OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Two former members of the Winnebago Tribe’s governing council have pleaded guilty to misusing federal money to pay themselves bonuses.
The Sioux City Journal reports that Tillie Aldrich and Jessica Webster pleaded guilty Friday.

As part of agreements that both signed with prosecutors, Aldrich and Webster are both expected to be sentenced to five years of probation on Sept. 21. Webster must repay $89,000 and Aldrich must repay $13,404.

The two are part of a group of nine former council members charged with giving themselves bonuses out of $388,972 in federal money intended to provide health care to tribal members.

WASHBURN, Iowa (AP) — The Black Hawk County sheriff’s office says a bicyclist has died after being hit by a car. Sheriff Tony Thompson told the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier the woman was riding Monday morning along Highway 218 just north of the community of Washburn when she was hit.

Emergency crews performed CPR on the woman. She was taken to a hospital, where she was pronounced dead. The sheriff’s office didn’t immediately release the name of the woman or car driver.

The Mills County Sheriff’s Department reports two arrests. 20-year old Ryan Robert Main, of Council Bluffs, was arrested Sunday morning for  OWI 1^st, DUS and Failure to have SR-22 on File. Bond: $1,600.

And, at around 2:35-a.m. today (Monday), 26-year old James John Dimauro, of Glenwood,  was arrested for Violation of an Order and Providing False Identification Information. Bond: $600.

Authorities in Greenfield attempting to serve a warrant on a man wanted for an alleged assault, Saturday night, say the man refused to come out of a residence. Greenfield Police Chief Jesse Lund told KJAN News several agencies responded to the incident at around 9-p.m., during which the man eventually surrendered without further incident. Lund says no weapons were involved. He said the man was basically just “Being stubborn, not wanting to go.” Additional details are expected to be released later.

(CORALVILLE) – A staff member was assaulted by an inmate at the Iowa Medical Classification Center in Coralville, at approximately 8:15 p.m., Sunday. The Iowa Dept. of Corrections says the staff member, a correctional officer, was working at his post when he gave a directive to an inmate, which was not followed. After the officer repeated his directive, the inmate began to approach him in an aggressive manner. Another inmate that was in the area attempted to intervene and calm the aggressive inmate, but the aggressor threw hot coffee on the inmate that was attempting to assist in the situation. At that time, the correctional officer and the aggressive inmate began a physical altercation as the officer was attempting to subdue the aggressive inmate, and the inmate struck the officer in the face with a closed fist. Additional staff responded to the incident, and while two officers were bitten by the inmate during the struggle, they were able to bring the aggressive inmate under control.

All staff and inmates involved in the incident were assessed, found to have no major injuries,  and treated by facility medical staff.  The incident remains under investigation.

Officials with the Iowa Department of Public Safety report the Guthrie County Dispatch Center received a 911 call at approximately 7:19-pm Sunday, in reference to a report of a man with a knife threatening people in an apartment complex. The Panora Police Department responded to an apartment building at 502 West Market Street, in Panora. Upon arriving at the address, law enforcement located a man in the apartment hallway.  He confronted law enforcement with a knife.  Officers ordered the man to drop the knife several times, but he refused. An officer with the Panora Police Department engaged the subject and fired his weapon striking the man, who was given medical aid but later died from his injuries.

His body was transported to the Iowa Office of the State Medical Examiner in Ankeny, where an autopsy will be conducted. The officer involved in the incident has been placed on paid administrative leave until the completion of the investigation. The Panora Police Department is being assisted in the investigation by Agents from the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation, the Crime Scene Team from the DCI Criminalistics Laboratory, Guthrie County Sheriff’s Office, and the Iowa State Patrol.

Authorities say no additional information will be released at this time.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A newspaper investigation finds that a company chosen to manage Iowa’s newly privatized Medicaid system has a history of alleged mismanagement and at least $23 million in fines in more than a dozen states. The Des Moines Register reports that Iowa Total Care, a Centene subsidiary, was awarded a state Medicaid contract in May despite scoring nearly 14 points lower on its evaluation than when Iowa rejected its application in 2015.

