CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Authorities have identified a body found in a rain-swollen Cedar Rapids stream as a missing kayaker. The Linn County Sheriff’s Office said Monday that the state medical examiner’s office had identified the body as 34-year-old John Conley of Cedar Rapids.
Conley’s body was found Sept. 6 in Indian Creek. His wife, 30-year-old Samantha Conley, was rescued from the stream several days earlier after their kayak overturned.
The creek was running high because of heavy rain.
ANKENY, Iowa (AP) — Ankeny police have identified the person killed by an Ankeny police officer as a 31-year-old Missouri man. Police on Monday said officer Todd Webb responded to a call Saturday afternoon of a robbery in progress at a Hy-Vee gas station and located a suspect nearby. Police say the man pointed a handgun at the officer, who then shot and killed the suspect. The man was identified as Christopher Leonard, of Springfield, Missouri.
Police say evidence, including video, has been given to the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation, which will investigate the shooting. Webb, a 12-year-veteran of the Ankeny Police Department, is on paid administrative leave.
AMES, Iowa (AP) — Ames police are investigating a body found at a golf course.
Police are calling the discovery of the body Monday a suspicious death. The police department says officers were called at 10:24 a.m. to Coldwater Golf Links after golfers found a golf bag with no one nearby. Officers responded and found a body some distance from the bag.
Police asked people to stay away from the course. Investigators aren’t identifying the body until relatives can be notified.
The judge took the action after someone started loudly discussing the case with prospective jurors while the judge and lawyers were outside the courtroom. Thompson’s lawyers requested the mistrial, and prosecutors didn’t object.
The trial had been moved to Decatur County because of pretrial publicity.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Democrats are accusing Gov. Kim Reynolds of a “pay for play” arrangement by accepting campaign contributions from a company that provides Medicaid services under Iowa’s privatized health care program for poor and disabled residents.
Iowa Democratic Party Chairman Troy Price said Monday the Reynolds campaign received $1,000 in December from Anthem, the parent company of Amerigroup, months before the state renewed its Medicaid contract. Another donation of $1,500 was made Aug. 22, two days before the state announced Amerigroup and UnitedHealthCare would get a $100 million increase in state funding.
Reynolds’ staff spokeswoman Brenna Smith says Medicaid funding is based on recommendations from the Department of Human Services and its independent actuary based on expected medical costs. Selections must be approved by a federal agency.
Campaign spokesman Pat Garrett says accusations the payments were linked to the contracts are “as false as they are desperate.” The state is dealing with persistent complaints that Medicaid services deteriorated under privatization and the promised millions of dollars in savings haven’t materialized.
Officials with the Cass County Health System report Dr. Autumn Keiser will begin seeing patients at the Atlantic Medical Center on September 19th, 2018. Dr. Keiser will provide the full spectrum of family medicine care, including obstetrics.
Dr. Keiser
Dr. Keiser and her husband, Craig, are both originally from the Omaha area. She earned her undergraduate degree in mathematics from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, and went on to the University of Nebraska College of Medicine, graduating with her medical degree in 2015. Dr. Keiser completed her family medicine residency training in June 2018, where she served as Chief Resident. She is a member of the American Academy of Family Physicians.
To schedule an appointment with Dr. Keiser, call Atlantic Medical Center at 712-243-2850.
The Mills County Sheriff’s Office today (Monday), released a long list of arrests dating back to Sept. 8th….
Police in Council Bluffs have identified the rider of the motorcycle that collided Sunday night with a car. 55-year old Jeffrey Kellar, of Council Bluffs, was transported by Council Bluffs Fire and Rescue to Nebraska Medicine, following the collision that happened at around 8:30-p.m. at the intersection of N. 27th and W. Broadway Streets.
Authorities said earlier, the driver of the vehicle that collided with the 1996 Harley Davidson, was 18-year old Dominick Kass. He suffered minor injuries and was transported from the scene by private vehicle.
The accident happened as Kass was trying to turn south onto 27th Street, from westbound Broadway, when he struck the eastbound cycle. The crash remains under investigation by the Council Bluffs Police Traffic Unit.
FEMA, in coordination with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), has announced the nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) scheduled to take place this Thursday, Sept. 20th, has been postponed until Oct. 3rd due to ongoing response efforts to Hurricane Florence. The WEA portion of the test commences at 2:18 p.m. EDT, and the EAS portion follows at 2:20 p.m. EDT, on Oct. 3rd. The test will assess the operational readiness of the infrastructure for distribution of a national message and determine whether improvements are needed. All operational cell phones will receive the test.
Oct. 3 was the previously scheduled back-up date for the test. Officials say a backup date is always planned in case of widespread severe weather or other significant events on the primary test date. FEMA and the nation’s emergency management community remain committed to the life-saving activities occurring through parts of North Carolina and South Carolina.
For further information on the test, go to https://www.fema.gov/emergency-alert-test.
Two men from Nebraska were arrested late Saturday night, following a pursuit in Pottawattamie County. The Sheriff’s Office reports a deputy responded at around 11-p.m. to assist a fellow officer, after Pott. County Communications advised Omaha Police were in pursuit of a stolen, silver Chevy Impala, that was eastbound on Interstate 680, heading into Iowa. Omaha Police helicopter Able 1 was also following the pursued vehicle. The vehicle traveled north on I-29 before going out of control at the DeSoto Avenue Exit. The vehicle sustained $5,000 damage.
Two men ran from the scene. One of them was identified as 27-year old Branden A. Anstey, of Plattsmouth, NE. A records check indicated Anstey was wanted on two Pott. County warrants for Possession of a Controlled Substance and Unauthorized Use of Credit Cards. The other subject, 30-year old Ronald S. Hoschar, of Omaha, was arrested for Theft in the 2nd Degree.
And, the Pott. County Sheriff’s Office reports 20-year old Erick Alan Bazemore, of Omaha, was picked-up from authorities in Shelby County, Saturday. Bazemore was wanted on a Pott. County warrant for Violation of Probation. He was transported to Council Bluffs and booked into the Pott. County Jail.
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