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NORMA ELAINE OCHELTREE, 91, of Guthrie Center (Svcs. 5/30/17)

Obituaries

May 28th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

NORMA ELAINE OCHELTREE, 91, of Guthrie Center, died Friday, May 26th, at The New Homestead, in Guthrie Center. Funeral services for NORMA OCHELTREE will be held 10:30-a.m. Tuesday, May 30th, at the 1st United Methodist Church in Guthrie Center. Twigg Funeral Home in Guthrie Center has the arrangements.

Friends may call at the 1st United Methodist Church in Guthrie Center from 9:30-a.m. Tuesday, until the time of service at 10:30. ; Online condolences may be left at www.twiggfuneralhome.com.

Burial will be in the Union Cemetery at Guthrie Center.

NORMA OCHELTREE is survived by:

Her daughters – Nancy Beck, of Guthrie Center, & Marjorie Ocheltree, of West Des Moines.

2 arrested in Adams County Saturday night

News

May 28th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

Two separate traffic stops Saturday night resulted in two arrests. At around 10:30-p.m., 19-year old Ricardo Almaguer, Jr., of Lenox, was arrested for Driving Under Suspension. His bond was set at $300. And, at around 8:17-p.m., Saturday, 51-year old Lonnie Ray Schafroth, of Corning, was arrested for Driving While License Revoked (OWI related).  He was being held in the Adams County Jail on $1,000 bond.

Accident investigation leads to arrest of Lenox man

News

May 28th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

Sheriff’s officials in Adams County say an investigation into a single-vehicle accident early this (Sunday) morning near the intersection of Quince Avenue and 190th Street, resulted in the arrest of the vehicles’ driver. Authorities say 23-year old Mario Pantoja, of Lenox, failed Standardized Field Sobriety Tests and registered more than three times the legal limit for intoxication (at .247%) on the Breath Test.

Pantoja was taken into custody at around 1:15-a.m. and booked into the Adams County Jail on a charge of OWI/1st offense, but once inside the jail, was found to be in possession of a Controlled Substance (Marijuana). He was subsequently charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance/3rd or greater offense, and faces he a felony, Possession of Contraband inside a jail facility, charge. His cash only bond was set at $8,000.

2 arrested for Public Intox. in Montgomery County

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May 28th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

Sheriff’s deputies in Montgomery County have arrested two people for Public Intoxication. At around 3:30-a.m. today (Sunday), 38-year old Devon Rene Diaz, of Omaha, was taken into custody, and 33-year old Chad Alan Raptis, of Kayenta, AZ., was arrested at around 8:45-p.m. Saturday. Both men were booked into the Montgomery County Jail for Public Intoxication. Their bonds were set at $300, each.

Links to Boys State Tennis Singles and Doubles full results

Sports

May 28th, 2017 by admin

Class 1A and 2A State Golf results

Sports

May 28th, 2017 by admin

Class 1A

 

Class 2A

Atlantic’s Podhajsky/McDermott take 8th at 1A State Doubles Tennis

Sports

May 28th, 2017 by admin

The Atlantic Boys Tennis Doubles team of Grant Podhajsky and Cooper McDermott finished eighth at the Class 1A State Tennis Tournament at Byrne’s Park in Waterloo on Friday and Saturday.

The duo won two of three matches on Friday. They defeated Gannon Courtright and Navin Martin of Fairfield, 6-2, 6-0 in the first round.  Lost to Kyle Marek and Jake Thompson of LeMars in the second round 7-5, 6-1. They then won a consolation match to more on to day 2 with a 6-0, 4-6, and 10-5 in a tiebreaker over Mark Mosher and Brody Echer of Ballard.

On day two Podhajsky and McDermott lost to Mason Hulse and Corhin Wafful of Boone 6-4, 5-7, 1-0 (7) in the Consolation Semifinals. That moved them into the 7th place match where they fell to Alex Hinrichs and Ryan Jasper of Cedar Rapids, Xavier 6-1, 6-0. That result left Podhajsky and McDermott with an 8th place medal on their successful season.

Wainwright baffles Rockies over 7 innings in Cards’ 3-0 win

Sports

May 28th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

DENVER (AP) — Adam Wainwright kept up his mastery of the Rockies by scattering three hits over seven innings, Tommy Pham hit a two-run homer and the St. Louis Cardinals beat Colorado 3-0 on Saturday night. Wainwright (5-3) struck out six and retired the last 10 batters he faced as he moved to 10-1 with a 1.56 ERA over his career against Colorado.

Yadier Molina extended his hitting streak to 16 games with a run-scoring single in the third. Pham had the big blow in the fifth, when he lined a slider from Rockies left-hander Kyle Freeland (5-3) into the left-center seats.

The Cardinals withstood a scare in the eighth, with Trevor Rosenthal working his way out of a bases loaded jam by getting Carlos Gonzalez to ground out. Seung Hwan Oh pitched the ninth for his 11th save in 13 chances.

Atlantic Boys Golf takes 5th Place at 3A State Tournament

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May 28th, 2017 by admin

The Atlantic Boys Golf team stayed in 5th place after day 2 of the Class 3A State Golf Tournament at Spring Valley Golf Course in Livermore.  The Trojans were fifth after day one play and couldn’t inch up the leaderboard but the Trojans complete a very successful campaign.

Team Scores

SCHOOL ROUND 1 ROUND 2 TOTAL
1. Central DeWitt
308
314

622

2. Webster City
317
312

629

3. MOC-Floyd Valley
313
321

634

4. Williamsburg
312
326

638

5. Atlantic
319
325

644

6. Mount Pleasant
324
332

656

7. Benton Community
345
326

671

8. ADM, Adel
333
339

672

9. Norwalk
339
349

688

Atlantic Scores: Jake Olsen was 14th with 80-79, (159). Ben Renaud and Nate Gifford finished in a four-way tie for 16th. Renaud fired a 77-83, and Gifford shot 80-80 for totals of (160). Matt Gearheart was 31st, with an 83-83, (166). Cyle Renaud, 85-83, (168). Zac Stork 82-90, (172).

 

Skyscan Forecast for Atlantic & the area (from the NWS), 5/28/17

Weather

May 28th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

Today: Sunny & breezy. High near 78. W/SW wind 5 to 10 mph gusting up to near 30 mph this afternoon.
Tonight: Mostly clear. Low around 54. West wind 5 to 10 mph.
Memorial Day: Sunny & breezy. High near 73. W/NW winds @ 5-15 mph gusting to around 25.
Monday Night: Mostly clear. Low around 48. NW winds 10-20 mph diminishing overnight.
Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 74. W/NW @ 5-15 mph, w/gusts to near 25.
Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 48.
Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 75.

We received just under 1/2″ of rain Saturday at the KJAN studios, at .49″.