The area’s latest and/or top news stories at 7:06-a.m., w/KJAN News Director Ric Hanson
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A man in Creston reported to the Police Department there, Monday, that someone had stolen his wallet. The wallet was missing from the area of Union and Elm Streets, and may have been taken sometime between Sunday and Monday. Inside the wallet were several items of identification, bank cards and cash. The loss was estimated at $200.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A former Omaha schoolteacher and area youth softball coach accused of child sexual assault has taken a plea deal. The Omaha World-Herald reports that 47-year-old Daryl Clark pleaded no contest Monday to enticement by electronic device and to attempted visual depiction of sexually explicit conduct. Prosecutors had already dropped three counts of child sexual assault when they determined the girl had been 16, the age of sexual consent in Nebraska. They amended other charges in exchange for Clark’s pleas.
At the time of his arrest last year, Clark was a business education teacher at Omaha’s Monroe Middle School and a girls softball coach in Papillion and Bellevue. Court records say he lives in Crescent, Iowa.
Members of the Atlantic Parks and Recreation Department Board of Directors, Monday evening, heard various seasonal activities related updates from Parks and Rec Director Seth Staashelm. The Board was expected to vote on a Vice-Chair to succeed Mary Strong, but tabled the motion because newly elected Board member John Krogman was not able to attend the meeting. In other business, Director Staashelm spoke first with regard to the Schildberg Rec Area Development Project. He said the playground equipment has arrived and is being kept in the newly renovated Parks and Rec shed until it’s installed sometime next Spring or Summer.
He mentioned also that designs are underway for the 30×50 west side shelter at the Schildberg park, the installation of which would also take place next Spring, weather permitting. With regard to the Sports Complex (Across the street from the KJAN Studios on N. Olive), a meeting was held to look over various plan options for what’s needed and what’s possible for the future. He says the preliminary plan incorporates space for soccer, flag and possible tackle football. In addition to the other sports the area is currently being used for during the Spring, Summer and Fall.
Staashelm said the Department is currently taking a look at improvements to Cedar Park and Mollett Park, including Public Gardens. That could include, in the case of Mollett Park, having plottable raised garden beds rentable to organizations or individuals, a walking trail with edible landscaping spread through different beds. Preliminary plans also call for a shelter and playground at that park located in the cul-de-sac of East 3rd Street Place. Those and other preliminary plans will be made available for public feedback online and elsewhere, in the coming weeks. He says they have in their 5-year plan budgeted $15,000 each year for community parks and $10,000 for trees.
The Parks and Rec Board’s Jolene Smith reported during the meeting Monday evening, that they had received $50 from the “Bikers for Bikers” group that held an event last month, to benefit local biking and walking paths. After the event was held, the Parks and Rec Board received a check for around $120 from the group. And, as previously mentioned Sunnyside Park remains open for activities. Once the weather turns bad, the roads inside the park will be closed until Spring, for safety reasons.
Today: Partly cloudy to cloudy & windy. Daytime high around 40. SW @ 20-35.
Tonight: Mostly clear w/diminishing winds. Low 12.
Tomorrow: P/Cldy. High 42. SW @ 10.
Thanksgiving Day (Thursday): P/Cldy. High near 50.
Friday: P/Cldy. High near 60.
Monday’s High in Atlantic was 59. The 24-hour Low (ending at 7-a.m.) will be/was 32 (Overnight temps were near steady in the Low 40’s). Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 47 and the low was 24. The Record High in Atlantic on this date was 71 in 1990. The Record Low for this date was -14 in 1937.
A woman from southern Iowa was injured in a single-vehicle accident Monday afternoon, in Page County. The Iowa State Patrol reports the driver of a 2008 Ford F-350 pickup, 78-year old Dixie Fritz, of New Market, was injured when her truck left the road and hit a cable barrier. The woman, who was wearing her seat belt, was transported by Clarinda Rescue to the Clarinda Regional Hospital, following the crash.
The Patrol says after the pickup struck the first cable barrier, it bounced across the road and hit the opposite cable barrier. The pickup managed to cross over that barrier and into the south ditch, where it came to rest on the driver’s side, facing north.
The accident happened at around 3:10-p.m. on eastbound Highway 2, in Page County.
Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Marcus Foster scored 23 points, Mitch Ballock added 22 in front of his boyhood fans and Creighton beat No. 23 UCLA 100-89 in the semifinals of the Hall of Fame Classic. Kyrhi Thomas added 16 points and Ty-Shon Alexander had 12 for the Bluejays. Aaron Holiday led UCLA with 25 points and Prince Ali scored 18 before fouling out.
LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — Shaquille Morris scored 25 points, Landry Shamet added 23 and No. 6 Wichita State got the Maui Invitational off to a wild start by rallying from an 18-point deficit to beat California 92-82.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Chiefs’ spot atop the AFC West remained unchanged after the weekend, even if the public perception of them did. Their lowly loss to the Giants was their fourth in five games, but they maintained their two-game lead on the rest of the division. Still, few think the team that started 5-0 is still a legitimate Super Bowl contender.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Tim Duncan and John Stockton, who became stars in college and icons in the NBA, headline the 2017 class that was inducted into the Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame. The class also includes Rick Mount, Scott May, Jay Williams, Cleo Hill, Paul Silas and Bo Ryan.
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Mike Riley’s demeanor offers no hint he likely will be coaching his last game for Nebraska when it plays Iowa on Friday. Nebraska has lost 11 of its last 17. Full-throated calls for Riley’s ouster have been coming from the fan base since Northern Illinois stunned the Cornhuskers in Lincoln in September. Riley said his players deserve him and his staff to put their full energy into preparing for the final game of the season.
Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:40 a.m. CST
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Investigators say an Iowa parolee charged with killing a cab driver in June is also responsible for the April shooting death of a bail bondsman. Police said Curtis Jones is charged in the death of 34-year-old Jonathan Wieseler, who was shot during a robbery at his Iowa City office. Jones has been in custody awaiting trial in the death of 46-year-old Ricky Lillie, who police say was robbed and shot after giving Jones a ride.
DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — A man died and two Davenport police officers were injured in an early morning weekend shooting. The Scott County sheriff’s office says 26-year-old Matthew Donald Tobin was killed in the shooting, which occurred after officers responded about 5:15 a.m. Sunday to a burglary report. The sheriff’s office says Tobin exchanged gunfire with the officers, identified as Justin King and Brenda Waline. Both officers were taken to a Davenport hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) — Police say a Dubuque woman has crashed into her second building in less than a week. The Telegraph Herald reports 65-year-old Margie F. Williams backed her vehicle into the Eagle Country Market on Monday morning, crashing through the store’s north entrance. Police say Williams thought the vehicle was in drive but it was in reverse. Store damage was estimated at $10,000. On Wednesday, Williams was cited when she backed a vehicle over a Main Street parking meter and crashed into a building.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Officials have acknowledged that secret waiting lists for psychotherapy appointments at Omaha’s U.S. Veterans Affairs Department hospital were used far longer than previously reported. The Omaha World-Herald reports that an internal VA investigation dated Sept. 30, 2015, says the lists were used as far back as 2006 and were still used after the VA prohibited them in 2010.
A Red Oak man was arrested Monday evening for shoplifting. The Red Oak Police Department report they arrested 47-year-old Clinton Joe Hans England of Red Oak at 6:52pm at 201 North 2nd Street in Red Oak for 5th Degree Theft. England was accused of shoplifting a $9 bottle of whiskey. England was taken to the Montgomery County Jail and held on $300 bond.
Three people were injured in a two-vehicle accident on Monday afternoon in Montgomery County. The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office reports they received a call from OnStar about an accident west of L Avenue and Highway 34 east of Red Oak at about 2:20pm.
After arrival deputies determined that a 2002 Chevy Impala driven by 19-year-old Kaitlyn Georgianna Barrett of Bedford was traveling westbound on Highway 34 and pulled off onto the north shoulder with the intent to make a u-turn. Barrett then got in the path of a 2011 Buick Enclave driven by 80-year-old Donna Grace Carlson of Red Oak that was also traveling west on Highway 34. Barrett was flown from the scene to University of Nebraska Medical Center with a head injury. Donna Carlson and passenger 85-year-old Robert Leonard Carlson were taken to the Montgomery County Memorial Hospital with possible injuries.
Damage to the Impala was estimated at $6,000 and damage to the Enclave was estimated at $18,000. Charges are pending at this time.
The Sheriff’s Office was assisted by Red Oak Fire and Rescue, Lifenet, Montgomery County EMA, The Red Oak Police Department, Eggleston Towing, and Bates Towing.
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