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Electrical cord stolen from implement in Elliott

News

January 29th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

Authorities in Montgomery County are asking for your help in solving a theft. The Sheriff’s Department says sometime between 6-pm Monday and 8-a.m. Tuesday, someone took an electrical cord from a Peck grain auger at 1079 State Highway 48, in Elliott. If you have information about the crime, call Crimestoppers at 1-800-432-1001.

Authorities search for 2 men involved in a fight near Stanton

News

January 29th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

Sheriff’s Officials in Montgomery County are asking for the public’s help in locating two Red Oak men who were involved in a fight Tuesday evening. 42-year old Jason Ray Cornelison and 30-year old Matthew Lee Gusman are accused of striking 21-year old Cody Johnson, of Red Oak, multiple times, with a blunt object or objects. Johnson was beaten after a fight broke out at the intersection of O Avenue and 250th Street, south of Stanton. Authorities were notified of the incident at around 5:30-p.m.

Johnson was flown by helicopter to Omaha, for treatment of serious injuries. Authorities say Cornelison is 6-feet tall, and weighs 230 pounds. He has brown hair, blue eyes and a medium skin complexion. Gusman is 5-feeet 3-inches tall, weighs  145 pounds, and has a goatee, black hair, brown eyes, and a medium complexion.

If you know where Jason Cornelison or Matthew Lee Gusman are, please contact the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office at 712-623-5107, or Crimestoppers at 1-800-432-1001.

HELENA HAHN, 94, of Greenfield (Svcs. 2/1/14)

Obituaries

January 29th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

HELENA HAHN, 94, of Greenfield, died Tue., Jan. 28th, at her home. Funeral services for HELENA HAHN will be held 10:30-a.m. Sat., Feb. 1st, at the Steen Funeral Home in Greenfield.

Visitation will be held on Friday, January 31st from 4 to 8 p.m. at the Steen Funeral Home in Greenfield, with the family will greet friends on Friday evening from 6 to 8 p.m. Online condolences may be left to the family at www.steenfunerals.com.

Burial will be in the Greenfield Cemetery. A luncheon will be held at the Greenfield Gospel Chapel following the committal services at the cemetery.

Memorials may be directed to the Helena Hahn memorial fund to be established by the family at a later date.

HELENA HAHN is survived by:

Her husband – Charley Hahn, of Greenfield.

Her sons – Timothy F. Hahn and wife Tina of Lovelock, Nevada, and Thomas P. Hahn and wife Cheryl of Augusta, West Virginia.

Her daughter – Elaine M. Hochstatter and husband Randall of Greenfield.

Her sister – Katherine Coleman of Saverna Park, Maryland.

9 grandchildren; 16 great grandchildren; other relatives and friends.

NWS Forecast for Atlantic & the KJAN listening area: Wed. 1/29/14

Weather

January 29th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

(Updated 3:56-am by the National Weather Service in Des Moines)

Today: Sunny, with a high near 40. Wind chill values as low as -10. Windy, with a south southwest wind 6 to 11 mph increasing to 16 to 21 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph.                                                                                                                                            Tonight: Increasing clouds, with a low around 25. Breezy, with a south southwest wind 16 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph.

Thursday: A chance of freezing rain before 9am, then a slight chance of snow between 9am and noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 36. Breezy, with a south southwest wind 13 to 17 mph becoming north in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.                                           Thursday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 10. Wind chill values as low as zero. North wind 8 to 13 mph.

Friday: A 20 percent chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 24. North northeast wind 5 to 8 mph becoming light and variable in the afternoon.                                                       Friday Night: A 50 percent chance of snow. Cloudy, with a low around 12.

Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 22.

Boys High School Basketball Scores from Tues., Jan. 28 2014

Sports

January 29th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

Hawkeye 10:

  • Lewis Central 62, Atlantic 50
  • Creston 69, Kuemper Catholic 62
  • Glenwood 65, Clarinda 47
  • Harlan 69, Denison-Schleswig 33
  • St. Albert 61, Red Oak 27

Western Iowa:

  • IKM-Manning 68, Riverside 26
  • Missouri Valley 41, A-H-S-T 39
  • Treynor 53, Tri-Center 36
  • Underwood 70, Audubon 40
  • Griswold 51, Logan-Magnolia 38

Rolling Valley:

  • Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton 45, CAM 40
  • Coon Rapids-Bayard 77, Charter Oak-Ute 41
  • Glidden-Ralston 56, Woodbine 44

Others:

