More State and area news from KJAN News Director Ric Hanson.
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Pan fry beef in large skillet and cook until pink color disappears. Pour off drippings. Add salt, onion and tomato sauce. Cook about 1 minute and remove from heat. Cook noodles according to directions and drain. Mix together cottage cheese, cream cheese, sour cream, green pepper and onion. Add cooked noodles and stir to blend. Pour into greased 3 quart casserole and top with meat mixture. Sprinkle parsley flakes over top if desired. Bake in 350 degree oven for 30 to 40 minutes or until bubbly. Makes 8 servings.
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Jim Field visits with Cass County Emergency Management Coordinator Mike Kennon about Severe Weather Awareness week.
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Police in Creston report 26-year old Johnathan Dakotah Davor Vert, of Creston, was arrested late Monday night. Vert was taken into custody at around 11:53-p.m., for Public Intoxication. He was being held in the Union County Jail on a $300 bond. Authorities said also, Central Iowa Furniture, in Creston, reported Monday that sometime between Saturday and Sunday, the building was egged. The damage was estimated at $10.
The area’s latest and/or top news stories at 7:06-a.m. From KJAN News Director Ric Hanson.
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MANLY, Iowa (AP) — The owner of a northern Iowa dog breeding operation has been charged with animal neglect. Worth County court records say 66-year-old Barbara Kavars, of Manly, is charged with 17 counts. The records don’t list the name of an attorney who could comment for her. Court records say Kavars was holding Samoyed dogs in inhumane conditions when officials raided her operation on Nov. 12 and visited at other times. The records say the 17 dogs had fur matted by feces, skin conditions leading to fur loss, painful wounds, intestinal parasites and other maladies.
The records also say the dogs’ kennels lacked food and had water containers that were filled with ice. Kavars denied any wrongdoing and told officials she didn’t think the dogs needed additional care.
Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds, Iowa Homeland Security and Emergency Management, and the National Weather Service have designated March 25 through March 29 as Severe Weather Awareness Week. Each day during Severe Weather Awareness Week, the National Weather Service in Des Moines will cover severe weather topics. Tomorrow’s topic (on Statewide Tornado Drill Day, is “Tornadoes”. Today’s topic is warning reception.
One of the most important precautions you can take to protect yourself and your family from severe weather is to remain weather aware. Being weather aware means you are informed of the weather forecast and alert to the potential hazards. Knowing what to do and where to go when watches and warnings are issued is key to you and your family’s safety.
Weather watch and warning information is available through the internet, commercial television and radio, NOAA All-Hazards Weather Radio and through mobile devices. For additional information on these resources check out:
Knowing when severe weather is possible will give you time to prepare! You can always find current conditions, forecasts and hazardous weather information at weather.gov
If you’re not on your computer, you can access the same information via your mobile device at mobile.weather.gov
For additional safety information visit:
weather.gov/safety
ready.gov
weather.gov/desmoines
(Radio Iowa) — As temperatures gradually rise in Iowa during in springtime, so do gasoline prices. Rose White, spokeswoman for Triple-A-Iowa, says motorists across the state are shelling out more to fill the tank than they did a month ago. “Iowa motorists are paying an average of $2.56 a gallon, which is three-cents higher compared to the state average reported a year ago,” White says. “During the past month, the average price for a gallon of unleaded fuel in Iowa has increased 28-cents a gallon.”
With winter behind us, Iowans are driving more and that’s driving up demand — and prices at the pump.”We do see crude oil prices climb higher and often that is because many of the refineries are curbing production because they do have seasonal maintenance checks,” White says, “but we also see the higher demand as we start approaching the summer travel months.”Sometimes it pays to shop around for gas, as the price varies about 15-cents a gallon from one end of the state to the other. “Some of the lowest prices in the state right now can be found in Council Bluffs, where the average is currently $2.52 a gallon,” White says. “Some of the highest prices can be found in Dubuque where the average there is currently $2.67.”
The statewide average of two-56 a gallon is five cents cheaper than the national average. Triple-A says the nation’s least expensive markets are Utah and Alabama at $2.34, while the highest state average is in California where motorists are paying $3.43 a gallon.
FORT DODGE, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say an Indiana man took a plea deal on the day jury selection was to begin for his Iowa murder trial. Webster County District Court records say 26-year-old Phillip Williams, of Lafayette, Indiana, pleaded guilty Monday to attempted murder, desecration of a corpse and being an accessory after the fact. He’d originally pleaded not guilty to a charge of first-degree murder, which carries a life sentence.
The records say Williams’ plea deal calls for a 32-year sentence. Sentencing is set for April 22. Prosecutors say Williams and 27-year-old Mackenzie Knigge killed 26-year-old Jessica Gomez, of Fort Dodge, in August 2017. Gomez’s burned body was found in a field near Clare. Knigge’s trial is scheduled to begin June 10.