OMAHA, Neb. (KETV) —Authorities in Douglas County, Nebraska, Friday, identified a woman was died in a head-on crash earlier this week at 267th and West Center Road. According to investigators, 24-year-old Abby Olberding, of Carroll, Iowa, died Wednesday when a Jeep crossed the center line and hit Olberding’s Impala sending it into a ditch.

The woman was pinned in her vehicle and died at the scene. The other driver was thrown from the Jeep and had to be airlifted to the hospital. There was no immediate word on the driver of the Jeep’s condition, or whether they could face any charges.

(Atlantic, Iowa) – The Cass County Auditor’s Office on Friday (Today), updated the names of candidates who have filed nomination papers to run for City Offices within the County in advance of the November 7th City/School Elections.

Candidate filings for Thursday, September 14, 2023 include:

Mayor – City of Lewis – Russell Hansen

(Vote for 3)
Lewis City Council – Ryan Lockwood
Lewis City Council – Leland M Baxter

(Vote for 3)

Marne City Council – Wayne Preister

Here are the candidate filings for Friday, September 15, 2023:

Mayor – City of Marne – Randall I Baxter

two candidates have filled nomination papers for the City Council in Cumberland. Sandra Eversole and Scott W Becker submitted their papers, Wednesday (today).

Other candidates who have filed (to date) include:

Anita City Council (vote for 2): Cheryl Sokol; Mark Harris.

Atlantic City Council – Ward 2: Jim Behrens.

Atlantic City Council – Ward 3: Pat McCurdy.

Atlantic City Council – Ward 4: Linda Hartkopf.

Atlantic City Council – At Large: Elaine Otte.

Mayor – City of Cumberland: Nancy Virginia Coughlin.

Griswold City Council (vote for 3): Brenda Tietz; Amanda Hansen.

Mayor- City of Lewis: Rick Sanny.

(Harlan, Iowa) – The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office has issued a report on arrests from Aug. 31st through Sept. 6th. Most recently:

On Sept. 6th, 64-year-old Garth Anthony Brammann, of Harlan, was arrested following a call for service in the area of 10th and Farnam Streets. Brammann was transported to the Shelby County Jail and charged with Public Intoxication; And, 23-year-old Justin Philip Funk, of Avoca, was arrested following a traffic stop at 5th and Tarkington Streets. Funk was transported to the Shelby County Jail and charged with Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, Possession of Controlled Substance, Keeping Premises or Vehicle for Controlled Substance, and Failure to Maintain or Use Safety Belt.

On Sept. 5th: 37-year-old Albert Alexander Johnson, of Harlan, was arrested on an active Shelby County Warrant for Driving while License Suspended. Johnson was transported to the Shelby County Jail; And, 53-year-old Gina Marie Sanchez, of Shelby, was arrested following a traffic stop in Shelby. Sanchez was transported to the Shelby County Jail and charged with OWI 1st, Obstructing Prosecution or Defense, Improper Rear Lamps, and Improper Registration Plate Lamp.

James Robert McConnell, age 38, of Manilla, was arrested Sept. 4th on an active Shelby County Warrant for Violation of Probation. McConnell was transported to the Shelby County Jail. There were two arrests in Shelby County on Sept. 3rd: Alvin Gregory Evans, age 39, of Harlan, was arrested following an investigation. Evans was transported to the Shelby County Jail and charged with Possession of Drug Paraphernalia and Driving while License Suspended. And, 39-year-old Jordan Michael Flaherty, of Harlan, was arrested after a call for service in the 900 block of Farnam St. Flaherty was transported to the Shelby County Jail and charged with Domestic Abuse Assault, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia and Public Intoxication.

On Sept. 1st, Shelby County Deputies arrested 53-year-old Pamela Marie Beste, of Emerson, NE, following a traffic stop on Highway 59 and Ridgeway Drive, in Harlan. Beste was transported to the Shelby County Jail and charged with OWI 1st, and Failure to Maintain Control.

And, finally, on August 31st, 52-year-old Jerry Dewayne Summers, Jr., of Missouri Valley, was arrested following a traffic stop on Highway 44, in Shelby County. Summers was transported to the Shelby County Jail and charged with Driving while Revoked, and Failure to Provide Proof of Financial Liability.

(Radio Iowa) – A sendoff is planned Saturday at 9:30 a-m at Southeastern Community College in West Burlington for a Iowa National Guard unit from Middletown. The 831st Engineer Vertical Construction Company will first head to Texas to prepare and then will then deploy overseas in support of Operation Spartan Shield in the U-S. Central Command area. The unit has around 150 soldiers, and their primary mission is construction of critical infrastructure.

(Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Tawny Schmit)

The soldiers are expected to be deployed for one year. Their last mobilization was in Cedar Rapids in 2020 to assist in the Derecho storm clean up. They were last activated into federal service in 2005 in support of the global war on terrorism. The public is invited to the sendoff.

(Radio Iowa) – Iowa’s unemployment rate increased slightly in August, the first uptick in several months. Iowa Workforce Development executive director, Beth Townsend, says conditions on the national level factor in.

Iowa’s unemployment rate rose from two-point-seven percent (2.7%) in July to two-point-nine percent (2.9%) in August, while that national rate increased from three-point-five percent (3.5%) to three-point-eight percent (3.8). She says those national economic factors can impact the decisions of Iowa businesses.

Townsend says there were gains in some areas.

Townsend says Iowa’s job market remains very strong.

Some critics says the jobs people are getting are not paying enough for them to live on. Townsend says there are good wages being paid in a lot of areas.

Townsend says for example, health care and social assistance jobs are starting at 20 to 25 dollars an hour. And manufacturing saw an increase of 600 jobs with pay in those jobs starting well above 15 dollars an hour.

(Atlantic, Iowa) – The Cass County Sheriff’s Office reports numerous arrests from Sept. 6th through the 15th.

Most recently, Deputies today (Friday, 9/15), arrested Najaee Harrell, 23, of Indianapolis, IN and Christian Long, 21, of Pearland TX, on warrants for Theft 1st Degree and Burglary 3rd Degree.  Harrell and Long were picked up and transported to the Cass County Jail where they were booked and held.

On Thursday (9/14), Kyle Confere Sr., 23, of Harlan, was arrested on a warrant for Violation of Probation.  Confere Sr. was picked up and transported to the Cass County Jail where he was booked and held pending his later release on bond.

Monday, Sept. 11th, Cass County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested Diedra Nelson, 30, of Griswold, on the charges of Domestic Abuse Assault and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.  Nelson was transported to the Cass County Jail where she was booked and held pending her later release on her own recognizance.

On September 7th, Zachary Jones, 32, of Des Moines, was arrested on a warrant for Failure to Appear.  Jones was picked up and transported to the Cass County Jail where he was booked and held pending his later transfer.

On September 6th, Zane Brownsberger, 18, of Lewis, was arrested on a narcotics violation charge.  Brownsberger was transported to the Cass County Jail where he was booked and held pending his later release on his own recognizance; And, Tate Conyers, 18, of Atlantic, was arrested on a warrant for Violation of Probation.  Conyers was transported to the Cass County Jail where he was booked and held.

(Radio Iowa) – Senator Chuck Grassley says he’s seen political bias in the U-S justice system over the past eight years, but Grassley is rejecting proposals from fellow Republicans who’ve called for shutting down the F-B-I.

G-O-P candidate Vivek Ramaswamy (vih-VAKE rahm-uh-SWAHM-ee) this week said as president he’d fire two-thirds of F-B-I employees and shift the rest to other federal agencies, like the U-S Marshals Service and the Drug Enforcement Agency. Last year, Republicans in the House Freedom Caucus began calling for defunding the F-B-I. Earlier this year, former President Trump said it was time to bring the justice department to its senses and he called on congress to withhold funding from the agency, which includes the F-B-I.

Grassley HAS clashed with the F-B-I over documents related to an investigation into Hunter Biden and Grassley accuses the agency of a consistent disregard for congressional oversight.

And Grassley suggests the House impeachment inquiry into President Biden will show why F-B-I reform is necessary.

Grassley made his comments during taping of the “Iowa Press” program that airs tonight (Friday night), on Iowa P-B-S. President Biden has called attacks on the F-B-I sickening and Biden’s chief staff has said defunding the F-B-I is a reckless idea.

(Radio Iowa – A Davenport man has been found guilty of kidnapping and murdering a ten year old Breasia Terrell in July of 2020. Judge Henry Latham heard the evidence against Henry Dinkins in a two-week trial and addressed the murder charge first.

Terrell’s mother had a son with Dinkins and the girl was staying with the son at Dinkins’s apartment when she disappeared. Dinkins’s defense argued there was no physical evidence to tie him to the crime. But judge Latham said there was enough evidence presented.

Terrell’s body was found by two fishermen several months after she disappeared in a pond in Clinton County. The prosecution argued Dinkins had kidnapped and killed the girl to hide the fact he had sexually abused her.

Breasia Terrell

Judge Latham said there was enough evidence to prove Dinkins kidnapped Terrell.

The judge says that evidence led to the kidnapping conviction.

Terrell’s family members and supporters in the courtroom clapped after hearing the last verdict. A sentencing date has been set for October 11th.