Fremont County Sheriff Kevin Aistrope reports a traffic stop this (Wednesday) morning near Thurman, resulted in a Nebraska man’s arrest on drug and weapon charges. The Fremont County K9 unit conducted the traffic stop at around 3-a.m.
An investigation ended with the arrest of 45-year old Rafael Petitphait, of Omaha, for Possession of a Controlled Substance and Drug Paraphernalia, and a Carrying Weapon charge. Petitphait was being held in the Fremont County Jail on $1,300 bond.
Rafael Petitphait
ROLANDO “Chino” SANTISTEBAN, 63, of Elk Horn, died March 31st, at home. Funeral services for ROLANDO “Chino” SANTISTEBAN will be held 3-p.m. Saturday, April 8th, at the Elk Horn Lutheran Church (In Elk Horn, IA). Kessler Funeral Home in Exira has the arrangements.
Visitation, with the family present, is from 2-until 3-p.m. Saturday, at the Elk Horn Lutheran Church.
Burial will be held later, in the Elk Horn Lutheran Cemetery.
ROLANDO “Chino” SANTISTEBAN is survived by:
His wife – Annette Santisteban, of Elk Horn.
His daughters – Anna Santisteban, of Avoca, and Maria (Nick) Hughes, of Elk Horn.
His son – Antonio Santisteban & fiance’ Kaylee Jensen, both of Exira.
His brothers and sister – Orlando (Susie) Hero, of Virginia Beach, VA; Peter (Debbie) Santisteban, of Russellville, KY; Andres (Heather) Torres, of Rogers, AR., and Desiree Hernandez, of Tampa, FL.
2 grandchildren, other relatives and many friends.
RUTH E. TIBBEN, 100, of Exira, died Monday, April 3rd, at the Exira Care Center. Funeral services for RUTH TIBBEN will be held 2-p.m. Friday, April 7th, at the Exira Lutheran Church. Kessler Funeral Home in Exira has the arrangements.
Friends may call at the funeral home, where the family visitation begins at 5-p.m. Thursday (April 6th).
Burial will be in the Exira Cemetery.
RUTH TIBBEN is survived by:
Her sons – John Tibben, of Jewel, and Michael (Linda) Tibben, of Big Flat, AR.
4 grandchildren, 9 great-grandchildren, other relatives and friends.
Today: Rain this morning; Sprinkles this afternoon. High 50. N @ 10-20.
Tonight: P/Cloudy. Low 34. N @ 5-10.
Tomorrow: P/Cloudy. High 55. N @ 10.
Friday: P/Cldy. High 66.
Saturday: P/Cldy. High 75.
Tuesday’s High in Atlantic was 59. Our Low this morning (as of 5-a.m.), was 46. We received .04” rain from 7-a.m. Tuesday through 5-a.m. today at the KJAN studios. Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 63 and the low was 37. The Record High in Atlantic on this date was 88 in 2000. The Record Low was 14 in 1920.
The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest at around 8:55-p.m. Tuesday, of a Red Oak man. 47-year old Mark Douglas Berggren was taken into custody on a valid Montgomery County bench warrant for Violation of Probation. He was transported to the Montgomery County Jail and held on a $10,000 bond.
Iowa State offensive coordinator Tom Manning says the Cyclones have kept it simple this spring and that will benefit the offense next season. The Cyclones close out drills on Saturday with a spring game.
Manning says it is an approach they were unable to use last spring after taking over the program.
With Joel Lanning’s move to linebacker Jacob Park is the established starter at quarterback. Park started the final five games of last season and Manning says his confidence is growing.
Manning says Park has made big strides this spring.
(Learfield Sports)
After five years of lobbying, the “Iowa Army of Pink” has won its battle at the statehouse. “This is the day I’ve prayed about for so long and I can’t believe it’s finally happening.” Bridget Pargulski of Johnston was part of the group that’d been asking legislators to force health care providers to let a woman know if she has dense breast tissue, so she can get an ultrasound in addition to a mammogram. This year, the bill has easily passed the Senate and House and is headed to the governor.
The legislation sets up new rules for health care providers, so women will be given information about breast density and the increased risks that may be associated with it. Representative Brian Best of Carroll paid tribute to one of the bill’s long-time advocates. “Today I want to call this bill ‘Patty’s Bill’ after Patty Bernard,” Best said. “She’s been at the capitol advocating for this bill year after year. She’s here again today. She has a nine-centimeter tumor missed on a mammogram and she now has stage four cancer. Patty, this bill is for you and for all of the Army of Pink.”
