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SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) – A 25-year-old man won’t be prosecuted on charges that he shot a foreign exchange student outside a Sioux City bar last year. The Sioux City Journal reports that authorities say Solomon Harris has been found mentally incompetent to stand trial.
Harris had yet to enter pleas to the charges, which included assault. Harris is accused of shooting 20-year old Natacha Butera, who is from Rwanda. Police say Harris fired the gun while arguing with another man on Nov. 18, but the bullet struck Butera in the chest and an arm.
Harris’ attorney, Greg Jones, says he and prosecutors met with a district judge on Thursday to discuss where Harris should be committed for treatment and safekeeping. Another judge has ruled that Harris poses a danger to the public.
Jim Field recaps some of the local veterans that he has visited with on our Freedom Fridays series. We encourages folks from the area to send in names of those that you think should be interviewed about their time in the service.
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LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) – A Lincoln, Nebraska man has admitted robbing two banks in Nebraska and one in western Iowa. The Lincoln Journal Star says 53-year-old Cameron Mitchell made his guilty pleas Thursday in a federal courtroom in Lincoln after making a deal with prosecutors.
While being questioned by U.S. Magistrate Judge Cheryl Zwart, Mitchell acknowledged robbing a Union Bank branch in Lincoln on July 16, 2012, a First National Bank branch in Omaha on Aug. 13, 2012, and an American National Bank branch in Council Bluffs, on Aug. 24, 2012. Prosecutors say Mitchell carried a small-caliber gun during each robbery.
Mitchell agreed that restitution of more than $74,000 would be ordered as part of his sentence. He’s scheduled to be sentenced on Jan. 14.
Lewis Central edges Harlan for the girls team title and Shenandoah slipped past Harlan for the boys team crown at the meet Thursday in Red Oak. The girls champion was Megan Hart of Shenandoah and the boys winner was Cooper McDermott of Creston. Click the links below for the results of each division.
Griswold won the girls title and Riverside was the boys team champ at the meet Thursday. Michelle Mumm of Tri-Center was the girls individual champion and Wyatt Schulz of Logan-Magnolia won the boys title. Click the link below to see the entire results.
The (Podcast) Freese-Notis/Weather.Net forecast for the KJAN listening area and weather information for Atlantic from KJAN News Director, Ric Hanson…..
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The City Council in Audubon will hold a special meeting today (Friday), at noon. The lone item on their agenda, is the approval of a change order pertaining to the Water Tower Project. The cost increase of $5,275 reflects sealing work necessary on all interior roof seams using an NSF approved sealant.
During the Council’s meeting Monday night, City officials approved a pay estimate for the project amounting to nearly $119,900. The water tower project includes cleaning the tower inside and out, as well as painting. Officials say it’s hoped the tower will be refilled by the end of the month.
he Audubon water tower project is set to wrap up.
Audubon City Clerk Lora Hansen said the project included cleaning the tower inside and out and painting. She said they are hoping to have the tower filled back up by the end of the month. The Audubon City Council approved a pay estimate for the project at their meeting last night in the amount of $119,894.75.
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