Firefighters ask council for about $375,000
Posted January 22, 2015 at 6:00 am
By Julie Ann Madden
A new pumper truck was removed from Akron’s 2014-2015 budget and replaced with the 2014 Reed Street Project and a new city sweeper.
Akron council hires new police chief
Posted January 22, 2015 at 6:00 am
By Steve Peterson
Monday, Jan. 19 was the first day on the job for Akron’s new police chief, Jimmy James.
James, age 43, is an Akron-Westfield Class of 1989 alum, who has worked in law enforcement previously before working in security for stores and managing a Big Lots Store in Norwalk, Iowa.
James is a graduate of the Iowa Police Academy Law Enforcement School in Des Moines.
James began his law enforcement career as a part-time Hawarden police officer in 1990 while he studied Police Science at Western Iowa Tech Community College in Sioux City. In March 1991, he was hired as a full-time
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‘Ghost hunters’ come to Akron
Posted January 22, 2015 at 6:00 am
By Julie Ann Madden
Have unexplained things happened to somebody in a building? A loud thud. A click. Footsteps going down a hallway.
“That’s enough to get me inside a building,”
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Neunaber’s trial rescheduled
Posted January 20, 2015 at 6:45 pm
By Julie Ann Madden
At a pretrial status hearing Friday, a new trial date was set for Jonathan Neunaber, 44, Akron, who has been charged with killing his mother in June 2014.
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Local Option Sales Tax Grant applications now available
Posted January 20, 2015 at 6:52 pm
The 2015 Plymouth County Local Option Sales Tax (LOST) Grant applications are available to be picked up in the Plymouth County Auditor’s Office at 215 Fourth Ave. SE, or are available on line at www.co.plymouth.ia.us to download.
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Centering on Centers comes to Siouxland for 20th Year
Posted January 14, 2015 at 8:39 pm
The conference comes to the Sioux City Convention Center on Jan. 30 and 31, marking twenty years of celebrating childhood by offering professional development opportunities to Siouxland early childhood educators.
Centering on Centers is one of
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Akron driver rear-ends vehicle At 5:12 p.m., Dec. 29, a two-vehicle accident occurred just north of Iowa Highway 12 and County Road K-18 South. According to Plymouth County sheriff’s reports, Jamie Jean Niehues, 37 of Sioux City, was northbound on Iowa Highway 12. As she began slowing down to turn into a residential driveway on the west side of Iowa Highway 12, her 2012 KIA Sorento LX was rear-ended by a 2009 Saturn Vue LL driven by Kelley Jean Bourassa, 35 of Akron. Niehues claimed she used her turn signal “well before the driveway,” and Bourassa reported she had “been looking down, adjusting her vehicle’s heater, and as she looked up, her vehicle ran into the back of Niehues’ vehicle.” Neither had visible injuries but Niehues complained of a headache and soreness. Bourassa was issued a citation for following too close.
Posted January 14, 2015 at 8:32 pm
Akron driver rear-ends vehicle
At 5:12 p.m., Dec. 29, a two-vehicle accident occurred just north of Iowa Highway 12 and County Road K-18 South.
According to Plymouth County
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Teen arrested on drug charges
Posted January 14, 2015 at 8:31 pm
According to Plymouth County sheriff’s reports, on Jan. 1 at 1:14 a.m., the Plymouth County Sheriff’s Office arrested Kelley Marvin Kuester, age 17 of Sioux City for Possession of Marijuana – second offense.
Kuester was a passenger
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Top 2014 News Stories
Posted January 14, 2015 at 8:12 pm
Mystery Solved
Girls’ mysterious disappearance solved. On April 15, South Dakota authorities announced the results of the investigation that followed after a 1960 Studebaker Lark was found Sept. 23, 2013, buried upside down in Brule Creek under
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Blizzard conditions: Not once but twice last week
Posted January 14, 2015 at 8:12 pm
By Julie Ann Madden
By 11 a.m. Monday, Jan. 5 area residents’ world turned treacherous as blizzard conditions and frigid wind chills cancelled many activities and made life just plain miserable if one couldn’t just stay home.
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Santa and Mrs. Claus use iPad to check list
Posted December 18, 2014 at 6:00 am
By Julie Ann Madden
Not only does Santa receive children’s handwritten letters but he receives their wish lists via email on Mrs. Claus’ iPad.
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Enjoy holiday movie – better Akron ball field
Posted December 18, 2014 at 6:00 am
By Julie Ann Madden
Akron Parks & Recreation is raising funds to construct an “ABC” Building at the Lefty Swift Ball Field in Akron.
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Winter manure application rules kick in Sunday, Dec. 21
Posted December 17, 2014 at 5:21 pm
Animal producers with totally roofed (confinement) facilities face limits on applying liquid manure starting Dec. 21 if the ground is snow-covered.
The state rules kick in then, because runoff and nutrient loss after winter manure application
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Briggs rallies for 113-pound title for A-W
Posted January 22, 2015 at 6:00 am
By Steve Peterson
Akron-Westfield sophomore Skyler Briggs rallied to beat Abraham Anzua of MOC-Floyd Valley, 9-7, in the 113-pound championship at Boyden-Hull-Rock Valley’s Nighthawk Invitational Jan. 17.
