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Pottawattamie County Emergency Management Gathering Data for Flood Buyout Program

News

October 21st, 2019 by Ric Hanson

COUNCIL BLUFFS –  The Pottawattamie County Emergency Management Agency reports it is gathering public data to pursue participation in flood buyout programs in the unincorporated areas of Northwest Pottawattamie County, the City of Oakland, and the City of Council Bluffs.  Doug Reed, Director of Emergency Management, said “a listing of known impacted areas and properties were provided to Iowa Homeland Security and Emergency Management to conduct a financial analysis on the maximum potential costs for a buyout program within the county. What we need to compile now is a list of property owners that are interested in participating in the program. A buyout program is completely voluntary on part of the property owner.” The list will be used to determine program eligibility, have a better understanding of what the actual costs could be, and assist the local jurisdictions in determining program priorities in order to submit the official applications for participation.

Pott. County EMA

Owners of residential, agricultural, or commercial properties located within a special flood hazard area and were impacted by the flooding of 2019 are asked to review general program information and submit an interest form online at https://sites.google.com/view/pottco2019flood/home. Once this list is compiled, the governing boards or councils of the respective jurisdictions will formally decide whether to participate in the program and if so, establish program priorities for potential buyout offers. Property owners meeting program criteria will be asked to submit a Statement of Voluntary Transaction which will then get their property listed on the official applications submitted to applicable state and federal program authorities.

Property owners must submit their information on the online registry no later than 3:00 p.m., on Thursday, October 31, 2019. Submission of information does not commit the property owner to selling their property and owners may elect to withdraw from the program at any point prior to final execution of property transaction agreements. Property owners submitting information on the interest registry will be contacted regarding their program status and next steps.

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MARJORIE SCHENK TURNER, 91, of Atlantic (Svcs. 10/23/19)

Obituaries

October 21st, 2019 by Ric Hanson

MARJORIE SCHENK TURNER, 91, of Atlantic, died Monday, Oct. 21st, at the Heritage House, in Atlantic. Funeral services for MARJORIE TURNER will be held 7-p.m. Wed., Oct. 23rd, at the Roland Funeral Home, in Atlantic.

Visitation with the family will be held prior to the service on Wednesday, beginning at 5:30-p.m.; Online condolences may be left at www.rolandfuneralservice.com.

A Private family burial will be held in the Atlantic Cemetery.

MARJORIE TURNER is survived by:

Her sons – Timothy (Sharon) Schenk, of Manchester (IA); and Regan (Barbara) Schenk, of Sioux Falls, SD

Her daughter – Mary (Craig) Rempp, of Urbandale.

Her step-children: Marcia (Steve) Gustafson, of Omaha, and Karen (Robert) Primeau, of Reno, NV.

8 grandchildren, 3 step-grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.

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Two students abscond from the Clarinda Academy, Monday

News

October 21st, 2019 by Ric Hanson

Clarinda Police Chief Keith Brothers reports two male students have absconded from the Clarinda Academy. Law enforcement & Clarinda Academy are looking for the students now. One student is a Native American, the other a white male. Notice of their departure from the facility was announced at 12:43-p.m.

The Clarinda Academy is a residential academic and behavioral health treatment facility for at-risk youth.

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Ex-Iowa child welfare worker enters guilty plea to perjury

News

October 21st, 2019 by Ric Hanson

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa social services worker has entered a guilty plea to perjury over her false testimony that helped convince a judge to remove four children from their parents.
Former Iowa Department of Human Services employee, 30-year old Chelsie Gray entered a written Alford plea to the felony charge last week under a proposed plea agreement with prosecutors. Such a plea is an acknowledgment that prosecutors may have enough evidence to prove her guilt at trial but that she maintains her innocence.

If accepted by a judge, prosecutors would dismiss two other perjury counts and she will be recommended for a deferred judgment. That means the charge would be wiped away from her record if she stays out of trouble. A judge has scheduled a plea and sentencing hearing for Dec. 3.  Gray was charged in April with making several false statements during a December 2017 hearing in which she recommended a judge terminate the parental rights of a mother and father.

