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Walnut City Council to meet Thursday evening

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January 5th, 2022 by Ric Hanson

(Walnut, Iowa) – The City Council in Walnut is scheduled to meet 5-p.m. Thursday (Jan. 6), at the Walnut Community Center. Among the discussion and/or possible action items on their agenda, is:

  • A Regional Water update.
  • A request for Tourism support from the City Merchant’s Association.
  • A request for a garbage rate increase.
  • A Review of the Library Budget
  • Setting the date for a Public Hearing on the proposed Fiscal Year City Property Tax Levy in Walnut, and the date for a Budget Workshop.

In other business, the Mayor will talk about the Snow Ordinance, and the Council will discuss complaints about merchandise on downtown sidewalks.

Iowan who was drafted in WWII before he could graduate will get diploma today

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January 5th, 2022 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – A 98-year-old western Iowa native who says one of his greatest regrets was not getting a high school diploma will be awarded that document today (Wednesday) in a special ceremony. Donald Huisenga didn’t graduate from the former Auburn High School in 1943 because he was drafted to serve in World War Two. Kevin Litterer, principal of East Sac County High School, heard about Huisenga and took quick action. “I contacted somebody who had a diploma from 1948, a graduate of Auburn High School, so I had a copy of it,” Litterer says. “I called Jostens and talked to my rep there. By the end of the day we had a diploma in the process of being made with the Auburn High School logos on it, May of 1943.”

Huisenga served in the European theatre and parachuted into Normandy in 1944. He also spent six months in a German prisoner of war camp. District administrators decided Huisenga is more than deserving of the diploma, so Litterer is flying to Texas, where Huisenga now lives. They’ll meet this afternoon at the Veterans Affairs Hospital in San Angelo. “At 1 o’clock, we’re going to meet and he’ll be presented that diploma,” Litterer says. “His grandkids and his children are going to be at the ceremony as well. It’s just going to be an exciting and probably an emotional time as you present a 98-year-old World War II veteran his high school diploma.”

Litterer says everybody in the school district is excited for the ceremony and he’ll be bringing some special gifts along. “We actually have our three buildings, the elementary, middle school and high school are all making ‘Congratulations on your graduation’ cards that I’ll take down with me,” Litterer says. “I got a call from (a woman) representing an organization in Sac County called Quilts for Valor. They’re giving me a quilt that I’m going to take down and present to Donald as well.”

The unique graduation ceremony will be livestreamed on the E-S-C Facebook page.

https://www.facebook.com/East-Sac-County-Community-Schools-597123240374029

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Creston man arrested Wed. morning

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January 5th, 2022 by Ric Hanson

(Creston, Iowa) – Police in Creston have arrested a man for Interference with Official Acts. Authorities say 43-year-old Brady Gale Richert, of Creston, was arrested at around 1:47-a.m., Wednesday (Today), at a residence in the 800 block of W. Adams Street. Richert was being held in the Union County Jail on a $300 bond.

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3 men arrested following a fight in Ringgold County

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January 5th, 2022 by Ric Hanson

(Mt. Ayr, Iowa) – Sheriff’s deputies in Ringgold County arrested three men following a call about a disturbance, in Mount Ayr over the weekend. The incident happened a little before 2-a.m. Saturday, at Still Smokin BBQ in, Mount Ayr. Authorities say 21-year-old Tucker Wyatt Eugene Darrah, and 39-year-old Vincent Lee Fletchall, both of Mt. Ayr, were arrested for Disorderly Conduct- Fighting/Violent Behavior, and 23-year-old Devan L Jackson, of Grant City, MO., was arrested for Criminal Mischief in the 3rd Degree.

Darrah and Fletchall were being held in the Ringgold County Jail on cash bonds amounting to $600 and $2,300, respectively. Jackson’s cash bond was also set at $2,300. All three men were being held until appearing before a Magistrate.

Wyatt Darrah

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Lenox man arrested on an Assault charge, Tuesday

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January 5th, 2022 by Ric Hanson

Andrew Kerwin

(Lenox, Iowa) — Sheriff’s officials in Taylor County report a man was arrested Tuesday for Domestic Abuse Assault. Deputies called to the 500 block of W. Michigan Street in Lenox ended-up arresting 31-year-old Andrew Kerwin, of Lenox. Kerwin was being held without bond in the Taylor County Jail, pending an initial court appearance.

Villisca man arrested for assault, Tuesday

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January 5th, 2022 by Ric Hanson

(Red Oak, Iowa) – The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office reports a man was arrested on an Assault charge Tuesday night, in Villisca. Deputies responding at around 9-p.m. to the 100 block of West 6th Street in Villisca for an assault in progress, arrested 38-year-old Douglas Ray Kirsch, of Villisca, on two counts of Domestic Abuse Assault/1st Offense, and Interference with Official Acts. Kirsch was being held without bond in the Montgomery County Jail.

Red Oak Police and the Villisca Fire and Rescue assisted Sheriff’s deputies at the scene.

Plymouth County Supervisors vote against C-O pipelines

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January 5th, 2022 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – The Plymouth County Board of Supervisors is joining other counties in requesting that the Iowa Utilities Board deny the use of eminent domain for two proposed carbon-dioxide pipelines. Plymouth County Supervisors Chairman, Don Kass, explains the supervisors’ position. “Frankly, the precedent set by granting eminent domain for projects like this would mean that eminent domain could be used for any number of projects for which it never was intended,” according to Kass. “We respectfully ask that the I-U-B deny these permits to these two entities — and in the future consider only projects that actually served the actual public good.”

Kass says the letter addresses both proposed pipelines, Summit CO2 Solutions, and Navigator Ventures Heartland Greenway Systems which will run through Plymouth County. Kass says the supervisors feel there are good uses for eminent domain. “You know, things like roads, and bridges, and schools and police stations and fire stations — that is what eminent domain was for — for the public utility. In recent decades it has bled over into other things that are profit centers,” Kass says.

He says electric lines and natural gas pipelines are another example of something that is needed to serve everyone. Kass says the C-O-2 pipelines are not the same thing. “This is nothing more than a profit center for their investors that has to do with C-O-2 sequestration. Which would be of a benefit to the ethanol industry, but it’s not necessarily a public utility,” Kass says. “I am all for people investing and making money — that’s great. But they shouldn’t be able to use the inherent power of the government to be able to take the things that they want for this nature.”

Dickinson, and Kossuth Counties have one of the pipelines running through them and have made the same request to the Iowa Utilities Board. Kass says his discussions with other counties indicate they may do the same.

Red Oak woman arrested Wed. morning

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January 5th, 2022 by Ric Hanson

A woman from Red Oak was arrested at around 3-a.m. today (Wednesday), for Operating a vehicle without the Owner’s Consent. 22-year-old Harley Renea Strutton was arrested in the 1200 block of N. 3rd Street and transported to the Montgomery County Jail, where her bond was set at $2,000.