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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A Polk County sheriff’s detective convicted of punching an Ankeny firefighter in a bar fracas has left the sheriff’s force. The Des Moines Register reports that John Negrete sent a letter announcing his retirement from the Polk County Sheriff’s Office on Dec. 3, three days after Sheriff Bill McCarthy wrote that he planned to fire Negrete. McCarthy retired in mid-December.
Court records say Negrete and his girlfriend, Tereasa Sunberg, were sentenced to a year of probation and given deferred judgments at their sentencings in September. The deferred judgments means their convictions can be removed from court records if they complete their probation terms.
The two were convicted of assault causing injury. Authorities say Negrete punched an Ankeny firefighter, Ross Frank, and Sunberg punched Frank’s wife, Danielle.
Jamie Elliott says she is trying to locate the Lady that stopped her at Orschlens, and asked about her standard french poodle this past fall. Please call Jamie at 712-254-2351.
FORT DODGE, Iowa (AP) — A Fort Dodge man has been accused of scheming to defraud the Iowa Lottery. Webster County court records say 39-year-old Nicholas Hanson is charged with money laundering, conspiracy to commit lottery fraud, extortion and marijuana possession. Authorities say Hanson wanted to redeem a winning lottery ticket but didn’t want his winnings taken by various creditors, including the state of Iowa. The court records say he enlisted the aid of another person, who went with him to claim the lottery winnings.
The criminal complaints don’t say exactly how much money Hanson and the other person picked up at Iowa Lottery headquarters, describing it only as “a substantial amount of U.S. currency.”
Red Oak Police, Wednesday night, arrested 42-year old Chrystal Rush Stewart, of Red Oak. Stewart was taken into custody at around 7-p.m., for Theft in the 5th Degree. She was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on a $300 cash bond.
ANNE M. WILLIAMS, 84, of Atlantic, died Wed., Feb. 6th, at Mercy West Lakes Hospital in West Des Moines. Funeral services for ANNE M. WILLIAMS will be held on Sunday, February 10th at 1:00pm in the Hockenberry Family Care Funeral Home in Atlantic.
Visitation with family will be held on Sunday, February 10th from 11:00am-1:00pm at the funeral home prior to services.
Memorials may be directed to the family to be used per Anne’s wishes at a later date.
Online condolences may be left at www.hockenberryfamilycare. com.
ANNE M. WILLIAMS is survived by:
Husband: Floyd Williams of Atlantic.
Children: Tom (Dianna) Williams of Lewis. John Williams of Atlantic. Kristy (Chuck) Duten of Greenfield. Katherine Williams of Atlantic.
Sister: Ruth Clinton of Creston.
5 Grandchildren
8 Great-Grandchildren
SHIRLEY M. LAW, 87, of Atlantic, died Wed., Feb. 6th, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. Funeral services for SHIRLEY LAW will be held 3-p.m. Saturday, Feb. 9th, at the Hockenberry Funeral Home in Atlantic.
Visitation with the family is from 2-until 3-p.m. Saturday, at the funeral home.
A private, family burial, will be held at the Oakhill Cemetery in Brayton.
SHIRLEY LAW is survived by:
Her son – Mike (Judy) Law, of West Des Moines.
Her daughters – Rebecca Law, of Johnston, and Lisa (Jeff) Schmitt, of Atlantic.
4 grandchildren and 1 great-grandchild, her sister-in-law: Pauline Knudsen, of Atlantic, and her brother-in-law Roger Law, from Colorado Springs, CO.
Today: **Winter Weather Advisory (for mixed precip) until 6-p.m.** Cloudy & windy w/light snow this morning & flurries this afternoon. High 10. NW @ 20-40 mph. WC -15. Total snow around 1″.
Tonight: Becoming Partly Cloudy. Low -8. NW @ 10-15. WC -25.
Tomorrow: Mostly sunny. High 12. N @ 5-10. WC -25.
Saturday: P/Cldy to Cldy. High 28.
Sunday: Cldy w/a chance of snow (mainly before noon). High 28.
Yesterday’s High in Atlantic was 18. Our Low this morning: 6. We received a .9” snow, sleet and freezing drizzle from 7-a.m. Wed., through 7-a.m. Today, which amounted to .1” liquid value. Last year on this date our High was 18 and the Low was 4. The record High in Atlantic on this date was 64 in 1987. The Record Low was -30 in 1905.
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) — Darrell Brown hit 5 of 6 from beyond the arc to scored 29 points as Bradley picked up a rare road victory at Northern Iowa, 79-71 in a Missouri Valley Conference battle Wednesday night.
Coming into the game the home team in the all-time series between the teams had won 40 of 57 games. Northern Iowa won the first meeting between the schools on the road, 65-47. Isaiah Brown knocked down a 3 with 1:38 left in the game to pull Northern Iowa (10-14, 5-8) within three points, 70-67, but Dwayne Lautier-Ogunleye and Brown each hit two free throws to turn away the threat.
Lautier-Ogunleye finished with 15 points and Elijah Childs added 11 points and grabbed 11 rebounds for Bradley (12-12, 4-7). The Braves continued their hot shooting from distance, hitting 11 of 20 from behind the 3-point arc
AJ Green had 24 points and Will Lohaus added another 12 for Northern Iowa.
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