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Searchers find body near where kayaker was reported missing

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September 7th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Officials say a body found in a rain-swollen Cedar Rapids stream may be that of a missing kayaker. The man’s body was pulled from Indian Creek on Thursday afternoon. Officials on the scene couldn’t verify that it was that of 34-year-old John Conley. His wife, 30-year-old Samantha Conley was rescued Monday from the stream after their kayak overturned. The body was found less than a mile downstream. Tests will be conducted to confirm the victim’s identity.

High School Football Schedule – Week 3 – 09/07/2018

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September 7th, 2018 by admin

Week 3 schedule for Iowa High School Football. All games in 11-player action are non-district this week. 8-Player games are now district contests. Some games may be listed twice for each district that teams are included in.

Friday (09/07/2018)

CLASS 4A:

District 7

Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson at Denison-Schleswig (ND)
Lewis Central at Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln (ND)

CLASS 3A:

District 1

Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson at Denison-Schleswig (ND)
Western Christian, Hull at Bishop Heelan Catholic, Sioux City (ND)

District 9

ADM, Adel at Grinnell (ND)
Carlisle at Creston-O/M (ND)
Harlan at Carroll (ND)
Kuemper Catholic, Carroll at Glenwood (ND)
Lewis Central at Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln (ND)
Winterset at North Polk, Alleman (ND)

CLASS 2A:

District 9

Clarinda at Atlantic (ND)
Clarke, Osceola at Red Oak (ND)
Greene County at Saydel (ND)
Kuemper Catholic, Carroll at Glenwood (ND)
OABCIG at Cherokee, Washington (ND)
Treynor at Shenandoah (ND)

CLASS 1A:

District 8

Clarinda at Atlantic (ND)
Mount Ayr at Central Decatur, Leon (ND)
Nodaway Valley at ACGC (ND)
Panorama, Panora at Interstate 35, Truro (ND)
Van Meter at Madrid (ND)
West Central Valley, Stuart at Southwest Valley (ND)

District 9

MVAOCOU at West Monona (ND)
Missouri Valley at Riverside, Oakland (ND)
OABCIG at Cherokee, Washington (ND)
Ridge View at East Sac County (ND)
Treynor at Shenandoah (ND)
Tri-Center, Neola at Underwood (ND)

CLASS A:

District 8

Colfax-Mingo at Wayne, Corydon (ND)
Grand View Christian School at Cardinal, Eldon (ND)
Lynnville-Sully at Highland, Riverside (ND)
Mount Ayr at Central Decatur, Leon (ND)
North Mahaska, New Sharon at B-G-M, Brooklyn (ND)
Woodward Academy at Martensdale-St. Marys (ND)

District 9

AHSTW at Westwood, Sloan (ND)
Earlham at Pleasantville (ND)
Missouri Valley at Riverside, Oakland (ND)
Nodaway Valley at ACGC (ND)
St. Albert, Council Bluffs at Logan-Magnolia (ND)
West Central Valley, Stuart at Southwest Valley (ND)

District 10

AHSTW at Westwood, Sloan (ND)
Gehlen Catholic, LeMars at Woodbury Central, Moville (ND)
Hinton at Lawton-Bronson (ND)
MVAOCOU at West Monona (ND)
St. Albert, Council Bluffs at Logan-Magnolia (ND)
Tri-Center, Neola at Underwood (ND)

CLASS 8:

District 6

Lamoni at Murray
Lenox at Seymour
Moravia at Southeast Warren
Mormon Trail at East Union

District 7

Bedford at Stanton
Clarinda Academy at Fremont-Mills
Essex at Sidney
Griswold at East Mills

District 8

Audubon at Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton
CAM at Glidden-Ralston
Coon Rapids-Bayard at Woodbine
West Harrison at Boyer Valley

Area Volleyball Scores from Thursday, 9/6/18

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September 7th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

Hawkeye Ten Conference

(3-1) Creston 25-25-18-25, Southwest Valley 18-18-25-14

Western Iowa Conference

(3-0) Missouri Valley 28-25-25, Riverside, Oakland 26-21-17
(3-1) Nodaway Valley 25-22-25-25, Audubon 15-25-8-22
(3-1) Treynor 26-25-21-25, IKM-Manning 24-14-25-10
(3-0) Tri-Center, Neola 25-25-25, Logan-Magnolia 10-15-10
(3-0) Underwood 25-25-25, AHSTW, Avoca 21-14-14

Rolling Valley Conference

(3-1) Boyer Valley 25-25-22-25, MVAOCOU 14-20-25-21
(2-1) Coon Rapids-Bayard 17-21-15, Earlham 21-19-8
(2-0) Coon Rapids-Bayard 21-21, Perry 17-16
(2-0) Coon Rapids-Bayard 21-22, Ogden 18-20
(2-0) Carlisle 22-21, Coon Rapids-Bayard 20-11
(2-0) Panorama 21-21, Coon Rapids-Bayard 15-11
(2-0) Panorama 21-21, Perry 12-16

