More area and State news from KJAN News Director Ric Hanson.
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Jim Field visits with LaVon Eblen and Steve Livengood about their program this Sunday at 2:00 pm at the American Legion Memorial Building focusing on the people who helped shape Atlantic.
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SIBLEY, Iowa (AP) — A June trial has been scheduled for a woman whose sport utility vehicle collided with a car in northwest Iowa, fatally injuring the car driver and his 5-year-old son. Osceola County District Court records say 49-year-old Ann Vanderpool, of Milford, pleaded not guilty Wednesday to two counts of vehicular homicide while driving intoxicated and two counts of vehicular homicide by reckless driving. Her trial is set to begin June 26.
Authorities say the accident occurred June 10 on Iowa Highway 9 near Sibley, when Vanderpool’s vehicle crossed the center line and struck the car. The car driver, 48-year-old Travis Mier, of Spirit Lake, was pronounced dead at Osceola Community Hospital. His son Elliot was pronounced dead later at a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, hospital. Vanderpool also was hospitalized.
GARNER, Iowa (AP) — A man in northern Iowa’s Hancock County has been accused of burglarizing his grandparents’ home. Mason City station KIMT reports that 23-year-old Anthony Fickel Schoneman, of Garner, is charged with burglary, theft and two counts of possession of a controlled substance. His attorney didn’t immediately return a call Thursday from The Associated Press.
Authorities say more than $10,000 in cash, collector coins, a gun, ammunition and prescription pills were missing from the home in May last year when the Hancock County Sheriff’s Office began its investigation. Investigators say the burglar or burglars knew where the valuables were located, including money hidden in a bag of clothes.
The area’s latest local and/or top news stories at 7:06-a.m., w/KJAN News Director Ric Hanson
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The Adams County Sheriff’s Office is asking the public to be on the lookout for numerous signs stolen from a storage unit in Corning. The items were taken from Carmichael Storage, 2066 Corning Carl Road. . (Click on the images below to view some of the signs)
Among the items reported missing was:
If you notice any of those items being sold, or in someone’s possession, notify the Adams County Sheriff’s Office.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Rare coins and jewelry are among valuable unclaimed property left in Iowa safe deposit boxes that are set to be auctioned off this month. Iowa State Treasurer Michael Fitzgerald tells the Des Moines Register that his office acquired the items through the state’s unclaimed property program. That program collects more than $35 million annually in cash and an array of personal possessions. About half of the money is returned to rightful owners, but some cash and items are never claimed.
Twenty lots of unclaimed Iowa property from safety deposit boxes went up for bids on eBay on Tuesday. The group includes a diamond wedding band set, a gold bracelet, six silver-plated spoons, pocket watches and 20 Morgan silver dollars dated 1921. The auction will end April 17.
HAMPTON, Iowa (AP) — A state oversight board has disciplined a northern Iowa teacher for giving some answers to students in his algebra class. The Mason City Globe Gazette reports that Mark Drier had been charged with an administrative rule violation that barred providing test answers to students. The Iowa Board of Educational Examiners says he’s agreed to accept a written reprimand and complete a 15-hour educator ethics course.
He resigned from the Hampton-Dumont Community School District last May.