Jim Field speaks with Brian Waddingham, Executive Director of the Coalition to Support Iowa’s Farmers, about National Agriculture Day.
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Authorities in Shenandoah report the search for a missing Essex teen is over. Officials say 16-year old Brydget Bird was found Tuesday, with the assistance of Fremont County Sheriff’s Deputies. No other details were provided.
Bird had last been seen by her mother Friday night. Shenandoah Police Chief Kris Grebert says the girl was reported missing the next day.
ESTHER LUCILE SPANGLER, 102, of Guthrie Center, died Tue., March 25th, at the Guthrie County Hospital in Guthrie Center. Funeral services for ESTHER SPANGLER will be held 10:30-a.m. Fri., March 28th, at the Adair United Methodist Church. Hockenberry Family Care Funeral Home in Adair has the arrangements.
A visitation with the family will be held from 5-to 7-pm Thu., March 27th, at the Adair Community Center. Condolences may be left online at www.hockenberryfamilycare.com.
Burial will be in the Sunnyhill Cemetery in Adair.
ESTHER SPANGLER is survived by:
Her daughters – Carol Noland, of Adair; Mary Ann (Dean) Heckman, of Adair, and Betty Lou (Jim) Marquis, of Lamar, MO.
Her sister-in-law, many grandchildren and many great-grandchildren.
DENNIS JAMES FLEMING, 62, of Atlantic, died Mon., March 24th, in Omaha, NE. Services for DENNIS FLEMING are pending at the Hockenberry Family Care Funeral Home in Atlantic.
Sheriff’s officials in Adams County Wednesday morning, released a report on recent arrests. Authorities say 33-year old Lyda Rachel Wilson, of Glenwood, was arrested at around 9:10-p.m. Tuesday after she left the Adams County Sheriff’s Office driving on a suspended license. Wilson was charged with Driving While Revoked. Her bond was set at just over $1,573.
And, at around 6:30-p.m. Tuesday, deputies in Adams County arrested 27-year old old Crystal Estell, of Corning, for Driving While Barred and Failure to file for SR-22 insurance. Her bond was set at slightly more than $2,573.
The Fremont County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s assistance in finding who stole an Iowa flag from a pole and left an American flag lying on the ground. The incident happened Friday between 10 p.m. and 11 p.m. near Main and E streets in Hamburg. The city of Hamburg is offering a $1,000 reward for the arrest and conviction of those involved. Fremont County Crime Stoppers also will match the $1,000 reward. Anyone with information is asked to call the sheriff’s office at (712) 374-2424 or crime stoppers at 1 (800) 432-9240.
In a separate incident, three flags, including from the U-S Post Office, was reported stolen from Macksburg last week.
(Update 6:48-a.m. 3/26/14 – Authorities in Shenandoah say Bird has been found with the assistance of Fremont County Sheriff’s Deputies. No other details were provided.)
Authorities in southwest Iowa are asking for the public’s help in finding a teenager who’s been missing for more than four days. The Daily NonPareil reports 16-year old Brydget Bird, of Essex, was last seen by her mother Friday night. Shenandoah Police Chief Kris Grebert says the girl was reported missing the next day.
Bird is 5-foot-5 and weighs approximately 100 pounds. She has brown eyes and brown hair. She was last seen wearing black pants, a long sleeve white shirt and a Superman backpack. Police believe she may have left home in a silver Chevy HHR with Iowa plates.
Bird could possibly be with friends in the Shenandoah, Clarinda or Essex areas. Anyone with information on her whereabouts is asked to call Shenandoah Police at (712) 246-3512.