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Guthrie County man arrested in Adams Co. on Audubon Co. warrant

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June 19th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Sheriff’s officials in Adams County report a Guthrie County man was arrested early this (Sunday) morning on a warrant out of Audubon County for Probation Violation. 41-year old David Elliott, of Bayard, was taken into custody at around 2:40-a.m., following a traffic stop near the intersection of Highway 34 and Willow Avenue, in Adams County. Elliott was brought to the Adams County Jail and held, pending transfer to Audubon County.

David Elliott

David Elliott

FRANCES ROSNER BAUMHOVER, 99, of Atlantic (Svcs. 6/21/16)

Obituaries

June 19th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

FRANCES ROSNER BAUMHOVER, 99, of Atlantic, died June 13th, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital, in Atlantic. A Mass of Christian Burial for FRANCES BAUMHOVER will be held 11-a.m. Tue., June 21st, at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Wall Lake. Farber and Otteman Funeral Home in Wall Lake is in charge of the arrangements.

Visitation at the church will be held from 10:00-a.m. until 11-a.m., Tuesday, with a Rosary at 9:30-a.m.

Online condolences may be left to her family at www.farberotteman.com.

Burial will be in the Wall Lake Cemetery.

Accident involving at least 3 vehicles in Shelby County Sat. night

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June 19th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

A crash late Saturday night involving at least three vehicles in Shelby County, resulted in two people being transported to the hospital. The accident scene was about one-half mile long, and occurred between 700th and 800th Street, between Avoca and Harlan. Two people were confirmed as being transported by Defiance Rescue to Myrtue Memorial Hospital, in Harlan.

The crash occurred at around 11-p.m. Officials said Highway 59 was closed just north of Avoca early Sunday morning, while the scene remained under investigation. Initial dispatch reports indicated one vehicle struck two or more other vehicles during the crash.

Additional details were not immediately available.

1 hurt in Central IA motorcycle accident

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June 19th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

A Dallas County man was injured during a motorcycle accident Saturday evening, in central Iowa’s Warren County. The Iowa State Patrol reports 65-year old Jeffrey Lee Brown, of Dallas Center, was flown by helicopter from the scene at the 35-mile marker of Interstate 35 northbound, to Mercy Hospital, in Des Moines.

Officials say Brown was getting ready to enter a head-to-head construction zone, but his 2015 Harley Davidson motorcycle went off into the construction zone, and through the barricades. Brown was ejected from his motorcycle during the crash, that happened at around 7:22-p.m., Saturday.

New Miss Iowa is starting her first victory lap of the state

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June 19th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

After being named the second runner-up last year, Kelly Koch (pronounced “Cook”), is now reigning as the new Miss Iowa. Koch is a 20-year-old from the Des Moines suburb of Waukee. She was crowned last weekend and is now starting her victory lap of Iowa.

Kelly Koch

Kelly Koch, Miss Iowa 2016

Koch says “I am still in shock that I am the new Miss Iowa 2016 and I wake up every morning still shocked. It’s been great and I just want to make everyone proud.” Her platform is the “Pinky Swear” Foundation. She said the concept came from a young boy who was fighting cancer who used his money to aid other families fighting cancer and made his dad “pinky swear” to continue the effort. She learned about it during last year’s Miss Iowa Pageant during a trip to the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. Koch is preparing to be in the national spotlight in September.

She says she “Will be on the Miss America stage in less than three months. That is scary but exciting,” and Koch says she hopes that she can make her fellow Iowans proud. Among the prizes Koch received upon becoming Miss Iowa is a $10,000 scholarship she’ll use when she returns to Iowa State University next year. She plans to become a child life specialist, helping children fighting cancer and their families while in the hospital.

(Radio Iowa)

