Hawkeye Ten Conference
(3-0) Lewis Central 25-25-25, Clarinda 18-16-17
Hawkeye Ten Conference
(3-0) Lewis Central 25-25-25, Clarinda 18-16-17
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a former southwestern Iowa city clerk accused of stealing thousands of dollars from the city of Riverton has pleaded not guilty to bank fraud.
In a news release Wednesday, U.S. Attorney Marc Krickbaum says 57-year-old Carol Jennings pleaded not guilty on Thursday. She was indicted by a federal grand jury in August. The indictment says Jennings opened two accounts with a local bank using falsified documents and deposited city funds into the accounts. Prosecutors say she then converted most of the money for her own use.
Her trial has been set for Nov. 5.
An audit of Riverton’s financial records in 2016 showed nearly $331,000 in improper or unsupported spending and undepostited collections. The audit was conducted after Jennings was fired in 2015.
JERRY REED, 89, of Greenfield died on Wednesday, September 26th at the VA Central Iowa Health Care System in Des Moines. Funeral services for JERRY REED will be held on Saturday, September 29th at 10:00am at the Greenfield Gospel Chapel. Steen Funeral Home in Greenfield has the arrangements.
Open visitation will be held on Friday, September 26th from 3:00pm-7:00pm at the Steen Funeral Home in Greenfield with family greeting friends from 5:00pm-7:00pm that evening.
Burial will be in the Greenfield Cemetery with full military graveside rites conducted by the Greenfield American Legion Head-Endres Post No. 265 and V.F.W. Post No. 5357. A luncheon will be held at the Church following the burial.
Online condolences may be left to the family at www.steenfunerals.com.
Memorials may be directed to the Jerry Reed Memorial Fund to be established by the family.
JERRY REED is survived by:
Wife: Jean Reed.
Daughters: Nina (Randy) Horn. Rose (David) Hammond.
Brothers: Ted Reed. George (Johanna) Reed.
Sister: Joan (Richard) Hilt.
10 Grandchildren
17 Great-Grandchildren
Many Nieces, Nephews, Other Relatives, and Friends.
Erica Dawn Hughes
Fremont County Sheriff Kevin Aistrope reports a Council Bluffs woman was arrested on Wednesday night on prostitution and drug charges.
On Wednesday evening an undercover deputy made contact with 37-year-old Erica Dawn Hughes of Council Bluffs. Erica was located in a truck stop area near Percival. During contact with the Deputy, Hughes agreed to perform sexual acts with the undercover Deputy.
Hughes was then taken into custody for Prostitution and also was in possession of methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia. Hughes was transported to the Fremont County Law Enforcement Center and held on a $100,000 bond.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Fortunately for the Milwaukee Brewers, they didn’t slip up.
The Brewers clinched their first playoff spot since 2011 by ensuring at least a spot in the NL wild-card game, helped Wednesday night when a rookie St. Louis pinch-runner suddenly fell on his way to the plate in a 2-1 win over the contending Cardinals.
“I saw him go down and luckily we were able to put a tag on him and get him out,” Brewers reliever Josh Hader said. “I’ve never seen that before but it was definitely good on our side.”
The Brewers (92-67) remained a half-game behind the NL Central-leading Chicago Cubs. Milwaukee’s win also sealed a postseason berth for the Cubs.
Milwaukee began the day 3 ½ games ahead of Colorado for the top wild-card slot. St. Louis (87-71) entered a half-game behind the Rockies for the final wild-card berth.
The Cardinals missed a big chance to tie it in the eighth inning. Matt Carpenter drew a two-out walk and was lifted for pinch-runner Adolis Garcia. Jose Martinez then hit a slow roller to third baseman Mike Moustakas, who threw wildly to first.
Garcia was waved home, but slipped rounding third base and fell halfway to the plate. He got to his feet and had no chance, easily tagged out after second baseman Hernan Perez made a strong throw.
“The kid’s giving you everything he’s got, it’s just unfortunate he fell,” Cardinals manager Mike Shildt said. “It’s one of those things that happened. Clearly, it would’ve tied the game but it wasn’t for lack of effort. Things happen and he was giving everything he had.”
Milwaukee turned that break into a three-game sweep at Busch Stadium. And while the Brewers enjoyed an enthusiastic celebration in their clubhouse, the prospect of catching the Cubs still hung in the air.
“We like our chances, but obviously winning the division would be huge,” outfielder Ryan Braun said. “The wild-card game, no matter how good you are, it is always somewhat of a coin flip. So we have to take care of business. We have to continue to win games and continue to play the way we’ve played to this point and hopefully find a way to win the division.”
Milwaukee advanced to the NL Championship Series in 2011 before being eliminated in six games by the eventual World Series champion Cardinals.
Jhoulys Chacin pitched five strong innings and Travis Shaw hit a pair of RBI singles for Milwaukee.
“When you’ve got games left still and you’ve got something to play for there’s stuff ahead of us, but you do this to enjoy what you’ve accomplished,” Brewers manager Craig Counsell said. “We know that we’ve made the playoffs, we have a chance to play in the playoffs and we have three big games left.”
Chacin (15-8), who had lost his last three decisions, gave up one run on just one hit over five innings. He needed a season-low 60 pitches and faced three batters over the minimum.
“We definitely caught a break there, it was a strange play,” Counsell said of the Garcia fall. “We pitched really well tonight. Chacin was brilliant. It was just a really well played game.”
Xavier Cedeno, Corbin Burnes, Hader and Jeremy Jeffress combined for four shutout innings as the Brewers held the Cardinals to a season-low two hits. Jeffress earned his 13th save in 18 chances.
