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Two arrested on drug charges following traffic stop in Red Oak

News

September 23rd, 2020 by admin

Red Oak Police report the arrest of two individuals following a traffic stop on Tuesday evening at 8:55 p.m. The stop was conducted in the 800 block of S 8th Street in Red Oak. Upon investigation Officers arrested 46-year-old Justin Matthew Dufek of Omaha for Violation of a No Contact Order, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, Possession of a Controlled Substance, and Drug Trafficking-Methamphetamine. Also arrested during the stop was 46-year-old Renea Dawn Dufek of Red Oak for Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.

Both individuals were taken to and booked into the Montgomery County Jail. Justin Dufek was being held on $50,000 bond and Renea Dufek was held on $300 bond.

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Corning man arrested for Unauthorized Use of a Credit Card

News

September 23rd, 2020 by admin

The Adams County Sheriff’s Office reports an arrest on Tuesday. Deputies arrested 23-year-old Eric Xavier Wiggins of Corning on a charge of Unauthorized Use of a Credit Card (A Class D Felony). Wiggins was taken to the Adams County Jail and held on $5,000 bond.

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Earlham sweeps Class B section of Creston XC Invite

Sports

September 22nd, 2020 by admin

The Earlham boys and girls came out on top of the Class B section of the Creston XC Invitational on Tuesday. Lily Dixon of Earlham won the girls race and Jayden Dickson of Earlham won the boys race.

Girls Team Scores

  1. Earlham 42
  2. Mount Ayr 54
  3. Nodaway Valley 57
  4. CAM 94
  5. East Union 119
  6. Southwest Valley 127

Girls Individual Top Ten

  1. Lily Dixon, Earlham 20:49.00
  2. Sophia Broers, Nodaway Valley
  3. McKinna Hogan, Lenox
  4. Rowen Fisk, Earlham
  5. Katie Noah, Earlham
  6. Gabrielle Valencia, East Union
  7. Karlie Larsen, Mount Ayr
  8. Makayla Jones, Mount Ayr
  9. Christa Cass, Orient-Macksburg
  10. Erin Ford, Nodaway Valley

Boys Team Scores

  1. Earlham 21
  2. Nodaway Valley 52
  3. West Nodaway 78
  4. CAM 115
  5. East Union 143
  6. Orient-Macksburg 153
  7. Essex 164

Boys Individual Top Ten

  1. Jayden Dickson, Earlham 16:28.00
  2. Zach Dixon, Earlham
  3. Tyler Blay, West Nodaway
  4. Dominic Braet, Earlham
  5. Toby Bower, Nodaway Valley
  6. Riley Harger, Earlham
  7. Doug Berg, Nodaway Valley
  8. TJ Harkins, Earlham
  9. Ben Breheny, Nodaway Valley
  10. Riley Blay, West Nodaway

Full results HERE.

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High School Volleyball Scoreboard 09/22/2020

Sports

September 22nd, 2020 by admin

Hawkeye Ten Conference

(3-1) Clarinda 25-22-25-25, Shenandoah 18-25-19-18
Creston vs. Kuemper Catholic PPD
(3-0) Glenwood 25-25-25, Denison-Schleswig 17-16-20
(3-1) Harlan 25-17-25-25 ,Lewis Central 21-25-23-16

Western Iowa Conference

(3-1) Missouri Valley 13-25-25-29, AHSTW 25-17-16-27
(3-0) Logan-Magnolia 25-25-25, Riverside 16-15-18
(3-0) Treynor 25-25-25, IKM-Manning 20-7-16
Underwood vs. Audubon- CCD

Rolling Valley Conference

(3-2) Boyer Valley 21-23-25-25-15, Exira-EHK 25-25-19-17-6
(3-1) CAM 25-25-25-28, West Harrison 27-20-16-26
(3-0) Coon Rapids-Bayard 25-25-25, Ar-We-Va 11-19-18
(3-2) Glidden-Ralston 23-25-25-23-15, Paton-Churdan 25-21-13-25-9

