(Council Bluffs/ISP District 3) – The Iowa State Patrol, in Partnership with the Governor’s Traffic Safety Bureau, the Iowa Department of Transportation and local law enforcement agencies will be watching for speeders this Thursday, Sept. 16th. ISP District 3 Trooper/Public Information Officer Ryan Devault says the effort is an attempt to reduce fatalities, more than anything.

Of particular concern, is reducing the number of triple-digit speeders. Trooper Devault said he thinks speeds have come down from where they were when COVID was at its peak, but there are still egregious violations where drivers are in excess of 100 miles per hour.

The push to reduce speeding is intended to try and keep the number of speed-related fatalities below 300 for the year. Devault recommends drivers use their cruise control to break the lead-foot habit.

He acknowledges vehicles are much safer these days. They can brake for you when you are too close to another car on the highway, they can tell you when it’s safe to change lanes, and there may come a day when most vehicles are totally autonomous, (or, without human input).

The main thing to take away from this Speed enforcement effort on Thursday, is how speed affects the chances you will die in a crash.

He reminds you also: Don’t drive distracted. Don’t drive impaired. And buckle your seat belt.

(Updated/Radio Iowa) – Governor Reynolds has signed a proclamation to convene a special legislative session on October 5th to consider newly drawn maps for Iowa congressional and legislative districts. The Legislative Services Agency will release the maps with redrawn district boundaries this Thursday. The Temporary Redistricting Commission has scheduled three public hearings next week, to give Iowans a chance to comment on the new maps, then the commission has to submit a report to lawmakers before the legislature convenes in three weeks. Under Iowa law, members of the House and Senate must vote yes or no on this set of maps. No amendments are allowed to make changes.

If the legislature rejects the first set of maps, the Legislative Services Agency must draw up a new set. If the second set is rejected, there’s a third round, when lawmakers are able to propose their own changes to district lines. The reapportionment process — which happens every 10 years — is usually completed in the spring, but the Census Bureau didn’t give states the population data for redrawing district lines until August.

(Atlantic, Iowa) – The Cass County Board of Supervisors, Tuesday (Today), held a public hearing with regard to adopting an amendment to the FY2022 Cass County Budget. Following the hearing,during which there were no comments, the Board passed the amendment, and the changes take effect immediately. Cass County Auditor Dale Sunderman explains the purpose of the amendment….

The change is necessary to appropriate the a portion of the American Recovery Act funds. The Board heard from a representative with Cott Systems, with regard to online file security. They also discussed the job description for an IT (Information Technology) position, and agreed to have Scott Bennett with Nishna Net, draft the job description for publication in the local newspaper, and online portals such as Indeed.com.

Cass County Engineer Trent Wolken provided an update on Secondary Roads Department activity and maintenance. He said they hope to open the bridges on both Boston Road and Olive Street, sometime early next week, as work is close to being finished.

Both bridges were closed in late Spring. The Olive Street project involves replacing the existing 56 ft. long x 24 ft. wide bridge with a 110 ft. long x 30 ft. wide bridge. Wolken said they will have another pour this week on the box culvert on Indian Creek Road. And, as far as Victoria Road at the Adair/Cass line, grading contractors have come in to start work and they have a couple more pours left on the box culvert down there. Wolken also put together a presentation for the Supervisors regarding the condition of secondary road facilities and what their needs are.

(Radio Iowa) – Amazon is announcing plans to hire more than one-thousand workers across its Iowa locations, part of a national hiring blitz to fill 125-thousand new positions. Dave Bozeman, Amazon’s vice president of operations, says immediate openings are being posted today in communities including Des Moines and Iowa City. While Iowa employers in an array of industries express difficulty finding qualified workers to fill open positions, Bozeman predicts the online retailer’s salary and benefits will be a strong lure. “Average pay is going to be $18 an hour, up to $22.50 in certain areas,” Bozeman says. “They’re going to come with fantastic benefits on day one, health benefits, vision, dental, 401-K.”