Milwaukee now returns to Miller Park to take on the lowly Detroit Tigers in the three-game series starting Friday to end the regular season. The Cardinals travel to face the Cubs for the three-game set.
Shaw’s single scored Christian Yelich, who walked all five times he came to the plate, and gave the Brewers a 1-0 lead in the third.
Shaw broke a 1-all time with an RBI single off Dakota Hudson in the fifth, again scoring Yelich, to make it 2-1.
“It’s cool,” Shaw said. “I mean anytime you do that it’s cool but especially on a clinching night, it feels pretty good.”
Yelich, who reached on a walk by Chasen Shreve (3-4), became the ninth inherited runner out of 18 that Hudson has allowed to score.
“Hopefully this is the first of many celebrations and rightfully so to celebrate this moment,” Yelich said. “But we’ve got a big weekend ahead so we’re going to enjoy it tonight and get back to work.”
Cardinals starter John Gant stranded runners in each of his first four innings before being lifted with one out in the fifth. It is the fourth time in his last five starts that Gant failed to go more than 4 1/3 innings.
Jedd Gyorko’s sacrifice fly with the bases loaded in the fourth made it 1-all.
Cardinals infielder Paul DeJong hung back to watch the Brewers’ on-field celebration.
“They earned it,” DeJong said. “It’s something that I want. It’s something that I’ve done in the minor leagues. I really wanted to be out there doing it with us but we’re going to have to keep pushing and try to pull something out.”
UP NEXT
Brewers: RHP Zach Davies (2-7, 4.65 ERA) begins the three-game series at home Friday night against Detroit and RHP Jordan Zimmermann (7-8, 4.31 ERA). Davies, who is making his first career start against the Tigers, gave up two runs in four innings in a loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates last Saturday.
Cardinals: RHP Adam Wainwright (2-3, 4.08 ERA) gets the start in the opener of a three-game series at Chicago and RHP Kyle Hendricks (13-11, 3.49 ERA) on Friday afternoon. Wainwright leads all active pitchers with 15 wins against the Cubs and his 11 career wins at Wrigley Field is third all-time in franchise history behind Bob Gibson (15) and Harry Brecheen (13).
Skyscan Forecast Thursday, September 27, 2018 Dan Hicks
Today: Increasing clouds. SW @ 10-20. High 72.
Tonight: Mostly cloudy. Scattered light showers late. N @ 10-15. Low 50.
Friday: Mostly cloudy. Windy and cooler. Scattered light rain. N @ 15-25. High 57.
Saturday: Mostly cloudy. A few isolated showers. High 60.
Sunday: Mostly cloudy. Warmer. Scattered showers and thunderstorms. High 67.
GARAGE SALE: Multi family garage sale on Friday 2:00 to 5:30 and Saturday 8:00 am to 1:00 pm. It’s at 1303 E 19th st, Atlantic . Rustic household decorations, Precious Moments, saxophone, boys clothes and shoes, Middle School girls clothes, American , Justice, BKE, boys sports gear and shoes, small color TV with stand and wall mount, Poland China set, Lumber and decorative trim, front door with etched glass. Many misc. items.
FOR SALE: Upright deep freeze, works great $25. 250-1769
A Nebraska man was arrested after a pursuit Wednesday morning that began in Pottawattamie County. A Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Deputy attempted to stop a vehicle that was reported stolen at 8:04am Wednesday near North 16th Street and Nash Boulevard in Council Bluffs. The vehicle failed to stop and lead law enforcement on a chase that went through the Harrah’s Casino property and eventually onto I-480 westbound into Nebraska.
Iowa Law Enforcement stopped pursuit when the vehicle entered Nebraska. They were then notified that the vehicle had driven through a fence and down an embankment onto Cass Street near 20th Street in Omaha. Two male subjects fled the vehicle onto the Creighton University Campus and campus security was notified. Omaha Police along with other law enforcement searched for the two men and apprehended the male driver.
The man was identified as 29-year-old James Horn of Fremont, NE. He was found to have three arrest warrants for weapons possession, assault, and violation of a protective order. He was taken to the Douglas County Jail. Pottawattamie County Deputies will be filing traffic charges on Mr. Horn and obtaining an additional arrest warrant. No information on the other male in the vehicle has been released.
The license plates on the car were entered stolen by the North Platte Police Department but the vehicle was not entered as stolen. The vehicle, a Nissan Altima, was impounded.
During the pursuit the vehicle struck another vehicle on I-480. Nobody was injured as a result of that collision and an accident report was completed.
The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest of a Minnesota man on Monday after a traffic stop. A vehicle was pulled over at the intersection of 130th Street and River Road in Pottawattamie County at 8:15am on Monday. 6 occupants were in the vehicle from Kansas and Minnesota.
It was determined one of the men had a warrant out of Minnesota for being a Fugitive from Justice. 25-year-old Mitchell Edward Bane of Willmar, MN was taken into custody after Minnesota officials stated they would extradite him back to the area. Bane was taken to the Pottawattamie County Jail without incident and booked in pending extradition.
(DES MOINES) – Gov. Kim Reynolds ordered all flags in Iowa to fly at half-staff from sunrise to sunset on Thursday, September 27, 2018, to honor a fallen U.S. Marine.
Lance Corporal John D. Killen III, of Davenport, went missing in action when his helicopter crashed in Vietnam on June 30, 1967. The 18-year-old’s remains were identified in March 2017 and returned to the United States for burial, along with the remains of two other Marines also killed in the crash. All three will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, on Thursday, September 27, 2018. They will receive full military honors.
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