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Iowa women top Wisconsin 69-57, Thursday

Sports

January 20th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

The Iowa Hawkeye women broke open a tie game with a 17-4 run midway through the second half in a 69-57 win over Wisconsin in Iowa City. The Hawkeyes caught fire in the second half and made 66 percent of their shots. Jamie Printy led Iowa with 25 points. The Hawkeyes are now 3-3 in the Big Ten and next up visit Penn State on Sunday.

(Radio Iowa)

Hastings, IA man arrested in Montgomery County

News

January 20th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

Sheriff’s officials in Montgomery County report a Hastings man was arrested Thursday, on a valid warrant for Failure to Pay Child Support. 49-year old John Michael Hudson was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on a $1,000 cash bond.

HUBERT “HUGH” KENNETH PORTER, 87, of Atlantic (1-24-12)

Obituaries

January 20th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

HUBERT (HUGH) KENNETH PORTER, 87, a long-time resident of Atlantic died Thursday, January 19th at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic.  Funeral services for HUGH PORTER will be held 10-a.m. Tuesday, January 24th at the Zion Lutheran Church in Atlantic.  Roland Funeral Home in Atlantic has the arrangements.

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An open visitation will be held at the funeral home on Monday (1/23) from 8:00 am to 6:00 pm.

Family visitation Monday from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm at the funeral home.

Burial, with military services, will be in the 1st Lutheran Church Cemetery, south of Wiota.

HUBERT PORTER is survived by:

Wife:  Wilma Porter

Daughter: Peggy (Gene) Gaul

4 Grandchildren

1 Great-Grandchild

2 men to be sentenced for attack at Boswell’s farm

News

January 20th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Two men who pleaded guilty in last summer’s attack at U.S. Rep. Leonard Boswell’s southern Iowa farmhouse are scheduled to be sentenced Friday. David Dewberry pleaded guilty last month to first-degree robbery and faces a mandatory sentence of 25-years in prison. Cody Rollins pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting an attempted burglary and faces up to 10 years in prison. Prosecutors say Dewberry, of Fremont, Neb., entered Boswell’s farmhouse near Leon on July 19 armed with a bb gun and attacked Boswell’s daughter. While Boswell fought with Dewberry, his 22-old grandson got a shotgun and pointed it at the 20-year-old Dewberry, chasing him off. Boswell suffered minor injuries in the scuffle. Prosecutors say the 20-year-old Rollins, who lives in Lamoni, helped plan the burglary and drove Dewberry to Boswell’s house.

Forecast for Cass & area counties on Friday, Jan. 20th, 2012

Weather

January 20th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

337 AM CST FRI JAN 20 2012 Nat’l Weather Service/Des Moines

TODAY…CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SNOW IN THE MORNING…THEN A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH 15 TO 20. SOUTHEAST WIND AROUND 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF SNOW 40 PERCENT.

TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY IN THE EVENING THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. VERY COLD. LOW ZERO TO 5 BELOW. NORTH WIND NEAR 10 MPH.

SATURDAY…SUNNY. HIGH IN THE LOWER 20S. SOUTHEAST WIND NEAR 5 MPH INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

SATURDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY THROUGH MIDNIGHT THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. NOT AS COLD. LOW IN THE LOWER 20S. TEMPERATURE STEADY OR SLOWLY RISING AFTER MIDNIGHT. SOUTH WIND 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH.

SUNDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW. WARMER. HIGH IN THE UPPER 30S. SOUTH WIND 10 TO 15 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST IN THE AFTERNOON.

SUNDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW THROUGH MIDNIGHT…THEN A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOW IN THE MID 20S. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 20 PERCENT.

MONDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGH IN THE LOWER 30S.

Fatal, fiery crash reported in Shelby County

News

January 20th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

Sheriff’s Officials in Shelby County are expected to release information later this morning about a fatal, fiery crash which occurred last night (Thursday), in Irwin. While no official report has been released as of early this (Friday) morning, according to scanner traffic, Irwin and Defiance Fire and Rescue were dispatched to a location near 300 Front Street, following a report of a motor vehicle accident, with the vehicle fully engulfed in flames. It apparently had come to rest against a pole. The accident was reported at 11:50-p.m., and within about one-half hour layer, officials on the scene had requested a Medical Examiner. We’ll have additional details as they become available.

