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JASON “JAKE” LEE STINN, 35, of Harlan (Svcs/ 9/4/15)

Obituaries

September 1st, 2015 by Ric Hanson

JASON “JAKE” LEE STINN, 35, of Harlan, died Sun., Aug. 30th, at home. Funeral services for JAKE STINN will be held 11:30-a.m. Fri., Sept. 4th, at the Pauley-Jones Funeral Home in Harlan.

Friends may call at the funeral home on Thursday, from 5-until 9-p.m., with the family greeting friends from 6-until 8-p.m.

Burial will be in the Harlan Cemetery.

JASON “JAKE” STINN is survived by:

His mother – Kathaleen [Vandenberg] Stinn, of Harlan.

His father – Lee Stinn, of Harlan.

His brothers – Jerry Stinn, of Nevada, & Tommy Stinn, of Harlan.

His grandmother – Mildred Vandenberg, of Harlan.

and his nephew and niece.

Woman arrested in Union County on Adams Co. warrant

News

September 1st, 2015 by Ric Hanson

A woman wanted on an Adams County warrant for Assault was arrested Sunday at the Union County Law Enforcement Center. Sheriff’s Officials say 31-year old Taycey Nichole Martin was later released from the Union County Jail on $500 bond.

(12-p.m. News)

DNR investigating discharge into creek near Redfield

News

September 1st, 2015 by Ric Hanson

Following reports from concerned citizens about a smell near an unnamed creek east of Redfield, officials with the Iowa DNR say they’re investigating a discharge to the creek. DNR staff found material seeping from an old tile line to the creek, which was creating a milk grey color in the creek and the odor. Authorities say it appears the discharge has been ongoing since July, based on comments from citizens.

The discoloration and odors exist along the creek until its confluence with the South Raccoon River. No impacts have been observed in the river. DNR staff are currently working to identify the source of the discharge. Nearby public water supplies have been notified. People and pets should avoid contact with water in the creek

Work on Nishna Valley Trail connector project continues, despite grant setbacks

Ag/Outdoor, News

September 1st, 2015 by Ric Hanson

Work on the Nishna Valley Trail Connector Project in Atlantic continues, despite some setbacks in funding for the project. Nishna Valley Trails President Dave Chase told KJAN’s Jim Field on the “Heartbeat Today” program, that progress is being made, and a pedestrian bridge over the Troublesome Creek just west of the KJAN Studios, is closer to reality, but there have been some “bumps in the road,” financially.

Chase said this past week, a couple of major grant applications they were counting on that were pending approval, went unfunded. The applications that were rejected include those from the Wells Fargo and Wellmark Foundations. He said while disappointing, there was no guarantee the grants would have been approved to begin with, and it does NOT stop the project from moving forward.

Work continues on the Nishna Valley Trail connector project near the KJAN studios.

Work continues on the Nishna Valley Trail connector project near the KJAN studios.

He says also, there are other funding opportunities that they are exploring, and they still feel as good about their financial position, as they did when they “pulled the trigger” on the project in June. Chase says fundraising efforts will continue as well. Individuals and organizations who have already contributed to the project, according to Chase, have promised to do more if needed to help out. He says right now, they’re about $160,000 short of the funds necessary to pay for the project.

Donations for the project are tax deductible, because Nishna Valley Trails is a 501(c) 3 tax exempt organization. If you would like to contribute to the cause, mail your donation to P.O. Box 496, Atlantic, IA 50022, or call Dave Chase at 712-249-3059. There are other ways to contribute as well, so give Chase a call to find out more.

Chase said work on clearing the path for the trail is nearly complete, and a pre-construction meeting with contractors was held Monday, with the plan being to start work on the trail and the bridge next Tuesday, which is earlier than anticipated. It’s expected construction will be completed in about 40-days from the start, weather permitting. The trail is expected to be in use later this fall, instead of next spring, as originally anticipated.

Iowa men accused of threatening Pokemon event denied bail

News

September 1st, 2015 by Ric Hanson

BOSTON (AP) – Two Iowa men charged with making online threats of violence at a Pokemon competition in Boston are being held without bail for at least four months. A judge ruled Tuesday that 18-year-old Ames resident Kevin Norton and 27-year-old Boone resident James Stumbo pose a danger to society. Prosecutors say the men made social media threats against at least one competitor at last month’s World Pokemon Championships.

Police found a 12-gauge shotgun, an AR-15 rifle and hundreds of rounds of ammunition in their car. They were arrested at their hotel in Saugus, north of Boston.
Defense attorneys argued that there was no evidence the defendants planned to carry through on any threats. But the judge in his ruling said their online postings weren’t “just kids’ stuff on the computer.”

August goes out cooler & wetter than normal, September starts off hotter

News, Weather

September 1st, 2015 by Ric Hanson

September is here and Iowa’s chief weather watcher says August was one of the colder, wetter Augusts the state has seen in several years. State climatologist Harry Hillaker says the just-concluded month was Iowa’s coolest August since 2009. “On the temperature end of things, we were running about two degrees below normal, mainly thanks to a very cool second half of the month,” Hillaker says. “On the rainfall end, as always, there was a lot of variability across the state, but overall the preliminary statewide average was 5.42 inches of rainfall.”

