- KJAN, Atlantic .35″
- 7 miles NNE of Atlantic .3″
- Massena .31″
- Anita .3″
- Audubon .34″
- Oakland .4″
- Villisca .4″
- Corning .38″
- Manning .36″
- Guthrie Center .25″
- Red Oak .27″
- Carroll .3″
- Creston .8″
(Tabor, Iowa) – Investigators in southwest Iowa are looking into the claims of a woman who said that, as a child, her father forced her to help dispose of bodies on land he owned west of Tabor. In an article posted Friday on Newsweek.com, the woman suggested there may be as many as 70 bodies at the bottom of a 100 foot well, believed to be prostitutes or transients, and that all of them were killed by her father, Donald Dean Studey, over the course of three decades.
The well no longer exists. It was filled-in many years ago, and the woman’s father has long-since died.
Fremont County Sheriff Kevin Aistrope acknowledged there have been rumors about the bodies for years, and while cadaver dog picked up a scent of human remains this past weekend at the field, as of Monday, there was no credible evidence to support the woman’s claims, and that cadaver dogs are used as a tool, but are not a definitive sign of evidence being present.
(Radio Iowa) – The latest U-S-D-A crop report shows one part of the state is much closer to finishing up the harvest than others. The report shows the northeast and south-central regions of Iowa both are under 40 percent when it comes to the corn harvest — while 82 percent of the corn is already sitting in bins in northwest Iowa. The overall corn harvest is 59 percent complete — which is one day ahead of last year and eight days ahead of the five-year average. The report says the soybean harvest reached 88 percent complete — which is 11 days ahead of the average. 
(Radio Iowa) – Iowa State University’s Extension Department is selling a 2023 calendar that seeks to address some of the “Garden Lore” that’s been circulating the state. Consumer horticulture specialist, Aaron Steil, says they hear a lot of folklore or home remedies that don’t have a lot of research or evidence supporting them. One involves a popular garden flower. “You know, we often get a question, if peonies need ants to bloom, and peonies will open with or without ants, the ants are not required for bloom, they’re just there because they’re collecting nectar,” he says. Another myth is you should plant your potatoes on Good Friday.
He says planting should happen in mid-April in much of the state for potatoes, and sometimes Good Friday is in mid-April — but the holiday can move around as much as a month — and it can be too early to plan when Good Friday is near the end of March. The internet is the origin of some of the gardening stories — including one Style has heard quite often. “Planting sweet peppers, or bell peppers next to hot peppers will make your sweet or bell peppers more spicy. And that’s just not how biology works,” Style says. “If you saved the seed from inside that pepper and planted it the following year, the pepper will probably taste different. But the fruit of the pepper is determined by the genetics of the plant. And that doesn’t change whether it’s pollinated by us a bell pepper or sweet pepper.”
Style says the questions have picked up as more people tried their hand at gardening. “Especially since the spring of 2020, and so we’ve been answering many questions like this, there’s lots of information out there and some of its good and some of its bad,” he says. “Hopefully this calendar can help kind of show people the difference between those two things.” The calendar addresses the lore, and he says it’s also a great way to keep track of your work. “The garden calendar is actually a wonderful gardening journal to keep track of things, when you planted things and take note of the things you put in your yard, those kinds of things. It makes a wonderful garden journal that way,” Style says. 
The calendar can be purchased from the Iowa State University Extension and Outreach online store, and you can also find it in most of your local county extension offices. It costs eight dollars.
Drake women’s basketball coach Allison Pohlman believes the team fans watched at the end of last season will be the one picked to finish third in the Missouri Valley race. The Bulldogs overcame a rash of injuries and a 3-7 start to league play last season to finish 20-14 after winning eight of their last 10 games.
The Bulldogs will be tested by a demanding non-conference schedule that includes Iowa, Iowa State and two other teams that are nationally ranked.
Drake got an early start by playing three games during a trip to Italy over the summer.
They open at home on November seventh against Green Bay.
After four straight at home the UNI Panthers head back out on the road this week with a visit to 24th ranked Southern Illinois. The Panthers have won four of their last five games game and are 3-2 in the Missouri Valley after 41-20 win over Missouri State.
