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2 people found shot to death in Waterloo residence

News

February 11th, 2020 by Ric Hanson

WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) – Two people have been found shot to death in Waterloo. Police say officers and medics called to the home around 11:20 p.m. Monday found the bodies. Autopsies are pending. Police haven’t released the names of the two nor any information about what let to the shootings. No arrests have been reported.

Heartbeat Today 2-10-2020

Heartbeat Today, Podcasts

February 11th, 2020 by Jim Field

Jim Field visits with Cass County Youth Coordinator Shelby Van Horne about Winter Day Camps.

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Early Tue. morning Burglary in C. Bluffs

News

February 11th, 2020 by Ric Hanson

Police in Council Bluffs were dispatched a little after 3-a.m. today (Tuesday), to 154 Bennett Ave, the White Oak Station, in reference to the front window being broken. The business was closed, so there were not any employees working at the time. Officers were able to check the business and were unable to locate any suspects. Video was reviewed and it showed an unknown male, dressed in black with white shoes, had broken the window out with rocks to gain entry.(See the video surveillance picture below)

White Oak Station burglary suspect

After he entered the business, the suspect went behind the counter and took an unknown amount of tobacco products. He then left the business in an unknown direction. If you have any information on this suspect please contact the Council Bluffs Police Department’s Crime Stoppers at 712-328-7867. Thank you for your assistance.

Authorities ID man killed at rail crossing in western Iowa

News

February 11th, 2020 by Ric Hanson

DENISON, Iowa (AP) – Authorities have identified a man who was killed when he was struck by a train in western Iowa. Police say an eastbound Union Pacific train struck the man on the tracks early Saturday morning at a crossing in Denison. He’s been identified as Kevin Russman, who lived in Dow City.

Former Elma man sentenced on gun charges

News

February 11th, 2020 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) — A convicted felon who was found with more than one dozen guns in northern Iowa town will spend nearly nine years in federal prison. Court records show 63-year-old Michael Strain was found guilty of two counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm in October. Evidence showed that Strain was living in Elma, Iowa, in late 2010 and early 2011 and purchased ammunition and firearms accessories after being told he couldn’t legally buy a gun.

That led to an investigation where officers found thirteen guns at his home — including a sawed-off shotgun. Strain was convicted in Minnesota in 2001 for fleeing from police, and possessing a pipe bomb in his car that was parked near a courthouse while he attended a court hearing. He was sentenced to 105 months in prison and fined 12-thousand-500 dollars.

GENEVIEVE (Wendt, Conner) BISHOP, 96, of Lenexa, KS & formerly of Audubon (Celebration of Life 2/15/20)

Obituaries

February 11th, 2020 by Ric Hanson

GENEVIEVE (Wendt, Conner) BISHOP, 96, of Lenexa, KS (& formerly of Audubon), died Sunday, Feb. 9th, at the Greenwood Terrace Retirement Community, in Lenexa. Celebration of Life Memorial services for GENEVIEVE BISHOP will be held 11-a.m. Sat., Feb. 15th, in the Ross Calvary United Methodist Church (In Ross, IA). Kessler Funeral Home in Audubon has the arrangements.

A Family visitation will take place from 9:30-a.m. until the time of service, Saturday, at the church.

Burial will be held at a later date.

GENEVIEVE (Wendt, Conner) BISHOP is survived by:

Her 103-year old brother – Ervin Wendt, of San Diego, CA.

many grandchildren and great grandchildren, many Bishop, Wendt and Tessman family members.

Skyscan Forecast for Atlantic & the area: Tue., 2/11/20

Weather

February 11th, 2020 by Ric Hanson

Today: Mostly sunny. High 39. W @ 10.

Tonight: Partly cloudy. Low 25. SW @ 5-10.

Tomorrow: Mo. Cldy w/light rain in the afternoon changing to light snow, late. High 37. N @ 10-20.

Thursday: Mo. Sunny & cold. High 12.

Friday: P/Cldy. High 23.

Monday’s High in Atlantic was 40. Our Low was 12. Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 27 and the Low was 22. The record High for February 11th in Atlantic, was 64 in 1951 & 1999. The Record Low was -26 in 1899.

Midwest Sports Headlines: 2/11/20

Sports

February 11th, 2020 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press

AMES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa State will finish the basketball season without star guard Tyrese Haliburton. Coach Steve Prohm says Haliburton fractured his left wrist in the Cyclones’ win over Kansas State on Saturday. Haliburton was the team’s second-leading scorer and the Big 12 leader in assists and steals. The sophomore is considered a potential lottery pick in the NBA draft this year. Haliburton was hurt as he blocked a shot late in the first half.

FOREST CITY, Iowa (AP) — A former professional football player has been sentenced for being drunk and armed with a handgun at a county supervisors meeting in Iowa. Sixty-three-year-old Mike Stensrud was sentenced Friday to two years’ probation and 90 days of jail time, but 88 days were suspended. Stensrud is a Winnebago County supervisor. He drank alcohol from a cup during a May 21 meeting in Forest City. Court records say a breath test showed his blood alcohol level was above the legal limit for driving. An officer found a pistol in one of Stensrud’s pockets. Stensrud played at Iowa State before going pro. He retired from the NFL in 1989.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Items from what became known as “The Pine Tar Game” between the Royals and Yankees will be sold by Heritage Auctions later this month. The highlight will be the jersey worn by George Brett that is expected to fetch more than $100,000. The bat, which now resides at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York.

