DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A Polk County jury has awarded $12.25 million to a Panora man who learned after prostate cancer surgery, that a mistake had been made with his tissue samples: He didn’t have cancer. The jury said Friday that Iowa Clinic and its pathologist should pay 67-year-old Rickie Huitt and his wife the damages. The lawsuit they filed said Huitt’s tissue sample slides had been mixed up with those of a man who did have prostate cancer. The subsequent misdiagnosis led to removal of Huitt’s prostate gland in an April 2017 surgery that left him impotent and incontinent.

The Des Moines Register reports that the clinic acknowledged the error but fought the $15 million in damages the Huitts sought in their lawsuit. A lawyer for the clinic and the pathologist recommended Friday that jurors award the Huitts $750,000.

The Creston Police Department reports 35-year old Tiffany Shadle, of Corning, was arrested Thursday evening at the Creston Walmart Store. Shadle was arrested for Theft in the 5th degree. She was cited and released from the scene on a Promise to Appear in court. Last Friday afternoon, 29-year old Scott Draman, of Creston, was arrested at a Casey’s General Store, on charges that include Theft in the 5th degree, Trespassing, and two counts of Possession of a Controlled Substance. He was cited and released from the scene.

Late Saturday morning, 19-year old Joseph Eblen, of Creston, was arrested for Driving While Suspended. He was cited and released on a Promise to Appear. And, Saturday afternoon, a resident of the 600 block of N. Birch, in Creston, reported that sometime between April 5th and 6th, someone took the license plates off of his vehicle while it was parked at his residence. The estimated replacement value of $10.

The Iowa Department of Transportation reported intermittent lane closures will take place on Interstate 80 in both directions, this week. The closures are between the Highway 173/Elk Horn exit and Exit 75 near Adair. A lane is closed intermittently because of construction work. There is also a 16-foot width limit in effect. The intermittent lane closures are in effect from Midnight to Noon on Friday: 8-p.m. to 12-a.m. Sunday, and from 12-a.m. until 12-a.m. on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. The intermittent lane closures can be expected through 3-p.m.  June 13th.

For more information, go to 511ia.org, or call 5-1-1.

Voters in a section of Adams County will head to the polls tomorrow (Tues., April 9th), to decide who will fill the Supervisor District 5 seat vacated by Karl McCarty. The candidates include: Republican Bobbi J. Baker-Maynes; Current appointee, Democrat Corey B. Moore; and two persons nominated by petition – Karen A. Carlson, and Tim Peterson. The polls will be open from 7:00-a.m. until 9:00-p.m., Tuesday. Voting is limited to those voters who reside in District 5-Prescott.

Election Day Registration: A person who is eligible to register to vote may do so on Election Day at the polling place for the precinct in which the person lives. The person must complete a voter registration form, sign an oath, and provide acceptable proof of both identity and residence. The most common example of an acceptable form of identity and residence is an Iowa driver’s license that is not expired and shows the person’s address on Election Day. Other acceptable forms of identity may be found at www.sos.iowa.gov.

Voting at the Polls: All voters are required to provide an approved form of identification at the polling place before they may receive and cast a ballot. Voters who are not pre-registered or voters changing precincts must also provide proof of residence. Any voter who cannot show ID may have their identity attested to by another registered voter in the precinct who has proper ID. For more information about voter ID, visit http://sos.iowa.gov/voterid or call 641-322-3340.

Questions may be directed to the Adams County Auditor’s Office; the telephone number is 641-322-3340.

The CAM School District’s Board of Education will hold a Public Hearing this evening on the proposed 2019-2020 Certified Budget. The Board’s regular meeting and the hearing, are set to begin at 6:30-p.m. in the CAM High School Media Center, and will be preceded at 6:15-p.m. by a Board visit to Mrs. Shelly Miller’s classroom for a brief presentation from the Digital Media Class.

During the Board meeting, and soon after the public hearing on the budget, the CAM School Board will act on adopting a Budget Resolution, and the 2019-20 Certified Budget. They’ll also consider and/or act on:

• Approval of continued operation sharing agreements with the Nodaway Valley Community School District.
• Approval of an Art teacher sharing agreement with the Griswold CSD
• Reviewing and acting on the purchase of a school vehicle.
• Approval of an AEA purchasing agreement
• Approval of the 2017-district audit report.

and other matters.

A public hearing will be held during this evening’s meeting of the Exira-EHK School Board. The hearing, which will take place shortly after the start of the meeting at 6-p.m. in the Conference Room at the Elk Horn Building, is with regard to the 2019-2020 District Budget. Separately, a Habitat Trip Presentation will take place in the Cafeteria. In other business, the Exira-EHK School Board will discuss and/or act on several administrative matters, including (but not limited to):

• Approval of the 2019-20 Budget
• Approval of a 6th through 12th grade Principal candidate.
• Approval of Certified Teachers’ salaries.
• Approval of Staff and Administration salaries.
• Approval of the Wrestling Program for 2019-20.
• And approval of an Outfield fence for the Baseball field.

(Radio Iowa) — The Canadian comedian known globally for his role as the quirky handyman “Red Green” is planning to visit five Iowa cities for performances this month. Steve Smith, who created the character and the T-V program that ran for 15 seasons, says his one-man show isn’t a stand-up act, but follows the familiar antics of members of the fictional Possum Lodge in the deep woods of northwestern Ontario. “It’s supposedly a lodge meeting so it starts with the salute and the oath,” Smith says. “I like telling stories and giving advice and some news. I don’t consider it in the standup field at all, especially this one. I’ve actually shot some new video and stuff for it which I refer to, so it’s more of an audio-visual presentation.”

Steve Smith as Red Green

Smith calls this his “This Could Be It!” tour, hinting it’s likely his last. The 73-year-old says he’s made a lot of mistakes in his long life, but adds, he knows when it’s time to go. “I ended my TV series when I felt that it would only get worse if I kept doing it and I’ve made several changes like that,” Smith says. “My sense now is that it’s time to hang up the touring hat. Ticket sales are the best they’ve ever been. People are excited to come say me, so I think that’s the time to say, ‘Thank you and adios!'”

Smith says he feels very at home in Iowa and has a kinship with Midwesterners, our feet-on-the-ground attitude and our rock-solid morals. After 300 episodes of the television show, a feature-length movie, several books and four comedy tours, Smith recognizes he’s incredibly fortunate his brand of humor became so popular. “You’ve gotta’ admit, my program is very odd and I’m doing a very odd kind of comedy. Maybe it’s a throwback to the ’50s,” Smith says. “The thing is, if you like it, there’s almost nowhere you can find it. Everybody seems to be either angry or obscene or both and I’m not any of those things and people that enjoy that don’t have too many stores to go to.”

While the finale episode of “The Red Green Show” aired in 2006, it’s lived long in reruns on P-B-S. In an interview with Radio Iowa, Smith was asked if he still runs across people who don’t realize the T-V show is no longer being produced. “Yes, I do,” Smith says, laughing. “I also find, this is my fourth tour and the average age of our audience has gotten younger with every tour, which is really odd, but what it is, it’s YouTube. There are kids who come out and they don’t know the show was ever on television. They only know it from the internet, so it’s a new world.”

This U-S tour has 35 dates scheduled and promoters say 11 are already sold out. Smith will play the Adler Theatre in Davenport on Saturday (April 13th), Hoyt Sherman Place in Des Moines on Sunday the 14th, Five Flags Center in Dubuque on the 15th, the Bridge View Center in Ottumwa on the 16th, and Stevens Auditorium in Ames on the 17th.
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