Jim Field visits with Dave Eckles, Atlantic Schools Director of Transportation about school bus safety issues in light of the tragedy in Oakland earlier this week.
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Jim Field visits with Dave Eckles, Atlantic Schools Director of Transportation about school bus safety issues in light of the tragedy in Oakland earlier this week.
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The area’s latest and/or top news stories at 7:06-a.m., w/KJAN News Director Ric Hanson
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Police in Creston, today (Friday), arrested 26-year old Dale Lee Anson, II, of Creston. Anson was pulled over and taken into custody for Driving While Revoked. He was later released on a $1,000 bond.
Iowans are being warned about a new high-tech scheme that may catch you off-guard while surfing the ‘net. Jim Hegarty, president of the Better Business Bureau in Omaha-Council Bluffs, says it’s a sophisticated scam. Hegarty says, “You could be sitting at your computer and all of the sudden, the computer starts talking to you, telling you: ‘This is Microsoft tech support. We’re shutting your computer down because we’ve detected a virus. Call this 800 number to resolve the problem.’ And it’s just a computer voice.”
Rest assured, he says, there’s nothing wrong with your computer but crooks are trying to dupe you into giving up your personal information. Also, he says don’t bother calling that toll-free number or you’ll hear more tall tales. “They claim to be with a subsidiary of Microsoft, they want to help solve the problem,” Hegarty says. “It’s going to be $199 to get everything cleaned up or you can buy their virus protection. Unfortunately, hundreds of thousands of individuals have given these people their credit card.”
Coincidentally, he says about 90-percent of the people who fall for the scam don’t even realize they’ve been victimized. “What they’ve done is given their credit card information to some bad actors, likely in India, and they’ve also allowed these individuals into their system where they can operate with malware, low and slow,” Hegarty says. “If you allowed them in to fix it, shut down your computer and take it to a reliable tech support company.” Have the pros clean up the problem correctly, he says, or any private information on your computer could be at risk.
(Radio Iowa)
CHEROKEE, Iowa (AP) — A northwestern Iowa man has agreed to serve a 10-year prison sentence in pleading guilty to causing a fatal crash last year. The Sioux City Journal reports that 23-year-old Casey Herron, of Quimby, Iowa, pleaded guilty Tuesday to vehicular homicide and operating while intoxicated shortly after his trial in Cherokee County District Court began. As part of the deal, Herron agreed to a 10-year prison term when he’s sentenced on Feb. 2.
Prosecutors say Herron was drunk when he crashed a pickup truck July 30, 2016, in rural Cherokee County, killing one of his passengers, 21-year-old Vitali Zhylka. Herron and two others in the truck were injured.
Today: Cloudy to P/Cldy w/flurries or freezing drizzle this morning. High 42. W @ 10-15.
Tonight: P/Cldy. Low 30.
Tomorrow: P/Cldy. High 53. SW @ 10-20.
Sunday: Mo. Cldy. High near 40.
Monday: Mo. Cldy. High near 40.
Thursday’s High in Atlantic was 36. Our Low this morning 27. We did see some snow flurries in the air yesterday, but no accumulation. Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 20 and the low was 2. The Record High in Atlantic on this date was 64 in 2012. The Record Low for this date was -19 in 1901.
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids has hired a new president. Television station KCRG reports that 59-year-old Lori Sundberg, the current president of Carl Sandburg College in Illinois, announced Thursday morning that she had been hired by the Iowa college. Sundberg will continue to serve as the Illinois college’s president through June 30. She’ll take over at Kirkwood Community College on Aug. 1. The Kirkwood board approved Sundberg’s hiring Thursday night.
ELAINE M. LAURITSEN, 82, of Audubon, died Wed., Dec. 13th, at the Exira Care Center. Funeral services for ELAINE LAURITSEN will be held 11-a.m. Monday, Dec. 18th, at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church in Audubon. Kessler Funeral Home in Audubon has the arrangements.
Friends may call at the funeral home. The family visitation will be held at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church on Monday, from 9:30-a.m. until the time of service.
Burial will be in the Arlington Heights Cemetery in Audubon.
ELAINE LAURITSEN is survived by:
Her daughter – Kay (Steve) Wilt, of Gurnee, IL.
Her sons – Brian (Nicci) Lauritsen, of Lamar, CO., & Bruce (Barb Gigar) Lauritsen, of Guthrie Center.
Her step-children, Lisa and James Mauer, of Caney, KS; and Laura and James Hallinan, of Lansing, KS.
Her sister – Rose (Maynard) Madsen, of Audubon.
Her brother – George (Joan) Sorensen, of Audubon.
8 grandchildren, 9 step-grandchildren, and 2 step-great grandchildren, her in-laws, other relatives and friends.
MARY JOAN CHRISTENSEN, 70, of Harlan, died Wed., Dec. 13th. A Mass of Christian Burial for MARY CHRISTENSEN will be held 11-a.m. Tue., Dec. 19th, at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Harlan. Pauley-Jones Funeral Home in Harlan has the arrangements.
Visitation will be held at the funeral home on Monday, Dec. 18th, from 3-until 7-p.m., with the family greeting friends from 5-until 7-p.m., and a Wake service at 6-p.m.
Burial will be in the St. Joseph’s Cemetery at Earling.
MARY JOAN CHRISTENSEN is survived by:
Her husband – Grant Christensen, of Harlan.
Her daughter – Kerry (Michael) Jonas, of Blair, NE.
Her sister – Nancy (Bruce) Orr, of Portland, OR.
Her brother – Mark (Nancy) Vandenbroucke, of Omaha.
and 2 grandchildren.