(Radio Iowa) – A ceremony will be held this (Monday) afternoon at Iowa State University to honor three former students for their military service during World War Two. One of those who will be honored is William Ostlund, of Webster City. His nephew, Chris Ostlund, says the Japanese attack on the U-S base in Hawaii on December 7th of 1941 was the turning point for his uncle. “After Pearl Harbor, he enlisted and decided to go into the submarine service because he knew that was something that was difficult and he thought the challenge would be great.”

Ostlund joined the U.S Navy in February of 1942 and was assigned to a sub, the U-S-S Gudgeon. Many stories have been passed down about Ostlund’s Uncle Bill. “He had aspirations actually to go into politics after World War II and in a sense, he knew that the submarine service would look good on his resume,” Ostlund says, “but of course, he also wanted to serve the country and was very angry at what happened and wanted to go fight the enemy.”

William Ostlund. (ISU photo.)

The Gudgeon and its crew of 81 were lost at sea in 1944 and it was never found, but years later, a Japanese pilot documented sinking an American submarine that April, which was presumed to be it. Ostlund says this ceremony is a wonderful — and somber — time for him and his relatives. “We have family coming from literally all over the country to attend, a whole bunch of Ostlunds,” he says, “so it’s a unique opportunity for all of us to get together and maybe have our own closure as a family, as a group, that never was alive when the memorial service for Uncle Bill took place in 1946.”

The service will also honor Robert A. Berwick of Knoxville who studied chemistry at Iowa State from 1940 to 1943. Berwick joined the U.S. Navy in the fall of 1943 and was killed off the coast of Okinawa in 1945. Donald T. Griswold of Clarinda attended Iowa State from 1936 to 1941 to study agronomy. Griswold joined the U.S. Navy in 1941 and died June 6, 1942 during the battle of Midway. The ceremony is scheduled for 3:15 P-M at the Memorial Union Great Hall. The event is open to the public.

(Guthrie Center, Iowa) – Sheriff’s officials in Guthrie County today (Monday), say there were three, non-injury accidents that took place between Thursday and Saturday. At around 6:45-p.m. Saturday, a 2016 Ford F-150 driven by 33-year-old Kate R. Holtz, of Carroll, was traveling west on Highway 141, when the pickup struck a deer. The vehicle sustained an estimated $15,000 damage.

On Friday, at around 4:20-p.m., a collision occurred in the A.C./G.C. High School parking lot. Authorities say 17-year-old Keitn D. Kinney, of Guthrie Center, was driving a legally parked 2003 Chevy Silverado pickup, and pulling out of a parking stall, when he turned too short, causing his vehicle to strike the driver’s side bumper/headlight area of a 2002 Ford Ranger. Damage to the Ford was estimated at $2,000. The Chevy sustained about $5,000 damage. No citations were issued.

And, at around 1:25-p.m. Thursday, a 2012 Ford F-650 Super Duty moving van driven by 26-year-old Tyler Scott Stewart, of Indianola, was backing up in the 100 block of N. 6th Street in Guthrie Center, so he could turn west into the 500 block of Main Street. In doing so, Stewart failed to notice a legally parked 2015 Chevy Silverado pickup as it was in the yard at 102 N. 5th Street. The truck backed into the grill of the pickup, causing minor damage to the grill guard, fender and headlight assembly of the Chevy. The cost of the damage was estimated at $1,000. No citations were issued.

(Creston, Iowa) – The Creston Police Department reports two arrests over the past few days, and two vehicle vandalism incidents. Authorities say at around 5:25-p.m., Sunday, 26-year-old Bridget Ashley Brooks, of Creston, was arrested at her residence. She faces several charges, including: Escape From Custody; Disorderly Conduct; Assault on Persons in Certain Occupations, and Interference with Official Acts. Brooks was transported to Adams County Jail, where she was being held without bond, until seen by judge.

And a little before 7-p.m., Friday, 22-year old Anthony James Parmenter, of Creston, was arrested at his residence for Failure to Appear on a prior warrant. Parmenter was taken to Union County Jail, and later released after posting a $1,000 cash bond.

Two men from Afton reported to Police Friday, that their vehicles had been damaged in Creston. One man told Police his vehicle had been broken into in the 1100 block of Manor Drive, in Creston. He said cash and medication was taken. The loss was estimated loss at $42. Another man reported that his vehicle had been vandalized at 709 E. Fremont St., in Creston. The incident took place sometime between midnight and 7-am., and resulted in the theft of the driver’s side door from a silver 1997 Dodge Ram 2500. The loss was estimated at $400.

(Nodaway, Iowa) – Iowa District 11 Republican Senate Representative Tom Shipley says he’s running for re-election in 2022. Shipley – who is quarantined at home after testing positive for COVID-19 – says he has “a couple, three days left” in quarantine. He said he had some of the symptoms.

He says “He’s hopeful [about his recovery].”

Having the virus hasn’t stopped him from spreading the word about his plans to run for a third-term in office.

If he wins, it would mark the beginning of his third term in office, but it would be in District 9 under the bipartisan redistricting proposal Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds signed into law last week. The new maps become effective starting with the 2022 elections.

