The man who being labeled as an American hero for stopping a flag-burning in Iowa City says he’s no hero. A video Cedar Rapids Fed Ex driver Mathew Uhrin stopping a group of protesters from burning American flags on the pedestrian mall in Iowa City says has gone viral. He tells K-C-R-G T-V in an interview that he was just acting on instinct. “I don’t feel like I deserve the praise I never wanted it, just it’s humbling you know it just it is,” Uhrin said.

Uhrin served in the Army for eight years and said as a veteran he felt he had to act to stop the flag from being burned. “It really hurts when you see it disgraced and I think that’s why everyone loves it the way that they do and that’s why I love it,” Uhrin said.

The video of him stopping the flag burning last Thursday has been shared thousands of times– and had nearly eight million views on social media. People across the country are now calling Matt an American hero– using the hashtag Fed Ex Guy (#FedExGuy) and posting memes. Matt’s favorite is one where he’s been photo-shopped into a Call of Duty video game poster. Though Matt stood up for the flag in this viral video– He says he isn’t a hero. That title should be reserved for those who died for their country.

“Each person has their own reason why they signed the dotted line and the ones whot are really the heroes are the ones that were injured, maimed, killed, or the ones that never got to see home again — they’re the heroes,” Uhrin said.

He told K-C-R-G his phone hasn’t stopped ringing from people all over the place wanting to thank him, but he wants to make sure people know he’s not asking for any donations. “I want people to realize I don’t have a Twitter I’m not going to be asking people for stuff, if you want to buy me a meal, If you want to buy me a beer if you want to send me gift cards or something I would rather you guys take that money and there’s a plethora list of veteran charities that are so in need of money,” Uhrin said.

Fedex announced in a tweet Saturday morning that Uhrin will be keeping his job at the company. He says he would do the same thing again “in a heartbeat.”

(KCRG via Radio Iowa)

The Adair County Sheriff’s Office says a Greenfield man was arrested Saturday night for knowingly passing a fake $20 bill to purchase two packs of cigarettes from the Greenfield Dollar General Store. 21-year old Zachary Trenton Holder was arrested for Forgery, a Class-D Felony. Holder was being held on $5,000 bond in the Adair County Jail.

And, a Greenfield man was arrested last Wednesday for Possession of Marijuana. 24-year old Joshua Awstin Curry was later released on his Own Recognizance, after marijuana was found on his person and in his bedroom.

The Adair County Sheriff’s Office says 37-year old Jason Bruce King, of Stuart, was arrested Jan. 23rd on an Adair County warrant for Probation Violation. King was being held without bond in the Adair County Jail.  25-year old Shelby Lynn Weis, of Creston, was arrested in Bridgewater on Jan. 24th, for Driving Under Suspension. She was cited and then released from custody at the scene.

On Jan. 24th, 25-year old Zaneta Janen Taylor, of Des Moines, was arrested on Interstate 80 in Adair County following a traffic stop for speeding. An Iowa State Patrol Trooper noticed the smell of marijuana as he approached Taylor’s vehicle. After a search warrant was obtained, inside the vehicle, authorities found two plastic bags and a jar containing a green leafy substance. Taylor admitted the weed was hers. She was later released on $1,000 bond.

And, 44-year old Christopher Scott Partlow, of Menlo, was arrested Friday morning by the Iowa State Patrol, following a traffic stop on Highway 25 near 190th Street, in Adair County. Partlow was charged with Driving While License Revoked or OWI test failure. He was later released from the Adair County Jail on $1,000 bond.

Page County Sheriff’s Deputies assisted Clarinda Police, Saturday, in locating a man wanted in connection with an alleged incident of Domestic Abuse Assault in Clarinda. Deputies located 26-year old Justin Leo Powers, of rural Clarinda, at his residence and took him into custody. Powers was transported to the Page County Jail where he was held without bond on the Domestic Abuse Assault charge, pending appearance by a Magistrate.

