(Radio Iowa) — The 19 Democrats who spoke Sunday in Cedar Rapids at a party fundraiser focused on some common issues. Most promised to take steps to protect abortion rights and address climate change. But NONE mentioned impeaching President Trump. New Jersey Senator Cory Booker warned that the 2020 race cannot be a referendum on Trump. “Democrats, we can’t let this election be about what we are against,” Booker said. “It must be an election about what we are for, who we are for.”  Former Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper urged Democrats to be pragmatic. “Donald Trump is the worst president in the history of America, but defeating him is far from guaranteed,” Hickenlooper said. “The most effective attack the Republicans can level against us Is one of socialism.”

Hickenlooper was booed by California Democrats when he made a similar comment there, but the 15-hundred Iowa Democrats who listened to HIckenlooper and 18 other presidential candidates yesterday (Sunday) did not boo any of them. The latest Des Moines Register C-N-N “Iowa Poll” found 79 percent of Democrats saying the candidates they’re considering “must” support abortion rights. New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand stressed the issue during her speech Sunday. “Right wing politicians and a whole lot of men are making decisions about our reproductive freedom,” Gillibrand said. “Now is not the time to be polite. Now is not the time for small steps. Now is the time to fight like hell!”

Former Texas Congressman Beto O’Rourke emphasized that point, too. “That every woman makes her own decisions about her own body and has access to the care that allows that to be possible,” O’Rourke said. Former Vice President Joe Biden recently said “circumstances have changes” and he reversed his long-standing support of a federal policy that forbids federal tax dollars from paying for abortion.

Biden was not among the speakers at the Iowa Democratic Party’s event in Cedar Rapids. Biden attended his granddaughter’s high school graduation Sunday, but will be campaigning in Iowa tomorrow and Wednesday. President Trump will be in Iowa, too, touring a western Iowa ethanol plant Tuesday afternoon, then speaking at an Iowa G-O-P fundraiser tomorrow (Tuesday) night.

The Union County Sheriff’s Office reports one arrest and one accident took place, Saturday. 23-year old Hannah Mae Hendricks, of Des Moines, was arrested following a traffic stop at around 3:50-p.m.  She was taken into custody on a Polk County warrant for OWI/1st offense, and possession of a controlled substance. Hendricks was being held in the Adams County Jail until being transferred to Polk County.

And, a man from Clive escaped injury early Saturday afternoon, after the 2008 Pontiac G6 he was driving, experienced a steering issue as he was trying to turn north at the intersection of 120th and REA Road. The car, driven by 29-year old Ian Alexander McLeod, hit a power pole owned by Greenfield REC. The vehicle sustained $3,500 damage, while damage to the pole was estimated at $1,500. No citations were issued.

The Cass County Sheriff’s Office reports an Atlantic woman serving time in the Cass County Jail, was charged Friday with three felony charges of Possession with Intent to Deliver Hydrocodone (C Felonies); three felony counts of Failure to Affix Drug Tax Stamp (D Felonies); and one felony count of Ongoing Criminal Conduct (B Felony). 71-year old Arma Re Roby later posted a $10,000 bond.

And, 35-year old Joseph Lee Howell, of Atlantic, was arrested by Cass County Deputies Friday, on a District Court warrant for Probation Violation. Howell was taken to the Cass County Jail where he remained held without bond.

The Cass County Sheriff’s Office says no injuries were reported following an accident that happened at around 2:10-p.m. Saturday, in Marne. Authorities say a 2019 Freightliner driven by 70-year old Jerry Lee Dargin, of Minden, got caught on the pavement, buckling the trailer in the process. The accident occurred near 4th and Washington Streets in Marne. Damage to the trailer was estimated at $10,000. No citations were issued.

In an update to our earlier reports, the Cass County Sheriff’s Office said today an Atlantic man was transported by Anita Rescue to CCMH following an accident east of Wiota Saturday afternoon, on Highway 83. Authorities report 78-year old Terry McCoy, of Atlantic, was driving a 2010 Ford F-250 pickup and attempting to get around a tractor that was turning north off of Highway 83, when his vehicle struck the left front wheel of a 2017 John Deere tractor, driven by 43-year old Michael Plagman of Cumberland, who was not hurt. Following the collision, the pickup slid across the highway into the south ditch and came to rest on its top in the east ditch. McCoy was able to extricate himself from the pickup. He was subsequently cited for Unsafe Passing. Damage to the pickup was estimated at $10,000, while the tractor sustained $500 damage. The incident remains under investigation.

Audubon Police Chief Matt Starmer reports that on Saturday, 27-year old Benjamin Lee Petersen, of Audubon, was arrested for Driving With Suspended License.  Petersen was cited at the scene and then released on promise to appear in court. On Friday, 60 year old Randall Gene Nelsen, of Audubon, was arrested for Reckless Use of Fire.  The charge was the result of an investigation into a structure fire that took place on May 21st.  Nelsen was cited, processed, and released on promise to appear.

On June 5th, 40-year old Joshua Robert Saunders, of Audubon, was arrested for Violation of No Contact Order, and on an active Audubon County warrant.  Saunders was transported to the Audubon County Jail and held pending an appearance before a magistrate. May 31st, 43-year old Jacob Aaron Schramm, of Audubon, was cited for Allowing a Dog to Run at Large.  Schramm was released on promise to appear in court. On May 29th, 43-year old Charles Ray Brock, of Atlantic, was cited for having a Vicious Dog.  Brock was released on promise to appear in court.

And, on May 27th, 38-year old Kendra Ellisen Bladt, of Audubon, was cited for Allowing Dog to Run at Large.  Bladt was also released on a promise to appear in court.

The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office reports 44-year old Jeffrey R. Brandt, of Walnut, was arrested Sunday afternoon, for Domestic Abuse Assault causing bodily injury/1st offense. Brandt was taken into custody at a residence in rural Walnut and transported to the Pott. County Jail. A traffic stop at around 1:30-a.m. Sunday in Oakland, resulted in the arrest of 69-year old Steven Arthur Woolman. He was pulled over after a deputy saw a pickup traveling west on Highway 59. The truck didn’t have a registration plate lamp. The deputy also observed the vehicle swerving from side-to-side, and at one point was partially traveling in the eastbound lane heading west on the undivided highway. Woolman was arrested for OWI/1st offense.

Saturday night, 42-year old David Douglas Lester was taken into custody after he was pulled over for speeding and his vehicle was heard squealing its tires from a stop light at the I-80 on-ramp at Highway 6. Lester was charged with OWI/1st offense. Earlier in the evening, Saturday, 36-year old Jack Michael Graser, of Whiting, was arrested after the vehicle he was a passenger in, was pulled over. Graser was charged with Violation of a No Contact Order.

And, Friday morning, an inmate at the Pottawattamie County Jail, 25-year old Colton Frank Sederburg, of Council Bluffs, was charged with Harassment in the 2nd Degree, after alledgedly threatening a Detention Officer by making several comments to physically harm him. Sederburg was being held in the jail on Possession and Theft charges.