Firefighters from Elliott, Red Oak and Griswold were called to the scene of a house fire about 10-miles southwest of Elliott, this (Monday) afternoon. The blaze occurred at a two-story home located at 1296 C Avenue. Griswold Fire brought two tanker trucks to assist in supplying water to battle the blaze. The first crews arrived on the scene around 2:50-p.m. There was no word on injures as of 3-p.m. We’ll update the story as additional details become available.
VELMA PAULINE CAMERON, 87, of Anita died Thursday, February 21st, at the Iowa Veterans Home in Marshalltown. A memorial service for VELMA PAULINE CAMERON will be held Tuesday, February 26th at 10:30 am at the Anita United Methodist Church. Mitchell Family Funeral Home in Marshalltown has the arrangements.
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Burial will be after memorial service and then everyone is welcome back to the Anita United Methodist Church for a luncheon.
Memorials may be sent to either the Anita United Methodist Church or the Breast Cancer Society, in her memory
VELMA PAULINE CAMERON is survived by:
Children: Judith (Terry) Exline of Melbourne, Iowa; Tom (Rosemary) Cameron of Arcadia, Iowa and Diane (Mick) Bryant of Le Grand, Iowa.
14 Grandchildren
17 Great grandchildren
NORMAN R. COX, 87, OF Grimes and formerly of Panora died Sun., Feb., 24th at his home. A service for NORMAN R. COX will be held 11:00 AM Thurs., Feb., 28th at Faith Bible Church in Panora. Twigg Funeral Home in Panora has the arrangements.
Visitation will be from 4:00 to 8:00 PM Wed., Feb., 27th with family present from 6:00 to 8:00 PM at Twigg Funeral Home in Panora.
Burial will be at 2:00 PM Thurs., Feb., 28th at Iowa Veterans Cemetery in Van Meter.
DENISE (DRAGER) MOON, 56, of Mora, NM died Tues., Feb., 19th at her home in Mora, New Mexico. No services are planned for DENISE MOON. Roland Funeral Service is assisting the Drager Family.
DENISE (DRAGER) MOON is survived by:
Husband, Dannie Moon
Aunt Shirley and Kendall Warne in Atlantic
Aunt Audrey and Ronnie Nielson in Lewis
And multiple cousins in the area.
Newell-Fonda began the first five-class state tournament with an impressive victory.
Five players scored at least eight points in an efficient, balanced effort as the second-ranked Mustangs rolled past Villisca 75-28 in Class 1-A play.
Renee Maneman, a slick 5-foot-5 junior, led the way with 15 points, six assists, four rebounds and four steals. Andrea Christensen, the only senior who starts, added 14 points and freshman Jordan Wilken scored 11.
Newell-Fonda also got nine points from Brianna Wells and eight points, seven assists and six rebounds from Claudia Larsen. The Mustangs, in the state tournament for the third time in the last four years, move on to Wednesday night’s semifinal round with a 23-2 record.
Unranked Villisca had visions of an upset early, taking leads of 8-5 and 10-9. Newell-Fonda’s full-court press then began taking a toll and the Mustangs closed out the first half on a 31-4 run to open a 40-14 lead.
They started the third quarter with a 16-2 burst, setting the continuous clock into play. Newell-Fonda shot 53 percent in the second half and finished with 15 steals.
Villisca made it to state for the first time since 1968 and finished 21-5, tying the school record for victories. Jill Vanderhoof led the Bluejays with 11 points and nine rebounds.
It was the final girls basketball game for Villisca, which will join with Corning next fall to become Southwest Valley.
A fire at a farm early this (Monday) morning, resulted in the death of several chickens in Montgomery County.
Photo’s courtesy Brian Hamman.
According to Montgomery County Emergency Management Coordinator Brian Hamman, the blaze at Sunbest Papetti’s Chicken farm happened shortly after 5:30-a.m. Firefighters from the Villisca and Stanton Fire Departments responded to the scene, along with the Montgomery County EMA.
Hamman says the blaze was quickly contained by Villisca Firefighter’s to the east end of the south building before it spread throughout the entire structure or endangered other buildings in the complex. No injuries were reported to any firefighters. Crews were on scene for roughly 3 hours. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
MOUNT PLEASANT, Iowa (AP) – A Southeast Iowa farmer has come up with a surprising solution to the high cost of cattle feed. Bob Batey, of Mount Pleasant, says his 50 cows devour the sawdust mixture he feeds them. Batey, who is 85, stumbled upon the idea in the 1970s when he noticed cows eating sawdust that had washed into their pasture from a nearby paper mill.
Experiments on his farm led him to discover a way to treat and cook sawdust that results in a digestible feed cows find tasty. It has a nutritional value equivalent to grass hay. Veterinarian Tara Wellman-Gerdes of West Point confirms Batey’s cows are healthy.
The drought created a shortage of corn and hay, causing prices to jump for livestock farmers.
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Officials with the Atlantic Police Department report five people were arrested over the weekend, on various charges. On Sunday, 28-year old Melissa Bolin, of Atlantic, was arrested for 1st offense OWI. On Saturday, 22-year old Mary Elizabeth Claybourn, of Atlantic, was arrested for Simple Assault.
And, last Friday, 56-year old Terry Calhoun, of Atlantic, was arrested for Simple Assault….24-year old Joseph Fredericksen, of Atlantic, was arrested for Criminal Trespassing…and, 28-year old Joseph Howell, of Lewis, was arrested on a Polk County warrant for Failure to Appear.
Each of those individuals were booked into the Cass County Jail and held, pending a court appearance.
Forecasters say another winter storm is headed for Iowa that has the potential to drop significant snow on parts of the state. Meteorologist Roger Vachalek, at the National Weather Service, says this system should drop the deepest snow on a different area of Iowa from last week’s storm. He says the system will arrive late tonight and early tomorrow and it should bring snow to the southeastern half of the state. The heaviest totals are expected in the southeast. Cities like Ottumwa, Fairfield, Burlington and Keokuk could see between five and nine inches of snow. Parts of central Iowa may only see two to four inches, with little-to-no snow expected in the northwest. Vachalek says there’s another issue with this approaching storm.
Some strong winds may accompany the storm, with gusts around 15 to 25 miles an hour, so blowing snow could become a visibility problem for motorists. The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Watch for parts of southeast and south-central Iowa from late tonight into Tuesday. Cities in the advisory include: Lamoni, Ottumwa, Iowa City and Davenport. In far southeast Iowa, Lee and Des Moines counties are under a Winter Storm Warning from 3 tomorrow morning until midnight tomorrow night. Late last week, another snowstorm coated much of Iowa in white, dumping the most snow in the Sioux City area, which reported ten inches.
(Radio Iowa)
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