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Iowa early News Headlines: Tuesday, Jan. 30th 2018

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January 30th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:40 a.m. CST

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A former assistant city attorney for Council Bluffs has been sentenced to five years of probation after pleading guilty to conspiring to distribute a large amount of marijuana. The U.S. Attorney’s Office says Monday that 44-year-old Don Bauermeister, of Omaha, was sentenced to probation and ordered to pay a $5,000 fine. Bauermeister had worked since 2003 for Council Bluffs but resigned in June after confirming he’d asked someone to drive from Omaha to Oregon to pick up marijuana.

PULASKI, Iowa (AP) — Authorities are investigating the discovery of a body found in a burned-out car in southeast Iowa. The Iowa Department of Public Safety says a farmer on Saturday morning reported the burned-out car in Davis County, southeast of the small community of Pulaski. Deputies responded and found human remains inside the car. The remains were taken to the Office of the State Medical Examiner in Ankeny, where an autopsy will be conducted this week.

CHARLES CITY, Iowa (AP) — A woman has been charged with stealing from a bank and a bank customer in northern Iowa. Court records say 33-year-old Cassandra Lane is charged with two counts of theft. Court documents say she stole $13,300 from the customer and nearly $4,000 from the First Security Bank and Trust branch in Charles City. The records don’t list the name of attorney who could comment for her.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa county is considering its response to a lawsuit filed by an Arizona man who spent two months in jail for a robbery he didn’t commit. The Linn County Board of Supervisors met behind closed doors Monday to consider the lawsuit filed by 23-year-old Joseph McBride. The county hasn’t answered the lawsuit, which alleges County Attorney Jerry Vander Sanden signed a complaint against McBride containing false statements.

AP high school boys basketball poll 01/29/2018

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January 29th, 2018 by admin

The Top Ten teams in the Associated Press Iowa high school basketball poll with first-place votes in parentheses and won-loss record, total points and position last week at right:

Class 4A
Record Pts Prv
1. Iowa City, West (7) 12-2 96 1
2. Des Moines, Hoover 14-1 81 3
3. Des Moines, North (1) 14-2 73 5
4. Cedar Falls (1) 11-3 70 4
5. Pleasant Valley (1) 13-1 58 7
6. Waukee 14-2 45 8
7. Sioux City, East 12-2 43 2
8. Dowling Catholic, West Des Moines 12-3 29 9
9. Johnston 12-3 27 10
10. Dubuque, Hempstead 10-4 17 NR

Others receiving votes: Dubuque, Senior 7. North Scott, Eldridge 3. Epworth, Western Dubuque 1.

Class 3A
Record Pts Prv
1. Oskaloosa (9) 15-1 99 1
2. Mount Pleasant 14-3 83 T3
3. Xavier, Cedar Rapids (1) 11-4 78 2
4. Glenwood 14-2 65 5
5. Norwalk 14-2 59 T3
6. Spirit Lake 11-4 39 9
7. Charles City 13-2 37 8
8. Bishop Heelan Catholic, Sioux City 9-5 34 7
9. Harlan 12-3 22 6
10. Assumption, Davenport 7-8 12 NR

Others receiving votes: Le Mars 8. Waverly-Shell Rock 6. West Delaware, Manchester 3. Winterset 2. South Tama County, Tama 2. Sergeant Bluff-Luton 1.

Class 2A
Record Pts Prv
1. Western Christian, Hull (8) 16-0 96 1
2. Van Meter (2) 16-0 87 2
3. Cascade,Western Dubuque 18-0 80 3
4. Treynor 16-0 68 4
5. South Hamilton, Jewell 18-0 63 5
6. East Marshall, Le Grand 16-0 41 10
7. Sheldon 15-2 36 6
8. Aplington-Parkersburg 16-1 30 7
9. Wapello 16-1 14 NR
10. Sioux Center 13-4 13 T8

Others receiving votes: Northeast, Goose Lake 8. Garner-Hayfield-Ventura 4. Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont 4. Central Lee, Donnellson 3. Forest City 2. Rock Valley 1.

Class 1A
Record Pts Prv
1. North Linn, Troy Mills (8) 19-0 98 1
2. Grand View Christian (2) 15-0 90 2
3. St. Mary’s, Remsen 16-0 82 3
4. Dunkerton 16-1 55 6
5. Bishop Garrigan, Algona 15-2 44 4
(tie)Don Bosco, Gilbertville 14-2 44 7
7. George-Little Rock 12-5 26 5
8. St. Albert, Council Bluffs 10-6 23 9
(tie) Lynnville-Sully 14-3 23 8
10. Ankeny Christian Academy 14-2 20 NR

Others receiving votes: South O’Brien, Paullina 10. Bedford 10. Iowa Mennonite, Kalona 8. Notre Dame, Burlington 5. Montezuma 4. New London 4. Edgewood-Colesburg 2. Wapsie Valley, Fairbank 1. West Fork, Sheffield 1.

