(WATERLOO) – The Iowa Dept. of Corrections said today (Monday), London Willis Walker, who was convicted of Intimidation with Dangerous Weapon and other crimes in Black Hawk County, failed to report back to the Waterloo Residential Facility as required last night (Sunday night).  Walker is a 25-year-old, Black male, height 5’10”, and weighs 185 pounds. He was admitted to the work release facility on April 2, 2019.  Persons with information on Walker’s whereabouts should contact local police.

London Walker

(Radio Iowa) — Some two dozen Iowa F-F-A members from Charles City and Rockford took a six-hour trip to east-central Nebraska over the weekend to provide manpower and supplies to a flood-stricken family. Charles City sophomore Justin Heyer says the devastation at the Drew Wolfe cattle operation is unimaginable.  “It’s just horrible seeing how we can have such a successful spring in Iowa and then we come down here, just the next state over, and it looks like a beach right now,” Heyer says. “It’s like we’re by the ocean. Everything is just flood planed, destroyed.”

The Platte River left its banks near Schuyler, Nebraska, and raged across corn fields, feed yards and swept away a third of the operation’s 25-hundred-head of cattle. The F-F-A members picked up and rebuilt fences destroyed during the record-setting event. The rancher, Wolfe, says the random act of support from the 25 students was overwhelming.  “It’s nice to see kids wanting to come help,” Wolfe says. “There’s been a lot of that but it’s pretty amazing.”  Rockford F-F-A member Sawyer Salisbury skipped a benefit Saturday for his own family who lost their house in a fire on February 2nd to go to Nebraska. “When my house burned down, everybody was there to help me so I figured I’d go help someone else in need,” Salisbury says.

F-F-A members raised 35-hundred dollars during a two-hour “radiothon” to help offset the costs of the trip. Another 25-hundred dollars came in later that’s being donated to the hastag-nebraska-strong cause. Rockford F-F-A member Jayden Jorgensen says the experience is something she’ll never forget. “This is where you learn your life lessons, respect for others, respect for livestock, compassion, all of those good qualities that makes a good community member,” Jorgensen says.

The Floyd County Cattlemen’s Association joined members on the trip. Several businesses and organizations in Schuyler provided meals and hotel rooms.

The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office reports several recent arrests. A Nebraska woman was arrested Sunday night on two counts of Child Endangerment/Substantial Risk, OWI/1st offense and Possession of a Controlled Substance/Marijuana – 1st offense. Authorities say 32-year old Kimberly N. Chunn, of Omaha, was arrested after a deputy was dispatched to a location to a business in the 26-thousand block of Magnolia Road, for a “check location.” The endangered children were said to be one- and 4 year-old males.  Chunn was transported to the Pott. County Jail and held on a $4,000 bond.

Earlier that same evening, 46-year old Richard E. Zortman, II, of Avoca, was arrested for Domestic Abuse Assault, following an incident involving a 50-year old woman, in Avoca. His bond was set at $300. Saturday evening, a Pott. County Deputy on patrol made a traffic stop just east of the State Patrol Headquarters in Council Bluffs, on a vehicle for having temporary “City Motor Sports” license plates. A passenger in the vehicle, 46-year old Stephanie Ann Good, was found to be in possession of methamphetamine/1st offense, and drug paraphernalia. Good was taken into custody and transported to the Pott. County Jail.

At around 1:30-a.m., Saturday, 20-year old Jacob Duane Martinmaas, of Omaha, was arrested on a warrant for Violation of Probation. He was taken into custody in Council Bluffs, following a traffic stop. Friday afternoon, 32-year old Benjamin Pecher, of Council Bluffs, was served with a warrant for Violation of Probation. Pecher was being held in the Pottawattamie County Jail on numerous other charges when he was served with the felony warrant. His bond was set at $1,000. And, Friday morning, 37-year old Austain Scott Standley, of Missouri Valley, was transported from the Harrison County Jail to the Pott. County Jail, where he was wanted on a Pott. County warrant for Violation of Probation.