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MICHAEL N. HJULER, 59, of Audubon (Svcs. 11/6/18)

Obituaries

November 4th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

MICHAEL N. HJULER, 59, of Audubon, died Thursday, Nov. 1st, at Mercy Hospital Medical Center, in Des Moines. Funeral services for MICHAEL HJULER will be held 10:30-a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 6th, at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, in Audubon. Kessler Funeral Home in Audubon has the arrangements.

Friends may call at the funeral home, where the family visitation is at 5-p.m. on Monday, Nov. 5th.

Burial will be in the Bethany Lutheran Cemetery, northeast of Kimballton.

MICHAEL HJULER is survived by:

His parents – Don & Darlene Hjuler, of Audubon.

Brothers/Sisters – Mark Hjuler, of Killeen, TX, and Craig (Lorna) Hjuler, of Spring, TX; Debbie Campbell, of Audubon; Denise (Steve) Purdy, of Denison, and Donna (Paul) Lauritsen, of Waukee; Kyepok Hjuler, of KY

17 Nieces & Nephews

17 Great-Nieces & Nephews

other relatives and many friends.

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Red Oak woman arrested on a Mills County warrant

News

November 4th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

Police in Red Oak Saturday evening, arrested a woman wanted on a warrant out of Mills County. 29-year old Katie Rose Carnes, of Red Oak, was arrested at around 5:52-p.m. in the 800 block of N. 4th Street and brought to the Montgomery County Jail. Carnes’ bond was set at $5,000, in association with the warrant for Failure to Appear on a Possession of a Controlled Substance/1st offense, charge.

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Skyscan Forecast for Atlantic & the area, Sunday 11/4/18

Weather

November 4th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

Today: Cloudy w/a 20% chance of rain before 9am. High near 44. North wind 10 to 15 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph.
Tonight: Cloudy to partly cloudy w/a 30% chance of rain after 5-a.m. Monday. Low around 37. West wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south southeast after midnight.
Monday: Rain. High near 47. S/SE wind 5-15 w/gusts to around 25. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Monday Night: Mostly cloudy & breezy, w/a 60% chance of rain through midnight. Low 36. S wind @ 10-15 becoming NW & gusting to near 25 mph. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tuesday: Mostly sunny & windy, with a high near 46.
Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 43.
Thursday: A 30% chance of rain and snow through 4-pm, then a chance of snow. High near 37.

Yesterday’s High in Atlantic was 44. Our Low this morning, 41. We received one-half inch of rain here at KJAN from 7-a.m. Yesterday, through 6-a.m. Today. Last year on this date our High was 52 and the Low was 40. The record High in Atlantic on this date was 75 in 1909 & 1978. The Record Low was -1 in 1991.

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Other Iowa college football scores from Saturday (11/3/18)

Sports

November 4th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

Benedictine (Kan.) 25, Grand View 13

Cornell (Iowa) 23, Grinnell 13

Northwestern (Iowa) 42, Concordia (Neb.) 28

Dubuque 17, Simpson (Iowa) 6

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Midwest Sports Headlines: 11/4/2018

Sports

November 4th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

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

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — Spencer Evans made a 25-yard field goal with 8 seconds left Saturday to give Purdue a 38-36 upset over No. 19 Iowa. David Blough threw three touchdown passes to Terry Wright and topped the 300-yard mark for the fifth time this season as the Boilermakers moved within a game of the Big Ten West’s division lead. The Hawkeyes lost their second straight road game when their vaunted defense couldn’t come up with one final stop.

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Brock Purdy threw for 263 yards and three touchdowns, two of them big-play strikes to Hakeem Butler, and Iowa State rolled to a 27-3 victory over Kansas. The Cyclones have won four straight after putting their freshman quarterback under center. The Jayhawks struggled a week after upsetting TCU.

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) — Austin Errthum kicked four consecutive first-half field goals, the longest from 43-yards out, to stake Northern Iowa to a 19-3 halftime lead and spark the Panthers to a 26-16 in over Illinois State in a Missouri Valley Conference showdown. After JT Bohlken converted from 27-yards out on the Redbirds opening possession, Errthum capped three of UNI’s next four drives with field goals, hitting from 30, 30, 27 and 43 yards.

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Iowa early News Headlines: Sunday, 11/4/2018

News

November 4th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 4:30- a.m. CST

URBANDALE, Iowa (AP) — A central Iowa couple face charges after police say they left their 9-month-old baby home alone for hours to go to a bar. Television station KCCI reports that police arrested 22-year-old Bryan Austin McCrea Bozarth and 20-year-old Ashley Lee Routh King on Friday. Each has been charged with child endangerment, and King also faces an underage drinking charge.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A lawsuit has been filed seeking to represent hundreds of victims of a former Iowa youth basketball coach now facing 15 to 180 years in prison for sexually exploiting them. The lawsuit was filed Friday by law firm Grefe & Sidney and names as defendants former Iowa Barnstormers coach Greg Stephen, the Barnstormers organization and its supervising organization, the Amateur Athletic Union. Stephen pleaded guilty last month to sexual exploitation and child porn charges and is awaiting sentencing.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Officials in Iowa City are reminding residents to compost their fall pumpkins and leftover Halloween jack-o-lanterns instead of trashing them. To do this, residents are asked to put pumpkins with yard waste collection, which is composted. Residents who do not receive curbside services can take pumpkins at no cost to the City’s compost facility located at the Iowa City Landfill and Recycling Center.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraskans and Iowans are being reminded to set their clocks back an hour before going to bed Saturday. Standard time returns this weekend at 2 a.m. Sunday. The change means most Americans will get an extra hour of rest, but those working overnight shifts might toil an hour longer. It also means some will forget to change their clocks, and show up early for church or other events on Sunday.

