(Guthrie Center, Iowa) – The Board of Supervisors in Guthrie County are set to meet in a regular session beginning at 9-a.m., on Tuesday, Oct. 7th, in their Guthrie County Courthouse Board Room. On their agenda is discussion with County Attorney Dana Minteer, with regard to the County’s “Resistance to the Summit Carbon Solutions Transport LLC, Motion for Consideration.” Background: Residents in Guthrie County and other areas have expressed significant opposition to the pipeline, with some forming community groups to block its passage through their properties.  A central point of contention is Summit’s use of eminent domain to secure land for the private pipeline, with many Iowans and their representatives seeking to restrict this power.  The Guthrie County Supervisors have engaged in discussions regarding the pipeline, considering resolutions to object to the IUB’s power to grant eminent domain in such cases.

The Board will also hear from Human Resources Director Jamie Lindsay, with regard to the Effective Date of County Health Insurance. And, Guthrie County Engineer Josh Sebern will talk about Department Pay Structure.

In other business the Supervisors in Guthrie County will act on calling for a Special Election on Dec. 9th, with regard to Diamondhead Lake and Lake Panorama Rural Improvement Zones.

(Area News) – Multiple area fire departments in southwest/western Iowa were kept busy battling both combine and field fires, Saturday. At least two combines caught fire in Cass County. One was in the area of 740th and Boston Road, and was contained by crews from Anita, Wiota, Adair and Exira.

Emergency personnel responded to a field/ crop fire north of Clarinda on M-63.

Photo via Red Oak Fire Chief John Bruce

At around 4-p.m., Saturday, firefighters from New Market, Clarinda, Bedford and Villisca worked a large field fire north of New Market, in Taylor County, near 200th/ Badger Avenue. Local farmers also provided their tractors and disk implements to help stop the spread of the fire.

Another fire was reported in Mills County. No one was said to have been injured during any of those and other incidents in southwest Iowa.

Dry field conditions (low humidity and high winds) again today (Sunday) prompted the National Weather Service to issue an ELEVATED FIRE DANGER Special Weather Statement through at least 4-p.m.

BETTENDORF, Iowa (KWQC) – A man has been charged after police say he ran naked up and down a hotel hallway while high on cocaine and caused more than $25,000 in damages. A police affidavit says 46-year-old Gary Stanley got high on cocaine and stripped naked before running around the second floor of the Courtyard by Marriott in Bettendorf. Police said Stanley set off the fire alarm, forcing an evacuation, and sprayed two fire extinguishers throughout the floor, which caused an estimated $25,000 in damaged. Officials say an officer was injured while trying to place Stanley under arrest.

Gary Stanley

Officers later put Stanley in full-body restraints because he was kicking the back windows of the squad car. A small plastic bag of cocaine was found in Stanley’s sock, according to the arrest affidavit. Stanley is charged with criminal mischief, disorderly conduct, and interference with official acts causing injury. He is in the Scott County Jail on a $15,000 cash-only bond.

A preliminary hearing is scheduled for 10 a.m. on Oct. 10.

(Toldeo, Iowa) – The Tama County Sheriff’s Office is investigating two asphalt crew scams, including one that led to a homeowner’s injury. The Tama County Sheriff’s Office issued a warning on social media to residents about a fraudulent scam involving asphalt crews. The sheriff’s office responded to two incidents in the past day.

A homeowner was injured when they confronted the individuals who then ran away. The sheriff’s office stated in a Facebook post, “We respect the many legitimate asphalt companies that serve our area. This message is not about them. It is about protecting residents from individuals who mislead, overcharge, or cause harm. If someone offers you asphalt work, call the Sheriff’s Office before agreeing to anything. If you have already been approached, let us know. Please share this post so others in our community are aware. The faster this information spreads, the less chance these crews have to take advantage of anyone else. The sooner we can identify who is legitimate and who is not the clearer it will be which businesses are doing honest work.”

If anyone has information regarding this scam, contact the Tama County Sheriff’s Office.

(Update/Radio Iowa) – A police chase in northeast Iowa ended in a head-on crash that injured an Iowa State Patrolman and a 24-year-old driver. According to Iowa State Patrol’s accident report, 24-year-old Cory Devries, of Grundy Center, was being chased by law enforcement and driving the wrong way on Highway 63 near Hudson when he crashed head-on into an Iowa State Patrol S-U-V that had its emergency lights flashing.

