. North Scott (2-0), LW #4 vs Pleasant Valley
5. Pella (2-0), LW #5 vs Norwalk
6. Lewis Central (2-0), LW #6 vs C.B. Abe Lincoln
7. Davenport Assumption (2-0), LW #8 vs #3 Xavier (Thur)
8. Glenwood (2-0), LW #9 @ Carroll Kuemper
9. Webster City (2-0), LW (X) @ Waterloo East
10.Sergeant Bluff-Luton (1-1), LW (X) @ Sioux City East (Thur)

2A
1. Waukon (2-0), LW #1 vs New Hampton
2. Clear Lake (2-0), LW #2 @ Garner-Hayfield-Ventura
3. Algona (2-0), LW #5 vs Emmetsburg
4. Crestwood (1-1), LW #3 @ Waverly-Shell Rock
5. Williamsburg (1-1), LW #4 vs 1A-#4 West Branch
6. Des Moines Christian (2-0), LW #6 @ Ogden
7. Waterloo Columbus (2-0), LW #9 @ East Marshall
8. Greene County (2-0), LW #10 vs Saydel
9. Benton (2-0), LW (X) @ Center Point-Urbana
10.Southeast Valley (2-0), LW (X) vs Blemond-Klemme

1A
1. West Sioux (2-0), LW #1 vs Sioux Center
2. Dike-New Hartford (2-0), LW #2 vs North Butler
3. Van Meter (2-0), LW #3 vs Madrid
4. West Branch (2-0), LW #4 @ 2A-#5 Williamsburg
5. West Lyon (2-0), LW #5 vs Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley
6. Mediapolis (2-0), LW #6 @ Pekin
7. Western Christian (Hull) (2-0), LW (X) vs Sioux City Heelan
8. South Central Calhoun (2-0), LW #8 vs IKM-Manning
9. Mount Ayr (2-0), LW #9 vs Central Decatur
10.Treynor (2-0), LW (X) vs Shenandoah

Class A
1. West Hancock (2-0), LW #1 vs Osage
2. Wapsie Valley (2-0), LW #3 @ #5 North Tama
3. Saint Ansgar (2-0), LW #4 vs Starmont
4. Edgewood-Colesburg (2-0), LW #5 vs East Buchanan
5. North Tama (2-0), LW #9 vs #2 Wapsie Valley
6. Westwood (Sloan) (1-1), LW #7 @ AHSTW
7. BGM (Brooklyn) (2-0), LW (X) vs North Mahaska
8. Grundy Center (2-0), LW #4 vs BCLUW
9. Algona Garrigan (1-1), LW (X) vs Lake Mills
10.South O’Brien (2-0), LW (X) @ Alta-Aurelia

Eight-man
1. Don Bosco (2-0), LW #1 vs Rockford
2. Turkey Valley (2-0), LW #4 vs Midland (Wyoming)
3. New London (2-0), LW #6 @ WACO
4. Remsen St. Mary’s (2-0), LW #5 vs Kingsley-Pierson
5. Iowa Valley (2-0), LW #7 vs English Valleys
6. Coon Rapids-Bayard (2-0), LW (X) vs Woodbine
7. Audubon (2-1), LW #8 vs Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton
8. Lenox (3-0), LW #9 vs Seymour
9. Glidden-Ralston (2-0), LW #10 @ CAM
10.Newell-Fonda (1-1), LW #2 vs Siouxland Christian

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ESTHER LOEWENSTEIN, 93, of Walnut (Funeral Svcs. 9/14/19 )

Obituaries

September 9th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

ESTHER LOEWENSTEIN, 93, of Walnut, died Sunday, Sept. 8th, at Atlantic Specialty Care. Funeral services for ESTHER LOEWENSTEIN will be held 1-p.m. Saturday, Sept. 14th, at the Roland Funeral Home in Atlantic.

Friends may call at the funeral home on Friday, Sept. 13th, from 5-until 8-p.m.; Online condolences may be left at www.rolandfuneralservice.com.

A private family burial will be held at the Layton Township Cemetery, in Walnut.

