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BROOKLYN, Iowa (AP) — The reward fund offered for the safe return of a missing University of Iowa student has grown to nearly $316,000. A spokesman for Crime Stoppers of Central Iowa said Thursday the organization has passed on more than 830 tips to authorities investigating the disappearance of Mollie Tibbetts.
Tibbetts’ father has suggested she might have been abducted from her boyfriend Dalton Jack’s home in Brooklyn, Iowa. The 20-year-old Tibbetts was seen jogging July 18 and her family reported her missing the next day.
Jack’s brother, Blake, told Fox News there were no signs of struggle at the home, adding that Tibbetts is “small, but she would have done something” if she had been attacked.
Dalton Jack says he received a Snapchat message from Tibbetts July 18, after she would have returned from her run. Authorities haven’t found her Fitbit or cellphone.
A teenager from Black Hawk County was seriously injured during a collision Wednesday night with a trailer pulled by a pickup owned by a Union County man. The Iowa State Patrol reports a 2003 Dodge pickup driven by 45-year old Keith Allen Miner, of Creston, was stopped in the traveled portion of Highway 20 eastbound near the 227 mile marker, while Miner was picking up a portion of his load that fell out of his trailer or pickup.
A 2004 Ford Focus, driven by 17-year old Noah Boyer, of LaPorte City, was eastbound traveling at highway speed at around 10:05-p.m., when the car struck the right side of Miner’s trailer. The teen was extricated from the vehicle and transported to Covenant Hospital before being transferred to the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. Miner was not injured. Authorities say Boyer suffered life-threatening injuries in the crash, which remains under investigation.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Supreme Court has heard arguments about a legal challenge to a new state voter identification law and a judge’s ruling that puts several aspects of absentee voting in the law on hold.
Under an injunction issued in July by a judge the state is prohibited from shortening the time to cast absentee ballots from 40 days to 29 days. It is also be barred from requiring that absentee ballots include a voter verification number and from allowing ballots to be thrown out when a local election official determines the voter’s signature doesn’t match one on file.
Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate’s appeal asks the court to overturn the injunction.
Arguments Thursday focused on whether the law causes harm by disenfranchising voters, especially Latinos who vote absentee in large numbers.
A lawyer for the state says there was no indication in the June primary that voters couldn’t handle the new restrictions. Supreme Court Chief Justice Mark Cady said at the end of arguments that “it’s an important question that needs a quick answer.”
(Oakland, IA)—The Golden Hills RC & D in Oakland reports the Loess Hills Missouri River Region’s (LHMRR) Parks to People plan, has officially designated its first round of priority projects for funding from the MidAmerican Energy Foundation’s $500,000 commitment to the Parks to People Plan.
The LHMRR Board is dedicating $338,000 towards seven priority projects: the Harrison County Conservation Board’s Willow Lake Nature Center; Friends of Lake Manawa’s Dream Playground; Mills County Trails Board’s Glenwood Trail Project; Mills County Conservation Board’s Pony Creek Expansion; West Nishnabotna River Accesses; and Overland Hiking Trail. Regional projects include the Lewis & Clark Today Route signage and Green Hill Ranch.
The Parks to People plan addresses the future of the tri-county region’s parks, trails, and cultural assets to enhance overall economic and community vitality. One of the primary goals is to offer a premier parks system. The selection and approval of the priority projects by the LHMRR Board will allow them to use the specified amounts as match when seeking additional funds for the projects. The projects represent over $9.5 million in planned recreational improvements to the tri-county region. To date, over $3.5 million of that has been secured or pledged towards their implementation.
The plan supports collaborative, regional projects to enhance economic development and tourism; public health and social vitality; natural resources (habitat, water) health, parks, and trails; and overall regional vibrancy. The initiative intends to attract and retain young people interested in an active lifestyle, which will stimulate Iowa’s economy and promote business growth.
For more information about the Loess Hills Missouri River Region Parks to People Plan or to submit project ideas for funding consideration, visit goldenhillsrcd.org/lhmrr or facebook.com/loesshillsmissouririverregion.
The Mills County Sheriff’s Office reports three recent arrests. Today (Thursday), 25-year old Dakota Shawn McDonald was arrested on a Pottawattamie County warrant for Escape from custody ($20,000 bond), and a warrant out of Fremont County for Violation of Probation (Bond $10,000). He was taken into custody at around 12:10-a.m. in the vicinity of Highways 34 and 59. On Wednesday, 39-year old Amber Lynn Anglen, of Glenwood, was arrested for Driving Under Suspension, and 22-year old Timothy James Black, of Council Bluffs, was arrested for Possession of Controlled Substance. His bond was set at $2,000. Anglen’s bond was $300.