Corner Conference

(3-0) East Mills 25-25-25, South Page 6-15-12
(3-1) Fremont-Mills 18-25-25-25, Griswold 25-15-12-20
(3-0) Sidney 25-25-25, Stanton 6-10-21

Pride of Iowa Conference

(3-1) Central Decatur, Leon 22-25-25-25, Lenox 25-23-17-15

Other Scores

(3-0) Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 25-25-25, Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson 8-14-13
(2-1) Earlham 17-21-15, Perry 21-16-11
(2-0) Mount Ayr 25-25, Clarke, Osceola 15-14
(2-0) Mount Ayr 25-25, Pleasantville 19-18

Skyscan Forecast for Atlantic & the area, 9/7/18

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September 7th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

Today: Mostly cloudy w/a 30% chance of rain, mainly during the afternoon. High 68. E/NE @ 10-20.

Tonight: A 20% chance of rain. Low 54. E/NE @ 10.

Tomorrow: Partly sunny. High 71. E/NE @ 10.

Tom. Night: Partly cloudy. Low 51.

Sunday: Sunny. High 73.

Sunday night: Mo. Clear. Low 52.

Yesterday’s High in Atlantic was 78. Our Low 61. We received .08″ rain in Atlantic early this morning (thru 7-a.m.), at KJAN. Last year on this date our High was 76 and the Low was 40. The record High in Atlantic on this date was 98 in 1893. The Record Low was 34 in 1956.

Arrest made in Council Bluffs bank robbery

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September 7th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

Police in Council Bluffs arrested a man without incident Thursday afternoon, following a bank robbery. Officers were sent at around 3:41-p.m. to 518 E Broadway for a robbery that had occurred 10-minutes earlier. Officers located a man matching the description of the suspect, in the area of Main Street and Broadway. Their investigation revealed that 29-year old Larry E. Burns, of Council Bluffs, entered the Centris Credit Union with a bandana over his face and demanded cash.

Burns did not display a weapon. He obtained an undisclosed amount of cash and fled in a southerly direction. Burns was located seven minutes later, with the stolen cash. No weapons were recovered. None of the personnel at the Centris Credit Union were injured.

Burns was charged with Robbery 3rd Degree and Theft in the 1st Degree, along with a Probation Violation. He is being held at the Pottawattamie County Jail at this time. The investigation was assisted by officers from 4th Judicial District Probation Office and Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Midwest Sports Headlines: 9/7/18

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September 7th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

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

CARSON, Calif. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs travel to Los Angeles to face the Chargers in a Week 1 matchup between AFC West favorites. The Chiefs have won the AFC West the past two seasons but now have unproven Patrick Mahomes taking over at quarterback. The Chargers closed out last season by winning nine of their final 12 games but missed the playoffs because of an 0-4 start.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Patrick Mahomes won’t be making his first career start when the Kansas City Chiefs visit the Los Angeles Chargers on Sunday. That came in Week 17 last season. But in many ways it will be the start of the Mahomes era, one that has been eagerly anticipated in Kansas City.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska faces former foe Colorado in its opener. The Cornhuskers were supposed to open against Akron last week but the game was called off because of bad weather. Colorado comes to Lincoln off a big win over Colorado State. The Buffaloes say they’re excited about renewing their rivalry with Nebraska. Former CU coach Bill McCartney showed up at the team’s weekly news conference and expressed his disdain for all things red. The two teams battled for years in the Big Eight and Big 12.

UNDATED (AP) — Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy considers starting quarterback Taylor Cornelius something a dinosaur. Cornelius is 22 and one of the older quarterbacks in the Big 12. He waited and is finally the starter as a fifth-year senior. Four of the starting quarterbacks in the Big 12 in Week One started their college careers at other Power Five schools: West Virginia’s Will Grier, Iowa State’s Kyle Kempt, Kansas senior Peyton Bender and Oklahoma’s Kyler Murray.

AMES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa State sophomore basketball player Cameron Lard is opening up about some of his offseason trouble. Lard left the program for a stint in a wellness center over the summer. He says he was living a “double life” last season and has grown close with Chris Herren, a former basketball player who struggled with substance abuse issues. Lard says he has found a strong support group and he can’t “mess up” again.

Iowa early News Headlines: Friday, 9/7/2018

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September 7th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:40 a.m. CDT

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Urbandale man faces up to 50 years in prison after being convicted of receiving and transporting child pornography. Federal prosecutors for Iowa say 46-year-old Nedzad Juhic was found guilty Tuesday of the counts following a two-day trial. Evidence at trial showed that police in 2015 traced child porn files made available online to Juhic’s home. A search of his laptop found more than 1,500 videos of child pornography.

