More area and State news from KJAN News Director Ric Hanson.
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Combine ground beef, 1/4 cup milk, onion, salt and pepper. Place half of mixture in a 1 1/2 quart casserole. Mix dressing as directed on package. Spread dressing over the beef mixture; top with remaining beef mixture. Mix soup and 1/2 cup milk; pour over entire mixture. Bake at 325 degrees for about an hour. Variation: one can of vegetables may be added to center layer.
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Jim Field visits with Charlene Johnson and Karla Akers of the Atlantic Kiwanis Club about their childhood hunger program.
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OXFORD, Iowa (AP) — A Cedar Rapids man has been imprisoned for stabbing a man and trying to run him over with a pickup truck at a central Iowa wildlife management area. Court records say 67-year-old Ronald Gonterman was sentenced Monday in Johnson County District Court in Iowa City to 19 years in prison. He’d pleaded guilty to willful injury, assault and other crimes after prosecutors lowered the charges.
Authorities say the victim was stabbed four times in the back and had been shot at by Gonterman in the June 29, 2017, attack in the Hawkeye Wildlife Management Area in rural Johnson County.
Two people were arrested Monday night on separate charges, in Creston. Officials say 39-year old Brady Richert, of Creston, was arrested at around 9:10-p.m. at his home, for Criminal Mischief in the 4th Degree, and Discharge of a Weapon within City Limits. Richert was being held in the Union County Jail on a $1,300 bond. And, 20-year old Tyler Ray, of Creston, was arrested at his home at around 7:10-p.m., for Driving While Suspended and Interference with Official Acts. He was released on a $600 bond.
Creston Police report also, a man who resides in the 900 block of Glenview Drive, in Creston, notified authorities Monday afternoon, that his storage unit was broken into about three weeks ago. MAC Tools were stolen from inside the unit. The loss was estimated at $2,700.
The area’s latest and/or top news stories at 7:06-a.m., w/KJAN News Director Ric Hanson
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Fire Lt. Rick Thomas says they found the person was already dead. He’s been identified as the homeowner, Emmitt Johnson. An autopsy has been ordered. The fire cause is being investigated. Thomas says it started in the bedroom.
Today: Mostly sunny. High 44. N @ 10.
Tonight: Mostly clear. Low 20.
Tomorrow: P/Cldy. High near 60. SW @ 10-20.
Thurssday: Mostly cloudy. High 52.
Friday: Mo. Cldy w/light rain. High 44.
Monday’s High in Atlantic was 49. Our Low this morning (as of 5-a.m.) was 222. Last year on this date our High was 25 and the Low was 11. The record High in Atlantic on this date was 79 in 2012. The Record Low was -11, in 1948 and 1975.
Police in Red Oak say a man was arrested Monday evening on an active warrant out of Polk County. 33-year old Kyle William Chase, of Red Oak, was arrested on the warrant for Harassment in the 1st Degree. He was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on a $4,000 bond.
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