The Iowa Board of Chiropractic has filed a Notice of Hearing and Statement of Charges against a Chiropractor from Atlantic. According to IBC documents, a disciplinary contested case hearing for Melissa S. Sternberg, who operates Dr. Zook’s Family Chiropractic in Atlantic and Carson, will take place 10-a.m. Oct. 10th, in Des Moines. The Board alleges:

• Sternberg represented herself as a chiropractic physician, when her license was suspended or on inactive status, in Violation of Iowa Code.
• Sternberg is practicing with an inactive license, in Violation of Iowa Code.
• And, that she has failed to comply with a subpoena issued by the Board, or otherwise failing to cooperate with a Board investigation, in violation of Iowa Code.

The Board’s records show Sternberg’s business license to practice chiropractic was suspended in Feb., 2015. Her license expired on June 30th, 2016. Her license was indefinitely suspended in Feb. 2015 due to the Board’s receipt of a certificate of non-compliance from the Iowa Department of Revenue Centralized Collection Unit.  The statement issued by the Iowa Board of Chiropractic said the matter may be resolved by settlement agreement if Sternberg follows the procedural rules.

(More information on this case can be found here: https://idph.iowa.gov/Licensure/Iowa-Board-of-Chiropractic/Discipline-and-Public-Actions?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery )

The Harlan Fire Department was called to Essentia, east of Harlan, at around 5:24-p.m., Friday. According to our sister station KNOD in Harlan, the original call was for an explosion in the east part of the building. Harlan Fire Chief Roger Bissen said upon arrival, the fire department did not find any fire, but there was a lot of smoke in that area of the building. The cause of the smoke was powder inside of one of the hammer mills had ignited, causing the explosion. The blast was contained within the stainless steel tank. The Harlan Fire Department disassembled the machine and ventilated the building. There was no damage to the building.

(7/24 — Corrected to indicate how the pickup got out of the ditch)

A call to the Cass County Communications Center at around 3:52-a.m. today (Monday) resulted in the arrest of a man at gunpoint. The Cass County Sheriff’s Office says a caller reported a burgundy Ford Ranger pickup in the ditch at 700th and Quincy Road. A friend helped to pull the vehicle, driven by 38-year old Jared Finnell, of Cumberland, out of the ditch, after which he drove into Cumberland. About one-half hour later, Deputy Kyle Quist saw the pickup and initiated a traffic stop south of Cumberland. At the time, a passenger in the vehicle was ordered out and held at gunpoint while backup was called for.

Finnell refused to comply with the Deputies’ orders to exit the vehicle, but just as the Cass County K9 was about to be deployed, Finnell exited the pickup and was taken into custody without further incident. He was charged with OWI/1st offense, and Interference with Official Acts. Finnell was released from the Cass County Jail later in the day, Monday, on his own recognizance.

(Radio Iowa) — People living in the central Iowa town of Brooklyn are ramping up efforts to find a missing local woman. Twenty-year-old Mollie Tibbetts, who is a University of Iowa student, was last seen Wednesday night in Brooklyn. Friends and family say she had been dog sitting at the time she disappeared. Poweshiek County Sheriff’s deputies and Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation agents met Sunday at the Brooklyn fire station to talk about the investigation, while others in the community of about 15-hundred are trying to raise awareness that Mollie is still missing. Many businesses in the downtown area have posters on their front doors which describe Mollie as being five feet two inches tall with long brown hair. Volunteer Carla Kriegel talked with K-C-R-G T-V about the effort. “We’re trying to get the word out, we want Mollie home safe,” Kriegel says.

Most of the posters are being made at Live Now Designs in Brooklyn. People are volunteering to help print posters and then distribute them around the area. Kriegel also made cards with similar information about Mollie.  “My daughter is going to put them in the pay envelopes — she works at a local business, also a restaurant — we thought we would get these around to local restaurants,” she said.  Live Now Designs also plans to make yard signs, t-shirts and billboards with Mollie’s picture and information of how to contact authorities. Kriegel tells K-C-R-G T-V the Brooklyn community is close-knit and they all want to find Mollie. “They’re family, you know we look after each other,” Kriegel says. “You know you have a lot of ups and downs that go on in small towns and everybody knows everybody’s business. But when it comes down to it, we look after each other.”

The last community search happened Friday when the public went all through town and on the outskirts to look for Mollie. The sheriff’s office says it’ll post on social media if they need the public’s help for another search.

WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — Fire officials in northeastern Iowa have requested that a city consider billing insurance companies for the cost of responding to crashes, fires and other emergencies. Fire Chief Pat Treloar recently told Waterloo City Council members that the program would only target insurers and wouldn’t seek to collect from those involved in the incidents when coverage is not available.

The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports that Treloar has proposed a contract with Fire Recovery USA. The California-based company provides services to more than 900 fire departments in 42 states. Treloar says the company has contracts with Waukee, Johnston, Grimes, Knoxville and Granger, Iowa. At least two council members say they felt the program was worth a try.

No date has been scheduled for the City Council to vote on the proposal.

(Radio Iowa) — Most streets are now clear of storm debris in Marshalltown, but much work remains to rebuild after last Thursday’s E-F-3 tornado plowed through the central Iowa town. The call went out immediately for first responders and one of the first to arrive was State Center Police Chief Jeff Bunn. Even though Bunn has been a law officer in State Center 21 years, this was a first. “We have what we call a general alarm where dispatch will send out an alert tone and they basically request all agencies to respond to Marshalltown,” Chief Bunn says. “That’s the first time I’ve ever heard it, I mean, we’ve never really even practiced it.”

Despite a lack of training for how to respond to that general alarm, Bunn says everyone acted accordingly. “When that alert tone went out, I knew right away what was going to happen,” Bunn says. “The dispatcher announced, ‘This is a general alarm. All emergency services respond to Marshalltown immediately,’ and they did and it was amazing.” Bunn says in earlier drills, it was expected that if a disaster struck the area, authorities could count on ten ambulances responding. Last Thursday night, 43 ambulances arrived in Marshalltown. Much of the damage was concentrated on Marshalltown’s First Ward. Sue Cahill, the city councilor for that area of town, says the long term effects of the twister will be much more than just property damage. “Next door to me are some families who originally came from southeast Asia,” Cahill says. “They asked me that night of the tornado, ‘Is it going to come back?’ They didn’t have any idea what a tornado is. They might’ve been used to a monsoon or a different type of storm.”

She says countless residents will need professional counseling to overcome what they’ve experienced. “We have many people who are still recounting their time in the basement,” Cahill says. “There’s a story of someone uptown, he and his son were in a stairwell outside in the downtown. How are they going to handle that in the long term?” She notes it’s stunning that there wasn’t one death in the wake of the 12 tornadoes confirmed by the National Weather Service on Thursday statewide. With Marshalltown’s city offices among the many buildings damaged, the city council will meet tonight at the public library.

JOHNSTON, Iowa (AP) — The National Weather Service has raised its count of tornadoes in the flurry that struck central Iowa. The service says a dozen or more occurred Thursday, with three accounting for 17 injuries and significant damage in Bondurant, Marshalltown and Pella. The service reported Friday morning that the total was five — a figure that was expected to climb as more information poured in.
No deaths have been reported.

The service also has rated the twisters that struck Bondurant, Marshalltown and Pella. The Bondurant tornado was rated an EF2 with estimated peak winds of 115 mph. The twisters that struck Marshalltown and Pella were rated EF3 with peak winds estimated at 144 mph.

The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office reports a call Sunday afternoon about suspicious persons at 735 Old Lincoln Highway, resulted in the arrest of a Council Bluffs woman. A search of a vehicle led to the arrest of 42-year old Marion May Wright, on charges that include Unauthorized possession of an offensive weapon (red and black brass knuckles), and Possession of Controlled Substances (1 gram of marijuana and 2 grams of Amphetamines/methamphetamine). Saturday night, Pott. County Deputies arrested 42-year old Michelle Renee Emert, of Council Bluffs, on two valid Pott. County warrants for Unlawful Possession of Prescription Pills, and, Theft in the 5th Degree. Her bond was set at $1,300.

Early Saturday morning, an accident near the 27 mile marker of Interstate 80, resulted in injuries to 24-year old Noah Bruner Stallworth, from Omaha. Stallworth was not arrested, but faces charges of OWI/1st Offense, and Failure to Maintain Control. And, an investigation into a reportedly intoxicated driver at around 12:03-a.m. Saturday on I-80 near mile marker 39,resulted in the arrest about 40-minutes later, of 49-year old Michael Anthony Denning, of Avoca. Denning was charged with OWI/1st offense.

