MARY LAVONNE PLOEN, 93, of Pella died Oct. 31st. 2021, at Hearthstone. Funeral services for MARY PLOEN will be held 1-p.m. Wed., Nov. 3rd, at the Minden United Church of Christ. Pauley-Jones Funeral Home in Avoca has the arrangements.
The family will greet friends at the Minden United Church of Christ on Wed., Nov. 3rd, from Noon until 1-p.m.
Burial is in the Minden Cemetery.
MARY LAVONNE PLOEN is survived by:
Her daughters – Karen (Ed) Soens, of San Diego, CA., & Patricia Eberl, of Lincoln, NE.
DENNIS “KIRK” ROHNER, 71, of Michigan (Formerly of the Fontanelle area) died on Wednesday, October 27th in Grand Rapids, MI. Celebration of Life Services for DENNIS “KIRK” ROHNER will be held on Saturday, November 6th at 11:00 a.m. at the Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Fontanelle. Steen Funeral Home in Fontanelle is in charge of the arrangements.
Memorials may be directed to the American Diabetes Association.
Online condolences may be left at www.steenfunerals.com
DENNIS “KIRK” ROHNER is survived by:
Partner: Steve VerBerg.
Sister: Bette (Rohner) (George) Forsberg.
Brothers: Craig Rohner. Randy (Janet) Rohner. Michael (Mary) Rohner.
ROBERT “ROB” GREEVER, 50, of Greenfield died on Sunday, October 31st at the Adair County Memorial Hospital in Greenfield. Celebration of Life Services for ROBERT GREEVER will be held on Friday, November 5th at 11:00 a.m. at the Steen Funeral Home in Greenfield.
A luncheon will be held at the Greenfield United Methodist Church immediately following the service.
Family will greet friends one hour prior to services Friday, at the funeral home.
Memorials may be directed to Robert “Rob” Greever Memorial Fund to be established by the family at a later date.
(Atlantic, Iowa) – Trial in the case of an Anita woman charged with first-degree murder and child endangerment, ended for the day Monday, at 4-p.m., and will continue with additional witness testimony for the Defense resuming at 8-a.m. on Tuesday. During Monday’s proceedings, 18 people appeared before the jury as character witnesses, and to testify they would have no problem sending their kids to Alison Dorsey, or continuing to send their kids to her.
They spoke of her open door policy, how organized she was, and how she would have no hesitation to call 9-1-1 if she thought a child in her care needed help beyond what she could offer at her unlicensed daycare. Three EMT’s testified when they arrived at the home of Susan Marnin, in Massena, law enforcement and other emergency personnel were on the scene offering immediate assistance to a baby who was not breathing and had no pulse. Alison Dorsey was using Marnin’s home for a daycare center. Marnin said Dorsey was always soft spoken, calm and would sing and dance with the kids. She said “Ali” was like a sister to her. She had four kids go through her daycare.
Adams County Attorney Andrew Knuth said he’s known Ali’s father for 30-years, and has known her since she was a kid. He described her as “easy going.” Defense Attorney Deshawne Lee Birdsell asked Knuth more about Ali’s character.
Stacey Boudreau traveled all the way from Whitewater, Wisconsin to offer her support for Dorsey. She said she grew up with Ali and considers her a sister. Dorsey also cared for Boudreau’s children every summer since 2008 while Boudreau (Boo’d-row) coaches as a summer camp.
Several of the Defense’s witnesses choked-up when they spoke of how loving and caring Dorsey is. Barry Bower is the CAM North Elementary Principal and Head Football Coach. He said he has four children, with the youngest going to Ali’s Daycare.
Earlier in the day, Monday, the Defense called Doctor Christopher Van-Ee (Van EEE), who has a Ph.D in Biomechanics. He provided examples of how injuries to the skull and other body parts could occur, through research conducted on child and adult crash test dummies. He made clear however, that he was not a pediatric physician, therefore he could not speak to how Luka Hodges’ injuries were received or if there was proof they occurred the day of the 9-1-1 call on Oct. 7, 2019, in Massena.
Dr. Van-Ee, who studies and has written papers on Impact Biomechanics, Accident Reconstruction, Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Injury Causation, said reports on the effects of shaking a baby are often inconclusive according to science, but leaves open the possibility injury could occur. He said he didn’t know if Luka had been shaken on the day of the 9-1-1 call, or if an injury occurred in the days before that perhaps wasn’t detected. The child was dropped-off at home daycare in Massena, being managed by Alison Dorsey, of Anita, at the time.