45-year-old Joshua Meggers of Grundy Center was the officer behind the wheel. Meggers is also a state legislator. Meggers was taken by ambulance to a hospital in Waterloo. Devries, the other driver, was in a 2007 Chevy sedan and was flown to Iowa City for treatment of serious injuries.

(Radio Iowa) – First District Republican Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks says Senate Democrats are to blame for the federal government shutting down. Miller-Meeks says proposals from Democrats to continue enhanced premiums under the Affordable Care Act would be a bailout for insurance companies.  “I think it’s interesting that, on one hand, the Democrats said that we gave tax cuts to the rich in the Working Families Tax Cuts, which, most of the cuts go to lower and middle-income people, but yet here, they’re directly trying to extend a tax cut to higher income individuals,” she says.

She says Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries refused to vote for a continuing resolution because they are facing pressure from members of their party. “Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jefferies refused to support it because the radical left wing of their party, like AOC, threatened them. Schumer is more afraid of being primaried by his own left flank than he is of real consequences that his constituents and all Americans are facing,” she says.

The Kaiser Family Foundation says Marketplace premium payments could, on average, more than double after the enhanced premium tax credits expire at the end of the year.

(Rock Rapids, Iowa) – The driver of a pickup truck died Friday afternoon, after his vehicle was struck by a semi about three-miles east of Rock Rapids, in Lyon County.

The Iowa State Patrol reports 64-year-old Steven Cuperus, of George (IA), was traveling east on Highway 9 at around 2:25-p.m., when his pickup was struck by the semi, which was traveling south on Indian Avenue.

Cuperus died at the scene of the crash. The driver of the semi, 28-year-old Matthew Wieber, of Benson, MN, was injured, and transported to a local hospital by ambulance.

The accident remained under investigation.

AVOCA – A man who has served as the City Administrator in Avoca for the past two-years, is leaving to accept a similar position in northeast Iowa’s Charles City. Tyler Trout announced his departure this past week. His last day in Avoca is Wednesday, Nov. 19.

Trout was hired in July 2023 to serve the Avoca community. In a news release, he was hired to “serve with dedication and vision, playing a key role in guiding city operations, strengthening community partnerships, and advancing projects that have contributed to Avoca’s continued growth and vitality.”

Mayor Tom Bruck noted that Trout was a tremendous leader for the community. During his tenure, Trout played a role in a number of transformative initiatives, including the development of a comprehensive 30-year capital improvement plan, the construction of a new public safety station and the renovation of the Avoca Veterans’ Community Center.

He also advanced innovation in code enforcement through the implementation of cutting-edge acoustic camera technology to address the city’s compression engine break ordinance.

The Avoca City Council is starting the transition process immediately, and an interim may be appointed to serve during the search for Trout’s successor.

(Radio Iowa) – Democrat Julie Stauch — who’s running for governor — says the Trump Administration’s immigration crackdown is not providing people with due process rights. “People who violate immigration rules should be penalized for that, but the process — hauling people away to another place — that part of it is just out of control,” Stauch said. “There’s a big shift in what ICE has historically been.” A week ago, soon after the arrest of now-former Des Moines Superintendent Ian Roberts, Staunch said many ICE agents do not have proper law enforcement training and do not belong in this state. And Stauch called on Republican Governor Kim Reynolds to resign for allowing ICE to operate here.

Stauch says she did not know at the time that a deportation order had been issued for Roberts — but Stauch says she stands by those sentiments. “My rationale in that was both my frustration in both the lack of due process occurring with ICE and the fact that she has agreed to have Iowa National Guardsmen and women participating in this,” Staunch said. “It is not how these things should be done.” Stauch says she’s particularly concerned about last week’s ICE arrest in an Iowa City grocery store. ICE says the 27-year-old man was under investigation for fraud. Stauch says federal agents can act if they have a warrant issued by a judge.”They’re just showing up and taking people,” Stauch said. “What we saw in Iowa City…there was just a guy showing up to work in a grocery store and being accosted there…This is not how ICE previously worked in this state.”

Stauch made her comments during taping of the “Iowa Press” program that airs tonight (Friday) on Iowa P-B-S. Jorge Gonzalez is the man arrested in Iowa City. An immigration advocacy group says Gonzalez and his wife left Columbia and moved to Iowa City last November to seek asylum in the U.S. Gonzalez was reportedly wearing an ankle monitor issued by ICE and had been living in the Catholic Worker House in Iowa City with his wife and baby.