ANKENY, IA. (August 28, 2019) – Casey’s General Stores is introducing its new Midwest Mystery Pizza which will be available to order on September 1. As the name implies, the new specialty pizza features a tasty combination of Midwest-inspired ingredients including pulled pork, bacon, Sweet Baby Ray’s® BBQ sauce, and fire-roasted corn.

Midwest Mystery Pizza

Earlier in August, Casey’s launched a social media campaign asking fans to guess what ingredients might be on the new Midwest Mystery pie to which there were hundreds of guesses. Additionally, because Midwest Mystery is only a temporary name, starting September 1, fans will be able to enter the Name-Our-Pizza contest – whoever suggests the winning name will receive free Casey’s pizza for a year.

The Name-Our-Pizza Contest will start on September 1 and end on September 14. Entrants will submit their name suggestion via caseys.com. From those, three names will be selected and then put out for the public to vote September 16-22. The winning name will be announced on September 28.

(Press Release)

A 21-year old female was complaining of minor injuries following a two-vehicle accident at around 11:25-a.m. today (Wednesday), in Atlantic. The collision happened at west 6th and Cedar Streets. Authorities say a passenger car was traveling east on W. 6th Street and approaching Cedar, when an SUV traveling in the 500 block of Cedar pulled out and struck the front of the car.

The car was occupied by three people, one of whom was transported to the Cass County Memorial Hospital. No other injuries were reported.

The Union County Sheriff’s Office reports 36-year old Luke Allan Mullen, of Carbon, was arrested at around 9:30-a.m. Tuesday, on two Union County warrants for failure to appear. Mullen was being held in the Union County Jail on $1,300 bond.

And, a Lorimor woman reported Tuesday night, that sometime that afternoon, someone entered her 1999 Mercury Mystique while it was parked at her residence. A radio/cd player and a pair of girls Nike black shoes were taken from the vehicle. The loss was estimated at $175.

The body of a boater missing since late Monday afternoon in Fremont County was located this (Wednesday) morning. According to reports, the body was discovered at around 10-a.m. The victim’s name has not yet been released. The man’s unoccupied boat had been found Monday about one-mile down stream from the West Nishnabotna river’s Goldenrod Boat Access, east of Hamburg.

Crews had searched the river through late Monday night and all day Tuesday, before resuming their search this morning. Additional information concerning the location of the body was not immediately released.

The City of Atlantic will be checking trees to see if they need trimmed. Officials say those that need to trim their trees over sidewalks, street, & allies will be notified by mail via a post card will be given 7 days to correct the issue by trimming their trees above 7 feet over sidewalks & 14 feet over streets & allies. Please make sure your trees are in compliance with the ordinance.

Below you will find City Code of Ordinance 151.05 DUTY TO TRIM TREES….

151.05 DUTY TO TRIM TREES. The owner or agent of the abutting property shall keep the trees on, or overhanging the street, trimmed so that all branches will be at least fourteen (14) feet above the surface of the street and seven (7) feet above the sidewalks. If the abutting property owner fails to trim the trees, the City may serve notice on the abutting property owner requiring that such action be taken within five (5) days. If such action is not taken within that time, the City may perform the required action and assess the costs against the abutting property for collection in the same manner as a property tax.

MUSKEGON, Mich. (AP) — A 61-year-old man has been charged in the theft of artifacts from a western Michigan museum that’s housed on a World War II-era warship.
Muskegon County Prosecutor D.J. Hilson says John Anthony Zaputil is named in a warrant this week charging him with larceny. Hilson said Zaputil is from Iowa, but had been staying at a Muskegon-area hotel in recent months.

Zaputil declined to comment, citing the advice of an attorney. The Muskegon Chronicle reports Zaputil is a licensed osteopathic physician in Michigan. Police have said about a dozen items were taken Aug. 3 from the USS LST 393 Veterans Museum in Muskegon, including medals, a shoulder patch and lapel pins. Hilson says they weren’t immediately recovered. WOOD-TV reports a surveillance photo helped lead investigators to Zaputil.

DES MOINES – The Iowa Finance Authority today announced the availability of new economic and housing data and forecasts. The information is available on the Iowa Profile, a centralized and interactive collection of demographic, economic and housing data. The Profile was commissioned by the Iowa Finance Authority and developed by Western Economic Services, LLC. Iowa Finance Authority Executive Director Debi Durham, says “The Iowa Profile will help to facilitate informed discussion about housing demand at both the local and statewide level. This invaluable resource will also enhance planning capacity and will provide an additional tool to assist local governments in their ongoing housing needs assessments at no cost to them.”

The Iowa Profile provides interactive and downloadable data on a statewide and county-level basis as well as for Iowa’s largest 28 cities, Councils of Government and Local Housing Trust Fund regions and offers the ability to create fully customizable regions.

