The Page County Sheriff’s Office reports a man from Taylor County was arrested this (Monday) morning, on a warrant out of Carroll County. 28-year old Cody Robert Cordell, of New Market, was arrested at the Page County Courthouse at around 11-a.m., on a warrant for Possession of a controlled substance – Methamphetamine. Cordell was unable to post the $5,000 bond. He was transported to the Page County Jail and was awaiting transportation to Carroll County.

Cody R. Cordell

MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) — A Cerro Gordo County jury has convicted a Mason City man of injuring his infant daughter. Station KIMT reports that 28-year-old Jeremy Rose was found guilty Monday of child endangerment resulting in serious injury. Rose was arrested after officers and medics were called the night of June 22 to help the baby, who was having difficulty breathing. Prosecutors say he’d violently shaken the tiny girl.

Audubon Police Chief Matt Starmer reports 32-year old Seth Alexander Oleson, of Audubon, was arrested April 10th. Oleson was taken into custody for Unlawful Possession of Prescription Drugs.  He was transported to the Audubon County Jail, posted bond and was released.

Much of the tax policy debate at the statehouse has focused on tax cuts, but there are tax increases under consideration — including a tax increase in the travel industry that’s included in Governor Kim Reynolds’ proposal. Christopher Rants is a lobbyist who represents an online travel association known as Travel Tech. “There is a definition of a lodging facilitator and a new definition of what the sales price is for lodging,” he says. “Both of these pieces seek to change the relationship between a customer and either a hotel or a person who may be leasing or renting out their home, maybe it’s through VRBO, HomeAway or something like that.”

V-R-B-O stands for “Vacation Rentals By Owner.” According to Rants, the way the new definition is written, the state sales tax must be paid by the “lodging facilitator” — even though that person, maybe a realtor, or an entity Facebook — may not be taking the payment for the rental. “If you’ve ever been up at the (Great) Lakes and you see the little pamphlet that’s put out that lists all the places that are for rent this summer, they’re now a lodging facilitator,” Rants says. “If it’s a social network that somebody puts their house up for rent at the lake for the summer, they put it on a social network — the social network is now the lodging facilitator or it can be someone who does this for a living, like a travel agent. The travel agent is now the lodging facilitator.”

People who book through Air-B-N-B are to pay the Iowa sales tax as well as any city lodging taxes as part of their on-line reservation.

(Radio Iowa)

Officials with the Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office report , 18-year old Jacob Christian Steffen, of Griswold, was arrested at around 3:15-a.m. Sunday, after a deputy responded to a request for a welfare check in the vicinity of 490th and Chestnut Road. Steffen was charged with Consumption of Alcohol by a Minor, Contributing Alcohol to the delinquency of a Minor, and Interference with Official Acts. A 17-year old female from Elliott was cited at the scene for consumption of alcohol by a minor. She was released at the scene to the custody of her mother.

A traffic stop Sunday, in Pott. County, resulted in the arrest of 30-year old Jeromy Heath Clark, of Council Bluffs. Clark was taken into custody at around 2-a.m., for Driving While Barred. An inmate in the Pott. County Jail was served with warrant from Douglas County, NE. 30-year old Chance Edward Thomas, of Council Bluffs, was read the warrant for being a Fugitive from Justice Friday, and then returned to the custody of Corrections staff. A woman who refused to leave the Ember’s Restaurant in Avoca, Friday evening, was arrested for Criminal Trespass and Interference with Official Acts.

And, 24-year old Monica Phiri, of Colorado Springs, CO., was taken into custody at around 7:35-p.m., and transported to the Pott. County Jail.

Shelby County Emergency Management Operations Officer Jason Wickizer and Emergency Management Coordinator Bob Seivert report, a Basic National Incident Management and Incident Command Training seminar will be held May 1st, from 8-a.m. until 12:30-p.m., at the Shelby County EMA. The training is required for anyone who could potentially be “In charge of,” or “respond to,” and incident requiring emergency response. Community leaders, elected officials, Management of Nursing and specialized care facilities and fire department officers will find the information especially useful.

