SIOUX CITY – The Iowa Department of Corrections reports 25-year old Keenan Ivory Aldrich, a Native American male, 5-feet 11-inches tall, weighing 188 pounds, failed to report to his workplace while under the supervision of the Sioux City Residential Treatment Facility earlier this (Monday) morning. Aldrich, who was admitted to the work release facility on Jan. 6th (2020), had previously been convicted of Willful Injury Causing Serious Injury and other crimes, in Woodbury County.

Keenan Aldrich

Persons with information on Aldrich’s whereabouts should contact local police.

Officials with the Creston Police Department report two men were arrested over the past few days on drug and weapons-related charges. Both arrests were the result of search warrants executed on residences in Creston. Authorities say Sunday night, 44-year old John Neely, a resident of 511 S. Pine Street, was arrested with the assistance of Union County Sheriff’s deputies. Neely was taken into custody on two felony charges: Dominion/Control of a Firearm by a Felon (A Class-D felony), and Possession of a Controlled Substance (PCS) wih the intent to sell or manufacture/Methamphetamine – under 5 grams (a Class-C felony). Neely was being held in the Union County Jail while awaiting a bond hearing.

And, at around 7:30-a.m. Friday, 47-year old Wesley Tolley, of Winterset, was arrested by Creston Police at 314 N. Division Street in Creston, again with the assistance of sheriff’s deputies, on felony charges of: Dominion/Control of a Firearm by a Felon (A Class-D felony), and Possession of a Controlled Substance (PCS) with the intent to sell or manufacture/Methamphetamine – under 5 grams (a Class-C felony). He was being held in the Union County Jail on a $15,000 bond associated with the felony charges, and on two warrants: One from Adair County, for Failure to Appear on an original charge of Possession of a Controlled Substance/3rd or subsequent offense ($5,000 bond). The other warrant was out of Madison County, for Violation of Parole – for which there is No Bond.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (Feb. 10, 2020) – Patients fighting cancer need more blood than patients fighting any other disease, using nearly one-quarter of the nation’s blood supply. That’s why this February, the American Red Cross and the American Cancer Society have teamed up to encourage people across the country to Give Blood to Give Time, ensuring loved ones have the strength and support to battle cancer. According to the American Cancer Society, 1 in 3 people in the U.S. will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime. An estimated 18,460 new cases of cancer will be diagnosed in Iowa this year. Many of these people will likely have a need for blood.

To schedule a blood or platelet donation appointment or make a financial gift, visit GiveBloodToGiveTime.org.

Upcoming blood donation opportunities:

Adair County – Greenfield: 2/24/2020, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m., Nodaway Valley High School, 410 NW 2nd Street

Adams County – Corning: 2/21/2020, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., Southwest Valley High School – Corning Campus, 904 8th Street

Carroll County – Carroll: 2/19/2020, 12 p.m. – 6 p.m., Central Church, 24336 Hwy 30

Cass County – Anita: 2/11/2020, 12 p.m. – 6 p.m., Community Center, 805 Main Street; Atlantic: 2/26/2020,  8:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m., Cass County Memorial Hospital, 1501 E. 10th Street

Harrison County – Missouri Valley: 2/27/2020, 8 a.m. – 2 p.m., Missouri Valley High School, 605 E. Lincoln Highway

Montgomery County – Red Oak: 2/24/2020: 11 a.m. – 5 p.m., Montgomery County Hospital, 2301 Eastern Ave

Pottawattamie County –

Council Bluffs – 2/22/2020, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., Charles E. Lakin YMCA – Council Bluffs, 235 Harmony St.; 2/23/2020, 7:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., Queen of Apostles Campus, 3304 3rd Avenue; 2/28/2020, 12:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m., Mercy Professional Center, 800 Mercy Dr

Crescent – 2/15/2020, 8 a.m. – 12 p.m., Fire Station, 102 West Florence

Shelby County –

Harlan: 2/11/2020, 9:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m., CDS, 3107 Shelby Street; 2/12/2020, 7:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m., Harlan High School, 2102 Durant Street

Panama: 2/26/2020, 12 p.m. – 6 p.m., St. Mary’s Parish Center, 204 St. Mary Avenue.

NEVADA, Iowa (AP) – A judge has ordered a competency evaluation for a 71-year-old man accused of stabbing to death his wife in the Story County community of Zearing. Gary Pillman already has pleaded not guilty to a charge of first-degree murder. Investigators say Pillman killed his wife after an argument in which she told him she was leaving him. Her body was found Nov. 13 outside the Pillmans’ home. Court records say Gary Pillman’s attorney requested the evaluation last week and the judge granted it on Friday.

(Radio Iowa) — A program created by the Iowa Legislature in 2004 requires one-half percent of the gambling tax revenue from the state goes to 84 counties which don’t have a casino. Iowa Gaming Association president, Wes Eherecke says the idea was the spread the wealth. “Making sure that all of the non-casino counties would also have a source of funding. And they established the qualified community county foundations,” Eherecke says.

Ehrecke gave a report on the 15 years of the County Endowment Fund last week to the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission.  “There’s been 28-thousand-581 grants with 107 million dollars provided — which has been extraordinary in each of these respective counties,” according to Ehrecke. He says the program allows the counties to create grants based on their needs. “They all have their own separate board of directors to decide the criteria,” Ehrecke says. “They each received approximately 125-thousand dollars last year. Which 25-percent goes into a permanent endowment. And over those 15 years — that has grown extensively.”

You can find out more about the endowment funds in your county at: www.iowacommunityfoundations.org.