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DEBRA NAMANNY, 65, of Massena (Svcs. 1/11/19)

Obituaries

January 7th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

DEBRA NAMANNY, 65, of Massena, died Monday, January 7, 2019, at the Atlantic Specialty Care, in Atlantic.  Funeral services for DEBRA NAMANNY will be held 4-p.m. Friday, Jan. 11th, at the Cumberland United Methodist Church. Steen Funeral Home in Massena has the arrangements.

A luncheon at the Cumberland Community Building will follow the service.

Visitation will be held on Thursday, January 10th, from 2:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the Steen Funeral Home in Massena, where the family will greet friends from 5-until 7-p.m., Thursday.; Online condolences may be left to the family at www.steenfunerals.com.

Burial will be held at the Massena Center Cemetery on Saturday, January 12, 2019, at 10:00 a.m.

Memorials may be made to the Debra Namanny memorial to be established by the family at a later date.

DEBRA NAMANNY is survived by:

Her husband – Kevin Namanny, of Massena.

Her sons – Brian (Amy) Soper, of Urbandale and Jared (Bridget) Namanny, of Audubon;

Her sisters – Connie Young, of Atlantic, and Patty (Bobby) Kuhns, of Lewis

8 grandchildren, and her special family members: Mike (Bev) South , of Kansas City, Missouri and Bill “Wildman” South of Denison; other relatives and friends.

Skyscan forecast for Atlantic & the area, Jan. 7 2019

Weather

January 7th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

Today: Mostly cloudy this morning w/any areas of rain ending; Partly Cloudy this afternoon. High 48. NW @ 10-20 mph.

Tonight: P/Cldy to Cloudy. Low 30. SE-NW @ 5-10.

Tomorrow: P/Cldy to Cldy. High 38. NW @ 15-25.

Wednesday: Mostly sunny. High 38.

Thursday: P/Cldy. High around 40.

Yesterday’s High in Atlantic was 50. Our Low was 34. We received .01″ rain overnight here in Atlantic through early this morning. Last year on this date our High was 39 and the Low was 11. The record High in Atlantic on this date was 63 in 2003. The Record Low was -27 in 1912.

Bohannon, No. 25 Iowa beat No. 24 Nebraska 93-84

Sports

January 7th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — In a game that Iowa simply had to have, junior Jordan Bohannon carried the 25th-ranked Hawkeyes with one of the best halves of his career. Bohannon scored 22 of his season-high 25 points in the second half, Tyler Cook had 16 points and Iowa beat No. 24 Nebraska 93-84 on Sunday, snapping a three-game losing streak to open Big Ten play.

Ryan Kriener added 14 points in his first career start for the Hawkeyes (12-3, 1-3). They shot 29 of 32 from the free throw line in holding off the Huskers (11-4, 1-3). Nebraska, which shot 37.8 percent on 3s entering play, was a dismal 4 of 23 beyond the arc. Bohannon, on the other hand, kept hitting 3s that kept the Huskers at bay.

Bohannon’s one-handed banked 3, his first basket of the game, gave Iowa a 44-40 lead at the halftime buzzer. Bohannon drilled another 3 to help slow Nebraska’s momentum and push Iowa’s edge back up to 72-63 — and he did the same after the Huskers got within 72-68. Bohannon’s final 3, with 2:03 left, gave Iowa an 83-75 lead. He finished 5 of 8 on 3s, hit all 10 of his free throws and added five assists.

After missing three games with a sprained ankle, sophomore center Luka Garza checked in with 11:59 in the first half. It was a welcome sight for the Hawkeyes, who’ve desperately missed the big man’s presence in the post. Garza had eight points in 10 minutes. “It gives us another offensive weapon inside. It gives us a post presence defensively,” Iowa coach Fran McCaffery said.

It’s possible, if not probable, that both teams will drop out of the poll today) Monday after losing to unranked teams this week. UP NEXT: Iowa is at Northwestern on Wednesday night.

JOHN WENDELL McCOWEN, 80, of Oakland (Memorial Svcs. 1/10/19)

Obituaries

January 7th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

JOHN WENDELL McCOWEN, 80, of Oakland, died Sunday, Jan. 6th, at the Oakland Manor Nursing Home. A memorial service for JOHN McCOWEN will be held 10:30-a.m. Thursday, January 10th,  at the Oakland United Methodist Church. Rieken Vieth Funeral Home in Oakland is in charge of arrangements.

Visitation with the family will be Wednesday evening at the Oakland United Methodist Church from 5:00 PM until 7:30 PM. 

A private interment will take place at the Oaklawn Cemetery. 

JOHN McCOWEN is survived by:

His wife – Barb McCowen, of Oakland.

His children – Beth (Mike) Schueman, of Avoca, and Jeff (Stacy) McCowen, of Leavenworth, KS.

His sisters – Betty Parman, of Marysville, MO, and Beverly Moe, of Des Moines.

His brother – Jim (Gloria) McCowen, of Coin. 

8 grandchildren, 1 great grandchild, other relatives and friends.

