(Radio Iowa) – The Iowa Democratic Party’s 2024 Caucuses will be on the same day Iowa Republicans plan to hold their Caucuses. The Democratic Party’s state central committee voted this weekend to hold their in-person caucuses on January 15th, but there’s no decision yet on when the results of the party’s mail-in presidential preference balloting will be announced. Gregory Christensen, vice chairman of the Iowa Democratic Party, is leading the party’s caucus planning.

Both major parties have to find precinct-level sites to hold gatherings where party business will be discussed. However, Republicans will also take a straw poll that night to determine which G-O-P presidential candidates have the most support in Iowa. National Democrats have decided South Carolina’s Primary rather than the Iowa Caucuses should be the first event in their party’s 2024 presidential nominating process. Christensen says Iowa Democrats’ 2024 Caucuses will focus on party building.

Iowa Democrats announced last year they did not intend to conduct caucus night attendance counts to determine which presidential candidate wins their 2024 caucuses and will use a mail-in system instead — but party officials haven’t revealed how or when results will be tabulated and released. In July, the Iowa G-O-P’s leadership voted to hold their party’s Caucuses on January 15th.

(Hamburg, Iowa) – Deputies with the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office were responded at around 9:30-a.m. Sunday, to an address in Hamburg for a report of shots fired and a vehicle was struck by gunfire. Deputies, with the assistance of the Iowa State Patrol and Mills County Sheriff’s Office, took 37-year-old Sonya Holmes, of Hamburg, into custody at her residence.

It is alleged that Holmes fired a shot during an argument, striking an occupied vehicle. She is being charged with:

Attempted murder, a Class B Felony
Going Armed with Intent, a Class D Felony
Domestic Abuse, Use of a Weapon, an Aggravated Misdemeanor
Reckless Use of a Firearm, causing Property Damage, an Aggravated Misdemeanor

Holmes is being held without bond pending initial appearance with a Fremont County Magistrate.

(Sidney, Iowa) – The Fremont County Sheriff’s Office, Sunday afternoon, reported that at around 8:10-p.m. Saturday, authorities received a 911 call about a juvenile who had been injured by fireworks at a rural residence near Farragut.

The 11-year-old male was transported with critical injuries to Shenandoah Memorial Hospital and then air lifted to a trauma center in Omaha.

Farragut Fire and Rescue, Shenandoah Fire and Rescue, and the Iowa State Patrol were assisted by the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office at the scene.

The incident is under investigation.

(Creston, Iowa) – A woman from Creston was arrested at around 9:30-a.m., Saturday. Creston Police report 44-year-old Lela Ann Churchwell, was arrested at her residence. Churchwell was charged with Disorderly Conduct-Loud Raucous Noise. She was cited and released from the scene with her citation.