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Page County Sheriff’s Office investigating cut fiber optic line

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February 12th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

Page County Sheriff Lyle Palmer says at around 10-p.m. Feb. 3rd, his Office was notified of a vandalism that had occurred at the Nishnabotna River bridge 1 mile north of Essex, IA on D Avenue. The investigation showed that unknown persons(s) cut the fiber optic cable lines and conduit holding them at the above location. The vandalism affected Mediacom and Chat Mobility. A dollar amount of damage has not been provided to the Sheriff’s Office at this time.

Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact the Page County Sheriff’s Office at 712-542-5193 or their local Law Enforcement agency.

Class 1A and 2A Boys District Basketball Schedule 02/12/2018

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February 12th, 2018 by admin

The tournament trail begins tonight for some Boys Class 1A and 2A schools. Here is a look at the schedule for area teams.

Class 1A

District 13
At Lenox
Essex vs Orient-Macksburg 7:00pm

District 14
Heartland Christian at Riverside 7:00pm

District 15
Paton-Churdan at Glidden-Ralston 7:00pm

District 16
Whiting at West Harrison 7:00pm

Class 2A

District 1
At Ida Grove
East Sac County vs MVAO-COU 6:30pm
Missouri Valley vs OA-BCIG 8:00pm

District 12
At Truro
Pleasantville vs West Central Valley 6:30pm
I-35 vs Clarke 8:00pm

District 15
At Woodward-Granger
Greene County vs Panorama 6:30pm
Woodward-Granger vs ACGC 8:00pm

District 16
At Avoca
Clarinda vs Shenandoah 6:30pm– ON KJAN
AHSTW vs Red Oak 8:00pm– ON KJAN

AP Men’s College Basketball Top 25 02/12/2018

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February 12th, 2018 by admin

The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ men’s college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Feb. 11, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week’s ranking:

Record Pts Prv
1. Virginia (30) 23-2 1557 2
2. Michigan St. (21) 24-3 1527 4
3. Villanova (9) 23-2 1518 1
4. Xavier (5) 23-3 1465 5
5. Cincinnati 23-2 1359 6
6. Purdue 23-4 1269 3
7. Texas Tech 21-4 1258 7
8. Ohio St. 22-5 1094 14
9. Gonzaga 23-4 1063 12
10. Auburn 22-3 1025 8
11. Clemson 20-4 945 16
12. Duke 20-5 942 9
13. Kansas 19-6 816 10
14. North Carolina 19-7 763 21
15. Saint Mary’s (Cal) 24-3 683 11
16. Rhode Island 20-3 666 18
17. Arizona 20-6 594 13
18. Tennessee 18-6 580 15
19. Wichita St. 19-5 495 22
20. West Virginia 18-7 339 19
21. Texas A&M 17-8 241
22. Michigan 20-7 239 20
23. Oklahoma 16-8 152 17
24. Nevada 21-5 87 23
25. Arizona St 19-6 83

Others receiving votes: New Mexico St. 66, Florida 48, Creighton 44, Butler 43, Virginia Tech 29, Middle Tennessee 26, Alabama 22, Houston 16, Nebraska 15, Missouri 14, Miami 10, Kentucky 8, TCU 8, ETSU 5, Oklahoma St. 4, St. Bonaventure 3, Louisville 2, Vermont 1, Florida St. 1.

Judge OKs jobless pay for woman who bashed agency bosses

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February 12th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A former Iowa Workforce Development worker who’d once described her boss as rude has been awarded unemployment benefits. The Des Moines Register reports that Trudi Snyder was fired after complaining to colleagues last August that agency director Beth Townsend was “obnoxiously rude” and later comparing the agency management to “the Gestapo” — the World War II Nazis’ secret police. Snyder reportedly told her superiors at a subsequent conduct hearing that, as a staff trainer, she didn’t realize it was her job to “put a happy face on everything.”

The agency eventually challenged Snyder’s application for jobless benefits because she’d been fired for job-related misconduct. In many cases that disqualifies a person from collecting the benefits. Last week Administrative Law Judge Amanda Atherton ruled against Workforce Development and awarded Snyder the benefits, saying: “That employees complain about work, their co-workers and their managers is a fact of life.”

2 arrested in Page County

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February 12th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

The Page County Sheriff’s Office reports two arrests took place last week. At around 12:15-a.m. Wednesday (Feb. 7th), 24-year old Treyton Curt Sunderman, of Shenandoah, was arrested at the Page County Sheriff’s Office on a Page County Warrant for Failure to appear. Sunderman later posted $1000 bond and was released pending future court proceedings. And, Monday afternoon, Feb. 5th, 64-year old Karen Kay Dew, of Maryville, Mo., was arrested at the Page County Sheriff’s Office on a Page County Warrant for 5 counts of Fraudulent Practice in the 2nd Degree and 5 counts of Tampering with Records. Dew was booked into the Page County Jail and later posted $5000.00 cash. She was released pending future court proceedings.

