712 Digital Group - top

Skyscan Forecast 05-18-2014

Weather

May 18th, 2014 by admin

Today: Sunny, with a high near 70. Breezy, with a south southeast wind 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Tonight: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 56. South southeast wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Monday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 77. Windy, with a south southeast wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Monday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 59. South southeast wind 5 to 15 mph.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 82. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph.

Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 78.

Probation Violation Arrest in Montgomery County

News

May 18th, 2014 by admin

A Pottawattamie County man was arrested Saturday night on a warrant, in Montgomery County. Sheriff’s officials say 21-year old Zachary Thomas Marchese, of Council Bluffs, was taken into custody at around 10:30-p.m. on a warrant for Violation of his probation.

Marchese was arrestedin the 1500 Block of Highway 34 and brought to the Montgomery County Law Enforcement Center, where he was held awaiting extradition to Pott. County.

Single Vehicle Rollover in Montgomery County Saturday

News

May 18th, 2014 by admin

The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office responded to a single vehicle property damage accident at 12:20pm Saturday, May 17th 2 1/2 miles Northwest of Red Oak in the 1700 Block of G Avenue in rural Montgomery County.

Officers determined that a 1991 Oldsmobile 98 Regency owned and operated by 23-year-old Jameson C. Sands of Red Oak was southbound on county gravel road G Avenue when the driver lost control on loose gravel and entered the the west ditch and rolled once and struck a utility pole coming to rest on its wheels.  Sands was checked at the scene by Red Oak Rescue but refused any further medical treatment.

The vehicle sustained $2,500 damage and is a total loss. Damage to the utility pole owned by Mid-American Energy is estimated at $750.  No citations were issued.

ROGER MATHIAS, 77, of Atlantic (Svcs. 05-21-2014)

Obituaries

May 18th, 2014 by admin

ROGER MATHIAS, 77, of Atlantic died Friday, May 16th at Mercy Hospice in Johnston.  Funeral services for ROGER MATHIAS will be held Wednesday, May 21st at 11:00am in the Zion Lutheran Church in Atlantic.  Roland Funeral Home in Atlantic has the arrangements.

Burial will be in the Atlantic Cemetery with Military Rites performed by the Atlantic Color Guard.

Visitation with the family will be held Wednesday, May 21st at 9:30am at the Zion Parish Center prior to the service.

Online condolences may be left at www.rolandfuneralservice.com

ROGER MATHIAS is survived by:

Wife: Sharon Mathias

Children: Alex (Amy) Mathias of Brayton.  Julie Mathias of Clive. Steve Mathias of Atlantic.  Mark (Constance) Mathias of Iowa City, IA.

5 Grandchildren.

Audubon City Council Special meeting set for Monday

News

May 17th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

The City Council in Audubon will hold a special meeting at Noon on Monday (May 19th), to approve a compensation package for the new City Clerk. In other business, the Council will change the date or cancel the next regular meeting, due to the holiday. They’ll also act on approving a request from the Chamber of Commerce with regard to the Flight Breakfast, and approve claims along with lifeguards for 2014, and discuss a Tyler Handicap stall for Dr. Doug Olsen.

The meeting takes place in the Council’s Chambers at City Hall, in Audubon.

This is Your Nishna Valley 05-17-2014

Podcasts, This is Your Nishna Valley

May 17th, 2014 by admin

w/ Jim Field and Stacie Linfor

Play

PAUL COMSTOCK, 63, of Greenfield (Svcs. 5/23/14)

Obituaries

May 17th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

PAUL COMSTOCK, 63, of Greenfield, died Saturday, May 17th,  at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines. Funeral services for PAUL COMSTOCK will be held 11-a.m. Friday, May 23rd, at the United Methodist Church in Greenfield. Steen Funeral Home in Greenfield has the arrangements.

Visitation is open at the Greenfield United Methodist Church from 2-until 8-pm on Thu., May 22nd, with the family greeting friends from 5-to 8pm.  Online condolences may be left to the family at www.steenfunerals.com.

Burial will be in the Greenfield Cemetery. Full military graveside rites will be conducted by the
Greenfield American Legion Head-Endres Post No. 265 and V.F.W. Post No. 5357. A luncheon will be held following the committal services at the church.

Memorials may be directed to the Paul Comstock memorial fund to be established by the family at a later date.

