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ROCK VALLEY, Iowa (AP) – Authorities say several hundred pigs have been killed by a fire at a feeding operation in northwest Iowa. The fire was reported around 9:50 p.m. on Saturday at a confinement facility four miles southeast of Rock Valley. The Sioux City Journal says firefighters reported the hog confinement building was fully engulfed in flames when they arrived. About 650 30-pound pigs were killed. The cause of the fire is being investigated.
Authorities also are investigating the deaths of an estimated 475 hogs at a confinement facility five miles south of Rock Valley. The Sioux County Sheriff’s Office says someone entered the building and tampered with the climate control system between 3 p.m. Tuesday and 1 p.m. Wednesday. The hogs weighed about 280 pounds each.
Authorities in Red Oak are investigating another storage unit burglary. Authorities says the Hawkeye Storage Units at 2505 N. Broadway in Red Oak were hit sometime over the weekend. On Sunday, a Red Oak woman reported to police someone cut the lock off of her storage rental unit. Once inside, the thief or thieves stole two kerosene heaters, two lawn mowers, one 40-gallon trash can, and numerous garden tools. The loss was estimated at about $435.
The same storage facility was late last May. At the time, authorities said a motorcycle was stolen from a storage unit. Another Red Oak storage facility, Park West Storage, was hit by thieves in June.
Anyone with information on the most recent theft, is asked to contact the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office at (712)-623-5107 or Montgomery County Crime stoppers at 1-800-432-1001.
The Atlantic Police Department reported Monday (Today), two people were arrested over the past few days. On Sunday, 26-year old Justin Knutsen, of Atlantic, was arrested for Criminal Mischief in the 2nd degree, and Interference with Official Acts. And, on Friday, 24-year old Samuel Stein, of Portsmouth, was arrested in Atlantic for Public Intoxication.
Both men were booked into the Cass County Jail and held, pending an appearance before the magistrate.
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MARY L. CONKLIN, 86, of Grand Island, NE (formerly of Audubon), died Sept. 30th, at the Tiffany Square Nursing Home in Grand Island. Funeral services for MARY CONKLIN will be held 2-p.m. Wed., Dec. 26th, at the 1st Presbyterian Church in Audubon. Kessler Funeral Home in Audubon has the arrangements.
A family visitation will be held at the church from 1-p.m. until the time of service, on Wednesday.
Burial will be in the Arlington Heights Cemetery in Audubon.
MARY CONKLIN is survived by:
Her sons – Randy Wiges, of Grand Island, and Terrill Wiges, of Iowa City.
2 sisters, including her twin: Martha Renftle, of Indianola, and, JoAnn Patrick, of Carson.
2 grandchildren, other relatives and many friends.
HELEN L. GRAY, 72, of Atlantic, died Sun., Dec. 23rd, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. Funeral services for HELEN GRAY will be held 2:30-p.m. Fri., Dec. 28th, in the chapel at the Hockenberry Family Care Funeral Home in Atlantic.
Visitation with the family is from 1-until 2:30-p.m. Friday (prior to the service), at the funeral home.
A private burial will take place at a later date.
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