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Pott. County Sheriff’s report (5/21)

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May 21st, 2018 by Ric Hanson

The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Department reports 19-year old Dayne Alexander Stone, of  Carter Lake, was arrested at around 1:15-a.m. May 10th, after a deputy was dispatched to Interstate 29 and Bungee Avenue, to assist a Fremont County Deputy who had taken stone into custody on a Pott. County warrant for Failure to Appear on a citation.  Stone was transported to the Pott. County Jail and turned over to Corrections Staff. At around Noon on May 18th, a Council Bluffs man, 62-year old Michael J. Parrow, turned himself in to the Sheriff’s Office, on a valid warrant for Failure to Appear on a citation. Parrow was transported to the Pott. County Jail and booked in.

At around 1:30-p.m. May 18th, a woman was arrested at the Pott. County Jail on a valid warrant for Failure to Appear on a citation. 37-year old Rose Amber Lopez, of Red Oak, was served with the warrant and turned over to Jail staff. Saturday afternoon, a deputy dispatched to a physical disturbance at a residence in Walnut, arrested 31-year old Robert Dale Hackwell, of Walnut, for Simple Domestic Assault, 2nd offense. Hackwell was taken into custody for allegedly assaulting his 41-year old girlfriend, who suffered an apparent, minor injury. Saturday evening, a Pott. County Deputy was called to a residence on Wilshire Avenue in Council Bluffs, where teens in the neighborhood were allegedly driving at high speeds. The Deputy cited 18-year old Hayden Zackary Hatcher, of Council Bluffs, for Disorderly Conduct.

At around 1-a.m. Sunday, a Deputy observed that a 2017 Hyundai SUV had driven through traffic barriers on eastbound Highway 6 near Railroad Highway. The vehicle had also collided with a guardrail and concrete barriers. The driver, 48-year old Nikki Ellen Woods, of Treynor, was arrested for OWI/1st offense. At around 8:35-a.m. Sunday, a Pott. County Deputy was advised by dispatch, that a brown jeep with a blue door was driving erratically on westbound Highway 92 in the area of 360th Street. The Deputy was able to locate the vehicle and conduct a traffic stop on Highway 92 and 310th Street. The driver, 42-year old Richard Henry Rapp, of Oakland, was arrested for Driving While Revoked. A passenger, 37-year old April Watson, of Carson, was arrested for Possession of a Controlled Substance. A field test of a substance in a container came back positive for methamphetamine amounting to 2-grams.

Girls Regional Golf Finals tee up today

Sports

May 21st, 2018 by admin

Girls Regional Golf Finals will be played around the state today. The top two teams and top eight individuals will qualify for State Golf. Here’s a look at local sites.

Class 1A

Region 2 @ Atlantic (Atlantic Golf and Country Club)

Teams: Boyer Valley, Woodbury Central, Griswold, Audubon, Mount Ayr, CAM, East Union.

Individuals not on qualifying teams: Kayla Chapman, Treynor. Jesse Decker, St. Albert. Ashlyn Eckrich, Tri-Center. Jacey Anthofer, Exira-EHK. Alyssa Brink, Riverside. Whitney Reever, Glidden-Ralston.

Class 2A

Region 2 @ Menlo (5×80 Golf Course)

Teams: Kuemper Catholic, Clarinda, South Hamilton, Roland-Story.

Individuals not on qualifying teams: Kate Carlson, Red Oak. Rachel Teten, Underwood. Lexy Knop, AHSTW. Payton Hilts, Missouri Valley. Maranda Wheelock, Ogden. CeCe Sturdivant, Des Moines Christian. Madison Fear, Panorama. Kayla Walker, Ogden.

Class 3A

Region 1 @ LeMars (Willow Creek Golf Course)

Teams: Algona, Bishop Heelan, Carroll, Harlan, Humboldt, LeMars, MOC-Floyd Valley, Sergeant Bluff-Luton, Spencer, Spirit Lake, Storm Lake, Webster City.

