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Iowa Recruit Woodbury Picked for National Camp

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April 20th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — University of Iowa recruit Adam Woodbury has been selected to attend training camp for the USA Basketball under-18 national team. Woodbury, a 7-foot-1 center from Sioux City, will be one of 24 players competing for 12 spots on the team, which is for players born on or after January 1st, 1994. The U.S. team will compete in the FIBA Americas U-18 Championship in Brazil in June. Woodbury led Sioux City East to the Class 4A state title game in 2011 to 2012 and was a three-time first team all-state pick. He’s expected to start next season for the Hawkeyes.

Iowa early News Headlines: Friday, April 20th 2012

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April 20th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — University of Iowa officials are preparing for a possible campus visit by President Barack Obama. David Visin is associate director of the UI Department of Public Safety. He says that local law enforcement officials were scheduled to meet with the Secret Service on yesterday afternoon to discuss details of the president’s visit to the area. Wednesday is the likely day, but the day of Obama’s visit could change.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Senate has defeated a House-backed proposal by one vote that would end publicly funded abortions in cases of rape or incest. Democratic Senator David Johnson of Ocheyedan called for passage of the bill yesterday. But Des Moines Democratic Senator Jack Hatch says the proposed restriction would be unconstitutional.

SIOUX CENTER, Iowa (AP) — A 12-year-old boy has been injured while loading hogs into a trailer in northwest Iowa. A Sioux County Sheriff’s Office spokesman says the accident occurred Monday night about 10 miles west of Sioux Center. A hospital spokeswoman said yesterday that he couldn’t comment about Joshua Dragstra’s condition.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — University of Iowa recruit Adam Woodbury has been selected to attend training camp for the USA Basketball under-18 national team. Woodbury, a 7-foot-1 center from Sioux City, will be one of 24 players competing for 12 spots on the team, which is for players born on or after January 1st, 1994. The U.S. team will compete in the FIBA Americas U-18 Championship in Brazil in June.

THURSDAY, APRIL 19th

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DENNIS REHA, 70, of Adair (Svcs. 4-23-12)

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April 19th, 2012 by admin

DENNIS REHA, 70, of Adair died on Thursday, April 19 at the Mercy Hospital in Des Moines.  Funeral services for DENNIS REHA will be held 2-p.m. Mon., April 23rd, at St. John’s Catholic Church in Adair. Hockenberry Family Care Funeral Home in Adair has the arrangements.

Visitation with the family will be from 5-8pm Sun., April 23rd at the church, with a Prayer service at 4:30-p.m. (prior to the visitation).

Memorials may be directed to the family.

Burial will be in the St. John’s Catholic Cemetery in Adair.  

DENNIS REHA is survived by:

His sons – Christopher (Nikki) Reha, of Van Meter; Michael (Amy) Reha, of Adair, and Timothy (Robin) Reha, of Ankeny.

His brothers – Terry Reha, of Omaha; Con (Diane) Reha, of Lincoln, NE; Jim (Delores) Reha, of Costa Mesa, CA; Mark (Trisha) Reha, of Adair.

His sister – Mary (Dan) Waldrop, of Plymouth, MN.

and 13 grandchildren.

Red Oak Man Arrested on Harassment Charge

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April 19th, 2012 by admin

The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest of a Red Oak man on Wednesday.

At about 3:00 PM in the 1200 block of Highland in Red Oak, the Sheriff’s Office arrested 54-year-old Charles Netherton on Red Oak on a harassment charge.  Netherton was transported to the Montgomery County Jail where he later posted bond and was released.

Arrest Made in Theft of Money from MCMH

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April 19th, 2012 by admin

Sheriff’s officials in Montgomery County say a Griswold woman was arrested Wednesday afternoon on theft charges, in connection with money allegedly stolen from the Montgomery County Memorial Hospital Foundation and MCMH Employee Sounding Board. 48-year-old Mitzi Wallace, of Griswold, is alleged to have taken about $10,000 from both entities over an extended period of time, but the actual amount could be more. Wallace was arrested on two counts of 2nd degree theft.  An investigation into the crime remains ongoing.

