712 Digital Group - top

Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s report (1/8/18)

News

January 8th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office reports a man was arrested Sunday evening for Domestic Abuse Assault/1st offense and Interference with Official Acts, after he allegedly assaulted his 35-year old wife, in Carson. Officials say 38-year old Adam Charles Woods, of Carson, reportedly resisted attempts to arrest him. Deputies used a stun gun and then physically restrained Woods before transporting him to the Pott. County Jail.

Deputies early Sunday morning, arrested a Council Bluffs man on charges that include Possession of a Controlled Substance/1st offense (2 pill bottles containing 4 1/2 morphine pills), Possession of Drug Paraphernalia (2 pipes, a digital scale, a grinder and baggies), as well as Theft in the 5th degree (for allegedly stealing license plates from a vehicle belonging to a Council Bluffs resident). 34-year old Donald Clayton Hosack, Jr., of Council Bluffs, was arrested following a traffic stop at around 3-a.m. Sunday, near Tremont Street and Old Lincoln Highway, in Crescent.

Early Saturday morning, 22-year old Matthew James McPhillips, of Honey Creek, was arrested after he crashed the 2017 Pontiac Sunfire he was driving. The car entered a corn field at Old Lincoln Highway and Page Lane. McPhillips fled the scene and was later located at his parents’ house in the 28,000 block of 185th Street, in Honey Creek.  McPhillips was taken into custody for OWI/2nd offense. Also arrested early Saturday morning, was 40-year old Carlos Hernandez-Navarrete, of Omaha. He was pulled over on Interstate 80 near the 12 mile marker, after his 2017 Chevy Silverado was observed swerving all over the road. Hernandez-Navarrete was arrested for OWI/1st Offense.

Friday night, Pott. County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested 38-year old Chad Steven Carl Rains, of Crescent. Rains was arrested at a residence in Crescent, for Domestic Abuse Assault for an incident involving his 37-year girlfriend, during which suffered from apparent, minor injuries.

Nebraska man was arrested last Thursday night, after a deputy stopped to check on a vehicle with its flashers on at 390th/Highway 92. The driver, 54-year old Gregory P. Nice, of Omaha, admitted to the Deputy that he had used methamphetamine about 20-minutes prior, and was showing signs of impairment. Records showed Nice was driving on a revoked Nebraska license. He was taken into custody without incident on charges of OWI/1st Offense, and No Driver’s License.

A reported accident Thursday night resulted in the arrest of a Nebraska man’s arrest for Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, Possession of a Controlled Substance/1st Offense. 27-year old Maxwell Robert Krueger, of Lincoln, NE, was arrested following an investigation into an unknown/possible injury accident at 10204 Wabash Avenue. The car Krueger was driving – a Kia Optima – was found in a field near the address mentioned. Authorities found a marijuana pipe during their search of the vehicle, and a clear jar with marijuana, and a bag with 6.3-grams of pot.

MURIEL LUCILLE BACON, 99 of Harlan (Svcs. 1/27/18)

Obituaries

January 8th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

MURIEL LUCILLE BACON, 99, of Harlan died December 31st at Elm Crest Retirement Community in Harlan. Funeral services for MURIEL BACON will be held 11-a.m. Jan. 27th ,at the United Methodist Church, in Harlan. Pauley-Jones Funeral Home in Harlan has the arrangements.

The family will greet friends at the funeral home, from 4-until 7-p.m., on Jan. 26th.

Burial will be in the Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery at Kimballton.

MURIEL LUCILLE BACON is survived by:

Daughter: Marjorie (Husband Robert Grim) Muller, of Danielsville, PA.

Son: Michael (Barbara) Muller, of Harlan.

Step-Son: Max (Wendy) Bacon, of Sedona, AZ.

Step-Daughter: Valli (Scott) Jensen, of Hot Springs National Park, AR.

Her brother – Eugene “Beaner” (Robin) Thomsen, of Elk Horn.

6 Grandchildren and 13 Great-Grandchildren.

(Podcast) KJAN 8-a.m. News, 1/8/2018

News, Podcasts

January 8th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

More area and State news from KJAN News Director Ric Hanson.

Play

Gonorrhea Increasing Rapidly in Iowa

News

January 8th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

According to the Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH), reported cases of gonorrhea are increasing quickly in Iowa. Preliminary Iowa data indicate 3,600 cases of gonorrhea in 2017. This would be a 145 percent increase since 2013. There were 2,600 cases reported in 2016. In Iowa, increases are occurring in both women and men and the rate of increase is higher among men. This likely signals an increase among men who have sex with men. About 80 percent of diagnoses are among persons 15 to 34 years of age.

