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• 1 (12 oz.) package egg noodles
• 1 1/2 lbs. ground beef or pork
• 1 medium onion
• 1 (16 oz.) can pizza sauce
• 1 (8 oz.) can spaghetti sauce
• Mushrooms (optional)
• Green peppers (optional)
• Black olives (optional)
• 8 oz. shredded Cheddar cheese
• 8 oz. shredded Mozzarella cheese
• 1 (4 oz.) package pepperoni

Cook and drain noodles.  Brown beef or pork with onion, drain off fat.  Add pizza and spaghetti sauces to meat.  Layer in crock pot twice:  noodles, meat mix, cheeses and pepperoni.  Turn on low; serve when cheese is melted, 2 to 3 hours.  If turned on high, 1 hour.  May also be baked in a 9 x 13 inch pan for 20 minutes at 350 degrees.

(Jackie Pelzer)

The Creston Police Department reports a local teen was caught allegedly trespassing, Monday. 14-year old Virginia Gilleland was turned over to Juvenile authorities at around 5:09-p.m., for allegedly trespassing at 211 north Elm Street.

The area’s top news KJAN News Director Ric Hanson.

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A traffic stop early this (Tuesday) morning at the intersection of 222nd Street & Highway 48, south of Red Oak, has resulted in two drug-related arrests. Montgomery County Sheriff’s officials say 45-year old James Keith Saufley, Jr., of Hepburn, was taken into custody at around 3:47-a.m., on charges that include Possession of Methamphetamine and Carrying Weapons. He was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on $2,000 bond. Another person in the vehicle, 41-year old Amy Michelle Stiner, also of Hepburn, was arrested for Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. She was released from the jail after receiving a citation.Red Oak Police assisted deputies in conducting the arrests and investigation.

Fire officials near Red Oak say an investigation has determined an electrical problem was the likely cause of a house fire that occurred late last week. The blaze at 2359 Highway 48 just south of Red Oak, happened at around 6:30-p.m., Thursday. The flames were visible from about a mile away as the first crews were arriving.

No one was injured in the blaze that caused about $60,000 damage to the two-story structure owned by Duane Barkman. Firefighters from Red Oak, Elliott, Essex and Stanton had responded to the scene.

The latest U-S-D-A crop report says farmers harvested one-tenth of the state’s corn crop during the week that ended Sunday. The report says cold temperatures and snow halted most other ag activities during the week. Ninety-two percent of Iowa’s corn acreage was harvested which matched 2013 and is two days ahead of the five-year average. It’s the first time this season that corn harvest was ahead of the normal pace. The cold weather was welcome by some, including Brad Sorenson, who farms 24-hundred acres near Harlan.

“We got done Friday. Had to wait ‘til the ground froze so we could finish up,” Sorenson says. The rain-soaked fields had kept Sorenson and others from making progress. “Ground was so saturated that the ground had to freeze to carry the weight of the combine and the grain cart so we could get the last fields done,” Sorenson explains. “It was somewhat of a struggle this year.” Although the weather was wet, Sorenson says things eventually turned out pretty well when it came to the harvest.

“In early October, they we were afraid we’d have to spend 20 to 25 cents a bushel to dry it. And, the weather went in our favor and it dried in the field for us, and we saved a lot of money doing that,” according to Sorenson. Only about ten-percent or less of Iowa’s corn crop remains in the fields. South-central Iowa continued to trail behind the rest of the state with only 79-percent of the corn harvest complete. The soybean harvest was nearing completion with 98-percent of the acreage harvested.

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Plans for the replacement of a shelter at Sunnyside Park, in Atlantic, are continuing to progress. During Monday night’s meeting of the City’s Parks and Recreation Department Board of Directors, Parks Director Roger Herring asked the Board to “Seriously consider” a proposal from a company that can provide an unassembled, pre-fabricated low-pitch wood beam shelter for the Kiddie Korral at Sunnyside Park. The open structure would cost about $25,000 to $26,000. The price does not include a concrete slab, electrical wiring and so on.

brochure snapshot of the proposed shelter for the Kiddie Korral at Sunnyside Park.

Herring said the manufacturer would need eight-weeks lead-time before it’s shipped. He said also, he does have concerns over safety and security at the Kiddie Korral. Herring suggested a photo-cell operated security light be installed at the shelter as well as at the shelter for the Camblin Addition.

In other business, the Parks and Rec Board agreed to advertise for an Assistant Parks and Rec Dept. Director, who will eventually succeed Herring. A committee will be assembled on Nov. 24th to begin the process of soliciting applications and eventually interviewing candidates, with the idea being to have their selection in-place as early as possible, in 2015. Ideally, that person would be able to start on January 2nd, according to the Board, but there is flexibility that would allow them to begin by March 1st. The annual salary would range from $38,000 to $44,000, after three-years.

Firefighters from Grant, Elliott and Griswold were called to battle a structure fire at a two-story residence in rural northeast Montgomery County, late Monday night.

Photo courtesy Cass Co. Sheriff’s Deputy Ryan Johnson.

Emergency Management Coordinator Brian Hamman said everyone was able get out of the home without injury. The fire, which started just before 9-p.m., Monday, was brought under control a few hours later. An investigation into the cause pointed to the area where electrical power enters the house.

The owners had reported a loss of some lights before the entire power went out. When they got out, they saw flames near the main fuse box. The house is considered a total loss.

Photo by Montgomery Co. Emergency Manager Brian Hamman.