(Radio Iowa) — Heirlooms from the family of a fallen rock-n-roll star that were stolen during the Winter Dance Party in Clear Lake earlier this month — were found early Thursday. The Clear Lake Police Department recovered the two framed family photos of Ritchie Valens and the framed movie poster that were reportedly stolen from the Best Western Motor Lodge back on February 2nd. The items were recovered in good condition.

If anyone has any information on the items whereabouts over the last 12 days, they are asked to contact the Clear Lake Police Department at 641-357-2186 or police@cityofclearlake.org. The case remains under investigation and no further information is being released at this time.

The City of Harlan would like to remind everyone to parallel park on any street where the snow is windrowed in the center of the street. Parallel parking assists with snow removal operations. Once the windrowed snow is removed please resume regular parking. This is primarily in the Downtown Area. The City of Harlan appreciates your cooperation.

The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office reports a man wanted on a Pott. County warrant for Harassment in the 1st Degree/4th or subsequent offense, was arrested today (Friday), after he turned himself-in to the Sheriff’s Office. 20-year old​ Jacob Kyle Whaley was escorted to Pott. County Corrections and then turned over to corrections staff. ​

(Radio Iowa) — The Emergency Department at University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics in Iowa City is now using and airplane to transport patients who need specialized care for serious injuries or illnesses. The chair of the Emergency Department Andrew Nugent, says the airplane gives them more range. “Our helicopter has a range of about 150 miles and we found that between that and weight restrictions and weather — it was kind of tough to get to all the patients that really wanted to come see us,” Nugent says. Doctor Nugent says the propeller drive airplane has a range of some 700 miles, and holds a bigger payload. “We can take extra people and handle patients that have more acute illnesses, so they can come all the way to the university,” Nugent says.

He says the airplane costs about the same as the helicopter to operate. It gives them an option for a different type of patient. “We’re looking for people who have been stabilized and need to be transferred to a tertiary center, ” according to Nugent.”Whereas the helicopter will a lot of times take patients who are actively needing resuscitation or intervention that maybe needs to happen on a much faster basis. But most of these patients that we’re moving with the airplane, we can take to the airport, we can transfer back to the hospital safely, and then care for them at the university.”

Nugent says they expect the plane to be busy — and not just with flights to Iowa City. “We’re hoping that it’ll be used several times a week. And it won’t just be used by the university. There’s been a lot of demand for it to be used throughout the Midwest. Some the Des Moines hospitals want to use it, Omaha,” he explains. “There really isn’t a lot of options right now for critical transport fixed wing.” He says they also have plenty of need at the U-I. “I think the primary focus for the first year anyway is going to be neo-nate runs — moving sick babies. But we can definitely move I-C-U patients as well,” Nugent says.

The black and gold colored hospital plan joins the helicopter service which began transporting patients in 1979.

A man wanted on an active warrant out of Fremont County, was arrested Monday in Adams County. Tra Perry, of Villisca, was taken into custody at a residence in Brooks, after a search was conducted, and the man was found hiding inside a bedroom closet. Perry was charged in Adams County on two counts of Drug Paraphernalia possession. He was transported to the Adams County Jail.

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(Radio Iowa) — A long-time legislator from Cedar Falls resigned abruptly Thursday afternoon. Democrat Jeff Danielson had been a state senator since January of 2005. He’s a Navy veteran and for the past 25 years he’s worked as a Cedar Falls fire fighter. He resigned from that job yesterday, too. Danielson told the Iowa Starting Line blog and K-W-W-L Television that he wouldn’t be leaving the state senate if he hadn’t decided to leave his fire fighting job. According to The Waterloo Courier, at least eight other Cedar Falls fire fighters have resigned in the past five months out of frustration over the city’s decision to train police to perform fire department functions.

Danielson told K-W-W-L he had a new job in the Cedar Falls area, but details of that job were still under wraps at 10 p.m. last night. Danielson’s senate district covered all of Cedar Falls, the community of Hudson and a portion of Waterloo. He won the district by 18 points in 2016. The governor must now schedule a special election to select a replacement who’ll serve the district until the 2020 election. The district looks to be competitive ground for both parties. There about about 850 more registered Democrats than Republicans in Senate District 30.

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — Lawyers for the city of Davenport have demanded audio recordings of several closed-door meetings of the city’s civil rights commission. The Quad-City Times reports that letters given to the commissioners Tuesday say the commission held at least eight meetings since January 2017 in violation of Iowa’s open meetings laws. Commission director Latrice Lacey says the commission holds closed meetings only as allowed under state law.

The letters ask the commission to turn over the information by Feb. 26 or explain the delay. Other information requested includes service contracts with outside legal counsel, which the letters suggest would be used by the commission against the city in court. The city and the commission have been in a dispute about commission membership since three commissioners were replaced against their will late last year.

The Creston Police Department reports two men were arrested on Valentine’s Day. 24-year old Jacob Alan Shinn, of Creston, was arrested at the Union County LEC for Violation of a No Contact/Protective Order. Shinn was released on a promise to appear in court. And, 42-year old Shawn Jason Parmenter, of Creston, was arrested at his home for Theft in the 4th Degree. Parmenter was later released on a $1,000 bond.

A Creston woman reported to Police Thursday, that sometime overnight Wednesday into Thursday morning, someone stole an HP laptop computer and book from her vehicle. The loss was estimated at $210.