(A-P) – Authorities say a Missouri woman died after she was ejected from a golf cart, The Missouri State Highway Patrol said 75-year-old Donna Young of Hollister, MO., was a passenger in an EZ Go Golf Cart that was traveling three miles south of Hollister on Saturday, The Springfield News-Leader reported that the driver lost control of the golf cart, it overturned and all passengers were ejected. Young was declared dead at a hospital in Springfield.

The driver, 58-year-old Carol Rhodes of Des Moines, Iowa, and a 68-year-old passenger, Sandra Harris of Grimes, Iowa, were both transported to the hospital with serious injuries.

ALTOONA, Iowa  — Altoona police, Monday morning, shot and killed a middle-aged white male, who they say was armed with a weapon outside a motel. According to a Press Release from the Altoona Police Department, officers responded at around 8:33-a.m., to a report of a suspicious person with a weapon was at the Motel 6.

Altoona police Sgt. Alyssa Wilson said in the announcement, officers arrived on-scene and located 51-year-old Jeffrey Meyer, of Des Moines outside the motel, with a gun in his hand. Authorities began to negotiate with the subject, but their attempts were unsuccessful. At around 9:08-a.m., Officers reported “Shots fired.” Meyer died at the scene.

No police officers were injured. The names of the Officers and suspect were not immediately released. The incident remains under investigation by the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI). Other agencies responding to the scene during the incident, include: Officers with the Iowa Department of Public Safety; Mitchellville and Pleasant Hill Police Departments, and Iowa State Fair Police.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Hundreds of students from the Des Moines Public Schools and the Ames Community School District marched to the governor’s mansion Monday to protest the decision to suspend sports and start the school year online. The “Student March for Fairness” comes after the Iowa High School Athletic Association told the schools last week that all in-person activities and sports will be suspended starting Tuesday. The students say they want fairness and equity to compete in fall and winter activities.

(Radio Iowa) – Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate estimates the governor’s order on felon voting rights may impact about 35-thousand Iowans. Pate says the Department of Corrections has given his office a list of Iowans with felony convictions who are covered by the governor’s order and can become a registered voter.

However, the updated list Pate’s office will provide the 99 county auditors will NOT include a last known address.

Earlier estimates suggested as many as 60-thousand Iowans could be enfranchised by Governor Reynolds’ action, but Pate says it appears many paroled felons aready became eligible to vote between 2005 and 2010. That’s when Governor Tom Vilsack and then Governor Chet Culver had an executive order in place that automatically restored voting rights upon completion of a felon’s sentence. The two MILLION absentee ballot request forms Pate’s office sent active Iowa voters started showing up in mailboxes on Saturday.

A voter may check online to see when their county auditor RECEIVED the request FORM, when the auditor MAILS the voter a BALLOT and when the auditor gets that ballot in his or her office.

The secretary of state’s website is S-O-S dot iowa dot gov.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — As demand continues to surge at food banks, the federal government is preparing to spend another $1.5 billion on a program that has provided a key source of fresh food to charities this summer as they work to feed the hungry. Despite initial criticism about some distributors chosen for the program and a few logistical headaches, food banks have praised it for helping provide high quality produce, meat and dairy products to millions of Americans who abruptly lost their jobs during the coronavirus pandemic. But food bank officials say the government could help more by expanding the food stamp program, known as SNAP, which reaches far more people.

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(Radio Iowa) – Many Iowa students are already back in school or they will be soon, though for hundreds, returning to class means distance learning via computer. Bao Vang, a spokeswoman for the Better Business Bureau, offers a few safety tips for Iowa parents — and for students — to keep in mind when they’re working online, whether it’s from a laptop, a tablet or a cell phone.  “You just never know who you’re talking with or communicating with,” Vang says. “As parents, know what your child is doing online and keep track of social media sites and accounts to which they have access.”

Vang recommends parents use parental controls on those electronic devices, if necessary, especially for younger children.  “Don’t share your location,” she says. “There’s a lot of apps out there that automatically track your location when you sign up or tell them your zip code, but you can always disable that in your settings.”

The B-B-B says kids should also be reminded not to click on spam or junk mail.

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Patrons of the IKM-Manning School District will head to the polls Tuesday, Sept. 8th, to cast their ballot that will determine the fate of a $19.2-million dollar bond issue to “provide funds to renovate, remodel, repair, improve, furnish and equip” district facilities, including HVAC, safety and security improvements, AND to construct, furnish and equip an addition to the Manning School Building, and to improve the site.

The addition would create a K-12 center, in Manning. School officials say one factor voters may consider, is a drop in interest rates due to the pandemic, that helps the district secure $3.2 million of the project cost without taxing. In addition to the renovation of the elementary section, built in 1958, the bond will also help pay for upgrades in the next few years to the high school, which was added in the 1970s. The District has said the approximate overall tax rate impact for the District, is $2.00 per $1,000 taxable valuation, or an additional $100.45 per year on residential property valued at $100,000, and $180 for Commercial property with the same valuation.

If the referendum fails to garner enough votes to pass, a new vote may be scheduled for a year from Tuesday. In the mean time, the IKM-Manning Board will have to make some tough decisions on budgeting for the needs of both the Manning and Irwin school sites. The polls are open from 7-a.m. until 8-p.m., Tuesday. Polling sites are as follows:

• SHELBY & AUDUBON COUNTY voters: The Irwin Community Building (404 Ann St., Irwin)
• CARROLL COUNTY voters: Sacred Heart Church Hall (203 Sue St., Manning).
• CRAWFORD COUNTY voters: The Manilla Fire Station (553 Main St., Manilla).