  • Bedford 58, Mount Ayr 53
  • Carroll 73, ADM 29
  • Clarinda Academy 86, South Page 62
  • CB Thomas Jefferson 49, Sioux City West 47
  • East Mills 53, Stanton 45
  • East Union 45, Lenox 27
  • Fremont Mills 70, Heartland Christian 65
  • Madrid 52, Panorama 48
  • Nodaway Valley 64, Southwest Valley 27
  • Sioux City North 71, CB Abraham Lincoln 49
  • Van Meter 61, West Central Valley 36
  • Sidney 70, Nishnabotna 50

Iowa State visits #6 Kansas tonight

Sports

January 29th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

The Iowa State Cyclones have a tough assignment as they visit sixth ranked Kansas in Big 12 play.ISU coach Fred Hoiberg who says Kansas is tough to beat anywhere but especially in Lawrence. The Jayhawks are 6-0 in the Big 12 and won the first matchup with the Cyclones in Ames.

UNI hosts Evansville tonight

Sports

January 29th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

UNI basketball coach Ben Jacobson says just a handful of plays have kept his team from challenging for the top of the standings in the Missouri Valley Conference, and he’s hoping the Panthers start making more of those plays as they open their second round through the league. Jacobson says he’s been emphasizing the importance of making what he calls “the hard plays.”

The Panthers host Evansville tonight. UNI got its only road win of the season when the Panthers beat the Purple Aces 80-53 three weeks ago. The Panthers and the Purple Aces will tip off at 7:00 tonight in the McLeod Center.

(Radio Iowa)

Iowa goes cold and Michigan State escapes

Sports

January 29th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

The Iowa Hawkeyes were dreadful on the offensive end in the second half and it allowed seventh ranked Michigan State to escape Iowa City with a victory, Tuesday. The Hawks were held without a field goal for a better than 14 minute stretch of the second half and overtime in a 71-69 loss as their 20 game home court winning streak came to an end. To make matters worse the Hawkeyes missed 13 free throws in the game.

Iowa only turned the ball over ten times but the Hawks could only generate 18 field goals the entire game. Coach Fran McCaffery said it was a frustrating night at the offensive end. Roy Devyn Marble led the Hawkeyes with 21 points as they fall to 5-3 in the Big Ten and 16-5 overall.

(Radio Iowa)

Neb. man gets prison for string of bank robberies

News

January 29th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A Lincoln man has been sentenced to more than 30 years in prison for a string of bank robberies in Nebraska and Iowa. U.S. Attorney Deborah R. Gilg said in a news release Tuesday that 53-year-old Cameron Mitchell will be required to pay more than $74,000 in restitution for the robberies.

Prosecutors say Mitchell robbed seven banks in Omaha, Lincoln, and Council Bluffs between June and August of 2012. Mitchell was accused of walking into bank lobbies armed with a handgun, and taking money from teller drawers.

Mitchell will be required to serve five years of supervised release after his sentence.

Iowa early News Headlines: Wed., Jan. 29th 2014

News

January 29th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press…

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A Lincoln man has been sentenced to more than 30 years in prison for a string of bank robberies in Nebraska and Iowa. U.S. Attorney Deborah R. Gilg says in a news release that 53-year-old Cameron Mitchell will be required to pay more than $74,000 in restitution for the robberies. Prosecutors say Mitchell robbed seven banks in Omaha, Lincoln, and Council Bluffs between June and August of 2012. Mitchell was accused of walking into bank lobbies armed with a handgun, and taking money from teller drawers.

AMES, Iowa (AP) — An Ames man has been accused of displaying a handgun during an argument with a driver near Iowa State University. ISU police say 22-year-old Patrick Allen Stall followed a car Monday to a parking lot near the campus athletic center. Witnesses told police that Stall flashed his car lights, honked his horn and gestured toward the other vehicle. When the car he was following stopped, Stall is accused of displaying a handgun from under his coat. Stall later surrendered to county authorities.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A legislative panel has approved a measure limiting the use of restraints on pregnant inmates. A subcommittee approved the bill on a 2 to 1 vote yesterday, and it now goes to the Senate Judiciary Committee. The bill would ban correctional institutions from using restraints on known pregnant women, particularly during labor, delivery and postpartum recovery, except under certain circumstances.

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — Authorities have apprehended an inmate who briefly escaped from a work release facility in Davenport. Corrections spokesman Fred Scaletta says 35-year-old Shawn Eugene Leewas placed on escape status yesterday morning after an unexcused absence from the Davenport Work Release Facility. A news release says he was captured a few hours later.