The training outlines responsibilities and methods by which the EMA coordinates emergency response at the local level, and prepares persons for when the incident is larger than what we can handle, and Federal/State resources become necessary. The Shelby County EMA will provide at No Cost, the instructor, classroom and refreshments, including a light lunch. To register, email Jason Wickizer at Jwickizer@shco.org, or call 712-755-2124. Pre-registration is requested. Anyone that wants to attend, is welcome.

The Shelby County Emergency Managent NIMS 100 and 700 class begins at 8-a.m., May 1st, and includes an Exercise from 11-a.m. until Noon, prior to the lunch and After Action Review from 12-until 12:30-p.m.

WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — A Waterloo zoning board is set to hear a long-running dispute over a proposed industrial wind farm in Black Hawk County. The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports that the county Planning and Zoning board will make its recommendation Tuesday on whether the Washburn Wind Energy should be built south of Waterloo. Company representative Felix Friedman says the 35 wind turbines would produce 70-megawatts, which is enough to power 26,000 homes. He says the project would also generate more than $35 million in lease and tax revenue to landowners and local governments over 30 years.

Cedar Valley Citizens for Responsible Wind Energy is concerned about the project’s impact on their health, wildlife and property values. Wind energy groups say wind turbines have been operating in some areas for more than two decades and don’t have negative health effects.

The search for a missing La Porte City teenager was scaled back this weekend. Jake Wilson‘s family said the autistic 16-year-old was last seen heading to a nearby creek one week ago Saturday — but after after a large search effort he hasn’t been found. La Port City Police Chief Chris Brecher told K-C-R-G T-V in a news briefing that the search is changing. “We’re at the point of our investigation now where we are going to be scaling back, significantly,” the chief says.

Jake Wilson

Brecher says they will now only do periodic checks when tips come in. The initial search effort to find the teen was massive. In a week’s time, hundreds of volunteers marched miles in cold and mud, reaching an about ten-mile radius from town. They checked high and low while specialized teams looked under the water. The search there largely focused on six miles of Wolf Creek.  “We are extremely confident, in the area that we have checked, we know this is where Jake’s not,” Brecher says.

Attention now largely turns to the investigation aspect of Wilson’s disappearance. Was he abducted? Was a crime committed? A multi-agency group will continue to work to find answers. Sheriff Tony Thompson again pushed for people to go online and upload video and images from the night Wilson was last seen. He hoped a lackluster start to the effort would turn around if people realized a camera may have inadvertently captured the key to cracking the case. Thompson says they need that one piece of information, one witness one piece of video or that one photo that could help them find Wilson.

(Radio Iowa)

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — A trial has been scheduled for an Iowa youth basketball coach who’s accused of secretly recording some of his players undressing. Federal court records say 42-year-old Greg Stephen has pleaded not guilty to knowingly transporting child pornography. His trial is scheduled to begin June 4. Court documents say the ex-Iowa Barnstormers co-director has acknowledged taking secret videos of three players disrobing in a hotel bathroom in Illinois in January. He’s told investigators he recorded the adolescents in an attempt to monitor their physical development.

As part of Donate Life Month in Iowa, residents are being asked to register as organ, eye and tissue donors and to celebrate those who have saved lives through the gift of donation. Deb Thielen (TEE-lun), a registered nurse at Van Diest Medical Center in Webster City, says the number of Iowa donors continues to grow, but so does the waiting list. “In 2017, a total of 54 Iowans shared the gift of life through organ donation, saving 183 lives,” Thielen says. “Thousands more were healed by 1,743 tissue donors in Iowa.”

There are more than 600 Iowans on the organ transplant waiting list and 115-thousand waiting nationwide. In Iowa, recent reports find about 65-percent of adults have already committed to being organ donors. For those who haven’t, she has a message. “Join the majority of Iowans signed up and register as a donor today,” Thielen says. “Make your wishes known by signing up online at IowaDonorNetwork.org, or check the box when you apply or renew your driver’s license at the Iowa DMV.”

Another person is added to the national waiting list every 10 minutes, while 22 people die each day because the organ they need is not donated in time. Learn more at the website: www.donatelife.net.

(Radio Iowa)