A traffic stop Wednesday night in Creston resulted in the arrest of an Adair County man. Creston Police say 32-year old Derik Wayne Bud Pickrell, of Fontanelle, was arrested for Driving While License Denied or Revoked. He was later released from custody on a $1,000 bond.
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Cass County: Corn $3.05, Beans $9.17
Adair County: Corn $3.02, Beans $9.20
Adams County: Corn $3.02, Beans $9.16
Audubon County: Corn $3.04, Beans $9.19
East Pottawattamie County: Corn $3.08, Beans $9.17
Guthrie County: Corn $3.07, Beans $9.21
Montgomery County: Corn $3.07, Beans $9.19
Shelby County: Corn $3.08, Beans $9.17
Oats $2.12 (always the same in all counties)
(Information from the USDA’s Farm Service Agency offices)
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) – Authorities say manhole covers were sent flying by explosions resulting from an underground electrical fire in Sioux City. Firefighters were sent to the scene around 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. Assistant Fire Chief Dan Cougill says the fire stemmed from a system failure and that a pressure buildup caused the explosions. No injuries have been reported. The fire knocked out power in several downtown blocks.
A hit-and-run accident in Red Oak has authorities looking for the driver of a red semi hauling a white cargo trailer. Red Oak Police say the owner of a 2006 Ford F-150 pickup reported Tuesday morning that the pickup was struck by an unknown truck and driver. Video surveillance showed that at around 10:45-a.m., the semi turned north in the 200 block of W. Oak Street into the United Farmer’s Mercantile Cooperative (UFMC) parking lot, where it struck the pickup, causing $2,500 damage. The semi then backed away and continued through the parking lot before turning east onto the 200 block of W. Oak Street. It then pulled into the Plaza Parking Lot, in the 1500 block of N. Broadway.
Anyone with information about the truck or its driver is asked to contact Red Oak Police.
RUTH L. RIDGE, 100, of Harlan, died Wednesday, March 15th, at the Elm Crest Retirement Community in Harlan. Funeral services for RUTH RIDGE will be held 11-a.m. Saturday, March 18th, at the Congregational United Church of Christ in Harlan. Pauley-Jones Funeral Home in Harlan has the arrangements.
Friends may call at the funeral home on Friday, March 17th, from 2-until 8-p.m., with the family present to greet friends from 6-until 8-p.m., and an Eastern Star service at 7-p.m.
Burial will be in the Harlan Cemetery.
RUTH RIDGE is survived by:
Her daughter – Pat Schug, of Denison.
Her step-daughter: Debra (John) Hauser, of Olathe, KS.
Her step-sons: Steve Ridge, of Chicago, IL, and Robert Ridge, of St. Louis, MO.
2 grandchildren, and 4 great-grandchildren.
RICHARD “Dick” COOK, 84, of Atlantic, died Tuesday, March 14th, at the Heritage House in Atlantic. A Celebration of Life for DICK COOK will be held 2-p.m. Saturday, March 18th, at the 1st United Presbyterian Church in Atlantic. Roland Funeral Home in Atlantic has the arrangements.
Visitation with the family is from 10:30-a.m. until Noon on Saturday (prior to the Celebration of Life), at the church.
Burial, with military honors by the Atlantic Color Guard, will be in the Atlantic Cemetery.
The family requests memorials be directed to the 1st United Presbyterian Church or Heritage House Good Samaritan Fund.
RICHARD “Dick” COOK is survived by:
His wife – Doris.
His daughters – Terri (Scott) Cook-Thielen, and Sarah Olsen, all of Atlantic, and Barb (Mike) Andrews, of Ft. Collins, CO.
His sister – Harriet Cook-LeMaster, of Ponte Verda Beach, FL.
and 8 grandchildren.
FRANK J. SMITH, 92, of Brayton, died Tuesday, March 14th, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. Funeral services for FRANK J. SMITH will be held 10:30-a.m. Friday, March 17th, at the Brayton Lutheran Church. Kessler Funeral Home in Exira has the arrangements.
Friends may call at the funeral home, where the family visitation is today (3/16) at 5-p.m.; Visitation will resume at the Brayton Lutheran Church on Friday, from 9:30-a.m. until the time of service.
Burial will be in the Oakfield Cemetery, east of Brayton.
FRANK J. SMITH is survived by:
His children – Diane Janning, of Glidden; Jane (Larry) Faust, of Omaha; Michael (Susan) Smith, of Brayton, and Beth (Rick) Kostopoulos, of Naperville, IL.
15 grandchildren, 8 great-grandchildren, other relatives and friends.
CRAIG L. WHEELER, 66, of Exira, died Tue., March 14th, in Omaha, NE. Funeral services for CRAIG WHEELER will be held 10:30-a.m. Saturday, March 18th, at the Exira Christian Church. Kessler Funeral Home in Exira has the arrangements.
Friends may call at the funeral home, where the family visitation is at 5-p.m. Friday, March 17th.
Burial will be in the Exira Cemetery.
CRAIG WHEELER is survived by:
His daughters – Katie Wheeler (& Tony Young), both of Exira, and Jessie Wheeler (& Jason Winther), both of Anita.
4 grandchildren, other relatives and friends.
Today: P/Cloudy. High near 60. S @ 10-20.
Tonight: P/Cldy to Cloudy. Low 37. N @ 5-10.
Tomorrow: P/Cldy. High 55. NW @ 10-20.
Saturday: P/Cldy. High 50.
Sunday: P/Cldy. High 58.
Wednesday’s High in Atlantic was 39. Our 24-hour Low was 12. Last year on this date, our High in Atlantic was 57 and the low was 33. The Record High in Atlantic on this date was 84 in 2015. The Record Low was -4 in 1900.
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