MARTHA LOUISE WHETSTONE, 88, of Guthrie Center, died Sun., April 20th, at the New Homestead in Guthrie Center. Funeral services for MARTHA WHETSTONE will be held 10-a.m. Fri., April 25th, at the 1st Christian Church in Guthrie Center. Twigg Funeral Home in Guthrie Center has the arrangements.
Visitation at the funeral home is from 4-to 8-pm Thu., April 24th.
Burial will be in the Union Cemetery at Guthrie Center.
The Atlantic Police Department reports four people were arrested over the past few days. On Saturday, 19-year old Christian Sempek, of Atlantic, was arrested on a warrant for Serious Assault. 24-year old Kevin Engles, of Atlantic, was arrested that same day on a warrant for Violation of his Probation, and 21-year old Michelle Buboltz, of Ames, was arrested Saturday for Theft in the 5th Degree/Shoplifting.
On Friday, 31-year old Mike Henson, of Atlantic, was arrested for Driving While License Revoked. All four individuals were transported to the Cass County Jail and held pending an appearance before the Magistrate.
The Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs announced last week that it has approved the Iowa Great Places Citizen Advisory Board’s recommendation to award $65,000 to the Museum of Danish America Curatorial Center in Elk Horn, for their Green Roof, and Prairie Installation for landscape enhancements and fabrication, as well as the installation of nine interpretive signs at the new 8,000 square-foot Curatorial Center.
Terri Johnson, Administrative Manager, Museum of Danish America (formerly the Danish Immigrant Museum), says “Funding from the Iowa Great Places program has given the Museum…the opportunity to continue developing its 30-acre Jens Jensen Prairie Landscape Park.” Johnson says this year, they will install additional interpretive signs, plant trees as well as two rose meadows and install a green roof on a new 8,000 square-foot curatorial center. The green roof will serve as an elevated continuation of the Jens Jensen Prairie Landscape Park and will be unusual in that it will incorporate prairie grasses and flowers instead of sedums, which are most commonly used on green roofs.
The Danish Villages of Elk Horn and Kimballton received designation as an Iowa Great Place in 2010. Created in 2005, Iowa Great Places now includes 31 Iowa communities. For more information, including Iowa Great Places community profiles, visit www.iowagreatplaces.gov.
WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) – Waterloo officials are considering limiting roadside memorials erected at the site of deadly car crashes. The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports a majority of the City Council called last week for an ordinance that would set rules for the memorials, such as the allowable size and time they could remain. Council member David Jones argued “at some point you have to draw the line somewhere.”
However, some council members say the rules would be difficult to enforce. And Mayor Buck Clark says drawing up an ordinance would “open up a can of worms.” Waterloo and most other cities already make it illegal to erect signs or displays in public right of ways, but officials usually allow memorials to crash victims. Council member Steve Schmitt says guidelines would ensure consistent enforcement.
An Oakland man charged in the fatal shooting of a guest in his home appeared in court last week. Judge James Heckerman set an arraignment hearing date for 63-year old Robert Arthur Reynolds as May 12th, with trial set for July 1st. Reynolds faces a 1st degree murder charge in connection with a shooting during the early morning hours of April 8th, that took the life of 64-year old Patricia Kinkade-Dorsey, of rural Cass County.
Reynolds, who allegedly shot the Kinkade-Dorsey with a semi-automatic handgun, remains held in the Pottawattamie County Jail on $1-million bond.
WILMA WHITE, 95, of Greenfield, died Mon., April 21st, at the Greenfield Manor. Funeral services for WILMA WHITE will be held 10:30-a.m. Fri., April 25th, at the United Methodist Church in Greenfield. Steen Funeral Home in Greenfield has the arrangements.
Visitation will be held on Thursday, April 24th from 2:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Steen Funeral Home in Greenfield. The family will greet friends on Thursday evening from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Steen Funeral Home in Greenfield. Online condolences may be left to the family at www.steenfunerals.com.
Burial will be in the Greenfield Cemetery. A luncheon will be held at the church following the committal services at the cemetery.
Memorials may be directed to the Greenfield United Methodist Church.
WILMA WHITE is survived by:
Her children – Susan Ferber, of Greenfield; John White and wife Trish of Diagonal; Mary Swank and husband Lyle, Jr., and Ira White of Ames.
15 grandchildren; 20 great grandchildren; 14 great great grandchildren, other relatives and friends.
THOMAS “TOM” CLYDE INGERSOLL, JR., 60, of Fresno, CA (& formerly of the Villisca area), died Dec. 29th, 2013, in Fresno. A Celebration of Life service for TOM INGERSOLL, JR., will be held 10-a.m. Sat., April 26th, at the Nelson-Boylan-LeRette Funeral Chapel in Red Oak.
A time of visitation and lunch take place after the service, at the Red Oak Eagles Lodge.
Burial of cremains will be in the Arlington Cemetery, near Villisca.
TOM INGERSOLL, JR. is survived by:
His wife – Angie, of Squaw Valley, CA.
His mother – Maxine Hall, of Atlantic.
His brother – Bill (Brenda) Ingersoll, of Villisca.
His sister – Wendy (David) England, of Mesa, AZ.
His step-sisters: Jodie (Duane) Cooper, of Villisca, & Vickie (Rick) Sprague, of Bedford.
other relatives, and friends.
AREA COUNTIES: SAC-CRAWFORD-CARROLL–
1021 AM CDT MON APR 21 2014
NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 30 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON. MEANWHILE…A DRIER AIRMASS IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE STATE WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES DROPPING INTO THE UPPER 20S ACROSS AREAS OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN IOWA BY AFTERNOON. THIS WILL LEAD TO ELEVATED FIRE POTENTIAL DURING THE AFTERNOON UNTIL WINDS RELAX AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY CLIMBS BY THIS EVENING. ANY OUTDOOR FIRES ACROSS THIS AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO SPREAD RAPIDLY AND BURNING IS DISCOURAGED.
ALSO, A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR MONONA COUNTY FROM 1-PM UNTIL 7-PM. CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE THIS AFTERNOON FOR FIRES TO START EASILY AND SPREAD QUICKLY. ALL OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE AVOIDED.
Lavon Eblen speaks with Fern Lindvahl, President of the CCMH Auxiliary, and Linda Marek, Chairperson of the Soup and Salad Luncheon, about that event coming up and more about the organization.
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Shelby County Emergency Management Coordinator Bob Seivert says the Local Fire Danger signs will remain in the “Moderate” category, this week. Seivert says sunshine and wind quickly dry the dead vegetation, and even with the rains we have had recently the speed with which the drying process occurs is something to be aware of.
Seivert also advises residents to be aware of the potential for severe weather this week. The National Weather Service’s Hazardous Weather Outlook calls for the possibility of strong to severe storms Wednesday night into early Thursday afternoon.
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