GARY R. SCHERDIN, 78, of Atlantic, died Thursday, June 13th, at the Montgomery County Memorial Hospital, in Red Oak. Private Family Graveside services with Military Rites by the Atlantic Color Guard will be held for GARY SCHERDIN. Roland Funeral Home, in Atlantic has the arrangements
Online condolences may be left at www.rolandfuneralservice.com
GARY SCHERDIN is survived by:
His son – Christian (Julia) Scherdin, of Weatherford, OK.
and 1 granddaughter.
DALE HAINES, 70, of Plattsmouth, NE. (formerly of Oakland), died Wed., June 12th. Memorial services for DALE HAINES will be held 10:30-a.m. Saturday, July 6th at the Oakland United Methodist Church. Rieken Vieth Funeral Home in Oakland has the arrangements.
Visitation with the family will be one hour prior to the service. Interment will be in the Fairview Cemetery.
Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Pat Bowlen, the Denver Broncos owner who transformed the team from also-rans into NFL champions and helped the league usher in billion-dollar TV deals, has died. He was 75. In a statement on the team’s website, Bowlen’s family says he died late Thursday night at home surrounded by loved ones. The statement did not specify a cause of death. Bowlen had battled Alzheimer’s for several years. Bowlen, elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame this year, was the first owner in NFL history to have his team win 300 games — including playoffs — in three decades. He had as many Super Bowl appearances (seven) as losing seasons, and the Broncos had a 354-240-1 record since he bought the team in 1984. Under his stewardship, the Broncos won Super Bowls in 1998, ’99 and 2016.
NEW YORK (AP) — The game between the St. Louis Cardinals and New York Mets was suspended because of rain, moments after Harrison Bader hit an RBI double with two outs in the top of the ninth inning that made it 4-all. Play will resume Friday beginning in the bottom of the ninth. That will be followed by the regularly scheduled game between the teams.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nicky Lopez hit his first major league homer in the stadium where he played college ball, Homer Bailey allowed two hits in six shutout innings and the Kansas City Royals beat the Detroit Tigers 7-3 in the first big league regular season game played in Nebraska. The Royals won two of three over the Tigers for their first series win since April 12-14 against Cleveland. The game at TD Ameritrade Park coincided with the buildup to the College World Series, which begins Saturday.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs signed kicker Harrison Butker to a five-year contract extension, locking up the former Panthers practice squad player through the 2024 season.
UNDATED (AP) — Florida State’s Mike Martin improbably has one last chance to capture a College World Series title that has eluded college baseball’s winningest coach during his 40-year career. Martin is retiring at the end of the season. The 75-year-old’s final team earned one of the last four at-large bids into the NCAA Tournament and is on a six-game winning streak.
Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:40 a.m. CDT
KELLOGG, Iowa (AP) — Authorities in central Iowa say a Jasper County man has died after being trapped in a grain bin. Des Moines television station KCCI reports that the Jasper County Sheriff’s Office and other first responders were alerted to a man trapped in the bin near Kellogg just after 8 a.m. Thursday. First responders found 78-year-old Bill Hotger, of rural Kellogg, inside the bin. Once Hotger was freed, he was flown by helicopter to a Des Moines hospital, where he died.
DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — A fifth suspect in the shooting death of a man during a 2017 robbery has pleaded not guilty to charges in the case. The Quad-City Times reported Thursday that 35-year-old Christopher Dixon entered the written plea to first-degree murder, robbery and conspiracy to commit a forcible felony in the Sept. 22, 2017, shooting that killed 20-year-old Brady Tumlinson and injured Tumlinson’s girlfriend.
MITCHELLVILLE, Iowa (AP) — The adoptive grandmother of a central Iowa teenager who starved to death faces new charges of trying to escape prison. Station KCCI reports that 64-year-old Carla Bousman was in court Thursday morning to face a charge of escape. The Iowa Department of Corrections says Bousman walked away from the Iowa Correctional Institution for Women in Mitchellville in early May and was caught about half-a-mile away. She’s serving a 20-year sentence for her role in 16-year-old Sabrina Ray’s 2017 death.
DURANT, Iowa (AP) — The sheriff of an eastern Iowa county has declared that his jail will no longer book suspects arrested in one town because he doesn’t trust the officers who work there. Cedar County Sheriff Warren Wethington issued the directive last month, which applies to anyone arrested by the Durant Police Department. Wethington says one of Durant’s three officers has a history of being untruthful and using questionable force and the chief knows this but hired him anyway.
BRYLAND ERB, the 2-year-old son of Rhonda Erb, of Greenfield, died Monday, June 10th, at Blank Children’s Hospital in Des Moines. Funeral services for BRYLAND ERB will be held 10:30-a.m. Monday, June 17th, at the Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Fontanelle. Steen Funeral Home in Greenfield has the arrangements.
The family will greet friends on Sunday June 16, 2019, at the Steen Funeral Home in Greenfield from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.; Online condolences may be left to the family at www.steenfunerals.com.
Burial is in the Oak Hill Cemetery in Irwin. A luncheon will be held at Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Fontanelle, immediately following the services.
Memorials may be made to the Bryland Erb Memorial Fund at the Union State Bank in Greenfield, Iowa.
BRYLAND ERB is survived by:
His mother – Rhonda Erb, of Greenfield.
His brothers – Patrick and Shane.
His biological mother – Brianna Venatta.
Grandparents – Myrna and Bernie Gundel, and Timothy Venatta.
Other relatives and friends.
