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ROGER R. FOWBLE, 69, of Brayton (Memorial Svcs. 2/17/18)

Obituaries

February 16th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

ROGER R. FOWBLE, 69, of Brayton, died Wed., Feb 14th, at Bergan-Mercy Hospital in Omaha. A Celebration of Life Memorial Service for ROGER FOWBLE will be held 2-p.m. Saturday, Feb. 17th, at the Kessler Funeral Home, in Exira.

Friends may call at the funeral home, where the family will be present 5-p.m. today (Friday, Feb. 16th).

Burial will be in the Oakfield Cemetery, east of Brayton.

ROGER R. FOWBLE is survived by:

His wife – Pam Fowble, of Brayton.

His sons – Jeff, and Brett (Christine) Fowble, all of Brayton.

His sister – Judy (Harvey) Williamson, of Anita.

11 grandchildren, 8 great-grandchildren, his in-laws, other relatives and friends.

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Iowa early News Headlines: Friday, 2/16/18

News

February 16th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Republican lawmakers in Iowa say they’re not advancing a bill that would have reduced gun permit requirements in the state in part because of a deadly school shooting in Florida. The Senate judiciary committee agreed Thursday not to vote on a bill that would have repealed a requirement in Iowa to have a permit to acquire a weapon. It also would have made it voluntary to have a permit to carry a weapon.

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — A southeastern Iowa man has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for soliciting nude photos from an 11-year-old girl, as well as possessing other child pornography. The Mason City Globe Gazette reports that 45-year-old Joel Allen Corder, of Mount Pleasant, was sentenced Wednesday and ordered to register as a sex offender. Prosecutors say a tip led police to Corder in 2016, when investigators seized his cellphone and found 638 images of child pornography on it.

FORT MADISON, Iowa (AP) — A southeastern Iowa woman faces up to 11 years in prison after being charged in a single-vehicle crash that killed her husband. The Hawk Eye reports that 26-year-old Noelle Diane Cosby, of Donnellson, was charged Wednesday with vehicular homicide while operating under the influence and first-offense OWI for the Dec. 10 crash that killed 35-year-old Todd “Bubba” Cosby.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A monthly survey of rural bankers in 10 Plains and Western states suggests an improved economic outlook. A report released Thursday says the Rural Mainstreet Index rose to its highest reading since May 2014, reaching 54.8 in February. Survey organizers say any score below 50 suggests a shrinking economy in the months ahead.

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“Constitutional carry” gun bill shelved in Iowa Senate

News

February 16th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

A bill that would have done away with the requirement that Iowans get a permit to carry a concealed weapon has been shelved in the Iowa Senate. It happened about 24 hours after the mass shooting at a Florida high school. Senator Brad Zaun says he pulled the bill from committee consideration Thursday after a colleague told him Governor Kim Reynolds was opposed to it.

“It makes me sick what happened down in Florida, but with that said, I did have the votes to move this thing forward and decided after the communication from the governor…to pull it off the agenda,” Zaun says.

The bill would NOT have removed requirements that those who buy a gun go through a background check, but it would have done away from the state law that requires those who wish to carry a concealed weapon to obtain a permit from their county sheriff’s office.

“I thought it was a very logical, first step based on our constitution. There was definitely safeguards in place that people that should not have guns would not be able to get guns,” Zaun says. “I’m very disappointed.”

Legislators set yesterday (Thursday) as a deadline for policy bills to advance out of a committee. Bills, like this one, that failed to do so are no longer eligible for debate this year. However, proposals are sometimes added to other legislation brought up for debate.

(Radio Iowa)

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Midwest Sports Headlines: 2/16/18

Sports

February 16th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press

JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — St. Louis pitcher Adam Wainwright says he isn’t thinking about retirement. He also isn’t pondering a contract extension. The 36-year-old former Cardinals ace help an impromptu news conference to talk about what he does not want to talk about. Wainwright is in the final season of a five-year contract. He says his sole focus is performing at his best this season. That was not the case last season and Wainwright acknowledged it became a problem.

SURPRISE, Ariz. (AP) — Jesse Hahn has changed uniforms and spring training sites in the past three weeks, but his goal remains the same: to break camp as a starting pitcher. Hahn was working out last month at Oakland’s complex in Mesa, and then was traded to Kansas City on Jan. 29 in a deal that sent Brandon Moss to the Athletics. Hahn went 3-6 with a 5.30 ERA in 14 games with the A’s. He spent time on the disabled list. He has taken a proactive approach with the Royals’ training staff to stay on the mound.

