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The Atlantic School District’s Board of Education will hold a work session this (Wednesday) evening. During their 5:30-p.m. session in the High School Media Center, the Board will hold an overview and discussion, with regard to: Technology; Teacher Leadership Compensation; the Middle School/Link Center; High School/Educational Opportunity Center (EOC); and, the budget, along with monthly reports.
JOE WALLACE McCANN, 88, of Guthrie Center, died Tue., Sept. 29th, in Exira. A Funeral Mass for JOE McCANN will be held 10:30-a.m. Fri., Oct. 2nd, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Guthrie Center. Twigg Funeral Home in Guthrie Center has the arrangements.
Friends may call at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Guthrie Center from 9:30-until 10:30-a.m., Friday (prior to the Funeral Mass). Online condolences may be left at www.twiggfuneralhome.com.
Burial will be in the Union Cemetery at Guthrie Center.
WALTER M. SEVERIN, 85, of Atlantic, died Sat., Sept. 26th, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital, in Atlantic. A Celebration of Life Memorial Service for WALTER SEVERIN will be held 10:30-a.m. Sat., Oct. 3rd, at the Bowman Chapel United Methodist Church, in rural Guthrie County. Kessler Funeral Home in Audubon has the arrangements.
Burial will be in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery at Bowman Chapel, at a later date.
WALTER SEVERIN is survived by:
His wife – Esther, of Atlantic.
Her daughters – Lorilyn (Tom) Schultes, of Anita, & Sherilyn (Chris) Karamitros, of Shenyanh, China.
8 grandchildren, 8 great-grandchildren, his sisters- and brothers- in law, other relatives, and friends.
A traffic stop Tuesday evening in Montgomery County resulted in the arrest of two men on Public Intoxication charges. The Sheriff’s Office says deputies arrested 21-year old Jacob William Avery and 21-year old Gillian Ray James Bourn, both of Red Oak, at around 7:15-p.m., at the intersection of 180th Street and Highway 48. The men were being held in the Montgomery County Jail on $300 bond, each.
Two women from Red Oak face 5th Degree Theft charges, after allegedly stealing a package from a residence over the weekend. Red Oak Police said Tuesday, 39-year old Rachilla Ann Davis was a passenger in a van driven and owned by 26-year old Amber Nicole Gonzalez. When Gonzalez stopped the vehicle Saturday in the 1600 block of N. 8th Street, Davis got out and allegedly took a package valued at $140 from a home. They were taken into custody at around 3:30-p.m. Tuesday and brought to the Montgomery County Jail, where the women were held on $300 cash bond, each.
Early this morning: Mostly clear, with a low around 43. A light N/NE wind.
Today: Sunny, with a high near 67. East wind 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 40. East northeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 65. East northeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 39. E/NE wind around 5 mph.
Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 62.
Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 40.
Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 60.
A Pottawattamie County man was sentenced to 10-years in prison Tuesday, after agreeing to plead guilty to three out of 11 charges filed against him. The Daily NonPareil says 34-year old Jesse Wilkinson, of Council Bluffs, will serve a 10-year term in prison for felony 1st-Degree theft, in connection with a stolen 2012 Chevrolet Corvette; 10 years for felony possession of less than five grams of methamphetamine, and five years on a felony charge of assaulting a police officer with intent to inflict injury. The sentences will be served concurrently, which means his prison term for state convictions should not exceed 10 years. He will be eligible for parole in approximately 39 months.
Wilkinson won’t start his 10 years on the Iowa charges until he fulfills his 84-month sentence on Federal charges. On Aug. 6th, Wilkinson was sentenced to seven years in prison for being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm. He was prohibited from possessing a firearm after he was convicted in 2003 in Nebraska on charges of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and being a felon in possession of a firearm. Wilkinson pleaded guilty on April 2nd, 2015, to the current charge of being a felon in possession of a firearm.
The Metro Fugitive Task Force arrested Wilkinson on Dec. 23, 2014, in Omaha. Court reports state that Wilkinson stole the Corvette between the hours of 2-p.m. on Dec. 12, 2014 and 10-a.m. on Dec. 13, 2014. On Dec. 23rd, 2014 Council Bluffs police officers Jarrod Poore and Corey Woodward found the stolen Corvette. As the officers exited their police cruiser, an unmarked Chevrolet Impala, Wilkinson placed the Corvette into reverse and backed into the police car. After Wilkinson hit the Impala, Poore fired two shots at Wilkinson.
According to police reports, in an interview on Dec. 24, 2014, Woodard said he believed Wilkinson, after reversing the Corvette into the Impala, turned the car to next run over Poore. He also said that Wilkinson was hit by the gunshots due to his body movements. Neither officer was injured during the assault.
When Wilkinson sped away, officers lost sight of him during the pursuit. Omaha Police later found the car abandoned, with blood found on the interior in the driver’s seat area. Authorities found Wilkinson in the area hours later.