(Radio Iowa) — A sequel is in the works for an Iowa film made in late 1977 after Zenith announced that they were closing their electronics manufacturing plant in Sioux City. Local filmmaker George Lindblade shot the movie called “We Didn’t Want it to Happen This Way” in association with the local Machinist’s Union to chronicle how the 15-hundred Zenith jobs went overseas and to Mexico. “We followed about seven families who had worked at Zenith through their course of the day and what on their lives,” Lindblade says. “I then eventually wound up going to Taiwan, Hong Kong and then to Mexico to visit plants where our jobs were taken to,” Lindblade says.

Now 42 years later, Lindblade says there’s interest in updating the story. “I got a call about a month and a half ago from a production company in New York — saying that they had reviewed several films of closing plants — and they had arrived at the Zenith one in Sioux City Iowa that they said they wanted to do the follow up on,” Lindblade explains. The rights to the original film have been obtained from the machinists union and next month a crew will come to Sioux City to begin the process of talking surviving Zenith workers or their family members. “They are proceeding to come to Sioux City sometime later in July. It will be originally a scouting party to find out who is alive and who would be willing to be interviewed as to how it impacted their life,” according to Lindblade.

Lindblade has begun reaching out to some of those former Zenith workers — as he also tries to see how many are left to tell their story in a new film. He says that will be a concern as some were close to retirement when they were first interviewed. Lindblade says they know of at least two people who have died and they are reaching out to anyone who was in the first film or knows someone who was. If you worked at Zenith in Sioux City or know someone who did, you may contact Lindblade at 712-255-4346.

The Creston Police Department reports two separate arrests occurred Tuesday. A little after 5-p.m., 54-year old Craig Allen Hauser, of Creston, was arrested for Public Intoxication, 3rd or subsequent offense. His bond was set at $2,000. At around 1:20-p.m. Tuesday, 53-year old Andrea Kay Pace, of Creston, was arrested at a residence in the 400 block of S. Elm Street, on a Simple Assault charge. Pace was released from custody on a Promise to Appear in court.

At around 9-a.m., Tuesday, a man residing in the 400 block of N. Division Street, reported to Creston Police that sometime overnight Monday-Tuesday, someone entered his car, which was parked outside his residence. A pair of safety glasses and a backpack were reported to have been stolen. The loss was estimated at $450.

Officials with the Creston Police Department say the Union County Dispatch Center received a 9-1-1- call at 2:05-a.m. today (Wednesday), with regard to a shooting in the city limits of Creston. Creston Police responded to an apartment at 1204 N. Pine St. where a female was discovered suffering from a gun shot wound. The woman was transported to Greater Regional Medical Center and then transferred to Des Moines.

All parties involved have been identified and authorities say the public is not in danger.  The Iowa DCI is assisting the Creston Police Department in the investigation.

The area’s latest and/or top news stories at 7:06-a.m. From KJAN News Director Ric Hanson.

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Ag 4 All, the non-profit ag literacy group based in Adair County, shares that their popular Ag Adventure experience will be part of 64th Annual Jesse James Chuckwagon Days at Adair this weekend. The interactive exhibit will be set up in the Adair City Park on Saturday, June 22nd from 1-3 p.m.

The exhibit provides fun and learning for the entire family. There is Ag BINGO for the kids with prizes for everyone and a special Farm Input game for the adults with a chance to win a $25 ethanol certificate. It is a great opportunity to meet farm animals and the people that raise them. For the younger set there is a corn pool and pedal tractors to be fueled up at a renewable fuel station.

There is even free food. Grab an egg-on-a-stick, meat snack sample, and bottle of water while supplies last. Look for the red Ag Adventure tent and the volunteers in blue to find Ag Adventure on Saturday.

Cass County Democratic Party Chair Sherry Toelle reports Iowa Democrat Congresswoman Cindy Axne met with political activists and agricultural community members at Rolling Acres Farm, Monday, Her visit was hosted by Larry Harris and Denise O’Brien. Toelle says Axne talked about the hundred plus bills that have been passed by the House of Representatives, most of which have stalled in the US Senate. One bill that has passed both Houses, is the House Emergency Disaster Fund Bill. Toelle says Axne successfully fought to add $3 billion dollars specifically for “Midwest flooding”. Axne and the attendees talked about issues facing small farms and how they are helping preserve the environment.

