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February 26th, 2013 by admin

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Cream Puffs (2-26-13)

Mom's Tips

February 26th, 2013 by Jim Field

  • 1 cup water
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 stick butter
  • 1 cup flour
  • 4 eggs, unbeaten

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.  Combine water with butter and salt in large saucepan.  Heat until butter melts and water boils.  Turn heat low; add flour all at once and beat vigorously with wooden spoon until it leaves the sides of pan in a smooth compact ball.  Remove from heat.  Beat in eggs one at a time until smooth and satiny.  Drop by tablespoonful onto large greased cookie sheet.  Six on a sheet.  (Have a point at top.)  Bake 40 to 50 minutes until high and golden.  Put on wire rack to cool.   Refrigerate until serving time, then fill with cream puff filling and serve.

(Bev Owen)

Girls State Basketball Tournament

Sports

February 26th, 2013 by Jim Field

Monday Results

Class 1-A Quarter-Finals:

  • Newell-Fonda 75, Villisca 28
  • Marquette Catholic 65, Ar-We-Va 57 (OT)
  • Burlington Notre Dame 60, Colo-Nesco 43
  • Central Lyon 67, Earlham 43

Class 2-A Quarter-Finals:

  • Western Christian 65, Pella Christian 28
  • Aplington-Parkersburg 48, Panorama 38
  • Lawton-Bronson 71, Iowa City Regina 67

Tuesday Schedule

Class 2-A Quarter-Finals:

  • 10:00 a.m. – Maquoketa Valley (19-5) vs. IKM-Manning (23-1)

Class 3-A Quarter-Finals:

  • 11:45 a.m. –Red Oak (13-11) vs. Davenport Assumption (22-2)
  • 1:30 p.m.. – Bondurant-Farrar (17-6) vs. Cascade (22-2)
  • 3:15 p.m. -Mid-Prairie (18-7) vs. MOC-Floyd Valley (23-1)
  • 5:00 p.m. -Spirit Lake (16-8) vs. Estherville-Lincoln Central (21-3)

Class 4-A Quarter-Finals:

  • 6:45 p.m. – Harlan (21-2) vs. Benton Community (21-2)
  • 8:30 p.m.. – Winterset (18-5) vs. Waverly-Shell Rock (21-2)

HSBB: Atlantic vs. Harlan Boys 3A Substate Final 02-25-2013

Podcasts, Sports

February 26th, 2013 by admin

Jim Field and Chris Parks have the call of the game played at Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln High School.

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Court cases moves forward for 2 out of 3 men accused in Atlantic Stabbing Incident

News

February 26th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

Two men charged in the stabbing of an Atlantic man late last month are set to stand trial after pleading not guilty to two felony charges associated with the incident, while a third person agreed to plead guilty to a lesser charge. Appearing at their arraignment hearings Monday in Atlantic, 18-year old Bryce Baker and 23-year-old Mykel Thoren entered written pleas of Not Guilty to felony Willful Injury and Going Armed with Intent charges, while 21-year-old Austin Nelson plead guilty to an amended charge of Accessory after the Fact, and was given a two-year suspended prison sentence.

Baker and Thoren are set to appear for their pre-trial conference on March 11th, with their trial slated for March 26th. All three men had been charged in connection with the stabbing of 43-year-old Robert Leslie, of Atlantic, during an incident which occurred on January 28th.

Winter weather summary for Feb. 26th 2013

Weather

February 26th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

(National Weather Service/Dsm) — A storm system moving across the Southern Plains and lifting into the Ohio Valley will produce snow over Southeast Iowa today through Wednesday morning. Moderate to heavy snowfall is still expected across far Southeastern Iowa and parts of Missouri and Illinois. Strong north winds will cause blowing snow and reduced visibility in these areas, making travel hazardous. Winter storm warnings are posted for parts of Southeast Iowa with winter weather advisories for parts of South central to East central Iowa. The snow will end on Wednesday, with cool and dry weather expected for the remainder of the week.

(Podcast) Skyscan Forecast: Tue., Feb 26th 2013

Weather

February 26th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

From Freese-Notis Meteorologist Harvey Freese, and the weather data for Atlantic….

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Villisca man arrested for interferring with authorities

News

February 26th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Department reports the arrest Monday, of 26-year old Seth Allen Simmons, of Villisca. Simmons was taken into custody at around 7-pm, on a charge of Interference with Official Acts. He was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on $300 bond.

Foot pursuit in Montgomery County leads to arrest of Villisca man

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February 26th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

Authorities in Montgomery County report a Villisca man was arrested on drug and numerous other charges, following a foot pursuit Monday evening. Sheriff’s officials say 27-year old Michael Scott Walton, of Villisca, was charged with Burglary in the 3rd degree, and Possession of Methamphetamine, Interference with Official Acts.

Walton was wanted on warrants out of Polk County for Contempt of Court/Failure To Appear for a Child Support hearing, and on two-counts of Interference with Official Acts. He was also wanted on an Audubon County warrant for Theft in the 5th degree. He was taken into custody at around 6:45-p.m. Monday, following a short foot pursuit through Villisca, where he was found to be hiding in a garage in the 300 block of east 2nd Street.

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

Fatal house fire in Council Bluffs

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February 26th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — A house fire in eastern Council Bluffs killed a man and caused extensive damage to the two-story home. Firefighters found the man’s body inside the home after extinguishing the fire late Monday afternoon. The fire, which was reported at around 3:15-p.m.,  destroyed most of the interior of the home and blackened part of the outside, along with two neighboring homes. Investigators say no one else was home at the time of the fire.

According to public records, the home at 46 Northwood Drive  is owned by Mark and Lori VanderWoude, a couple with three young children, but the family hadn’t been living there recently because the couple had separated. Officials didn’t immediately identify the male body found inside the home. And it wasn’t immediately clear how he died. An autopsy will be performed this week. The blaze remains under investigation.