And, 27-year old Joshua Lee Jens, of Council Bluffs, was arrested Friday morning at the Pott. County Sheriff’s Office. Jens was wanted on a warrant for Harassment in the 1st Degree. He was transported to the Pott. County Jail and turned over to Corrections Staff.

The Clarinda Police Department reports an arrest has been made in connection with a stabbing incident that took place Friday afternoon. 41-year old Ricky Dean Peterson, of Clarinda, turned himself in to Clarinda Police Officers late Friday night at around 18th and Lincoln, and was arrested for felony willful injury and use of a dangerous weapon in the commission of a felony in connection with the stabbing. Peterson was being held in the Page County Jail on $12,000 bail.

Officers in Clarinda had responded at around 4:15-p.m. Friday to the stabbing incident at an apartment complex located at 901 W. Tarkio Street.  24-year old Marshall Mahmud Graham, of Clarinda suffered stab wounds to his abdomen and left arm, during the incident. Graham was transported to the Clarinda Regional Health Center and was later air lifted to the University of Nebraska Medical Center for treatment of injuries that were not believed to be life-threatening. Authorities say the stabbing was an isolated incident and at no time was there any reason to believe the public was in danger.

The Clarinda Police Department was assisted in its investigation, by the Page County Sheriff’s Department, Montgomery County Sheriff’s Department and the Iowa Department of Criminal Investigation.

DES MOINES – Organizations now have until 1 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 10 to submit proposals to Iowa Workforce Development to receive funding to grow Registered Apprenticeship opportunities in Iowa. Iowa Workforce Development was recently awarded an additional $1 million ApprenticeshipUSA State Expansion Grant from the U.S. Department of Labor to strengthen and grow Registered Apprenticeship opportunities in Iowa. The grant is focused on expanding opportunities in healthcare and advanced manufacturing, the fastest growing and largest employment sectors in the state, as well as increasing the participation of women, youth, minorities, veterans and people with disabilities.

Organizations may apply for funding in five areas: Quality Pre-Apprenticeship; High School Registered Apprenticeship; Healthcare Sector Registered Apprenticeship; Advanced Manufacturing Sector Registered Apprenticeship; and Pilot Quality Pre-Apprenticeship Program.  The full Request for Proposal (RFP) and  the guidelines for submitting a proposal is available online for the following programs:

Quality Pre-Apprenticeship Programs: Recognized Quality Pre-Apprenticeship Programs may apply for a $10,000 award to focus on career pathways to create or provide on-going support of a Quality Pre-Apprenticeship program. The funds can be used for creation of curriculum, supportive services, participant support costs, outreach, and staff costs for developing and operating the program. Each Quality Pre-Apprenticeship program must have at least one Quality Pre-Apprentice or 10 percent of Quality Pre-Apprentices, whichever amount is greater, hired by a Registered Apprenticeship program by Oct. 31, 2020. Total funding available is $150,000.

High School Registered Apprenticeship Programs: High School Registered Apprenticeship Programs may apply for a $15,000 award. This award may be used to start or to support a current High School Registered Apprenticeship Program. The funds can be used for Related Training Instruction, supportive services and a Registered Apprenticeship coordinator. Total funding available is $145,000.

Healthcare Sector Registered Apprenticeship Program: This funding is to be used to grow at least 200 active Registered Apprentices in the healthcare sector. The funds can be used for Related Training Instruction, supportive services, stipends to apprentices or sponsors to incentivize retention, a Registered Apprenticeship coordinator and travel. Total funding available is $150,000.

Advanced Manufacturing Registered Sector Apprenticeship Program: This funding is to be used to grow at least 200 active Registered Apprentices in the advanced manufacturing sector. The funds can be used for Related Training Instruction, supportive services, stipends to apprentices or sponsors to incentivize retention, a Registered Apprenticeship coordinator and travel. Total funding available is $150,000.

Pilot Quality Pre-Apprenticeship Program: This funding will be used to provide a pipeline of at least 200 active pre-apprentices to Registered Apprenticeship Programs with a focus on underrepresented populations. The funds can be used for creation of curriculum, supportive services, participant support costs, outreach, and staff costs for developing and operating the program. Extra points will be awarded for programs targeting healthcare and advanced manufacturing sectors and programs that have a statewide presence. Total funding available is $125,000.

Iowa Workforce Development received an initial $1.8 million ApprenticeshipUSA State Expansion Grant received from the U.S. Department of Labor in November of 2016. The additional $1 million in funding ends on Oct. 31, 2020.