Briggs trailed Anzua
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Falcons pull away late for win
Posted January 20, 2015 at 6:57 pm
By Steve Peterson
Both Akron-Westfield and West Sioux were seeking a .500 record when the two neighbors clashed in a War Eagle Conference boys ‘basketball game Jan. 13 at A-W.
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WS girls cruise past Westerners
Posted January 20, 2015 at 6:57 pm
By Steve Peterson
West Sioux girls used defensive pressure and quickness to dominate the final three quarters and gained an easy 55-28 War Eagle Conference basketball win against Akron-Westfield Jan. 13.
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2014 Year In Reivew — Sports & Fine Arts
Posted January 20, 2015 at 6:23 pm
Football
In January, it was announced that Akron-Westfield would stay in Class A and be in District No. 2 along with West Sioux, Alta-Aurelia, Lawton-Bronson, and Woodbury Central, who are coming back from the old District No.
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WEC boys basketball standings
Posted January 19, 2015 at 6:44 pm
War-Eagle Conference boys’ basketball standings as of Jan. 19:
Gehlen Catholic, 6-0 conference, 11-0 overall; Hinton, 6-1, 8-3; Unity Christian, 4-1, 5-7; South O’Brien, 5-2, 10-3; Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn, 3-3, 8-4; Harris-Lake Park, 3-3, 5-6; Trinity Christian, 3-3,
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Girls basketball standings
Posted January 19, 2015 at 6:43 pm
War Eagle Conference girls’ basketball standings as of Jan. 19 are: Hinton, 5-0 conference, 12-1 overall record; Unity Christian, 4-0, 13-0; Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn, 5-2, 9-2; West Sioux, 4-1, 10-3; Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn, 4-3, 11-2; South O’Brien, 3-3, 5-9; Gehlen Catholic, 3-3, 4-8; Harris Lake Park, 2-4,
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Westerners win one, lose one at West Sioux
Posted January 14, 2015 at 8:22 pm
A-W falls to CL-GLR
By Steve Peterson
Central Lyon-George-Little Rock downed Akron-Westfield, 50-20, in a dual match held at West Sioux Jan. 6.
At
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A-W’s trounced by Jays
Posted January 14, 2015 at 8:21 pm
By Steve Peterson
Akron-Westfield boys’ basketball team went up against undefeated Gehlen Catholic and stayed with the Jays for half a quarter in a 73-42 War Eagle Conference loss on Jan.
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Ann Hedlund sets new 3-point record
Posted January 14, 2015 at 8:21 pm
By Steve Peterson
One game after tying the school record for three-point baskets, Ann Hedlund set a new one for Akron-Westfield Community School.
A
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A-W boys hit on all cylinders in win over RU
Posted December 17, 2014 at 5:16 pm
By Steve Peterson
For the second time in three early-season games, the Akron-Westfield boys’ basketball team used a strong start to lead to victory.
The Westerners crushed Remsen Union, 69-26,
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How long is long?
Posted January 21, 2015 at 6:00 am
Wonder what the ‘big rig’ was doing in Akron on Sunday afternoon? Anderson Trucking was hauling equipment, made in Pennsylvania, to the Oil Sands in Alberta, Canada. Escort vehicles were needed due to its size. The solid steel
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Akron Opera House announces next play
Posted January 21, 2015 at 6:00 am
Doug Olson, Akron Opera House president and his actors are busy at work preparing the next show, “Contempt of Court” by David Landau.
Fans of court television will get a chance to experience a peoples night
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Ervin Krause’s book available at Akron library
Posted January 20, 2015 at 6:53 pm
“You Will Never See Any God,” a collection of writings by the late Ervin Krause, an Akron Class of 1948 alumnus, is available at the Akron Public Library. His brother and sister-in-law, Marlene and
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Couple celebrates Golden Anniversary
Posted January 20, 2015 at 6:49 pm
Marvin and Alyce Toben of Westfield, Iowa celebrated 50 years of marriage on Thanksgiving Day with a family dinner at home. On Saturday evening the family went to Bev’s on the River.
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Couple exchanges vows
Posted January 14, 2015 at 8:23 pm
Alison “Ali” Virginia Robertson of Chestertown, Maryland and James “Mike” Michael Small II of Laurel, Delaware were married Sunday, June 29, 2014 at five o’clock in the afternoon in Rehoboth Beach, Del., with Robert Robles of
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Arrive in style at Spink Cafe
Posted January 14, 2015 at 8:16 pm
Not many limousines stop at Spink Cafe but a group holding its Christmas Party arrived in style Friday evening Jan. 8 (above). Not only did they arrive in style, the group traveled over 150
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Celebrate 60 years
Posted January 14, 2015 at 8:15 pm
Eric and Joann Hedeby were married Jan. 8, 1955, at Union Creek Lutheran Church, rural Akron. They have four children, Erica Diediker, Greta Carolus, Rickard Hedeby, and Ingrid Berlin, their spouses, 11 grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren. The above
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Ellyson Jean Gabel
Posted January 14, 2015 at 8:13 pm
Adam and Haylee Gabel are proud to announce the arrival of their daughter, Ellyson Jean, born Sept. 16, 2014. She weighed 8 pounds 14 ounces and was 20 inches long.
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