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MISSOURI VALLEY, Iowa (AP) — Hundreds of farmers in Iowa and Nebraska are still struggling to remove sand and fill holes gouged by the Missouri River, which swelled last summer with rain and snowmelt and overflowed onto thousands of acres of farmland. While the river flooded parts of Montana, the Dakotas, Kansas and Missouri, the worst damage was in Iowa and Nebraska. Iowa farmer Mason Hansen has been working for months to clear his property, but about 160 acres still look like a desert, with sand piled up to 4 feet high. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has approved more than $20 million in disaster aid to help Iowa and Nebraska farmers with the cost of moving sand, grading land and filling holes. But most farmers say that will cover only part of their costs.
The Iowa State Patrol says one man from Omaha and one from Logan died during a crash this (Sunday) morning on Interstate 29, in Pottawattamie County. Officials say 18-year old Alvaro Rodriguez, of Omaha, and 37-year old Obed Orozco, of Logan, died during the scene of the crash on northbound I-29, two-miles north of the Crescent exit. Neither man was wearing a seat belt.
Injured in the crash, was the driver of a 1999 Chevy Tahoe, Joel Garcia-Lucero, of Omaha, and two passengers in his vehicle: 25-year old Mario Amaya-Elizalde, and 27-year old Alejandro Gardea, both of Omaha. Amaya-Elizalde and Gardea were wearing seat belts, but Garcia-Lucero was not. A passenger in the other vehicle, 25-year old Nicholas Miller, of Glenwood, was also injured. He was transported to Mercy Hospital in Council Bluffs, by Crescent Rescue. Officials say he was wearing his seat belt. The other injured passengers were transported by Council Bluffs Fire and Rescue, to the University of Nebraska Medical Center, in Omaha.
The Patrol says the accident happened at around 9-a.m, when the Tahoe tried to to pass a 2001 VW Passat driven by 49-year old Richard Miller, of Pacific Junction, as both vehicles were in the right-hand lane of I-29 northbound. The SUV went out of control and crossed back into the right lane, hitting the VW. Both vehicles went into the east ditch and rolled several times before coming to rest in the ditch. Rodriguez and Orozco were ejected as the Tahoe rolled, and died at the scene.
And, while the accident remains under investigation, officials said the SUV was littered with beer cans and reeked of alcohol
The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office reports a woman and her two children escaped injury following a rollover accident Friday afternoon, southeast of Stanton. Official say 28-year old Erin Nicole Johnson, of Villisca, was turning north onto Q Avenue from 250th Street at around 4:15-p.m. Friday, when she lost sight of the road due to dust created by another vehicle.
When the 2012 Dodge Durango she was driving got too close to the shoulder, the loose gravel pulled the SUV into the east ditch, causing it to roll over onto its top. Johnson refused treatment for herself and the children, but the trio were later transported to the Clarinda Regional Hospital to be checked out. The Durango, registered to 31-year old Lane Richard Johnson, of Villisca, was a total loss.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Omaha school board has accepted the resignation of the incoming superintendent. The board voted 9-1 at a special meeting convened Saturday afternoon to accept Nancy Sebring’s letter of resignation. The vote came amid media reports that the discovery of sexual emails Sebring exchanged with her lover hastened her departure from a similar job in Iowa. Sebring was to assume the superintendent’s position on July 1. She abruptly resigned as superintendent of the Des Moines school system last month, saying she needed to attend to family matters ahead of her move. Sebring now acknowledges she stepped down earlier than expected after emails she exchanged with her lover using her district account were discovered.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The incoming superintendent of Omaha Public Schools has offered to resign her position amid media reports that the discovery of sexy emails hastened her departure from her Iowa post. The Omaha school district has scheduled a special meeting for Saturday afternoon to consider Nancy Sebring’s offer to resign. Sebring was to assume the superintendent’s position on July 1. She abruptly resigned as superintendent of the Des Moines school system last month, saying she needed to attend to family matters ahead of her move. Sebring now acknowledges she stepped down earlier than expected after emails she exchanged with her lover using her district account were discovered.
Sheriff’s officials in Page County say a Red Oak woman suffered burns and scrapes associated with an air bag deployment, after her vehicle made contact with a tractor Friday evening, while attempting to pass the implement. The accident happened about 2 and one-half miles east of Essex.
Authorities says 35-year old Jaymie June McAdams, of Red Oak, was traveling east on Highway 48 between G-and H-Avenues at around 5-p.m. Friday, when she attempted to pass a John Deere tractor which was pulling a grain wagon.
The right front side of McAdams’ 1995 Ford Taurus hit the grain wagon, and continued to make contact with the wagon as she continued east. After her vehicles’ airbags deployed, both the car and tractor/wagon came to a stop. McAdams was treated for her injuries at the scene, and cited for Failure to Maintain Control. Damage to her car was estimated at about $3,000, while there was no damage to the grain wagon or tractor. The driver of the tractor, David Rydberg, of Essex, was not injured during the accident.
Sheriff’s officials in Adams County report two people were arrested Friday afternoon on theft charges. 67-year old Victor Wendell Gray, and 41-year old Eric Matthew Gray, both of Corning, were taken into custody at around 1:40-p.m. Both men were charged with theft in the 2nd degree, after allegedly stealing an air conditioning unit at 1200 Davis Avenue, in Corning. Victor and Wendell Gray were being held in the Adams County Jail on $5,000 cash bond, each.
One of the suspects wanted in connection with Thursday’s brutal beating of a Council Bluffs woman who was found handcuffed in a pickup truck, has been taken into custody. According to Omaha Television station KETV, members of the Metro area Fugitive Task Force took 38-year old Brian Bey, of Crescent, into custody after shooting him with a Taser. Bey and 32-year old Travis Labno, of Omaha, are accused of kidnapping and beating 29-year Tabitha Proplesch.
Proplesch remained in the Creighton University Medical Center’s intensive care unit Friday, after being brought to the facility Thursday afternoon. A motorist called the police after spotting the woman slumped over the wheel of a broken-down pickup truck just after 2 p.m. Thursday. The truck was found alongside Mormon Bridge Road by Interstate 29. Investigators say Proplesch was handcuffed, duct taped and severely beaten.
The woman managed to tell investigators her attackers planned to dispose of her body, but the truck ran out of gas. Authorities say one of the men stopped at a nearby home and asked some roofers for help. One of the roofers, whose identity was not released, was able to identify the man on surveillance video for the investigators.
KETV says Bey was taken down by authorities in the parking lot of an Omaha bar and grill, Friday night. His alleged accomplice remains at large and is considered to be armed and dangerous. Anyone with information about the location of Travis Labno, is urged to call the Pottawattamie County Communications Center at 712-328-5737, or 9-1-1.
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