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Vice President Joe Biden’s scheduled appearance at Senator Tom Harkin’s “Steak Fry” this weekend (Sunday) is spurring talk about Biden’s 2016 intentions. Biden’s maintained a core group of supporters in the state for decades. He came to Iowa in 1987 to run for president, then again in 2007. Over the years he’s kept in touch with a broad network of Iowa contacts. Connie Gronstal of Council Bluffs — the wife of Senate Democratic Leader Mike Gronstal — says Biden reached out to the Gronstal’s daughter when Kate Gronstal’s 33-year-old husband died unexpectedly in 2012.
“He called her like the next day and said he was so sorry that her husband died and that he had gone through that and that he would really like to have a private conversation with her, face-to-face, and see what he could do to help her because someone did that for him when his wife died,” Connie Gronstal says, “and he felt he should help other people that have that same situation.”
Connie Gronstal uses the word “genuine” to describe Biden. “You know I’ve been around a lot of politicians,” the wife of the state’s most powerful Democratic legislator says, laughing, “and people are supportive and nice and remember names and details, but they aren’t quite as caring about you as he is.” If Hillary Clinton runs in 2016, some party activists believe others — including Biden — would not, but Representative Jim Lykam of Davenport, who was the first legislator to endorse Biden in 2007, says Biden’s appearance at Sunday’s Steak Fry will “fuel the fire” of speculation.
The Harkin Steak Fry in Indianola has become something of a rite of passage for Democrats contemplating a run for the White House. Barack Obama was the event’s keynote speaker in 2006. Then-Vice President Al Gore was the event’s main draw in 1995 and again in 1999. Biden will be making his first solo appearance at the 2013 Harkin Steak Fry. Biden spoke, along with five other presidential candidates, at the 2007 event which attracted a crowd of 15-thousand. At the 2003 Harkin Steak Fry, about 12-thousand people turned out to see former President Bill Clinton speak after the field of 2004 presidential candidates addressed the crowd.
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Red Oak Police report the arrest Wednesday evening of 20-year-old Jesse Patrick Beaman, of Red Oak. Beaman was taken into custody in the 100 block of West Reed Street on a charge of 3rd degree criminal mischief. He was brought to the Montgomery County Law Enforcement Center and held on $2,000 cash bond.
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NORMA JEAN OLDEHOFF, 84, of Walnut, died Tue., Sept. 10th, at home. Graveside services for NORMA OLDEHOFF will be held 11:30-a.m. Fri., Sept. 13th, in the Layton Township Cemetery at Walnut. Pauley-Jones Funeral Home in Avoca has the arrangements.
There is no public visitation.
NORMA OLDEHOFF is survived by:
2 grandchildren.
Police in Red Oak report the arrest Wednesday night of 22-year old Jamie Elizabeth Gentry, of Red Oak. Gentry was taken into custody at around 9:45-p.m. on a charge of Theft in the 5th Degree. She was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on $300 cash bond.
343 AM CDT THU SEP 12 2013
EARLY THIS MORNING…PARTLY CLOUDY. NORTH WIND NEAR 5 MPH.
TODAY…PARTLY SUNNY UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON THEN CLEARING. HIGH IN THE LOWER 80S. NORTH WIND 5 TO 15 MPH.
TONIGHT…CLEAR…COOLER. LOW IN THE UPPER 40S. NORTHEAST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.
FRIDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGH IN THE LOWER 70S. EAST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.
FRIDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOW IN THE UPPER 40S. SOUTHEAST WIND AROUND 5 MPH.
SATURDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH IN THE MID 70S. SOUTH WIND 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 20 PERCENT.
SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY…CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. LOW AROUND 60. HIGH IN THE LOWER 70S. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 50 PERCENT.
SUNDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. LOW IN THE MID 50S. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 20 PERCENT.
MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH IN THE LOWER 70S. LOW IN THE UPPER 50S. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 40 PERCENT.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — One of the first things Cowboys owner Jerry Jones did when he awoke Wednesday was to take a good look at the little wooden trophy topped by an odd street sign sitting among the many awards and memorabilia in his Dallas-area home. It’s called the “Preston Road Trophy,” dreamed up by his longtime friend and the late Chiefs owner Lamar Hunt, and named after the street on which they once lived just 300 yards apart.
Ever since the late-1990s, the trophy has been presented to the winning side on the rare occasions that Dallas plays Kansas City. Jones has had the trophy since 2005. Hunt’s son, current Chiefs chairman Clark Hunt, called it “the smallest and ugliest trophy in sports,” and one he wants to win badly on Sunday.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City Chiefs running back Jamaal Charles is expected to be available for Sunday’s game against the Dallas Cowboys after bruising his quad in last weekend’s win at Jacksonville. Charles ran for 77 yards and a touchdown before hurting his quad in the second half of a 28-2 rout of the Jaguars. He went to the locker room, then returned to the field for one play, before coach Andy Reid decided to give him the rest of the afternoon off.
Reid said that Charles participated in a walkthrough Wednesday morning and he “might do a little bit” during the Chiefs’ afternoon practice. Reid said that “we’re just taking it slow, but I think he’ll be OK for the game.” Charles missed time in the preseason with a strained foot.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina is not available against the Milwaukee Brewers on Wednesday night because of what St. Louis manager Mike Matheny called “a family situation.” Molina and his brother, assistant hitting coach Bengie Molina, were not at the stadium at the start of the game.
Yadier Molina is hitting .318 with 11 home runs and 65 RBIs in 120 games. Matheny did not indicate when Molina will return.