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Montgomery County arrest Monday morning

News

August 20th, 2018 by admin

The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office reports an arrest on Monday morning. At 9:30am Deputies arrested 47-year-old Angela Kay Shetterly of Red Oak an a Montgomery County Bench Warrant for Violation of Probation. She was taken to the Montgomery County Jail and held on $2,000 bond.

Racing stickers pouring in for Iowa boy’s casket

News, Sports

August 20th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

OSKALOOSA, Iowa (AP) — Race drivers and others have been answering the call from an 11-year-old Iowa boy who wants racing stickers to cover his casket after he dies from leukemia. Caleb Hammond’s uncle, Chris Playle, told The Des Moines Register that his family returned him to Oskaloosa after determining the painful treatments he’d been undergoing at a Des Moines hospital weren’t working and other options offered little hope. Playle says Caleb’s been home for about three weeks, doing normal 11-year-old things, but tires easily.

He says he and his nephew became racing buddies as Caleb visited Playle’s home near Southern Iowa Speedway. Playle says the stickers pouring in from social media appeals have helped keep spirits up and says the family is “just trying to do as much as we can with him while he’s here.”

Quad Cities suburb to create commercial, industrial park

News

August 20th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

ELDRIDGE, Iowa (AP) — Leaders of the Quad Cities suburb of Eldridge are moving to create a commercial and industrial park in the hopes of attracting new employers and lowering property taxes. The Quad-City Times reports that the proposed 500 acre site is mostly privately-owned farmland located between Eldridge and the Eastern Iowa Industrial Center in north Davenport. Eldridge has been working with Quad-Cities First, the economic development arm of the Quad-Cities Chamber of Commerce, to pursue site certification through the Iowa Economic Development Authority. Officials are also working to market some of the parcels that are available in the future business park.

Eldridge Mayor Marty O’Boyle says the Industrial Center is running out of large-sized tracts to attract another major development. Sterilite and Kraft Heinz recently constructed plants at the center.

Cass County Candidate filing update

News

August 20th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

Cass County Deputy Auditor Sheri Karns today (Monday), provided an update on candidates filing for office in the County. Kevin A. Stender and Travis Erickson have filed to fill two Non-partisan Edna Township Trustee positions. Incumbents Kristi Plagman and Chad Becker have filed for the Non-Partisan Ag Extension Council, along with Jeb Peck. There are five seats open on the Council. Republican Incumbents Michael D. Hooper, Mary Ward and Tracey J. Marshall have all filed for election as Cass County Attorney, Recorder and Treasurer, respectively.

Incumbent Julie Pollock has filed papers to run for the single open seat on the Hospital Board, Northeast District. Mark T. O’Brien, who won in the June Primary, will be on the ballot for the open District 2 Board of Supervisor’s seat. Republican John Hartkopf, who also won in the Primary, will face a challenge from Dana Halder, who lost in the Primary, but was Nominated By Petition. Both men will be vying for the Board of Supervisor’s seat in District 3.

Man accused of trying to smother fellow patient sentenced

News

August 20th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

INDEPENDENCE, Iowa (AP) — A man accused of trying to smother a fellow state psychiatric hospital patient has been sentenced to 10 years in an Iowa prison. Buchanan County District Court records say 45-year-old Terrance Rooney Jr. was sentenced last week after pleading guilty to burglary and harassment. Prosecutors dropped a charge of attempted murder in exchange for Rooney’s pleas. Court records say an evaluation determined Rooney was competent to go to trial.

Rooney has been a patient at the Mental Health Institute in Independence for years and was a patient there when he pleaded guilty in 1999 to making a threat to the life of President Bill Clinton. Authorities say in the latest case that Rooney tried to suffocate another patient in November and twisted the thumb of a staffer and threatened to kill her in February.

Dubuque racing group hopes to build $3.4M veterans memorial

News

August 20th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) — A Dubuque racing group hopes to spend $3.4 million on a veterans memorial for an island in the Mississippi River that’ll include walkways, a waterfall and a sculpture. The Telegraph Herald reports that the Dubuque Racing Association Board of Directors is expected to vote on the project during their monthly meeting on Tuesday. The memorial would honor local World War II veteran Chaplain Aloysius Schmitt, who was aboard the USS Oklahoma on Dec. 7, 1941, when the ship was torpedoed and eventually capsized. He was one of more than 400 crew members who died in the attack.

