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Atlantic Police Report (1/16): 7 arrests

News

January 16th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

Atlantic Police Monday (today), reported several arrests took place over the past week. Today (Monday), 35-year old Brian Beard, of Atlantic, was arrested for Public Intoxication, 3rd or subsequent offense. On Sunday, Atlantic Police officers arrested 32-year old Daniel Fredericksen, of Atlantic, on a Cass County warrant for Failure to Appear for Probation Violation on an original charge of Failure to Comply with the Sex Offender Registry. Also arrested Sunday, was 25-year old Morgan Dvorak, of Atlantic. She was taken into custody on a Cass County warrant for Probation Violation. That same day, 38-year old Kimberly Ruiz, of Atlantic, was arrested on a Cass County warrant for Failure to Appear on an original charge of Illegal Dumping.

On Saturday, Atlantic Police arrested 43-year old John Eichelberger, of Atlantic, for Harassment in the 3rd degree, and 25-year old Joshua Peters, of Brayton, for OWI/1st offense. Police also cited into court, 42-year old Teresa Lennon, for Possession of Drug Paraphernalia

And, on Jan. 9th, 18-year old Austin Boggs, of Atlantic, was arrested on a Cass County warrant for Failure to Appear. Each of those individuals, with the exception of Teresa Lennon, were booked into the Cass County Jail.

(12:40-p.m. News)

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AP Women’s Basketball Top 25 1/16/2107

Sports

January 16th, 2017 by admin

The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ women’s college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Jan. 15, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking

Record Pts Prv
1. UConn (33) 16-0 825 1
2. Baylor 17-1 786 2
3. Maryland 17-1 744 3
4. Mississippi St. 18-0 728 4
5. South Carolina 15-1 696 5
6. Notre Dame 16-2 668 6
7. Florida St. 17-2 628 7
8. Washington 18-2 591 8
9. Louisville 16-4 528 9
10. Stanford 15-3 489 13
11. Oregon St. 16-2 482 10
12. Texas 12-4 422 16
13. UCLA 13-4 415 17
14. Miami 14-4 401 14
15. Duke 15-3 367 12
16. Ohio St. 15-5 348 11
17. Virginia Tech 15-1 322 15
18. Arizona St. 13-4 265 19
19. DePaul 16-4 230 21
20. Oklahoma 14-4 202 22
21. NC State 14-5 140 23
22. Kansas St 14-4 121 25
23. South Florida 14-2 102 20
24. West Virginia 14-4 78 18
25. Texas A&M 14-4 42 –

Others receiving votes: Green Bay 35, Syracuse 21, California 20, Michigan 12, LSU 6, Kentucky 4, Northwestern 2, Temple 2, Drake 1, Georgia Tech 1, Texas Tech 1.

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AP Men’s Basketball Top 25 1/16/2017

Sports

January 16th, 2017 by admin

The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Jan. 15, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking

Record Pts Prv
1. Villanova (28) 17-1 1580 3
2. Kansas (32) 16-1 1562 2
3. UCLA (3) 18-1 1472 4
4. Gonzaga (2) 17-0 1433 5
5. Kentucky 15-2 1357 6
6. Baylor 16-1 1315 1
7. West Virginia 15-2 1185 10
7. Creighton 17-1 1185 8
9. North Carolina 16-3 1063 11
10. Florida St. 16-2 964 9
11. Oregon 16-2 931 13
12. Louisville 15-3 900 14
13. Butler 15-3 823 12
14. Arizona 16-2 757 16
15. Notre Dame 16-2 748 20
16. Virginia 13-3 677 19
17. Wisconsin 14-3 644 18
18. Duke 14-4 614 7
19. Florida 14-3 405 23
20. Cincinnati 15-2 373 22
21. Purdue 14-4 309 17
22. Xavier 13-4 294 15
23. Saint Mary’s (Cal) 15-2 210 21
24. South Carolina 14-3 125 –
25. Maryland 16-2 121 –

Others receiving votes: TCU 29, Southern Cal 14, SMU 8, Nevada 7, Northwestern 7, UNC Wilmington 6, Iowa St. 5, Akron 1, Kansas St 1.

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Motor graders being pulled-off gravel roads in Shelby County

News

January 16th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

Shelby County Engineer Dan Ahart has advised that they are pulling the Motor Graders off the gravel roads.  With the freezing rain still falling they are not able to make much progress.  Ahart advised that the Motor Graders would start back up at 6-a.m. Tuesday.  Shelby County Engineers Office wanted to assure the public that the Sanding Trucks would remain out at this point.

Road conditions continue to deteriorate, travel is not recommended unless it is an Extreme Emergency.

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KARL LeROY ALDAG, 86, of Atlantic (Svcs. 1/19/17)

Obituaries

January 16th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

KARL LeROY ALDAG, 86, of Atlantic, died Monday, Jan. 16th, at Mercy Medical Center, in Des Moines. Funeral services for KARL ALDAG will be held 1-p.m. Thursday, Jan. 19th, at Zion Lutheran Church in Atlantic. Hockenberry Family Care Funeral Home in Atlantic has the arrangements.

Friends may call at Zion Lutheran Church from 11-until 1-p.m. Thursday, with the family present.

Burial will be in the Atlantic Cemetery.

KARL ALDAG is survived by:

His wife – Lorene Aldag of Atlantic.

His son – Craig (Jodi) Aldag, of Urbandale.

