The Mills County Sheriff’s Office reports two recent arrests. At around 9:15-a.m. today (Monday), 45-year old Gregory Richard Shaplin, of Council Bluffs, was arrested on a warrant for violation of probation. He was arrested at the Pottawattamie County Jail and held on $10,000 bond.
And, early Saturday morning, 37-year old Renne Lynn Adams, of Hastings, was arrested for OWI/1st offense. Bond was set at $1,000.
The Audubon County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest of two individuals after a traffic stop early Sunday morning. 37-year-old Chad Laverne Anderson of Exira was arrested at 2:40am for driving while suspended. A passenger in the car, 27-year-old Rebecca Lyn Matzen of Exira was also arrested on an outstanding warrant for failure to appear. Anderson was released on his own recognizance later that morning and Matzen was held in the Audubon County Jail awaiting extradition back to Pottawattamie County.
CHARLOTTE ANN HOLZER, 81, of Westphalia, died Sunday, Jan. 14th, at the Manilla Manor. A Mass of Christian Burial for CHARLOTTE HOLZER will be held Friday, Jan. 19th at 11:00am at the St. Boniface Catholic Church in Westphalia. Pauley-Jones Funeral Home in Harlan has the arrangements.
The family will greet friends at the funeral home in Thursday, Jan. 18th, from 4:30-until 7:30-p.m., with a Rosary set for 6:30-p.m.
Burial will be in the St. Boniface Cemetery.
CHARLOTEE ANN HOLZER is survived by:
Husband: Bill Holzer of Westphalia.
Her daughters – Tami Moritz, of Westphalia; Theresa Geopfert, of Harlan, & Connie (Jim Claussen) Lehan, of Harlan.
Her sons – Steve (Jodi) Holzer, of Council Bluffs, & Tom (Trish) Holzer, of Westphalia.
Her sisters – Carol Sievert, of Ashton, IA; Sharon Dornon & Deb Jorgensen, both of Sioux City, IA.
11 grandchildren, 26 great-grandchildren, and 1 great-great grandchild.
The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ men’s college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Jan. 14, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week’s ranking:
| Record | Pts | Prv | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Villanova (63) | 16-1 | 1623 | 1 |
| 2. Virginia (1) | 16-1 | 1527 | 3 |
| 3. Purdue (1) | 17-2 | 1411 | 5 |
| 4. Oklahoma | 14-2 | 1371 | 9 |
| 5. Duke | 15-2 | 1319 | 7 |
| 6. West Virginia | 15-2 | 1304 | 2 |
| 7. Wichita St. | 15-2 | 1283 | 5 |
| 8. Texas Tech | 15-2 | 1276 | 8 |
| 9. Michigan St. | 16-3 | 1062 | 4 |
| 10. Kansas | 14-3 | 1032 | 12 |
| 11. Xavier | 16-3 | 928 | 10 |
| 12. Cincinnati | 15-2 | 858 | 14 |
| 13. Gonzaga | 16-3 | 829 | 15 |
| 14. Arizona | 14-4 | 723 | 17 |
| 15. North Carolina | 14-4 | 666 | 20 |
| 16. Arizona St | 14-3 | 639 | 11 |
| 17. Auburn | 16-1 | 523 | 22 |
| 18. Kentucky | 14-3 | 487 | 21 |
| 19. Seton Hall | 15-3 | 455 | 13 |
| 20. Clemson | 15-2 | 444 | 19 |
| 21. Tennessee | 12-4 | 358 | 24 |
| 22. Ohio St. | 15-4 | 276 | – |
| 23. Michigan | 15-4 | 223 | – |
| 24. TCU | 13-4 | 196 | 16 |
| 25. Miami | 13-3 | 143 | 18 |
Others receiving votes: Creighton 56, Rhode Island 39, Florida St. 25, Nevada 23, Saint Mary’s (Cal) 19, New Mexico St. 4, Louisville 2, Florida 1.
AMES, IA – Iowa cattle farm families are raising quality beef for future generations through sustainable production practices. The Iowa Beef Industry Council (IBIC) announces the release of two beef farmer profile videos featuring Kennedy Cattle Company and Plowman Farms, Inc., aimed at helping consumers understand the production methods used to provide safe, wholesome and affordable beef. Each family’s story is unique and provides a small glimpse into cattle farming in Iowa.
