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High speed chase in Omaha/Council Bluffs leads to an arrest early Sunday morning

News

November 10th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

Authorities say a man wanted on felony charges led police on a two-hour high-speed vehicle chase through Omaha and Council Bluffs Saturday night. The Omaha World-Herald reports the chase began at around 10:30-p.m. in Omaha, after police saw a suspect in a pickup truck and began to follow him. The unnamed suspect pulled into a gas station just after 11-p.m., got out of the pickup and allegedly car jacked a four-door vehicle.

The ensuing chase involved the stolen car driving through backyards and fences, running stoplights and heading into oncoming Interstate 80 traffic. It finally ended in a cul-de-sac with the suspect being taken into custody about 12:20 a.m.  today (Sunday), in a residential area near 108th and Q Streets in Omaha.

The paper says there was a report of shots fired at the scene, but no one was hit. The suspect was treated by rescue crews however, after officers used a stun gun to subdue him.

UTV goes up in smoke & flames near Oakland, Saturday

News

November 10th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

Authorities in Pottawattamie County say no injuries were reported after a 4-wheeled off-road utility vehicle erupted into flames late Saturday morning, near Oakland. Oakland Fire Chief Brant Miller told the Daily NonPareil the Gator utility task vehicle (UTV) was being used to gather soil sampled in a harvested corn field about seven miles southwest of Oakland, when  it caught on fire at around 11:30-a.m., Saturday. Brant said wind blew the flames into the corn stubble and burned a small area.

The cause of the fire was undetermined, but it’s suspected the UTV either overheated or ignited some corn stubble. Oakland Fire & Rescue was assisted by fire crews from Minden who brought their grass trucks to the scene.

Iowa News Headlines: Sun., Nov. 10th 2013

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November 10th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press…

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – A tea party Republican U.S. Senator has spoken to a group of Iowa conservatives. Senator Mike Lee of Utah, who led the fight that brought on the 16-day partial government shutdown, spoke Saturday to hundreds of people at the Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition’s 13th annual banquet at the State Fairgrounds in Des Moines.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) – A 26-year-old man has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted murder in a Sioux City shooting that killed a man and a woman and left another man injured. The Sioux City Journal reports Juan Nino-Estrada of Sioux City made his initial court appearance Friday in Woodbury County District Court. Bond was set at $2 million.

WEST UNION, Iowa (AP) – Only three days after a fire destroyed two buildings in downtown West Union, a feed business housed in one of them is back up and running in a new location. The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports that Unionland Feed and Supply Store was making feed deliveries and offering goods to walk-in customers Friday in a vacant building two blocks from where Tuesday’s fire ravaged buildings at Elm and Walnut streets.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) – Jordan Canzeri ran for a career-high 165 yards on 20 carries to help the Iowa Hawkeyes defeat the Purdue Boilermakers 38-14 Saturday afternoon. Jake Rudock passed for 191 yards and two touchdowns for Iowa, which set season highs with 509 total and 318 rushing yards.

Glenwood men arrested for icy caper

News

November 10th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

Police in Red Oak arrested two Glenwood men early this (Sunday) morning. Officials say 26-year old Eric Meyer Garland and 20-year old Brandon Michael Smith, both of Glenwood, were arrested at around 2:10-a.m. in the 100 block of West Hammond Street, after officers observed the men running through yards carrying bags of stolen ice. Garland and Smith were brought to the Montgomery County Jail, where they were being held on $300 cash bond, each.

National Weather Service forecast for Atlantic & the KJAN listening area

Weather

November 10th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

Sunday, Nov. 10th 2013

Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 53. Light and variable wind becoming south 8 to 13 mph in the morning.

Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 37. South wind 5 to 10 mph becoming northwest after midnight.

Veterans Day: Mostly cloudy, with a temperature falling to around 27 by 5pm. Windy, with a north northeast wind 8 to 13 mph increasing to 16 to 21 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 29 mph.
Monday Night: Cloudy during the early evening, then gradual clearing, with a low around 17. Wind chill values as low as 5. Blustery, with a north wind 10 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 32. North wind 5 to 10 mph.
Tuesday Night: Clear, with a low around 18.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 41. Breezy.

College hoops: Drake survives 61-59 at Illinois-Chicago

Sports

November 10th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

CHICAGO (AP) – Richard Carter scored a career-best 38 points and Drake hung on to escape Illinois-Chicago with a 61-59 victory for new coach Ray Giacoletti on Saturday. Carter, who averaged less than 10 points per game last season, hit 12 of 17 from the field and was 12-for-12 from the line, but even so the Bulldogs had to sweat the ending as a 9-point lead evaporated in the final eight minutes.