PAUL COMSTOCK  is survived by:

His wife – Carolyn Comstock of Greenfield.
His children – Chris Comstock and wife Lori of Orient; Adam Comstock and wife Mindy of Greenfield; Ryan Ruth and wife Diane of Anchorage, AK; Roger Ruth of Minneapolis, MN; Carol Narigon of Dayton, OH; Carmen Don Carlos of Huxley, and Dee Ann Bradley and husband Eric of Bridgewater.

His brothers – Jim Comstock and wife Margaret of Pueblo, CO, & Ernie Comstock of Denver, CO.
His sisters – Pat Beck and husband Dave of MO., and Carole Lundy and husband Leon of Greenfield.

15 grandchildren; 4 great grandchildren;  other relatives and friends.

King says he’s “flattered” to be considered main House roadblock to immigration reform

News

May 17th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

Two key Democrats in the U.S. Senate say Steve King, Iowa’s Republican congressman, is to blame for the impasse in the nation’s capital over immigration reform. The Senate has passed what was billed as “comprehensive immigration reform” last year and New York Senator Chuck Schumer says King is the main Republican road block to getting the bill through the House. “The reason the House has done nothing on immigration is because House Republicans have handed the gavel of leadership on immigration to far right extremists like Congressman Steve King,” Schumer said this week during a speech on the Senate floor. “…It is time for the House Republican leadership to decide whether they stand with the majority of the American people…or if they’re really going to let Steve King continue to dicate the policy of the Republican Party on immigration. Just to be clear, right now Steve King is winning.”

King says he’s “flattered” to get credit for blocking the “amnesty agenda” Democrats are pushing.”I’ve been hoping not to work on immigration at all between now and the election because the only thing I have confidence in the president doing with regard to that is to do whatever is in his political interest, but he’s not enforcing the law,” King says. “He’s ordering ICE to actually break the law, violate the law and now he’s turned loose 36,007 criminal aliens onto the streets, some of them murderers, some of them rapists numbered in the hundreds, by the way, not just one or two in the 36,000.”

This past week Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid also criticized “extremists in the House” like King for doing “absolutely nothing” to fix the nation’s broken immigration system. “The senate did its work,” Reid said. “For the past 10 and a half months…House Republicans have twiddled their thumbs. It’s time for the House Republicans to act. Let a vote occur in the House. If a vote occured, the legislation would pass overwhelmingly.” King says the two Democratic leaders in the senate are trying to goad House Republican leaders like House Speaker John Boehner into taking action.

“Our speaker will occasionally utter something that sends a message to the country that he’s looking for an opportunity to pass some kind of amnesty and the speaker has said that of all the issues that are on the table or even off the table with he and President Obama, the one he agrees with most is the immigration issue and that he’s hell-bent on passing something, so that means the topic is up,” King says. “It’s alive.”

King says he’s fighting to preserve the rule of law. If immigration reform passes congress this summer, King says Republicans will be a fractured party heading into the fall elections.

(Radio Iowa)

CLARENCE LANDIS, 93, of Griswold (Svcs. 5/23/14)

Obituaries

May 17th, 2014 by admin

CLARENCE LANDIS, 93, of Griswold died Friday, May 16th at the Griswold Care Center.  Funeral services for CLARENCE LANDIS will be held 10-a.m. Fri., May 23rd, at the Griswold United Methodist Church. Duhn Funeral Home in Griswold has the arrangements.

An open visitation will be held at the funeral home on Thursday, from 9:00 AM until 1:00 PM. Open visitation will continue at the Griswold United Methodist Church at 2:00 PM Thursday. Visitation with the family will be on Thursday from 5:30 until 7:30, at the Griswold United Methodist Church.

Interment will be at the Whipple Cemetery.

CCHS Women’s Health Program – Bladder and Heart Health

News

May 17th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

The Cass County Health System Women’s Health Initiative is offering an educational program Thursday, May 22, 2014. Officials say Kim Kopp and Peggy Perkins will present a program at 2:00 pm at the Anita Public Library.

Kim Kopp, RN, CWOCN, is the CCHS Wound, Ostomy, Continence Director. She will speak about bladder health and incontinence. These are issues that affect many women as they age, and can be inconvenient and embarrassing at times. Kim will share simple techniques to improve daily life and independence, as well as some information about medical interventions available.

Peggy Dunbar, RN, is the CCHS Cardiac Rehab Director. Peggy will present information about cardiac health, risk factors to be aware of and how to reduce your risk of heart disease. While people sometimes think about heart disease as a men’s health issue, it actually is the leading cause of death among women, according to the American Heart Association.

The program is free of charge and no pre-registration is necessary. For more information, contact Kim or Peggy at Cass County Health System, 712-243-3250.