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Officials with the Walnut Fire Department say they will be hosting a benefit for Gene Eblen at 5-p.m. Saturday, May 11th , at the Walnut American Legion Hall.
Gene has been a member of the Walnut Volunteer Fire Department for 33 years, and is recently a double amputee due to complications with diabetes. He will require extensive physical therapy, and will require a complete remodeling of his home to accommodate for these life changes.
The benefit aims to help raise funds for the home remodeling and addition that Gene will require. There will be a dinner starting at 5. Followed by an auction. All donations are welcome, and 100% of the proceeds will go to help Gene.
If you would like to donate or have questions, contact Donnie Bauerkemper (712) 784-3665, Brett Petersen (712) 784-3771, Darrell Stamp (712) 789-0869, or Angie Mitchell (712) 307-0025.
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No injuries were reported following two separate accidents Friday, in Montgomery County. An accident occurring at 2nd and Oak Streets in Red Oak at around 3:40-p.m., happened when a car driven by 16-year old Erica Sherman, of Red Oak, rear-ended a pickup being driven by 16-year old Kendra Hardy, also of Red Oak. According to Red Oak Police, the pickup was traveling westbound on Oak Street and had stopped at the intersection with 2nd, and intending to make a left turn. Sherman didn’t notice the truck had come to a compete stop. The resulting collision caused $3,400 damage altogether, with the 2000 Pontiac Grand Prix driven by Sherman sustaining the brunt of the damage. No citations were issued.
Earlier in the day, Friday, an accident occurred that involved a 2009 Chevy Cobalt driven by 17-year old Cheryl Hallcock, of Elliott. The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office says the teen was traveling north on County Road M-63 at around 7:45-a.m, when several deer entered the road. When the teen took evasive action in an effort to miss the animals, she lost control of the car, which entered the west ditch, crashed through a field fence, and became stuck in an alfalfa field owned by Judy Sandin.
Damage from the mishap was estimated at $3,000 altogether. No citations were issued.
WANDA J. JUHL, 76, of Harlan , died Thu., April 11th, in Council Bluffs. A Memorial service for WANDA JUHL will be held 11-a.m. Wed., April 17th, at the Burmeister-Johannsen Funeral Home in Harlan.
WANDA JUHL is survived by:
Her husband – Lowell Juhl, of Harlan.
Her sons – Rodney Doyle, of Stafford, KS, & Richard (Barbara) Doyle, of Commerce City, CO.
Her step-sons: David (Kristine) Juhl, of Anacortes, WA, & Jeff Juhl, of Irwin.
Her daughter – Arlene Doyle, of Harlan.
Her sister – Eleanor (Ray) Thompson, of Council Bluffs.
12 grandchildren, 6 great-grandchildren, other relatives & friends.
416 AM CDT SAT APR 13 2013
EARLY THIS MORNING…PARTLY CLOUDY. WEST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.
TODAY…PARTLY SUNNY. WARMER. HIGH IN THE MID 50S. WEST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH IN THE AFTERNOON.
TONIGHT…CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF LIGHT SHOWERS BEFORE MIDNIGHT AND EARLY MORNING. A CHANCE OF LIGHT SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE MORNING. NOT AS COOL. LOW IN THE UPPER 40S. SOUTHEAST WIND 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 40 PERCENT.
SUNDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. BREEZY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN THROUGH MID MORNING…THEN A SLIGHT CHANCE OF LIGHT SHOWERS BEFORE NOON. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH IN THE LOWER 60S. SOUTH WIND 15 TO 25 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 15 TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 20 PERCENT.
SUNDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. COLDER. LOW IN THE UPPER 30S. SOUTHWEST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH THROUGH MIDNIGHT.
MONDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. COOLER. HIGH IN THE LOWER 50S. NORTHWEST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.
MONDAY NIGHT…CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN. LOW IN THE MID 30S.
TUESDAY…CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS. HIGH IN THE MID 40S.
Police in Council Bluffs are investigating recent incidents of copper theft. Three such incidents this past week resulted in combined $32,000 loss. Authorities say thieves took copper from a business and two empty houses. The theft were reported on Thursday. Glenco Electric reported copper tubing from two air-conditioning units, valued at $10,000, stolen from the 500 block of 10th Street sometime between Wednesday and Thursday. The Department of Housing and Urban Development reported copper wire and line, valued at $12,000, stolen from a vacant home in the 2800 block of Avenue E sometime between April 5 and Thursday. And, officials say Jean Edwards, of Council Bluffs, reported copper wire and pipe, valued at $10,000, stolen from a vacant home in the 2600 block of Eighth Avenue sometime between Wednesday and Thursday.
Back on April 1st, we told you that authorities in Council Bluffs were asking residents to keep an eye out for unusual activity in areas where homes or businesses are vacant or foreclosed, as those are the types of places where thieves target air conditioning units for their copper tubing, and the thefts are happening in broad daylight. Officials had said 34 air conditioning units were reported to have been damaged or stolen, most of them in a concentrated area, since January 1st.
No arrests have been made in connection with any of the incidents.
A district court judge Friday, sentenced a Glenwood man to life in prison for the 2011 death of his infant son. According to The Daily NonPareil, Judge Mark Eveloff handed down the life sentence against 36-year old Jason Curtis, and ruled out the possibility of parole. Curtis was convicted on a charge of 1st degree murder connected to the death of his 5-month-old son, Jackson Curtis, who died July 14, 2011, as a result of head injuries. The jury decided the boy’s injuries were inflicted by his father. Their verdict was reached in February.
Assistant Pottawattamie County Attorney Amy Zacharias said the sentence wasn’t a surprise because first-degree murder carries a mandatory sentence. During the hearing Pottawattamie County Attorney Matt Wilber noted that his office offered a plea deal of child endangerment causing death, which would’ve carried a 50-year sentence with no mandatory minimum, meaning Curtis likely would’ve been out in 11-12 years with good behavior, but Wilber told the paper Curtis wouldn’t take responsibility for his actions, and the verdict, along with the judge’s decision was the consequence.
Curtis pleaded guilty in 2010 to a charge of child endangerment, stemming from injuries his then 4-month-old daughter had suffered. For the plea, he received a deferred judgment, which means the charge would have been erased had he stayed out of trouble.