The Union County Sheriff’s Office says a man from Minnesota reported last weekend, that someone had stolen items from his truck, while it was parked along Highway 25, north of 150th Street. Missing from the vehicle is: A sway bar for receiver hitch; Marlin 22LR semi auto rifle; red bag with lineman climbing gear, and a socket set. The loss was estimated at $3,850.
CLINTON, Iowa (AP) — Residents have a few more weeks to find new homes before the power is shut off at their eastern Iowa apartment building. Authorities say Clinton city officials and tenants at Lafayette Apartments were told Monday that the power was going to be turned off Thursday because of unpaid electric and city utility bills. The downtown building’s owner, Jim Trimble, didn’t immediately return a call Thursday from The Associated Press.
Tenants learned at a meeting Tuesday that Alliant Energy would give them until the end of the month before shutting off power. And social service agencies are offering help in finding new homes.
Blewer Smith says she has carried out her parents’ dream and traveled the Midwest working as a fair vendor. She says she hopes her parents would approve of her decision to return to the Iowa fair. The Iowa State Fair begins Thursday. It runs through Aug. 19.
A Democratic 2020 Presidential hopeful was in the process making stops across southwest and central Iowa today. Maryland Sixth-District Congressman John Delaney visited Corning earlier this (Thursday) morning, and was scheduled to stop in Atlantic and eventually to Des Moines, for an appearance on the Des Moines Register’s Soap Box at the Iowa State Fair. On his way to Atlantic, Delaney spoke with KJAN News about what he’s hearing from Iowans, as he makes his 14th trip to the State, encompassing over 80 counties and attending dozens of events. He says voters are focused on pocket book issues, the “terrible experiment” with Medicaid privatization in Iowa, and opportunities for their kids in the future.
MD-6 Democratic Pres. candidate John K. Delaney.
Delaney, a three-term Congressman, is also a businessman and an entrepreneur who built two business from scratch. He says he’s “A different kind of Democrat, and has a track record of “getting things done,” providing “real leadership,” which is something he says President Trump has failed at doing. He said Trump “Is a divider, not a unifier.” When asked if America is ready for another Democrat in the White House in 2020, he said yes, but with an exception. And that is “Provided the Democrats are actually committed to trying to bring the country together and get things done, because the American people are tired of the fighting and lack of progress. He says he offers the chance to focus on things that need to happen for the American people. He says “Bipartisanship is important, but it’s actually just a means to an end. What we really are doing with public service and leadership, is actually working to get real things done for people.”
He says “The country is totally ready for a Democrat, provided it’s the right type of Democrat. Someone who can actually not only capture [the Democratic vote] but also Independents and even Republicans who don’t support the President.” Delaney describes himself as a “Centrist,” who can unify. He says Americans are tired of the “extremes” in politics holding them hostage.The great American middle, which is most of the county, actually just wants them [Congress and the President] to get things done.”
Delaney says a President should add an additional oath to the office when he’s sworn-in: He said “The oath should be that they promise never to divide the country. That doesn’t mean they don’t stand up for hate and bad behavior when they see it, but as it relates to leadership in the country, I do think that the tone at the top matters, and I do think that a President that doesn’t talk about half the country as if they’re entirely wrong about everything they believe.”[A person] “Who is actually trying to appeal to the ‘better angels in all of us.” Delaney says Trump doesn’t believe in any of those things, and that he doesn’t have a “Moral compass.”
When asked if the American people are tired for people running for office in an election that just followed an election, but he says things are different right now, and in his opinion, the President is “undermining our democracy,” and having a conversation about the future of this country, “It’s not too early to do it.” Delaney thinks also his campaign can sustain its growing momentum leading up to and beyond the Presidential primaries in 2020.
STURGIS, S.D. (AP) — The Highway Patrol has identified victims of two fatal crashes related to the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in western South Dakota. Fifty-six-year-old James Barbier, of Aurora, Colorado, died Saturday afternoon in a motorcycle crash on U.S. Highway 85 near Cheyenne Crossing. Fifty-three-year-old Craig Carrell, of Sioux City, Iowa, also died Saturday, in a utility terrain vehicle crash near Deadwood.
Another man died Tuesday after his motorcycle went off a road on a curve west of Piedmont, hit a pole and rolled. He wasn’t immediately identified. The annual event in South Dakota’s Black Hills draws hundreds of thousands of people from around the world. This year’s rally started last Friday and runs through Sunday.
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