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Chiefs’ Mahomes begins knee rehab as game week begins

Sports

October 21st, 2019 by Ric Hanson

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes is already deep into his rehabilitation from a knee injury suffered in last week’s win in Denver, though coach Andy Reid declined Monday to put any timetable on the return of the league MVP. In the meantime, Reid said, the Chiefs are preparing backup Matt Moore to start Sunday night’s showdown with the Green Bay Packers. Moore took over when Mahomes was hurt on a sneak in the second quarter Thursday night and led the Chiefs the rest of the way to a 30-6 rout of the Broncos.

The former Panthers and Dolphins quarterback was out of football last year, and had been spending time as a scout and high school coach before the Chiefs called him before their preseason finale. Rookie quarterback Kyle Shurmur is expected to be the backup against the Packers.

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Man accused of killing Iowa pastor pleads not guilty

News

October 21st, 2019 by Ric Hanson

FORT DODGE, Iowa (AP) — A man has pleaded not guilty to allegations that he beat a pastor to death outside a central Iowa church. Webster County court records say 36-year-old Joshua Pendleton entered pleas Monday to charges of robbery and first-degree murder. His trial is scheduled to begin Dec. 10. Officers sent to St. Paul Lutheran Church in Fort Dodge on Oct. 2 found the Rev. Allen Henderson lying unresponsive outside. Henderson was pronounced dead at a local hospital.

Police say security footage shows a man who officers identified as Pendleton trying to get into the building. Police say Pendleton later acknowledged to investigators that he had fought with a man at the church. The 64-year-old Henderson was senior pastor at St. Paul and had served as a chaplain to area first responders.

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Radio Iowa High School Football Poll 10/21/19

Sports

October 21st, 2019 by admin

Class 4A
1. WDM Valley (8-0), LW #1 vs DSM North
2. Dowling Catholic (7-1), LW #2 @ Sioux City North
3. Cedar Falls (8-0), LW #3 vs CR Prairie
4. Cedar Rapids Kennedy (7-1), LW #4 vs Burlington (Thurs)
5. Ankeny Centennial (7-1), LW #5 @ Sioux City West (Thurs)
6. Southeast Polk (6-2), LW #6 @ DSM Roosevelt
7. Bettendorf (6-2), LW #7 vs Davenport Central
8. Ankeny (5-3), LW #8 vs Sioux City East
9. Waukee (5-3), LW #9 @ Johnston
10.Linn-Mar (Marion) (6-2), LW (X) vs Pleasant Valley

Class 3A
1. Western Dubuque (8-0), LW #1 vs Maquoketa
2. Solon (8-0), LW #2 @ Fairfield
3. Cedar Rapids Xavier (7-1), LW #3 vs Marion
4. Dallas Center-Grimes (7-1), LW #4 vs Carroll
5. North Scott (7-1), LW #5 @ Davenport Assumption (Thurs)
6. Lewis Central (7-1), LW #6 @ ADM (Adel)
7. Sergeant Bluff-Luton (7-1), LW #7 vs Storm Lake
8. Independence (8-0), LW #8 vs Decorah
9. Norwalk (7-1), LW #9 @ Gilbert
10.Pella (6-2), LW (X) @ Grinnell

Class 2A
1. Waukon (8-0), LW #1 @ North Fayette Valley
2. Clear Lake (8-0), LW #2 vs #8 Iowa Falls-Alden
3. Algona (8-0), LW #3 vs Southeast Valley
4. Greene County (8-0), LW #4 @ #5 OABCIG
5. OABCIG (8-0), LW #6 vs #4 Greene County
6. Waterloo Columbus (7-1), LW #7 @ Monticello
7. Benton (7-1), LW #8 @ Vinton-Shellsburg
8. Iowa Falls-Alden (6-2), LW (X) @ #2 Clear Lake
9. Des Moines Christian (7-1), LW #5 vs Saydel
10.Williamsburg (5-3), LW (X) vs Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont

Class 1A
1. Dike-New Hartford (8-0), LW #1 vs #8 Iowa City Regina
2. Van Meter (8-0), LW #2 vs Clarinda
3. West Branch (8-0), LW #3 vs Dyersville Beckman
4. Western Christian (8-0), LW #4 @ #7 West Lyon
5. South Central Calhoun (8-0), LW #5 vs Pocahontas Area
6. West Sioux (7-1), LW #6 @ Emmetsburg
7. West Lyon (7-1), LW #7 vs #4 Western Christian
8. Iowa City Regina (7-1), LW #8 @ #1 Dike-New Hartford
9. Treynor (8-0), LW #9 vs Cherokee
10.Sigourney-Keota (8-0), LW #10 vs Mediapolis

