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Today: Partly cloudy & breezy. High 47. SW-NW @ 10-20.
Tonight: Partly cloudy. Low 26. NW @ 10-20.
Tomorrow: P/Cldy. High 38. NW @ 15-25.
Friday: P/Cldy. High 45.
Saturday: Mostly cloudy. High 35.
Tuesday’s High in Atlantic was 45. Our 24-Hour Low (ending at 7-a.m. today) was 24. Last year on this date, our High in Atlantic was 23 and the low was 17. The Record High in Atlantic on this date was 65 in 1984. The Record Low was -25 in 1924.
ADEL, Iowa (AP) – Dallas County supervisors have set the bond measure for a law enforcement center and jail at $22.9 million. The Des Moines Register reports the county board approved the figure Tuesday for voters to consider at the May 2 election. Voters have rejected plans to build a replacement jail three times since 2013 as county officials struggle with jail overcrowding.
A consultant found earlier this year that the county could save $22 million over 30 years if it were to build a replacement jail and stops paying neighboring counties to house inmates. The Dallas County Jail has 48 beds, but the county averages 69 prisoners daily.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – Bail has been set at $5 million for an Iowa resident accused of killing a romantic rival last seen alive more than four years ago in Omaha. Forty-one-year-old Shanna Golyar, of Persia, Iowa, is charged with first-degree murder. Bail was set during a hearing Tuesday inside the Douglas County Jail. Prosecutors say she killed Cari Farver, of Macedonia, Iowa, who was 37 when she was reported missing in November 2012.
Golyar’s attorney is James Martin Davis, and he said Tuesday there’s no confession, no body, no murder weapon and “no sufficient showing of blood that there was a death that even took place.”
Prosecutors say Golyar and Farver had dated the same man and that Golyar tried to cover up the killing by posing online as Farver.
President-elect Trump has named almost all of his cabinet members but hasn’t yet announced his pick for U-S Secretary of Agriculture. Iowa Ag Secretary Bill Northey says he’s not sure why the process is taking so long or even what the president-elect is looking for in the position. “It’s important to get to it,” Northey says. “It’s one of the last handful of positions out there. I’m hopeful we’ll see something soon but I don’t have any particular insight into who that may be or when that may be.”
A few names on the alleged “short list” include former Iowa State Representative Annette Sweeney of Alden, Texas Ag Commissioner Susan Combs and former Texas A&M President Elsa Murano. Northey is a member of the Trump Ag Advisory Committee and says rural America helped elect Trump, so there is pressure for him to get the nomination right. “It’s kind of a puzzle,” Northey says. “You don’t necessarily want people from the same state and you have a certain demographic that’s already filled and you want a different demographic. So, besides getting somebody good for agriculture, there’s a lot of other considerations.”
Because of those factors, Northey says it may make this decision even more difficult. Northey says time will be short because the new ag secretary will have to quickly assemble a team to run the U-S-D-A. Northey says, “All of us are looking forward to that name because, besides the secretary, there’s a lot of other positions under that to fill and make sure that department is running come January 20th like it needs to.”
The U-S Ag Secretary post has been held the past eight years by former Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack. The website Politico.com speculates the ag secretary pick may not be announced until the new year.
(Radio Iowa)
DAVID ANTHONY DAUGHERTY III, 22, of Atlantic (& formerly of Elliott), died Monday, Dec. 26th. Funeral services for DAVID DAUGHERTY III will be held 11-a.m. Friday, Dec. 30th, at the Nelson-Boylan-LeRette Funeral Chapel, in Red Oak.
Viewing, and visitation with the family, will be held from 6-until 8-p.m. Thursday, Dec. 29th, at the Nelson-Boylan-LeRette Funeral Chapel, in Red Oak.
Burial will be at a later date at the Hillside Cemetery in Elliott.
Memorials are suggested to the family.
DAVID DAUGHERTY III is survived by:
His mother – Julia Dasugherty, of Elliott.
His father – David Daugherty II & wife Dawn, of Sidney.
His sisters – Cassie Rohner & wife Emily, of Red Oak, & Caiti Daugherty, of Elliott.
His brother -Robert Daugherty, of Atlantic.
His step-bothers: Christian Sempek and Aurelia Sempek, of Atlantic.
His step-sister: Colbie Fike, of Red Oak.
Other relatives, and friends.
MAXINE A. HEILESEN, 87, of Irwin, died Monday, Dec. 26th, in Elk Horn. Funeral services for MAXINE HEILESEN will be held 10:30-a.m. Friday, Dec. 30th, at the Irwin Church of Christ. Burmeister-Johannsen Funeral Home has the arrangements
Visitation at the Irwin Church of Christ will be held from 3-until 8-p.m. Thursday, Dec. 29th, with the family greeting friends from 5-until 7-p.m.; Online condolences may be left at www.burmeisterjohannsen.com.
Burial will be in the Oak Hill Cemetery at Irwin.
MAXINE HEILESEN is survived by:
Her son – Keith “Statman” Heilesen, of Harlan.
Her daughter – Denise Winchell, of Kirkman.
4 grandchildren and 1 great-grandchild.
DELORES WEISENBORN, 84, of Sac City, died Tue., Dec. 27th, at Loring Hospital, in Sac City. Funeral services for DELORES WEISENBORN will be held 10:30-a.m. Saturday, Dec. 31st, at the United Methodist Church in Sac City. Farber & Otteman Funeral Home in Sac City has the arrangements.
Visitation at the funeral home is from 4-until 7-p.m. Friday.
Burial will be in the Oakland Cemetery, in Sac City.
Early this morning: Mostly clear. Low in the upper 20s. Southwest wind 10 to 15 mph.
Today: Partly sunny. High in the mid 40s. West wind 5 to 15 mph.
Tonight: Mostly clear. Breezy. Low in the mid 20s. West wind 10 to 20 mph with gusts to around 30 mph.
Thursday: Sunny, breezy. High in the upper 30s. Northwest wind 15 to 25 mph with gusts to around 35 mph.
Thursday Night: Mostly clear. Low around 20. West wind 5 to 15 mph. Gusts up to 25 mph through midnight.
Friday: Mostly sunny. High in the lower 40s.
Friday Night: Mostly cloudy. Low in the mid 20s.
Saturday: Partly sunny. High in the mid 30s.
State fishing licenses for the new year are now available. Iowa Department of Natural Resources fisheries chief, Joe Larschied, says you do still have some time on your old license. “Your 2016 is good all the way through January 10th, but if you want to get a jump on the 2017 season, we encourage you to go out and get your license,” Larschied says.
He says they now have a three-year license available. “What that does is it locks your price in for three solid years. So if you want to lock it in and not worry about thinking about buying license for three years, that’s a good option,” Larscheid says. “We also have the outdoor combo license where you buy the fishing and hunting license at the same time.”
Lascheid says there are many places to buy your license. He says you can go online or buy them on your cellphone, or go to bait shops, Walmarts, Kum & Go stores. Larscheid says they have a map on their website at IowaDNR.gov to see a list of the vendors and a map.
Once you have your license, Larscheid says they have a way to help you catch fish. Larscheid suggest you check the website and go to the fish report, which has detailed maps that shows where the fish are. A three-year fishing license costs 53 dollars and the D-N-R says that saves you four dollars compared to buying a new license every year. The outdoor combo license that includes hunting, fishing and a habitat fee is 47 dollars.
(Radio Iowa)
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