IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa coach Fran McCaffery says the tumor that doctors removed from his son’s thyroid earlier this week was malignant. McCaffery’s 14-year-old son Patrick had surgery in Iowa City on Wednesday, just hours before the Hawkeyes lost to Tennessee in the First Four of the NCAA tournament.
McCaffery says he and his family will meet with doctors soon to determine further treatment for Patrick. McCaffery isn’t planning to additional comment on his son’s condition at this time.
Shelby County Emergency Management officials report 2300th Street will be closed while a bridge is being replaced with a culvert. The bridge is located one-quarter of a mile west of County Road M-16 on 2300th Street, over an unnamed tributary of Moser Creek. It is located between Union Townships 17 & 18.
Work on the project will begin March 31st and continue for about six-to eight-weeks. Emergency responders and residents should plan for alternate routes to homes in the area. For more information, call the Shelby County Engineer’s Office at 712-755-5954.
RALPH L. JORGENSEN, 79, of Kimballton died Thursday, March 20 at the Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha. Funeral services for RALPH L. JORGENSEN will be held on Wednesday, March 26 at 10:30 am in the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Kimballton. Kessler Funeral Home in Audubon has the arrangements.
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Friends may call at the Kessler Funeral Home in Audubon.
Family visitation will be held on Tuesday at 6:00 pm at the funeral home.
Burial in the Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery in Kimballton.
RALPH L. JORGENSEN is survived by:
Wife: Barbara of Kimballton
Daughters: Coleen (Danny) Jones of Ames; Cindy Jorgensen of Kimballton, Cheryl Bissen (and special friend Steve Humphrey) of Elk Horn; Charlene (Danny) Schneider of Audubon; Cammy (Troy) Hansen of Kimballton.
Brothers: Harvey Jorgensen of Springfield, MO; Roy (Lila) Jorgensen of Audubon.
Sister: Correne (Gary) Schmidt of Sheldon
Sister-in-law: Janelle (Redgie) Hansen of Scottsdale, AZ.
15 Grandchildren
5 Great Grandchildren
COUNTIES: MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT-PAGE–
1232 PM CDT FRI MAR 21 2014
…RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR
WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND
SOUTHWEST IOWA…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A RED
FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY…WHICH IS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING.
* WINDS…NORTHWEST 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY…AS LOW AS 15 TO 25 PERCENT.
* IMPACTS…VEGETATION IS VERY DRY ACROSS THE AREA. WITH LOW
RELATIVE HUMIDITY…GUSTY WINDS…AND DRY FUELS…FIRES CAN
IGNITE AND SPREAD QUICKLY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW…OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF
STRONG WINDS…LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY…AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN
CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR.
FOR SALE: 32″ color TV (not a flat screen), asking $25. Call 243-3396.
FOR SALE: Dolphin figures, lots of misc. items, pictures, mirror. 712-249-3001.
FOR SALE: Used aluminum storm windows with screen, various sizes, will be available in a couple of months. 243-4308
INDEPENDENCE, Iowa (AP) – The head girls basketball coach at the high school in Independence has carried through with his intention to quit. Rod Conrad and assistant coach Rob Ratchford had complained of threats and criticism from parents and others. The school board accepted Ratchford’s resignation on Monday.
Conrad had said in a statement released March 12 that he’d had second thoughts, citing community support that had surfaced. Athletics director Rob Arnold said Thursday that Conrad finally concluded that after everything that had happened, Conrad didn’t think he could be as effective in the post.
JUPITER, Fla. (AP) – Cuban shortstop Aledmys Diaz was set to make his exhibition debut for the St. Louis Cardinals against the Washington Nationals. Diaz was in the starting lineup to hit eighth. Washington started Gio Gonzalez. Diaz last played in Cuba in 2012, then defected. His probably will start the season at Double-A Springfield.
He worked out with the Cardinals last week and played in minor league exhibition games before going to Mexico for his U.S. work visa, which is needed before he can play in big league spring training games.
Sheriff’s officials in Cass County report the arrest this (Friday) morning of a Council Bluffs man. 21-year old Brandon Adam Fredericksen, was taken into custody on a District Court warrant for Failure to Appear for Child Support Hearing. Fredericksen was taken to the Cass County Jail and held on $2000 bond.
While other counties in southwest Iowa have elected to issue a ban on open burning, Cass County will not being doing so at this time. The was the consensus of the fire chiefs who attended the Cass County Fireman’s Association meeting Thursday night, in Marne. Cass County Emergency Management Director Mike Kennon says a ban on open outdoor burning won’t be necessary if people use common sense. He says for the most parts area residents have acted responsibly, and if they continue to act responsibly, the County will refrain from issuing a burn ban.
Acting responsibly means planning ahead before you conduct any outdoor burning. Kennon says residents should check the weather forecast to make sure the winds won’t be strong, call your local fire chief to confirm the time and place of the intended burn. You also need to call the Cass County Communications Center at 243-2204 well ahead of time, so they know not to send out fire crews and equipment when they receive calls from the public fearing a fire is out of control.
Even though there is no burn ban currently in effect in Cass County, Kennon and the area Fire Chiefs are urging residents not to burn for the next couple of days because conditions are expected to be dry and windy. Once a fire is lit, according to Kennon, it needs to be attended to and monitored even when you think it has been extinguished.
He said some of the larger brush piles can burn for days, so to can’t just walk away. They need to be monitored closely.
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