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Red Oak man arrested for Criminal mischief after damaging a building

News

December 22nd, 2013 by Ric Hanson

Police in Red Oak arrested a local man  Sunday after he allegedly used a vehicle to cause several thousand dollars worth of damage to a building. 23-year old Michael T. Archer, of Red Oak, was charged with Criminal Mischief in the 2nd degree.

Authorities say the charge stems from an incident at the office building of Dr. Wyatt at 1905 E. Summit in Red Oak, where a vehicle damaged a fence and wooden handicap ramp.

Archer was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on $5,000 cash bond.

No. 25 Iowa beats Arkansas-Pine Bluff 85-61

Sports

December 22nd, 2013 by Ric Hanson

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Josh Oglesby scored 13 points in his season debut and No. 25 Iowa rolled to an 85-61 victory over Arkansas-Pine Bluff on Sunday. The Hawkeyes (11-2) opened their final non-conference game with a 39-5 run. Jarrod Uthoff scored 16 points and Adam Woodbury added 10. Oglesby missed Iowa’s first 12 games with a broken foot. He made his first four 3-pointers during a 6-minute stretch in the first half— drawing a loud ovation from the fans in Carver-Hawkeye Arena.

Tevin Hammond scored 19 points for Pine Bluff (2-9), which lost its ninth straight. The Hawkeyes shot 75 percent from the field in taking a 52-15 halftime lead. Iowa committed a season-worst 27 turnovers but dominated the rebounding 42-27. The Golden Eagles shot 33 percent from the field overall.

Iowa opens Big Ten play on Dec. 31 against Nebraska. Iowa held a moment of silence before the game for Pam Culver, the school’s longtime basketball secretary who died Saturday.

Luck, Brown lead Colts past Chiefs 23-7

Sports

December 22nd, 2013 by Ric Hanson

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Andrew Luck threw for 241 yards and a touchdown, Donald Brown ran 51 yards for another score and the Indianapolis Colts beat the Kansas City Chiefs 23-7 on Sunday in a potential preview of an AFC wild-card playoff game.

The Colts (10-5) took advantage of four turnovers by the Chiefs (11-4) to win for the fifth time in their last six tries against Kansas City. If Indianapolis ends up as the No. 4 seed and the Chiefs the No. 5 for the playoffs, they’ll meet again at Lucas Oil Stadium in two weeks.

Alex Smith threw for 153 yards for Kansas City, but he also lost a fumble and was picked off twice. He had thrown just six interceptions in the first 14 games.

Jamaal Charles ran for 106 yards and the game’s opening touchdown, but Kansas City failed to keep him involved as the Colts scored the final 23 points.

Wind Chill Advisories issued for Monday

Weather

December 22nd, 2013 by Ric Hanson

CRAWFORD-CARROLL-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-ADAMS-UNION-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD COUNTIES…316 PM CST SUN DEC 22 2013

…WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO NOON CST MONDAY…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO NOON CST MONDAY.

* TIMING…VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP LOWER THAN 20 BELOW ZERO DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF MONDAY WITH ONLY GRADUAL IMPROVEMENT DURING MORNING MORNING.

* WIND CHILL VALUES…VALUES OF 20 TO 25 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED WITH THE LOWER READINGS ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80.

* WINDS…FAIRLY CONSTANT NORTHWEST WINDS AT 10 TO 15 MPH ARE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS…MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES.

HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT-& PAGE COUNTIES…

…WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO NOON CST MONDAY..

MARGARET MARIE MARTIN, 92, of Hancock (Svcs. at a later date)

Obituaries

December 22nd, 2013 by Ric Hanson

MARGARET MARIE MARTIN, 92, of Hancock, died Sat., Dec. 21st, at Mercy Hospital in Council Bluffs. Funeral services for MARGARET MARTIN will be held at a later date. Pauley-Jones Funeral Home in Avoca is handling the arrangements.

Burial will be in the Oak Hill Cemetery at Hancock.

MARGARET MARIE MARTIN is survived by:

Her husband -Kenneth Martin, of Hancock.

Her daughter – Phyllis Owen, of Lincoln, NE.

Her son – John (Kathy) Martin, of Carrollton, TX.

Her A.F.S Student from Oslo, Norway, and her sister- and brother- in law’s…

4 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren, other relatives & friends.

