The area’s latest and/or top news stories at 7:06-a.m., w/KJAN News Director Ric Hanson
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CRESCO, Iowa (AP) — A trial has been scheduled for a man accused of killing his wife in northern Iowa. Mason City station KIMT reports that an Aug. 8 starting date was set Monday for 34-year-old Brian Fullhart. He’s pleaded not guilty to charges of first-degree murder and going armed with intent. Howard County District Court records say Fullhart shot his wife with a handgun early March 1 at a mobile home in Cresco and later used a bow to twice fire arrows at officers who’d been sent to investigate gunshot reports. A criminal complaint says one arrow struck a squad car. Fullhart surrendered peacefully to end the more than five-hour standoff.
MARENGO, Iowa (AP) — A woman accused of killing a trucker at an Iowa rest stop along Interstate 80 has been ruled mentally fit for trial. Court documents show the ruling was filed Monday following a March 19 hearing for 44-year-old Mariana Lesnic. She’s pleaded not guilty to a charge of first-degree murder. Authorities say she shot 60-year-old Ernest Kummer inside his truck cab last September at the westbound rest stop near Victor, about 40 miles west of Iowa City.
A doctor who examined Lesnic says in his report that she didn’t appear to be suffering from any mental illness when he examined her and says she’s competent to stand trial. The judge has scheduled an April 6 hearing to set a trial date.
Four people suffered non-life threatening injuries in a three-vehicle accident east of Council Bluffs Saturday afternoon. Sergeant Jim Doty with the Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office reported the accident happened at around 4:15 p.m. on Highway 92 near 220th Street. He says the accident involved a pickup, a Ford Taurus and a Ford Mustang. He says two occupants were taken by ground ambulance to the University of Nebraska Medical Center, one was taken by ground ambulance to Mercy Hospital and another was air-lifted to the University of Nebraska Medical Center.
The victim’s names have not been released. The cause of the crash remains under investigation.
(from our sister station – KNOD/Harlan)
Iowa junior Megan Gustafson has been named to another All American squad. She’s been named a second-team All American by the Associated Press, after averaging better than 25.5 points and nearly 13 rebounds. And shooting 67-percent from the field for the Hawkeyes this past season.
She’s the six A-P All American in program history, and the first since Sam Logic was named the third-team All American in 2013. She’s also first Hawkeye ever to be named to the A-P first or second-team.
(Learfield Sports/Radio Iowa)
AINSWORTH, Iowa (AP) — Authorities are investigating the death of an infant in southeast Iowa. Washington County officials were notified around 10:20 a.m. Saturday that the child had stopped breathing at a rural Ainsworth residence. The infant was pronounced dead later at Washington County Hospital and Clinics in Washington.
The Washington County Sheriff’s Office and the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation have joined forces to investigate and have not released any information about what they’ve found nor identified the child.
Today: Mostly Cloudy this morning; P/Cldy this afternoon. High 48. NW @ 10-20.
Tonight: Clear. Low 26.
Tomorrow: Mostly sunny. High 61. SW @ 10-15.
Thursday: Mo.Cloudy. High 47.
Friday: Mo. Cldy. High around 50.
Monday’s High in Atlantic was 42. Our Low this morning 35. We received .49” of rain Monday, at the KJAN Studios. Last year on this date our High was 54 and the Low was 41. The record High in Atlantic on this date was 85 in 1895. The Record Low was 6, in 1894.
A traffic stop at the intersection of Highway 34 and Evergreen Avenue in Montgomery County, this (Tuesday) morning, resulted in the arrest of a man from Pottawattamie County. Sheriff’s officials say 22-year old Cody Jo Hunter, was taken into custody at around 2:10-a.m. on a valid Pott. County warrant for Violation of Parole. Hunter was being held without bond in the Montgomery County Jail.
DON M. NIELSEN, 84, of Atlantic, died Monday, March 26th. A Memorial service for DON NIELSEN will be held 11-a.m. Saturday, March 31st, at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Harlan. Burmeister-Johannsen Funeral Home in Harlan has the arrangements.
The family will greet friends at Immanuel Lutheran Church one-hour prior to the service, on Saturday (from 10-a.m. until 11-a.m.)
Burial of ashes will be in the Jacksonville Cemetery (Jacksonville, IA)
DON NIELSEN is survived by:
His sons – Pastor Phillip (DeAnn) Nielsen, of Kirkman, and Mark (Amy) Nielsen, of St. Louis, MO.
His daughter – Laura Kelly (Husband Dan Dean), of Winslow, AZ.
His brother – David (Sandy) Nielsen, of Wayzata, MN.
His sisters – Jeanne (Connie) Sorensen, of Phoenix, AZ., & Lona Louis, of Chicago, IL.
9 grandchildren, his sister-in-law Cheryl Nielsen, of Harlan, & Brother-in-law Kenneth (Bonnie) Jensen, of MN., other relatives & friends.