UNDATED (AP) — The NFL has named five sites as finalists to host the NFL draft in 2019 and 2020. The finalists to host either the 2019 or 2020 draft include Denver, Kansas City, Las Vegas and Nashville, plus a combined entry of Cleveland and Canton, Ohio. The NFL will announce final selections in May during the league’s spring meetings in Atlanta.

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Boys High School Basketball Scoreboard Thursday 02/15/2018

Sports

February 15th, 2018 by admin

Class 1A District Quarterfinals

Class 1A District 13

Sidney 52, Lenox 40
Bedford 60, Orient-Macksburg 22
Southwest Valley 66, Diagonal 43
Nodaway Valley 69, Clarinda Academy 52

Class 1A District 14

Exira/EHK 64, Fremont-Mills 57
St. Albert 90, Riverside 28
CAM 62, East Mills 41– ON KJAN
Stanton 66, Griswold 34 – ON KJAN

Class 1A District 15

Ar-We-Va 57, Coon Rapids-Bayard 48
IKM-Manning 50, Audubon 48
Boyer Valley 64, Glidden-Ralston 47
Tri-Center 66, Woodbine 33

Class 2A District Semifinals

Class 2A District 16

Underwood 59, AHSTW 54
Treynor 79, Clarinda 37

Class 2A District 12

Interstate 35, Truro 46, Mount Ayr 35
Van Meter 58, Pleasantville 37

Class 2A District 1

Logan-Magnolia 61, OA-BCIG 58
Kuemper Catholic 88, MVAOCOU 61

Regular Season

Hawkeye Ten Conference

Atlantic 65, Denison-Schleswig 54
Carroll 76, Harlan 63
Creston 79, Perry 64

Other Scores

Bishop Heelan 51, Abraham Lincoln 47

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Griswold fights tough early, sputters in second half against Stanton

Sports

February 15th, 2018 by admin

The Griswold Tigers fought tough early but sputtered in the second half in a season-ending loss at Stanton 66-34 on Thursday night. The Tigers held close in the first quarter with Morgan Mundorf dropping in 6 first quarter points. The Tigers trailed 14-8 at the end of the first and Stanton’s lead would grow to 31-16 by half. The Vikings then blew the game open in the third quarter, outscoring Griswold 25-10 in the period to build a 30 point lead.

Stanton got 18 points from Dillion Rocha, Drake Johnson had 14 points and 8 rebounds, and Donnie Weis added 16. The Vikings avenged their only loss of the season that came at the hands of the Tigers in mid December. The Vikings improved to 20-1 with the win and they will move on to face CAM in the District Semifinals on Tuesday at 6:30pm at St. Albert High School.

Griswold was led by 14 points from Morgan Mundorf. The Senior finished with 620 points for his career with the Tigers. Griswold finishes the season at 2-20.

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CAM pulls away from East Mills to pick up District win

Sports

February 15th, 2018 by admin

The CAM Cougars overcame a shaky start to put away the East Mills Wolverines 62-41 on Thursday night in Stanton. The Cougars picked up the District 14 Quarterfinal win behind 21 points and 9 rebounds from Thomas Hensley. Nic Holste poured in 15 points and had 7 rebounds.

Both teams started the game a little shaky with mental errors and plenty of turnovers early on. The Cougars were able to settle in to the game in the second quarter and led 38-16 at halftime, The margin would stay right around 20 points the rest of the game.

East Mills was led by 13 points from Dylan Schroeder and 10 from Michael Schafer. Their season comes to an end with a 10-12 record.

CAM improved to 16-5 on the year and will move on to face Stanton in the District Semifinals next Tuesday night at 6:30pm at St. Albert High School. We’ll have coverage of that game on KJAN.

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Class 1-A State Wrestling – Area First Round Results

Sports

February 15th, 2018 by Jim Field

106

  • Connor Attkisson (Tri-Center) beat Colton Meeker (Wapello) FALL 2:55
  • Seth Danker (AC/GC) lost to Mason Dye (Sigourney-Keota) 15-3

113

  • Joel Sampson (AHSTW) lost to Adam Allard (West Sioux) FALL :23
  • Briar Reisz (Logan-Magnolia) beat Caiden Jones (Lake Mills) 3-2

120

  • Elliot Young (AHSTW) lost to Casey Baker (I-35) FALL 1:22
  • Blake Thomsen (Underwood) beat Cauy Fitch (Colfax-Mingo) 14-6

