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Sunday Volleyball Scores (from 9/2/18)

Sports

September 3rd, 2018 by Ric Hanson

St. Albert, Council Bluffs 21-21, Clarinda 13-19
St. Albert, Council Bluffs 21-21, Wayne 9-10

GLORIA J. BONNESEN, 73, of Kimballton (Private svcs)

Obituaries

September 3rd, 2018 by Ric Hanson

GLORIA J. BONNESEN, 73, of Kimballton, died Aug, 29th, at Lakeside Hospital, in Omaha. A private family funeral service will be held for GLORIA BONNESEN. Kessler Funeral Home in Audubon is assisting the family.

Friends may call at the funeral home, where the family visitation is Wed., Sept. 5th at 4-p.m.

Burial will be in the Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery, in Kimballton.

GLORIA BONNESEN is survived by:

Her son – Randy (Donna) Bonnesen, of Atlantic.

Her daughters – Michelle (Todd) Martens, of Griswold, and Marcey Gerke, of Bellevue, NE.

7 grandchildren and 1 great-grandchild. Other relatives and friends.

WALTER A. NOELCK, 95, of Audubon (Svcs. 9/5/18)

Obituaries

September 3rd, 2018 by Ric Hanson

WALTER A. NOELCK, 95, of Audubon, died Friday, Aug. 31st, at the Friendship Home, in Audubon. Funeral services for WALTER NOELCK will be held 10:30-a.m. Wed., Sept. 5th, at Trinity Lutheran Church, in Manning. Kessler Funeral Home in Audubon has the arrangements.

Friends may call at the funeral home, where the family visitation is on Tuesday, Sept. 4th, from 5:30-utnil 8:30-p.m.

Burial will be in the Lincoln Township Cemetery in rural Audubon County.

WALTER NOELCK is survived by:

His wife – Joan Noelck, of Ross.

His sons – David (Susan) Noelck, of Sussex, WI; Paul (Candace) Noelck, of Boone; Wayne (Beverly) Noelck, of Hawarden; Alan (Carol) Noelck, of Avondale, AZ., and James (Nicole) Noelck, of Johnston.

His daughters – Mary (Don) Mulfinger, of Burnsville, MN; Carolyn Miller, of Overland Park, KS, and Ruth (Timothy) Obermeier, of Spencer.

24 grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren, other relatives and friends.

2 arrested in Red Oak late Sunday night

News

September 3rd, 2018 by Ric Hanson

Police in Red Oak, Sunday night, arrested a man and a woman in the 200 block of E. Hammond Street. 58-year old Dennis Edward Elliott, of Red Oak, was arrested at around 10:25-p.m. for Public Intoxication/3rd or subsequent offense, and Breach of Peace. And, 53-year old Valerie Zamora, of Red Oak, was arrested for Public Intoxication. Her bond was set at $300, while the bond for Elliott was set at $2,000.

Clarinda woman arrested in Montgomery County

News

September 3rd, 2018 by Ric Hanson

Sheriff’s Deputies in Montgomery County arrested a Clarinda woman Sunday evening. 19-year old Sydney Nicole Sanders was arrested in Villisca at around 5:45-p.m., on a charge of Providing False Information. Sanders was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on a $300 bond.

Skyscan Forecast for Atlantic & the area, Monday 9-3-18 (LABOR DAY)

Weather

September 3rd, 2018 by Ric Hanson

Today: FLASH FLOOD WATCH until 1-p.m. For all area counties except Harrison & Shelby; Cloudy to Partly cloudy w/scattered showers & thunderstorms. High 80. SE @ 10-15.

Tonight: Mostly cloudy w/scattered showers & tstrms. Low 68. SE @ 5-10.

Tomorrow: Scattered shwrs & tstrms in the morning & again during the afternoon. High 82. S @ 10-20.

Wednesday: Mo. cloudy w/scattered showers and thunderstorms. High 75.

Thursday: Mo. Cldy w/scattered shwrs & tstrms in the morning. High around 72.

Yesterday’s High in Atlantic was 81. Our Low 66. We received .36” rain in Atlantic yesterday up until just before 7-a.m. today. Last year on this date our High was 84 and the Low was 53. The record High in Atlantic on this date was 102 in 1937. The Record Low was 32 in 1974.

Cass County Democratic Party HQ is open

News

September 3rd, 2018 by Ric Hanson

The Cass County Democratic Party Headquarters is again open at 511 Chestnut in Atlantic. Party Chair Sherry Toelle says a Grand Opening to which all Democratic candidates on the Cass County ballot have been invited, is a Meet & Greet as well as a chance to discuss their candidacy and their views on the issues. The event will begin at 6-p.m. Monday, September 10th, with a light supper will be provided.