Region 2 @ Adel (River Valley Golf Course)

Teams: ADM, Atlantic, Carlisle, Centerville, Chariton, Clarke, Creston, Glenwood, Knoxville, Oskaloosa, Pella, Winterset.

Class 4A

Region 1 @ West Des Moines (Willow Creek Golf Course)

Teams: CB Abraham Lincoln, CB Thomas Jefferson, Denison-Schleswig, Lewis Central, Sioux City East, Sioux City North, Sioux City West, Urbandale, Waukee, WDM Valley.

Investigators looking for links to Waterloo shootings

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May 21st, 2018 by Ric Hanson

WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — Investigators have been looking for links between the fatal shooting of a man in Waterloo to two other shootings. Police say 33-year-old Gregory Walker died at a hospital after being shot at a home early Saturday morning. Police say two children were inside the home but weren’t injured. Police say three people were injured in the two other shootings, which occurred earlier Saturday.
No arrests have been reported.

(Podcast) KJAN 8-a.m. News, 5/21/2018

News, Podcasts

May 21st, 2018 by Ric Hanson

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

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WAYNE A. LOGUE, 91, of Atlantic (Graveside Svcs. 5/26/18)

Obituaries

May 21st, 2018 by Ric Hanson

WAYNE A. LOGUE, 91, of Atlantic, died Monday, May 21st, at the Salem Lutheran Home, in Elk Horn.  Graveside services for WAYNE LOGUE will be held 2:15-p.m. Saturday, May 26th, at the Oakwood Cemetery in Lewis. Roland Funeral Home in Atlantic has the arrangements.

Visitation will be held at the funeral home from 8:30-a.m. until 5:30-p.m., Friday. Visitation with the family present will be held from 1-until 2-p.m. Saturday at the funeral home.; Online condolences may be left at www.rolandfuneralservice.com

WAYNE LOGUE is survived by:

His son – Dallas (Darlo) Logue, of Atlantic.

3 grandchildren, 1 great-grandchild and 3 great-great grandchildren.

Heartbeat Today 5-21-2018

Heartbeat Today, Podcasts

May 21st, 2018 by Jim Field

Jim Field visits with Jodi Christofferson of the Nishna Valley Credit Union about their TV raffle to raise money for the Cass County Relay for Life.

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(Podcast) KJAN Morning Sports report, 5/21/2018

Podcasts, Sports

May 21st, 2018 by Ric Hanson

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

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Iowa man gets 250 days for vehicular homicide in Nebraska

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May 21st, 2018 by Ric Hanson

PLATTSMOUTH, Neb. (AP) — An Iowa man has been sentenced to jail for his role in a fatal traffic accident in eastern Nebraska. The Omaha World-Herald reports that Michael Bauman, of Rock Rapids, Iowa, was sentenced Thursday in Plattsmouth to 250 days in jail. He also was fined $1,000, and his driver’s license was revoked for a year. He’d pleaded no contest to misdemeanor vehicular homicide.

Authorities say he was driving south on Nebraska Highway 43 south of Eagle around 9 a.m. on July 14, 2017, when he turned his semitrailer left into the path of a northbound motorcycle. Forty-seven-year-old Chris Badman died in the collision. He lived in South Bend, Nebraska.

Creston Police report (5/21)

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May 21st, 2018 by Ric Hanson

Officials with the Creston Police Department say 49-year old Brian Ward, of Creston, was arrested at around 8:10-p.m., Sunday. Ward was taken into custody for OWI/2nd offense, and Driving While [License] Suspended. He was being held in the Union County Jail on a $3,000 bond. And, at around 9:40-a.m. Sunday, a Creston man who resides in the 700 block of W. Devoe, reported to police that his cell phone was taken from his porch sometime during the overnight hours of May 19th-20th. The loss was estimated at $50.

(Podcast) KJAN Morning News & funeral report, 5/21/2018

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May 21st, 2018 by Ric Hanson

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

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