(5-p.m. News, Thursday)

Chicago to Omaha Passenger Rail Study Meetings Announced

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April 19th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

The Iowa Department of Transportation, in coordination with the Federal Railroad Administration and Illinois Department of Transportation, will be hosting both in-person, and online, self-directed open house meetings May 1st through May 12th, 2012, for the Chicago to Omaha Regional Passenger Rail System Planning Study. 

The open house meetings are intended to illustrate various route alternatives, explain the process used to evaluate the route alternatives, discuss results of the alternatives analysis, and gain public input on the route alternatives. The online, self-directed open house meeting and route alternatives analysis report will be available May 1st through May 12th on the study’s website at www.iowadot.gov/chicagotoomaha/.

 In-person open house meetings will be held:

In Des Moines, on Wed., May 2nd, from 4-7pm,  at the State Historical Society of Iowa Building Atrium, 600 E. Locust St.

And, in Council Bluffs, on Thu., May 3rd, frm 4-7 p.m., at the Mid-America Center, Rooms E/F, One Arena Way

Tamara Nicholson, director of the Iowa DOT’s Office of Rail Transportation says “Findings from the route alternatives analysis will be presented at in-person and online public meetings. Each meeting will contain the same information.”  The route alternatives analysis report will be available on the study’s website. Comments on the document can be provided on the website or at any of the in-person open house meetings. All comments on route alternatives and the alternatives analysis report, submitted online, by mail, phone message or in person will be accepted until May 21, 2012. For those without Internet access, all meeting materials, including a comment form, may be requested by calling the study’s toll-free line at 800-488-7119. Comments are also being accepted by calling this number.

Backyard and Beyond 04-19-2012

Backyard and Beyond, Podcasts

April 19th, 2012 by admin

Lavon Eblen speaks with Dawn Marnin with the Cass County Memorial Hospital Foundation about the Healing Garden Project at the CCMH Campus.

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Harkin: Tornado-hit towns of Creston & Thurman won’t qualify for FEMA aid

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April 19th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

Damage in southwest Iowa from last weekend’s twin tornadoes is climbing into the many millions of dollars, but the price tag apparently isn’t high enough for two hard-hit communities to qualify for federal aid. Iowa U-S Senator Tom Harkin says it’s an unfortunate fact and the rules are in place for a reason. “We’ve spoken with Homeland Security about this,” Senator Harkin says. “They’ve noted that it’s quite unlikely that Thurman would be eligible for a presidential disaster declaration, given the level of loss and the expected insured rate. The same would be true also, I’ve heard, of Creston.”

In the small town of Thurman, virtually every home had at least some twister damage, while 14 houses were destroyed and 28 more were heavily damaged. In Creston, the hospital and community college were among the larger structures that were hit by the tornado, in addition to a number of homes and other businesses. Governor Terry Branstad has declared Union and Fremont counties as state disaster areas, but Harkin says that’s probably as far as it’ll go.

Harkin says, “What you look at are the uninsured losses and they’re well below the limits that would be required for a presidential declaration at the national level.” It’s not that the Federal Emergency Management Agency is broke, Harkin says. FEMA has the money, he adds, it’s just that Creston and Thurman won’t qualify for it.

“Obviously, budgets are tight,” Harkin says. “We’ll do whatever we can to assist and help but there are pretty set requirements for what is a national disaster and what is a local or state-type of disaster.” Both tornadoes that hit Saturday were classified as E-F-2s, with winds topping out around 125 to 135 miles an hour.

(Matt Kelley/Radio Iowa)

Non-injury accident in Atlantic

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April 19th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

No injuries were reported following an accident in Atlantic, Wednesday evening. According to Atlantic Police, a vehicle driven by Patty Hogue, of Atlantic, was traveling north on Olive Street at around 6:35-p.m., when a vehicle driven by Eric Renner, of Atlantic, backed out of a driveway and collided with the Hogue vehicle. The accident happened in the 25-hundred block of Olive. Damage from the mishap amounted to $2,000. There were no citations issued.