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Errthum’s 4 FGs spark Northern Iowa past Illinois St, 26-16

Sports

November 3rd, 2018 by Ric Hanson

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) — Austin Errthum kicked four consecutive first-half field goals, the longest from 43-yards out, to stake Northern Iowa to a 19-3 halftime lead and spark the Panthers to a 26-16 win over Illinois State in a Missouri Valley Conference showdown Saturday.

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Evans’ field goal sends Purdue past No. 19 Iowa 38-36

Sports

November 3rd, 2018 by Ric Hanson

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — Spencer Evans made a 25-yard field goal with 8 seconds left Saturday, giving Purdue a 38-36 upset over No. 19 Iowa and putting the Boilermakers back in the Big Ten’s West Division title hunt. David Blough threw three touchdown passes to Terry Wright and topped the 300-yard mark for the fifth time this season.

The Boilermakers (5-4, 4-2 Big Ten) have won five of their last six and beat their third ranked team this season — the first time they’ve achieved that feat since 2003 — to move within one game of division leader Northwestern.

The Hawkeyes (6-3, 3-3) lost their second straight road game despite Nate Stanley’s big day. The junior quarterback threw for 275 yards with one TD and ran for another but the conference’s No. 2 scoring defense allowed a season-high point total.

After watching their playoff aspirations vanish with last week’s loss at Penn State, the Hawkeyes’ Big Ten title hopes now likely faded away, too. Iowa probably will fall out of the Top 25 after losing in back-to-back weeks by a total of eight points.

Iowa hosts division-leading Northwestern next weekend.

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Carpenters work to surprise widow in Grant

News

November 3rd, 2018 by Ric Hanson

A group of about a dozen area carpenters surprised a woman from Grant, Saturday, by siding her home for free. Tanner Preston, from Griswold, said homeowner Becky Westover lost her 63-year old husband David in Dec., 2017, due to an illness.

Ric Hanson photo’s

Tanner, along with his brother Landon, run Preston Carpentry, in Griswold. They and others came to the rescue after being approached by Becky’s son.

He said her son, Jesse decided to raise money and explore other options for residing her home, in Grant. Jesse got ahold of Landon, who worked to raise funds and other donations. They were able to cover all the expenses except for a final $1,000, but in the end, that was also taken care of.

The dozen or so area carpenters and family members showed up Saturday while Becky was working at the Wal-Mart Store, in Atlantic. They worked through pouring, cold rain to give the home an exterior facelift.

Included among the crew was: Brian Turner, Tanner Preston, Landon Preston and his wife Megan (& children Averi and Mason Jefferson), with Preston Carpentry; Matt Leighton, with Matt Leighton Carpentry, in Griswold; Austin Lorenz; Ryan Weaver; Jeb Peck; Bob Peck; Cameron Thompson (& his little brother Christian Thompson); John Perdue and Matt Jones.

These 4 photos provided courtesy Megan Preston (Click on any image to enlarge)

In addition to all the volunteer time, labor and donated materials, the Tiger Mart in Griswold stopped-by at around 12:15-p.m. and served up free pizza for the crew. When she arrived home from work late Saturday evening, Becky Westover was in a bit of shock, but once that wore -off, and she learned everything was donated, Megan Preston said Becky was tearful, and gave everyone hugs.

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Lawrence guides San Diego past Drake 27-10

Sports

November 3rd, 2018 by Ric Hanson

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Anthony Lawrence passed for 227 yards and a touchdown and added two short TD runs to propel San Diego to a 27-10 victory over Drake in Pioneer Football League play on Saturday.
San Diego has now won a FCS-best 21 straight home games. The Toreros also have a 27-game win streak in PFL play and a 36-game win streak in conference home games. Lawrence ran it in from 2 yards out and scored on a 1-yard plunge to give the Toreros (7-2, 6-0) a 13-0 first-quarter lead. The Bulldogs (4-3, 3-2) got on the scoreboard when Jeran Proctor picked off Lawrence and raced 27 yards for a touchdown to make it 13-7. Terrence Smith scored on a 5-yard run late in the second quarter to push San Diego’s advantage to 20-7 at the half.

Lawrence capped the scoring for the Toreros with a 42-yard scoring strike to Michael Bandy just 3 minutes into the third quarter. Bandy, who leads the nation in receiving yards, finished with five catches for 70 yards. Drake managed only 40 yards rushing on 23 carries. Grant Kraemer completed just 16 of 47 passes for 214 yards with two picks. The Bulldogs became the first PFL team to hold San Diego under 36 points this season.

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