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Missing girl found!

News

September 5th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

The Cass County Communications Center reports a girl missing from the Lewis area has been found. Word was received at around 7:04-a.m.  11-year old Trinity Nichole Ericksen was located, but additional information is currently not available.

Trinity Nichole Ericksen

Trinity Nichole Ericksen

Authorities in Cass and Montgomery County had been coordinating efforts in the search for the missing juvenile.The Cass County Sheriff’s Office reports was last seen wearing jeans and a blue shirt with a light bulb on the back, along with the saying “Learn today, live tomorrow.”

Deputies with the Cass and Montgomery County Sheriff’s Departments, along with Lewis and Atlantic Fire Department personnel, gathered to begin a search for the girl at around 5:30-a.m.

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(Updated!) 11-year old girl missing from the Lewis area

News

September 5th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

Authorities in Cass and Montgomery County are coordinating efforts in the search for a missing juvenile from the Lewis area.The Cass County Sheriff’s Office reports 11-year old Trinity Nichole Ericksen was last seen wearing jeans and a blue shirt with a light bulb on the back, along with the saying “Learn today, live tomorrow.”

Deputies with the Cass and Montgomery County Sheriff’s Departments, along with Lewis and Atlantic Fire Department personnel, gathered to begin a search for the girl at around 5:30-a.m.

Trinity Nichole Ericksen

Trinity Nichole Ericksen

Anyone with information about her location is asked to call 9-1-1.

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Traffic stop results in brief chase Sat. morning, in Atlantic

News

September 5th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

(updated 7:57-a.m. and clarifies some details)

A vehicle being pulled over for a defective headlight led a Cass County Sheriff’s Deputy on a brief chase early this (Saturday) morning. According to scanner traffic at around 2-a.m., a deputy tried to pull a vehicle over on Birch between 6th and 7th Streets, for having a headlight out, when the vehicle sped-off. Authorities were able to corner the vehicle in the vicinity of State and Commerce Streets at around 2:10-a.m.

One of two people in the vehicle were reportedly maced by the deputy, and required treatment by medics. The driver was taken into custody. Atlantic Police officers assisted at the scene. Additional information is currently not available.

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Red Oak man arrested for Probation Violation

News

September 5th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

Police in Red Oak arrested a local man Friday, on a valid Montgomery County warrant for Probation Violation. 31-year old Zachariah Michael Holland, of Red Oak, was brought to the Montgomery County Jail and held on a $20,000 cash bond.

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HELEN MARGARET BISSEN, 88, of Harlan (Svcs. 9/8/15)

Obituaries

September 5th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

HELEN MARGARET BISSEN, 88, of Harlan, died Thu., Sept. 3rd, at Myrtue Medical Center, in Harlan. A Mass of Christian Burial for HELEN BISSEN will be held 11-a.m. Tue., Sept. 8th, at St. Michael’s Catholic Church, in Harlan. Pualey-Jones Funeral Home in Harlan has the arrangements.

Visitation at St. Michael’s Catholic Church will be held Monday (Sept. 7th), from 1-until 9-p.m., with the family greeting friends from 5-until 8-p.m.; A Catholic Daughters Rosary and Wake will be held at St. Michael’s on Tuesday, beginning at 11-a.m.

Burial will be in the Harlan Cemetery.

HELEN BISSEN is survived by:

Her husband – Marvin Bissen, of Harlan.

Her daughters – Linda (Keith) Graeve, of Elk Horn, NE; Pastor Connie Bissen, of Omaha; & Nancy (Leo) Kochanowicz, of Omaha.

Her sons – Duane (Sheryl) Bissen, of Grinnell; Dennis (Bonnie) Bissen, of Kimballton; Roger (DeaAnn) Bissen, of Harlan.

Her sisters – Dorothy Coenen, of Woodbine, & Marie (Charlie) Klein, of Earling.

Her brothers – Eugene Gross, of Battle Creek, IA; Jerry (Sharon) Gross, of Earling, & Vern (Ginger) Gross, of Palmdale, CA.

17 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren.

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BERNARD “BERNIE” M. LEINEN, 83, of Harlan & formerly of Portsmouth (Svcs. 9/8/15)

Obituaries

September 5th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

BERNARD “BERNIE” M. LEINEN, 83, of Harlan (& formerly of Portsmouth), died Fri., Sept. 4th, at the Elm Crest Retirement Community in Harlan. A Mass of Christian Burial for BERNIE LEINEN will be held 10:30-a.m. Tue., Sept. 8th, at St. Mary/Our Lady of Fatima Church, in Portsmouth. Pauley-Jones Funeral Home in Harlan has the arrangements.

Visitation at St. Mary’s church in Portsmouth will be held from Noon until 8-p.m. Mon., Sept. 7th, with a Rosary at 7-p.m.

Burial will be in the St. Mary’s Cemetery at Portsmouth.