The Defense then called Cynthia Gossman, whose children have been cared for by Dorsey in the past. She testified Luka was “Staring-off to the left” as she held him and didn’t not appear to want to eat. She questioned whether the child has some sort of a learning disability. Gossman was holding the baby while he was being dressed at the daycare center. The third witness of the morning, was Michelle Williams, an EMT who arrived on the scene minutes after the 9-1-1 call came in. She testified former Cass County Sheriff’s Deputy Bill Ayers was the first to arrive and began performing CPR after trying to determine whether or not the child was choking. Ayers’ bodycam video showed the rescue attempts underway before Luka was transported by ambulance to the Cass County Memorial Hospital.
Ayers testified last week, along with two other, forensic pathologists.
The Audubon County Emergency Management Agency reports a portion of 190th Street will be closed for the next couple of weeks for a bridge replacement project.
The closure is in the 1700 block of 190th Street between Heron Avenue and Highway 71 between Leroy Township sections 17 and 20. The closure went into effect over the weekend (October 30th) and will continue for approximately two weeks.
No injuries were reported during a two-vehicle accident on Saturday in Red Oak. The Red Oak Police Department reports the accident happened at 10:49 a.m. at the intersection of West Joy Street and North Broadway Street. After investigation it was determined that a 2010 Chrysler Town and Country Van driven by 82-year-old Joyce Karen Halvin of Red Oak was traveling northbound and turned into the turning lane to head left into the Fareway parking lot. In the process of the turn Halvin struck a 2016 Jeep Wrangler driven by 24-year-old Kaycie Nicole Binau of Hamburg that was traveling southbound.
The airbag did deploy on Halvin’s van but both drivers refused medical treatment at the scene. The Chrysler Van sustained an estimated $8,000 damage and the Jeep sustained an estimated $4,000 damage. Both vehicles were towed from the scene by Eggleston Towing.
Congratulations to Matt Mullenix, the 2021 Whosman Trophy winner! Thanks to Fareway and Rush CPA and Associates for bringing you another season of our weekly high school football pick ’em show Who’s Gonna Win? Doug will visited by the keeper of the Whosman to turn over the trophy to its new owner.
The Creston Police Department reports three arrests over the weekend.
On Friday, October 29th at 6:22 p.m. Officers arrested 38-year-old Jeremy Dean Waltz of Creston at the intersection of Russell and Jarvis for Driving While Barred. Waltz was taken to the Union County Jail and later released on $2,000 bond.
Also on Friday the 29th Creston Police arrested 27-year-old Patrick Riley Iiams of Creston for Public Intoxication 1st Offense. Iiams was taken to the Union County Jail and later released on time served.
On Saturday, October 30th at 4:30 a.m. Officers arrested 28-year-old Ryan Scott Hoffman of Afton at 102 West Taylor Street for OWI 2nd Offense. Hoffman was taken to the Union County Jail and later released on $2,000 bond.
Shelby County Auditor and Elections Commissioner Mark Maxwell reports the following candidates’ names and/or Public Measures that will appear on the Nov. 2nd ballot for the City and School Board Elections in Shelby County (These are the contested races only) [I = incumbent]:
City of Harlan Public Measure TE:
Shall the following public measure be adopted? “Shall the Board of Trustees of Harlan Municipal Utilities, City of Harlan, in the County of Shelby, State of Iowa, be authorized to discontinue and dispose of the municipally-owned communications utility by sale?”
Defiance:
Mayor – No Candidates
City Council (elect 3) – No Candidates
Panama
Mayor – No Candidates
City Council (elect 3) – No Candidates
Earling
City Council (3) – Troy Langenfeld; Jackie Frum; No candidate.
Elk Horn
City Council (2) – Jerry Hoffman; Derick Hogberg; Nolan Teegerstrom.
Kirkman
Mayor – No Candidates
City Council (2) – No Candidates
School Board candidates/Public Measures:
Harlan School – District 1: Alan Hazelton [I]; Missy Cox.
Harlan School – District 2: Mathew Worthey; Jade Albertsen.
Harlan School – District 3: Mark Sorfonden; Seth Piro [I]; James Reischl.
Harlan School – District 4: Gregory Bladt; Chris Swensen.
IKM-Manning – Director At Large (2): Phil Stracke; Luke Potthoff; Sam Hansen; Mike Blum.
IKM-Manning – Director District 1B: Megan Reis; Amy Ferneding.
IKM- Manning – Director District 2B: Josh Linde; Steven A. Wiskus.
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