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On 3/17/2020 at 4:07 p.m., the Palo Alto County Sheriff's Office received a report of a vehicle that had spun out and ended up in the ditch. The accident occurred in the 4600 block of 460th Avenue. A 2001 Chevy Impala, owned and driven by David Lee Hauschen, age 64 of Cumming, IA, was traveling north on 460th Avenue. As a result of a mechanical failure of the driver's side rear tire, the Hauschen vehicle began to spin and entered the east ditch before coming to rest. Subse-quently, Hauschen was investigated by the Palo Alto County Sheriff's Office for operating a motor vehi-cle while intoxicated/impaired and was placed under arrest. Hauschen was transported to the Palo Alto County Sheriff's Office for addi-

tional testing and was charged with OWI-1st Offense, Driving while License Suspended and Failure to Prove Security Against Liability (No Insurance-Accident Related). Hauschen was booked into the Palo Alto County Jail and held until his initial appearance before a magis-trate judge. After initially facing the charges in Palo Alto County, Hauschen will be transferred to the custody of Clay County authorities to face the charges of an arrest war-rant for violation of probation on an original charge of OWI. There were no reported injuries as a result of the accident.

“A Criminal Charge is Merely an Accusation, and the Defendant is Presumed Innocent Until and Unless Proven Guilty.”

Over a Cup of Joe..by Jay Schoning I put four beers in every room – I’m about to get cleaned up and go bar

hopping! What a time in history, one will certainly not forget the year 2020. Just as those who lived the depression, the wars, and so on – our country is coming together to make the best of a, well I wouldn’t necessarily say ‘bad situation’ – it is an ‘unknown situation.’ And after fighting pneumonia for ten days, I am just getting back to full strength and certainly don’t want the Corona Beer virus. Busch Lite please.

I need to vent! Because I’m really ticked off! I went to Walmart earlier to pick up a few things. I'm waiting in the checkout line and I dropped a $20 bill (yeah that's me trying to hold everything, because I didn't want to touch a cart with no sani wipes).The lady in front of me picked it up. I thanked her and held my hand out, and she said, "The things found on earth are kept by the collector," and walks away. I was like oh hellll NO!!I looked at the person behind me standing in line, they couldn't believe it either.... this can't be real life right now, right?!

So I took a deep breath and I turned back towards this crazy lady or what-ever you wanna call her and as I approached her I said, "Do I look like I'm in the mood?! Let's not play games. Go ahead and give me back my money." She had the nerve to ignore me completely and tried to walk away from me. Sooo, of course I left everything and followed her into the parking lot as I was calling the police (because of course somebody's about to go to jail... not sure who at this point though, her or me). She was almost running at this point to get away from me, which was the first sign of real intelligence this lady had shown.

When she got to her car she put her bags on the ground trying to quickly get her trunk open. I was boiling at this point! I decided that her “finders keepers" rule just presented the perfect opportunity for a great teachable moment. SO – I went into track star mode and ran full speed, and grabbed her grocery bags, and headed to my car yelling, "The things found on earth are kept by the collector!" I hopped in my car ignoring her every attempt to get my attention. I was outta line I'll admit, but she was too. I was HOT, but I had a sense of satisfaction at the same time.

I get home and open the bags and what did I find? 3 packs of rib eye steaks, 3 pounds of wild caught salmon, 2 pounds of potatoes – everything to make many bomb meals; And a bottle of Wine. I can’t help but think to myself... WOW! Not bad for $20 dollars!

Well, it may not have been my real Walmart adventure, but it sure is nice just to joke to put a little humor out there with all the seriousness of the coronavirus.

What kind of things does a farmer talk about when he is milking cows? Udder nonsense. Remember the ol’ days of farming when a farmer did some of everything; milked cows, raised a few beef cows, had hogs, maybe even sheep. I was looking back on some pics the other day from the dust bowl era. We think we have challenges today, I can’t even imagine what those farmers were going through back then – especially down south of here in the Kansas vicinity. We face challenges every year, some worse than ever – and like fighting mud in the spring planting season, we will survive this Corona thang. It annoys me how farmers always have to put their gates in the mud-diest part of the field.

Side effect of quarantine; it’s really hard to end phone calls – twice today I almost said “okay I have to run” before realizing there was no place to run to! Now I did go out to some friends’ houses over the weekend. But, yeh I am home more than usual too. One thing I have noticed is my dogs start staring at me from different locations of the house. They must wonder why I am sitting around in sweats, eating dinners on the couch, and not rush-ing somewhere with my camera to take pics for the paper. Yes, dogs can sense about anything. That is what makes them the supreme being on earth. For dogs-sake, I hope this thing ends sooner than later; besides, with no TP people aren’t gunna want to be around each other anyhoot.

