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OTIS B. BLAKELY, 100, a long-time resident of Lewis, died Mon., Jan. 27th, at the Griswold Care Center. Funeral services for OTIS BLAKELY will be held 10:30-a.m. Fri., Jan. 31st, at the Lewis United Congregational Methodist Church, in Lewis. Roland Funeral Home in Atlantic has the arrangements.
Friends may call at the funeral home from 5-to 7-pm on Thursday. Online condolences may be left at www.rolandfuneralservice.com
Memorials may be directed to the Lewis United Congregational Methodist Church, Lewis Library/Heritage Center, or Unity Point Hospice.
Burial will be in the Oakwood Cemetery at Lewis.
OTIS BLAKELY is survived by:
His sons – Duane (Judy) Blakely, of Council Bluffs, & Dwight Blakely, of Omaha.
His daughters – Janet (Watson) Weiderman & husband Gary, of Griswold; Emily (Robert) Jobe, of Lewis, & Donna (Cook) Harms and husband Larry, of Lincoln, MO.
18 grandchildren, 34 great-grandchildren and 4 great-great grandchildren.
DUANE C. PARTLOW, 90, of Stuart, died Mon., Jan. 27th, at the Stuart Community Care Center. Funeral services for DUANE PARTLOW will be held 10:30-a.m. Thu., Jan. 30th, at the Fairview Congregational Church in rural Stuart. Johnson Family Funeral Home in Stuart has the arrangements.
Visitation at the funeral home will be held from 5-to 7-pm Wed., Jan. 29th. Online condolences may be left at www.johnsonfamilyfuneralhome.com
Burial will be in the Rose Hill Cemetery in Menlo.
Memorials may be directed to the Duane Partlow Memorial Fund, in care of the funeral home.
Sheriff’s officials in Adams County report the arrest Monday night of a Corning woman. Katherine Scrivener was taken into custody at around 8:20-p.m. on a warrant charging her with Domestic Abuse Assault. The incident allegedly took place January 16th.
Police in Red Oak report the arrest Monday night of 38-year old Rachel Charise Kathleen Hadden, The Red Oak woman was taken into custody at around 7:50-p.m. in the 800 block of E. Nukol Street. Hadden was charged with Theft in 5th degree. She was booked into the Montgomery County Law Enforcement Center and later released on $300 bond.
EARLY THIS MORNING…CLEAR. BITTERLY COLD. WEST WIND NEAR 5 MPH. WIND CHILL READINGS AROUND 15 BELOW.
TODAY...SUNNY. VERY COLD. HIGH AROUND 15. WEST WIND NEAR 10 MPH INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOW ZERO TO 5 ABOVE. SOUTHWEST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.
WEDNESDAY…SUNNY…BREEZY. MUCH WARMER. HIGH IN THE UPPER 30S. SOUTHWEST WIND 5 TO 15 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 15 TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY THROUGH MIDNIGHT THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. BREEZY. NOT AS COLD. LOW IN THE LOWER 20S. SOUTH WIND 15 TO 20 MPH.
THURSDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND LIGHT SNOW IN THE MORNING. HIGH IN THE LOWER 30S. WEST WIND 10 TO 15 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.
THURSDAY NIGHT…CLOUDY…COLDER. LOW 5 TO 10 ABOVE.
FRIDAY…CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW. COLDER. HIGH AROUND 20.
Authorities in Pottawattamie County say there were no serious injuries reported after a pickup truck struck an Underwood Community School District bus Monday morning. The accident happened at around 9:40-a.m. at the intersection of 270th Street and Elmtree Road. Sheriff Jeff Danker told the Daily NonPareil says the bus driven by 46-year old Joel Phillips, of McClelland, was carrying students to Underwood Community Schools, when an eastbound black Chevy pickup driven by 16-year old Austin Hiers, of Council Bluffs, allegedly ran a stop sign. Hiers’ truck was struck on its right side by the bus. The pickup then left the roadway and went down an embankment into a yard.
Underwood schools, like many in the area, were starting two hours late Monday, due to the bitterly cold conditions.
The paper reports the front bumper of the bus was bent in, limiting the movement of the wheel, so another bus was called in to take the children to school. A tow truck was able to bend the bumper back out using its winch, which made the bus driveable again. The pickup truck sustained extensive damage to its right side. Hiers was cited for failure to stop at a stop sign.
Officials with the Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha say a former police officer who accidentally shot himself outside a Glenwood elementary school last week, is in good condition. The Daily NonPareil reports Douglas Trent Good, the parent of a student at West Elementary School, was taken to the hospital on Friday, after he accidentally shot himself in the leg with a .9-mm handgun while waiting inside of his car. The incident happened about 3:30 p.m. in the lower playground parking lot.
Good is a former Glenwood and Creston police officer and had taught training classes for people seeking permits to carry concealed weapons. Parents of students at West Elemerntary were notified about the incident through a voice mail. The Glenwood Police Department continues to investigate the incident.
Another candidate for the Iowa 3rd Congressional District is set to announce he’s running for office.
Republican Brad Zaun, of Urbandale, is expected to announce his intentions this afternoon in Clive, to run for the seat being vacated by Tom Latham. The announcement will take place beginning at 1-p.m. at the Auto Jet Muffler Corporation.
Zaun is a former council member and seven year Mayor of Urbandale. Currently he’s a State Senator representing all of Urbandale and portions of northwest Des Moines. Brad’s business experience includes 18 years as the owner of a hardware store in Urbandale. He is married and the father of five children.