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Audubon Girls Early Bird Track Results

Sports

April 3rd, 2015 by Jim Field

1st Place:

  • High Jump – Kelsey Hurley, Fremont-Mills  5-0
  • Long Jump – Kylan Straight, Logan-Magnolia  16-4.5
  • Shot Put – Hannah Mahoney, Missouri Valley  32-9
  • Discus – Hannah Onken, Greene County  114-3
  • 3000 – Rebekah Topham, Griswold  10:26.29
  • 4 x 800 – Underwood (Kiley Cook, Madeline Stephens, Gabby Myers, Erin Shapcott)  10:41.27
  • Shuttle Hurdle – Greene County (Eme Johnson, Sarah Sandage, Mollie Sorber)  1:10.51
  • 100 – Megan Wilson, Logan-Magnolia  :13.76
  • Distance Medley – Woodbine (Cheyenne Watkins, Hope Sherer, Katie Payne, Megan Maaske)  4:38.92
  • 400 – Rose Andersen, Exira/EHK  1:04.48
  • 4 x 200 – Fremont-Mills (Kelsey Hurley, Taryn Williams, Macy Williams, Clara Schaaf)  1:53.14
  • 100 Hurdles – Andrea McClary, Fremont-Mills  :16.19
  • 800 – Hannah Dugdale, Missouri Valley  2:35.46
  • 200 – Olivia Hansen, Greene County  :27.37
  • 400 Hurdles – Rebekah Topham, Griswold  1:09.85
  • Sprint Medley – Fremont-Mills (Taryn Williams, Macy Williams, Clara Schaaf, Kelsey Hurley)  1:56.8
  • 1500 – Alyx Flippin, Griswold  5:00.35
  • 4 x 100 – Greene County (Mollie Sorber, Megan Durbin, Hannah Stein, Nadia Fisher)  :54.81
  • 4 x 400 – Greene County (Eme Johnson, Emma Saddoris, Emily Christensen, Olivia Hansen)  4:20.41

2015AudubonGirlsEarlyBirdTrackResults

MILDRED JOSEPHINE LEUSCHEN, 90, of Portsmouth (Svcs. 4/6/15)

Obituaries

April 3rd, 2015 by Ric Hanson

MILDRED JOSEPHINE LEUSCHEN, 90, of Portsmouth, died Wed., April 1st, at home. A Mass of Christian Burial service for MILDRED LEUSCHEN will be held 10:30-a.m. Mon., April 6th, at St. Mary’s of the Assumption Church, in Panama. Pauley-Jones Funeral Home in Harlan has the arrangements.

Visitation at St. Mary’s of the Assumption Hall, in Panama, is from 2-until 9-pm on Sunday, with the family greeting friends from 4-until 8-pm. A Rosary begins at 7-p.m, at the same location.

Burial will be in the St. Mary’s Cemetery in Panama.

MILDRED LEUSCHEN is survived by:

Her sons – Ronald (Evelyn) Leuschen, of Antioch, CA; Dennis (Liz) Leuschen, of Rolla, MO; William (Linda) Leuschen, of Silvis, IL; Paul (Michelle) Leuschen, of Storm Lake; Bruce (Kelly) Leuschen, of Mustang, OK, & Bennett (Lana) Leuschen, of Council Bluffs.

Her daughters – Suella (Dean) Hager, of Shawnee, KS; Patricia (John) Hruska, of Omaha; Faye (Richard) French, of Randolph, IA; Annette (Peter) Dunlop, of Woodbine; Carol (Mike) Robertson, of La Vista, NE; & Betty (Cary) Saar, of Treynor.

Her sisters – Nonna Adams, of San Jose, CA; Theresa Wellman, of Council Bluffs, & Cleo Nelson, of Mercer Island, WA.

48 grandchildren and 79 great-grandchildren.

YVONNE JENSEN, 78, of Kimballton (Svcs. 4/8/15)

Obituaries

April 3rd, 2015 by Ric Hanson

YVONNE JENSEN, 78, of Kimballton, died Wed., April 1st, at Creighton University Medical Center, in Omaha A funeral service for YVONNE JENSEN will be held 10:30-a.m. Wed., April 8th, at the Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Jacksonville. Pauley-Jones Funeral Home in Harlan has the arrangements.

Visitation is from 5-until 8-pm Tuesday, at the funeral home.

There will be no burial.

YVONNE JENSEN is survived by:

Her husband – Dale Jensen, of Kimballton.

Her daughters – Melodi Jenkins, of Sioux City, & Jan Jensen (& her partner Julie Fitzpatrick), of Coralville.

Her son – Doug Jensen, of Kimballton.

Her brother – Donald Randolph, Jr., of Port Charlotte, FL.

and 6 grandchildren .