Illinois-Chicago’s Hayden Hume slashed to the basket with one second remaining only to have his layup rim in and out. Drake’s Jacob Enevold, who only played 11 minutes because of foul trouble, had subbed in for defense with 6 seconds left and snagged the win-preserving rebound, his only one of the game.

Marc Brown led the Flames with 22 points, Kelsey Barlow added 11 and Hume 10.

WAYNE BRADLEY NELSEN, 67, of Avoca (Svcs. 11/12/13)

Obituaries

November 9th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

WAYNE BRADLEY NELSEN, 67, of Avoca, died Fri., Nov. 8th, at the Josie Harper Residence Hospice House, in Omaha. Funeral services for WAYNE NELSEN will be held 11-a.m. Tue., Nov. 12th, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Avoca. Pauley-Jones Funeral Home in Avoca has the arrangements.

Visitation at the funeral home is from 6-to 8-pm Mon., Nov. 11th.

Burial will be in the Graceland Cemetery at Avoca.

WAYNE NELSEN is survived by:

His wife – Virginia Nelsen, of Avoca.

His daughters – Jill (Roger) Dethlefs, and Jodi (Dave) Osborn, all of Omaha.

His brothers – Lonn (Theota) Nelsen, of Avoca, & Vaughn (Janette) Nelsen, of Omaha.

His sister – Janiece (Harold) Ronnfeldt, of Council Bluffs.

and 2 grandchildren.

Late FG lifts N. Iowa past Youngstown St, 22-20

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November 9th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) – Tyler Sievertsen kicked a 34-yard field goal as time expired to lift Northern Iowa past Youngstown State and cap a 16-point fourth-quarter comeback, 22-20. The Panthers (5-5, 1-5 Missouri Valley) trailed 14-3 at intermission and 14-6 after three quarters, but Brion Carnes brought the team back with a pair of fourth-quarter touchdown passes to Chad Owens three minutes apart that put UNI ahead, 19-14, with under 10 minutes left to play.

Kurt Hess engineered a 13-play, 78-yard drive that put the Penguins (8-1, 5-1 Missouri Valley) back in the lead, 20-19, with 4:41 left, but a two-point conversion attempt fell incomplete.  Carnes matched Hess, spearheading a 56-yard, 15-play drive that reached the Youngstown State 17. Carnes was 18-for-30 for 219 yards to go with his two touchdowns.  Hess was 15 of 22 for 207 yards and a touchdown, and carried seven times for 20 yards and two touchdowns.

Ohio downs Northern Iowa 75-64

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November 9th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

ATHENS, Ohio (AP) – Maurice Ndour scored 20 points in his first game for Ohio en route to a 75-64 victory over Northern Iowa on Saturday in the season opener for both schools. Ndour joined the Bobcats after spending two years at Monroe College, and led four Ohio starters in double figures.

The Bobcats jumped to a 15-4 lead early in the game, but the Panthers closed the deficit to 28-27 late in the first half. Ohio responded with an 11-5 run and took a 39-32 lead to halftime.  Northern Iowa battled, trailing for most of the second half by single digits, but was unable to ever take the lead.

Nick Kellogg scored 16 for Ohio, while Ricardo Johnson added 14. Stevie Taylor had 10 points and 8 assists for the Bobcats.  Deon Mitchell scored 18 points to lead Northern Iowa. Chip Rank scored 14 points and Jeremy Morgan had 13 for the Panthers.

Drake scores 30 straight to beat Dayton 36-10

Sports

November 9th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Andy Rice threw for two touchdowns and ran for two more as Drake pulled away from Dayton in the third quarter for a 36-10 victory Saturday. Rice finished with 351 yards passing – including one touchdown pass to Nick Rosa for 92 yards – as the Bulldogs (6-4, 5-2 Pioneer Football League) scored 30 straight points.  Rice’s TD run in the final seconds of the first half gave Drake the lead at 13-10, and the Bulldogs scored another 23 uncontested points in the third quarter.

Luke Johnson threw the only TD pass for the Flyers (6-4, 4-3) in the first 40 seconds of the game, 64 yards to Gary Hunter.  Dayton scored on a 28-yard field goal by William Will in the second quarter, but was unable to score again. The win at Drake Stadium marks the 16th straight Pioneer Football League home victory for the Bulldogs.