The newspaper found that at least 300 sanctions were levied against Centene and its subsidiaries since 2013, including failing to promptly pay medical claims. A federal lawsuit filed this year also alleges Centene has failed to provide adequate access to doctors in at least 15 states. Centene spokeswoman Marcela Hawn says the company knows it must earn Iowa residents’ trust and develop partnerships with providers and the community.

Sunday (July 1st) marked the 10th anniversary of the implementation of the Smoke-free Air Act that former Governor Chet Culver signed into law. The law banned smoking in bars, restaurants and outdoor entertainment venues. Adam Angstad has worked as a server at the Hamburg Inn in Iowa City for 12 years and he told K-C-R-G T-V before 2008, someone could have a cup of coffee and a stogie in the smoking section. “It’s not like the smoke would stop at the smoking section, it would drift through the whole place so that was always kind of a silly thing to do,” said Adam Angstad.

Angstad says he still heads home in need of a shower after work, but with the implementation of the Clean Air Act he had one less smell to worry about. “You just smell like French fries and sausages when you get done. You don’t have to like wash off smoke,” Angstad says. David Danskin first started biting into the Hamburg burgers in the sixties. Although, he put the cigarettes down more than 15 years ago, Danskin told K-C-R-G T-V he’s happy the smoke has cleared. “Even when I smoked I didn’t much like being around it,” said Danskin. It’s just an irritant. Smells bad.”

According to the Centers for Disease Control, it’s also hazardous to your health. They estimate it contributes to 41-thousand deaths among nonsmoking adults, each year. Those who do light up — Griffin Ford — understand why the law is in place. “If I were a non-smoker I wouldn’t want a bunch of people smoking around me,” he explains.  Although, that understanding comes with its drawbacks.  “In the winter I would just like to stay inside just to smoke a cigarette but for the most part it doesn’t bother me,” Ford says.

There is one exception to the Clean Air Act — you can legally smoke on the gambling floor of the state’s casinos. Efforts in the last ten years to change that exception to the law have failed.

(Radio Iowa)

Governor Kim Reynolds is not promising to appoint a woman to the all-male Iowa Supreme Court.  “First of all, it’s about getting the right person,” Reynolds says.  Iowa Supreme Court Justice Bruce Zager is retiring September 3rd. Reynolds will choose his replacement from a list of three nominees submitted to her by the Iowa Judicial Nominating Commission. Only two women have ever served as justices. There are seven men on the state’s highest court today. Reynolds is seeking HER first full, four-year term in office this November. Reynolds says she won’t make being the first female governor the cornerstone of her campaign.

“I want people to select me because they think I’m qualified and I’m the best person. I don’t want to fill a slot,” Reynolds said. “That’s how I feel about that.”  The Judicial Nominating Commission will meet NEXT Monday, July 9th, to interview the Iowans who applied for the opening on the state’s supreme court. Fifteen of the 22 applicants are women.

(Radio Iowa)

Officials with Midwest Partnership EDC have announced that Adair, Guthrie, and Audubon Counties have met the requirements for Home Base Iowa Designation.  A formal Ceremony will be held in each county on Friday, July 6th.  Governor Kim Reynolds, Lieutenant Governor Adam Gregg, and Iowa Workforce Development Director Beth Townsend have been invited to attend the event.  Local Veterans will also be addressing the crowd, including Sgt. 1st Class Lucas Queck in Greenfield,  Command Sgt. Major Curtis McClellan in Guthrie Center, and Lt. Col. Donald Mosinski in Audubon.  The mission of Home Base Iowa (HBI) is to provide veterans and transitioning service members and their families, with opportunities and benefits for a successful transition in Iowa — a place to call home.

In 2014, the Iowa Legislature overwhelmingly passed the HBI Act, which provides the following incentives:  state income tax exemption on military pensions, $5000 military homeowner assistance, permissive veteran preference in employment, streamlined occupational licensure processes and in-state tuition assessment to eligible U.S. veterans and their families.

The public ceremonies will take place in…

ADAIR COUNTY:  from 9:30-to 10-am on the courthouse lawn in Greenfield

GUTHRIE COUNTY:  from 11-to 11:30-am on the courthouse lawn in Guthrie Center, and in

AUDUBON COUNTY:  from Noon-until 12:30-pm, in the City Park on the town square in Audubon (Governor Reynolds is unable to attend that ceremony)