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Clarinda Police Chief Keith Brothers reports on Friday, July 2nd, at 11:00 p.m. officers of the Clarinda Police Department served a search warrant on the occupants at 515 S. 10th St., lot #11 at the Maplewood Trailer Court. Police confiscated approximately 60 grams of a substance believed to be methamphetamine, cash, packaging material, assorted drug paraphernalia and a 2013 Chevrolet Impala
Officers arrested Lonny Ray Brown, age 43, Terry Mark Brown, age 64, and Hannah Madeline McCormick, age 23, all of Clarinda. Each faces charges that include conspiracy to deliver methamphetamine, possession of methamphetamine, fail to have required drug tax stamps and unlawful gathering for the purpose of distributing and/or using controlled substances. The trio was transported to the Page County Jail and held without bond pending an initial appearance before a Page County Magistrate.
Reports have been forwarded to Page County Attorney’s Office for formal charging decisions.
The Atlantic Police Department says the Cass County Sheriff’s Office received reports at around 2-a.m. Monday (July 5), of a large number of cattle out in the area of Littlefield Road and 350th Street. While at the scene, a member of the Cass County Drone Team utilized the Sheriff’s Office equipment and assisted with the call. Over the course of two hours, a Cass County Drone with thermal imagining capabilities was used to locate and bring over 40 head of cattle back to the pasture where they belonged.
During the event, the pilot launched and landed multiple times and eventually found several groups of cattle that had broken off to different areas. The ability to use thermal imaging during the call, authorities say, proved to be invaluable in locating all of the cattle while working in the dark. The availability of the equipment also saved time and resources by speeding up the process of recovery. 
The Drone Team consist of members of the Police Department, Sheriffs Office, and Atlantic Fire Department.
(Radio Iowa) – For the second time in a week, a teacher in the Marshalltown Community School District has been arrested on charges of sexual exploitation by a school employee. Adam Edgington turned himself in to Marshalltown Police on the charge yesterday. The 42-year-old English teacher at Miller Middle School is accused of starting a relationship with a 13-year-old student. Edgington was released pending a court appearance on Monday. A statement from the school district says Edgington has been placed on administrative leave. ]
This is the second arrest of a district employee on the charge of sexual exploitation in recent days. Marshalltown High School instructor Mark Esquivel was arrested on June 30th on the same class D felony.
(Radio Iowa) – The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is asking for your help in counting wild turkeys. Wildlife biologist, Jim Coffey coordinates the turkey tracking. “During the month of July and August, we look for the general public to report any turkey sightings that they see. What we are really looking for is a way to count this year’s production — so this year’s poults that are produced,” Coffey says. He says the wild turkey population changes dramatically after nesting. “They’ll have about ten to 12 eggs. Of that, about 95 percent of those eggs will hatch. So on day one, they could have ten poults — but as quickly as four weeks later they could be down to zero or five poults,” according to Coffey. “So half of those poults are expected to die in the first four weeks.”
He says the young birds must survive the weather and predators. Coffey says wild turkeys can be spotted across the state. He says they mainly live in the forest, but spend a lot of time in pastures and hayfields this time of year. “One of the main diets of the poults is bugs — so any place there is lots of bugs they are going to be moving around and feeding — eating that high-quality protein that makes them grow quickly. So you can expect to see turkeys all across the state of Iowa in all 99 counties,” he says. If you do see wild turkeys, you are encouraged to visit the D-N-R website and report the sighting. He says you can go to the hunting tab and click on “turkeys.” There will be another tab where you can report the number of turkeys and the number of poults that you saw.
Coffey says wild turkey populations have seen a recent rebound. “We had pretty poor production two years ago, and then good production last year,” Coffey says. “We are kind of concerned about southeast Iowa — it tends to be the part of the state that has had the least production over the last ten years. But turkey numbers can fluctuate quite dramatically from year to year.”
Hunters annually take more than 14-thousand wild turkeys each year.