The Cass County Democratic Part HQ actually opened on August 27th, according to Toelle, and provides campaign literature, signs, and other campaign materials on all the Democratic candidates. A waiting list for campaign yard signs is being prepared. Open Monday thru Friday from 11-a.m. to 4-p.m., Saturdays from 10-a.m. to 1-p.m., and Sundays from noon to 4-p.m., the HQ also provides voter registration and absentee ballot/early voting information and forms. The HQ phone number is 712-243-8683.

Toelle said that the HQ has been in the same location for years. The public is welcome to attend the Grand Opening and to stop by during the hours of operation to review the information available.

Child suffers minor injuries after being hit by a vehicle in C. Bluffs

News

September 3rd, 2018 by Ric Hanson

Police in Council Bluffs say a 9-year old boy suffered only minor injuries after he rode a bicycle between two-parked vehicles, into the path of moving vehicle. The accident happened at around 6:19-p.m. Sunday, in the 2600 block of Avenue G.

An investigation determined the boy had attempted to cross Avenue G, when the driver of a vehicle traveling in the westbound traffic lane, who was unable to see the boy until it was too late,  struck him. The child was not wearing a helmet, and suffered a laceration to his head. He was transported to Nebraska Medicine by CBFD for treatment of his injuries.

The Traffic Unit fully investigated this crash and no citations will be issued. Avenue G traffic was closed for approximately thirty minutes during this incident. Council Bluffs Police remind cyclists to check for oncoming traffic before entering a roadway and to wear a bicycle helmet.

Midwest Sports Headlines: 9/3/18

Sports

September 3rd, 2018 by Ric Hanson

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

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Jorge Lopez scattered five hits over a career-best seven innings to help rout Baltimore 9-1 and complete a three-game sweep. The only run Lopez allowed came on Jonathan Villar’s homer in the first inning. The Royals pounded David Hess to win for the seventh time in eight games. They finished with 14 hits, their sixth straight game with at least 10.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Eugenio Suarez’s two-run homer off of Bud Norris in the tenth inning lifted the Cincinnati Reds to a 6-4 win over the St. Louis Cardinals. After Suarez’s 31st of the season, Brandon Dixon hit a solo homer four pitches later as the Reds hit back-to-back homers for the fifth time this season.

UNDATED (AP) — With bowl eligibility potentially at stake for both schools later in the season, officials at Nebraska and Iowa State say they’ll work to find new opponents to fill out their schedules. Both schools’ season openers were canceled because of severe weather. Nebraska wanted to resume game Sunday but Akron balked. ISU never seriously considered playing Sunday.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Chiefs announced the signing of veteran Ron Parker and placed fellow safety Daniel Sorensen on injured reserve amid a series of roster moves that included the signing of their practice squad. Parker had spent the past four seasons with Kansas City before signing with the Falcons in free agency. He was released last week and visited the Chiefs on Saturday, when he agreed to a deal.

Iowa early News Headlines: 9/3/18

News

September 3rd, 2018 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 4:10 a.m. CDT

BROOKLYN, Iowa (AP) — The father of slain Iowa college student Mollie Tibbetts says his daughter’s death should not be used to promote political agendas. A Mexican farmworker suspected of being in the U.S. illegally has been charged in Tibbetts’ death. Rob Tibbetts in an opinion piece in The Des Moines Register spoke out against using “Mollie’s soul in advancing views she believed were profoundly racist.”

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Supporters of a mentally challenged woman convicted in two states in the 1994 kidnapping and killing of two elderly women say she was actually a victim of the men involved in the crime and are pushing for her release. They’ve persuaded Missouri to grant Angel Stewart parole. But things are more complicated in Iowa, where Stewart is serving a life-in-prison sentence that does not include the option for parole.

BETTENDORF, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Department of Transportation officials are giving tours of the new $322 million bridge being built to connect Bettendorf to Moline, Illinois. Danielle Alvarez is the project manager of the new Interstate 74 bridge. Alvarez tells the Quad-City Times that she recently led a tour aboard a ferryboat on the Mississippi River for residents interested in the bridge construction. Alvarez covered the planning, design and ongoing buildout of the bridge featuring two four-lane spans.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A popular, elderly sea lion known has died at the Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines. The Des Moines Register reports that Pupper died Thursday. She was 29. Preliminary results of a necropsy show she suffered a chronic health condition. The zoo says in a statement that Pupper received care related to her age, but did not display any symptoms of pain.