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Forbes lists Stine Seed founder as Iowa’s richest resident

Ag/Outdoor, News

May 26th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Forbes magazine is out with its list of the richest residents in each state and an agri-businessman from Adel is listed as Iowa’s richest person. Seventy-four-year-old Harry Stine is the founder of Stine Seed. He started experimenting with corn and soybean genetics in the 1960s and got patents on key soybean genetics in the 1990s. Forbes pegs Stine’s net worth at three-point-six billion dollars. The magazine’s website says Stine drives a Ford F-150 pick-up and lives in a small home near the Stine Seed headquarters.

Investment guru Warren Buffet is the richest person in Nebraska. South Dakota’s richest resident is a banker. The part-owner of Cargill is the richest person in Minnesota. Wisconsin’s richest person founded the Menard’s chain of home improvement stores. The richest person in Illinois is a hedge fund manager and Missouri’s richest person owns the St. Louis Rams, but recently struck a deal to move the team to Los Angeles.

(Radio Iowa)

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Update: Severe t-storm warning for Pott/Harrison Counties

Weather

May 26th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

126 AM CDT THU MAY 26 2016

…THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN POTTAWATTAMIE…SOUTHWESTERN HARRISON…EASTERN DOUGLAS AND EASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 130 AM CDT…

THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS…AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

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Severe Thunderstorm Warning for: Monona/Harrison Counties

Weather

May 26th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA

119 AM CDT THU MAY 26 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…

SOUTHEASTERN MONONA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…

NORTHWESTERN HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…

SOUTHEASTERN BURT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA…

* UNTIL 145 AM CDT

* AT 118 AM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES

NORTHWEST OF MONDAMIN…OR 35 MILES NORTH OF OMAHA…MOVING

NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

HAZARD…60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT…EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS…SIDING AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…

MONDAMIN…PISGAH…MOORHEAD…BLENCOE…SOLDIER…LITTLE SIOUX…

PELICAN POINT STATE RECREATION AREA…

PREPARATION CANYON STATE PARK…LITTLE SIOUX SCOUT RANCH…

WILLOW LAKE RECREATION AREA AND SCHABEN PARK.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 29 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 86 AND 105.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A

BUILDING.

 

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Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Western Pott. & s.w. Harrison Counties

Weather

May 26th, 2016 by Ric Hanson 

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
107 AM CDT THU MAY 26 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA...
  SOUTHWESTERN HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA...
  EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
  EASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 130 AM CDT

* AT 106 AM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF BLAIR TO 7 MILES SOUTH OF FORT
  CALHOUN TO OMAHA...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

  IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  OMAHA...COUNCIL BLUFFS...BLAIR...RALSTON...MISSOURI VALLEY...
  LOGAN...UNDERWOOD...FORT CALHOUN...KENNARD...MODALE...MILLARD...
  CARTER LAKE...BENNINGTON...BOYS TOWN...CRESCENT...MAGNOLIA...
  MCCLELLAND...NARROWS RIVER PARK...
  DESOTO BEND NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE AND HITCHCOCK NATURE CENTER.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 HIGHWAY 30 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 5.
 HIGHWAY 30 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 441 AND 450.
 HIGHWAY 75 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 88 AND 120.
 INTERSTATE 29 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 47 AND 84.
 INTERSTATE 80 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 20.
 INTERSTATE 80 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 446 AND 454.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

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THURSDAY, MAY 26th

Trading Post

May 26th, 2016 by Jim Field

FOR SALE:  Two white storm doors, both open on the outside from the right hand side, both measure 36” x 80”, and includes the hardware that I have for each door.  The door on the left is a Pella door and I am asking $50 for it.  I am asking $30 for the door on the right.  If interested, please call: 712-243-1899 or 712-249-6202.

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FOR SALE: Motor for a 91′ Chevy, 350 motor, brand new. Call for price. 712-269-9384.

FREE:  upright freezer, white, works well, in Atlantic, you pick up.  Call 243-2480.

FREE:  3 kittens, 7 weeks old, have had their first shots, litter trained and have been around a dog.  Call 712-762-4480 in Anita.

GARAGE SALE:  at 1st & Birch streets in Atlantic, just north of the Atlantic Locker. Includes a 1992 Ford Taurus station wagon, a grill and lots of nick-nacks.  Friday starting at 4:00 pm.  Saturday starting at 8:00 am.

FOR SALE:  one 205/65/R15 Hankook tire with 90% tread, mounted, balanced on 5 x 115 wheel.  Also, one 195/65/R15 Goodyear tire with 90% tread, mounted, balanced on 5 x 115 wheel.  Asking $40 for each tire & wheel.  Also, like-new Haier 8,000 BTU window air conditioner with remote.  Asking $100.  Call 712-249-0135.