A woman called the airline customer-service desk asking if she could take her dog on board. “Sure,” the guy said, “as long as you provide your own kennel.” He further explained that the kennel needed to be large enough for the dog to stand up, sit down, turn around, and roll over. The customer was flummoxed: “I’ll never be able to teach him all of that by tomorrow!” …

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inside the home. Svejda’s em-ployer said he hadn’t come to work because he had a blown tire. Police called area tire shops, but no one had serviced a customer with a tire blow-out. Lamberton Police said Svejda had fled the state when police were searching his home.

During a meeting between the victim and law enforcement, Svejda allegedly sent multiple messages to the woman asking her if she was the reason his house was raided and why she was “saying this stuff.” Svejda’s wife, Jennifer, told police he had sent her several text messages apologiz-ing for his actions and asking her to raise their children right. A protective order against Svejda for her and the couple’s two children was issued on March 11.

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SANITARY SEWER NOTICE

Please don’t flush items other than toilet paper down your toilet.

Due to coronavirus concerns, there has been a shortage of toilet paper on store shelves. This may cause people to look for alternative products such as paper towels, facial tissue, baby wipes, flushable wipes, and other similar items. These products do not break down like toilet paper and can cause sanitary sewer backups, which in turn can cause additional public health concerns.

Due to coronavirus concerns, there has been a shortage of toilet paper on store shelves. This may cause people to look for alternative products such as paper towels, facial tissue, baby wipes, flushable wipes, and other similar items. These products do not break down like toilet paper and can cause sanitary sewer backups, which in turn can cause additional public health concerns.

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IOWA DISTRICT COURT PALO ALTO COUNTY

NOTICE OF PROBATE OF WILL, OF APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTOR, AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS

IN THE MATTER OF ESTATE OF MATTHEW J. HANDELAND, deceased. Probate No. ESPR 012204To All Persons Interested in the Estate of MATTHEW J. HANDELAND, Deceased, who died on or about January 22, 2020:

You are hereby notified that on on March 12, 2020, the undersigned was appointed administrator of the estate.

Notice is further given that all persons indebted to the estate are requested to make immediate payment to the undersigned, and creditors having claims against the estate shall file them with the clerk of the above named district court, as provided by law, duly authenticated, for allowance, and unless so filed by the later to occur of four months from the date of the second publication of this notice or one month from the date of mailing of this notice(unless otherwise allowed or paid) a claim is thereafter forever barred.

Dated on March 10, 2020

Jeanne Handeland, Administator of the Estate, 4181 230th StWallingford, IA 51365

David D. Forsyth, ICIS#:AT0002567Attorney for the AdministratorForsyth Law Office121 North Sixth StreetEstherville, Iowa 51334

Date of second publication March 25, 2020Probate Code Section 230published March 18 and March 25, 2020

Notice of Probate

The Palo Alto County Court-house is open; however the win-dows to our offices are closed.

There are drop boxes located at each entrance to make payments, register to vote or request an ab-sentee ballot.

You can also do business on-line. Our county website is: palo-altocountyiowa.com

Also, please call the office’s if you have further questions.

Palo Alto County Phone #’s by Department Assessor 852-3823 Attorney 852-3267 Auditor 852-2924 Clerk of Court 852-3603 Conservation 837-4866 Emergency Mgmt. 852-4997 Environmental Health 852-3058 Engineer 852-3001 Recorder 852-3701 Sheriff 852-3535 Transfer Station 852-2482 Treasurer 852-3844 Veterans Affairs 852-2066 Zoning/Solid Waste 852-3058

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Parents: Heather Hansen and Jessy RouseGrandparents: Lee and Darci Schumacher and Roger and Rose-mary RouseSiblings: Aliviah, Ryker and KaylynPets: dog, Tucker and cats, Milo, Ella and LunaHobbies: dancing, coloring and drawingFavorite: Color: rainbowFood: chicken nuggetsCartoon Character: Fancy NancyWhat do you what to be when you grow up? princessWhat do you like about school? PE and seeing friends.

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SALES & SERVICEThe kids in all the above photos are 6th graders who were taking a semester of shop. The day the photo was taken the kids were mea-suring, learning to measure twice, cut once. The day was a beautiful spring day with no sign of life's disrupts to come.