Police in Creston report a man was arrested early this (Thursday) morning, for Public Intoxication. 54-year old Craig Hauser, whose city of residence was not available at the time of the report, was taken into custody at around 1:30-a.m. He was being held in the Union County Jail on a $300 bond.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — A former janitor has pleaded guilty to taking pictures of women in an eastern Iowa college locker room. Linn County court records say 46-year-old Jeffrey Pospisil entered the pleas Wednesday to two counts of invasion of privacy. His sentencing is scheduled for Oct. 18.

The investigation began when students at Cornell College in Mount Vernon reported seeing a cellphone held in an open doorway leading to the locker room. A coach found Pospisil in the area. He was an employee with a business that provides custodial service for the college. He told police he had been texting on the phone. But a search of the phone revealed more than 100 images taken in the locker room as students were fully or partially nude.

Pospisil was fired from his job.

The Trevor Frederickson Memorial Fund recently donated $500 to the District Special Olympics Bowling Event which will be held in Atlantic on October 4th and 5th.  Fund spokesperson and Trevor’s mom, Melanie Petty said “We are pleased to be able to help with this event again this year and hope that all of the participants have a wonderful weekend of bowling and friendship!”

Grant Petty and Gaylord Schelling are pictured (Photo courtesy Melanie Petty)

The Fund recently held their 11th Annual Golf Tournament and all proceeds from their event will go to things that meant something to Trevor.  Petty says they are looking forward to an amazing year of giving back to the community in Trev’s name.  The fund is a 501(c)3 non profit organization and to date has been able to give back upwards of $220,000.00.  Plans are already in the works for the 12th Annual TFred Memorial Golf Tournament to be held on August 8th, 2020.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Officials say help for Iowa motorists will be available for more hours and at more places along the state’s highways. The Iowa Transportation Department announced Wednesday that it is expanding Highway Helper to the Davenport area and is increasing hours of the free service in Cedar Rapids, Council Bluffs, Des Moines and Iowa City.

Highway Helper workers aid stranded drivers in replacing flat tires, jump-starting vehicles and obtaining fuel for empty tanks. The workers will transport stranded drivers to safe locations to make arrangements if extensive repairs are needed.

Highway Helper vehicles patrol high-traffic roadways looking drivers who need help. The department also uses traffic cameras to spot stranded drivers. The department said in a news release that if people are stranded and need assistance, “the safest thing to do is call 911.”

Iowa News Service/Des Moines, IA – Iowa schools are introducing new physical education standards this school year that provide teachers with a framework to strengthen instruction from kindergarten through 12th grade. Stacy Frelund with the American Heart Association of Iowa says the organization was on the team that made the recommendations.

She notes that Iowa has the 10th highest obesity rate for youths ages 10 to 17. She says that’s likely because screen time by kids is creeping up – from phones, to social media, to online gaming – making the new health and physical education guidelines more important than ever.

“Physical education classes are classes, and they have curriculum just like science and math classes do. You can’t just go out and play dodgeball for an hour; it gets into mental health, even, and how to adapt PE to kids that might have challenges.”

The American Health Association recommends parents and kids adopt the daily 5-2-1-Zero rule: five fruits and vegetables per day, two hours of screen time, one hour of exercise and zero sugar-sweetened beverages.

Iowa’s new health and physical education standards, which are optional for schools, outline what a student should know and be able to do at each grade level. Frelund says like adults, kids who exercise report reduced anxiety, better sleep and improved blood sugar control. She notes there also are long-term cognitive benefits.

“Kids’ health is so important that it shouldn’t be something that we forget and make last on the list. Especially when you look at how physical activity and physical education can really impact, like, kids’ brains and the test scores and how they’re doing in some of their other classwork.”

The American Heart Association’s “Kids Heart Challenge” teaches elementary students the importance of keeping their heart healthy by participating in basketball, dance, obstacle-course activity and jumping rope. Funds raised through the program support scientific research and outreach programs.