Class A
1. West Hancock (8-0), LW #1 vs Blemond-Klemme
2. Saint Ansgar (8-0), LW #2 @ Central Springs
3. North Tama (8-0), LW #3 vs BCLUW
4. MFL MarMac (8-0), LW #5 @ Alburnett
5. Grundy Center (7-1), LW #4 @ Wapsie Valley
6. Earlham (7-1), LW #6 vs Nodaway Valley
7. Woodbury Central (7-1), LW #8 @ West Monona
8. Edgewood-Colesburg (6-2), LW #7 vs Clayton Ridge
9. BGM (Brooklyn) (7-1), LW #9 @ Cardinal (Eldon)
10.South O’Brien (7-1), LW #10 @ Hinton

Eight-man
1. Don Bosco (8-0), LW #1 vs Riceville
2. Turkey Valley (8-0), LW #2 @ Central Elkader
3. Remsen St. Mary’s (8-0), LW #3 @ Siouxland Christian
4. Audubon (8-1), LW #4 vs #8 CAM
5. Coon Rapids-Bayard (7-1), LW #7 @ Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton
6. Harris-Lake Park (7-1), LW #8 @ Kingsley-Pierson
7. Easton Valley (7-1), LW #5 vs West Central (Maynard)
8. CAM (7-1), LW #6 @ #4 Audubon
9. Fremont-Mills (5-1), LW (X) @ Stanton-Essex
10.Gladbrook-Reinbeck (6-2), LW (X) @ Colo-Nesco

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Michigan State opens at No. 1 in AP Top 25 preseason men’s basketball poll

Sports

October 21st, 2019 by admin

There isn’t much Michigan State has yet to accomplish under Hall of Fame coach Tom Izzo, from Big Ten titles and Final Four trips to winning a national championship.

The Spartans can now add another milestone to the list: They are No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 men’s college basketball preseason poll for the first time in program history.

The Spartans were the overwhelming choice with their veteran returnees led by star Cassius Winston. They topped 60 of 65 ballots in voting results released Monday, easily outdistancing No. 2 Kentucky and No. 3 Kansas as the only other teams to receive first-place votes.

Duke was fourth, followed by Louisville, Florida, Maryland, Gonzaga, North Carolina and Villanova to round out the top 10.

Michigan State had been ranked No. 1 for 12 weeks in the AP poll before Monday. But none had come in the preseason poll, with the Spartans starting at No. 2 four times in the past decade.

“It’s almost bizarre to me because I would’ve thought Magic’s team was No. 1,” Izzo said in an interview with the AP.

Nope, the Magic Johnson-led bunch that beat Larry Bird and Indiana State in the 1979 NCAA title game started at No. 7.

The Spartans won 32 games last year and reached Izzo’s eighth Final Four before falling to Texas Tech. They return Winston with fellow starters Xavier Tillman and Aaron Henry from that run, and they get back another starter in Joshua Langford after he missed much of last year with a foot injury.

That nucleus is good enough that only one voter picked the Spartans as low as third, with four others picking them second and the rest at No. 1. They will be tested right away, too: the Spartans open the season against Kentucky in a 1-vs-2 matchup Nov. 5 in New York.

“This is a program deal and it’s the players in the program, and I’m really proud of them for that,” Izzo said. “Unfortunately, what you are at the beginning of the year doesn’t help you at the end of the year, but I think it does say something about the program and what we’ve done over these years.”

THE TOP TIER

Roughly half of the voters (33 of 65) chose Michigan State, Kentucky and Kansas in some order atop their ballot. Kentucky received two first-place votes, while Kansas received the other three.

It marks the ninth straight year that John Calipari’s Wildcats have been a top-five preseason pick and seventh in a row for Bill Self’s Jayhawks, who open the season with the program facing NCAA charges tied to a federal corruption investigation into the sport.

Kansas and Duke open their seasons against each other on the same bill with Michigan State-Kentucky.