Bernard and other women dressed in pink who’ve lobbied for the bill for years were seated in the House balcony as the bill passed the House, Tuesday. Bernard was surprised when Best mentioned her during House debate. “I was shocked. I had no idea,” Bernard says. “I’m honored.” Bernard, who is from West Des Moines, says she didn’t know dense breast tissue could prevent some tumors from being visible in a mammogram.
Pargulski got involved in the lobbying effort because for four years in a row her cancer was missed in mammograms because her breast tissue was dense. She wore a pink sweater with “Army of Pink” lettering, Tuesday. “To get such a landslide vote was just amazing,” Pargulski says. The bill passed the House on a 95-to-two vote. It unanimously cleared the Iowa Senate in mid-March and Governor Branstad is expected to sign it into law.
(Radio Iowa)
Davenport police have released the name of a highway worker killed in an overnight accident Monday. It happened a little before 11-p.m. Monday on Interstate 80 near the Interstate 74 overpass. Police say a pickup truck being operated by an employee of Hawkeye Paving Corporation of Bettendorf backed onto the traveled portion of the highway. It was struck by a semi. The driver of the semi suffered non-life threatening injuries, but the driver of the pickup truck died. She was identified as 54-year-old Jacklyn Ferguson from New Windsor, Illinois. The paving company was doing maintenance work on the highway at the time.
(Radio Iowa)
Republicans in the Iowa House have voted for a 72-hour waiting period before women seeking an abortion in the state may have the procedure performed. In addition, women seeking an abortion in Iowa would have to have an ultrasound and be given an opportunity to look at it. “I stand in support….because seeing is believing.” That’s Representative Greg Heartsill, a Republican from Columbia. Republican Representative Sandy Salmon of Janesville says the House G-O-P’s plan also asks that the woman be given the option of listening to a heartbeat, if one can be detected.
“This will shine the light upon what is really inside the womb of the mother,” Salmon says. Salmon and her Republican colleagues have voted to require that a woman seeking an abortion be given information that encourages her to consider the option of adoption instead. “To help a woman consider and make a good, educated decision for herself and her baby,” Salmon said, “totally appropriate for the life-and-death decision she is making.” All the Democrats in the Iowa House voted against these new abortion restrictions. Representative Amy Nielsen is a Democrat from North Liberty.
“I believe that passing this legislation tells the roughly 1.6 million women in Iowa that they are not intelligent enough to make health care decisions for themselves,” Nielsen says. “What medical decisions do we require a man to take 72 hours to consider before he is allowed to receive the treatment?” Representative Liz Bennett, a Democrat from Cedar Rapids, also spoke out against the proposals.
“Let’s keep the scaly tentacles of government out of women’s wombs,” Bennett said. In mid-March, the Iowa Senate voted to ban abortions after the 20th week of pregnancy. That prohibition was at the core of the legislation debated last (Tuesday) night, however the bill was tabled shortly after 10:30 p.m. and no final vote has been taken in the House.
(Radio Iowa)
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Albert Almora Jr. robbed Matt Adams of a home run and Javier Baez made a terrific sliding stop on Kolten Wong’s game-ending grounder, sending Jake Arrieta and the Chicago Cubs to a 2-1 victory against the St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday night.
It looked as if the Cardinals had tied the game in the seventh, but Almora tracked Adams’ deep fly ball to the wall and hauled it in with a leaping grab at the top of the fence in center. A pumped-up Almora then celebrated with left fielder Kyle Schwarber as Adams tipped his batting helmet in appreciation of the catch.
St. Louis had a runner on first in the ninth when Baez went into short right field to take a hit away from Wong. The Cardinals challenged the call on the bang-bang play, but it was allowed to stand.
St. Louis outfielder Stephen Piscotty had to leave the Cardinals’ game against the Cubs after he was hit in the head by a ball while sliding into home. Piscotty departed in the fifth inning with a head contusion, and the team says he will be evaluated again today (Wednesday). Piscotty reached when he was hit by a pitch from Jake Arrieta. He was hit again by catcher Willson Contreras’ throw when he stole second.
Piscotty then scored from second on Kolten Wong’s infield hit to the right side of the mound. Cubs second baseman Javier Baez threw home, but the ball went off Piscotty’s head. Piscotty, who agreed to a $33.5 million, six-year contract a day earlier, was down on the field for several minutes after being hit Tuesday night. He eventually walked off the field.
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