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Saturday Morning Iowa Headlines

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September 8th, 2012 by admin

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) – GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney says President Barack Obama’s speech to the Democratic National Convention gives no confidence that he can create jobs. Romney’s commented while campaigning yesterday in Sioux City, Iowa after the latest unemployment report showed employers created only 96,000 jobs last month. Romney also spoke in Orange City, Iowa.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) – President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama were joined by Vice President Joe Biden and Jill Biden for a campaign rally in Iowa City yesterday. The event drew a festive crowd of 8,000 people, some of whom were in town for today’s Iowa-Iowa State rivalry game. The President spoke for 30 minutes in making his case for a second term.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – A Des Moines man is charged with stealing nearly $40,000 worth of walnut trees from federal property. The U.S. attorney’s office says this week that 49-year-old Randall Walker is charged with five counts of theft. During an initial court appearance, Walker was ordered held pending trial, set for October 29th in Des Moines.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) – Slimy blobs are showing up in the Wapsipinicon (wahp-sih-PIHN’-ih-kahn) River in northeastern Iowa and other spots in the upper Midwest and Canada. The Gazette reports that they’re colonies of bryozoa, animals that scientifically are called Pectinatella magnifica. Experts say the blobs are manifestations of the drought, as they like warm water with little current.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – A boil advisory has been lifted for water customers in the central Iowa town of Kellogg. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources says samples show that the water is safe to cook with and drink. The advisory was issued after a water main break Tuesday morning.

JOHNSTON, Iowa (AP) – University of Iowa President Sally Mason says in hindsight, she probably wouldn’t renew a contract with Anheuser-Busch because of the backlash. Mason says she’s not sure it’s worth the revenue. During a taping on Iowa Public Television’s “Iowa Press” program today, Mason says she’d probably reconsider, and more than likely not even do it.

TIFFIN, Iowa (AP) – A 19-year-old man has been charged with vehicular homicide for the death of a 14-year-old girl who was in his car when it collided with a van near Tiffin. Authorities say Zachary Swenka of North Liberty was arrested yesterday in connection with the crash on October 17th, 2011. A Johnson County jailer tells the Associated Press today that Swenka has been booked and released.

Saturday 9/8 Forecast

Weather

September 8th, 2012 by admin

Today:  Sunny with a high near 79.  Northwest winds 15 MPH gusting to as high as 25 MPH.

Tonight:  Clear with a low a low around 42.

Sunday:  Sunny with a nigh near 75.

Sunday night:  Clear with a low around 47.

Monday:  Sunny with a high around 83.

Tuesday:  Sunny with a high near 91.

Coke Days Coloring Contest Announced

News

September 8th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

The Atlantic Area Chamber of Commerce says students from Atlantic, Anita, Cumberland, Massena, Lewis and Walnut elementary schools will participate in the Coca-Cola Days Coloring Contest this week to celebrate the 20th anniversary year of the annual tourism event. Coca-Cola Days Chair Dolly Bergmann says “The contest is done in partnership with the area schools. Some classes do the project in their classrooms, and others send the coloring sheets home with students to do on their own time.”

Safeguard/Choice Printing provides the coloring sheets and Bonnesen’s 5 & 10 provides the prizes for grades K-3. The coloring sheets are judged by the Coca-Cola Days committee members and students are awarded a $10 Bonnesen’s gift card for first place and a $5 gift card for second place. Photos of the winners will be publicized before the September 22nd event and the participants coloring sheets will be displayed in downtown store fronts September 18-24.

According to Bergmann “Collectors from 20 to 30 states come to Atlantic for Coca-Cola Days and rave about the amount of community support our convention has. The coloring contest, parade and retail promotions done during that week are all a part of why they love to come to Atlantic.” The deadline to enter is by 5 p.m. Wednesday, September 12th by returning the coloring sheets to the Atlantic Area Chamber of Commerce at 102 Chestnut Street, Atlantic. For questions or more information contact the Chamber at 712.243.3017 or email chamber@atlanticiowa.com.

BILL WESTPHAL, 87, of Fontanelle (Svcs. 9-11-12)

Obituaries

September 8th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

BILL WESTPHAL, 87, of Fontanelle, died Fri., Sept. 7th, at the Greenfield Manor. Funeral  services for BILL WESTPHAL will be held 10:30-a.m. Tue., Sept. 11th, at the Steen Funeral Home in Fontanelle.

Visitation at the funeral home will take place from 3-to 8-pm Mon., Sept. 10th, with the family present from 6-8pm. Online condolences may be left to the family at www.steenfunerals.com.

Memorials may be directed to the Bill Westphal Memorial Fund, to be established by the family.

Burial will be in the Fontanelle Cemetery, with full military graveside rites performed by the Fontanelle Am. Legion Carlson Post. # 247. A luncheon at the Fontanelle United Methodist Church will follow the burial.