(Radio Iowa) – New vehicle registrations in Iowa are up 28 percent in the first six months of this year compared to the first half of last year when the pandemic hit. Bruce Anderson is president of the Iowa Automobile Dealers Association. “We’ve caught up and surpassed last year’s sales,” Anderson says. The number of vehicles sold in Iowa so far THIS year is 17 percent ABOVE the pre-pandemic level of vehicle sales in the first half of 2019. There are about 300 auto dealerships in Iowa and Anderson says showrooms have turned into empty dance floors and there’s no longer a sea of cars out in the lots. Anderson says it’s not entirely due to supply chain issues. “Manufacturing hasn’t stopped, but it has significantly slowed and, interestingly, demand hasn’t,” Anderson says.
Dealers are getting up to 70 percent of the vehicles they normally receive, according to Anderson. “Dealers are still getting inventory, but more and more of it is pre-sold,” Anderson says. “You can get a car. You can get a truck. There’s just not a lot to look at on the lot.” Because of supply and demand issues, there’s been a double-digit increase in the price of USED cars and trucks, too. “Your trade has literally never been worth more and might be worth more than when you bought it,” Anderson says.
The pandemic has accelerated the move to online sales and customer service for Iowa car dealerships, according to Anderson. “Expectations have changed,” Anderson says. “Everyone of the 300 franchised new car dealerships in Iowa have got a website with a more robust virtual experience than ever before. We’re talking multiple photographs, detailed reports, even videos of the inventory before you ever take that test drive.”
About 86-hundred cars and more than 64-thousand pickups and S-U-Vs were sold in Iowa in the first six months of the year. Vehicles that Iowa dealers sold to out-of-state residents are not included in the data.
ALGONA, Iowa — Officials with the Division of Criminal Investigation, Wednesday night, confirmed that a man and his two sons Monday, died in an apparent murder-suicide that took place in Algona.
Authorities received a 9-1-1 call at around 7:51-p.m. Monday, to the 400 block of South Harlan Street in Algona. When they arrived police found brothers, 6-year-old Logan Phelon, 3-year-old Seth Phelon and their father, 32-year-old Christopher Phelon. Following an investigation, the DCI said that Logan and Seth died as a result of gunshot wounds. Their deaths have been declared homicides.
Authorities said Phelon died from a gunshot wound and is considered a suicide. The Algona Police received assistance from the Kossuth County Sheriff’s Office, the Iowa State Patrol, Algona EMS, the Kossuth County Medical Examiner’s Office, the Kossuth County Attorney’s Office and the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation.
Christopher Phelon
Logan Phelon
Seth Phelon
Three people from Rock Springs, Wyoming were injured during a collision between a car and a semi tractor-trailer Wednesday evening, in Adair County. The Iowa State Patrol reports the crash happened at around 7:52-p.m. on Interstate 80 eastbound, near mile marker 75.
Authorities say a 2013 Toyota Camry driven by 68-year-old Pamela Willey, of Rock Springs, rear-ended a 1999 Peterbilt semi, which was disabled on the roadway due to an accident that had occurred a few minutes earlier. The car came to rest partially under the trailer of the semi. Pamela Willey, and her passengers, 85-year-old Harold Willey, and 68-year-old Faye Frolic, were injured. All three were transported to Iowa Methodist Hospital in Des Moines.
Pamela Willey and Faye Frolic were flown by Lifeflight to the hospital. Harold Willey was taken there by Adair Rescue. None of the crash victims were wearing seat belts. The driver of the semi, 64-year-old Robert Johnson, of Crescent, was not hurt. Assisting the patrol at the scene, were Deputies from the Adair and Cass County Sheriff’s Departments, Adair Police, numerous local rescue units, and Life Flight.
The Atlantic City Council, Wednesday evening, passed by a vote of five-to-one, with Councilperson Garrett voting no, and Councilperson Somers absent, the second reading of an amended Ordinance pertaining to elections. The Ordinance needs one more reading in order to go into effect. If that happens, it would change the method by which elections (in particular, the Mayoral and Parks and Rec Board), are decided. The current system is a “Plurality takes all,” whereby one only needs to get the most votes on the first and only ballot, in order to win. That means less than 50% is required to be elected.
The City’s Personnel and Finance Committee supports the alternative, Primary System approach to elections, where by a super majority of the votes are needed to win. It could also result in a run-off election if the votes are too close to call. The disadvantages are that the Primary System adds an additional cost, it could mean extended campaigning, and the inconvenience of having to vote a second time, not to mention confusing or conflicting results.