BAGLEY, Iowa (AP) — A 24-year-old Guthrie County mother has been charged in the bathtub drowning of her 11-month-old son. The Des Moines Register reported Thursday that Seaira Briceno has been charged with child endangerment resulting in death. The Guthrie County Sheriff’s Office says Briceno’s baby drowned Aug. 10 when she left him and his 2-year-old brother in the tub at their Bagley home.

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — A judge has ruled that Davenport’s Civil Service Commission lacked the authority to reinstate the city’s fired fire chief. The Quad-City Times reported Thursday that a Scott County judge also said only a change in Iowa law could give weight to former Chief Lynn Washburn’s argument that her 30 years of previous experience with a Rockford, Illinois, department should grant her civil service status in Davenport.

BROOKLYN, Iowa (AP) — Immigration enforcement agents have visited the Iowa dairy farm that employed and housed the man charged with killing college student Mollie Tibbetts. Agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation, and the county sheriff’s office spent two hours at Yarrabee Farms in Brooklyn, Iowa on Thursday morning. Yarrabee Farms said in a statement that federal authorities had requested to visit the farm Thursday, and that they met with employees and owners.

2 injured in Audubon County rollover accident

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September 6th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

Two people were injured during a single-vehicle accident Thursday morning, south of Kimballton. The Iowa State Patrol reports 53-year old Terry Martin, of Earling, and 81-year old Darrell Leib, of Kimballton, neither of whom were wearing seat belts, suffered serious injuries and were transported by LifeNet helicopter to the UNMC in Omaha.

The accident happened at around 10-a.m. on Bluebird Avenue, when a 2013 Chevy Impala driven by Terry Martin drifted off the east side of the road as it was traveling northbound. The car entered a ditch and vaulted over a field drive before landing on its top.

The State Patrol was assisted at the scene by the Audubon and Shelby County Sheriff’s Department.

Iowa mother charged in August drowning of baby in bathtub

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September 6th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

BAGLEY, Iowa (AP) — A 24-year-old Guthrie County mother has been charged in the bathtub drowning of her 11-month-old son. The Des Moines Register reported Thursday that Seaira Briceno has been charged with child endangerment resulting in death. The Guthrie County Sheriff’s Office says Briceno’s baby drowned Aug. 10 when she left him and his 2-year-old brother in the tub at their Bagley home.

Briceno told investigators she left the boys for about five minutes, but deputies believe the children were left alone longer. Briceno was already facing a child endangerment charge from April when the drowning occurred. In that case, officials say she was driving under the influence of methamphetamine and marijuana while her older son was in the vehicle.

Briceno remained jailed Thursday on $25,000 bond. Her preliminary hearing is set for Sept. 13.

Corning Opera House Receives National Recognition as Outstanding Community Impact Business from The SCORE Foundation, Sponsored by MassMutual

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September 6th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

The Corning Opera House Cultural Center, in Corning, has been chosen as this year’s recipient for the prestigious Outstanding Community Impact  Small Business award, sponsored by MassMutual and given by The SCORE Foundation. SCORE, the nation’s largest network of volunteer, expert business mentors, holds 750,000+ free small business mentoring sessions, workshops and educational services annually, and honors its most successful clients at The SCORE Foundation’s annual awards ceremony.

At this year’s SCORE Awards, to be held on September 13 in the Washington, D.C. metro area, Corning Opera House will be honored for demonstrating unique vision, innovation and achievement as an Outstanding Community Impact Small Business. Tune in live on September 13 at 6 p.m. and watch us receive our Outstanding Community Impact Business award http://ow.ly/FSSO30lxNVX (SCORE Mentors Facebook page)

“This year’s SCORE Awards are particularly special, as we have reached a milestone of 10 years of celebrating the American entrepreneurial spirit through this awards ceremony,” said Resa Kierstein, Vice President of Development for SCORE. “Our winners come from all across the country, with diverse backgrounds and businesses in varied industries, but they share the courage and determination to make their dreams a reality. In addition to recognizing them, and our dedicated SCORE mentors, we also thank our partners, all of whom strengthen our efforts to educate and support American entrepreneurs.”

Executive Director De Heaton attended many SCORE webinars and worked with SCORE Mentor Sherry Bonelli of Early Bird Digital Marketing. As a result, The opera house was able to improve their social media and website presence and increase website traffic. The opera house also saw an increase in the number of organizations and people renting the opera house for meetings, conferences, training sessions and special events.

Read more about Corning Opera House’s journey to business success and the SCORE Awards at: www.score.org/score-awards. The 1902 National Historic Register Corning Opera House is located at 800 Davis Avenue, Corning, IA. For more information about events, rentals and tours, visit our website at www.CorningOperaHouse.com, follow us on Facebook or Instagram (COHCC) or by calling 641.418.8037.