(Radio Iowa) – A man who was found with a gunshot wound Monday morning at a residence in Fort Dodge was able to identify one of the men involved. Minutes later a Deputy spotted the suspect vehicle, the vehicle refused to stop for the officer and ended up crashing after a pursuit. Police then took 29-year-old Tyler S. Rosburg into custody.

Rosburg is charged with first-degree robbery and firearm possession by a felon. The other two suspects have not been identified. The condition of the man who was shot is not known.

Fremont County Sheriff Kevin Aistrope reports the arrest on drug charges Monday night, of 39-year-old Joshua Martin, from Riverton. Martin was arrested following a traffic stop at around 7:52-p.m.  Fremont County Sheriff’s Deputies had stopped a 2005 Cadillac Escalade driven by Martin, in the 2300 block of 250th Street, near Riverton. During the traffic stop, the Fremont County K9 Unit deployed K9 “Danken,” who alerted to the presence of controlled substances in the vehicle. Martin refused to cooperate during the traffic stop, and attempted to flee the scene, however, his vehicle became disabled in the snow a few yards from the traffic stop.

Joshua Martin (Fremont County S/O photo)

Martin was placed under arrest for:

•  Interference with Official Acts, a Simple Misdemeanor
• Possession of Methamphetamine, a Serious Misdemeanor
• Possession of Marijuana, a Serious Misdemeanor
• Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, a Simple Misdemeanor
• Eluding, a Serious Misdemeanor

His bond was set at $3,600.

Two women were recently arrested on separate charges, in Creston. The Creston Police Department reports 39-year-old Mika Luddington, of Creston, was arrested at around 12:10-a.m. today (Tuesday), for OWI/1st offense. She was taken into custody at the Union County Law Enforcement Center and later released on a $1,000 bond. And, Monday afternoon, 44-year old Jodi Troxel, of Fort Dodge, was arrested in Creston for Driving While Revoked. She was released from the Union County LEC on a Promise to Appear (in court).

The Griswold and Lenox Community School District Boards of Education will hold a joint session 6:30-p.m. Wednesday, in the Griswold Elementary School Library. During the joint session, the Boards will discuss an evaluation of Superintendent Dave Henrichs, along with possibly extending both the Shared Superintendent contract between the districts, and an extension of Henrich’s contract, which is set to expire June 30, 2021.

The original agreement began in the 2016-2017 school year when the two districts entered into a three-year Superintendent sharing agreement and a two-year personal contract agreement with Dave Henrichs.

Prior to the joint meeting, at 4:30-p.m., a regular meeting of the Griswold School Board takes place in the Conference Room. The Board will proceed throughout the district’s facility, with the purpose of conducting a facilities assessment.

(Radio Iowa) – Sales of the Powerball and MegaMillions lotto tickets have slowed considerably during the pandemic — but jackpots for both are now above 400 million dollars. Iowa Lottery spokesperson Mary Neubauer says ticket sales for both will likely be up now that they have passed that mark. “It’s only the third time that’s happened — so they’re definitely starting to get some attention. I don’t believe that sales are at the level they would be if this were quote, unquote, a normal time,” according to Neubauer. Winning both would give you a prize of more than 800 million dollars — but Neubauer says that would be a long shot. “Could someone win both? Yes.” Neubauer says. “Is it feasible that that’s going to happen, is it likely? I would say probably not.”

She did some figuring to come up with the odds. “I did it and then had to Google what the heck that number was that I came up with. So, it’s one in 88 quadrillion. That’s 88 with 15 zeros behind it — if that tells you just how long those odds are,” Neubauer says. Those odds don’t change if you buy more than one ticket. She says the odds are the same for every ticket that is purchased, so you have the same chance if you buy one or ten tickets. “And I know sometimes that’s a hard concept for people to understand, but these are the rules of random statistics.”

The larger jackpots usually draw in people who don’t play regularly and that pushes the jackpots higher. Neubauer says there are a few things they still aren’t sure about these jackpots while we still have the pandemic going on. “The day of the drawing always has the highest sales — and traditionally the time period with the highest sales has always been between four and six p-m as people got off work and headed home and ran errands while they were doing that,” Neubauer explains. “Well, so many folks aren’t working in the office these days so there isn’t that commute home from work…and so we haven’t quite figured out what that means in terms of sales patterns. But I don’t think that we are going to see that busy stretch as much between four and six p-m because people just aren’t in the office right now.”

The MegaMillons drawing is tonight (Tuesday) and it has an estimated prize of more than 410 million. The Powerball drawing is Wednesday — with an estimated jackpot of more than 432 million dollars.

(Radio Iowa) – A series of federal tax breaks are now available for many Iowans who took a financial hit from last summer’s derecho. The new law waives penalties for individuals who make early withdrawals from their retirement savings to pay for storm-related expenses. Businesses in the derecho zone that had to close temporarily, but kept paying their employees, are eligible for a tax credit. Low-income workers that had their hours cut will be able to use their 2019 income to calculate tax credits they would otherwise lose or see dramatically reduced.

There are some changes in the deduction for charitable giving, to encourage donations that support derecho recovery. These tax changes originally were in a bill introduced by Iowa Senator Joni Ernst that was later added to the huge piece of legislation President Trump signed in late December. Ernst says as Iowans continue to recover from the August 10th derecho, these tax changes will provide Iowa families, communities, and businesses more relief and support during challenging times.

The Adair County Board of Supervisors, Monday, held their annual organizational meeting, and elected new officers. Steve Shelley was selected as Board Chair, and Matt Wedemeyer was picked for the Vice-Chairman’s seat.  The Board decided not to change the time of their meetings, which will be held (normally), each Wednesday at 9-a.m., in their Boardroom at the Adair County Courthouse.

Also at Monday’s meeting, Adair County Sheriff Jeff Vandewater reported Michael Herbert was hired as the new Jail Administrator and part-time deputy. Pending the routine screening procedure, Herbert will receive a starting salary of $45,000 per year and 10-days of vacation.