KELLOGG, Iowa (AP) — Authorities in central Iowa say a Jasper County man has died after being trapped in a grain bin. Des Moines television station KCCI reports that the Jasper County Sheriff’s Office and other first responders were alerted to a man trapped in the bin near Kellogg just after 8 a.m. Thursday.
First responders found 78-year-old Bill Hotger, of rural Kellogg, inside the bin. Once Hotger was freed, he was flown by helicopter to a Des Moines hospital, where he died. An autopsy has been ordered.
(Radio Iowa) — The administrator of the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission says the rule-making process to allow legalized sports betting in the state is moving along on schedule. Administrator Brian Ohorilko gave an update on the process at today’s (Thursday) meeting in Northwood, and spoke about it in an interview with Radio Iowa.
“We believe we’ll have rules published here in the next few weeks. Draft rules are in place and we’re still working through some of the details in those. The goal is to have these rules published here in the next few weeks,” Ohorilko explains. The governor signed the sports gambling bill into law in May that allows you to place a bet at one of the 19 state-licensed casinos or on-line.
Ohorilko says they will hold a public hearing on the rules at their July 11th meeting — and then could vote on approving the rules at the end of July. “The commission has scheduled a special meeting on July 30th to deal with matters related to sports wagering,” according to Ohorilko. “That could be a meeting — depending on how well the rules process goes — where the commission could review and consider those rules for emergency adopt.”
He says it is possible you might be able to legally place a bet in Iowa on the first college football games of the year. “If emergency rules were adopted at the end of July, there would likely be a period of time for casinos to get controls approved and their partners licensed,” Ohorilko explains. “…that may take a few weeks, so we are still looking at mid-August, sometime before college football season.”
Ohorilko says that timeline is based on everything falling into place without delay. “There’s still a lot of things that need to fall into place. The commission is not wanting to cut corners on any of this, and so those things need to happen. But if they do, I think it still is reasonable to anticipate a go live date is prior to the college football season,” Ohorilko says.
He says they have been reviewing how other states have handled this in the last several years as it was an issue in the legislature before finally being approved. Ohorilko says having the process in other states will also help in setting up the companies here. “We’ve received a number of applications from people who are partnering with casino companies that are licensed in other jurisdictions.
That also is helpful because those companies that have received licenses in other jurisdictions are used to being regulated, they’ve had backgrounds in those other jurisdictions, so that is helpful in this process,” Ohorilko says. The I-R-G-C’s July 11th meeting will be held at the Prairie Meadows Racetrack and Casino in Altoona.
(Radio Iowa) — Iowa has one of the nation’s oldest populations by percentage and it means the state’s graying residents need to be especially cautious with their money, particularly in this digital age. Ron Long, director of elder client initiatives at Wells Fargo Advisors, says the term “elder financial abuse” covers a wide range of crimes.
Long says, “It’s all sorts of evil, predatory behavior that can run the gamut from forging checks, misusing a power of attorney, literally using scare tactics or exaggerated claims to get money out of older people.” A recent survey found 81-percent of older Americans say they’re confident they’d never fall victim to elder financial abuse, yet nearly half said they know of someone who’s already been swindled.
For Iowans who are worried about an elder parent getting duped, Long says there are a few avenues to pursue. “Set up a large transaction alert,” Long says. “You and your mom would decide how much it is, but anything over $500 or $750, you would at least get an alert that it’s happened. Most times, it’s perfectly fine, but you would at least know. We also look to have duplicate statements sent to a trusted person.”
Long says it’s not taking control of the older person’s finances, it’s just putting a second set of eyes to work, looking for anything questionable. He also suggests setting up auto bill payments for convenience, and to eliminate the worry from callers who claim they’re with a utility, you’re late paying and they threaten to shut off your power or water.
Prevention starts with a conversation, Long says, though it could be difficult to begin such a chat. “It’s not an easy one,” Long says. “We often say, start with yourself, ‘Mom, I’ve started to look at some of the things I need to put in place. I would like to start talking to you about some of the things I’m doing,’ and use that as an entre.”
Two-thirds of elder financial abuse crimes are committed by someone known to the victim, either a friend, relative or caretaker. About 15-percent of Iowans are 65 and older. Iowa ranks 4th in the nation for percentage of residents 65 and over, behind West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and number-one Florida.
Red Oak Police, Thursday afternoon, arrested 41-year old Jill Renee Coddington, of Red Oak. She was taken into custody in the 300 block of E. Washington Avenue, for Criminal Mischief in the 5th Degree. Authorities say Coddington broke a window on a vehicle that was not hers, with the intent to destroy the property.
She was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on a $300 bond.
MITCHELLVILLE, Iowa (AP) — The adoptive grandmother of a central Iowa teenager who starved to death faces new charges of trying to escape prison.
Television station KCCI reports that 64-year-old Carla Bousman was in court Thursday morning to face a charge of escape. The Iowa Department of Corrections says Bousman walked away from the Iowa Correctional Institution for Women in Mitchellville in early May. Authorities nabbed her about half-a-mile away from the facility, where she’s serving a 20-year sentence for her role in 16-year-old Sabrina Ray’s 2017 death. If convicted of the escape charge, Bousman faces an additional five years in prison. Bousman has pleaded not guilty; her next court appearance is July 11.
Bousman was imprisoned last year after pleading guilty to neglect of a dependent person and six other charges in the teen’s death. Bousman admitted that she locked Sabrina’s two sisters in a room with the girl as she was dying. She also admitted concealing evidence after the girl died.
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