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A teenaged driver from Glenwood died at a hospital in Omaha following a crash Thursday night in Mills County. The Iowa State Patrol reports 17-year old Tanner Porter, who was wearing his seat belt, died at the University of Nebraska Medical Center after being flown from the scene of the crash off of 221st Street.
Authorities say Porter was traveling south on 221st Street in a 1997 Dodge pickup at around 8:15-p.m., when the vehicle left the road to the right and went out of control. The pickup rolled several times and hit a power pole before coming to rest in the west ditch.
A pair of national hunting organizations is announcing plans to hold their annual joint expo in Iowa next year. Des Moines is the 2015 host for the National Pheasant Fest and Quail Classic. Rehan Nana is a spokesman for Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever. “Iowa has a great outdoor heritage and this is our third time we’re going to be in Iowa for National Pheasant Fest and Quail Classic,” Nana says. “It’s the only city we’ve been in three times and we had such a great time the past two, we want to make it back for number three.”
It was a natural move to return to the Hawkeye State for the event, he says, as Iowa has more chapters of Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever than any other state — 104 chapters — with some 20-thousand members. “If you’re a pheasant hunter, if you’re an outdoors person at all, this is the best show for you,” Nana says. “Really from wild game cooking to bird dogs to habitat conservation and habitat management, all things under the sun.” Last month, Milwaukee hosted this year’s show. Des Moines last hosted the show in 2010. At that event, U-S Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack announced Conservation Reserve Program general signup #39. That C-R-P effort has served as one of the U-S-D-A’s most successful conservation programs.
Nana says a significant sum of money has been invested in wildlife habitat projects in Iowa through the years. “Since 1985, there’s been over $45-million spent in Iowa based on all of our chapters’ efforts for over 111,000 habitat projects. That’s more than 1.1-million acres for wildlife there.” The event is planned for Iowa’s capitol city February 20-22 of 2015. Learn more at the website: www.pheasantfest.org
(Radio Iowa)
VEDA C. LARSEN, 86, of Audubon, died Wed., March 19th, at the Friendship Home in Audubon. Funeral services for VEDA LARSEN will be held 2-p.m. Sat., March 22nd, at the Exira Lutheran Church. Kessler Funeral Home in Audubon has the arrangements.
A family visitation will be from 12:30-p.m until the time of service, on Saturday at the Exira Lutheran Church.
Burial will be in the Maple Grove Cemetery at Audubon.
VEDA LARSEN is survived by:
Her children – Eldon (Margo) Larsen, of Elk Horn; Janice (Richard) Emery, of Hamlin; Janet (Rick) Hansen, of Audubon and Janell (Tom) Bluml, of Audubon.
Her brother – Richard Anderson & fiance’ Loureen Sherod, of Brayton.
Her sister – Lola Bennett, of Carroll.
9 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren, 3 step great-grandchildren, other relatives and friends.
Police in Red Oak arrested 23-year old Devin Alexander Davis, of Red Oak, late Thursday night. Davis was taken into custody a residence in the 700 block of north Broadway Street, on a valid Montgomery County warrant charging him with Violation of his probation. Davis was being held in the Montgomery County jail on $15,000 cash bond.
HAROLD LITTLEFIELD, 86, of Exira, died Wed., March 19th, at the Exira Care Center. Funeral services for HAROLD LITTLEFIELD will be held 10:30-a.m. Sat., March 22nd, at the Exira Christian Church. Kessler Funeral Home in Exira has the arrangements.
Friends may call at the funeral home, where the family will be present at 5-p.m. today (Friday, 3/21).
Burial will be in the Exira Cemetery.
HAROLD LITTLEFIELD is survived by:
His wife – Lavonne Littlefield, of Exira.
His children – Faye (Steve) Hays, of Newark, OH; Ted Littlefield & girlfriend Sylvia Edwards, of Phoenix, AZ; and Lori Jo Littlefield & Dennis Marquart, of Waterloo.
8 grandchildren, 4 great-grandchildren, his sisters-in-laws, other relatives & friends.
Today Sunny, with a high near 56. Windy, with a south southeast wind 7 to 12 mph becoming northwest 18 to 23 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 32 mph.
Tonight Partly cloudy, with a low around 25. Blustery, with a north wind 11 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph.
Saturday Partly sunny, with a high near 37. North wind 11 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.
Saturday Night Mostly cloudy, with a low around 18. North northeast wind 9 to 13 mph.
Sunday Mostly sunny, with a high near 36. North wind 7 to 11 mph.
Sunday Night A 30 percent chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 24.
Monday A 50 percent chance of snow. Cloudy, with a high near 36.
The results of a study conducted by the Iowa Hospital Association reports the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic generates 361 jobs that add $23.5 million to the economy in Cass County and the surrounding area. The IHA study says also, that CCMH employees by themselves spend $5.4 million on retail sales and contribute $326,521 in state sales tax revenue.
CCMH CEO Todd Hudspeth said in a Press Release that “People are often surprised to learn how many people we employ and the size of our business.” He says “It takes a lot of patient care professionals to enable us to care for our community twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, and even more staff behind the scenes.”
Cass Atlantic Development Corporation (CADCO) Executive Director Russell Joyce, said the “Cass County Health System has become major player in the area of “quality of life” that we market for our area. Having an up-to-date facility that is well staffed and equipped, along with an administration, plus a Board of Trustees, that looks to the future is a large part of growing a community.” Joyce added that there is an “Influx of younger families returning or relocating to our community along with retirees, both looking for a higher level of life quality,” and that “We can thank our health care providers for helping make this happen.”
The IHA study examined the jobs, income, retail sales and sales tax produced by hospitals and the rest of the state’s health care sector. The study was compiled from hospital-submitted data on the American Hospital Association’s Annual Survey of Hospitals and with software that other industries have used to determine their economic impact.
The study found that Iowa hospitals directly employ 71,437 people and create another 57,792 jobs outside the hospital sector. As an income source, hospitals provide $4.2 billion in salaries and benefits and generate another $1.8 billion through other jobs that depend on hospitals.
In all, Iowa’s health care sector, which includes employed clinicians, long-term care services and assisted living centers, pharmacies and other medical and health services, directly and indirectly provides 307,402 Iowa jobs, or about one-fifth of the state’s total non-farm employment.
The Iowa Hospital Association is a voluntary membership organization representing hospital and health system interests to business, government and consumer audiences. All of Iowa’s 118 community hospitals are IHA members.
JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — Miami second baseman Derek Dietrich broke his nose when he was struck in the face by a bad-hop single during the Marlins’ 4-3 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Thursday. Dietrich was hit by Jon Jay’s batted ball that hopped up at him while setting up for a double play in the fifth. Dietrich, who walked off the field holding a towel to his face, did not need stitches. He said he was day to day.
Marcell Ozuna hit his first home run of the spring in the sixth inning, a tiebreaking shot to left field on a 2-0 pitch. Ozuna hadn’t had a hit in his last four games. Jose Fernandez struck out eight in six innings but gave up three runs and five hits.