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DEBRA K. INMAN, 60, of Audubon (Svcs. 5/30/17)

Obituaries

May 26th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

DEBRA K. INMAN, 60, of Audubon, died May 20th, at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital. A Celebration of Life service for DEBRA INMAN will be held 2-p.m. Tuesday, May 30th, at the Kessler Funeral Home, in Audubon.

A family visitation will take place at the funeral home from 1-p.m. Tuesday until the time of service.

Burial will be in the Hamlin Lutheran Cemetery, east of Hamlin.

DEBRA K. INMAN is survived by:

Her sisters – Phyllis (Dick) Dondlinger, of Des Moines;  Karol Ludwig, of West Des Moines; Karen Inman, of Creston; Janet Sheeder, of Bayard; Donna (Ron) Nielsen; and Verne (Jon) Seimen, of Chandler, AZ.

Her brothers – Doug (Kathy) Inman, of Colorado Springs, CO; Howard Inman, of Onawa, and Kent (Kathy) Inman, of Audubon.

Other relatives, and many special friends.

Red Oak woman arrested Thursday morning

News

May 26th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

Police in Red Oak, late Thursday morning arrested a woman for Driving While Revoked. 26-year old Erin Nicole Griger, of Red Oak, was taken into custody at around 11:22-a.m. and transported to the Montgomery County Jail, where her bond was set at $300. Griger was also issued a warning for Failure to Obey a Traffic Control Device.

Montgomery County authorities ask for help in burglary & arson investigations

News

May 26th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

Sheriff’s officials in Montgomery County are asking for your help in solving an incidents of burglary and arson. At around 6:30-a.m. Wednesday, Deputies responded to a reported burglary at a construction site in the 1700 block of 200th Street (on the west edge of Red Oak). Several tools were removed from the company’s construction trailers. The dollar amount of the loss had yet to be determined.

And, at around 2:10-p.m. Wednesday, Montgomery County Deputies responded to an incident of arson in the 400 block of Prairie Street, in Stanton. A 1979 Chevy pickup owned by Todd Silva, of New Market, was parked on the street in front of the residence, where a person or persons unknown intentionally set the vehicle on fire sometime between May 17th and May 24th. Damage to the vehicle was estimated at $3,000. The State Fire Marshall’s Office is assisting in the investigation.

Anyone with information about either of the incidents is asked to call Crimestoppers at 1-888-434-2712, or the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office at 712-623-5107. You can remain anonymous. Crimestoppers may pay a reward of up to $1,000 for information that leads to an arrested and conviction.

Serious injury accident southwest of Cumberland

News

May 26th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

(Updated 4:50-a.m.) Cumberland and Massena Fire and Rescue personnel along with a Medivac Ambulance crew responded to a reported two-vehicle, possible three-injury accident this (Friday) morning, southwest of Cumberland. The page went out at around 4:16-a.m. with regard to the crash at Highway 92 (Richland Road) and 670th Street. One of the victims, a male, was said to have had a serious head injury. He was transported by Medivac to the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, where LifeNet helicopter was set to land and transport him to a trauma center.

No other details were immediately available.

Ankansan caught in Iowa sent to federal prison on sex charges

News

May 26th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

A 20-year-old Arkansas man caught in Iowa will spend three decades in federal prison for seeking out a 12-year-old girl for sex. Authorities found Damien Perez of Fayetteville, Arkansas, living in the woods near Knoxville about a year ago. Investigators discovered text messages to the Iowa girl, along with photos she had sent to Perez and confirmed the two did meet and have sex.

Court records indicate the girl wasn’t his first victim. There were as many as 10 others. And the sex wasn’t limited to humans. Perez has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for enticing a minor to engage in illicit sexual activities.

(Radio Iowa)

Iowa tight end threatened with gun in hometown of Omaha

Sports

May 26th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Police say a 23-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of pulling a gun on Iowa tight end Noah Fant. Fant, a graduate of Omaha South High School, told police he was threatened Tuesday night while he was in a northwest Omaha park near his home. Fant says a man he recognized came up to his car window, pointed a gun at him and told him to leave.