Justin Leo Powers

A traffic stop early Sunday morning in Pottawattamie County resulted in the arrest of a Crawford County woman on drug and other charges. Sheriff’s officials say a Deputy on routine patrol noticed a vehicle with no license plate lamp traveling on Railroad Highway at around 2:10-a.m.  An investigation following the traffic stop resulted in 27-year old Karen Y. Melara, of Denison, being taken into custody for Driving While Barred, Possession of a Controlled Substance (4.1 grams of marijuana) and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia (a Meth pipe).

Also arrested Sunday, was 61-year old Douglas Edward Leaders, of Hancock. He was charged with OWI/2nd offense, 1st Degree Harassment and Simple Domestic Assault, following an incident involving his wife at around 4:10-a.m. at a home located in the 35-thousand block of Pinoak Road. The call was originally dispatched as an “Armed subject” call. Leaders was said to have suffered minor injuries during the incident.

And, a Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Deputy arrested 32-year old Cassandra Lynn Johannes, of Carson, Friday afternoon at Jennie Edmundson Hospital, in-part, for an incident that took place 11-a.m. Sunday, Jan. 22nd, at the Carson United Methodist Church.

Johannes was arrested on a warrant for Probation Violation, and a charge of Harassment in the 3rd Degree, for the incident that occurred Jan. 22nd. She was being held at Jennie Ed for the Harassment charge resulting from a Welfare Check at the church.

The Union County Sheriff’s Office says excessive speed was partially to blame for a non-injury accident late Friday night. 18-year old Kolten Phelps, of Creston, was traveling west on Four Mile Creek Drive at around 11:10-p.m., and failed to slow down for the posted sharp curve ahead in the road. Phelps told authorities when he swerved to miss a deer on the road, the 2007 Ford pickup he was driving left the road and ended up in the west ditch before hitting a tree and a fence. Damage from accident amounted to $10,500.

A traffic stop for speeding this (Monday) morning in Adams County resulted in a man from Villisca being arrested. The Adams County Sheriff’s Office says 30-year old Justin Donscheski was pulled over for speeding at around 6:20-a.m. He was found to have had a barred Iowa driver’s license, and was taken into custody for Driving While Barred. His bond was set at $2,000.

(8-a.m. News)

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Police in Creston say a man from Adair County was arrested at around 1:15-a.m. Sunday, for OWI/1st offense and Possession of a Controlled Substance/2nd offense. 26-year old Dakota Gaulden, of Orient, was later released from the Union County Jail on a $1,000 bond.

Also arrested early Sunday morning, was 32-year old Paul Daniels, of Creston. Daniels was charged with Public Intoxication/2nd offense. He was later released on $1,000 bond, also.

One person was arrested in Creston last Friday. At around 11:30-p.m., 31-year old Tashina Martwick, of Creston, was arrested for Domestic Abuse/Simple Assault. She was later released on a Promise to Appear in court.

And, a Creston resident reported to Police early Friday morning, that sometime between midnight and 2:30-a.m., Friday, someone stole cash from a vehicle parked at her residence. The loss was estimated at $140.

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The Cass County Board of Supervisors will hold their regular weekly meeting on Tuesday, this week, instead of Wednesday, because it is the end of the month. During the meeting, a Public Hearing will be held beginning at 8:30-a.m., on a Development Agreement with Elite Octane, LLC, authorizing Tax Increment Payments, and Pledging Certain Tax Increment Revenues to the Payment of the Agreement. The hearing will be followed by action on a Resolution approving the Development Agreement.

Under the Development Agreement the County would provide financial incentives to the Company in the form of incremental property tax payments in an amount not to exceed $8.5-million. The Agreement to make incremental property tax payments will not be a general obligation of the County, but will be payable solely and only from incremental property tax revenues generated within the 2017 Cass County Agribusiness Urban Renewal Area.