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2 arrests in Audubon County, Sunday

News

July 17th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

Audubon County Sheriff Todd Johnson reports two people were arrested on separate charges, Sunday. At around 3:30-p.m., 27-year old Adon Lee Shriver, of Carroll, was arrested following a traffic stop on Highway 71 near 110th Street. Shriver was charged with Driving While Barred, Open Container and No SR-22 Insurance. He has since posted bond and will appear before the magistrate July 20th.

And, 27-year old Joseph Dean White, of Exira, was arrested at around 8-a.m. Sunday, for Domestic Abuse Assault. The charges stems from an investigation into an incident that occurred in Exira earlier in the morning, Sunday. White was being held in the Audubon County Jail.

Iowa sightings of endangered rattlers called encouraging

Ag/Outdoor, News

July 17th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – An environmental organization is encouraged by the sightings of two endangered snakes in Iowa. The Des Moines Register reports the two rattlesnakes were spotted earlier this year.

The Nature Conservancy says that for the first time in 15 years, the group confirmed a massasauga rattlesnake in the Lower Cedar Valley Preserve in Muscatine. They’re also known as “swamp rattlers.” Conservancy spokeswoman Shelly Hiemer says there have been concerns about the survival of the snakes, because of heavy flooding in the area the past two years.

The other endangered snake sighted this year was a prairie rattlesnake in the Broken Kettle Grassland Preserve near Sioux City. More good news: The conservancy says she was pregnant. To the conservancy, the sightings of the endangered snakes means their habitats are survivable.

Atlantic woman arrested in Red Oak Sun. night

News

July 17th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

A traffic stop at around 8:30-p.m. Sunday in Red Oak, resulted in the arrest of a Cass County woman. Red Oak Police say 25-year old Morgan Barbara Dvorak, of Atlantic, was arrested for OWI/1st offense. She was brought to the Montgomery County Jail and held on a $1,000 cash bond.

Skyscan forecast & weather data for Atlantic: 7/17/17

Weather

July 17th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

Today: P/Cldy, warm & humid. High 92. SE @ 10-15.

Tonight: P/Cldy. Low around 74. S @ 10.

Tomorrow: P/Cldy w/isolated morning shwrs & tstrms. High 92. S @10-20. Heat Index as high as 100.

Wednesday: Shwrs & tstrms possible in the morning; P/Cldy. High 94.

Thursday: P/Cldy. High 96.

Sunday’s High in Atlantic was 93. Our Low ending at 7-a.m. will be 68. Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 85 and the low was 51. The Record High in Atlantic on this date was 109 in 1936. The Record Low was 45 in 1911.

FRANCES M. JENSEN, 89, of Ft. Dodge (Formerly of Avoca & Exira) – Svcs. 7/20/17

Obituaries

July 17th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

FRANCES M. JENSEN, 89, of Ft. Dodge (Formerly of Avoca & Exira), died July 12th, at Trinity Regional Medical Center, in Ft. Dodge. Funeral services for FRANCES JENSEN will be held 11-a.m. Thursday, July 20th, at the Exira Lutheran Church. Kessler Funeral Home in Exira has the arrangements.

Visitation, with the family present, is from 10-until 11-a.m. Thursday, at the Exira Lutheran Church.

Burial will be in the Exira Cemetery.

FRANCES M. JENSEN is survived by:

Her sons – Ronald (& wife Carolyn) Jensen, of Canton, MI; Donald & wife (Marty) Jensen, of Warwick, GA; Steven (& wife Rita) Jensen, of New Haven, MI.; Paul (& wife Becky) Jensen, of Underwood, MN.; and Mark (& wife Julie) Jensen, of Walnut.

Her daughter – Karen (& husband Paul) Petersen, of Ft. Dodge

22 grandchildren and 33 great-grandchildren, other relatives, in-laws, and friends.

PAUL WESSLING, 86, of Anita (Svcs. 7/19/17)

Obituaries

July 17th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

PAUL WESSLING, 86, of Anita, died Sunday, July 16th, at Caring Acres Nursing & Rehab, in Anita. Funeral services for PAUL WESSLING will be held 10:30-a.m. Wed., July 19th, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Anita. Hockenberry Family Care Funeral Home in Anita has the arrangements.

Visitation with the family will be from 5-until 7-p.m. Tuesday, July 18th, at the funeral home, with a Rosary service at 7-p.m.

