(Fremont County, Iowa) – The Fremont County Sheriff’s Office reports a bank robbery took place Friday morning, in Hamburg. Authorities received word of the robbery at the First Interstate Bank in Hamburg, a little after 10-a.m., Friday.

A white male entered the bank at around 10-a.m. and demanded money before leaving the scene on a white Harley Davidson Motorcycle with black saddle bags. The vehicle was last seen southbound on Hwy 275 near the Iowa/Missouri state line.

Anyone with information about the incident should contact the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office at 712-374-2424.

Fremont County Sheriff Kevin Aistrope reports the following individuals were arrested over the past 10 days:

• On 04/30/2024, deputies arrested David Allan Thompson, age 42 of Hamburg, Iowa for Domestic Abuse 1^st Offense. He was released after posting a $300 bond.
• On 05/02/2024, deputies arrested Beau Doyne Oliver, age 34 of Sidney, Iowa for Felon in Possession of a Firearm. He was released after posting a $5,000 cash/surety bond.
• On 05/03/2024, deputies arrested Philip Keith Penney, age 63 of Percival, Iowa for OWI 1^st Offense. He was released after posting a $1,000 cash/surety bond.
• On 05/04/2024, deputies arrested David Allen Holste, age 53 of Clarinda, Iowa for Driving Under Suspension. He was released after posting a $566.25 cash bond.
• On 05/04/2024, deputies arrested Joseph Timothy Rezek, age 40 of Bellevue, Nebraska for OWI 1^st Offense. He was released after posting a $1,000 cash/surety bond.
• On 05/07/2024, deputies arrested Dennis Clifford Erickson, age 52 of Sidney, Iowa for Domestic Abuse 1^st Offense. He was released after posting a $1,000 cash/surety bond.
• On 05/07/2024, deputies arrested Jason Nathaniel Crews, age 25 of Council Bluffs, Iowa for Domestic Abuse 1^st Offense. He was released after posting a $300 bond.
• On 05/08/2024, deputies arrested Ryan Carl Nelson, age 29 of Sidney, Iowa for OWI 1^st Offense in connection with a 03/05/2024 traffic stop. He was released after posting a $1,000 cash/surety bond.
• On 05/10/2024, deputies arrested Chrissy Lee Farnsworth, age 57 of Sidney, Iowa for Violation of Probation. She was released after posting a $1,000 cash/surety bond.
• On 05/10/2024, deputies arrested Denell Renae Greene, age 55 of Farragut, Iowa for OWI 1^st Offense. She was released after posting a $1,000 cash/surety bond.

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(Radio Iowa) – Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird has assembled a task force of law enforcement officials and members of Iowa’s Jewish community to address acts of antisemitism in Iowa.

Bird says the task force will help train law enforcement and county attorneys to respond to reports of antisemitism and encourage victims to come forward.

Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird and other members of her antisemitism task force spoke during a news conference at the Iowa Holocaust Memorial. (RI photo)

Jarad (JAIR-ud) Bernstein, executive director of the Jewish Federation of Greater Des Moines, says groups on the far right and far left are stoking harassment, vandalism and assault of Jews and there have been dozens of recent complaints in Iowa.

I-S-U professor Christina Gish Hill says the expression of hatred toward Jews is growing bolder throughout the United States and Europe, especially on college campuses — and in Ames.

Bird says the task force will work with Iowa’s college and universities so students understand what antisemitism is.

Bird and other members of the task force spoke this (Friday) afternoon at a news conference staged at the Holocaust Memorical near the Iowa Capitol.

(Radio Iowa) – The Board of Regents heard the first reading of proposed tuition increases for the three state schools and approved increases in room and board rates at their meeting today (Friday.) Brad Berg from the Regents office detailed the tuition proposal.

That amounts to a 270 dollar increase at the U-I and I-S-U, and a 168 dollars at U-N-I.

They are also requesting a three-percent increase in mandatory fees at U-N-I, a two-point-five percent increase at I-S-U, and one-point-three percent increase at the U-I. The Board did not take any action on the tuition proposal. Berg says they have the second an final reading of the proposed rates, and will hear from students at their June meeting.

The tuition increase comes after the Regents requested 14-point-eight million more dollars in state funding and the Legislature approved a 12-point-three million dollar increase. The Board took a final vote on the proposed increase room board rates.

The rate for a double room at the University of Iowa is increasing by four-point-eight percent (4.8%), Iowa State University’s rate is going up five-point-eight percent (5.8%) and there’s a three-point-five percent increase at the University of Northern Iowa.

DES MOINES – Gov. Kim Reynolds released the following statement in response to the U.S. District Court dismissing the class action lawsuit regarding the canceling of federal pandemic assistance:

“During the pandemic, the federal government attempted to pay able-bodied people to stay home instead of seeking employment to keep our economy on track. Republican governors around the country stood up to protect the livelihoods of our citizens, getting people back to work when it was desperately needed. In Iowa, we value hard work and recognize the dignity a good job can bring. I appreciate the court’s decision.”

(Radio Iowa) – The names of two Iowa policemen have been added to the Iowa Peace Officer Memorial on the state capitol grounds. Iowa Public Safety Commissioner Stephen Bayenshosted a ceremony at the site this (Friday) morning.

The families of Algona Police Officer Kevin Cram and Des Moines Police Phoukham Tran seated near the granite markers that now bear the names of their loved ones. Cram was shot to death last September as he was serving an arrest warrant on a suspect who’s been charged with Cram’s murder.

Governor Reynolds says service came first for Officer Cram.

Tran, the Des Moines Policeman, died in November after a decade long struggle to recover from being struck by a drunk driver as he directed traffic outside the Iowa State Fair. Today’s (Friday’s) Peace Officer Memorial ceremony included a 21-gun salute, taps and a rendition of Amazing Grace by the Mackenzie Highlanders Pipes and Drums, an all volunteer group that supports law enforcement, military units and fire houses in central Iowa.