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Fire crews from Anita and Wiota were dispatched to the scene of a semi in the median between westbound mile markers 73-and 74 off I-80, this morning. The call went out at around 7:20-a.m. Authorities said the semi was leaking a small amount of fuel from its left fuel tank, and smoke was possible coming from a part of the truck. No injuries have been reported, and additional information was not immediately available. Expect traffic to be traveling slower than normal through the area.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A driver has been given probation and suspended prison time for the crash death of another driver in Des Moines. Polk County District Court records say 35-year-old Grant Uhe was sentenced Tuesday to two years of probation and a suspended sentence of 10 years in prison. He’d pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide by reckless driving.

Police say Uhe was driving more than 75 mph (121 kph) in a 30 mph (48 kph) zone on April 19 last year before his pickup truck crashed into a car driven by 19-year-old Tyler Wilcox. Police say Wilcox died later at a hospital.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Democrat Theresa Greenfield raised more than $1.1 million from July through September in her campaign for the seat held by Republican Sen. Joni Ernst.
Greenfield, a Des Moines-area businesswoman, ended the quarter with more than $1.2 million cash on hand. The $1.1 million marks somewhat of a slowdown in fundraising pace from the first quarter, when she launched her campaign and subsequently raised more than $625,000 in less than a month, but it matches what Ernst raised during the second quarter of the year.

Greenfield’s campaign says 92% of her contributions this quarter were $100 or less, and noted she’s significantly outpacing what Ernst raised around this same time during her first run for Senate. Greenfield is one of four Democrats competing to take on Ernst, but she’s received the support of a number of national Democratic groups.

Ernst is seen as a top target for Democrats next fall, though the Republican senator enjoys a high approval rating in multiple polls.

A Creston man was arrested late Tuesday morning, for Driving While Revoked. Creston Police say 43-year old Kevin Cavin was arrested in the 200 block of N Elm, and later released from the Union County Jail on a $1,000 bond.

The area’s latest and/or top news stories at 7:05-a.m. From KJAN News Director Ric Hanson.

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WINTERSET, Iowa (AP) — A south-central Iowa county has imposed a moratorium on new wind turbine installations. Madison County supervisors voted 2-1 on Tuesday to adopt the moratorium, which will run through October 2020 unless superseded by a new ordinance. The moratorium also applies to new solar energy installations. It won’t affect a 52-turbine wind farm already under development in Madison County. The supervisors say that during the moratorium they’ll develop an ordinance to guide construction of renewable energy projects.

The county health board passed a resolution in August calling for wind turbines to sit at least 1.5 miles from homes. Such a setback would be five times greater than MidAmerican Energy has proposed for its most recent wind farm project. The county supervisors have taken no action on the health board recommendation.

(Radio Iowa) — Studies on cancer patients from Iowa and Nebraska who are undergoing chemotherapy find there are great benefits from low-intensity exercise. Creighton University Professor Eric Bredahl, in the department of exercise science, says even moderate physical activity can help slow tumor growth, while reducing damage to the heart that happens during chemotherapy. “The risk of dying from heart failure becomes greater with each round of chemotherapy,” Bredahl says. “By using exercise and trying to understand those adaptations, we can then employ that exercise prior to, during or even after chemotherapy to preserve or attenuate that decline in cardiac tissue.”

Researchers say even low impact exercise, such as walking and doing yoga, can make a noticeable difference.  “When people go through chemo, they often have a number of side effects that decrease their quality of life. They can’t eat, they feel lethargic, they feel fatigued, their muscles become weaker,” Bredahl says. “If we add resistance training in, we know they eat more, so they maintain a greater capacity to perform their activities of daily living, they feel better.”

An exercise regimen isn’t possible for all patients undergoing chemo, which is why Bredahl plans to take research a step further. “There’s still a number of cancer patients who, due to physical limitations, core morbidities, can’t exercise. What can we do to improve their quality of life?” Bredahl says. “We’re trying to look at different compounds that can be given concurrently with chemotherapy to try to minimize the damage to healthy tissue.”

The research finds exercise can decrease the chance of major issues during chemotherapy and will eventually lead to a greater health outcome, as the side effects of chemo become less apparent.

A traffic stop in Red Oak for a minor infraction, resulted in an arrest this (Wednesday) morning. Police say 33-year old Sara Sue Batten, of Red Oak, was taken into custody at around 1:15-a.m., for Driving While Barred. She was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on a $2,000 bond.

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:40 a.m. CDT

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — A man who spent more than 25 years in prison for an Iowa murder that he did not commit is urging college students to help inmates who may be innocent. Terry Harrington spoke to Coe College students on Tuesday, recounting how he was wrongly convicted in the 1977 shooting death of a Council Bluffs security guard when he was a teenager. Harrington had exhausted his appeals and was serving a life sentence at the Iowa State Penitentiary when he met a prison barber who believed in his innocence.

WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — Officials in Waterloo have approved a measure banning the city and many businesses from asking about applicants’ criminal records in early stages of the hiring process. The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports the City Council on Monday approved a so-called “ban-the-box” ordinance. It doesn’t let employers ask about an applicant’s criminal history until after making a conditional job offer. The measure is intended to ensure people with criminal convictions get a fair chance of getting jobs.

SCOTTSBLUFF, Neb. (AP) — Forecasters say a wintry storm system could drop up to 10 inches of snow on northwest Nebraska later this week. The National Weather Service says ice could form on wet pavement late Wednesday night or early Thursday as the system arrives, followed by snow and winds gusting to 35 mph. The system is expected to move east, leaving less snow across much of northern and northeast Nebraska. The system also could drop some snow on northwestern and northern Iowa on Friday or early Saturday.