Greene County district court, week ending July 12

In Greene County district court Austin James Hill, 36, of West Des Moines was sentenced July 12 to two years in prison after he pleaded guilty to a charge of conspiracy to commit fraudulent practice- third degree, amended from conspiracy to commit non-forcible felony. The prison term is consecutive to sentences in Adams and Marshall County cases. Hill was fined…

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Lois Jean McAtee, 1936 – 2024

Lois Jean McAtee was born June 24,1936, in Omaha, NE, to Henry ‘Hank’ and Gwendolyn Alcorn Knigge. She passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on July 14, 2024. She spent her childhood years in Omaha, later moving to Adel, where she met Dean, the love of her life. Lois spent her senior year of high school in Cedar Rapids…

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