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Two arrests Tuesday night in Fremont County

News

May 18th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Fremont County Sheriff Kevin Aistrope reports two arrests stemming from separate incidents that took place Tuesday night. At around 9-p.m., deputies arrested 57 year Daniel Kitchens in the 1200 block of Illnios St. in Sidney,  on a charge of Assault. Kitchens was transported to the Fremont County Law Enforcement Center and held pending a court appearance.

DAN KITCHENS

Daniel Kitchens

And, at around 9:30-pm, Tuesday, Fremont County deputies were called to the 700 block of Filmore St. in Sidney, for a domestic disturbance. After an investigation was conducted, 22-year old Alexandria Johnson, of Sidney, was arrested for Domestic Abuse / Assault.

Alexandra Johnson

Alexandra Johnson

Johnson was transported to the Law Enforcement Center held without bond.

Fremont County authorities seek brother & sister runaways

News

May 18th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Authorities in southwest Iowa and northwest Missouri are on the lookout for a teenaged brother and sister who ran away from a facility late Tuesday night, in Fremont County. Fremont County Sheriff Kevin Aistrope says that at approximately 11:30-pm Tuesday, deputies were called to Grape Community Hospital in Hamburg for two juveniles that left the hospital. The pair had previously been reported as runaways. When deputies arrived, the children were already gone. Authorities were able to make contact with a person who had been thought to harboring the children and keeping them from the guardians. Following an investigation, 46-year old Michelle Beard, and 17-year old Matthew Beard, were both arrested for harboring runaway children and interference with official acts.

Jacob & Hannah Sederburg-Apperson

Jacob & Hannah Sederburg-Apperson

The pair was able to hide the children and pass them off to other people involved before deputies were able to locate the children. The Beard’s were transported to the Fremont County Jail, where Michelle was being held on $8,300 cash bond. Matthew Beard was transported to the Juvenile Detention Center in Council Bluffs.

Fremont County Deputies are still looking for any information that could lead them to the two runaway juveniles. The runaways are 16-year old Jacob Michael Sederburg-Apperson, and his sister, 16-year old Hannah Renee Apperson. Jacob stands 5-feet tall and weighs around 145 pounds. He has brown hair and brown eyes. Hannah is also about 5-feet tall, and weighs 110 pounds. She has brown hair and brown eyes. The last known position of the two was at a field entrance in Page County Iowa near Coin. Reporting party states the two maybe headed to Council Bluffs, or Maryville Missouri.
If you have any information on these runaways please contact the Fremont County Sheriffs Office at (712) 374-2424 or your local law enforcement agency as these two children may be a harm to themselves.

Suspect - Matthew Beard

Suspect – Matthew Beard

Suspect - Michelle Beard

Suspect – Michelle Beard

Dense Fog this morning over parts of the KJAN listening area

Weather

May 18th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

MADISON-ADAMS-UNION-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD COUNTIES
506 AM CDT WED MAY 18 2016

…FOG CONTINUES OVER THE REGION EARLY THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING…

FOG…OCCASIONALLY DENSE AT TIMES…CONTINUES OVER PORTIONS OF
SOUTHERN IOWA. FROM TIME TO TIME…AREAS OF DENSE FOG WITH
VISIBILITY UNDER A QUARTER MILE TO NEAR ZERO WILL BE ENCOUNTERED EARLY THIS MORNING. THE FOG WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING COMMUTE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING AND BURN OFF BY MID MORNING.

MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING DURING THE
MORNING COMMUTE THIS WEDNESDAY. ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR
DESTINATION SAFELY…INCREASE FOLLOWING DISTANCE BETWEEN YOU AND
THE VEHICLE AHEAD OF YOU. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT INTERSECTIONS
AND RAILROAD CROSSINGS IF DENSE FOG IS ENCOUNTERED AS VEHICLES AND
TRAINS MAY BE HIDDEN BY THE FOG.

Red Oak man arrested on multiple credit card fraud charges

News

May 18th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

The alleged use of a stolen credit card to obtain money from an ATM resulted in an arrest Tuesday evening, in Red Oak. Police say 29-year old James Harlan Rosencrans III, of Red Oak, was taken into custody a little after 7-p.m.  He faces seven counts of credit card fraud. Rosencrans was brought to the Montgomery County Law Enforcement Center and held on a $2,000 cash bond.

Ethanol, biodiesel advocates seek continued funding for state grant program

Ag/Outdoor, News

May 18th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

The funding source for state grants to help finance installation of equipment that dispenses higher blends of renewable fuels will end next year. Grant Menke of the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association says his group will lobby legislators to continue the program. “Investments like this program not only benefit the Iowa economy and the Iowa environment, but Iowa consumers as well,” Menke says.

Governor Branstad has signed legislation that ends a one-cent-per-gallon state tax on motor fuel on December 31st of this year. The tax was established a couple of decades ago to finance clean-up of old underground petroleum storage tanks that were leaking, but that project is complete. Until June 30th of next year, three-million dollars generated by that tax will be spent on fuel pumps that dispense biodiesel and ethanol at higher blends.

“Iowa consumers can look forward to more choices at the pump for E15, for E85, for higher biodiesel blends,” Menke says. “It’s going to save them money. It’s going to burn cleaner.” State grants from the Iowa Renewable Infrastructure Program can cover up to 50 percent of the cost for retailers installing these kind of blender pumps. The retailer must agree to sell the higher blends of ethanol and biodiesel for at least three years.

Supporters hope to convince legislators next year to find another source for the three-million dollar annual cost of the program.

(Radio Iowa)

NWS forecast for Cass & area Counties in IA: 5/18/16

Weather

May 18th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

346 AM CDT WED MAY 18 2016

EARLY THIS MORNING…MOSTLY CLEAR. AREAS OF FOG. NORTHEAST WIND NEAR 5 MPH.

TODAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. AREAS OF DENSE FOG THROUGH MID MORNING… THEN PATCHY FOG BEFORE NOON. HIGH IN THE UPPER 60S. SOUTHEAST WIND NEAR 5 MPH.

TONIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW IN THE MID 40S. SOUTH WIND NEAR 5 MPH.

THURSDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGH IN THE UPPER 60S. SOUTH WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.

FRIDAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. HIGH AROUND 70. SOUTHEAST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.

SATURDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGH IN THE MID 70S.

Bettis leads Rockies to 5th straight win, 3-1 over Cardinals

Sports

May 18th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Chad Bettis took a shutout into the seventh inning and drove in a run to lead the Colorado Rockies to a 3-1 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday night. Nolan Arrenado and Dustin Garneau had RBI singles, and Bettis added a run-scoring grounder as the Rockies got their season-high fifth straight win and won for only the fifth time in 22 games at Busch Stadium since 2010.

Bettis (4-2) didn’t give up a hit until Jeremy Hazelbaker beat out an infield single leading off the fifth. The right-hander allowed five singles in 6 2/3 innings, walking two and striking out four. Jaime Garcia (3-3) allowed three runs and five singles with four walks in five innings for St. Louis.

The Cardinals finally reached Bettis in the seventh when they scored on consecutive two-out singles by Almedys Diaz, Kolten Wong and pinch-hitter Randal Grichuk.

Iowa early News Headlines: Wed., May 18th 2016

News

May 18th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:40 a.m. CDT

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Des Moines police say an officer used appropriate force when he cracked a man’s ribs during a March arrest. Police Chief Dana Wingert made the final decision this week after a review. Police say Officer Cody Grimes kneed 61-year-old Charles Young in the ribs after Young, who was on the floor, refused to put his hands behind his back. Young claims his hand was trapped and he couldn’t move it.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The president of a Christian charity in Iowa admitted that he stole nearly a half-million dollars in donations and used the money to fuel a sex addition, among other things, federal prosecutors said Tuesday. Jon Petersen, of Cedar Rapids, pleaded guilty Monday to a count of filing a false tax return, which is punishable by up to three years in prison. Prosecutors say he diverted nearly all the group’s money to his personal checking account between 2010 and 2014.

BURLINGTON, Iowa (AP) — A Des Moines County jury has found a Burlington man responsible for killing his 22-day-old son, although he will avoid a first-degree murder conviction. The jury on Monday found 24-year-old Randall Payne guilty of involuntary manslaughter and two child endangerment charges. The jury rejected prosecutors’ request to convict Payne of first-degree murder. A sentencing date has not yet been set.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — An 18-year-old has been sentenced to prison in the drug death of Sioux City high school student. A judge on Tuesday sentenced Rose Mouw, of Sioux City, to 10 years in prison after she pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter and delivery of a controlled substance. Mouw admitted to selling synthetic marijuana to Austin McCloud, who was a senior at West High School. He died in April 2015 after smoking the drug.

DNR investigating Taylor County manure spill

Ag/Outdoor, News

May 17th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Officials with the Iowa DNR said Tuesday, that they had received an anonymous complaint of an overflowing manure pit in Taylor County. When the DNR investigated, they found evidence of a manure spill at Barrans Farms, a small hog finishing farm about three miles southwest of Lenox. The outdoor pit that collects manure from buildings at the site was not overflowing during the investigation.

However, DNR field staff saw a path where manure flowed into an unnamed tributary of the East Fork of the One Hundred and Two River. Field tests showed elevated levels of ammonia in water flowing into the tributary, but DNR staff did not find any dead fish. The DNR is continuing to investigate the incident and will consider appropriate enforcement action.

Hawkeye Ten Girls Tennis Championships 5/17/2016

Sports

May 17th, 2016 by admin

The Hawkeye Ten Conference Girls Tennis Championships were held on Tuesday in Atlantic.  Creston came away with the team championship by scoring 28 points on the day.

Team Scoring

  1. Creston 28
  2. Shenandoah 21
  3. Glenwood 19
  4. Kuemper Catholic 19
  5. Clarinda 16
  6. Denison-Schleswig 16
  7. Red Oak 12
  8. Lewis Central 6
  9. St. Albert 6
  10. Harlan 1
  11. Atlantic 0

#1 Singles Top 6

1 Sarah Cabeen, Clarinda
2 Sarah Wood, Shenandoah
3 Jenna Taylor, Creston
4 Cora Hicks, Kuemper
5 Ally Bergsten, Lewis Central
6 Jordyn Cornelison, Red Oak

#1 Doubles Top 6

1 Caitlyn McIlravy/Sydney Dunphy, Creston
2 Sydney Gunderson/Jacque Ingram, Denison
3 Bayley Nichols/Jadie Knobbe, Kuemper
4 Ellie Osterloh/Brookly Taylor, Glenwood
5 Ashley Nordhees/Brooke Brown, Clarinda
6 Sarah Behrens/Macy Baker, Red Oak

#2 Singles Top 6

  1. Alli Thomsen, Creston
  2. Sam Umberger, Glenwood
  3. Madeleine Schwarte, Kuemper Catholic
  4. Jordyn Lembrick, Shenandoah
  5. Maddie Hartley, Clarinda
  6. Sydney Streicher, Red Oak

#2 Doubles Top 6

  1. Olivia Ipsen/Sophia Schultz, Denison
  2. Marilyn Cepeda/JaCee Hogue, Shenandoah
  3. Gracie Russell/Ann Waigand, Creston
  4. Ruby Crow/Sierra Stouder, Glenwood
  5. Sydney Fields/Jaz Nelson, St. Albert
  6. Bailey Bruce/Dena Marsden, Red Oak