The project also needs approval from the Dubuque City Council and the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission before it can move forward. If the project is approved, DRA officials would expect to break ground next spring.

Flash Flood Warning until 2:15-p.m. for parts of Mills and Pott. Counties.

Weather

August 20th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Omaha/Valley Nebraska
MON AUG 20 2018

The National Weather Service in Omaha has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Northwestern Mills County in southwestern Iowa...
  Southwestern Pottawattamie County in southwestern Iowa...

* Until 215 PM CDT.

Additional rainfall amounts of 2 to 3 inches are possible in the
warned area. This includes Interstate 29 between mile markers 35 and 45.

Police say wounded toddler to be released soon

News

August 20th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

CLIVE, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say a 2-year-old who’d shot himself with his father’s gun at a suburban Des Moines hotel is expected to soon leave a hospital. The shooting occurred Sunday at the Sterling Inn in Clive. Officers say he’d picked up and fired the .45-caliber handgun his father had left in some luggage. Police say the bullet passed through the boy’s chest and neck before lodging in a wall.

Police said in a news release Monday that the little boy is improving and is expected to be released from Blank Children’s Hospital in Des Moines “in the very near future.” Police identified his parents as 29-year-old Jonathan Hauser and his mother as 28-year-old Kylie Harvey. They live in Council Bluffs. Police say Hauser has an Iowa handgun permit.

Scholten says American government is pushing down on farmers

Ag/Outdoor, News

August 20th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) — J.D. Scholten, the Democrat challenging Republican Congressman Steve King’s bid for a ninth term, says consolidation in agriculture and President Trump’s trade war are making it harder for farmers to make a profit. The E-P-A’s anti-ethanol moves to benefit the oil industry isn’t helping either, according to Scholten. “Our American government is pushing down on our farmers,” Scholten says. “Who’s looking out for farmers? Who’s looking out for us?”

Scholten made his comments this weekend during a speech at The Des Moines Register’s Political Soapbox at the Iowa State Fair. Scholten, a former professional baseball player who now works as a paralegal in Sioux City, stressed his family’s farm roots. “My great-great grandparents turned the field in Worth County and so it’s in my blood,” Scholten said. “I’m a fifth-generation Iowan, first to be raised in town. Our family farm we rent out to a family friend.”

Scholten criticized the Bayer-Monsanto merger, arguing farmers will have to pay more for seeds and farm chemicals. And Scholten says farmers are the first victims in the Trump Administration’s trade policies. “The fourth district is bearing the brunt of these tariffs and that’s got to end,” Scholten said. “You look at the $12 billion bailout…It’s like you’re getting punched in the face and that same guy that’s punching you in the face gives you an ice cube.”

Scholten says both Democrats and Republicans have failed farmers by allowing the mergers of grain processing, meat packing and seed companies to create monopolies and “it’s time to get ahead of the curve.”

The only grocery store in NW Iowa town of Remsen is destroyed in fire

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August 20th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) — The only grocery store in the northwest Iowa town of Remsen was destroyed in a weekend fire. Firefighters from Remsen and several neighboring communities fought the blaze for more than five hours. The fire was reported at about 4:15 AM Sunday. Remsen Assistant Fire Chief Mark Gaskill says they believe they’ve pinpointed what sparked the fire at Farm Fresh Foodtown. “The breaker box that the main power comes into the grocery store in the back, it had blown a fuse and the panel was not secured shut, so that is probably where the fire started,” Gaskill says. “From there, it started a bunch of cardboard on fire and then started moving through the building itself.” Gaskill says the building was demolished.

“I would consider it being a total loss,” Gaskill says. “Some of the building might still be okay but contents inside would be a total loss.” Sammy Chodha (CHO-dah), the owner of the store, says he will rebuild and bring back a grocery store to small community. “I’ll be sooner than the insurance company to make it a better establishment and make it work for the people of Remsen,” Chodha says. Five different fire departments responded to the blaze, from: Remsen, Oyens, Marcus, Granville and Le Mars.