BERNARD “BERNIE” LEINEN is survived by:

His wife – Helen Leinen, of Harlan.

His sons – Gary (Barb) Leinen, and Steve (DeeDee) Leinen, all of Panama, & Randy (Lisa) Leinen, of Harlan.

His daughters – Carol (Randy) Vogel, of Ankeny; Patty (Duane) Assmann, of Harlan, & Lori (Gail) Weis, of Omaha.

His sister – Virginia Reinig, of Portsmouth.

His brothers – Rich (Alma) Leinen, of Portsmouth, & Joe (Jeanette) Leinen, of Council Bluffs.

26 grandchildren, and 14 great-grandchildren.

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RUTH WEDEMEYER, 91, of Adair (Svcs. 9/9/15)

Obituaries

September 5th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

RUTH WEDEMEYER, 91, of Adair, died Thu., Sept. 3rd, at Caring Acres Nursing & Rehab in Anita. Funeral services for RUTH WEDEMEYER will be held 10:30-a.m. Wed., Sept. 9th, at the Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church in Adair. Hockenberry Family Care Funeral Home has the arrangements.

Friends may call at Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church beginning at 9-a.m. on Wed., Sept. 9th (prior to the service).

Burial will be in the Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery at Adair.

RUTH WEDEMEYER is survived by her nieces and nephews.

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Busy holiday weekend on Iowa roads

News

September 5th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

Low gas prices and the last holiday of the summer will combine to possibly make this weekend one of the busiest of the year on Iowa’s highways and interstates. Iowa State Patrol Sergeant Nate Ludwig also points out that the University of Iowa’s first football game kicks-off this (Saturday) morning in Iowa City, while UNI plays at Iowa State tomorrow night.

“So, there’s going to be a lot of people on the interstates traveling,” Ludwig says. “We just ask that everybody takes their time getting to where they’re going, make sure you wear seat belts, and at all cost avoid texting while driving or distracted driving.” Last weekend, law officers in Iowa and 15 other states took part in a stepped-up enforcement effort along Interstates 80 and 35. Just over 5,900 motorists were issued speed citations, including more than 11-hundred speeding tickets in Iowa.

Ludwig says over 1,100 seat belt citations were issued, but only 41 were in Iowa. “That’s pretty indicative of our 93 to 94 percent seat belt compliance rate in Iowa,” Ludwig says. There were 18 arrests for OWI and 9 for drug offenses in Iowa. The goal of last weekend’s enforcement effort was to reduce serious crashes. Authorities says there were zero fatal crashes over the three-day period along Interstates 80 and 35 in the 16 states.

(Radio Iowa)

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Survey finds few acres will be coming available for new farmers

Ag/Outdoor, News

September 5th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

A national survey of land ownership shows just over two-percent of farmland will be available for beginning farmers and ranchers in the next year, perhaps ten-percent over the next five years. Traci Bruckner, senior policy associate at the Center for Rural Affairs, says land access is a long-standing problem for those just starting to farm, though she calls the U-S-D-A report “really disturbing.”

“The continual unaffordability of land and then just what the survey is saying, there’s only going to be 2% available for new entrants that don’t have a natural, direct access to land,” Bruckner says. “That is an issue and Congress needs to start taking it seriously. They need to have policies that are more meaningful to help a new generation get started.” Bruckner says the land access problem needs help at the federal level, with changes that will help young producers who want to farm.

“We need to be serious about beginning farmer policy, not just throwing a few million dollars here and there to help create training and mentoring,” she says. “We need to actually have some meaningful reform on some of the main conventional commodity market-driven programs, like the farm program and the crop insurance program.” Bruckner says the student loan forgiveness program that is in the works would help beginning farmers with their cash-flow issues.

“But at the end of the day,” she says, “if we don’t do something about land access, then none of our other efforts are worthwhile.” While land values have come down some, she notes they’ve been rising for years to levels that make it impossible for beginning farmers and ranchers to buy. The Center for Rural Affairs is based in Lyons, Nebraska.

(Radio Iowa)

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KJAN listening area forecast from the NWS: 9/5/15

Weather

September 5th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

347 AM CDT SAT SEP 5 2015
EARLY THIS MORNING…PARTLY CLOUDY. SOUTH WIND NEAR 10 MPH.
TODAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGH IN THE UPPER 80S. SOUTH WIND 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH.
TONIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW IN THE MID 70S. SOUTH WIND 10 TO
15 MPH.

SUNDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH IN THE UPPER 80S. SOUTH WIND 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 50 PERCENT.
SUNDAY NIGHT…THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MIDNIGHT…THEN THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOW IN THE UPPER 60S. SOUTHEAST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 90 PERCENT.

LABOR DAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH IN THE LOWER 80S. EAST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.
MONDAY NIGHT…THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY. LOW IN THE MID 60S. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 70 PERCENT.

TUESDAY…CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH IN THE UPPER 70S.

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