WANTED: Sweet Annie fern. 243-3141.

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2 men from OK arrested in s.w. IA for Harboring a Runaway

News

May 25th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

A traffic stop Wednesday afternoon in Fremont County resulted in the arrest of two men on charges of Harboring a Runaway. At around 3:15-p.m., a deputy with the Fremont County K9 Unit stopped a black 1999 Honda Accord for a registration violation near the 15-mile marker of southbound Interstate 29 near the Percival exit.

During the investigation, it was determined that a 15-year old female located in the vehicle was listed as a missing juvenile out of Granite Falls, MN. Deputies arrested 20-year old Tyjuan Brown and 18-year old Caleb Smith, both of Tulsa, Oklahoma, for Harboring a Runaway, an aggravated misdemeanor. Smith was also charged with Possession of Marijuana 2nd Offense. Both men were being held at the Fremont County Jail on $2,000 bond.

Caleb Smith

Caleb Smith

Tyjuan Brown

Tyjuan Brown

The Fremont County K9 and the Iowa Department of Transportation assisted the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office.

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Arrieta moves to 9-0 and Cubs edge Cardinals 9-8

Sports

May 25th, 2016 by admin

ST. LOUIS (AP) – Jake Arrieta remained unbeaten on the season despite allowing as many as four runs for the first time in nearly a year and the Chicago Cubs beat the St. Louis Cardinals 9-8 on Wednesday.

Arrieta (9-0) joined the White Sox’s Chris Sale as the only nine-game winners in the majors.

Arrieta allowed four runs in a regular-season game for the first time since June 16, 2015.

Arrieta became the first Cub to win his first nine decisions since Kenny Holtzman in 1967 and it is the best start to a season for the franchise since Jim McCormick went 16-0 in 1886.

Kris Bryant hit a three-run homer and Jason Heyward and Ben Zobrist each drove in two for the Cubs.

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(Update) Photos of suspect vehicle involved in Vet’s Hwy crash

News

May 25th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Police in Council Bluffs Wednesday afternoon released still frame images of an Isuzu Rodeo believed to have been involved in an accident that sent six people to the hospital Tuesday evening, one of them critically.

Possible suspect vehicle involved in the crash

Possible suspect vehicle involved in the crash

The accident happened in the 3400 block of Veterans Memorial Highway (VMH) at around 6:22-p.m. Authorities say 29-year old Anna Sanchez, of Omaha,  was driving a 2004 Ford Explorer was eastbound on the VMH, approaching 35th Street, when the suspect vehicle, a red Isuzu Rodeo with a spare tire on the back, pulled out in front of her. To avoid striking the SUV, Sanchez tried to swerve around the vehicle. He SUV began rotating clockwise and entered the south ditch before it rolled over and came to rest on its roof.

There were a total of eight accident victims, all of whom are from Omaha. One of the victims, 16-year old Rosa Sanchez, suffered critical injuries. Seven-year old Gendri Ramirez Sanchez suffered a non-life threatening injury. Both were transported to the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha.

The driver, and three other passengers ages three, 15 and 17, suffered minor injuries ranging from a bumps and bruises to a broken arm.

The Council Bluffs Police Traffic Unit is conducting an investigation into the crash. Anyone with information regarding the Isuzu Rodeo is asked to contact police at 712‐328‐4948 or 712‐328‐STOP.

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ART TURNER, 69, of Corning (Svcs. 3/31/16)

Obituaries

May 25th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

ART TURNER, 69, of Corning, died Wed., May, 25th, at home. Celebration of Life  services for ART TURNER will be held 2-p.m. Tue., May 31st, at the Massena United Methodist Church, with a luncheon to follow at the church. Steen Funeral Home in Massena has the arrangements.

The family will greet friends at the Massena United Methodist Church one-hour prior to the services, on Tuesday. Online condolences may be left to the family at www.steenfunerals.com.

Memorials may be directed to the Art Turner Memorial Fund to be established by the family at a later date.

ART TURNER is survived by:

His wife – Barbara Turner, of Corning.

His son – Christian (Lacy) Turner, of Corning.

His daughter – Cheyenne (Rob) Rasmussen, of Massena.

11 grandchildren, other relatives & friends.

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Breach of Peace arrest in Red Oak

News

May 25th, 2016 by admin

A Red Oak man was arrested by Red Oak Police on Wednesday afternoon on a valid Red Oak PD warrant for Breach of Peace.  52-year-old Scottie Allen Cetnar of Red Oak was arrested at 1:38pm in the 100 Block of West Washington Street in Red Oak.  Cetnar was taeken to the Montgomery County Jail and held on $300 cash bond.

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