MILO “MIKE” G. KEENEY, 73, of Guthrie Center (& formerly of Maqouketa), died Wed., Nov. 26th, home. Services for “MIKE” KEENEY are currently pending at the Twigg Funeral Home in Guthrie Center.
Online condolences may be left at www.twiggfuneralhome.com.
Burial of cremated remains will take place at a later date.
MILO “MIKE” KEENEY is survived by:
His wife – Carol Ann Keeney.
His son – Michael (Patsy) Keeney.
His daughter – Christine (Wayne) Conner.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa state Rep. Dwayne Alons, who was battling renal cancer, has died. Republican leaders in the state House announced Sunday that Alons died late Saturday. Alons, a Republican from Hull, announced his diagnosis last month, but at that point he planned to continue serving in the state legislature. Alons was a retired farmer and former Iowa Air National Guard brigadier general. He was first elected in 1998. House Speaker Kraig Paulsen says he is sad to loose such a passionate lawmaker
Majority Leader Linda Upmeyer says Alons did an exemplary job representing people in his district and listening to their concerns. Alons and his wife, Clarice, had four children and 13 grandchildren. In the House, he most recently served as the Chairman of the Veterans Affairs committee.
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — A 5-year-old Iowa girl has died two weeks after she was hit by a truck while sledding down her grandfather’s driveway. Council Bluffs Police reported Sunday that Kailey Maloney died Saturday at the Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha. She had been treated there since her Nov. 16 injury.
Maloney was sledding down the driveway of her grandfather’s property at 44 Bennett Avenue, when she was hit by a 2005 Chevrolet pickup truck after she slid into the street. Police say no charges have been filed in this incident, which remains under investigation.
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Bo Pelini has been fired as Nebraska’s football coach after a seven-year stint marked by his inability to restore the program to sustained national prominence and a number of embarrassing losses in big games.
Pelini extended his streak of winning at least nine games every year with a 37-34 overtime win at Iowa on Friday but he never finished a season with fewer than four losses or ended a conference-championship drought that dates to 1999.
Pelini, whose tenure spanned Nebraska’s transition from the Big 12 to Big Ten, was 66-27 and led the Cornhuskers to three league championship games.
LLOYD D. KELLY, 74, of Audubon, died Thu., Nov. 27th, at St. Anthony’s Regional Hospital in Carroll. Funeral services for LLOYD KELLY will be held 10-a.m. Tue., Dec. 2nd, at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Audubon. Kessler Funeral Home in Audubon has the arrangements.
Friends may call at the funeral home, where the family visitation begins at 6-p.m. Mon., Dec. 1st.
Burial will be in the Maple Grove Cemetery in Audubon.
LLOYD KELLY is survived by:
His wife – Donna Kelly, of Audubon.
His children – Sheryl Kelly, of Cedar Rapids; Sharon (Ed) Knapp, of Polk City, & Randy (Megan) Kelly, of Audubon.
His brother – Jerry (Ardell) Kelly, of Audubon.
His sister – Doris (Charles) Rattenborg, of Springfield, MO.
5 grandchildren, his in-laws, other relatives, and friends.
Residents of Avoca, Hancock, Shelby and Tennant will be asked to vote Tuesday, on approving an expanded tax to support facility repairs, technology and transportation spending for the AHST Community School District. The Daily NonPareil reports a special election will be held on a physical plant and equipment levy (PPEL – or “Peppel” as it’s commonly called) authorization for up to $1 of every $1,000 in taxable valuation.
The new levy would go toward three goals: Updating the district’s transportation fleet by purchasing a new bus each year; repairing roofs, playgrounds and sidewalks; and maintaining the district’s 1:1 laptop initiative for students in first through 12th grades.
By supporting those goals, school officials say the PPEL would also free up money to renovate schools, such as expanding the high school to remove portable classrooms. AHST currently levies a board-approved 33-cent PPEL, which generates roughly $100,000 each year. Combined with the proposed voted PPEL, the district would take in as much as $400,000 annually. The new tax would generate a total of about $3 million over the 10 years voters would authorize the levy.
Voters in Walnut approved an expanded PPEL in 2010 for the maximum $1.34 per $1,000 of taxable valuation, according to the Iowa Department of Education. If the reorganization with AHST eventually takes place, Iowa Code states the reorganized district would have a PPEL “for the least amount and the shortest time for which it is in effect in any of the districts.”
EARLY THIS MORNING...CLOUDY…BREEZY…COLDER. NORTH WIND 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH.
TODAY…CLOUDY THROUGH MID MORNING THEN BECOMING MOSTLY SUNNY. BREEZY. MUCH COLDER. HIGH IN THE LOWER 20S. NORTH WIND 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH.
TONIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE EVENING THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. COLDER. LOW AROUND 10. NORTH WIND 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH.
MONDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGH IN THE LOWER 20S. NORTHEAST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.
TUESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. BREEZY…WARMER. HIGH AROUND 40. SOUTH WIND 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH.
WEDNESDAY...PARTLY SUNNY. HIGH IN THE UPPER 30S.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Thomas van der Mars scored nine of his team-high 14 points in the opening minutes to spark Portland to a 79-51 win over Drake in the Challenge in Music City on Saturday. Portland, which beat Murray State, 64-61 in the opener Friday, jumped to a 24-11 start over the opening 10 minutes and led by 16 points at halftime, 38-22. The win gives the Pilots five straight to open the season, matching their best start under coach Eric Reveno, whose 2009-10 team got off to a 5-0 start and was ranked in the Top 25.
Portland got balanced scoring from its entire roster. Only one player failed to score against the Bulldogs while the team shot 50 percent from the floor (27 for 54). Gary Ricks, Junior scored 23 points to lead Drake (1-5), which lost to Valparaiso in the opener, 66-46.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — After four tumultuous years, Secretary of State Matt Schultz is preparing to leave office with no regrets. Schultz, an attorney who previously worked at a Council Bluffs law firm, says he’s excited to return to the practice of law after winning easy victory in the Nov. 4 election for Madison County attorney. He’ll take a pay cut and have a much smaller staff but says the job will keep him closer to his home in Truro and allow him to continue public service.
He leaves behind a controversial legacy voter fraud investigations and criticism of efforts to get voter ID passed. Schultz says he truly believes ensuring that voters are eligible helps maintain trust in the voting system.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Whitney Jennings scored 19 points, Samantha Logic added 16 and No. 17 Iowa turned back repeated charges by Gonzaga for a 79-67 win at the South Point Thanksgiving Classic Saturday night. Melisa Dixon added 13 points, Ally Disterhoft added 12 and Bethany Doolittle had 10 with 12 rebounds for the Hawkeyes (6-1). Sunny Greinacher paced Gonzaga with 16 points and Shelby Cheslek had 10 and 13 rebounds.
Gonzaga, down 11 with 1:29 left, closed within 70-67 after Emma Stach followed a steal to hit 1 of 2 free throws at 55 seconds. Jennings countered with two free throws 4 seconds later and then found Disterhoft with a full-court pass for a layup after a Bulldog miss for a 74-67 lead at 38 seconds.
Iowa finished 20 of 28 from the line, including 16 of 19 in the second half. The Hawkeyes made nine 3’s and forced Gonzaga into 21 turnovers, good for 24 points.
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