Corner Conference

(3-0) Griswold 25-25-25, Essex 13-23-21

Pride of Iowa Conference

(3-0) Nodaway Valley 25-25-25, Bedford 16-16-15
(3-0) PCM 25-25-25, Martensdale-St. Marys 3-16-17
Southeast Warren def. Central Decatur
(3-2) Lenox 25-18-22-25-15, Southwest Valley 21-25-25-21-6
(3-2) Wayne 25-14-29-23-15, East Union 13-25-27-25-10

Other Scores

(3-0) Des Moines Christian 25-25-22, ACGC 20-16-16
(2-0) Greene County 25-25, Panorama 22-21
(2-0) Greene County 25-25, South Central Calhoun 17-23
(2-1) South Central Calhoun 21-25-15, Panorama 25-21-6

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Harlan sweeps Tri-Center XC Invite

Sports

September 22nd, 2020 by admin

The Harlan Cyclones cross country teams swept the podium at the Tri-Center Cross Country Invite on Tuesday. The girls team scored 20 points to win led by an individual title from Kaia Bieker. The boys team scored 28 points to grab the title with Trey Gross taking the individual gold.

Girls Team Scores

  1. Harlan 20
  2. AHSTW 60
  3. Logan-Magnolia 76
  4. Tri-Center 105
  5. Exira-EHK 147
  6. Boyer Valley 148
  7. Missouri Valley 157

Girls Individual Top Ten

  1. Kaia Bieker, Harlan 20:28.00
  2. Courtney Sporrer, Logan-Magnolia
  3. Liv Freund, Harlan
  4. Brecken VanBaale, Harlan
  5. Abi Albertsen, Harlan
  6. Julia Kock, AHSTW
  7. Ellie Gross, Harlan
  8. Kyla Corrin, Tri-Center
  9. Chloe Falkena, AHSTW
  10. Mya Moss, Logan-Magnolia

Boys Team Scores

  1. Harlan 28
  2. Missouri Valley 59
  3. Tri-Center 96
  4. Woodbine 106
  5. Boyer Valley 123
  6. Logan-Magnolia 141
  7. East Mills 151
  8. Iowa School for the Deaf 225

Boys Individual Top Ten

  1. Trey Gross, Harlan 14:50.00
  2. Brek Boruff, Missouri Valley
  3. Landon Bendgen, Woodbine
  4. Patrick Heffernan, Boyer Valley
  5. Mitchell Rueschenberg, Harlan
  6. Reed Boardman, Harlan
  7. Ian Shelton, Harlan
  8. Will Gutzmer, Missouri Valley
  9. Kaiden Milliken, Harlan
  10. Jackson Hustak, Missouri Valley

Full results HERE.

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Atlantic boys 2nd, girls 3rd at Creston XC Invitational

Sports

September 22nd, 2020 by admin

The Atlantic Trojans cross country teams had strong showings in the Class A section of the Creston Cross Country Invitational on Tuesday night. The Atlantic boys team finished 2nd and Craig Alan Becker was the individual champion. The girls finished 3rd place behind a third place individual performance from Taylor McCreedy.

Girls Team Standings

  1. Glenwood 36
  2. Winterset 91
  3. Atlantic 105
  4. Creston 121
  5. Lewis Central 127
  6. Clarinda 176
  7. Red Oak 177
  8. Chariton 194
  9. CB Thomas Jefferson 203
  10. Shenandoah-Essex 232

Girls Individual Top Ten

  1. Braelyn Baker, Creston 19:56.10
  2. Emma Hughes, Glenwood
  3. Taylor McCreedy, Atlantic
  4. Erin Schultz, Glenwood
  5. Mayson Hartley, Clarinda
  6. Rily Weise, Glenwood
  7. Alexa McCunn, Red Oak
  8. Haley Bach, Lewis Central
  9. Rachel Mullennax, Glenwood
  10. Natalie Smith, Lewis Central

Boys Team Standings

  1. Glenwood 54
  2. Atlantic 64
  3. Lewis Central 72
  4. CB Thomas Jefferson 94
  5. Winterset 113
  6. Shenandoah 150
  7. Clarinda 160
  8. Red Oak 208
  9. Chariton 268

Boys Individual Top Ten

  1. Craig Alan Becker, Atlantic 16:34.10
  2. Ethan Eichhorn, Lewis Central
  3. Aidan Booton, CB Thomas Jefferson
  4. Andrew Smith, Glenwood
  5. Juan Martinez, CB Thomas Jefferson
  6. Nathan Sell, Lewis Central
  7. Baylor Bergren, Red Oak
  8. Nathan Rohrberg, Glenwood
  9. Clayton Stafford, Creston
  10. Liam Hays, Glenwood

