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Missing child from Griswold found safe

News

October 20th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

Authorities in Griswold were about to engage in a search for a missing child this morning, but she was found safe. The Cass County Communications Center dispatched Griswold Fire and Rescue at around 7:30-a.m. to help find the missing 2-year old female, who was discovered missing at around 5:30-a.m.  She was wearing only pajamas. As the search, which also involved deputies with the Cass County Sheriff’s Department began, a resident in the 200 block of Whitney Street found the girl and the parents were notified by authorities.

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NWS Forecast for Atlantic & the KJAN listening area: Sun., Oct. 20, 2013

Weather

October 20th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

Today: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 62. Breezy, with a south wind 6 to 11 mph becoming west northwest 12 to 17 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 26 mph.
Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 31. Blustery, with a northwest wind 7 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 48. West northwest wind 6 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.
Monday Night: A slight chance of rain and snow after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 32. West northwest wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Tuesday: A chance of rain before 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 46. Light north northwest wind becoming north 5 to 10 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 27.

Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 47.

Saturday’s High in Atlantic was 61. Our 24-hour Low ending at 7-a.m. Sunday will be 31. At 6-a.m.  Sunday in Atlantic, it was 42 degrees.

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Saturday’s Volleyball Scores (from Oct. 19th 2013)

Sports

October 20th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

KNOXVILLE INVITATIONAL

  • (2-0) Iowa Falls 21-21 Atlantic 6-15
  • (2-0) Knoxville 21-21 Atlantic 19-11
  • (2-1) Albia 21-14-15 Atlantic 17-21-12
  • (2-0) Grinnell 25-25 Atlantic 16-23

LEWIS CENTRAL INVITATIONAL

  • (2-0) Harlan 25-25 Ankeny 12-16
  • (2-0) Harlan 25-25 IKM-Manning 10-15
  • (2-0) Harlan 25-25 Maple Valley 15-8
  • (2-1) Harlan 25-23-15 Lewis Central 13-25-8
  • (2-1) Dike-New Hartford 12-25-15 Harlan 25-20-11
  • (2-0) Lewis Central 25-25 IKM-Manning 22-21
  • (2-0) Lewis Central 25-25 Maple Valley 17-15
  • (2-0) Dike-New Hartford 25-25 Maple Valley 10-10
  • (2-0) Dike-New Hartford 25-25 Lewis Central 18-10
  • (2-0) Dike-New Hartford 25-25 IKM-Manning 11-10
  • (2-0) Ankeny 25-25 IKM-Manning 17-15
  • (2-0) Ankeny 25-25 Maple Valley 18-6

WINTERSET INVITATIONAL

  • (2-1) Red Oak 21-17-15 Winterset 9-21-7
  • (2-0) Red Oak 21-21 Chariton 7-9
  • (2-0) Red Oak 22-21 Norwalk 20-12
  • (2-0) Red Oak 25-25 Creston 22-18 (Semifinal)
  • (2-1) Nevada 25-17-15 Red Oak 17-25-5
  • (2-0) Nevada 21-21 Creston 16-11
  • (2-0) Creston 21-21 Dallas Center-Grimes 16-19
  • (2-0) Creston 21-21 Hampton-Dumont 11-4

HEELAN INVITATIONAL

  • Abraham Lincoln 2 Ridge View 0
  • MOC-Floyd Valley 2 Abraham Lincoln 0
  • Abraham Lincoln 2 Sioux City North 0
  • Abraham Lincoln 2 Sioux Center 0
  • Western Christian 2 Abraham Lincoln 0

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ROSEMARY D. GREINER, 80, of Panama (Svcs. 10/23/13)

Obituaries

October 20th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

ROSEMARY D. GREINER, 80, of Panama, died Sat., Oct. 19th, at home. A Mass of Christian Burial service for ROSEMARY GREINER will be held 10:30-a.m. Wed., Oct. 23rd, at St. Mary of the Assumption Church, in Panama. Pauley-Jones Funeral Home in Harlan has the arrangements.

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Visitation at St. Mary’s Hall in Panama is from Noon until 9-pm on Tue., Oct. 22nd, with the family greeting friends form 4-to 9-pm.

Burial will be in St. Mary’s Cemetery, in Panama.

ROSEMARY GREINER is survived by:

Her husband – Ed Greiner.

Her sons – Timothy (Janet) Greiner, of Panama, & Donald (Kim) Greiner, of Cedar Rapids.

Her daughters – Joann (Jim) Noble, of Apopka, FL; Thresa (Kurt) Weneke, of Indianapolis, IN: Mary Kay (Scott) Jorgensen, of Grand Prairie, TX; DeDe (Steve) Leinen, of Panama, & Jean James, of West Des Moines.

Her brothers – George (Maxine) Schwery, and Ralph Schwery, all of Panama.

and 3 grandchildren.

