The City of Atlantic’s Parks and Recreation Department Board of Directors will meet Monday evening in the City Council’s Chambers at City Hall. Parks and Rec Director Seth Staashelm will report to the Board on the resignation of Park Foreman Ron Flory, who was hired for the position in July. He’ll also talk about the Healthiest Walk at Schildberg Park on Oct. 6th, and provide an update on the Schildberg Campground, and well as the Fall Turf Maintenance Plan. Other updates include those pertaining to the West Playground at the Schildberg Park, Sunnyside Park entrance sign, and an update on the Nishna Park.

The Board will act on a Park Shelter Reservation Proposal, also. Their meeting begins 5:15-p.m., Monday.

ANKENY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa authorities are investigating a fatal police shooting in the Des Moines suburb of Ankeny. The Des Moines Register reports Ankeny Police Lt. Brian Kroska says an officer fatally shot a man suspected of robbing a Hy-Vee gas station Saturday after he pointed a handgun at the officer.

Kroska says officers responded to the robbery call around 4:30 Saturday afternoon and found the suspect a couple blocks away near another gas station. That’s when the suspect pointed the gun.

Police didn’t immediately release the identities of either the suspect or the officer.
The officer will remain on paid leave while the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation reviews the shooting.

Police in Red Oak say a man was arrested at around 4-p.m. Saturday, on a Theft charge. 31-year old Benjamin William Hrabik, of Red Oak, was taken into custody on a warrant for Theft in the 5th Degree. He was arrested in the 300 block of E. Oak Street and held in the Montgomery County Jail on a $300 cash bond.

Police in Atlantic were unable to track down the source of two loud, possible gunshots early Sunday morning. The noise echoed through the east side of town at 5:02-a.m. At least three callers to authorities reported hearing what sounded like gunshots, including KJAN News Director Ric Hanson. More information will be released if it becomes available.

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 4:40 a.m. CDT

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — A man previously arrested on suspicion of participating in a robbery that led to the stabbing death at a Council Bluffs homeless shelter has now been charged with first-degree murder in the case. Council Bluffs police say 20-year-old James Michael McCauley was served with a warrant for the upgraded charge on Thursday for the March death of 44-year-old Lee Johnson. McCauley was served at the Pottawattamie County Jail, where he was being held on the robbery charge.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A jury has convicted a Des Moines man of first-degree murder and burglary in the shooting death last year of his estranged wife. The Des Moines Register reports that 51-year-old Harold Dudley was found guilty Friday in the June 2017 death of 36-year-old Mary Dudley, of Des Moines. Prosecutors showed videos that captured Harold Dudley peering around a corner at his wife’s apartment holding a handgun before he kicked in her door and fired six times.

MONTEZUMA, Iowa (AP) — A man charged with killing Iowa college student Mollie Tibbetts is set to be arraigned next week. The Des Moines Register reports that 24-year-old Cristhian Bahena Rivera will be arraigned Wednesday in Poweshiek County District Court in Montezuma. Rivera was arrested and charged with first-degree murder last month in the stabbing death of the 20-year-old Tibbetts, who vanished while out for a run in the east-central Iowa town of Brooklyn on July 18.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Supreme Court has disbarred a northeast Iowa attorney accused of looting a woman’s estate. The state’s Attorney Disciplinary Board charged attorney Todd Kowalke with violating the rules of professional conduct during his representation of the executors of the estate, and the Grievance Commission later recommended revocation of his Iowa law license. On Friday, the high court found that Kowalke converted client funds for his personal use, and revoked his license.

The Fremont County Sheriff’s Office said Saturday, that a Mills County man wanted on several felony charges associated with a domestic assault in Sidney, was arrested by Omaha Police on a Fremont County warrant. Authorities say additional information concerning 22-year old Marcus Anthony Pierce, of Glenwood, will be released on Monday, September, 17th.

Authorities said Friday, that Pierce was wanted in connection to an incident that was occurred in August at a residence in Tabor. Deputies received information about a viral video that appears to show a domestic assault that occurred in Tabor in August of 2018, and then recently published on Facebook.

Marcus Pierce

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A jury has convicted a Des Moines man of first-degree murder and burglary in the shooting death last year of his estranged wife. The Des Moines Register reports that 51-year-old Harold Dudley was found guilty Friday in the June 2017 death of 36-year-old Mary Dudley, of Des Moines.

Police had said officers were called to Mary Dudley’s apartment building for reports of a shooting and found her dead at the scene. Harold Dudley admitted shooting her, but that the killing arose from a sudden quarrel and that he should be convicted of second-degree murder.

However, prosecutors showed videos that captured him peering around a corner at his wife’s apartment holding a handgun before he kicked in her door and fired six times.

MONTEZUMA, Iowa (AP) — A man charged with killing Iowa college student Mollie Tibbetts is set to be arraigned next week. The Des Moines Register reports that 24-year-old Cristhian Bahena Rivera will be arraigned Wednesday in Poweshiek County District Court in Montezuma.

Rivera was arrested and charged with first-degree murder last month in the stabbing death of the 20-year-old Tibbetts, who vanished while out for a run in the east-central Iowa town of Brooklyn on July 18.

The search for Tibbetts stretched for more than a month and drew national attention before her body was found in an area cornfield. Police say Rivera led them to her body Aug. 21 after he was detained. Rivera remains jailed on a $5 million cash-only bond.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Supreme Court has disbarred a northeast Iowa attorney accused of looting a woman’s estate. The state’s Attorney Disciplinary Board charged attorney Todd Kowalke with violating the rules of professional conduct during his representation of the executors of the estate, and the Grievance Commission later recommended revocation of his Iowa law license.

On Friday, the high court found that Kowalke converted client funds for his personal use, and revoked his license. Last month, the 56-year-old Kowalke pleaded not guilty to a criminal theft charge.

The criminal complaint against him says he took more than $35,000 from the estate of a woman who died in 2009 and used it for gambling and for business and personal expenses. The complaint also says he promised to repay the money.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The city of Des Moines is giving those with unpaid parking tickets a chance to settle up before further action is taken to collect the debts. The city says it has $1.8 million in parking ticket fines that are more than 120 days overdue.

The city has sent out postcards reminding those with tickets that there are three ways to pay the outstanding tickets. That includes:
— Online at https://pay.dmgov.org/ ;
— In person on the first floor of City Hall;
— Or by mail with a check addressed to the City of Des Moines and sent to the Des Moines City Clerk’s Office.

Those with unpaid balances greater than 120 days will have until Oct. 12 to pay before the information is sent to a collection agency.