CHAMPS AT 11

Virginia has gone from facing questions about how it would respond to an unprecedented tournament loss against UMBC to how it will build on its run to its first NCAA title. Tony Bennett’s Cavaliers are 11th after losing De’Andre Hunter, Ty Jerome and Final Four most outstanding player Kyle Guy to the NBA draft. It is the lowest preseason ranking for a champion since Connecticut was 17th to start the 2014-15 season.

CONFERENCE WATCH

The Atlantic Coast, Big Ten and Southeastern conferences each had four ranked teams to lead all leagues.

The ACC ended last season with four top-10 teams, then picked back up with four teams all ranked in the top 11.

No. 18 Ohio State and No. 23 Purdue joined Michigan State and Maryland for the Big Ten’s quartet, while the SEC had No. 22 LSU and No. 24 Auburn — fresh off its Final Four run — joining Kentucky and Florida.

The Big 12 (three), Big East (three), Pac-12 (two) and West Coast Conference (two) also had multiple ranked teams.

THE WATCH LIST

The Pac-12 could quickly add to its total with Washington and Colorado as the top vote-getters among unranked teams. Washington twice appeared in last season’s poll at No. 25. But it’s been a much longer wait for the Buffaloes, who haven’t cracked the poll since January 2014 but have five starters back and are picked to finish second in the Pac-12 behind No. 15 Oregon.

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AP College Football Top 25 10/20/2019

Sports

October 21st, 2019 by admin

The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Oct. 19, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking:

Record Pts Pv
1. Alabama (24) 7-0 1486 1
2. LSU (16) 7-0 1462 2
3. Ohio St. (13) 7-0 1429 4
4. Clemson (9) 7-0 1408 3
5. Oklahoma 7-0 1343 5
6. Penn St. 7-0 1224 7
7. Florida 7-1 1138 9
8. Notre Dame 5-1 1058 8
9. Auburn 6-1 1054 11
10. Georgia 6-1 1031 10
11. Oregon 6-1 979 12
12. Utah 6-1 852 13
13. Wisconsin 6-1 767 6
14. Baylor 7-0 732 18
15. Texas 5-2 627 15
16. SMU 7-0 587 19
17. Minnesota 7-0 577 20
18. Cincinnati 6-1 468 21
19. Michigan 5-2 440 16
20. Iowa 5-2 347 23
21. Appalachian St. 6-0 286 24
22. Boise St. 6-1 225 14
23. Iowa St. 5-2 185 NR
24. Arizona St. 5-2 134 17
25. Wake Forest 6-1 118 NR

Others receiving votes: Memphis 87, Virginia 29, San Diego St. 17, Pittsburgh 17, Washington 15, Navy 9, Texas A&M 6, Missouri 4, UCF 3, Southern Cal 3, Louisiana Tech 2, Tulane 1.

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Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Social Networking

News

October 21st, 2019 by Ric Hanson

The Iowa Department of Revenue has issued a Cybersecurity Awareness Month message about how you can protect yourself when using social networking. Never click and tell. Limit what information you post on social media, from personal addresses to where you like to grab coffee. What many people don’t realize is that these seemingly random details are all criminals need to know to target you, your loved ones, and your physical belongings, online and in the physical world.

  • Think before your post.  What you publish online is widely accessible and will be around for a long time, so carefully consider the content before you publish
  • Connect only with people you know and trust.  Don’t accept “friend” requests unless you know the person well
  • Limit what you share.  Keep certain things private from everyone
  • Backup your important data.  Ransomware won’t be nearly as devastating if your data is safely and securely backed up
  • Limit personal info on social media.  Don’t include personal information such as birth date, home town or phone numbers.
  • Enable privacy and security settings.  Review your social media policy settings as they occasionally change
  • Limit social logins.  Many applications will suggest your Facebook or other social logon account as a single sign on for their application. This may be convenient for you but it is also easy for a cybercriminal to easily access all of your associated accounts using just that one social media account password.
  • Change your passwords.  Your passwords should be regularly changed at least every nine months to one year.
  • Manage your passwords securely.  Use a password manager application to store your account credentials.
  • Never click and tell

Remember to keep Social Security numbers, account numbers, and passwords private, as well as specific information about yourself, such as your full name, address, birthday, and even vacation plans. Disable location services that allow anyone to see where you are – and where you aren’t – at any given time. Read the Social Media Cybersecurity Tip Sheet for more information.

Next week’s message will focus on password recommendations to protect your identity.

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