Memorials may be directed to the family’s wishes. Online condolences may be left at www.hockenberryfamilycare.com.

Burial will be in the Evergreen Cemetery at Anita.

PAUL WESSLING is survived by:

His children – Cathy (David) Jones, of Cumberland; Steve (Lana) Wessling, Ann (Ben) Harris, and Jim (Diane) Wessling, all of Anita; and Mary (Mike) Hosfelt, of Massena.

9 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.

SHIRLEY C. WILSON, 88, of Harlan (No visitation or services)

Obituaries

July 17th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

SHIRLEY C. WILSON, 88, of Harlan, died Friday, July 14th, in Harlan. No visitation or services are planned for SHIRLEY C. WILSON. Burmeister-Johannsen Funeral Home in Harlan is assisting the family.

Online condolences may be left at www.burmeisterjohannsen.com.

SHIRLEY C. WILSON is survived by:

Her son – Jody Wilson, of Harlan.

and 2 grandsons.

State Softball Tournament begins in Ft. Dodge today

Sports

July 17th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

The Iowa Girls State Softball Tournament gets underway today (Monday), at the Rogers Sports Complex, in Fort Dodge. The action begin at 11-a.m. in Class 1A, when #1 Kee High (35-2) takes on #8 Montezuma (19-12) on the Buena Vista University ball diamond. At 11:30, #1 Durant (31-7) takes on #8 Logan-Magnolia (31-3), in Class 2A. That’ll be on Diamond #2.

Here’s the schedule for the rest of the day:

Class 1A: (games on the BVU Diamond)

1:00-p.m. #4 Westwood (29-10) vs. #5 Colfax-Mingo (25-11)

3:00-p.m. #2 Akron-Westfield (35-2) vs. #7 Sigourney (22-11)

5:00-p.m. #3 Clarksville (27-2) vs. #6 Belle Plaine (23-6)

Class 2A: (games on Diamond #2)

1:30-p.m. #4 North Union (30-6) vs. #5 Iowa City Regina (27-11) on Diamond #2.

3:30-p.m. #2 Interstate 35 (26-4) vs. #7 Central Springs (29-4)

5:30-p.m. #3 Waterloo Columbus (34-5) vs. #6 Eddyville-Blakesburg (30-8).

Central Iowa man charged with 2nd offense OWI in fatal crash

News

July 17th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

Police say a Bondurant man was drunk when the vehicle he was driving struck and killed a motorcyclist. The crash happened around 10:30 p.m. Friday south of Ankeny. Polk County Sheriff’s deputies say a vehicle driven by 26-year-old Taylor Linse was northbound on Northeast 14th Street when it crossed into the southbound lane and hit an oncoming motorcycle.

On Sunday, authorities identified the motorcyclist who was killed the crash as 56-year-old Rueben Ignacio Enriquez, of Ankeny. They also revealed Linse was arrested and charged with second-offense operating while intoxicated, vehicular homicide, driving while license revoked and a probation violation.

(Radio Iowa)

Iowa early News Headlines: Monday, 7/17/17

News

July 17th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:30 a.m. CDT

MESERVEY, Iowa (AP) — A northern Iowa man has been convicted of kidnapping and torturing his girlfriend. The Mason City Globe Gazette reports that 41-year-old Charles Raymond Albright, of Meservey was convicted Friday of two felonies related to the kidnapping.

DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) — An independent study finds no racial bias in traffic stops by police in a city in eastern Iowa but notes that minority drivers are more likely to be arrested and cited once they’re stopped. St. Ambrose University researchers tell The Telegraph Herald that further analysis is needed to determine if these disparities found in Dubuque signify racial bias. The study found that minority drivers were nearly 20 percent more likely to receive citations than white drivers.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — A deadly jail escape has prompted officials in a southwestern Iowa county to consider spending up to $200,000 to install body scanners that would be used on inmates when they enter the jail. Pottawattamie County Sheriff Jeff Danker tells The Daily Nonpareil that the scanners would be used to find contraband inmates try to smuggle into the county jail. It would be used as they enter the jail and for trips to and from the courthouse.

OSKALOOSA, Iowa (AP) — A former southern Iowa teacher has pleaded guilty to a felony count of sexual exploitation by a school employee. Des Moines television station KCCI reports that 61-year-old Alan Stewart, of Oskaloosa, pleaded guilty this week. He was charged in March after a report was filed of an inappropriate relationship he had with a student in 2015.