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Carlos Villanueva Agrees to Minor League Deal with Cardinals

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February 4th, 2015 by Jim Field

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Right-hander Carlos Villanueva has agreed to a minor league contract with the St. Louis Cardinals.

The 31-year-old will attend big league spring training, which opens Feb. 19. He is 45-50 with a 4.26 ERA in nine seasons with Milwaukee, Toronto and the Chicago Cubs.

Villanueva was 5-7 with a 4.64 ERA in five starts and 37 relief appearances with the Cubs last season, striking out 72 in 77 2-3 innings. His career record as a reliever is 27-17 with a 3.55 ERA in 314 appearances.

St. Louis announced the agreement Wednesday.

Glenwood P-D asks for help in ID’ing burglary suspects

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February 4th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

Police in Glenwood are asking for your help in identifying two suspects who allegedly stole alcohol from the Newman’s Thriftway store during the early morning hours of Jan. 30th.  Surveillance footage from the store shows two suspects that entered the store and took alcohol from the shelves.suspects
Anyone that recognizes these suspects or anyone with any information regarding the incident is encouraged to call the Glenwood Police Department at 712-527-9920 or 712-527-4844 and ask for Officer Burtch or Sgt. Martin.

MARY DARLENE CHINBERG, 83, of Redfield (Svcs. 2/9/15)

Obituaries

February 4th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

MARY DARLENE CHINBERG, 83, of Redfield, died Tue., Feb. 3rd, at the Kavanagh Hospice House in Des Moines. A Memorial service for MARY CHINBERG will be held 10:30-a.m. Mon., Sept. 9th, at the Redfield Christian Church. Johnson Family Funeral Home/Redfield Chapel, has the arrangements.

A luncheon at the Redfield Legion Hall will follow the memorial services on Monday.

Memorials may be directed to the Redfield Christian Church, in care of the funeral home. Online condolences may be left at www.johnsonfamilyfuneralhome.com.

HSBB: Harlan at Atlantic 02-03-2015

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February 4th, 2015 by admin

Jim Field and Chris Parks have the call of the game played at Atlantic High School.

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Officials locate missing ACT exams at Iowa grocery store

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February 4th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Officials have located nearly 200 missing ACT college entrance exams at an Iowa grocery store, just days after notifying students they wouldn’t receive their results. Johnston County Community School District spokeswoman Laura Sprague says Johnston High School’s principal picked up the test packets Wednesday morning at a Dahl’s store in Johnston. The ACT organization sent an email Monday night to 195 students who tested at the high school Dec. 13 notifying them their answer sheets never arrived at headquarters in Iowa City and therefore could not be scored.

Sprague says there was a mix-up with shipments after an ACT-hired testing coordinator dropped off the packets for mailing. She says the tests will be sent overnight. ACT spokeswoman Katie Walker says the exams are valid and scoring will be expedited.

Atlantic man arrested for OWI

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February 4th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

Atlantic Police report the arrest on Tuesday, of 44-year old Craig Griffin. The Atlantic man was taken into custody on a charge of OWI/1st offense. Griffin was booked into the Cass County Jail.

THELMA DORA HENNINGSEN, 97, of Avoca (Svcs. at a later date)

Obituaries

February 4th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

THELMA DORA HENNINGSEN, 97, of Avoca, died Mon., Feb. 2nd, at the Avoca Nursing & Rehab Center. Graveside services for THELMA HENNINGSEN will be held in the Graceland Cemetery, at a later date. Pauley-Jones Funeral Home in Avoca has the arrangements.

There is no visitation.

THELMA HENNINGSEN is survived by:

Her daughter – Mary Ann Johnson, of Avoca.

2 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren.

Illegal parking leads to citations for drug possession

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February 4th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

Two Dallas County residents were cited for Possession of Drug Paraphernalia after they parked in a No Parking Zoning behind the Guthrie County Courthouse last week. The Guthrie County Sheriff’s Office reports Dustin Brobst and Tarrin Thomas, both of whom are from the Perry area, admitted to using methamphetamine before they arrived at the courthouse on Jan. 27th.

The citations were the result of an investigation that began at around 11:30-a.m. , when a pickup truck entered into the restricted area, behind the Guthrie County Courthouse and parked in no parking zone. The vehicle was approached due to the safety concerns, and after some investigation the Guthrie County K-9 was deployed, the K-9 hit on the vehicle and a search was done and Drug paraphernalia was found.

US Bank to pay $18M to customers of collapsed Iowa brokerage

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February 4th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) – U.S. Bank will pay $18 million to settle a civil lawsuit filed by regulators alleging that it mishandled customer funds of a collapsed Iowa brokerage. U.S. District Judge Linda Reade approved a consent decree Wednesday that orders the bank to return the money to customers of Peregrine Financial Group, Inc.

The order settles a lawsuit brought by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission alleging that U.S. Bank allowed Peregrine founder Russell Wasendorf Sr. to improperly withdraw millions of customer funds to use for other expenses. Wasendorf is serving a 50-year prison term after he was convicted of stealing $215 million from customers over two decades.

The consent decree says U.S. Bank has already taken “significant remedial action” in its handling of customer funds that are supposed to be held separately.

Democrats begin effort to boost school aid in Iowa

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February 4th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Senate Democrats have given preliminary approval to legislation that would boost school funding above the level sought by the governor. A set of education funding bills received subcommittee approval in the Democratic-majority Senate Wednesday. Under the proposal, school aid would increase by more than $200 million for the upcoming school year. That’s more than double the amount supported by the Republican-controlled House and by Gov. Terry Branstad. The legislation will now move to the full Senate Education Committee for review.

Lawmakers say the schools need more support. Sen. Tod Bowman, a Democrat from Maquoketa, says the state must do better for students. Legislators will have to work to find a compromise. House Republicans contend the state cannot afford a significant increase for schools, given existing budget commitments.