Jim Field visits with Melissa Johnson, Vice-President of the SWAT Valkyrie Booster Club. The girls wrestling team will be hosting a tournament Saturday, January 20 and will be holding a silent auction of pies provided by the wrestlers to help raise funds for the rest of the season.
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(Creston, Iowa) – Police in Creston report a person from Gardena, California, was arrested early today (Friday), on a drug charge. 24-year-old Keifird Kewaun Griffith was taken into custody at around 3:30-a.m., for Possession of a Controlled Substance. Griffith was being held in the Union County Jail on a $1,000 cash or surety bond.
(Creston, Iowa) – Police in Creston say no injuries were reported following two separate accidents that occurred in the past couple of days. At around 5:34-p.m., Thursday, vehicles driven by 28-year-old Emma Brightwell and 44-year-old Christina Williams, both of Creston, collided on Highway 25 near the intersection with Howard Street. Authorities say Williams was driving a 2003 Lexus and was coming down a hill northbound, when she attempted to turn into her driveway. She wasn’t able to slow down in-time, came to a complete stop and began to backup, so she could enter the driveway. At about that same time, a 2016 Nissan Rogue driven by Brightwell, came over the crest of the hill in the same lane as the Lexus. Brightwell attempted to go around the other vehicle, but was unable to do so due to the snow, and other traffic. Her SUV rear-ended the Lexus, causing a total of $8,000 damage. No citations were issued.
The other accident happened at around 3:45-p.m., Wednesday on Highway 34, in Creston. Authorities report a Southern Iowa Trolley (2015 Chevy Express van) driven by 73-year-old James Kneedler, of Creston, and a 2002 GMC Sierra pickup driven by 50-year-old Frank Mills, of Kent, were both traveling west on Highway 34, when the Trolley, which was in front, made a brief lane change, so it could make a wide right turn because of a snow bank at the parking lot entrance. Kneedler told Police he did not see the pickup, which was traveling in the inside lane. A passenger in the pickup said the the Trolley did not have its turn signal on.
The pickup continued straight and became parallel to the Trolley. The van struck the pickup driver’s side, broadside. Damage from the collision amounted to $8,000. Police later issued a citation to Mills, for Failure to Provide proof of financial liability (insurance).
Roads in western and southwest Iowa (with the exception of parts of I-80/880 & 29) for are generally partially covered with a mix of snow/slush/ice, varying on/off ramp conditions, ice bridges and blowing snow, in the latest Iowa DOT report.
At 0 degrees, the departments had to battle ice as well as the fire putting additional stress on the trucks and firefighters as the ice began coating every surface. Creston Fire was able to shuttle water from another nearby hydrant until Afton was able to secure a water supply from the close hydrant back to the original engine on scene. The trailer house on fire was a total loss but trailer houses on either side and the two vehicles out front were fully protected.(Radio Iowa) Officials with the Iowa Donor Network are releasing numbers for 2023 to celebrate the extraordinary impact of organ and tissue donation. Network spokeswoman Heather Butterfield says during the past year, 123 “donor heroes” in Iowa gifted a remarkable 350 organs for transplant. She says a record was also set last year. “We had an unprecedented 1,027 tissue donors, and each tissue donor has the opportunity to enhance the lives of 50 to 300 people,” Butterfield says, “so we’re talking about thousands and thousands of lives saved, thanks to the generosity of donors from right here in Iowa.” Over the past few years, she says more Iowans have checked the box to identify themselves as donors on their drivers’ licenses.
“Iowa Donor Network has seen a remarkable 40% increase in organ donors since 2019 and a 21% increase in organs transplanted,” Butterfield says, “which just shows the incredible commitment that Iowans have to saving lives.” Regardless of age or medical history, she says anyone can register to save lives as an organ, eye, and tissue donor. “The most common way is at the DMV when people get their license. If they’re already a donor, it’ll say the word ‘DONOR’ right there on the front of your license,” Butterfield says. “If you aren’t registered, you can simply go online to our website, IowaDonorNetwork.org, click the ‘Register’ button, and it takes less than three minutes to sign up.”
Butterfield says the selflessness and generosity of Iowa’s donors creates a lasting legacy of hope and healing.
(Radio Iowa) – The manager of the DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge in western Iowa reports not as many birds flew through the area this past migration season. Desoto manager Tom Cox says the drought, left the refuge without the water to flood as much wetland for geese, ducks, and swans.“Birds tend to follow the habit. And with this kind of region-wide drought, they’re probably skirting around where they’re finding better habitat during their migration,” he says.
Cox says the dry conditions led to bird numbers dropping 50 percent.“It kind of opened your eyes up that what the birds are after is the habitat, and that’s what supports them.”
The refuge is along the Missouri River near Missouri Valley, Iowa. Cox says overall, he isn’t too worried because conditions usually bounce back, allowing for better birdwatching during a different season.
(Red Oak, Iowa) – Police in Red Oak, Thursday night, arrested 30-year-old Dallas Eugene Davis, of Red Oak, following a call about a domestic incident in progress in the 1000 block of E> Washington Street. Officers arrested Davis for: Domestic Abuse Assault/1st offense; Assault with bodily injury to a law enforcement officer; 3 counts of Child Endangerment, and Interference with official acts.
Davis was being held without bond in the Montgomery County Jail.
BRIAN MARK, 46, of Harlan, died Jan. 9, 2024, at Myrtue Medical Center. A Time for Sharing of memories of BRIAN MARK will be held 2-p.m. Tue., Jan. 23, 2024, at the United Presbyterian Church in Neola. Pauley-Jones Funeral Home in Harlan has the arrangements.
The family will greet friends at the church on Tuesday, from 1-until 3-p.m.
BRIAN MARK is survived by:
His wife – Jessica Mark, of Harlan;
His children – Lexy Coenen, Alexus Mark, Lana Mark, and Wyatt Alan Mark, all of Harlan.
His siblings – Shawn Burton, of Bellevue, NE; Michael (Deb) Burton, of Omaha, NE; Jason Burton, of Council Bluffs and Dave Schnitker, of Corona, CA.
other family members and many friends.
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