126

  • Danny Nordquist (Panorama) lost to Cobe Siebrecht (Lisbon) 13-2
  • Wyatt Crocker (Logan-Magnolia) beat Dakota Henry (Belle Plaine) FALL :49
  • Alex Thomsen (Underwood) beat Kayne Marshall (Iowa Valley) 22-7 (Tech Fall 1:51)
  • Teagan Lundquist (Southwest Valley) beat Tay VanDyne (Wayne) FALL 1:22

132

  • Wyatt Appleseth (Panorama) lost to Donny Schmit (Wapsie Valley) 18-5
  • Logan James (Underwood) beat Casey Hanson (Lake Mills) 14-6

138

  • Connor Lange (Missouri Valley) lost to Gable Fox (Don Bosco) 10-0
  • Austin Gutknecht (Clarinda) lost to Michael Egan (MFL) FALL 2:43

145

  • Nate Briggs (Bedford/Lenox) lost to Braydon Nunemaker (East Buchanan-Winthrop) Injury Default 3:27
  • Garret Thompson (Logan-Magnolia) beat Kory Van Oort (West Sioux) 6-2
  • Bryson Freeberg (Tri-Center) lost to Chance Downs (Maquoketa Valley) 6-4 (OT)

152

  • Drew Venteicher (Bedford/Lenox) lost to Kaden Killburg (Lisbon) 8-0
  • Skeeter Bostwick (Missouri Valley) beat Alex Henderson (SE Warren/Melcher-Dallas) 5-2
  • Bo Geise (Logan-Magnolia) lost to Keaton Baayen (Pekin) 7-6
  • Michael Baker (Underwood) lost to Trey Brisker (Wilton) FALL 2:42

160

  • Jackson Dunning (St. Albert) lost to John Henrich (Akron-Westfield) FALL 1:07

170

  • Gabe Pauley (AHSTW) beat Gunnar Grunsted (Panorama) 2-1
  • Nathan Haynes (Missouri Valley) beat Jace Morgenstern (Clarinda) 12-1

182

  • Joe Kenkel (AHSTW) lost to Garet Sims (Iowa Valley) FALL :40
  • Derek Venteicher (Bedford/Lenox) beat Colby Page (SE Warren/Melcher-Dallas) FALL 3:27
  • Trevor Carey (Panorama) beat Hunter Connor (Louisa-Muscatine) 13-5

195

  • Gavyn Fischer (AHSTW) lost to Gabe Irons (Lake Mills) 15-0 (Tech Fall 4:09)
  • Brenden Christensen (Bedford/Lenox) lost to Hunter Hagen (West Hancock) FALL 4:34
  • Dalton Holmes (Panorama) lost to Brock Meyer (Sumner-Fredericksburg) 2-1 (OT)
  • Joey Wolf (Woodbine) beat Nathan Dettmer (Nashua-Plainfield) FALL 1:59

220

  • Brady Canada (AHSTW) lost to Zack Santee (Central Springs) 3-1
  • Chance Strough (Bedford/Lenox) lost to Marquise Paino (Tripoli) FALL 4:48
  • Tom Rief (Missouri Valley) beat Brett Schoenherr (Midland-Wyoming) 12-6
  • Dalton Arnold (Coon Rapids-Bayard) lost to Cam Fulcher (Hudson) 5-2

285

  • Kyler Christensen (Bedford/Lenox) lost to Brian Sadler (Jesup) FALL :49
  • Arron Olson (Missouri Valley) beat Spencer Cox (Western Christian) 5-2

FIRST ROUND CONSOLATION

106

  • Seth Danker (AC/GC) lolst to Brooks Meyer (Denver) FALL :50

113

  • Joel Sampson (AHSTW) lost to Trey Lashbrook (AGWSR) 4-1

120

  • Elliot Young (AHSTW) lost to Uvaldo Camarillo (Postville) 6-1

126

  • Danny Nordquist (Panorama) beat Trey Schuck (Sibley-Ocheyeden) 12-9

132

  • Wyatt Appleseth (Panorama) beat Casey Hanson (Lake Mills) 4-0

138

  • Connor Lange (Missouri Valley) lost to Javis Krieger (New London) 6-4 (SV)
  • Austin Gutknecht (Clarinda) lost to Josh Dunsbergen (Lynnville-Sully) FALL :25

145

  • Nate Briggs (Bedford/Lenox) lost to Ethan Elliott (I-35) FALL 2:22
  • Bryson Freeberg (Tri-Center) lost to Kory Van Oort (West Sioux) FALL 2:35

