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Thunderstorm damage/incident reports (9/9/19)

Weather

September 9th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

5:46-p.m. – Emergency Management reports Power pole broken at White Pole Road and Adair Streets in Stuart due to thunderstorm winds.

4:54-p.m. – Thunderstorm wind gust estimated at 57 mph 4 miles N. of Nodaway, in Adams County (Coop Weather Observer)

4:41-p.m. – Thunderstorm wind damage 5-mile W/NW of Hepburn in Page County.  120th & O Avenue in Page County, between Stanton and Bethesda…wind damage to 2 large metal buildings and various tree damage. (Reported by Emergency Mgmt.) See pics below…

2 miles S/SE of Clarinda: Thunderstorm wind gust est. at 51 mph (Automated Weather Obs. System)

4-p.m. – 4-to 6 inch diameter tree limbs down in Menlo, via EMA.

Storm damage between Hepburn & Stanton. (Photos by Montgomery County EMA)

4 arrests in Mills County

News

September 9th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

The Mills County Sheriff’s Office reports four arrests. On Sunday, 39-year old Jeremy Steven Spahn, of Glenwood, was arrested at around 12:45-a.m. on I-29, for OWI/2nd offense.  His bond was set at $2,000. And, there were three arrests last Friday: 35-year old Kristy Lynn Bender, of Council Bluffs, was arrested at the Otoe County, NE., Jail, on a Mills County warrant for Probation Violation. Her bond was set at $2,000.

31-year old Samantha Page Jay, of Omaha, was arrested at the Pottawattamie County Jail, Friday, on a warrant for Failure to Appear. And, 43-year old John Merrill Meyers, of Glenwood, was arrested at the Mills County Sheriff’s Office last Friday, on a warrant for Probation Violation. His bond was set at $2,000.

NE man injured in Mills County accident

News

September 9th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

A man from Nebraska was injured during an accident that occurred at around 5:25-a.m. today (Monday), when a semi swerved to miss a deer. The Mills County Sheriff’s Office reports 30-year old Eduardo Bandera-Angeles, of Frement, NE., was traveling south on I-29 in a 2000 Dodge, when the semi tractor-trailer near him swerved for a deer on the road. In doing so, the semi forced Bandera-Angeles’ vehicle to enter the west ditch, where it struck a tree. Bandera-Angeles was transported by Glenwood Rescue to Jennie Edmundsen Hospital.

And, a woman from Red Oak was transported to the Montgomery County Memorial Hospital on Sept. 3rd, after her 2012 Hyundai made contact with the tire on an oversize load a the vehicles met on a bridge. Authorities say 32-year old Gina McDonald was traveling north on Highway 59, and a 1999 semi driven by Troy Putnam, of Underwood was traveling south.

Putnam had to steer his semi toward the center of the bridge over Highway 34, and was already on the bridge when he saw the car approaching. He flashed his lights to warn McDonald, but she continued onto the bridge. The oversize tire on the semi clipped the cars’ side view mirror, causing the driver’s door window to shatter.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.