Area softball scores from Sat., 6/19/16

Sports

June 19th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

A-D-M, Adel 5, North Polk 0
AHSTW 11, Essex 1
AHSTW 12, Woodbine 3
Bishop Heelan, Sioux City 6, North Union 1
Bishop Heelan, Sioux City 7, Atlantic 1
Boyer Valley 20, Audubon 14
CAM 11, Audubon 7
Clear Creek-Amana 11, Harlan 2
Earlham 12, CAM 1
Earlham 8, Boyer Valley 6
Essex 12, Nishnabotna 0
Exira-EHK 5, Fremont-Mills 2
Exira-EHK 9, Griswold 2
Fremont-Mills 10, Southwest Valley 8
Griswold 11, Southwest Valley 3
Guthrie Center 5, Underwood 2
Guthrie Center 7, Earlham 4
Guthrie Center 7, West Harrison 5
Humboldt 6, Carroll 5
Keokuk 6, Creston 0
Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 4, East Sac County 0
Lawton-Bronson 5, Sergeant Bluff-Luton 0
Lisbon 14, Carroll 7
Martensdale-St Marys 10, West Central Valley, Stuart 0
Missouri Valley 10, East Mills 3
Missouri Valley 11, Stanton 0
Missouri Valley 12, Shenandoah 2
Murray 8, Lenox 3
Shenandoah 16, East Mills 5
Shenandoah 9, Stanton 8
Stanton 17, East Mills 5
Treynor 10, Glenwood 7
Treynor 12, CB Abraham Lincoln 0
Underwood 12, CAM, Anita 0
Underwood 12, Riverside, Oakland 4
West Central Valley 12, DM North 0
West Harrison 11, Boyer Valley 4
Winterset 11, Iowa City West 0
Winterset 6, Ankeny 0

Area baseball scores from Sat., 6/19/16

Sports

June 19th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Adair-Casey 9, CAM, Anita 6 (Guthrie Center Tournament)
Alta/Aurelia 8, Denison-Schleswig 1
CAM, Anita 9, Guthrie Center 7 (Guthrie Center Tournament)
Clarke, Osceola 15, Martensdale-St. Marys 7
Clear Lake 10, Glenwood 6
Clear Lake 12, ADM, Adel 7
Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson 9, Des Moines, Abraham Lincoln 5
Denison-Schleswig 9, Cherokee, Washington 8
Dubuque, Senior 10, Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson 2
Glenwood 5, ADM, Adel 4
LeMars 8, Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 4 (#BattleofCB)
Lewis Central 4, Pleasant Valley 3
Mason City 4, Lewis Central 2
South Central Calhoun 11, Guthrie Center 1
South Central Calhoun 12, Adair-Casey 2
Treynor 12, Underwood 1
Treynor 9, Underwood 7
Waukee 6, Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 0 (#BattleofCB)
Wayne, Corydon 8, Martensdale-St. Marys 5
West Harrison, Mondamin 12, West Monona, Onawa 2 (WH Tourney)
West Harrison, Mondamin 12, Whiting 6 (WH Tournament)

WWII vet’s remains to be returned to Iowa family for burial

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June 19th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — After more than seven decades, the remains of a World War II veteran killed in action will be returned to his family in Iowa. The Des Moines Register reports that Palmer Haraldson’s family long ago gave up hope of being able to recover his remains.

Haraldson, a private in the Marines and native of Lincoln, Nebraska, was killed at age 31 on Nov. 22, 1943, while in combat on the Gilbert Islands in the Pacific. He was buried in a mass cemetery with 1,000 other Marines and sailors killed, and his body was declared non-recoverable in 1949. But now, his remains have been located and will return to Iowa for a burial in Fort Dodge with full military honors on June 22.

Byron wins in Iowa for 2nd straight NASCAR Truck victory

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June 19th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

NEWTON, Iowa (AP) — William Byron held onto the lead on a late restart to win the NASCAR Truck Series race at Iowa Speedway on Saturday night for his second straight victory. The 18-year-old Byron held off a hard-charging Cole Custer by less than a half-second for his third victory in just nine career starts.

Custer was second, followed by Cameron Hayley, Ben Rhodes and Tyler Reddick. Byron led a race-high 97 laps before a mishap on pit road cost him the top spot. But he rallied to retake the lead and maintained it over the final three laps.

Bannister strikes out 11, Arizona beats Miami 5-1 at CWS

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June 19th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nathan Bannister matched his career high with 11 strikeouts in seven innings and Arizona capitalized on Miami starter Michael Mediavilla’s rocky first inning a 5-1 victory Saturday night in the College World Series. The Wildcats (45-21), in the CWS for the first time since winning the 2012 national title, will play Oklahoma State on Monday night in a Bracket 1 winners’ game. The No. 3 national seed Hurricanes (50-13) will face UC Santa Barbara in an elimination game that afternoon.

Mediavilla hit two of Arizona’s first five batters and issued a bases-loaded walk before Jared Oliva’s two-run single made it 3-0. Zach Gibbons’ two-run double in the fifth increased the lead to 5-1. Bannister, who made his 13th straight start of at least six innings, confounded Miami batters mixing in his curveball with an upper 80s fastball.