A traffic stop Sunday night in Montgomery County, resulted in the arrest of a Missouri man. The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office reports 26-year old Richard Cody Kays, of Ellsinore, MO., was arrested at around 10:10-p.m. at the intersection of Highways 71 and 34. Kays was charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. He was also cited for Matter of Conveyance of a loaded firearm. His bond was set at $1,000.
A Maryland Congressman who’s actively campaigning for president is starting this President’s Day with an 8 a.m. meeting in Bloomfield with local Democrats. By tonight, John Delaney will have visited 41 of Iowa’s 99 counties. “I’m a big believer in life that you have to do the work,” Delaney says, “and the one thing I know for sure after meeting with Iowans in close to 40 counties is that they do the work on this.”
Iowans who haven’t seen Delaney in person may have seen him on television. He’s spent a million dollars on ads airing on Des Moines and Cedar Rapids stations. His core message to Iowans is that it’s time to ditch “hyperpartisan” politics. “I think they know our politics is broken,” Delaney says. “I think Democrats here in Iowa really know it’s broken.”
Delaney cites last week’s indictment that accuses Russia of sowing discord among Democrats with online ads in August of 2016 that accused Hillary Clinton of voter fraud in Iowa’s Caucuses. “What’s more concerning is everyone believes they’re going to do it again,” Delaney says. “…It’s almost like a ship pulls up next to our shores and aims a weapon at us. If a president doesn’t order the military to do something about it, it’s a disloyal act. And I think the president’s failure to direct the intelligence community and the FBI to actually try to do something about this is disloyal to the country and it’s very, very troubling.”
Delaney arrived in Iowa Saturday morning, as the nation was reeling from another mass shooting. Delaney says it’s “disgraceful” congress hasn’t even been able to limit the sale of “bump stocks” — the device used by the man who killed 57 people in Las Vegas last fall. “Tragedy after tragedy and no response from the federal government, particularly on issues that there’s broad agreement on,” Delaney says. “…The majority of American people, including a majority of Republicans and a majority of NRA members believe we should have universal background checks and we can’t get it done in the congress.”
Delaney says the Florida high schoolers who survived last week’s shooting and have become outspoken proponents for gun safety measures may prod congress to act.
“They’re going to soon be engaged in the democracy, right? All of them are getting ready to vote for the first time…If every high school in the country sets up a club to advocate for this issue, you know, we have about three million kids graduating from high school every year,” Delaney says. “It’s a big impact.”
Delaney made his comments during an interview with Radio Iowa. He met with Madison County Democrats in Winterset Saturday night. He was in Chariton, Knoxville and Albia Sunday. Today (Monday), Delaney has a midday stop scheduled in Corydon and he’ll meet with Warren County Democrats tonight in Indianola.
(Radio Iowa)
IOWA CITY, Iowa — The University of Iowa women’s basketball team started fast and rolled to its fifth straight victory, defeating Wisconsin, 88-61, Sunday afternoon on Mediacom Court inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena. According to Hawkeye Sports.com, the Hawkeyes improved to 21-6 overall and 9-5 in Big Ten play by shooting 56.9 percent from the field and out-rebounding the Badgers, 42-32. Iowa had 24 assists on 33 field goals and had a 46-26 advantage in points in the paint.
Four players reached double figures with junior Megan Gustafson leading the way with 25 points and eight rebounds. Gustafson made 9-of-13 field goals and 7-of-9 free throws, which gives her 151 for the season, breaking Kachine Alexander’s school record.
Wisconsin shot 38.5 percent from the field for the game and committed 18 turnovers. Iowa turned those miscues into 21 points.
Iowa donned its pink sneakers during its annual Pink Game to support Breast Cancer Awareness and players had names of loved ones affected by cancer on their shooting shirts. The Hawkeyes return to action Wednesday, traveling to Piscataway for a 6 p.m. (CT) matchup against Rutgers before closing out the regular season Saturday against Indiana in its home finale.
Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:40 a.m. CST
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A push to add language to the Iowa Constitution that ensures the rights of crime victims is moving through the Legislature despite opposition from a crime victims group and prosecutors as well as problems in other states that have enacted similar laws. The law has bipartisan support and the backing of Gov. Kim Reynolds, but others argue the legislation could ultimately hurt victims by siphoning money away from programs that now help them.
BURLINGTON, Iowa (AP) — A senior center in southeast Iowa may have to close due to a loss of funding from the county. The Hawk Eye reports that the Des Moines County Board of Supervisors agreed Tuesday on a list of cuts to make from proposed budget increases. The board cut out $12,000 requested by the Steamboat Senior Center in Burlington. Closing the center would force senior citizens to find a new place to play card games and bingo.
KNOXVILLE, Iowa (AP) — Authorities are trying to determine what caused a house fire in central Iowa that caused a 70-year-old woman’s death this weekend. The Knoxville Police and Fire Departments said crews responded to a fire shortly after midnight Sunday, and found a home filled with smoke and two adults sitting on the front porch.