Fire Weather Watch will be in effect Saturday (4/4)

Weather

April 3rd, 2015 by Ric Hanson

AREA COUNTIES: MONONA-HARRISON

338 AM CDT FRI APR 3 2015 …

FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM NOON UNTIL 8-PM SATURDAY, FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY. THE WATCH COVERS MOST OF EASTERN NEBRASKA AND PARTS OF WESTERN IOWA.

* WINDS…SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 TO 35 MPH.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY…AS LOW AS 15 TO 20 PERCENT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS.

EVELYN A. BERGSTROM, 79, of Harlan (Svcs. 4/7/15)

Obituaries

April 3rd, 2015 by Ric Hanson

EVELYN A. BERGSTROM, 79, of Harlan, died Wed., April 1st. A Memorial service for EVELYN BERGSTROM will be held 11-a.m. Tue., April 7th, at the Congregational United Church of Christ, in Harlan. Burmeister-Johannsen Funeral Home in Harlan has the arrangements.

Friends may call at the Congregational United Church of Christ on Monday, from 5:30-until 7-pm, with a Prayer service at 7-p.m.

EVELYN BERGSTROM is survived by:

Her husband – Charles L. Bergstrom, of Harlan.

Her daughters – Patricia Robinson, of Irwin, & Laurel (Tim) Burger, of Harlan.

Her sister – Geraldine Ahlers, of Norfolk, NE>

4 grandchildren, 1 great-grandchild, her sister-in-law, other relatives & friends.

RALENE R. KNUDSEN, 58, of Carroll (Svcs. 4/4/15)

Obituaries

April 3rd, 2015 by Ric Hanson

RALENE R. KNUDSEN, 58, of Carroll, died Wed., April 1st, at St. Anthony Regional Hospital, in Carroll. Celebration of Life Memorial services for RALENE KNUDSEN will be held 3-p.m. Sat., April 4th, at the Kessler Funeral Home in Audubon.

Friends may call at the funeral home, where the family visitation from 2-pm until the time of service, on Saturday.

Inurnment will be in the Maple Grove Cemetery in Audubon.

RALENE KNUDSEN is survived by:

Her daughter – Roycene Knudsen & her fiance’, James “Tony” Sanchez, of Carroll.

Her sister – Kathy (Ed) Mack, of Hamlin.

Her brother – Kip (Jenny) Malone, of Denision.

other family members, her ex-husband, and friends.

Union County man arrested Friday morning in Montgomery Co.

News

April 3rd, 2015 by Ric Hanson

A man from Union County was arrested this (Friday) morning, in Montgomery County. Sheriff’s officials say 35-year old Shane Allen Dewees, of Kent, was arrested for Driving While Suspended, with seven withdrawals in effect. He was also charged with providing False Identification information. Dewees was taken into custody at around 3:23-a.m. near mile-marker 51, on Highway 34. He was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on $300 bond.

Red Oak man arrested on a drug charge Thu. night

News

April 3rd, 2015 by Ric Hanson

A traffic stop in Red Oak Thursday night resulted in the arrest of a passenger in the vehicle. Red Oak Police say 28-year old Lovelle Joseph Ward, of Red Oak, was arrested at around 10-p.m., for Possession of drug Paraphernalia, after a K-9 detected the odor of narcotics coming from inside the vehicle. Ward was later released from the scene on a citation. The paraphernalia was seized into evidence.

State audit finds issues with Walnut’s documentation

News

April 3rd, 2015 by Ric Hanson

A report released Tuesday by the state auditor’s office made a series of recommendations for the city of Walnut after finding some issues in how the city documented its spending. The Daily NonPareil says State Auditor Mary Mosiman’s procedures report reviewed the city’s internal controls from July 1, 2013, to June 30, 2014, including the city council’s meeting minutes, financial reports, funds, debts and more.

One issue discovered was the Capital Projects, Housing Rehabilitation Fund, which had a deficit balance of $2,399 as of June 30, 2014. The report recommended the city should investigate alternatives to eliminate the deficit balance. City Clerk Terri Abel told the paper said the fund was a housing program the city once had in effect, and it had spent a bit more than anticipated. She said it was a simple matter of bookkeeping..transferring the deficit to another account.

Another issue was documentation not readily available to support one of 30 disbursements tested in the amount of $69, but the documentation was later obtained, the report stated. That includes handling cash, investments, receipts, disbursements, payroll and more. The report, however, that separation is difficult to establish due to a limited number of employees.

Emu’s pretty fast…

News

April 3rd, 2015 by Ric Hanson

A routine patrol by a Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Deputy culminated in a pursuit, but the subject of the chase got away. The Omaha World-Herald reports the subject in question, was an emu…a large, flightless bird.  Sgt. Chris Weber was patrolling southwest of Crescent Thursday morning when he stumbled across the bird.

Weber said he and fellow deputies followed the creature into a rock quarry and waited for its owner to arrive from Honey Creek. But he said the emu, believed to have been on the lam for a couple of days, pushed further into the hills, where the authorities could not follow.

When last seen, the emu was being chased by its owner.