ESTHER LOEWENSTEIN is survived by:

Her son – Earl (Susan) Caddock III, of Plano, TX.

Her daughter – Marsha (Donald) Kuester, of Wheaton, MD.

Her sister – Mabel (Raymond) Buboltz, of Walnut.

2 grandchildren and 1 great-grandchild.

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THERESA KAY JACKSON, 61, formerly of Atlantic (Celebration of Life 9/14/19)

Obituaries

September 9th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

THERESA KAY JACKSON, 61, formerly of Atlantic, died Saturday, Sept. 7th, at the Griswold Care Center. A Celebration of Life reception for THERESA JACKSON will be held at East of Omaha Music Venue in Griswold on Saturday, September 14, 2019, from 1-3 PM. Rieken Duhn Funeral Home in Griswold is assisting the family.

A visitation with the family will be held Friday, Sept. 13th, from 5:30-until 7:30 PM, at the Rieken Duhn Funeral Home in Griswold.

Interment will be at a later date.

THERESA JACKSON is survived by:

Her husband – Rick, of Griswold

Her children: Kerri (Brian) Hayes, of Omaha, NE; Titus (Jessica) Jackson, of Griswold, and Travis (Krista) Jackson, of Michigan, and Tyler (Vanessa) Jackson, of Corning.

Her brother – Ken Steffen, of Florida

and 12 grandchildren.

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Clarinda man arrested for taking a vehicle w/out permission, & poss. of paraphernalia

News

September 9th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

Sheriff’s officials in Page County say 52-year old Michael James Brown, of Clarinda, was arrested Friday, following an investigation into a missing vehicle. Authorities received a call during the day on Friday, from a woman residing in the 100 block of E. Lincoln Street, in Clarinda. The woman told Clarinda Police her 1990 Red GMC pickup as stolen from outside her residence.  The vehicle had then been entered Nation wide as stolen.

Michael James Brown

A little after 7-p.m., Friday, was woman reported her vehicle was returned to the residence. As the result of an investigation, the Page County Sheriff’s Office arrested Michael James Brown for Operating vehicle without owner’s consent and possession of drug paraphernalia. Brown was transported to the Page County Jail where he was being held on $2,000 bond, pending further court proceedings.

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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9th

Trading Post

September 9th, 2019 by Jim Field

FOR SALE:  36 w x46 h, double hung vinyl window, nice condition $ 40.00, and 9′ x50′ new roll of Typar house wrap $40.00.  712-250-1005.  SOLD!

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National TV show to broadcast from Ames before Iowa-Iowa State game Saturday

Sports

September 9th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) — There will be an amped-up pre-game atmosphere for this year’s Iowa-Iowa State football game. For the first time, E-S-P-N’s College Football GameDay will broadcast from Ames on Saturday. Jack Whitver of Ankeny, a prominent state senator, was a starting wide receiver for the Cyclones.  “GameDay, for the last 25 years, has been the traveling TV show that goes to the biggest game every week,” Whitver says. “To get GameDay to come to your stadium is a big deal…It really just kind of solidifies Iowa State as an up-and-coming football program and just kind of puts them on the map.”

Each week, College GameDay features a celebrity from the host school who makes predictions about the game. Whitver suggests a former I-S-U quarterback he played with 15 years ago is an option. “Seneca Wallace would probably be a top choice or Dan McCarney,” Whitver says. “He played at Iowa, coached at Iowa State, so he has ties to both schools. He really helped build the (ISU) program.” Fans will camp out in Ames to be part of the show’s atmosphere when it goes live on E-S-P-N at 8 a.m. Saturday. Whitver says it’s an opportunity to not only showcase Iowa State head coach Matt Campbell and his football program, but the entire state of Iowa. “You have our marque game, with both teams there,” Whitver says. “It’s going to be a really exciting day for the state.”

Some former I-S-U athletes playing in the N-F-L and the N-B-A have been tweeting about coming back for the big game — and the morning broadcast. “A lot of them will come back anyway because it’s the Iowa-Iowa State game,” Whitver says, “but having GameDay there just gives them another reason to come back.” The game kicks off in Ames at 3 p.m. Saturday. You can listen ti it on KJAN.

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