BILL WESTPHAL is survived by:

His step-son: Steve (Cynthia) Campbell, of Greenfield.

His sister – Macel Brower, of Greenfield.

4 step-grandchildren, several step great-grandchildren, his sisters-in-law, other relatives & friends.

MARJORIE J. PETERSEN, 92, of Kimballton (Svcs. 9-11-12)

Obituaries

September 7th, 2012 by admin

MARJORIE J. PETERSEN, 92, of Kimballton died Friday, September 7, 2012 in Elk Horn.  Funeral services for MARJORIE PETERSEN will be held 10:30-a.m. Tue., Sept. 11th, at the Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Jacksonville, IA.  Burmeister-Johannsen Funeral Home in Harlan has the arrangements.

Friends may call at the funeral home, from 1-to 9pm Mon., Sept. 10th, where the family will be present from 5-8pm.

Burial will be in the Jacksonville Cemetery, in Jacksonville, IA.

MARJORIE J. PETERSEN is survived by:

Her daughters: Marilee (David L.) Christensen of Harlan;  Marlene Hansen of Jacksonville; &  Marlys (Randall) Larsen of Walnut.

Son: Mark (Shirlyn) Petersen of Kimballton.

Her sisters – Mary Lou Hoover, of Guthrie Center; Clara Jo Harnack, of Spirit Lake; & Donna Lee Treon, of Bentonville, AR.

Her brother – Gary Hopkins, of Scranton, IA.

10 grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren, 3 great-great grandchildren, other relatives and friends.

THELMA RICHEY, 100, of Panora (Svcs. 09-10-2012)

Obituaries

September 7th, 2012 by admin

THELMA RICHEY, 100, of Panoradied Friday, September 7, 2012 at the Guthrie County Hospital.  Funeral services for THELMA RICHEY will be held Monday, September 10th at 10:30am at the Panora United Methodist Church in Panora.  Twigg Funeral Home in Panora has the arrangements.

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Visitation will be held Sunday, September 9th from 4-8pm the the funeral home.

Burial will be held in the West Cemetery in Panora.

Who’s Gonna Win? 09-07-2012

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September 7th, 2012 by admin

Picks for Week 3 of the High School Football Season.

 

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Friday HS Football Scores

Sports

September 7th, 2012 by admin

Class 3-A District 1
*Creston  32  final
Atlantic  19
*ADM  21  final
Glenwood  14
*Perry  14  final
Harlan  34
Lewis Central  28  final
Indianola  7
Class 3-A District 2
*Carroll  28  final
Denison  29
Class 2-A District 8
Clarinda  7 final
Mount Ayr  48
*Clarinda Academy  0  final
Kuemper Catholic  72
*Greene County  12  final
Shenandoah  31
*OA-BCIG  52 final
Red Oak  12
Class 1-A District 8
*Nodaway Valley  14  final
Missouri Valley  29
*Panorama  0  final
St. Albert  41
*Treynor  12  final
West Central Valley  23
Tri-Center  27  final
IKM/Manning  49
Class A District 7
*Madrid  40  final
Audubon  23
*Bedford  17  final
Woodward Academy  12
*Earlham  7  final
Martensdale-St. Marys  27
*Woodward-Granger  46  final
Guthrie Center  0
Class A District 8
*Westwood  6  final
A-H-S-T  27
*Riverside  0  final
East Mills  15
*Griswold  7 final
Underwood  9
*Logan-Magnolia  60  final
West Monona  0
8-Man District 6
*Adair-Casey  58  final
Lamoni  30
*Colo-Nesco  66  final
Ankeny Christian  14
East Union  30  final
Twin Cedars  50
*Grandview Park Baptist  8 final
Murray  68
8-Man District 7
*Exira/EHK  60 final
West Harrison  14
*Charter Oak-Ute  6  final
Ar-We-Va  48
*Coon Rapids-Bayard  34  final
Boyer Valley  46
*Glidden-Ralston  70  final
Woodbine  18
Heartland Christian  6  final
Essex 34
8-Man District 8
*Fremont-Mills  49 final
CAM  16
*Corning  63  final
Stanton  24
*Lenox  6  final
Sidney  49
*Villisca  32 final
Nishnabotna  44

* District Game

Trojan Preview 09-07-2012

Podcasts, Trojan Preview/Who’s Gonna Win?

September 7th, 2012 by admin

Jim Field speaks with Atlantic Head Football Coach Nick Ross as the Trojans get set to play Creston.

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Bluffs man killed in unusual accident

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September 7th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — Police say a Council Bluffs man working on his pickup truck died after a fan blade from the engine broke loose and struck hit him in the neck. 50-year-old Roger Klein was working on his truck on Thursday. Police say he was apparently keeping the motor running with starter fluid and using the choke. When he bent over the engine, the fan blade dislodged and hit him, killing him almost instantly. His wife came home and found him on the driveway next to the truck. Authorities are trying to determine how the blade came loose.