Statewide Report Highlights:

• The state’s homeownership rate was 68.9 percent in 2018, which ranks Iowa 20^th in the nation and is higher than the national average of 64.4 percent. This rate has followed national trends and has declined since 2000 when it peaked at 75.2 percent.
• The most common housing problem for Iowans is being housing cost-burdened, with 23.4 percent of Iowa households falling into this category by having housing costs exceed 30 percent of their income. Renters were the most likely to be cost burdened, with 40 percent of renters in 2017 experiencing cost burdens.
• Overall Iowa households are projected to reach 1,381,133 by 2050, of which 165,041 are expected to have incomes between 0 and 30 percent of the Median Family Income.
• According to the 2017 survey of rental properties, which covered 80,592 units across the state, the statewide vacancy rate was five percent. The most common rent was between $500-$750.

The Iowa Profile is available at IowaFinanceAuthority.gov or directly at: Westernes.com/Iowa.

(Radio Iowa) — While there’s much buzz about the Farmers’ Almanac forecast which predicts Iowa’s winter ahead will be colder and snowier than normal, not everyone is convinced. Meteorologist Brooke Hagenhoff, in the National Weather Service’s Johnston office, says for starters, there’s no solid indication that temperatures will be exceptionally frigid. “We’re looking at, for the state of Iowa, equal chances for above- or below-normal temperatures,” Hagenhoff says. “Right now, there’s no real signal that says either way, so it’s looking like we may have an average winter, as far as our temperatures go.”

While the Farmers’ Almanac predicts heavy snow for Iowa and the region, especially in late January, Hagenhoff says National Weather Service forecast models don’t show anything significant ahead. “There is a slight signal that we may see a little more precipitation than normal but again, that’s a really slight signal, nothing really firm with that,” Hagenhoff says. “Long-term forecasts can be tough because they’re so far in advance and there are so many large-scale patterns that can influence it.”

While the National Weather Service uses a series of computer models for its long-range forecasts, the Farmers’ Almanac relies on a formula created in 1818 based on things like tides, sunspots and the position of the planets. Still, Almanac officials say they’re accurate 80 to 85-percent of the time.

The Mills County Sheriff’s Office has issued a report detailing 16 arrests. On Tuesday, 32-year old Danielle Jean Frazier, of Glenwood, was arrested at the Mills County Sheriff’s Office, on a warrant for Domestic Abuse Assault, and False report to a Public Entity. 18-year old Mariah Marie Pierson, of Council Bluffs, was arrested at the Pottawattamie County Jail on a Mills County warrant for Probation Violation. And, 29-year old Austin David Lundy, of Glenwood, was arrested at the Douglas County, Nebraska Jail, also on a warrant for Violation of Probation.

On Monday, 41-year old James Allen Stanley, of Council Bluffs, was arrested at the Mills County Jail, on an Assault charge. 34-year old Kenneth Ray Jewett, of Omaha, was arrested at the Pott. County Jail on a warrant for OWI/1st offense. Sunday, Mills County Deputies arrested 27-year old Erin Elaine Parsley, of Sioux City, (IA) for Driving While Revoked, and on a Woodbury County warrant for OWI/1st offense, and Assault. 48-year old Eric John Neater, of Lincoln, NE., was arrested Sunday for Possession of a Controlled Substance, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, Fraudulent use of Registration, Operating a non-registered vehicle, Failure to provide proof of insurance, and for having no valid driver’s license.

Also arrested Sunday, was 29-year old Nicholas James Bonacci, of Omaha, on two counts of Possession of a Controlled Substance, and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. 37-year old Kathy Kayleen Zimmerman, of Carter Lake, was arrested at the same scene, for Possession of a Controlled Substance, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. And, 24-year old Harold Arthur Hart, of Shenandoah, was arrested on a warrant for Theft in the 5th Degree.

Last Saturday, 34-year old Brenton Charles Gordon, of Council Bluffs, was arrested at the Mills County Sheriff’s Office, on a warrant for Criminal Mischief in the 2nd Degree. 48-year old Robert Hugh Lacoco, of Fairfield, was arrested on a Jefferson County warrant for two counts of Probation Violation. 40-year old Clarissa Elizabeth Woodbury, of Council Bluffs, was arrested for Driving Under Suspension. And, 33-year old Joshua John Bilek, of Omaha, was arrested for OWI/1st offense and Failure to maintain control.

Last Friday, 34-year old Jessica Jo Clymer, of Council Bluffs, was arrested in Mills County for Driving Under Suspension. And, 40-year old Kerri Anne Thomas, of Glenwood, was arrested on a warrant for Violation of Probation.

More State and area news from KJAN News Director Ric Hanson.

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