In December, Amazon opened its fulfillment center near Des Moines in Bondurant, which employs several hundred. The facility boasts being able to process up to 950-thousand packages a day. The company also has delivery stations in Iowa City, Des Moines and Grimes, with a warehouse in Ankeny and another warehouse under construction in Council Bluffs. Bozeman says there are a host of full- and part-time openings. “It’s going to be across the entire network, so it’s going to be within our fulfillment center warehouses, it’s going to be in our sortation centers in which they’re sorting the product,” Bozeman says. “It’s also going to be within our delivery stations as well.”

The company is already offering same-day delivery on some products in parts of Iowa. “We’re going to continue to grow our same-day delivery as well as our normal network and these jobs will only staff and fuel that,” Bozeman says. “We feel good about our same-day delivery. It’s an awesome thing for customers and that’s what we do.” In July, Amazon announced it’s building a 640,000 square foot fulfillment center in Davenport that will employ one-thousand people full-time when it opens. The company is offering sign-on bonuses of up to $3,000 in some locations, but it’s unclear if any are in Iowa.
www.amzn.to/iowajobs

Deputies with the Page County Sheriff’s Office, Monday, arrested a man at the Pottawattamie County Jail. Zane Edward Szeliga. He was arrested on a valid Page County Warrant for Theft in the 3rd Degree. His cash or surety bond was set at $2,000.

Zane Szeliga

(Atlantic, Iowa) – The Atlantic Parks and Recreation Department is putting on a 2nd, Adult Art in the Park event. It’s set to take place 6-p.m. September 25th, in the Kiddie Korral shelter at Sunnyside Park.  Parks and Rec Director Bryant Rasmussen said “The first time we did this, it received a great response, and so we are working on planning new activities for this upcoming time.”

Additional information will be released as it becomes available.

The 8:05-a.m. broadcast News from Ric Hanson.

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Adair County Sheriff Jeff Vandewater reports six women and one man were arrested on separate charges over the past week. Most recently:

• At around 2-a.m. Friday, 30-year-old Tarra Ann Jones, of Winterset, was arrested for Driving While Barred, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia (Meth pipe), and Driving While Licensed Revoked for OWI. The arrest took place following a traffic stop in Orient. Jones also did not have an ignition interlock device installed in her vehicle, or SR-22 Insurance, as required. She was released later that same day on her Own Recognizance.
• Thursday afternoon, 26-year-old Elizabeth Jane White, of Stuart, was arrested by Stuart Police, for Assault/displaying a dangerous weapon, and Public Intoxication. She was released Sept.11th on a $2,000 cash/surety bond. She was arrested following an incident involving her mother, at an apartment complex in Stuart.
• Early Thursday morning, 49-year-old Melissa Ann Ross, and 22-year-old Heaven Marie Jordan, both of Greenfield, were arrested by Adair County Sheriff’s Deputies, on warrants out of Republic County, Kansas. Ross was wanted for Aggravated Robbery, Aggravated Battery, Criminal Threat, and Promoting the sale of sexual relations. Jordan was wanted on the same charges. Both women remain held without bond in the Adair County Jail.
• On Sept. 8th, 34-year-old Lyndsey Marie Cottrell, of Cumberland, was arrested on a Fremont County felony warrant for failure to appear on: a controlled substance violation; Possession of contraband in a jail; and possession of burglars tools. She was released the following day on a $25,000 cash only bond; 31-year-old Justin Lee Whipple, of Des Moines, was arrested on an Adair County warrant for Violation of Probation. He was released Sept. 12th, on a $1,000 cash only bond; And, 39-year-old Stacy Jean Quakenbush, of Lincoln, NE., was arrested Sept. 8th, on an Adair County felony warrant for Prohibited Act – Prescription Drug Violation/3rd or subsequent offense, and three counts Prohibited Act – Prescription Drug Violation/2nd offense, all of which according to the charges, took place between Dec. 18-24, 2019. Quakenbush was being held in the Adair County Jail on a $16,000 cash only bond.

Police in Creston report the arrest Monday night, of 30-year-old Carlos Guiterrez, of Creston. He was taken into custody for Driving While Barred, and later released from the Union County Jail on a $2,000 bond.

The broadcast News at 7:07-a.m., from Ric Hanson.

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