The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office reports a Celebration of Life parade on behalf of Sgt. Donovan Dontje will be held May 2nd. Parking will be at the Harlan Community High School (2102 Durant St., in Harlan). Visitors are welcome to arrive after 8-a.m. on that date, with the procession set to begin at 10-a.m. Sgt. Dontje died unexpectedly April 16th.  The Celebration of Life parade procession will pass by the family’s house in Shelby. Additional details can be found below.

Sgt. Donovan Dontje

Celebration of life parade details: When: Saturday May 2nd at 10:00-a.m.

Staging: All Law Enforcement, Fire/Ems, and Public will park at the Harlan Community High School 2102 Durant St. Harlan, IA. Parking will be designated, please see attached map. Parking will begin at 0800 hours and will be coordinated by volunteers in reflective vest. Social distancing will be practiced.

The Union County Sheriff’s Office says two incidents have been reported. Thursday night, a rural Creston man told authorities that someone driving an older green Chevy pickup backed in to the garage door of his rural rental property. The pickup has a broken tail light. Damage to the garage door was estimated at $400. And, a rural Thayer man reported to the Sheriff’s Department on April 19th, that someone came on his property and took four old telephone poles, and cut some in half. The value of the poles was not determined.

Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds’ Friday press conference on COVID-19. We plan on having live audio of the presser on KJAN which is set to start at approximately 11:00 a.m.

DES MOINES – The Iowa Department of Corrections reports 29-year old Timothy Fred Leachman, who was convicted of Burglary 1st Degree in Polk County, failed to report back to the Fort

Timothy Leachman (IA DOC photo)

Des Moines Residential Facility as required Thursday night. Leachman is a black male, six-feet one-inch tall, and weighs about 233 pounds. He was admitted to the work release facility on March 4th, 2020.  Persons with information on Leachman’s whereabouts should contact local police.

A Nebraska man was arrested in Pottawattamie County early this (Friday) morning, following a pursuit. The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office says two Pott. County Deputies were dispatched at around 5:10-a.m. to a vehicle pursuit crossing the I-680 Bridge into Iowa. A short time later, both Deputies arrived in the area and attempted to stop the suspect vehicle, a 2002 Ford F-250 pickup. The driver, 25-year old Jeffrey Michael Hotz, of Omaha, was taken into custody for Theft in the 1st Degree – motor vehicle, and Willful failure to stop for law enforcement. Hotz was being held in the Pott. County Jail on $11,000 bond.

Thursday afternoon, a woman was arrested on drug charges in Pottawattamie County, following an incident at the Hitchcock Nature Center. The woman, 24-year old Stephanie Nicole Riser, was said to have been uncooperative. She was arrested for Interference with officials acts, Possession of drug paraphernalia, and Possession of methamphetamine, 1st offense. And, a Colorado man being held in the Pott. County Jail, was served with a warrant Thursday afternoon, for being a Fugitive from Justice. 41-year old Jacqueay Derrick Roberson, of Colorado Springs, was being held in the jail on $14,141 associated with other charges.

MARQUETTE, Iowa (The Des Moines Register) — The Iowa Department of Natural Resource says it’s investigating a fish kill that left hundreds of trout dead in a northeastern Iowa creek. The Des Moines Register reports the kill, affecting nearly 1,000 fish, was reported Saturday night on Bloody Run Creek near Marquette in Clayton County. The department says a pollutant in the water likely caused the fish kill, but investigators have not been able to determine the cause. DNR environmental specialist Brett Meyers says the state spends a lot of money to stock waters like Bloody Creek with expensive game fish like trout.