Midwest Sports Headlines: Jan. 7, 2019

Sports

January 7th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Jordan Bohannon scored a season-high 25 points, Tyler Cook had 16 and 25th-ranked Iowa beat No. 24 Nebraska 93-84, snapping a three-game losing streak to open Big Ten play. Junior Ryan Kriener finished with 14 points in his first career start for the Hawkeyes (12-3, 1-3).

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Fifth-ranked Kansas will be without center Udoka Azubuike for the remainder of the season after an MRI exam Sunday showed that the 7-footer tore ligaments in his right hand during practice. The 7-footer from Nigeria had been averaging 13.6 points and 6.8 rebounds.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Shizz Alston Jr. scored 22 points, Nate Pierre-Louis added 21 and Temple rallied to beat Wichita State 85-81 in overtime in its American Athletic Conference home debut. Pierre-Louis made the go-ahead layup (78-76) with 2:39 left in overtime and Temple led the rest of the way.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Sophie Cunningham scored 20 points and Haley Troup added a career-high 16 points as Missouri edged No. 10 Tennessee 66-64 for its fifth consecutive victory. Tennessee’s Rennia Davis missed a jumper that would have put the Lady Volunteers (12-2, 1-1 SEC) ahead with less than five seconds left and then missed a hurried shot at the buzzer.

Iowa early News Headlines: Monday, Jan. 7, 2019

News

January 7th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:35 a.m. CST

ELDRIDGE, Iowa (AP) — A gun-making group moving to eastern Iowa is bringing with it a $25 million contract to make rifles for a European nation’s military. The Quad-City Times reports that Lewis Machine & Tool is relocating from Milan, Illinois, to its new and much larger plant in Eldridge, Iowa, where it will supply the Estonian Defence Forces with 16,000 rifles. Estonia borders Russia and the Baltic Sea in northern Europe.

CLINTON, Iowa (AP) — One firefighter died and another was critically hurt while fighting a fire at a grain storage facility in eastern Iowa. The Quad-City Times reports Clinton City Administrator Matt Brooke says 33-year-old Lt. Eric Hosette died in Saturday’s fire at the ADM grain facility in Clinton, Iowa, and 23-year-old Adam Cain was injured.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — An eastern Iowa man has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for the murder of an Iowa City cab driver. The Iowa City Press-Citizen reports that 42-year-old Curtis Cortez Jones was sentenced Friday after a jury found him guilty of first-degree murder in November for the 2017 death of Ricky Lillie.

WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — An eastern Iowa man has been turned over to immigration authorities and his sister sentenced to probation after they set up a sham marriage to keep the man in the United States. The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports that 27-year-old Selmir Salkanovic, of Waterloo, was accused of marrying a U.S. citizen purely to obtain an upgraded immigration status after he overstayed a tourism visa. His sister, Sanela Dedic, was accused of paying off the bride in the fake marriage.

(UPDATE) Names released in eastern IA fatal kayak accident

News

January 6th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

In an update to our earlier reports, authorities in eastern Iowa, Sunday, released the names of the two victims involved in a fatal kayaking accident. Officials said 61-year-old Timothy Chicoine, of Des Moines died at the Pella Regional Hospital. 56-year-old Kevin Beatty, of Tracy, was treated and released from the same hospital.

The men were kayaking below the Lake Red Rock dam on the Des Moines River, when their kayaks capsized at around 11-a.m., Saturday morning. Ames construction workers, area fishermen, firefighters from Knoxville Rural and Knoxville city fire departments, Pella Ambulance crews and deputies threw rescue lines to Beatty, who was still fighting to hold onto the capsized kayak.

They were able to get him out of the deadly current, where members of the Pella Fire Department could get ahold of him.

Red Oak man arrested Sunday morning for Unauthorized use of a credit card

News

January 6th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

Police in Red Oak report 28-year old Mark Lee Parkinson, Jr., of Red Oak, was arrested at around 8:30-a.m. Sunday, on an aggravated misdemeanor charge of Unauthorized Use of a Credit Card (a loss of less than $1,000). Parkinson was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on a $2,000 bond.

Griswold Rehab & Healthcare Center is closed to visitors until further notice

News

January 6th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

Samantha Smith Director of Nursing at the Griswold Rehabilitation and Health Care Center, said Sunday, that the facility is closed to visitors until further notice, due to a positive case of Influenza A, which is a contagious viral infection that attacks a person’s respiratory system. Influenza A is one of the most common type of infection, routinely causing seasonal outbreaks. It is sometimes resolved on its own, but more serious cases require the care of a physician.  KJAN will let you know when visitors are permitted at the Griswold Rehab and Health Care Center, once we have received official word it is safe for the residents to have visitors.

Symptoms of Influenza A include:

Adair County Board of Supervisors to meet Monday morning

News

January 6th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

The Board of Supervisors in Adair County will meet in a special session 9-a.m. Monday, in their Boardroom at the Courthouse, in Greenfield. During their meeting, the Board will receive Fiscal Year 2020 Budget requests from: the County Engineer; County Attorney; Fair Board: Success 4 Kids; SICOG (Southern Iowa Council Of Governments); MATURA; and Auditor Mindy Schaefer, representing the Medical Examiner, Clerk of Court, Social Services, Supervisors and Auditor).

The Board will also hear from the Wellness Committee,