That’s about one-and-a-quarter inches above normal during August. Here in Atlantic, at the KJAN Studios (The official reporting site for Atlantic), we received 3.88 inches of rain in August, which was a little more than one-half inch above normal. The south-central Iowa town of Albia recorded only about one-and-a-half inches of rain during the month, while Randolph, in southwest Iowa, reported more than 13 inches. Monday marked the end of the three-month summer weather reporting period and Hillaker says the summer of 2015 went out on a cool note.

“Temperatures were a little bit cooler than usual, although June and July, neither one were all that far from normal, but no really hot months this year,” he says. In Atlantic, the average High for August was 83 degrees, which was about 3 degrees cooler than normal, while the average Low of 61 was almost 4 degrees below normal.

Fall will arrive on September 23rd, in a little over three weeks. As for the month ahead, Hillaker says September is starting off warmer-than-normal and humid and it may just stay that way. “The (National) Weather Service’s latest 30-day outlook for September is still favoring above-normal rainfall for much of Iowa and really, much of the central part of the country,” Hillaker says, “and on temperatures, the outlook favors above-normal temperatures.” That’s a flip-flop from the original September outlook which was released about 10 days ago.

(Radio Iowa/KJAN Weather data)

September 2015

Birthday Club

September 1st, 2015 by admin

September 1st:

  • Craig Eilts of Griswold (Winner)

September 2nd:

  • Bonnie Bruner of Atlantic (Winner)

September 3rd:

  • Ashley Hamilton of Atlantic (Winner)
  • Virginia Bornholdt of Exira
  • Brandon Toft of Audubon
  • Nancy Sand of Kimballton

September 4th:

  • Darlene Planck of Atlantic (Winner)
  • Denise Robinson of Exira
  • Sandra Marnia of Atlantic
  • Barb Humphrey of Atlantic

September 5th:

  • Sue Muri of Atlantic (Winner)
  • Catherine Schmidt of Audubon
  • Grace Christensen of Audubon
  • Sharon Ludington of Atlantic

September 6th:

  • Becca Zachairias of Anita (Winner)
  • Pam Curtis of Cumberland

September 7th:

  • Larry Phippen of Atlantic (Winner)
  • Elaine Eden

September 8th:

  • Doris Evans of Elliott (Winner)
  • Rachel Johnson of Kimballton
  • Sue Hoegh
  • Carol Gary of Red Oak
  • Ina Ohnmeiss of Atlantic

September 9th:

  • Tammy DeBord of Atlantic (Winner)
  • Breanna Linfor of Atlantic
  • Lois Wolf of Exira
  • Marcene Arn of Atlantic
  • Marlene Clark of Atlantic

September 10th:

  • Sherrill Clausen of Atlantic (Winner)
  • Pam Smith of Harlan
  • Marsha Prigge of Audubon

September 11th:

  • Amber Wilson of Exira (Winner)
  • Tyler Wilson of Exira
  • Janet King of Atlantic
  • LaVon Eblen of Atlantic
  • Jean Hall of Fontanelle
  • Mary Jean Krummel of Walnut

September 12th:

  • Holden Jensen of Lewis (Winner)
  • Diana Munch of Exira
  • Ranae Schlater of Exira

September 13th:

  • Clara Schmidt of Harlan (Winner)
  • Lanny Kite of Marne
  • Francis Brown of Atlantic
  • Bev Bennett of Atlantic
  • Audrey Nielsen of Lewis
  • Inga Henry of Audubon
  • Charlotte Smetana of Exira

September 14th:

  • Gina Benton of Exira (Winner)
  • Rhonda Harry of Atlantic

September 15th:

  • Jeanne Nelson of Kimballton (Winner)
  • Matt Immel of Exira
  • Brooke Fieblekorn of Exira

September 16th:

  • Marcella Gaines of Atlantic (Winner)
  • Shandy Schultes of Audubon

September 17th:

  • Wiatt Becker of Atlantic (Winner)

September 18th:

  • Dean Finken of Atlantic (Winner)
  • Sally Fischer of Atlantic
  • Stacy Armstrong of Crescent

September 19th:

  • Kassidy Jensen of Exira (Winner)
  • Pam Parker of Elk Horn
  • Jack Planck of Atlantic
  • Zach Hart of Atlantic
  • Kayla Nielsen of Atlantic

September 20th:

  • Carol Schwarte of Atlantic (Winner)

September 21st:

  • Don Hilyard of Cumberland (Winner)
  • Jack Brahms of Griswold
  • Erma Lange of Atlantic
  • Denise Kilworth of Exira
  • Dr. Tim Nelson of Creston

September 22nd:

  • Betty Hickman of Atlantic (Winner)
  • Ken Hebard of Fontanelle

September 23rd:

  • John Paulsen of Exira (Winner)
  • Rosie Hansen of Atlantic
  • Sheryl McCullough of Cumberland

September 24th:

  • Faye Nelsen of Anita (Winner)
  • Jackie Pross of Exira
  • Jane Houchins of Exira
  • Kari Hansen of Anita

September 25th:

  • Judy Bintner of Exira (Winner)
  • Chelsea Hardisty of Anita
  • Valonda Nelson of Exira
  • Maggie Wahlert of Exira
  • Karol Robertson of Audubon

September 26th:

  • Jean Boots of Atlantic (Winner)
  • Val Hatcher of Atlantic
  • Nick Knudsen of Atlantic

September 27th:

  • Marge Turner of Atlantic (Winner)

September 28th:

  • Annebel Lange of Atlantic (Winner)
  • Jeff Munch of Exira
  • Don Greving of Exira
  • Shelley Petersen of Exira
  • Bailey Schildberg of Atlantic

September 29th:

  • Hannah Jessen of Exira (Winner)
  • Cindy Koll of Atlantic

 

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1st

Trading Post

September 1st, 2015 by Jim Field

FOR SALE:  tagsonoma dinnerware 50.00 never used.  712-250-0931.

Red Dishes

FOR SALE:  Camp Firewood, 243-5652.

FOR SALE: Storage closet, 6′ tall and 2’x2″ wide, 5 shelves, 2 door $30SOLD; Steel desk (came from a fiber glass plant) 5′ long, 2’5″ tall, 2’8″ wide, 3 pull out drawers, 2 drawers behind 1 door and 1 middle drawer $75 obo; black suede winter coat, size XL $30. Please call after 5 pm, if no answer please leave a message. Call 712-254-0247.

FREE: Queen size Sealy mattress, no longer need, can deliver if local and if before September 10th. 712-249-1025.  SOLD!!!

WANTED: Looking for a small or medium size SUV.  Looking under $5,000. Call 712-304-5607.

FOR SALE:  Men’s long sleeve button up shirts and/or polos, medium and large, some never worn, others excellent condition.  Petite Miche bag with 3 shells, new, never used, $60 for set.  Demi size Miche bag with several shells, handles, some never used or barely used.  Jr sz? Motorcycle helmet excellent condition.  Jeri Croxell, Griswold, IA, 712-789-0479, Can also message me on fb.

Branson, MO. man arrested on Page County warrant

News

September 1st, 2015 by Ric Hanson

A 21-year old man from Branson, MO., was arrested Monday afternoon on a Page County warrant charging him with Probation Violation. Authorities say Ridge Ballard was taken into custody at the Page County Sheriff’s Office. Ballard was unable to post the $2,000 cash bond and remains in custody at the Page County Jail, pending trial.

Ridge Ballard

Ridge Ballard

NE woman arrested following an escape from the Clarinda Academy, chase & pursuit

News

September 1st, 2015 by Ric Hanson

An incident that began with the escape of an 18-year old man from the Clarinda Academy Monday afternoon escalated into a pursuit, crash and the arrest of a Nebraska woman, along with return of the escapee. The Page County Sheriff’s Office says at around 1:17-p.m. Monday, they were advised 18-year old Luis David Penaloza had fled a Clarinda Academy building and gotten into a silver Dodge Durango that was waiting outside of the building for him.

Academy staff had located the vehicle west bound on State Street (business HWY 2) on the west side of the Clarinda city limits. Deputies on Highway 2 west of Clarinda located the vehicle approximately 4 miles west of town. It was traveling westbound at a high rate of speed. The vehicle was observed driving recklessly as it passed other vehicles.

Deputies attempted to stop the Durango, which failed to stop for the fully marked patrol vehicle with red / blue lights and audible siren activated. Stop-sticks were deployed by a Page County Deputy in an attempt to safely slow the vehicle to stop. The driver of the vehicle attempted to steer around the tire deflating devices causing the vehicle to go into the south ditch.Jocylyn Loeza-Garcia

The driver, identified as 18-year old Jocylyn Loeza-Garcia, of Bellevue, NE, steered the vehicle back onto Highway 2. A Page County Deputy had pulled parallel to the Durango when it was in the south ditch, but the Page County patrol vehicle had stayed in the westbound lane. When the SUV Durango came back onto the highway from the south ditch, Loeza-Garcia steered the vehicle into the Page County Patrol vehicle, causing approximately $3,500 damage to the driver’s side front fender and that portion of the headlight grill assembly.

Loeza-Garcia was arrested and charged with Felony Eluding, Felony assault on a Peace Officer with a dangerous weapon (automobile), and numerous other misdemeanor traffic violations. She remains in custody at the Page County Jail on $5000 bond.

Luis David Penaloza, the Truant Clarinda Academy student, was returned to the custody of the Clarinda Academy without further incident. Charges are possible on Penaloza pending completion of the investigation.  Another 15 year old female passenger, who is a family member to Loeza-Garcia, also from Nebraska, who was in the vehicle, was also taken into custody. She was later released to her mother and father.