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KATHRYN WAGNER, 88, of Greenfield (Svcs. 10/25/13)

Obituaries

October 20th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

KATHRYN WAGNER, 88, of Greenfield, died Sat., Oct. 19th, 2013, at the Greenfield Manor. Funeral services for KATHRYN WAGNER will be held 10:30-a.m. Fri., Oct. 25th, at the Steen Funeral Home in Greenfield.

Visitation will be held at the funeral home from 2-to 7-pm Thu., Oct. 24th, with the family present on Friday, one-hour prior to the service. Online condolences may be left to the family at www.steenfunerals.com.

Memorials may be directed to the Kathryn Wagner Memorial Fund to be established by the family at a later date.

KATHRYN WAGNER is survived by her:

Children – Brent (Marilou) Wagner, of Cedar Rapids, and Lea Clayton & her significant other, Steve Blazek, of Orient.

Brother – Larry Rohr, of Murray.

Sister – Lorraine (Joe) Schneider, of Greenfield.

5 grandchildren, other relatives & friends.

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South Dakota beats Northern Iowa in overtime 38-31

Sports

October 20th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) – Kevin Earl’s 1-yard touchdown run in overtime led South Dakota over Northern Iowa 38-31 in a Missouri Valley Conference showdown Saturday.    Earl’s overtime plunge capped a huge day, as he ran for two touchdowns and threw for 370 yards and three touchdowns, leading the Coyotes (4-3, 3-1) back from a 21-point third quarter deficit to tie the game with five seconds in regulation.

Northern Iowa (4-3, 0-3) scored three consecutive touchdowns in the second and third quarters to put the Panthers up 28-7 late in the third. But South Dakota stormed back as Earl completed a 43-yard touchdown pass to Riley Donovan, then ran eight yards for a score, before leading the 7-play, 58-yard game tying drive, which ended in a 3-yard scoring strike to Terrance Terry as time wound down.

David Johnson led Northern Iowa with 181 yards rushing and a touchdown, and Evan Williams added two rushing touchdowns in Cedar Falls.

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Petty, Baylor roll again in 71-7 win over Iowa St

Sports

October 20th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

WACO, Texas (AP) – Bryce Petty threw for 343 yards and two touchdowns, Antwan Goodley had 182 yards receiving and two scores, and No. 12 Baylor tied a school record with its 10th straight win, beating Iowa State 71-7 on Saturday night.  The Bears, who came in averaging 70.5 points in four home games but were slowed in a come-from-behind win at Kansas State last week, led 37-0 at halftime and narrowly missed its first shutout win in the Big 12. Baylor (6-0, 3-0 Big 12) matched its 10-game winning streak from 1936-37.

Iowa State (1-5, 0-3) was without quarterback Sam Richardson while Baylor pulled away in the second quarter. The Cyclones had nine first downs and three turnovers. The Cyclones scored with 47 with seconds left on a 27-yard pass from Grant Rohach to DeVondrick Nealy. Corey Coleman returned the ensuing kickoff 97 yards to give Baylor its fourth 70-point game this season.

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No. 4 Ohio State comes back to beat Iowa, 34-24

Sports

October 19th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Carlos Hyde ran for 149 yards, including 106 yards and two touchdowns in the second half, to lead No. 4 Ohio State to a 34-24 victory over Iowa on Saturday.  It was the Buckeyes’ 19th consecutive victory, the most in the nation and tying the second-best streak in school history.  But it didn’t come easy.

The Hawkeyes (4-3, 1-2 Big Ten) dominated offensively in the first half and led 21-14 at the break behind the passing of Jake Rudock and running of Mark Weisman and Damon Bullock.  Hyde tied it with the first rushing TD against Iowa this season on Ohio State’s first drive of the third quarter, and the Buckeyes took over.

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Sloan officer will not face discipline for crash

News

October 19th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) – Officials say a Sloan police officer who crashed his squad car in Sioux City while trying to pull over a suspected drunken driver did not act improperly.  Sloan Mayor Charles Thorpe tells the Sioux City Journal that Police Officer Brent Vander Weil will not face discipline, and the city will cover the damages.

Officials say the 45-year-old Vander Weil was responding to a Woodbury County 911 broadcast of a suspected drunken driver on Interstate 29 because there were no Sioux City police in the area at the time. In the process, he lost control of his patrol car, hit a light pole and flipped. He was partially thrown out of the car, and taken to a hospital with a fractured vertebrae in his neck. He is expected to recover.

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Emerson woman arrested on burglary charge

News

October 19th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

An investigation into a reported burglary in progress Saturday afternoon in Montgomery County has resulted in the arrest of an Emerson woman. 44-year old Pamela E. Caruso was taken into custody shortly after 2:20-p.m., when deputies arrived at a rural Montgomery County residence and discovered Caruso allegedly forced her way into the home and assaulted one of its residents.

Caruso was brought to the Montgomery County Law Enforcement Center and charged with Burglary in the 1st degree. Her bond was set at $25,000.

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