Kennedy Cattle Company located outside of Atlantic, is where brothers Zak and Mitch Kennedy share their family’s commitment to raising beef in the most safe and efficient way. Zak, with wife Emily, and Mitch are the 4th generation to own and operate the farm. They purchased the farm from their parents who still live close by and are always willing to help when needed. The legacy they are building for future generations includes safe animal handling, the use of vaccines, hormones and antibiotics when necessary. They are a diversified farm growing corn, soybeans and alfalfa in addition to raising beef cattle in their feedyard. The family has several employees who assist in the day to day operations who share the same commitment of safe animal handling and raising the high quality cattle to produce beef for consumers.
Kennedy Cattle Company of Atlantic, Iowa is a family farm. Featured are Steve & Judy Kennedy, Zak & Emily Kennedy with children Clara, Cassidy and Cadence, and Mitch Kennedy all working together to raise safe, affordable beef for consumers. (Photo courtesy IA Beef Industry Council)
“We strive for excellence every day and hold each other accountable within our business,” Zak comments about the philosophy he shares with Mitch at Kennedy Cattle Company. Cattle farmers and ranchers have many tools to keep the animals in their care healthy and safe, including nutrition programs, veterinary care, facilities that ensure comfort, and good management practices, such as low-stress handling, vaccines and antibiotics, when necessary. No matter the tool, when it comes to animal health, the practices are science-based, regulated and, above all, good for the animal and the consumer. “Consumers hold us to a high standard and rightfully so, we are up for that challenge,” Zak shares. “We eat the same product they do, we are very concerned our kids, and friends and family have a safe product and wholesome product to eat. We are going to do our best to make sure it’s a great product in the end.”
In regards to the safe animal handling, a nationwide effort known as the Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) program helps to ensure the consumer, the animal, the environment and the beef community are cared for within guidelines and regulation. BQA is a program that provides information to U.S. cattle farmers and ranchers along with beef consumers on how common sense husbandry techniques, like low stress animal handling, can be coupled with accepted scientific knowledge to raise cattle under the best management and environmental conditions. The family and staff at Kennedy Cattle Company are all BQA certified.
To watch the farmer profile stories and to learn more about the families, visit www.iabeef.org.
Our intended broadcast basketball games tonight: CAM at Coon Rapids-Bayard doubleheader have been postponed to Saturday, February 3rd. Since we will no longer have high school basketball tonight on KJAN we will bring you Hawk Talk with Fran McCaffery at 7:00pm.
(In an update to our earlier reports), the Cass County Sheriff’s Office says two people were transported to the Cass County Memorial Hospital, Sunday, following an accident on Interstate 80. Officials say the crash happened at around 8:43-a.m. on I-80 eastbound, when an eastbound 2017 semi tractor-trailer driven by 40-year old Joseph R. Urbauer, of Bennington, NE, struck a 1997 Dodge Ram pickup, head-on. The pickup was being driven by Shaunae Marie Overturf. It was in the eastbound lane after it went out of control on the westbound lane and crossed the median before entering the eastbound lane. ,
Overturf and a passenger were transported by Anita Rescue and Medivac to Cass County Memorial Hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries. Damage to the semi and trailer is estimated at $10,000; damage to Overturf’s car is also estimated at $10,000. Overturf was cited for Failure to Maintain Control.
The Cass County Sheriff’s Office reports three people were arrested over the weekend on drug charges. On Friday, 38-year old Michael Shane Trotter, of Atlantic, was arrested on a Felony charge of Possession of Methamphetamine/3rd or Subsequent Offense. Trotter was taken to the Cass County Jail where he remains held on $1,000 bond. On Saturday, Cass County Deputies arrested 24-year old Courtney Lee Jones, of Casey, on a charge of Possession of Meth 2nd Offense. Jones was taken to the Cass County Jail and released later that day on her own recognizance. Also arrested Saturday, was 49-year old Connie Jae Emgarten, of Casey, for Possession of Meth/2nd Offense). Emgarten was taken to the Cass County Jail and was released on $1,000 bond later that day.