His daughters – Jackie (Chuck) Sievers, and Jodi (Randy) Christoffersen, all of Atlantic.

7 grandchildren and 7 great-grandchildren.

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Stuart Police/Guthrie County authorities warn against travel today

News

January 16th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

Roads and sidewalks remain extremely slick. As temperatures fluctuate the rest of today there will be periods where roads are completely ice covered. Travel is not advised for Guthrie and Adair Counties, according to law enforcement officials.

Stuart Police report the Stuart Streets Dept. is having mechanical problems with its salt/sander truck. That’s making it more difficult for them to get roads clear. Private contractors are assisting, however officials say the situation will still affect the street conditions and prevent the Streets Dept. from clearing the streets as quickly as they usually do.

Authorities advise “Please stay home and off the roads if at all possible. The chances for accidents is extremely high.”

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City face-lift aimed at maintaining antique trade’s vitality

News

January 16th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

WALNUT, Iowa (AP) – Residents hope streetscape work and building renovations will help return their small town of Walnut to its former glory. The Pottawattamie County community of around 775 residents has long been known as the Antique City for its many antique shops. Mayor Gene Larsen told The Daily Nonpareil that the project is part of the community’s effort “to maintain the vitality of the antique trade.”

Construction started in November on facade upgrades on 16 storefronts. The work should be finished in time for the 35th annual Walnut Antique Show Father’s Day weekend, June 16-18. The streetscape work includes upgrades to sidewalks, curbs and gutters as well as straightening and leveling the cobblestone roadway downtown.

The $1.09 million project is funded in part by $700,000 in grants.

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MONDAY, JANUARY 16th

Trading Post

January 16th, 2017 by Jim Field

FOR SALE:  Admiral console stereo, AM/FM Radio built in, measures 3′ x 9″ x 17″.  Also, VCR with remote.  And, 19″ Daewood TV.  Make an offer on any of these items.  Call 243-4308.

WANTED: Chrome Snap-On 1/2″ ratchet. Chrome 3/4″ deep well 6 pt 1/2″ socket. 15/16″ Master Mechanic deep well, 12 pt  socket. Napa 1- 1/16″ 6 pt chrome deep well 1/2″ socket. Call 712-243-2860.

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Ice reports from the National Weather Service (1/16/17)

Weather

January 16th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

The National Weather Service is updating the amount of ice that has accumulated at various communities across the state this morning. Ice generally ranged from .1″ (one-tenth of an inch) to .2″ across parts of west-central and southwest Iowa, to as much as .3″ in eastern Iowa, near Cedar Falls.  An additional .1″ to .25″ can be expected across the listening area before the precipitation ends early Tuesday morning.

Atlantic, .1″ (KJAN)

Audubon (1 mile S/SE), .1″

Carroll, .1″

Lorimor, .2″

Mt. Ayr, .25″

The ice storm will continue through much of the day today with the bulk of the freezing rain accrual occurring through around midday. An additional tenth to quarter inch of ice is likely by this afternoon across much of central Iowa. Above freezing temperatures at the surface look to creep into southern Iowa later this morning and mitigate the additional ice amounts. By tonight, light wintry mix is anticipated on the backside of the low pressure system over northern Iowa where light snow/sleet accumulations are possible. Mainly light freezing rain or freezing drizzle can be expected elsewhere with an additional glaze of ice possible. Once this system clears the state late tonight, above normal temperatures return to the state by the end of the week.

 

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Winter storm coats Iowa in sheet of ice, travel slow

News, Weather

January 16th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

Ice-covered tree limbs are snapping across a wide section of Iowa, causing hundreds of power outages. An Ice Storm Warning is posted for much of western and central Iowa, stretching as far east as Waterloo. Meteorologist Brad Small, at the National Weather Service bureau in Johnston, says that layer of ice is making travel very slow-going.

State and local crews are spreading sand, salt and brine on the roads, feverishly working to make those thoroughfares passable, but the elements aren’t cooperating. “Air and road temperatures are hovering right around the freezing mark, plus or minus a degree or two,” Small says. “There will be some melting today but unfortunately, with this additional rain, we could see additional accumulations of ice. Temperatures for highs will only be the mid-30s at best and that’s only over southern Iowa.”

Sometimes, even the road crews get into trouble. Earlier this (Monday) morning, two Adair County snowplows and a County truck spun off White Pole Road into the ditch south of Interstate 80. No injuries were reported.

(Photo submitted)

Tuesday morning’s commute should be much better, Small says, as the road crews will have had a full day or more to combat the sheets of ice. “Tomorrow, there could be some minor melting but the good news is, we don’t have any precipitation in the forecast into mid-week,” Small says. “We may actually see highs in the 30s and 40s and possibly even 50 or more by Thursday.”

In southwest Iowa, about 62 customers of the Southwest Iowa Rural Electric Cooperative were without power in Taylor and Ringgold Counties, combined, and minor, scattered outages were reported by Mid-American Energy in Pottawattamie County. The few customers affected in Pott. County had their power restored by 9-a.m. or so. As of 9:30-a.m., Alliant Energy reported 64 customers were affected by an outage in Adair County, 90 in Madison County, and 27 were affected in Union County.

Power outages were worst in the Des Moines metro as MidAmerican Energy reported nearly 24-hundred customers had no electricity earlier today, though the utility say most are now back online.

(Radio Iowa/KJAN)

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