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KARLA J. PAULEY, 86, of Council Bluffs, died Wed., May 29th, at the Bethany Lutheran Home in Council Bluffs. A Memorial Mass for KARLA PAULEY will be held on Monday, June 3rd at 11:00am at St. Mary Our Lady of Fatima Church in Portsmouth. Pauley-Jones Funeral Home in Harlan has the arrangements.
Family will greet friends on Sunday, June 2nd from 5:00pm-7:00pm at St. Mary Our Lady of Fatima Church in Portsmouth.
Burial will be in the Harlan Cemetery at a later date.
KARLA PAULEY is survived by:
Her sons – Kurt (Suzie) Pauley, of Farragut; Kent Pauley, of Denison; Keith Pauley, of LaVista, Ne; Kelly Pauley, of Elkhorn, WI., and Kirby (Gayle) Pauley, of Greenville, WI.
Her daughters – Kathleen (Ken) Cue, of Persia; Kay Stevens, of Carroll; and Kerri (Tim) Kelly, of Omaha.
Brothers-in-law: Neil (Marian) Pauley. Llyod Pauley.
20 Grandchildren
4 Great-Grandchildren
President Donald Trump is set to attend a Republican Party fundraiser in Iowa in June. According to the Des Moines Register, the state party said the president will attend the private event June 11 in West Des Moines. A spokesperson for the Republican Party of Iowa told the newspaper Gov. Kim Reynolds, Sen. Joni Ernst, Sen. Chuck Grassley and U.S. Rep. Steve King will be invited.
President Trump last visited Iowa in October 2018 when he held a large rally in Council Bluffs.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The National Weather Service has confirmed one tornado in southeastern Iowa on Wednesday that injured a man. The Des Moines Register reports that the tornado hit Wednesday afternoon near Barnes City in Poweshiek County. The name and medical condition of the man injured was not immediately released. The tornado also damaged a farmstead in the area.
The National Weather Service says the tornado was among a spate of reported tornado sightings throughout the state on Wednesday. Chad Hahn, a National Weather Service meteorologist based in Des Moines, said reports of tornadoes east and north of the Des Moines metro began around 4 p.m., starting in Sac County.
Today: Area of morning fog; P/Cldy to Cldy w/isolated showers & thunderstorms. High 74. NW @ 10.
Tonight: Isolate showers & thunderstorms ending. P/Cldy. Low 58. Winds light & variable.
Tomorrow: P/Cldy. High 82. W @ 10-15 mph.
Saturday: P/Cldy to cloudy w/scattered shwrs & tstrms. High around 78.
Sunday: P/Cldy. High around 80.
Yesterday’s High in Atlantic was 73. Our Low this morning 56. The 24-hour rainfall in Atlantic ending at 7-a.m. today, was .22″. Last year on this date our High was 83 and the Low was 65. The record High in Atlantic on this date was 105 in 1934. The Record Low was 33 in 1930.
(Radio Iowa) — The start of the boys state soccer tournament has been moved back one day to Friday. Officials with the Iowa High School Athletic Association made the decision after several days of heavy rain in Central Iowa. Cownie Soccer Park in Des Moines hosts the tournament. Storm Lake was set to open the 2A tournament on this ( Thursday) afternoon, but coach Ben Schekirke’s team will now play Lewis Central on Friday.
The semifinals will now be Saturday and the championship matches will be next Tuesday. Todd Tharp of the IHSAA says the decision was made after heavy rain Monday night. Tharp says the complex has received nearly nine and-a-half inches of rain since May 17th.
Tharp believes giving the fields an extra day to dry will help maintain them throughout the tournament. The semifinals will now be Saturday and the championship matches will be next Tuesday.
Tharp says they have contingency plans in the event there is more rain.
MILFORD “MEL” A. HAGEN, 94, of Atlantic, died May 25th at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. Private funeral services will be held for “MEL” HAGEN. Kessler Funeral Home in Audubon has the arrangements.
Burial will be in the Atlantic Cemetery.
MILFORD “MEL” HAGEN is survived by:
His son – Mark (Karen) Hagen, of Vancouver, WA.
His daughter – Pota, of Atlantic.
His step-children: Alice Kelsey, of Hull City, SD; James Plympton, of Wichita, KS.
5 grandchildren, 3 great-grandchildren and 3 step-grandchildren
The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office said they received a report at around 10:35-p.m. Wednesday, that a 16-year old had run away from Elliott. A little after 12-a.m. today (Thursday), the juvenile was located in Red Oak, and charged with providing false information to law enforcement. The juvenile was released to a parent.
19-year old Chloe Ann Milner, of Red Oak, was arrested for Harboring a runaway child. She was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on $2,000 bond. The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office was assisted by Red Oak Police during the investigation.
Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — The Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals are set to play at London next season in a two-game series at West Ham’s Olympic Stadium on June 13 and 14. St. Louis will be the home team for both games, according to a draft of the 2020 preliminary schedule obtained by The Associated Press. The New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox are scheduled to meet in Major League Baseball’s first games in Europe, at London’s Olympic Stadium on June 29 and 30.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Bryce Harper hit his 10th homer, his 200th career double and drove in four to lead the Philadelphia Phillies to an 11-4, rain-delayed win over the St. Louis Cardinals. Scott Kingery and Maikel Franco hit back-to-back homers in the fifth inning, and Andrew McCutchen hit a two-run shot two batters later to blow the game open.
CHICAGO (AP) — Six innings after being beaned with a pitch from Kansas City starter Glenn Sparkman, Tim Anderson doubled in the go-ahead run in the eighth, lifting the Chicago White Sox to an 8-7 victory over the Kansas City Royals. José Abreu hit a three-run homer, Yoán Moncada also connected and the White Sox swept a three-game series for the first time this season.
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Kansas freshmen Devon Dotson and Quentin Grimes withdrew from the NBA draft ahead of Wednesday night’s deadline, while Grimes also announced that he would transfer elsewhere for his sophomore year. The two guards went through various camps and combines to determine whether they would be chosen in this year’s draft. After consulting with their families and Kansas coach Bill Self, both of them decided that they would benefit from another year in school.
BOSTON (AP) — Boston Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy says defenseman Matt Grzelcyk was taken to a hospital after taking a hit to the head in their Game 2 loss in the Stanley Cup Final. St. Louis forward Oskar Sundqvist was sent off for boarding after he smashed Grzelcyk into the glass. The best-of-seven series is tied 1-1. Carl Gunnarsson’s goal in overtime gave the Blues a 3-2 win after Boston won the opener 4.2.
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