Congresswoman Axne with Denise O Brien (Photo submitted)

Axne and a group of invited guests went on a short tour of the hosts’ organic produce farm. The Congresswoman serves on two committees in the House: Financial Services and Agriculture; the Agriculture Committee includes membership on subcommittees on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, & Credit, and Conservation and Forestry.

FOREST CITY, Iowa (AP) _ Winnebago Industries Inc. (WGO) on Wednesday reported fiscal third-quarter profit of $36.2 million. On a per-share basis, the Forest City, Iowa-based company said it had profit of $1.14. The results exceeded Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of three analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $1.05 per share.

The recreational vehicle maker posted revenue of $528.9 million in the period, which missed Street forecasts. Three analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $569.9 million. Winnebago shares have risen 59% since the beginning of the year. The stock has decreased nearly 6% in the last 12 months.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A man has been given 10 years in prison for using a stick or broom handle to kill a Des Moines resident. Polk County District Court records say 41-year-old Michael Bell Jr. was sentenced Tuesday. He’d been convicted in May of voluntary manslaughter. He’d originally been charged with first-degree murder in the Oct. 25, 2017, slaying of 42-year-old Jerry Martin.

Police say Bell told investigators he had several weapons with him when he confronted Martin over a $50 debt. Two witnesses told police they saw Bell use a weapon to hit and stab Martin several times, cutting Martin’s neck and puncturing his chest.

(Radio Iowa) — Democratic Congresswoman Abby Finkenauer of Dubuque is sponsoring legislation aimed at increasing pay for rural doctors. “Iowa doctors have been shortchanged by a government formula that underestimates the cost of labor and practice expenses,” Finkenauer says. Doctors in rural areas are paid far less for the care they provide elderly Medicare patients. The formula is meant to account for cost-of-living differences, but Iowa doctors say it’s not covering all their expenses.

“For two decades, our health care providers have asked for an accurate formula,” Finkenauer says, “one that allows them to stay open and keep serving their patients.” Dr. Brian Privett — the president-elect of the Iowa Medical Society — joined Finkenauer at a Cedar Rapids hospital to discuss the issue.

“Without immediate action, Iowa will fall further in the competition to recruit the next generation of physicians,” he said, “and our seniors will face greater difficulty in accessing necessary medical care.” According to Finkenauer, Iowa doctors have the seventh-lowest Medicare reimbursement rate in the country.

(Reporting by Iowa Public Radio’s Kate Payne)

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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Tougher standards for school bus drivers and a fire suppression system may have prevented the deaths in a 2017 school bus fire in western Iowa, federal safety investigators said. National Transportation Safety Board Chairman Robert Sumwalt said Tuesday the Riverside Community School District didn’t ensure the driver was medically fit before the crash.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A spokesman for Gov. Kim Reynolds says she asked Iowa Department of Human Services Director Jerry Foxhoven to resign Monday because “she wanted to go in a new direction” at the agency. It’s the only explanation Reynolds has offered for the sudden departure of Foxhoven, who was appointed by her two years ago.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Federal prosecutors for Iowa say five men have been sentenced to prison for their roles in a 2017 drug deal that ended in the death of another man. Prosecutors say 21-year-old Chase Zerba, 22-year-old Cameron Klouda and 24-year-old Tyler Clemens had each pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute marijuana and a weapons count in the death of 20-year-old Dylan Plotz. Twenty-two-year-old Dillon Beener and 20-year-old Kordell Jones had each pleaded guilty to attempted robbery and a gun count.

ESTHERVILLE, Iowa (AP) — An Emmet County man has been accused of stealing nearly $30,000 from a north-central Iowa high school booster club he helped manage. The Sioux City Journal reports that Timothy Loock, of Estherville, has been charged with first-degree theft. He had been treasurer of the Estherville Lincoln Central School District booster club from 2015 until November, when he was removed from the position.