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JEFFREY McEVOY, 58, of Harlan (9-26-2020)

Obituaries

September 22nd, 2020 by Jim Field

JEFFREY McEVOY, 58, of Harlan died September 6th.  Funeral service for JEFFREY McEVOY will be held on Saturday, September 26th at 11:00 am at the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Harlan.  Pauley-Jones Funeral Home in Harlan has the arrangements.

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Visitation will be held on Saturday from 9:00 am to 11:00 am at the church.

Burial in the Bethany Cemetery in Kimballton.

JEFFREY McEVOY is survived by:

Wife:  Randi McEvoy of Harlan.

Daughters:  Michelle (Paul) Plumb of Irwin; Christie (Jack) Knudson of Irwin; Robyn (David Backhaus) Carter of Albert Lea, MN; Rachel (Dave) Aten of Blair, NE.

Sons:  Bradley (Glory Brown) McEvoy of Council Bluffs; Matthew (Michelle Harris) McEvoy of Council Bluffs.

Sister:  Grace (Glen) Ashdown of Wayzata, MN.

Sisters-in-Law:  Vanessa (Allan) Sorensen of Missouri Valley; Jean (Doug) Gross of Defiance; Joan (Daniel) Heller of Irwin.

Brothers-in-Law:  Ronald (Rhonda) Nordby of Missouri Valley; Don Francisco of Anderson, MO; Timothy (Joanna) Williams of Council Bluffs; Douglas Williams of Omaha, NE.

Father-in-Law:  Lloyd (Rosalie) Williams of Missouri Valley.

7 Grandchildren

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Byrle L. Spillers, 98, of Redfield (later date)

Obituaries

September 22nd, 2020 by Jim Field

Byrle L. Spillers, 98, of Redfield died Monday, September 21st at the Community Care Center in Stuart.  Cremation has taken place and a graveside service for Byrle L. Spillers will be held at a later date.  Johnson Family Funeral Home in Stuart has the arrangements.

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Memorial contributions may be made to the Redfield American Legion or the Redfield United Methodist Church and sent in care of the funeral home.

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MAX DeWITT, 90, of Casey (9-28-2020)

Obituaries

September 22nd, 2020 by Jim Field

MAX DeWITT, 90, of Casey died Tuesday, September 22nd at the Guthrie County Hospital in Guthrie Center.  A private family graveside service for MAX DeWITT will be held on Monday, September 28th at the Dalmanutha Cemetery near Casey.  Roland Funeral Service in Atlantic is handling the arrangements.

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Condolences may be left at www.rolandfuneralservice.com.

MAX DeWITT is survived by:

Wife:  Dorthy

Children:  Betty Christensen; Bob (Carolyn) DeWitt; Barbara DeWitt and Beverly Larson.

2 Grandchildren

4 Great-Grandchildren

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Glenwood Police Report 09/22/2020

News

September 22nd, 2020 by admin

The Glenwood Police Department reports five arrests with the past five days.

On September 18th Officers arrested 41-year-old Rebecca Leeper of Glenwood on a Mills County warrant on 3 counts of Forgery. Leeper was taken to the Mills County Jail and later posted bond set at $5,000 cash or surety.

On September 19th Glenwood Police arrested 37-year-old Jeremy Williams of Glenwood for OWI 3rd offense and Eluding, Williams later posted bond set at $6,000 cash or surety.

On September 21st Officers arrested 39-year-old Kenneth Jenkins of Glenwood for Public Intoxication. He was taken to the Mills County Jail and held on bond set at $300 cash or surety.

Also on September 21st Glenwood Police arrested 39-year-old Luke Jensen of Glenwood on a Mills Co. Warrant for 2 counts of unauthorized use of credit cards. His bond set at $2,000 cash or surety.

On Tuesday, September 22nd Glenwood Police arrested 44-year-old Christopher Lausten of Pacific Junction for OWI 1st offense. He was taken to the Mills County Jail and later posted bond set at $1,000 cash or surety.

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