Separately, on January 10th, Cass County Deputies arrested 23-year old Brian Edward Kenshalo, of Atlantic, on a charge of Driving While Barred. Kenshalo was taken to the Cass County Jail and released the following day on his own recognizance. And, on Friday, 48-year old Jodie Ann Tuttle, of Harlan, was arrested on a charge of Operating While Intoxicated 1st Offense. Tuttle was taken to the Cass County Jail and released the following day on her own recognizance.
The Jenny Ed Sports Med MAC Shootout will have two final games on Monday night after wrapping up their original schedule on Saturday night. Four games were wiped out due to weather conditions on Thursday: Tri-Center vs. Logan-Magnolia girls and boys and Lourdes Central Catholic vs. Thomas Jefferson girls and boys were cancelled Thursday. With those cancellations, event organizers were able to schedule two games to be played tonight that will feature two of those teams. The Tri-Center Trojans will face the Thomas Jefferson Yellow Jackets in a girls and boys game. The girls game is set for a 5:30pm tip-off and the boys will follow with a 7:00pm start.
The rest of the weekend schedule went on as planned with 13 games being played between Friday and Saturday. We had coverage of the first two games as Underwood took both games of a doubleheader with Riverside. The Eagles took the girls game 54-17 behind 17 points, 7 rebounds, and 7 steals from Karley Larson. Lauren Shapcott was just shy of a double-double with 14 points and 9 rebounds as the Eagles improved to 10-4.
Underwood ran away with a win in the boys game as well 71-37. It was only an 8 point lead at halftime but the Eagles outscored the Bulldogs 29-3 to take full control of the game and a running clock came into play in the fourth quarter. Thomas Conn had 20 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 steals to lead the Eagle victory. Underwood improved to 8-5 with the win.
We picked up our coverage again on Saturday with the Fremont-Mills Knights boys picking up a 56-34 win over the Louisville, NE Lions. The Knights steadily increased their lead throughout the game and shared the ball very well. Jaeger Powers had 14 points to lead the Knights. Mason Vanatta had 10 points and 9 rebounds, Austin Gartner and Eli Owen each added 9 points for F-M.
The next game up was the AHSTW Lady Vikes taking on the Bennigton, NE Badgers. Both teams struggled offensively throughout the game. The Lady Vikes took a one point lead into the final quarter but the Badgers would have a big final period to take the win 42-31. Bailey Jones had a monster fourth quarter for Bennington with 10 points in the period on her way to 16 overall that lead all scorers. Jones hit two big three-pointers in that fourth quarter burst. Kinsey Scheffler had 7 points and 14 rebounds in the loss for AHSTW.
Our final coverage game from the event had the Atlantic Trojans boys sqauring off against the Bishop-Neumann, NE Cavaliers. That game also proved to be an offensive struggle for both teams and it was a 22-all game at halftime. Bishop-Neumann built a lead as big as 14 in the third quarter at 41-27. The Trojans went on an 18-5 run from that point that brought them within one at 46-45 but that’s as close as they would get. Bishop-Neumann hit some big shots and milked away the clock down the stretch to pull off a 50-46 win. Trey Ahrens led the Cavaliers with 17 points, including a big three off a scramble situation in the fourth quarter. Scott Leonard led Atlantic with 21 points and 11 rebounds. The Trojans suffered their second close loss in as many nights after falling 59-54 at Lewis Central on Friday night.
The Saturday slate featured 9 games that were all border battle games facing Iowa teams against Nebraska squads. Iowa teams took the first four games but then Nebraska teams won the last 5 to take the border battle series 5-4.
Sheriff’s officials in Union County report two weekend arrests. At around 11-p.m. Friday, Sheriff’s Deputies arrested 46-year old Kevin Jay Giles, of Orient. Giles was taken into custody at the Union County Law Enforcement Center, on a Union County warrant for probation violation. Giles is being held in the Union County Jail on $10,000 bond. And, Just before 9-p.m. Sunday, 50-year old Hiram Lavoy Annis II, of Lorimor, was arrested at the Union County Law Enforcement Center, on a Polk County warrant for failure to appear on a child support matter. Annis was being held in the Union County Jail on a $3,790 bond until being transported to the Polk County Jail.
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