That’s UNI coach Mark Farley. The Salukis are 4-1 in the Valley after a loss at South Dakota.
Saluki quarterback Nic Baker has passed for nearly 18 hundred yards and 13 touchdowns this season.
Baker leads one of the top offenses in the conference.
A new era is set to begin at Briar Cliff where the women’s basketball team prepares for a new season. Brian Ortmeier is set for his first season as head coach after a stint at Iowa Central Community College and says the decision to become the Chargers new coach was an easy one.
The Chargers return all five starters from a team that played in the NAIA National Tournament.
Briar Cliff opens the season Saturday at Clarke.
Class 3A Regional Finals
Region 3: Van Meter @ Des Moines Christian
Class 4A Regional Finals
Region 1: Bishop Heelan @ Norwalk
Region 2: ADM @ Indianola
Class 5A Regional Finals
Region 1: CB Abraham Lincoln @ Ankeny
Today: Areas of fog this morning; Partly cloudy. High 56. NW @ 10-20 mph.
Tonight: Fair to Partly cloudy. Low 29. NW @ 5.
Tomorrow: P/Cldy. High 58. Winds variable @ 5-10.
Thursday: Mo.Cldy w/scattered light showers. High 56.
Friday: P/Cldy. High 62.
Monday’s High in Atlantic was 58. We received .35″ rain. The Low was 31. Last year on this date the High in Atlantic was 57 and the Low was 35. The Record High on this date was 85 in 1891 & 1940. The Record Low was 14 in 1892.
(Sidney, Iowa) – Fremont County Sheriff Kevin Aistrope says more than a dozen people were arrested on various charges, between Sept. 27th and Oct. 24th. Most recently…
On Oct. 24th, 39-year-old Patrick Raven, of Nebraska City, NE., was arrested for Domestic Abuse (Strangulation), and Going Armed with Intent. Mills County Sheriff’s Deputies assisted in his arrest. Raven was being held without bond, pending an initial court appearance.
On Oct. 19th, 43-year-old Dewight Binau, of Red Oak, was arrested on nine counts of Violation of a No Contact Order. Red Oak Police assisted in the matter.
On the 16th, Fremont County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested 39-year-old Rex Peterson, of Dunbar, NE., for Possession of Meth. He was later released on a $1,000 bond. That same day, 39-year-old Megan Austin, of Thurman, was arrested for Domestic Abuse. She was Released on her Own Recognizance (ROR).
The Fremont County Sheriff’s Office reports 50-year-old Glen Gallagher, of Omaha, was arrested Oct. 12th, for Poss. of Meth, Poss. of Drug Paraphernalia, and Poss. of Marijuana. He was released on a $6,000 bond. On Oct. 9th, 22-year-old Michael Perez Gutierrez, of Omaha, was arrested in Fremont County for OWI/1st offense (later released on a $1,000 bond).
There were three arrests on Oct. 8th: 39-year-old Aaron Childs, of Shenandoah, was arrested for Poss. of Meth & drug paraphernalia (released on $1k bond); 29-year-old Dakotah Barnett, of Sidney, was arrested for OWI/1st offense (Released on $1k bond); & 39-year-old Pedro Andrade, of Muscatine, was arrested for Attempted Murder and Willful Injury. He was later released on $1k bond.
On Oct. 6th, 42-year-old Randy Burton, of Glenwood, was arrested on a warrant for Failure to Appear (ROR). On Oct. 4th, 25-year-old Gavin Driskell, of Hamburg, was arrested for OWI/1st offense (released on $1k bond). Sept 28th, Fremont County Deputies arrested 29-year-old Elijah Faust, of Thurman, for Probation Violation (ROR); On the 27th, 32-year-old Ashley McClarnon, of Clarinda, was arrested for Harassment in the 2nd Degree ($1k bond). The Page County Sheriff’s Office assisted in the arrest.
And, on Sept. 27th, 30-year-old Mary Sorenson, of Ruthven, was arrested in Fremont County for Harassment in the 3rd Degree ($1k bond).
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