Treyton Sunderman

Karen Dew

 

College Financial Aid Planning meeting Feb. 15th in Atlantic

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February 12th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

The Atlantic High School counseling office is hosting a free presentation on financial aid for high school juniors, seniors and their parents. The presentation will be led by a representative from the Iowa College Access Network (ICAN), on Thursday, Feb. 15th, beginning at 7-p.m., in the Atlantic High School Auditorium.

ICAN is a non-profit, educational organization that is a member of the National College Access Network. It has 10 student success centers, one of which is located in Council Bluffs.

Shelby County Sheriff’s report (2/12/18)

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February 12th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office has released a report on arrests. Authorities say on Feb. 8th (Last Thursday), 39-year old Myron Lee Brandon, of Council Bluffs, was arrested on outstanding warrants from a pursuit involving the Harlan Police Department on Feb. 4th, 2018. Brandon was charged with Eluding, Theft 2nd, Prohibited Acts, Possession of Controlled Substance, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, and multiple traffic violations. Brandon was being held in the Shelby County Jail under a $15,000 bond.

On Feb. 7th, Shelby County Deputies arrested 27-year-old Jose Felianco-Torres, from Defiance, for disorderly conduct. Torres was transported to the Shelby County Jail, where he plead guilty the following day in front of a magistrate, and received credit for time served  Torres was then released from custody on Feb. 8th.

On Feb. 1st, 30-year-old Jared Scott Schneckloth, of Manilla, was arrested by Shelby County Deputies on an outstanding warrant for failure to appear in district court. Schneckloth was transported to the Shelby County Jail and held under a $5,000 cash bond. He was released on a later day after appearing in front of a district court judge and receiving credit for time served.

Arrested Jan. 27th in Shelby County, was 30-year old Kristen Frances Harriman, from Omaha, on outstanding warrant for a Probation Violation. Harriman was transported from Polk County Jail to Shelby County Jail and held under a $2,000 cash bond. She posted bond on a later date and was released from custody.

And, on Jan. 26th, Deputies with the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office arrested 21-year-old Brandon William Henderson, from Harlan,  on outstanding warrants for Failure to appear for court hearing and contempt of court for failure to appear to serve imposed jail sentence (28 days). Henderson was transported to the Shelby County Jail where he is being held under a $1500 cash bond, as well as for the original 28-day jail sentence imposed for Probation Violation. Henderson is scheduled to be released February 23rd.

Man imprisoned for fatal shooting in Burlington

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February 12th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

FORT MADISON, Iowa (AP) — A 35-year-old Burlington resident has been imprisoned for shooting to death another man. Court records say Joseph Mayorga Jr. pleaded guilty to second-degree murder last month and immediately was sentenced to 50 years. Prosecutors had lowered the charge from first-degree murder in exchange for Mayorga’s plea. Mayorga also was ordered to pay $150,000 to his victim’s family.

Police say he killed 47-year-old James Nelson on Feb. 10 last year. Mayorga told investigators that he shot Nelson as they were sitting in Mayorga’s car inside Mayorga’s garage. He says Nelson said something offensive about Mayorga’s wife, so he shot him in his left eye. Nelson’s body was discovered the next day at Indian Park Path near Wever.

Nonprofit proposes YMCA, community center for Des Moines

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February 12th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A nonprofit wants to build a YMCA and community center in a low-income neighborhood near downtown Des Moines to provide the area with access to the same resources as those offered in the suburbs. Pillars of Promise’s proposal includes an 87,000-square-foot (8,080-sq. meter) YMCA, outdoor recreational fields and a community center to offer health services and educational opportunities in the King-Irving neighborhood.

The Des Moines Register reports that the City Council approved the group’s letter of intent last week to provide a 99-year lease for the city-owned land at $1 per year. Pillars of Promise can now begin fundraising for the project. The group will need to decide which local organizations will offer services at the community center. The city’s letter expires within a year. The council will consider other projects should the nonprofit’s plans fall through.

John Deere is named to “most ethical” list

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February 12th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

Quad Cities-based Deere & Company is being named one of the world’s most ethical companies. The designation comes from the Ethisphere Institute. It annually ranks companies that achieve highly ethical business practices. Deere is one of only a dozen companies to have earned the recognition for all 12 years the institute has done the research. This year, 135 honorees in 23 countries and 57 industries were recognized. Deere chairman and CEO Sam Allen says the company has an unwavering commitment to ethical behavior and doing the right things in the right way. Deere is Iowa’s largest manufacturing employer.

(Radio Iowa)