(Sidney, Iowa) – Fremont County Sheriff Kevin Aistrope, today (Saturday) reported the arrest on Friday, June 20th, of 35-year-old Kameron Davis Boyer, of Anderson (IA). Boyer faces charges that include:

• 1 Class-C Felony count of Sexual Abuse in the 3rd degree, of a child victim related by blood, and,
• 1 Class-D Felony count of Incest.

Authorities allege  Boyer committed a sexual assault against a child, related by blood, at a residence in Anderson in the fall of 2023. He was being held in the Fremont County Jail on a $15,000 cash only bond.

Kameron Boyer (Fremont Co. S/O booking photo)

It should be noted that a criminal charge is merely an accusation, and the defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty.

WILLIAMSBURG, Iowa (KCRG) – One person is dead and another is seriously injured after a shooting in rural Williamsburg.  The Iowa County Sheriff’s office said they received reports of a shooting at the Interstate 80 westbound on-ramp of exit 225 around 9:00 pm Friday.

As a result of the shooting, authorities said one person died and another has serious gunshot injuries. Officials said more details on the shooting and names of the victims will be released on Monday, June 23rd.

(Iowa Capital Dispatch) – Central Iowa Water Works (CIWW) officials, Friday, confirmed water coming out of the system’s treatment plants continues to meet federal safe drinking water standards.  The regional water production authority said the lawn-watering ban has been effective at reducing load and allowing treatment facilities to keep the drinking water nitrate levels below the federal limit, despite near historic levels in source water.

At a press conference Friday, CIWW executive director Tami Madsen said “We don’t anticipate that there’s going to be any concern with our water not meeting safe drinking water standards because of the hard work that everyone is doing with the lawn watering ban.”

Tami Madsen, Central Iowa Water Works’ executive director speaks with reporters outside of Saylorville Water Treatment Plant June 20, 2025. (Photo by Cami Koons/Iowa Capital Dispatch

CIWW issued a lawn watering ban on June 12th due to exceptionally high levels of nitrate which can cause problems like blue-baby syndrome or other adverse health effects when consumed in high concentrations.

Rumors circulated on social media Thursday that CIWW was expecting nitrate concentrations in output water to exceed the federal safety standards, but Madsen shut down the rumors and said CIWW has “no concerns” of that happening, because the lawn watering ban has been so effective.

Madsen said while CIWW does not expect its output to exceed the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s drinking water standard, which for nitrates has a maximum of 10 milligrams per liter, but if it did CIWW would communicate with the public.

Des Moines Water Works’ Fleur Drive plant and the Saylorville Water Treatment plant have the capacity to remove nitrates from the water. CIWW has plans to expand treatment capacity by 25% in the coming years, which would help to reduce future lawn watering bans.

(Boone, Iowa) – Sheriff’s officials in Greene County said Friday, a woman died after being pinned under a lawnmower in a creek, Thursday afternoon. The victim was identified as 51-year-old Heather Lansman, of Rippey.

Authorities report that at around 3:30-p.m., Thursday, rescue crews responded the call about a lawnmower accident in the 2100 block of W Avenue, just south of Rippey. When first responders arrived at the scene, they found a woman pinned under a riding lawnmower in a small creek that was roughly three feet deep. The sheriff’s office said it’s believed the creek bank gave way and the mower rolled, pining the woman under water. She died at the scene.

Grand Junction Fire and Rescue and Greene County Ambulance assisted the sheriff’s office at the scene.

(Des Moines, Iowa) [KCCI – On the first weekend of summer, which will also be the hottest stretch of the year so far, the Iowa DNR suggests avoiding nine beaches where E. coli levels are too high. Swimming is not recommended at the following beach/lakes:

• Backbone Beach
• Beeds Lake Beach
• Black Hawk Beach
• Blue Lake Beach
• Bobwhite State Park
• Emerson Bay Beach
• Nine Eagles Beach
• North Twin Lake West Beach
• Pine Lake South Beach

The DNR conducts weekly tests at more than three dozen state-owned swimming beaches between the week before Memorial Day through Labor Day. You can find more on the DNR’s website.

DES MOINES, Iowa [KCCI] — President Donald Trump will return to Iowa next month to give a speech kicking off Fourth of July festivities, according to an email announcement he made to supporters. KCCi reports Trump will give a speech July 3 at the Iowa State Fairgrounds. The president has made multiple stops at the fair in past years, including as recently as 2023.

While Trump’s speech will take place at the fairgrounds, it will not be during this year’s fair. The fair itself runs from Aug. 7-17. A recent report indicated Trump was eyeing a trip to the Iowa State Fair. Rep. Zach Nunn posted on Facebook saying he had invited Trump to attend the fair, and Trump accepted.

Iowa State Fair CEO Jeremy Parsons said in a statement to KCCI: “We have been contacted by America 250 about a potential event with the President on July 3rd on the Fairgrounds. At this time, no additional details have been confirmed.”