CLINTON, Iowa (AP) — Archer Daniels Midland plans to invest $196 million in its grain processing plant in Clinton, Iowa. The Quad-City Times reports the project will update the machinery inside the plant and expand the facility.
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KNOXVILLE, Iowa (AP) — Authorities are trying to determine what caused a house fire in central Iowa that caused a 70-year-old woman’s death this weekend. The Knoxville Police and Fire Departments said crews responded to a fire shortly after midnight Sunday, and found a home filled with smoke and two adults sitting on the front porch.
The two victims were placed in a police car to get them out of the weather, and then the woman became unresponsive. The woman was taken to a nearby hospital where she died. Her name wasn’t immediately released.
Authorities are working to determine the cause of the fire.
CLINTON, Iowa (AP) — Archer Daniels Midland plans to invest $196 million in its grain processing plant in Clinton, Iowa. The Quad-City Times reports the project will update the machinery inside the plant and expand the facility.
ADM spokeswoman Jackie Anderson says the mill produces a variety of corn products, including corn sweeteners, beverage alcohol, ethanol and animal feed.
The plant employs more than 750. The project will receive more than $8 million in state and local tax credits.
Work on the expansion is expected to begin this year and continue into 2022.
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — Reed Timmer completed a 4-point play with 1.8 seconds left in the game to cap a 20-point outing in Drake’s 67-63 win over Missouri State on Sunday.
Graham Woodward was left open in the corner for a 3-pointer to give Drake a 63-62 lead with 13.8 to go. After Alize Johnson made 1 of 2 free throws, Timmer lost control of it on a dribble through his legs, but regained it and launched a deep 3-pointer just before the buzzer.
Nick McGlynn and De’Antae McMurray each added nine points for Drake (16-13, 10-6 Missouri Valley Conference). McMurray made an off-balance jumper at the buzzer to close the first half with a 35-25 lead. Alize Johnson had 14 points and 16 rebounds and J.T. Miller added 14 points for Missouri State (17-12, 7-9).
Most of MSU’s bench was removed in the second half after going onto the court to help Dixon up after a hard foul.
AMES, Iowa (AP) — First-year coach Kevin Dresser came to Iowa State to turn it into a program that could finally beat Iowa. Sunday’s annual dual meet in Ames was a reminder that it’s going to take more than one year to compete with the Hawkeyes.
Seventh-ranked Iowa trounced host Iowa State 35-6 in wrestling for its 14th consecutive win in the series. The Hawkeyes have won 29 of the last 30 meetings and 53 of the last 57 — but rarely have things gone as poorly as they did for Iowa State on Sunday.
Freshman Spencer Lee set the tone for Iowa, opening the meet with a 40-second pin. Seven consecutive Hawkeye wins followed before forfeiting at 197 pounds — a move that infuriated Dresser — to give Iowa State its only points. Alex Marinelli also notched a pin and heavyweight Sam Stoll closed out the rout with a major decision.
Dresser, who is signed to a seven-year contract worth $2.25 million plus incentives, is just the latest coach to try and turn around a proud program that produced Olympic champions like Dan Gable, Cael Sanderson and most recently Jake Varner. Dresser, a former Hawkeye wrestler from nearby Humboldt, left Virginia Tech to take over an Iowa State team that had fallen apart under former coach Kevin Jackson. The Cyclones scored just one point at last year’s NCAA meet and finished tied for 56th, an unusual outcome for a school with eight national championships to its credit.
In came Dresser, who brought along three assistants, Mike Zadick, Derek St. John and Brent Metcalf, that like him were highly successful wrestlers for Iowa. But having former Hawkeyes as coaches isn’t the same as having wrestlers as talented as the ones Iowa had compete on Sunday.
The Hawkeyes have five wrestlers ranked in the top-five nationally, including a potential 2020 Olympian in Lee. Iowa State doesn’t have anyone ranked in the top 10 — and Dresser said that Iowa’s reputation got to a few of his athletes as well. This was Iowa State’s second-straight rout at the hands of an in-state rival, as the Cyclones lost to Northern Iowa 31-7 on Feb. 10.
Only scoring on a forfeit showed how far Iowa State is from being competitive with top-tier programs. Dresser also focused on Iowa State’s work on the recruiting trail a day after Iowa’s iconic state wrestling meet wrapped up — and he closed his press conference by issuing a promise for the next Hawkeyes-Cyclones dual meet in Ames set for 2020. “This will be a different day here, next time it’s in Ames. I’m just telling you that. It’ll be a different day,” Dresser said.
A teenager from Clarinda who was reported missing last week, was found safe. The Page County Sheriff’s Office reports 15-year-old Cheyenne Rose Fahey was located, Saturday. The runaway was reporting missing at 5:20 pm on Monday. No other information was released.
Cheyenne Fahey
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