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(Podcast) KJAN Morning News & Funeral report, 8/10/18

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August 10th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

The area’s latest and/or top news stories at 7:06-a.m. From KJAN News Director Ric Hanson

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Woman who texted man 696 times in April is charged

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August 10th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

FOREST CITY, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say a Minnesota woman who sent 696 text messages to a northern Iowa man in April violated a no-contact order. Winnebago County District Court records say 34-year-old Katie Christian, of Emmons, Minnesota, is charged with stalking and other crimes. Her arraignment is scheduled for Aug. 24 in Forest City.

A criminal complaint says she also made 10 phone calls and went to the man’s Lake Mills house three times in an attempt to make contact with him or his daughter.

Kids Bike Ride set for Saturday, in Atlantic

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August 10th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

While you’re out and about celebrating AtlanticFest, Saturday, bring the kids and their bikes to the Schildberg Recreation Area’s west parking lot, for the Nishna Valley Trails’ Kids Bike Ride. The ride takes place beginning at 10:30-a.m. Check-in and start of the ride are both at the west Parking lot of the Schildberg Rec. Area. The length of the ride is divided according to age, and there will be three age groups. The event is FREE, and all ages are welcome to attend. After the ride, check out Atlanticfest going on downtown!

The NVT’s Kids Bike Ride is co-sponsored by Atlantic Parks and Recreation, Cass County Conservation, Fareway, and West Side Diner in Atlantic, IA. If you have any questions, call Cass County Naturalist Lora Kanning at 712-769-2372.

Creston woman arrested in Red Oak

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August 10th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

Red Oak Police, early this (Friday) morning, arrested a woman from Union County. 41-year old Chrystal Rush Stewart, of Creston, was taken into custody in the 500 block of 4th Avenue, in Red Oak, on a charge of Interference with Official Acts, a simple misdemeanor. Stewart was arrested at around 5:15-a.m. and brought to the Montgomery County Jail, where her cash bond was set at $300.

Get ready for AtlanticFest!

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August 10th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

AtlanticFest, presented by First Whitney Bank & Trust, will be held tomorrow (Saturday, August 11th), rain or shine. AtlanticFest is an annual festival that serves as a fundraiser for the Atlantic Area Chamber of Commerce. Downtown Atlantic will be filled with fun activities for the whole family to enjoy. Come early and enjoy a pancake breakfast or start the day off with a run through Schildberg Recreation Area in the Annual Road Race with chip timing coming back this year. The Annual Tractor Ride will also be taking place, kicking off at the Cass County Fair Grounds at 8 AM. There will be crafters from all over Southwest Iowa, as well as some of the best food vendors to help satisfy any appetite. Kids can enjoy the pony rides and bounce house and new this year, a family Carnival. The 20th Annual Car Show and Motorcycle Show will be taking place once again this year. Entertainment throughout the day is free.

Registrations for the Car Show, Motorcycle Show and Road Race are going on now or you may show up the day of. If you are interested in being a part of AtlanticFest, please visit www.atlanticiowa.com or call the Chamber at 712-243-3017.

The Chamber thanks its many AtlanticFest sponsors for their support.

Driver gets 5 years in prison for man’s crash death

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August 10th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

BURLINGTON, Iowa (AP) — A driver has been given five years in prison for the death of a man killed in a collision south of Burlington in southeast Iowa. Des Moines County District Court records say 31-year-old Jason Twitchell was sentenced Tuesday. He’d pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter. Prosecutors dropped a charge of vehicular homicide after learning the Iowa State Patrol didn’t request that hospital staffers preserve blood and alcohol samples taken from him after the Nov. 9, 2016, collision.

Authorities say Twitchell was injured when the truck he was driving collided with a vehicle being driven by 77-year-old Raymond Manning Jr., of Burlington. Manning died at the scene.

Itty Bitty wins Big Boar Contest at Iowa State Fair

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August 10th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) — He’s anything but Itty Bitty, but that’s his name, and he’s the winner of the 2018 Iowa State Fair’s Big Boar Contest. The ironically-named big pig weighed in at 1,163 pounds, just two more than runner-up Yo Yo. Itty Bitty is owned by the West Delaware High School FFA chapter and many of the 44 members of the group were at the fair’s Swine Barn Thursday for the annual contest. They say their four-year-old pig’s favorite food is Iowa corn and he’ll often eat 16 pounds of it in a day.

Iowa early News Headlines: Friday, 8/10/18

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August 10th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:40 a.m. CDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Michael Avenatti’s crusade for the porn actress taking on President Donald Trump has already catapulted him to cable news stardom and endeared him to many frustrated liberals. Now the self-styled “dragon slayer” is taking his message to Iowa Democrats _ a huge influence in the 2020 White House race. He toured the Iowa State Fair on Thursday and is set to appear at the Democratic Wing Ding in Clear Lake on Friday. He says he’s not talking about 2020 just to get “under the president’s skin.”

CARTER LAKE, Iowa (AP) — An attempted murder charge against a Carter Lake woman has been dismissed at the request of her alleged victim. The Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil reports that the charge against 51-year-old Tammy Oberg was dropped Wednesday. Oberg had been charged in May after being accused of trying to run over another woman on a bicycle in Carter Lake.

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — A 21-year-old Davenport man who crashed a stolen garbage truck into a police chief’s squad car, seriously injuring the chief, has been sentenced to nearly 60 years in prison. The Quad-City Times reports that 21-year-old Logan Shoemaker was sentenced Thursday to up to 58 years. Authorities say Shoemaker rammed into the squad vehicle of Buffalo Police Chief T.J. Behning in September, causing serious injuries to Behning.

BROOKLYN, Iowa (AP) — The reward fund offered for the safe return of a missing University of Iowa student has grown to nearly $316,000. A spokesman for Crime Stoppers of Central Iowa said Thursday the organization has passed on more than 830 tips to authorities investigating the disappearance of Mollie Tibbetts. The 20-year-old was seen jogging July 18 and her family reported her missing the next day.

Attempted murder charge against Carter Lake woman dropped

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August 9th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

CARTER LAKE, Iowa (AP) — An attempted murder charge against a Carter Lake woman has been dismissed at the request of her alleged victim. The Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil reports that the charge against 51-year-old Tammy Oberg was dropped Wednesday. Oberg was ordered to pay fees and expenses for court costs.

Oberg had been charged in May after being accused of trying to run over another woman on a bicycle in Carter Lake. Police say she told officers she did it because she believed the victim was riding a stolen bike.

Officers say they found the alleged victim’s bike and cellphone in Oberg’s home.

Missing Iowa woman reward fund at nearly $316,000

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August 9th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

BROOKLYN, Iowa (AP) — The reward fund offered for the safe return of a missing University of Iowa student has grown to nearly $316,000. A spokesman for Crime Stoppers of Central Iowa said Thursday the organization has passed on more than 830 tips to authorities investigating the disappearance of Mollie Tibbetts.

Tibbetts’ father has suggested she might have been abducted from her boyfriend Dalton Jack’s home in Brooklyn, Iowa. The 20-year-old Tibbetts was seen jogging July 18 and her family reported her missing the next day.

Jack’s brother, Blake, told Fox News there were no signs of struggle at the home, adding that Tibbetts is “small, but she would have done something” if she had been attacked.

Dalton Jack says he received a Snapchat message from Tibbetts July 18, after she would have returned from her run. Authorities haven’t found her Fitbit or cellphone.