(Anita, Iowa) – The Cass County Master Gardener group is excited to host a walking tour of 3 private gardens in and around Anita this Sunday afternoon June 22. The garden walk will feature three unique garden spaces for participants to explore at their leisure and gain inspiration for their own gardens, while enjoying a variety of garden styles and designs. Gardens will be open for touring and ticket purchases between 2-6 PM on Sunday and may be visited in any order. Water will be available at each location, and many have shaded seating areas as well. Please pace yourself and take precautions with the heat forecast for this weekend.

The walk is coordinated by the Cass County Master Gardeners but is open to anyone interested in gaining some gardening inspiration. Educational materials will also be available at each stop for those wanting to grow their own gardening knowledge. Tickets for the walk are $10 each, with all proceeds going to support local Master Gardener projects and activities. Tickets may be purchased at any of the three locations on the day of the event and should be presented at each location for admission. Locations include 694 Main Street in Anita, 801 Walnut Street in Anita, and 68948 Troublesome Creek Road, Atlantic (just north of Wiota). A map of the tour locations and description of each garden is also on each ticket purchased.

Plan to join the Cass County Master Gardeners this Sunday afternoon, June 22, for a memorable walk in the garden(s)! Two gardens are located in Anita, while one is out in the country north of Wiota. Highlights from featured gardens included sun and shade gardens, container gardens, custom garden art, functional fruit and vegetable gardens, houseplants galore, annual plantings, perennial beds and more! Follow the Cass County Master Gardeners on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/CassCoMG for sneak peeks of featured garden spaces leading up to the day of the tour.

For information about other upcoming Master Gardener activities in Cass County, or to learn about becoming a Master Gardener, visit https://www.extension.iastate.edu/cass/master-gardener-program, call the Cass County Extension Office at 712-243-1132, or email Cass County Extension Director and Master Gardener Coordinator Kate Olson at keolson@iastate.edu. In addition, you are invited to follow the Cass County Master Gardeners at their Facebook page at www.facebook.com/CassCoMG to keep up with local events, garden previews, and tips for gardening throughout the year!

(Radio Iowa)  – The Iowa Right to Life rally and march is this Saturday at the State Capitol. Pulse Life Advocates executive director Maggie DeWitte says they started the event three years ago when the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.

“We felt it was very important that we commemorate and celebrate the fact that federal abortion law. Is no longer in our country and what that did was bring abortion law back to individual states,” she says. DeWitte says many people thought that ruling ended abortion in every state, but she says it only ended abortion in a few states with bills triggered by the ruling.

“Iowa was not one of those states that had a trigger bill,” she says. “And although we do have one of the strictest regulations on abortion with our heartbeat law, we still do have abortion in our state. According to the. vital statistics in Iowa in 2023, we have about 2,771 abortions in our state.” DeWitte says about 70% of the Iowa abortions are drug induced. “That’s really our big threat right now here in Iowa and across the country, is the chemical abortions,” DeWitte says, “and of course, also combating the issue of those drugs coming through the U.S. postal system and being nailed to women. And so it’s a real problem that we also want to highlight at our event as well.”

A photo from a past March for Life rally. (photo from Pulse Life Advocates)

DeWitte says they will have displays and educational information in the rotunda of the Capitol starting at noon, and then there’s a rally at 1 p.m.. One of the featured speakers is the new leader of the National Right to Life organization. “We also have Doctor Pat Castle, who is the founder and President of Life Runners, and he will also be speaking as well as a local individual. Who has a very compelling story about taking the abortion pill reversal after taking the first dosage of the chemical abortion and being able to reverse that and save the life of her child,” she says.

DeWitte says they will march from the capitol and over the Iowa Judicial building and back after the rally. DeWitte says they are hoping to get around 1,000 people to the event.

(Radio Iowa) – A federal judge in Iowa has blocked a rule that would have forced nursing homes to have a registered nurse on site 24 hours a day. Brent Willett is president and CEO of the Iowa Health Care Association, the trade group for Iowa nursing homes.

The rule, advanced during the Biden Administration, also would have required that each nursing home resident get over three-and-a-half hours of direct care from certified nursing assistants each day. Willett says between 90 and 95 percent of Iowa nursing homes would not have met either of those staffing mandates.

Under current federal law, nursing homes must have a registered nurse on duty for eight straight hours.

Iowa and 19 states sued to block the new round-the-clock standard for R-Ns, as well as the mandated daily hours of direct care for nursing home residents. Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird says the regulations would have forced many nursing homes to close and the ruling protects access to long term care, particularly in rural Iowa.

(Radio Iowa) – A federal judge has extended an order that temporarily blocks the U.S. Department of Labor from shutting down about 100 Job Corps training centers for low-income youth, including two Iowa centers. The federal program has provided free education, vocational training and housing to young adults for more than 60 years. Ryan Dunker, a native of Ida Grove, is a student at the Job Corps center in Denison, one of two residential programs in the state. The other location is in Ottumwa.

Dunker recently completed a pharmacy tech program and says he does have some job leads, but he worries about others who would have nowhere to go if the campus closes.

The judge’s extension continues until next Wednesday to allow more time to review the case. The Ottumwa Job Corps Center alone houses 240 students, who were originally told they’d have to move out by June 12th. A Labor Department report found the program to be too costly with low graduation rates. Supporters of Job Corps argue that the study was flawed and does not accurately represent what’s happening in Iowa.