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TV station reporting live when Minnesota bank robbed again

News

December 16th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

ROCHESTER, Minn. (AP) – An Iowa television station was doing a live update on a Minnesota bank robbery when police say the suspect returned to rob it a second time.
KIMT-TV of Mason City, Iowa, was outside Sterling State Bank in Rochester on Tuesday when a bank employee ran out and pointed out the robbery suspect. Reporter Adam Sallet broke away from the report, saying: “I have to go. I have to call 911.”

The Post-Bulletin reports that police spotted the suspect’s vehicle on U.S. Highway 52. Minnesota State Patrol says the 36-year-old Rochester man was pulled over south of Minneapolis and arrested. Police Capt. John Sherwin says the man is suspected of robbing the bank two days in a row. In both robberies, the suspect presented a note and escaped with money.

More than 300 children receive bikes from anonymous donors

News

December 16th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) – Two youth organizations in Sioux City have teamed up with a bicycle shop owner and anonymous donors to give bicycles to more than 300 children. The Sioux City Journal reports that Girls Inc. gave out 115 bicycles Friday, and the Boys Club of Sioux City surprised 225 boys with bikes Tuesday afternoon. The children also received helmets and locks.

Doug Albrecht, owner of Albrecht Cycle Shop, worked with the anonymous donors to order the mountain bikes. The team assembled about 60 bicycles a week over five weeks. The retail value of each bike is about $400, but Albrecht was able to get a discount from the manufacturer since they were purchased in bulk. He says this is the largest one-time donation the bikes shop has ever seen.

Adair-Casey Whole Grade Sharing details released

News

December 16th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

Officials with the Adair-Casey and Guthrie Center School Districts have released details about a proposed five-year, Whole Grade Sharing agreement. According to information on the districts’ websites, each district would maintain its own kindergarten-6th grade program. 7th and 8th grade students would attend class at Adair-Casey. 9th-12th graders would attend high school in Guthrie Center. In addition, both districts would share all activities in grades 7-12, including their athletic programs. All high school competitions would take place in Guthrie Center, with the shared districts jointly competing in the West Central Activities Conference. The agreement would go into effect July 1st, 2016.

Public hearings regarding the proposed agreement will take place this (Wednesday) evening at the Adair-Casey Junior-Senior High School Library, beginning at 7-p.m., and on Tuesday, December 22nd, in the Library Media Center at the Guthrie Center High School.

Further details about the proposed WGS agreement are available at http://gcs.dynamicwebware.com/school_board/ACGC-WGSA_12.15.pdf
And, details on the activity agreement can found at http://gcs.dynamicwebware.com/school_board/ACGC-activitysharingagt-12.14.pdf

VIRGINIA BORNHOLDT, 96, of Exira & formerly of Audubon (Svcs. 12/18/15)

Obituaries

December 16th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

VIRGINIA BORNHOLDT, 96, of Exira (& formerly of Audubon), died Mon., Dec. 14th, at the Exira Care Center. Funeral services for VIRGINIA BORNHOLDT will be held 1:30-p.m. Fri., Dec. 18th, at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church in Audubon. Kessler Funeral Home in Audubon has the arrangements.

Friends may call at the funeral home, where the family will be present 5-p.m. Thursday, Dec. 17th.

Burial is in the Maple Grove Cemetery in Audubon.

VIRGINIA BORNHOLDT is survived by:

Her daughters – Janell (Gary) Lowe, of Humboldt, and Jolene (Ken) Burns, of Guthrie Center.

Her sister – Mary Childress, of Melbourne, FL.

4 grandchildren, 7 great-grandchildren, 7 great-great grandchildren, 4 step-grandchildren, 6 step great-great grandchildren, other relatives and friends.

JEANENE PETERSEN, 82, of Exira (Svcs. 12/18/15)

Obituaries

December 16th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

JEANENE PETERSEN, 82, of Exira, died Tue., Dec. 15th, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital, in Atlantic. Funeral services for JEANENE PETERSEN will be held 10:30-a.m. Fri., Dec. 18th, at the Exira Lutheran Church. Kessler Funeral Home in Exira has the arrangements.

Friends may call at the funeral home, where the family will be present 5-p.m. Thu., Dec. 17th.

Burial will be in the Exira Cemetery.

JEANENE PETERSEN is survived by:

Her husband – Allan Lee “Pete” Petersen, of Exira.

Her daughters – Cyndi (Keith) Nelson, of Carroll; Tracy (Richard) Johnston, of Exira, & Kristi (Tom) Simpson, of Brayton.

Her brother – Myron “Max” Abildtrup & wife Linda, of Tucson, AZ.

8 grandchildren, 3 great-grandchildren, her in-laws, other relatives & friends.

ROBERT IRVIN HUNDT, 75, of Avoca (Svcs. 12/18/15)

Obituaries

December 16th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

ROBERT IRVIN HUNDT, 75, of Avoca, died Mon., Dec. 14th, at Creighton University Medical Center, in Omaha. Funeral services for ROBERT HUNDT will be held 10:30-a.m. Fri., Dec. 18th, at the United Church of Christ, in Minden. Pauley-Jones Funeral Home in Avoca has the arrangements.

Friends may call at the funeral home on Thursday, Dec. 17th, from 5-until 8-p.m.,m with the family greeting friends from 6-until 8-p.m.

Burial will be in the Minden Cemetery.

ROBERT HUNDT is survived by:

His wife – Karen Hundt, of Avoca.

His sons – Jeff (Krista) Hundt, of Harlan; Doug (Sandy) Hundt, of Pella, & Brad (Jessica) Hundt, of Minden.