152

  • Drew Venteicher (Bedford/Lenox) beat Killian Welsh (Edgewood-Colesburg) 13-3
  • Bo Geise (Logan-Magnolia) lost to Austin Eilers (Lawton-Bronson) FALL 2:31
  • Michael Baker (Underwood) beat Mason Griffin (Emmetsburg) 9-5

160

  • Jackson Dunning (St. Albert) lost to Cameron Rasing (Rockford) FALL 3:06

170

  • Gunnar Grunsted (Panorama) beat Nick Milder (IC Regina) 3-0
  • Jace Morgenstern (Clarinda) lost to Brandon Trees (North Butler-Clarksville) 7-0

182

  • Joe Kenkel (AHSTW) lost to Manning Kuboushek (South Winneshiek) FALL 1:31

195

  • Gavyn Fischer (AHSTW) beat Nathan Dettmer (Nashua-Plainfield) FALL 3:32
  • Dalton Holmes (Panorama) beat Brenden Christensen (Bedford/Lenox) 3-1 (SV)

220

  • Brady Canada (AHSTW) lost to Joel Mendoza (Eagle Grove) FALL :43
  • Chance Strough (Bedford/Lenox) lost to Chaz Clark (Pleasantville) FALL 1:32
  • Dalton Arnold (Coon Rapids-Bayard) beat Trenton Dirks (Westwood) FALL :41

285

  • Kyler Christensen (Bedford/Lenox) lost to Alex Wells (West Central Valley) FALL 4:40

TEAM SCORES

  1. Don Bosco  27
  2. Lisbon  23
  3. Denver  18
  4. Woodbury Central  15
  5. NW Webster  12
  6. Martensdale-St. Marys  12
  7. I-35  11
  8. Underwood  10.5

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No more time limits for initiating criminal charges for alleged child sex abuse

News

February 15th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

Iowa would no longer have a time limit on when the testimony from victims of child sex abuse may be used in a criminal case under a bill eligible for debate in the Iowa Senate. Under current law, there is a 10-year time limit on initiating criminal charges after the abuse occurred. Senator Dan Dawson of Council Bluffs says most other states have gotten rid of those time limitations, partly because victims of child sex abuse often don’t start to report it until they’re in their 30s or 40s.

“Like any other criminal case, the county attorneys still have evidentiary requirements and, if they have enough of them they will move a case,” Dawson says, “and if they don’t, then they won’t move a case forward.”

Senator Janet Petersen of Des Moines has been working on this issue for years after learning of cases where adults stepped forward with credible accounts of child sex abuse, but more than 10 years after it passed, so the cases weren’t pursued.

“We know that child victims of sexual abuse oftentimes are not even to articulate the horrific experience they have been through until the statute of limitations has already run out on them,” Petersen says, “so the way Iowa law is right now, it protects the perpetrator, not the victim.”

Petersen is pressing to change another Iowa law, so CIVIL lawsuits can be pursued at any time by a child sex abuse victim. For example, some of the older victims of the Michigan doctor who’s been sent to prison for decades for abusing female gymnasts would not be able to sue for damages if the abuse had happened in Iowa.

(Radio Iowa)

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Senator Ernst says mental illness is the issue in school shooting, not gun laws

News

February 15th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

Iowa Senator Joni Ernst says the school shooting in Florida is a tragedy, and especially since the F-B-I had received reports of alleged threats by the shooter and they were not shared with local officials. “Well it is concerning because the signs were there, the signs were there and they were not acted upon,” Ernst says.

The shooting has again prompted some to call for stricter gun control, but Ernst a Republican from Red Oak, says the gun laws are not the issue as she says “We do have meaningful gun control laws in place already,” “I am a supporter of the Second Amendment, and the Second Amendment ensures that law-abiding citizens have the ability to defend themselves. If you go back and look — there were signs out there that this young man was disturbed,” Ernst says. “And again, my push has always been focusing mental illness. That is the root cause of the issue.”

Ernst says when she meets with law enforcement officers she doesn’t hear them calling for more gun laws.”What they say is there (are) rampant issues surrounding mental illness, that’s where the focus should be. That’s what my law enforcement officials are telling me,” according to Ernst.

Ernst says the focus needs to be on substance abuse and mental illness and the federal government needs community partners. “This should be handled at the local, state and the federal level to be sure that communities have what they need to combat substance abuse and mental illness,” according to Ernst.

Ernst made her comments during her weekly conference call with reporters.

(Radio Iowa)

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