Ho-Chunk Incorporated has completed its purchase of Atokad Downs from the Nebraska Horseman's Benevolent and Protective Association.

Ho-Chunk, Inc is the multi-national economic development corporation of the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska.

Company officials say the purchase was an opportune investment in the property because two subsidiaries, Heritage Express and HCI Construction, have business locations adjacent to the Atokad property.
  

Ho-Chunk president and CEO Lance Morgan says they are in the process of developing a long-term strategy to determine the optimum usage for the property.

A MINNESOTA DRIVER ESCAPED INJURY EARLY MONDAY MORNING AFTER HIS PICK-UP TRUCK COLLIDED WITH A PAIR OF COWS ON HIGHWAY 60 NEAR HOSPERS.

THE SIOUX COUNTY SHERIFF SAYS 57 YEAR OLD ALAN OBERLOH OF WORTHINGTON HIT THE ANIMALS IN THE NORTHBOUND LANE AROUND 12:30AM.

BOTH COWS DIED AND THE TRUCK SUSTAINED 10-THOUSAND DOLLARS IN DAMAGE. AROUND 80 HEAD OF CATTLE ESCAPED A CONFINEMENT LOT SOMETIME SUNDAY NIGHT. 
SOME OF THE CATTLE WERE STILL LOOSE AS OF MID AFTERNOON MONDAY.

AUTHORITIES IN CHEROKEE COUNTY SAY THERE ARE NO NEW LEADS OR EVIDENCE REGARDING A POSSIBLE CHILD ABDUCTION LAST FRIDAY MORNING.

A CONCERNED CITIZEN CLAIMED HE SAW A CHILD WITH HANDS TIED IN THE WINDOW OF A WHITE CARGO VAN KICKING THE BACK WINDOW HEADED NORTH ON HIGHWAY 59. 

A SPOKESPERSON WITH THE CHEROKEE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT SAYS SEVERAL WHITE VANS HAVE BEEN STOPPED OR CHECKED IN THE REGION SINCE THAT REPORT, BUT NONE OF THEM WERE INVOLVED IN THE ALLEGED INCIDENT.

THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTS OF A MISSING CHILD OR AMBER ALERTS ISSUED EITHER.   THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT SAYS ANYONE WITH INFORMATION RELATING TO THE INCIDENT SHOULD CALL THEM AT 712-225-6728.

TRI STATE AUTHORTIES ARE CONTINUING THEIR SEARCH FOR A WHITE CARGO VAN THAT MAY BE INVOLVED IN A CHILD ABDUCTION.

THE CHEROKEE COUNTY SHERIFF RECEIVED A CALL FROM A CONCERNED CITIZEN FRIDAY MORNING AROUND 8AM THAT THE VAN DRIVEN BY A WHITE MALE WITH ANOTHER WHITE MALE PASSENGER WAS HEADED NORTH ON HIGHWAY 59. 

THE WITNESS REPORTED SEEING A CHILD, WITH HANDS TIED, BANGING ON THE VEHICLE'S BACK WINDOW.

THE IOWA STATE PATROL HAS AIRCRAFT IN THE AIR SEARCHING FOR THE VEHICLE, AS WELL. THE CHEROKEE COUNTY SHERIFF SAYS NO ONE HAS REPORTED A MISSING CHILD AT THIS TIME THOUGH.  ANYONE SEEING THE VAN IS ASKED TO CALL 911.