Police say they saw Matthew Trimble run into a garage and that he later admitted to confronting Fant. Trimble has been charged with making terroristic threats.

Fant played in six games last season as a freshman for the Hawkeyes, making nine catches for 70 yards and one touchdown.

 

Maeda rallies Dodgers to 7-3 win over Cardinals

Sports

May 26th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kenta Maeda fell into a 3-0 hole in the first inning of his first start for the Dodgers in two weeks coming off the disabled list. Then, the Japanese right-hander rallied Los Angeles to a 7-3 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Thursday night in the series finale.

Maeda (4-2) drove in the tying and go-ahead runs with a two-out single in the fourth off Michael Wacha and turned an inning-ending double play in the fifth to help the Dodgers take two of three from the Cardinals.

Maeda allowed three runs and seven hits in five innings, struck out four and walked two. He missed 13 games with a tight left hamstring while on the DL since May 11. Maeda got off to a rocky start in his return, giving up Jedd Gyorko’s two-run double and Yadier Molina’s RBI single in the first. The Dodgers took over from there.

Iowa early News Headlines; Friday May 26th 2017

News

May 26th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:40 a.m. CDT

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — The Big Ten had to revise its baseball tournament schedule for the second straight day to avoid starting a game after the event’s predetermined 10 p.m. EDT curfew. The tournament was pushed back because it took 4 hours, 28 minutes for Indiana to defeat Michigan 5-4 in 13 innings in an elimination game. Minnesota’s game against Northwestern, originally scheduled for Thursday night, will be played Friday at 10 a.m.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds and Acting Lt. Gov. Adam Gregg are hitting the road. Reynolds’ staff says the pair held public events Thursday and more are set for today (Friday), around the state. They’ll attend events Friday in Hawarden, Mason City, Cedar Rapids and Davenport. Reynolds announced Gregg as her acting lieutenant governor Thursday in her new formal office. She was sworn in Wednesday as Iowa’s 43rd governor.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A divided Iowa Supreme Court has reset the way criminals are charged by redefining when a person is formally arrested. The court ruled Thursday in cases involving three Waterloo men accused of drugging and raping two 15-year-old girls in 2012.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A state audit is detailing misspending and potential fraud by the former information technology director of the University of Iowa athletics department. State auditors say Patrick Delin made personal purchases using a university credit card, then “intentionally submitted” false invoices that showed legitimate work items had been purchased. They say Delin spent thousands traveling to a conference in Colorado that wasn’t related to his work and registering for a Miami conference he didn’t attend.

Audit: Iowa athletics IT director submitted false invoices

News, Sports

May 25th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A state audit is detailing misspending and potential fraud by the former information technology director of the University of Iowa athletics department. State auditors reported Thursday that Patrick Delin made personal purchases using a university credit card, then “intentionally submitted” false invoices that showed legitimate work items had been purchased.

They say Delin spent thousands traveling to a conference in Colorado that wasn’t related to his work and registering for a Miami conference he didn’t attend. He also gave his wife, a department employee, a university cell phone even though she didn’t need one. The Associated Press first reported this month that Delin resigned in February amid the investigation. A separate internal audit found other weaknesses in the athletic department’s handling of IT equipment.

Iowa gets past Maryland 9-8 in Big Ten tourney

Sports

May 25th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Matt Hoeg hit a sacrifice fly in the top of the ninth inning and Iowa beat Maryland 9-8 on Thursday in their Big Ten Tournament baseball opener. Iowa (35-19) was ahead 6-1 before Maryland scored six in a row to take the lead. Solo home runs by Robert Neustrom and Chris Whelan put Iowa up 8-7 in the top of the sixth.

Maryland’s Marty Costes then tied it on a homer, but the Terrapins (34-20) left the bases loaded in the bottom of the eighth. Josh Martsching (4-0) got the win for Iowa, which will face Nebraska in the winner’s bracket on Friday.

The Hawkeyes and Terrapins were forced to play Thursday instead of Wednesday because of a rule stating that games can’t start after 10 p.m. EDT.