Additionally, there continue to be disproportionate rates among Iowa’s black/African American populations. Despite making up about 3.5 percent of the Iowa’s population, just under 30 percent of the gonorrhea diagnoses occur among black/African American populations. By comparison, about 60 percent of the diagnoses are among white populations and they make up about 91 percent of Iowa’s population.

“Numerous studies over the years have demonstrated that higher rates of STDs among certain populations indicate that some combination of social forces are at work. Factors like neighborhood location, economic opportunity, income, rates of incarceration and even the number of alcohol outlets in particular neighborhoods have been associated with higher rates of STDs in some populations,” said IDPH STD Program Manager George Walton. “Further analysis is needed to determine which factors are most important in Iowa for each population that is disproportionately affected.”

For more information about gonorrhea, visit https://www.cdc.gov/std/Gonorrhea/.

Man imprisoned for fatal crash while driving drunk on I-80

News

January 8th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A 32-year-old man has been imprisoned being for drunk when his pickup truck rammed into a semitrailer on Interstate 80 in Polk County, killing his passenger. The sentence of 15 years was handed down Friday in a Des Moines courtroom to Michael Wright, of Ankeny. He’d pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide-reckless driving and to driving while intoxicated-third or subsequent offense.

The accident occurred April 23, 2016. The Iowa State Patrol says Wright changed lanes and hit the semi. His pickup hit a guardrail and went airborne, ejecting Wright and the passenger, 44-year-old Susannah Thompson. She was pronounced dead at the scene. He was briefly hospitalized.

(Podcast) KJAN Morning Sports report, 1/8/2018

Podcasts, Sports

January 8th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

The 7:20-a.m. Sportscast w/Jim Field.

Play

(Podcast) KJAN Morning News & funeral report, 1/8/2018

News, Podcasts

January 8th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

The area’s latest and/or top news stories at 7:06-a.m., w/KJAN News Director Ric Hanson

Play

Theft and vandalism reported in Creston

News

January 8th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

For the second time in less than a week, a female from Creston has reported the theft of an Apple Watch from their school locker. Thursday night, a woman reported her son’s Apple Watch was taken from a locker at the Creston High School. The incident happened sometime between 4:30-and 6:30-p.m., Thursday. The watch was valued at $250. On Friday, a female from Creston reported to Police that sometime between 4:30-and 7-p.m. Thursday, someone stole a Series 1, black, Apple Smart Watch from her locker, at school. The watch was valued at $250. No arrests have been reported.

TODD FIEF, 56, of Atlantic (Svcs. 1/10/18)

Obituaries

January 8th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

TODD FIEF, 56, of Atlantic, died Saturday, Jan. 6th, at Atlantic Specialty Care. A Mass of Christian Burial for TODD FIEF will be held 10-a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 10th, at the Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church, in Atlantic. Roland Funeral Service in Atlantic has the arrangements.

Visitation at the funeral home is on Tuesday, Jan. 9th, from 5:30-until 7-p.m.; Online condolences may be left at www.rolandfuneralservice.com.

Burial will be in the SS Peter & Paul Catholic Cemetery.

TODD FIEF is survived by:

His mother – Linda Fief, of Atlantic.

His sister – Terri (Dennis) Hopkins, of Creston.

His brother – Perry Fief, of Atlantic.

Iowa Air Guard 185th receives award

News

January 8th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

Sioux City’s 185th Iowa Air National Guard Refueling Wing has received a special honor. Base Commander Colonel Larry Christensen announced at the 185th Headquarters that they’d won the “Outstanding Unit Award.” He says the award is not only a reflection on the unit, but also the community and the support they give. Christensen says this is the 9th time the unit has earned the award, and this one is for the 2015 to 2016 time period. Christensen says that seems like a long time ago, but he says it takes them some time to evaluate the units.

The 185th’s main mission is mid-air refueling, flying and maintaining eight K-C-135R Stratotanker aircraft. They have personnel stationed all over the world on a constant rotational basis and some will soon go on a new mission: “We’re currently in South America, Africa, the Middle East, but we shift every once in a while. And we are going to have a shift here shortly,” Christensen says. “We’ll continue to deploy where we are at, but we will also move over towards the Pacific, over towards Guam,” Christensen says.

The 185th Air Guard unit is comprised of over 900 full and part time members.

(Radio Iowa)