Families of 4 motorcyclists killed in I-29 crash settle lawsuit

News

January 20th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

The families of four motorcyclists who died in a crash with a drunken driver on Interstate 29 near Little Sioux in 2010, have settled a combined lawsuit with the man who was convicted on four counts of vehicular homicide. According to the Omaha World-Herald, the families accepted an offer made late last year by 23-year old Andrew Schlichtemeier. Barring any late developments, the settlement essentially ends the civil case against the man, who was 21-years old when his pickup crossed the center line of I-29 in a construction zone, and collided with four men on motorcycles who were returning home from Sturgis, S.D. The August 9th, 2010, crash claimed the lives of: Jay Bock of Omaha; Steven Benscoter of Pacific Junction, Iowa; and Dale Aspedon and Dennis Chaney, both of Glenwood, Iowa,

Authorities tested Schlichtemeier’s blood and recorded a blood-alcohol content of more than 4½ times the legal limit. The test also turned up traces of the chemical in marijuana. Investigators found two baggies containing marijuana, eight 12-ounce cans of beer, all unopened, along with an empty 40-ounce bottle of beer in the wreckage of Schlichtemeier’s vehicle, which ended-up on its side after the crash. Schlichtemeier pleaded guilty to four counts of motor vehicle homicide in February 2011. He was later sentenced to 50 years. When he pleaded guilty, Schlichtemeier admitted responsibility in court, with many of the motorcyclists’ loved ones in attendance.

The families of the motorcyclists filed separate lawsuits against Schlichtemeier in the months following the crash, but their cases were later combined. It was settled with mediation last Friday, to divide the amount of proceeds from Schlichtemeier’s car insurance policies he carried at the time. Attorneys would not say how much money the estates of the motorcyclists are dividing, citing conditions of the settlement. District Judge Greg Steensland will oversee the mediation in Council Bluffs.

Thursday High School Basketball Results

Sports

January 20th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

BOYS BASKETBALL
  • Atlantic 70, St. Albert 29
  • Boyer Valley 47, Ar-We-Va 30
  • Nishnabotna 64, Villisca 45
  • Walnut 68, Heartland Christian 35
Corner Conference Tournament
Semi-Finals
  • Sidney 45, East Mills 41 (OT)
  • Fremont-Mills 54, Clarinda Academy 51
GIRLS BASKETBALL
  • Lewis Central 60, St. Albert 21
  • Martensdale-St. Marys 50, West Central Valley 34
  • Ar-We-Va 58, Boyer Valley 30

 

Congressman King reacts to the XL pipeline decision

News

January 19th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

Iowa Congressman Steve King is among the Republicans upset with Democrat President Barack Obama’s decision to reject the Keystone X-L oil pipeline project.  “Well, it’s just a completely illogical decision when you look at a country that needs jobs that needs energy, the price that gas is today compared to the day that Barack Obama took office. All of these things scream for us to build the pipeline down from the oil sands region in Northern Alberta down into the United States,” King says. The president issued a statement saying the decision to reject the pipeline was based on the need to gather more information on the safety of the pipeline. King says the decision is simply politics.

“The president has had difficulty making a decision between his environmental extremist base and his labor union base, he’s decided to side with the environmental extremist base,” King says. “It is not I don’t think, an analytical decision, it’s a political decision on his part. And the American people are going to have to make a political decision next November. If we can have jobs and energy blocked like this, we pretty well know that politics trumps the American people’s best interests.” King says he believes Obama made the decision now so it wouldn’t be hanging over his head before he gives his State of the Union address. The pipeline would extend from Canada to Texas, covering six states. Nebraska is the closest state to Iowa that would be on the pipeline route.

(Dar Danielson/Radio Iowa)

King Awards Medals to Vietnam War Veteran David Napier

News

January 19th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

Iowa 5th District Congressman Steve King presented six Air Force medals to Iowa resident and Vietnam War Veteran David Napier today (Thursday).

Vietnam Vet David Napier receives his medals from Congressman Steve King (R-IA)

Napier never received the medals he earned while serving over forty years ago, but he received the medals today after seeing a flyer about retrieving unclaimed medals from the Republican Congressman’s office.

Napier served in the U.S. Air Force from 1961 to 1969 and was honorably discharged with the rank of Sergeant. He served 1 year in Da Nang, Vietnam as a musician in a special entertainment unit in the Air Force called the Black Patches. He was acquainted with many famous civilian entertainers who volunteered their services during the war including Martha Ray, Hank Snow, James Garner, Nancy Sinatra and Robert Mitchum. He is a well known local musician who plays saxophone for Rockestra and other local music groups.