UNDATED (AP) — Baylor remains atop The Associated Press men’s college basketball poll in a week that saw preseason No. 1 Michigan State fall out. The Bears received 48 of 64 first-place votes from a media panel to stay at No. 1 for the fourth straight week. No. 2 Gonzaga had 15 first-place votes and No. 3 Kansas got one. San Diego State and Louisville rounded out the top five. Seton Hall was the only change among the top 10 after moving up two spots to No. 10. Michigan State dropped out of the rankings from No. 16 following a three-game losing streak.

Iowa early News Headlines: Tue., Feb. 11, 2020

News

February 11th, 2020 by Ric Hanson

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

WASHINGTON (AP) — Bernie Sanders’ and Pete Buttigieg’s presidential campaigns have filed requests for a partial recanvass of the results of Iowa’s Democratic caucuses. In its Monday filing, the Sanders campaign cited “mathematical errors and inconsistencies” in more than two dozen caucus locations that it says would change the results if amended. The Iowa Democratic Party says the Buttigieg campaign requested a check on results in 66 precincts. Current results show Buttigieg with a razor-thin lead over Sanders in state delegate equivalents, and the party has awarded Buttigieg 14 delegates to Sanders’ 12. But the Sanders campaign believes correcting faulty math could swing the delegate allocation in Sanders’ favor.

UNDATED (AP) — On the eve of the New Hampshire primary, there was still no winner of last week’s Iowa caucuses. Final results of the Democratic caucus were released late Sunday, after the Iowa Democratic Party made a series of corrections to its tally. That’s not the end of the count, however, as Bernie Sanders and Pete Buttigieg exercised their right Monday to ask the state party to take another look at its reporting of the results. Amid the delays in getting the data and after observing irregularities in the results, The Associated Press says it cannot declare a winner in the first event to decide the Democratic nominee.

CLIVE, Iowa (AP) — A former Iowa governor and U.S. agriculture secretary has claimed a $150,000 Powerball prize. Tom Vilsack picked up winnings Monday at the Iowa Lottery’s headquarters in Clive. His ticket matched the Jan. 22 Powerball number and four of the remaining five numbers. He just missed out on the estimated $347 million jackpot. He’d bought the ticket at a grocery store in Waukee, a Des Moines suburb where he and his wife live. He’s now president and CEO of the U.S. Dairy Export Council. He told lottery officials his church and his children will share in his winnings.

DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) — Deere & Co. plans to lay off 105 more workers in Dubuque. The company told workers Friday at the John Deere Dubuque Works that the layoffs will take effect April 6. It would be the third round of layoffs at the plant in the past few months. In October the company said more than 110 workers would be laid off by Nov. 18. In December the company announced that nearly 60 workers would be laid off effective Jan. 6.

High School Basketball Scoreboard Monday 02/10/2020

Sports

February 10th, 2020 by admin

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Hawkeye Ten Conference

Harlan 73, Atlantic 51
Creston 80, Clarinda 21
Denison-Schleswig 63, Spencer 60
Red Oak 72, Southwest Valley 31
Shenandoah 63, Missouri Valley 36

Western Iowa Conference

IKM-Manning 70, MVAOCOU 31
Logan-Magnolia 63, Riverside 30

Rolling Valley Conference

CAM 51, Paton-Churdan 34
Exira-EHK 61, Boyer Valley 40
Glidden-Ralston 64, West Harrison 44
Woodbine 48, Coon Rapids-Bayard 38

Corner Conference

Essex 44, Heartland Christian 43
Stanton 60, Lenox 24

Pride of Iowa Conference

Martensdale-St Marys 55, Panorama 50
Nodaway Valley 58, AHSTW 56

Southeast Warren 55, Moravia 28
Wayne 41, Bedford 34

Other Scores

AC/GC 56, Pleasantville 33
East Union 60, Orient-Macksburg 43
Mount Ayr 50, I-35 44

BOYS BASKETBALL

Hawkeye Ten Conference

Harlan 71, Atlantic 41
Creston 64, Clarinda 57
Red Oak 72, Southwest Valley 47
Spencer 53, Denison-Schleswig 39

Western Iowa Conference

IKM-Manning 61, MVAOCOU 38
Logan-Magnolia 64, Riverside 35
Missouri Valley 56, Shenandoah 48

Rolling Valley Conference

Boyer Valley 54, Exira-EHK 33
CAM 73, Paton-Churdan 37
West Harrison 81, Glidden Ralston 50
Woodbine 37, Coon Rapids-Bayard 35

Corner Conference

Heartland Christian 62, Essex 24
Stanton 79, Lenox 25

Pride of Iowa Conference

Moravia 65, Southeast Warren 53
Nodaway Valley 59, AHSTW 45
Panorama 70, Martensdale-St. Marys 57

Other Scores

CB Thomas Jefferson 54, Louisville, NE 43
East Union, Afton @ Orient-Macksburg
Mount Ayr 60, I-35 39
Pleasantville 62, AC/GC 59