Mayor Dave Jones said Wednesday, “We have researched and researched, and basically, it’s always they way we were going to change it to, but somewhere it got codified, I think, when Doug Harris was City Administrator. Basically, no one paid a lot of attention to it, they just kind of did what some of the [other] cities do, which a lot of time happens.”
Councilman Gerald Brink said during discussion, “A lot of people don’t understand that.” Councilman Pat McCurdy agreed, and said he had conducted an informal poll of about 30 people. “Three out of four – they want it 50 plus one – especially for Mayor.” The final vote takes place July 21st. The Council passed by a vote of 6-0, an ordinance amending the Code, with regard to changing the term for Park Board Members from six-years, to four. And, they passed a Resolution authorizing final transfers for FY 2021.”
City Clerk Barb Barrick explained, after City Administrator John Lund looked at the budget, and what was in the ending fund balances for FY21, we wanted to have a good idea of where those fund balances were before we proposed the final transfers.” The City routinely transfers money between its one-hundred separate funds.
In other business, the Atlantic City Council set July 21st as the date for a Public Hearing with regard to the sale of City-owned property at 101 Cedar Street. The City’s Personnel and Finance Committee has agreed to sell the parcel to Cook Sanitation, in exchange for the refuse company paying $2,000. The agreement says the property will be sold as-is, dilapidated house included. Cook Sanitation is required to have the home demolished by no later than Dec. 31, 2021, and have an industrial building on the site within five-years (Aug. 2026).
They also approved an Order limiting street parking to the east side of Palm Street on July 31st, for the Cass County Fair Association. The move will make it easier for large farm equipment to enter the fairgrounds for special events that day.
(Atlantic, Iowa) – Grow Another Row Cass County has released its pick-up and drop-off schedule for 2021, and is now accepting local fresh produce donations across the county through October 1. Grow Another Row Cass County is a Healthy Cass County campaign started by a group of local growers to encourage residents to grow and share more fresh local produce. Grow Another Row Cass County invites local farmers and gardeners to plant a few more rows of produce to share again this year. Anyone interested in the program is invited to sign up for the Grow Another Row newsletter to keep up with the latest program news, gardening tips, recipes, and more at https://www.extension.iastate.edu/cass/content/grow-another-row-cass-county.
Anyone is welcome to donate fresh produce, and anyone is welcome to take fresh produce they need. You are also welcome to drop off extras and pick up something you need in the same trip. There is no requirement to sign up to either donate or take the produce. Donations of any size are appreciated!
Each location has set hours during which people can pick-up or drop-off fresh produce. If you plan on just donating, it’s best if you can drop produce off closer to the beginning of the location’s open hours. If you just want to pick up produce, try visiting closer to the end. All pantries in Cass County also accept donations during specified hours prior to their distribution hours. A full schedule is available below.
When donating, please don’t wash produce if you can’t dry it, and try to bag items in familysized amounts. When picking up produce, please only take what you need and be sure to wash it before eating. If you need bags or containers to package donated produce, contact Grow Another Row Coordinator Claire Smith at 712-243-1132.
Finally, Grow Another Row could not serve residents across Cass County without our wonderful volunteers. If you would like to volunteer at any time throughout the summer, please contact Grow Another Row Coordinator Claire Smith at claires2@iastate.edu. This could include donating, harvesting, delivering, transporting produce, and other volunteering opportunities. Any help is greatly appreciated, even if you can only help a time or two.
Grow Another Row Cass County 2021 Weekly Produce Distribution Schedule….
Monday: Griswold: Griswold United Methodist Church (100 Cass St. Griswold); Time: 8 AM – 12 PM
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For more information on Grow Another Row Cass County visit https://www.extension.iastate.edu/cass/content/grow-another-row-cass-county or contact Grow Another Row Coordinator Claire Smith at claires2@iastate.edu or 712-243-1132. For information on Cass County food pantries, farmers markets, and other locally-driven food initiatives, follow the Cass County Local Food Policy Council on Facebook @CassCountyLocalFood.
Healthy Cass County is a community-focused volunteer network formed to promote the health and well-being of Cass County residents. Follow Healthy Cass County on Facebook @HealthyCassCounty (https://www.facebook.com/HealthyCassCounty/). Reach out to Cass County Wellness Coordinator Brigham Hoegh at bhoegh@iastate.edu or call 712-249-5870 for more information.
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