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A lifelong citizen of Elk Horn (IA) died yesterday (Friday) in a rural area pond. According to the Danish Villages News, Maynard Nielsen was found in a friends pond. Upon returning home the man recognized Nielsen’s vehicle parked nearby without him in it. He then discovered the man’s body in his pond, lying face down by the dock, in approximately 4 feet of water.
Nielsen reportedly suffered from cerebral palsy most of his life but it did not stop him from regular pursuits. After receiving a masters degree, he decided to return home to Elk Horn instead of becoming a counselor, and continued being an active member of the community. Only recently did he leave his job with the Village Station and move into the Salem Lutheran Homes to receive care.
Police are investigating the incident. An autopsy was scheduled to be performed in Des Moines.
GARY G. FANCHER, 62, of Audubon, died Thu., April 16th, in a grain bin accident on his farm northeast of Audubon. Funeral services for GARY FANCHER will be held 2-p.m. Monday, April 20th, at the 1st Presbyterian Church in Audubon. Kessler Funeral Home in Audubon has the arrangements.
Friends may call at the funeral home, where the family will be present from 3-until 7-pm, on Sunday.
Burial will be in the Maple Grove Cemetery in Audubon.
GARY FANCHER is survived by:
His wife – Joni Fancher, of Audubon.
His children – Brooke (Jerod) Burns, of Kellogg, & Justin (Katy) Fancher, of Grimes.
His mother – LaVaun Fancher, of Audubon.
His sisters – Marilyn (Danny) Rubel, of Stanton, & Donna (David) Borst, of St. Petersburg, FL.
5 grandchildren, his in-laws, other relatives and friends.
AUDREY A. TWIST, 92, of Exira (& formerly of Audubon), died Thu., April 16th, at the Exira Care Center. Funeral services for AUDREY TWIST will be held 10:30-a.m. Mon., April 20th, at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church in Audubon. Kessler Funeral Home in Audubon has the arrangements.
Friends may call at the funeral home, where the family will be present from 1-until 3-pm on Sunday.
Burial will be in the Arlington Heights Cemetery in Audubon.
AUDREY TWIST is survived by:
Her sisters-in-law: Erma Larsen, of Exira, & Juanita Twist, of Des Moines.
Other relatives, and friends.
A traffic stop early this (Saturday) morning, in Red Oak, resulted in an arrest. Red Oak Police say at around 12:30-a.m., a van driven by 35-year old Meri Ellen Kling, of Red Oak, was pulled over in the 1300 block of North Broadway. Following questioning of the driver, the Montgomery County K9 was deployed and alerted to the odor of narcotics coming from the vehicle. Kling was subsequently taken into custody for Possession of drug paraphernalia and OWI/Drugged. She was also cited for having no insurance. Kling was transported to the Montgomery County Jail, where her bond was set at $1,000.
401 AM CDT SAT APR 18 2015
EARLY THIS MORNING…CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. SOUTHEAST WIND NEAR 10 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 40 PERCENT.
TODAY…SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MID MORNING…THEN NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. HIGH IN THE UPPER 60S. SOUTHEAST WIND 5 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 70 PERCENT.
TONIGHT…CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. LOW IN THE MID 50S. SOUTHEAST WIND NEAR 10 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 50 PERCENT.
SUNDAY…CLOUDY…BREEZY. SHOWERS LIKELY AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH IN THE LOWER 60S. WEST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH INCREASING TO NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 70 PERCENT.
SUNDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY THROUGH MIDNIGHT THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. BREEZY…COLDER. LOW IN THE UPPER 30S. NORTHWEST WIND 10 TO 20 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH THROUGH MIDNIGHT.
MONDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. BREEZY. HIGH IN THE MID 50S. NORTHWEST WIND 15 TO 25 MPH.
TUESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. BREEZY. HIGH IN THE UPPER 50S.
More than 100,000 Iowa students will benefit from the fourth year of a state program to boost science, technology, engineering and mathematics programs. The Daily NonPareil reports the Iowa Governor’s STEM Advisory Council has announced about 2,800 educators from all corners of the state have been accepted to receive STEM programs through its STEM Scale-Up initiative for the 2015-16 academic year.
Council members selected 14 STEM programs to provide curriculum, after-school programming and other enrichment opportunities for students in preschool through high school. Robotics, wind turbines, virtual reality and career skills are all among the topics covered by the programs. Southwest Iowa public schools, preschools, libraries and other community organizations benefited from the Scale Up program awards.
A total of $3.1 million from the Iowa Legislature was spread across six regional STEM areas. Results from 2013-14, according to a press release, show that more than 90 percent of students in STEM Scale-Up programs reported a higher interest in at least one STEM subject or career field.
A Sioux City teenager died and three others were hospitalized after police say they became ill while smoking a synthetic drug. Officer Jeremy McClure of the Sioux City Police Department says emergency responders were initially called late Thursday night to War Eagle Park to check on a person who was sick. “Four subjects were transported to local hospitals for treatment after ingesting smokeable synthetic drugs. One those subjects, 18-year-old Austin McCloud of Sioux City, died while being treated,” McClure said at a news conference Friday. McCloud and the three other victims, between the ages of 16 and18, were found together in a car shortly after 11 p.m.
McClure said an autopsy will help determine exactly what caused McCloud’s death. Two of the teens were still be treated at the hospital, as of Friday afternoon, while the other teen was treated and released. The names of the other three victims are not being released, but McClure said they are all students at Sioux City West High School. It remains unclear exactly what substances were being used by the four teens.
“We’re not exactly sure what synthetic drug they were using at this time,” McClure said. “The substances that we found at the scene are being sent to the Iowa State Criminal Lab to be tested.” For now, no charges have been filed in the case.
(Radio Iowa)
GERALD EUGENE HACKETT, 86, of Oakland, died Friday, April 17th, 2015 at the Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs. Funeral services for GERALD HACKETT will be held 10:30-a.m. Tuesday, April 21st, at the Oakland United Methodist Church in Oakland. Rieken Vieth Funeral Home in Oakland is in charge of arrangements.
Visitation with the family will be on Monday evening at the Oakland United Methodist Church from 5-7:30 PM.
Interment will be in the Oaklawn Cemetery.
GERALD HACKETT is survived by:
His wife of 65 years – Lorraine, of Oakland.
His daughter – Geralynne Cohrs and husband Kenneth of Underwood.
His sons – Gary Hackett and wife Arlene, Larry Hackett and wife Wendy, Dan Hackett and wife Janice, Tom Hackett and wife Lori, and Tim Hackett and wife Jody, all of
Oakland.
His sisters, Jessie Shiffer of Oakland and Marlene Clark of Atlantic.
His brother – Dean Hackett and wife Shirley of Syracuse, NE
12 grandchildren, 11 great grandchildren, other relatives and friends.
ELLWOOD BOND, 94, of Fontanelle, died Friday, April 17th, at the Good Samaritan Society in Fontanelle. Funeral services for ELLWOOD BOND will be held 10:30-a.m. Wed., April 22nd, at the Steen Funeral Home in Fontanelle.
Visitation at the funeral home is from 4-until 8-pm on Tuesday. Online condolences may be left to the family at www.steenfunerals.com.
Burial in the Fontanelle Cemetery with full military graveside rites conducted by the
Fontanelle American Legion Carlson Post No. 247. A luncheon will be held at the Emmanuel Lutheran Church following the burial.
Memorials may be directed to the Ellwood Bond memorial fund to be established by the family.