The Fremont County Sheriff’s Office reports three separate arrests last week. On Friday, 39-year old Kara Marcine Lorimor, of Sidney, was arrested for Harassment in the 3rd degree, and Contempt of Court, and, 22-year old Alexandra Brooke Odell, of Hamburg, was arrested for Carrying a Weapon, Harassment in the 3rd degree, and Trespassing.
And on Wednesday, 23-year old Christopher Allen Richter, of Sidney, was arrested on three counts of burglary.
The Cass County Sheriff’s Office is asking traffic to avoid the area about two-miles north of the Latter Day Saints Church at intersection of Highways 6 and 71, northeast of Atlantic. Numerous pieces of emergency equipment are in that location as crews work to battle a two-story house fire on 650th Street.
Looking south from Troublesome Creek Road (Ric Hanson/photo)
Looking north from Fayette Road. (Ric Hanson/photo)
Atlantic Fire was dispatched to a reported fire in the basement of a home at 54924 650th Street just before 8-a.m. The fire was reportedly started by a space heater. Everyone evacuated the home safely. Anita and Wiota Fire were asked to bring their tanker trucks to the scene. Firefighters from Marne were also called to offer mutual-aid. Smoke from the blaze could be seen for miles.
No other details are available.
Jim Field talks about the area cancellations and other information related to the cold weather.
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SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) – Jury selection is expected to begin Monday in the lawsuit against the maker of an infant formula that’s being blamed for brain damage suffered by an Iowa girl. The Sioux City Journal says 5-year-old Jeanine Kunkel, of Sioux City, is unable to speak. She takes six medications a day and is given nourishment through a tube.
The lawsuit filed in February 2011 alleges that powdered Similac powder prepared by the girl’s mother led to Jeanine contracting bacterial meningitis that caused severe brain damage just days after Jeanine was born in April 2008.
Spokeswoman Tami Jones for Similac manufacturer Abbott Laboratories says all of Abbott’s powdered infant formula products are extensively tested before release to ensure they meet nutritional needs and to ensure the their safety.
Atlantic/CAM returned from the Christmas break to place second on Saturday at the Des Moines Lincoln Dual Tourney. The Trojans had a mark of 4-1. they posted wins over Highland 54-18, Des Moines Lincoln 59-21 and Des Moines North/Hoover 54-18. Atlantic/CAM beat Bondurant-Farrar 52-18 in the semi-finals, but were beaten 44-27 by Albia in the championship round. Reid Nichols, Tyler Christensen and Jezidiah Phippen each went unbeaten in the matches on Saturday.
As some of the coldest weather in years continues to hold the state in its icy grip, a word of caution that the bitter temps can bring real dangers. Kurt Kotenberg with the National Weather Service says while some may shrug it off as “winter happens,” this goes well beyond that.“Basically, this is the coldest air that Iowa has seen in the past 20 years, and so kind of the ‘Oh, it’s Iowa. It gets cold in January. It happens all the time?’ No, it doesn’t. This is a pretty rare event.”
The forecast for today calls for highs statewide below freezing and a wind chill warning is in effect. Dozens of schools have canceled classes today because of the extreme cold. Emergency room doctor Jeffrey Sather says when it gets this cold, frostbite becomes a real possibility and with prolonged exposure, the risk moves to hypothermia, which can lead to confusion, unconsciousness and even death. Sather says that’s why it’s vital to have a winter-survival kit in your car, with a complete change of clothes, nonperishable food and a heat source.
“Some matches, lighter, a Sterno-type fuel source (should) provide just enough heat to have someone survive overnight if they would be stranded. And you should always be prepared, especially if you live in a rural area, because you never know when that could happen. And if you’re on a rural road, even a mile is too far to have to walk if the temperatures are dropping down to very cold temperatures.”
According to the C-D-C, there are about 1,300 deaths in the U-S each year associated with exposure to excessive cold, and two-thirds of the victims are men.
(Iowa News Service)
The Adair County Board of Supervisors will hold a special meeting this morning beginning at 9, at the courthouse in Greenfield. During their session, the Board will receive funding/budget requests from: Steve Bolie, with the Southern IA Trolley; County Veteran’s Affairs Director Rick Schaecher; Building and Grounds Foreman Rich Wallace; Midwest Partnership; the R-C & D, and County Auditor Mindy Schaefer.
The board will then hold a budget workshop, beginning at 10:45.
The Freese-Notis weather forecast for Atlantic & the KJAN listening area, along with weather information for Atlantic, from KJAN News Director Ric Hanson.
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