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US to host Olympic wrestling team trials

Sports

April 8th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

CORALVILLE, Iowa (AP) — The U.S. wrestling team will find out this weekend which 18 athletes will be eligible for the Summer Olympics. Half of the wrestlers who make the team might not make it the Rio.

The Americans find themselves in a precarious position as Olympic qualifying draws to a close. The U.S. has earned Summer Games spots in just nine of 18 classes ahead of the Olympic Team Trials, which start Saturday in Iowa City.

The U.S. still has plenty of chances to add Olympic berths in upcoming tournaments in Mongolia and Turkey. So for many of the wrestlers who win team spots this weekend, the path to Rio De Janeiro will have just begun.

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Parents charged after child dies in Des Moines hospital

News

April 8th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

GRAND RIVER, Iowa (AP) — A child who was found unresponsive earlier this week has now died, and the infant’s parents are both facing charges. Decatur County Attorney Lisa Jeanes says 3-month-old Sebastian Guill died Thursday at a Des Moines hospital. Autopsy results are pending.

Authorities say they received a report around noon Monday about an infant who was having trouble breathing. When emergency crews arrived at the Grand River home they found Guill unresponsive.

The child’s father, 25-year-old Joshua Guill, was initially charged with child endangerment causing bodily injury, but since the infant’s death he now faces charges of first-degree murder and child endangerment causing death. The child’s mother, 20-year-old Jasmin Kifer, is charged with child endangerment causing serious injury.

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Kiwanis & middle school Builder’s Club event postponed

News

April 8th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Atlantic Parks and Recreation Department Director Roger Herring has announced that the Kiwanis and the middle school Builder’s Club workday scheduled for Saturday, April 9th, has been postponed due to the weather, and is rescheduled for  Saturday, April 16th, from 9:00 – noon at the Kiddie Korral Shelter in Sunnyside Park.

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CHARLES “CHARLIE” CARL CHRISTIANSEN, 70, of Avoca (Svcs. 04-10-2016)

Obituaries

April 8th, 2016 by admin

CHARLES “CHARLIE” CARL CHRISTIANSEN, 70, of Avoca died Thursday, April 7th at Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan.  Celebration of Life Services for CHARLIE CHRISTIANSEN will be held Sunday, April 10th at 1:30pm at Congregational United Church of Christ in Harlan.  Pauley-Jones Funeral Home in Harlan has the arrangements.

CHARLES “CHARLIE” CARL CHRISTIANSEN is survived by:

Step-Daughter: Suzanne Engman of Avoca.

Step-Son: Byron Hutzell of Kansas City, KS.

4 Grandchildren

2 Step-Grandchildren

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ROBERT M. FRIEND, 72, of Bellevue, NE (Svcs. 4/11/16)

Obituaries

April 8th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

ROBERT M. FRIEND, 72, of Bellevue, NE., died Wed., April 6th, at home. Funeral services for ROBERT FRIEND will be held 1-p.m. Monday, April 11th, at the Pauley-Jones Funeral Home, in Harlan.

Friends may call at the funeral home on Monday, from 10-am until the time of service at 1-p.m.

Burial will be in the Harlan Cemetery.

ROBERT FRIEND is survived by:

His mother – Jeanne [Luney] Friend, of Harlan.

His son – Duane (Jennifer) Friend, of Council Bluffs.

His daughter – Dawn Paulsen, of Malvern.

His sisters – Janet (Jim) Swensen, of Harlan, & Joanne (Alan) Kenkel, of Defiance.

5 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren.

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RUTH E. HANSEN, 92, of Exira (Svcs. 4/9/16)

Obituaries

April 8th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

RUTH E. HANSEN, 92, of Exira, died April 1st, at the Exira Care Center. Funeral service for RUTH HANSEN will be held 11:30-a.m. Sat., April 9th, at the Kessler Funeral Home, in Exira.

Friends may call at the funeral home, where the family visitation is from 10-a.m. until the time of service, Saturday.

Burial will be in the Exira Cemetery.

RUTH HANSEN is survived by:

Her sons – Charles (Leslie) Hansen, of Littleton, CO., & Thomas (Sandra) Hansen, of Warsaw, IL.

Her daughter – Sandra (George) Prochaska, of St. Louis, MO.

7 grandchildren, 5 great-grandchildren, an adopted family member/caregiver: Dawn Sams, other relatives, many caring and generous neighbors.

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Woman being held in jail hit with additional charges

News

April 8th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

A woman already in the Montgomery County jail on numerous theft charges, now faces additional, similar charges. Sheriff’s officials said today (Friday), 39-year old Janet Lynn Tarbox, of Red Oak, was charged with six counts of Theft: One count each of 2nd and 3rd degree Theft, and four counts of Theft in the 4th degree.

The charges are the result of an ongoing investigation into employee theft from a business in Red Oak. Additional charges are expected. Tarbox was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on $20,000 bond.

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Pacific Junction woman arrested for assault

News

April 8th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

The Mills County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest Thursday night of a woman on an assault charge. 24-year old Candi Marie Duncan, of Pacific Junction, was arrested for Assault Causing Bodily Injury and Assault Causing Bodily Injury. Her bond at the Mills County Jail was set at $2,000.

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Cover your plants! Freeze Warning posted for tonight, Highway 20 south

Ag/Outdoor, News, Weather

April 8th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Iowa homeowners who have tulips, daffodils, newly-planted trees and other tender plants poking up in their yards will need to get busy this (Friday) afternoon to save them. Meteorologist Craig Cogil, at the National Weather Service, says a Freeze Warning is posted for a wide portion of Iowa, roughly from Highway 20 south. “We’re going to see temperatures drop well below freezing overnight across the entire state,” Cogil says. “We are concerned about some of the trees and vegetation across the southern half to two-thirds of the state that have seen growth and are susceptible to freezing temperatures.”

Many areas of the state may see temperatures dip into the low-to-mid-20s tonight and into tomorrow morning. Homeowners will need to act to keep their plants from being nipped or possibly killed by the overnight cold snap. “Individuals in those situations, obviously, if you have smaller plants, cover them up, that helps out,” Cogil says. “People that have orchards will have mitigation techniques they use. The main thing is to get them covered up.”

We’re a couple of weeks into spring now but Cogil says this isn’t an unusual situation. “Some years, especially if you look back at 2012, had an extremely warm March, everything was ahead as far as growing was concerned,” Cogil says. “We saw that a little bit in March where temperatures were warm and things are maybe a little bit ahead of normal, but this is not entirely unusual.”

Some areas of northern Iowa are seeing flurries fly this morning and while it’ll be a cold weekend, Cogil predicts the sparse snow won’t accumulate.

(Radio Iowa)

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Iowa St PG Monte Morris to return for senior season

Sports

April 8th, 2016 by admin

AMES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa State point guard Monte Morris says he’s returning for his senior season.

Morris led the nation in assist-to-turnover ratio as a freshman and sophomore, and last season he set career highs with 13.9 points and four rebounds per game. Morris also broke the school record with 6.9 assists per game, a mark formerly held by longtime NBA star Jeff Hornacek.

His return is welcome news for Iowa State, which will lose star Georges Niang and fellow starters Jameel McKay and Abdel Nader. Morris will join fellow seniors Naz Long and Matt Thomas in what should be a loaded backcourt, and junior college transfer Emmanuel Malou is expected to make an immediate impact in the frontcourt.

 

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