The 11th District of the Iowa Senate is located in southwestern Iowa, and is currently composed of Adams, Cass, Pottawattamie, and Union Counties.When the new map takes effect next year, Shipley will represent Cass, Montgomery, Adams, Page, Taylor, Ringgold, and about two-thirds of Union Counties. Looking back on what’s taken place in the legislature since he began his second term in office, Shipley says the legalization of industrial hemp production in Iowa is something he’s proud to have played a role in.

Iowa currently has an expanded medical marijuana program for CBD Oil, which is something Shipley also worked on.

Iowa won’t be following other states like Colorado, Washington, and Oregon, in legalizing recreational marijuana, though. Even if it meant it could decrease any future, potential budget deficit.

The latest report from Iowa’s revenue predictors showed the State ended the 2021 fiscal year with a surplus of $1.24 billion, the largest surplus in Iowa’s history. An increase of 11-percent compared to the previous year.

(Atlantic, Iowa) – Members of the Cass County Board of Supervisors will hold their regular weekly meeting 9-a.m. Tuesday, in their courthouse Boardroom. The session will begin with a canvass of the Nov. 2, 2021 City/School Election. Cass County Auditor Dale Sunderman notes “When a jurisdiction is in more than one county, a second canvass will be conducted in the ‘control’ county on Nov. 15th or 16th, to combine the results with those from other counties.”

The Supervisors are also set to receive the Cass County Library Association’s (CCLA) Annual Report, followed by a report from Cass County Veteran’s Affairs Executive Director Mitch Holmes, covering the quarter ending 9-30-2021.

Afterward, Cass County Engineer Trent Wolken is expected to give his regular weekly Secondary Roads Dept. update. The Board may then act on approving a job classification change for a Secondary Roads employee (from Operator 1 to Operator 3), and, in a separate matter, act on a Resolution providing for the amendment of the Articles of Agreement which formed the Workforce Development Chief Elected Officials (CEO) consortium.

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(Griswold) The Griswold Community School District’s annual Veterans Day Appreciation Program will take place 7-p.m. Thursday, Nov. 11^th, in the Griswold Middle School/High School Auditorium. Guest speaker for the event is United States Navy Commander Senior Chief Yeoman, Philip Demson.

Chief Demson is a native of Omaha currently serving as the Flag Writer for the U.S. Strategic Command. He recently assumed the duties as the Navy Element’s Collateral Duty Command senior chief. The Chief has over 20-years of military experience and several awards, including the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal and various unit and campaign awards.

In this Naval Oceanography Facebook post from Feb., 2012, Master Chief Aerographer’s Mate Keith Edwards, command master chief, Commander Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command, pins the Enlisted Information Dominance Warfare pin on Yeoman Philip Demson, flag writer, Commander Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command Feb. 3rd, Stennis Space Center, Miss. U.S. Navy photo by Kelly LeGuillon

The Griswold School District is preparing to send cards to persons currently serving in the military. You may submit the names of servicemen and women to Hannah Biebaum at 712-778-2152 or hbierbaum@griswoldschools.org.

(Des Moines, IA) — A two-time former director of the Iowa Department of Human Services has died. Charles Palmer’s death was announced Sunday. Former Governor Terry Branstad named Palmer the director of DHS twice.  The first was in 1989 when he served as director of DHS until 1999, and again in 2011. Before serving as director, Palmer was the Department’s administrator of the Division of Mental Health.  He retired from the Department in 2017.

Current D-H-S Director Kelly Garcia remembered him as “a great public servant, leader, and friend.” Garcia said also, “I’m grateful and thankful for his kind words of encouragement and partnership over the past two years, I was fortunate to have known him. He had a tremendous passion for those we serve and for supporting the team at DHS. His work and passion continued up to his passing. He will be deeply missed.”

(Radio Iowa) – A series of classes are underway in northeast Iowa that focus on Chronic Wasting Disease in deer. Iowa State University wildlife specialist, Adam Janke is leading the program called C-W-D Ambassadors  “What we hope with C-W-D Ambassadors is that we will train up some people who are connected in their communities as hunters or landowners or community leaders to sort of understand the complex science of chronic wasting disease,” he says. Janke says the ambassadors can share their knowledge once they finish the program. He says they can help wildlife biologists with the D-N-R and I-S-U Extension to spread the word of how they are managing the disease and some of the key behaviors to keep it from spreading.

C-W-D is always fatal to deer and has been found in ten of Iowa’s 99 counties. Janke says they hope to keep the spread limited. “By doing things like avoiding conditions that concentrate deer. Like mineral supplements or artificial feeding that concentrate deer in certain places, and that creates conditions favorable for spreading chronic wasting disease,” Janke explained.  He says they will also learn the importance of identifying deer who might be infected. “Many deer with chronic wasting disease could be asymptomatic. And so it isn’t necessarily that we are looking for sick deer,” Janke says. “And if we do see sick deer on the landscape — we want to report those to conservation officers, or wildlife biologists.”

Several border states around Iowa have seen more C-W-D cases in more of their counties. “I don’t know that it necessarily has spread faster in some of those border states. But what we see there is it has actually been in that landscape longer,” he says. Janke the outbreaks in other states have helped Iowa do a better job of managing the disease. “Because we get to learn frankly from some of the mistakes that were made in some of those other states. And we know a lot more about this disease now — and we think we can be a little more proactive and precise in our management practices,” Janke says.

The C-W-D Ambassador training is starting in northeast Iowa because those are the counties where the state has seen the positive C-W-D cases. The classes are taking place in Waukon throughout this month.