BEULAVON BEATTY, 95, of Avoca & formerly of Hancock (Svcs. 12/28/13)

Obituaries

December 22nd, 2013 by Ric Hanson

BEULAVON BEATTY, 95, of Avoca (& formerly of Hancock), died Thu., Dec. 19th, at the Avoca Nursing & Rehab Center. Funeral services for BEULAVON BEATTY will be held 10:30-a.m. Sat., Dec. 28th, at the Pauley-Jones Funeral Home in Avoca.

Friends may call at the funeral home, where the family will be present from 9:30-a.m. to 10:30-a.m. Saturday.

Burial will be in the Oak Hill Cemetery at Hancock.

BEULAVON BEATTY is survived by:

Her daughters – Mary Kathleen B. Martin, of Richmond, VA.; Joan (Loren) Clayton, of Omaha, & Jane (Greg) Johnson, of Carmel, IN.

and 6 grandchildren.

CA woman injured during Pott. Co accident Sunday morning

News

December 22nd, 2013 by Ric Hanson

The Iowa State Patrol says a woman from California was injured during an accident Sunday morning on Interstate 80 in Pottawattamie County. Officials say 28-year old Dalia De La Cruz-Suarez, of Salinas, CA, suffered from neck pain, and was transported to the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, by Walnut Rescue.

De La Cruz-Suarez was traveling eastbound in the right lane of I-80 in a 2012 Chevy Cruze, as a 1999 Chevy S-10 pickup driven by Mark W. Nielsen, of Cedar Rapids, was traveling east in the left lane. As Nielsen made an abrupt lane change to exit onto a rest area off-ramp, he hit the left front side of De La Cruz’ vehicle. Both vehicles came to rest in the rest area parking lot. The accident happened near the 44-mile marker, at around 6:50-a.m.

 

Iowa Road report: early Sunday morning 12/22/13

News, Weather

December 22nd, 2013 by Ric Hanson

Roads around western Iowa are reported to be completely covered with snow early this (Sunday) morning. The Iowa Dept. of Transportation’s website at 511ia.org, shows all roads south of Highway 30 and east of the Interstate 80/680 split, down to the Missouri border, are covered with snow. Blowing snow was also a factor in the morning commute to church or work. Towing services are prohibited today in Cass and Adair Counties…meaning if your vehicle goes into the ditch or median, towing companies are not allowed to pull you out until the weather improves.

Some roads in far western Pottawattamie County were partially covered with snow, including I-29 from the I-80 split, south, and portions of Highways 6 and 92. North of I-80 in far western and northwest Iowa, where there was less snow, the roads are in mostly normal driving condition.

Here in Atlantic, we had received 2.5-inches of snow, as of 6-a.m., and roads were 100-percent snow covered, with blowing and some drifting of snow.

Mustang Dual Wrestling results

Sports

December 22nd, 2013 by Ric Hanson

Wrestlers from Westwood/Sloan took first place Saturday, at the 2013 Mustang Duals held in Shenandoah. The Rebels outlasted a East Mills 48-30 in the championship dual while Red Oak defeated Shenandoah 51-27 to take home 3rd place honors.

Saint Albert, Southwest Iowa (a combination of Sidney and Fremont-Mills), Clarinda Academy and Friend, Nebraska rounded out the field of eight.

Atlantic-CAM Trojan Wrestlers take 2nd place in Central IA event Saturday

Sports

December 22nd, 2013 by Ric Hanson

The Atlantic-CAM Trojans placed second in a wrestling event held Saturday, in Des Moines. The Trojans and Glenwood Rams participated in the Red Owens Holiday Tournament at Southeast Polk High School. Glenwood took fourth place. Both Hawkeye 10 schools finished with 3-2 records on the day.

Atlantic-CAM defeated Knoxville (43-30), Des Moines East (57-18) and Glenwood (45-22) and suffered losses to Creighton Prep (39-34) and Southeast Polk (66-11).Glenwood’s wins came against Knoxville (38-37), Des Moines East (48-36) and Creighton Prep (40-34) while their losses were to Atlantic-CAM and Southeast Polk (62-12).

Atlantic-CAM’s Darrian Schwenke was a perfect 5-0 between 126 and 132 while Marshall McDermott (126 & 132), Dillion Cox (120), Reid Nichols (145) and Tyler Christensen (220) all went 4-1 on the day.

Glenwood’s Matt Malcom was 5-0 on the day between 132 and 138 pounds while Nate Nebel and Hunter Ackerson were both 4-1 at 106 and 113, respectively.