His daughter – Kaylea (Darren) Goshorn, of Harlan.

His sisters – Lorraine (Richard) Norman, of Gretna, NE., & Shirley (Varel) Holaday, of Atlantic.

His half-sister: Judith (Dale) McPheeters, of Omaha.

and 13 grandchildren.

NWS forecast for Atlantic & the area, 12/16/15

Weather

December 16th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

Early this morning: A slight chance of rain and snow after 5am. Cloudy, with a low around 34. Windy, with a south southwest wind 22 to 24 mph, with gusts as high as 32 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Today: A chance of rain and snow, mainly before 7am. Cloudy, with a temperature falling to around 29 by 5pm. Windy, with a south southwest wind 18 to 23 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 31 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.
Tonight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 22. Breezy, with a west northwest wind 11 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.

Thursday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 30. Blustery, with a northwest wind 13 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.
Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 19. West northwest wind 9 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.

Friday: Sunny, with a high near 30. Blustery.
Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 40.

Iowa State promotes Tom Manning to offensive coordinator

Sports

December 16th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

AMES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa State coach Matt Campbell has promoted line coach Tom Manning to offensive coordinator. Manning spent the past four seasons as an assistant under Campbell at Toledo. Manning then came with Campbell when he was hired by Iowa State last month.

Manning and Campbell were teammates for a season at Division III powerhouse Mount Union. Manning later coached at Mount Union for a season before joining Campbell at Toledo.

Manning’s promotion fills one of the last pieces on Campbell’s new staff. The first-year coach still has yet to hire a defensive coordinator. Iowa State went 3-9 last season under Paul Rhoads, who was fired in November after seven years in Ames.

ISU’s Mitrou-Long to miss the rest of the season

Sports

December 16th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

AMES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa State starting guard Naz Mitrou-Long is out for the rest of the season because of his ailing hips. The fifth-ranked Cyclones say Mitrou-Long will miss the remainder of his senior year because his surgically repaired hips haven’t responded the way he would like.

Mitrou-Long says he’ll seek a medical redshirt after playing eight games and averaging 12 points. Mitrou-Long missed Sunday’s win over Arkansas-Pine Bluff, but apparently the rest didn’t help his discomfort.

Mitrou-Long’s absence will further deplete Iowa State’s thin rotation. Though the Cyclones (9-0) will finally have transfer Deonte Burton eligible for Saturday’s game against Northern Iowa, they’ll still be only seven players deep.

Area basketball scores from Tue., 12/15/15

Sports

December 16th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

BOYS BASKETBALL

Hawkeye Ten Conference

Atlantic 57, Glenwood 48- Ryan Hawkins 22pts, 11reb, 6steals, 3blk.  Garrett Franken 19pts, 13reb, 6asst.
Denison-Schleswig 65, Red Oak 49
Harlan 80, Creston 44
Lewis Central 53, Shenandoah 48
St. Albert, Council Bluffs 74, Clarinda 48

Corner Conference

Fremont Mills, Tabor 63, Essex 38
Stanton 92, Clarinda Academy 35

Western Iowa Confernece

Audubon 45, A-H-S-T-W, Avoca 43
IKM-Manning 92, Griswold 31
Riverside, Oakland 69, Tri-Center, Neola 66
Treynor 50, Missouri Valley 35
Underwood 56, Logan-Magnolia 43

Pride of Iowa Conference

Bedford 71, East Union, Afton 31
Lenox 63, Southwest Valley 46
Nodaway Valley 74, Mount Ayr 59

Rolling Valley Conference

Boyer Valley, Dunlap 60, West Harrison, Mondamin 49
Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton 68, Coon Rapids-Bayard 42
Glidden-Ralston 56, Paton-Churdan 53 (OT)
Woodbine 50, Adair-Casey 43

Other Scores

Iowa Christian Academy 56, Orient-Macksburg 36
Panorama, Panora 52, Madrid 51
Carroll 66, South Central Calhoun 47
Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 82, Sioux City, North 64
Sioux City, West 73, Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson 53
Van Meter 66, West Central Valley, Stuart 51

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Hawkeye Ten Confernce

Denison-Schleswig 47, Red Oak 43
Harlan 58, Creston 35
Glenwood 49, Atlantic 43- Molly Dean 19pts for Glenwood, Erin Olsen 18pts for Atlantic.
Lewis Central 48, Shenandoah 45
St. Albert, Council Bluffs 62, Clarinda 29

Rolling Valley Conference

Adair-Casey 66, Woodbine 20
Boyer Valley, Dunlap 71, West Harrison, Mondamin 21
CAM, Anita 37, Charter Oak-Ute 34
Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton 69, Coon Rapids-Bayard 29

Western Iowa Conference

Audubon 46, A-H-S-T-W, Avoca 26
IKM-Manning 73, Griswold 29
Logan-Magnolia 77, Underwood 62
Treynor 61, Missouri Valley 34
Tri-Center, Neola 62, Riverside, Oakland 24

Corner Conference

Essex 51, Fremont Mills, Tabor 38
Nishnabotna 63, South Page, College Springs 19
Stanton 67, Clarinda Academy 16

Pride of Iowa Conference

Bedford 66, East Union, Afton 13
Mount Ayr 54, Nodaway Valley 33
Southwest Valley 50, Lenox 37

Other Scores

Panorama, Panora 49, Madrid 18
Sioux City, North 59, Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 50
Sioux City, West 79, Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson 37
South Central Calhoun 79, Carroll 39
Van Meter 54, West Central Valley, Stuart 43