More area and State news from KJAN News Director Ric Hanson.
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Jim Field visits with Andrew Casson, Jacey Kallsen, Sara Conway and Riley McWhorter, some of the top seniors in the Class of 2018 at Riverside High School in Oakland.
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The Trevor Frederickson Memorial Fund has donated $500 to Josh Peach for the upcoming kids fishing clinic. The clinic takes place Saturday, June 2nd. at Lake Anita State Park. The Friends of Lake Anita will begin registration for the event at 9:30, with fishing to start at 10. There will be a short program held prior to fishing. Each participant will receive a prize and the event is finished off with a hot dog, chips and water provided to the participants.
Lake Anita Park Mgr. Josh Peach (Left), receives a check from Melanie Petty with the Trevor Frederickson Memorial Fund. (Photo submitted)
Fund spokesperson (and Trevor’s mom) Melanie Petty, says “We are happy to help sponsor this wonderful event that gets kids out into the great outdoors. Fishing is a great sport that you can enjoy all of your life. If you are new to fishing, the group even has a few fishing rods that they will loan out for the event.”
Petty reminds you also, that the 10th Annual TFred Memorial Golf Outing will be held on Saturday, August 11th at Nishna Hills Golf Club. This is the only fundraising event for the year. If you are interested in entering a team please call or text Melanie Petty at 712-249-3696. She says “We look forward to a great day of golf and friendship.” All monies raised are donated back to the community that Trevor loved.
DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — Authorities are investigating the shooting death of a woman in Davenport. Officers dispatched after a 911 call early Friday morning found the wounded woman. Police say she died later at Genesis Medical Center-East. Her name hasn’t been released. Iowa Criminal Investigation Division agents are trying to find out what happened. No arrests have been reported.
The area’s latest and/or top news stories at 7:06-a.m., w/KJAN News Director Ric Hanson
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Two men were arrested Thursday night on assault charges, in Creston. According to Creston Police, 21-year old Adam Edward Lee Austin and 23-year old Taran Paul Austin, both of Creston, were arrested at their home at around 9:30-p.m., for Assault. Bonds for both men was set at $300 each.
MIDDLEBURY, Ind. (AP) — A recreational vehicle maker is kicking off a more than $12 million expansion in northern Indiana. The Elkhart Truth reports Forest City, Iowa-based Winnebago Industries held a groundbreaking Thursday in Middlebury on the Winnebago Towable Campus near its current facility. Officials say the expansion could bring up to 125 new jobs to the area by 2019.
Michael Happe, president and CEO of Winnebago Industries, says the company is “confident in the growth in this business. He says it’s a “fantastic opportunity for this business to expand its product line over time and continue to meet rising demand.”
NEW HAMPTON, Iowa (AP) — The mother of a baby whose lifeless body was found in an infant swing has told a northeast Iowa court that she may use as a trial defense diminished responsibility or intoxication.
The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports that the attorney for Cheyanne Harris filed the notice Thursday in Black Hawk County District Court. She and the infant’s father, Zachary Koehn, have pleaded not guilty to murder and related charges. She’s also seeking a trial delay.
Koehn has asked that his trial be moved to another county because of pretrial publicity. Authorities have said the body of 4-month-old Sterling Koehn was infested with maggots when found Aug. 30 in the swing by deputies and medics called to his parents’ Alta Vista apartment.
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