Authorities ask for help in ID’ing possible suspects in shooting

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January 29th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

Officials with the Iowa Dept. of Public Safety say at around 1:30-a.m. Sunday, the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a shooting at the rest stop located at exit 159 in Dows, Iowa.  The shooting victim was transported to North Iowa Mercy Hospital for treatment.  The incident is being investigated by the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office, the Iowa State Patrol, the Wright County Sheriff’s Office, and the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation.

As a result of the investigation, investigators are asking for the public’s assistance identifying the two individuals who were captured on video at a nearby convenience store prior to the shooting. (The images are posted below, click to enlarge)

The black male and female were driving a gray or silver 4-door SUV, possibly a Jeep Cherokee.

Human remains found in burned-out car in SE Iowa

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January 29th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

PULASKI, Iowa (AP) — Authorities are investigating the discovery of a body found in a burned-out car in southeast Iowa. The Iowa Department of Public Safety says a farmer on Saturday morning reported the burned-out car in Davis County, southeast of the small community of Pulaski. Deputies responded and found human remains inside the car.

The remains were taken to the Office of the State Medical Examiner in Ankeny, where an autopsy will be conducted this week.

AP men’s college basketball Top 25 01/29/2018

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January 29th, 2018 by admin

The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ men’s college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Jan. 28, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week’s ranking:

Record Pts Prv
1. Villanova (47) 20-1 1607 1
2. Virginia (17) 20-1 1572 2
3. Purdue (1) 21-2 1501 3
4. Duke 18-3 1372 4
5. Michigan St. 20-3 1347 6
6. Xavier 19-3 1278 8
7. Kansas 17-4 1224 5
8. Cincinnati 19-2 1208 9
9. Arizona 18-4 1103 11
10. Texas Tech 17-4 987 14
11. Auburn 19-2 882 19
12. Oklahoma 15-5 840 12
13. Saint Mary’s (Cal) 21-2 753 16
14. Gonzaga 19-4 750 15
15. West Virginia 16-5 709 7
16. Wichita St. 17-4 635 17
17. Ohio St. 18-5 566 13
18. Tennessee 15-5 512 22
19. North Carolina 16-6 470 10
20. Clemson 17-4 414 18
21. Kentucky 16-5 344
22. Rhode Island 17-3 327 24
23. Florida 15-6 172 20
24. Michigan 17-6 103 25
25. Arizona St 16-5 100 21

Others receiving votes: Kansas St 94, Florida St. 76, Nevada 41, Louisville 39, Creighton 33, Seton Hall 16, Miami 12, TCU 11, Houston 8, Alabama 6, New Mexico St. 5, NC State 5, Southern Cal 3.

Iowa woman accused of stealing from bank, bank customer

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January 29th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

CHARLES CITY, Iowa (AP) — A woman has been charged with stealing from a bank and a bank customer in northern Iowa. Court records say 33-year-old Cassandra Lane is charged with two counts of theft. Court documents say she stole $13,300 from the customer and nearly $4,000 from the bank while working from October 2016 to August 2017 at the First Security Bank and Trust branch in Charles City.

The records say she’s bonded out of jail.

Inmate dies in n.w. IA jail

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January 29th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

Officials with the Sioux County Sheriff’s Office report that on Sunday, January 28th, the Sheriff’s Office investigated a report of an unresponsive inmate at the Sioux County Jail.  At approximately 6:30 pm, Detention Officers located an unresponsive inmate in a cell and rendered emergency aid. The rescue efforts were unsuccessful and the inmate was pronounced deceased by the Sioux County Medical Examiner.  The name of the inmate was being withheld as of this report, and the case will be investigated by the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation.

The Sioux County Sheriff’s Office was assisted by the Orange City Ambulance and the Orange City Police Department.

Instructions to add KJAN App to your iPhone

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January 29th, 2018 by admin

To make a “KJAN App” for your iPhone

Open up the KJAN Homepage

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

While on the KJAN Homepage, there is a link to download the Android and iPhone Apps, do not click on that. On the line under that, it says, “If you are having issues with the app with the latest version of iOS then download the web app here.” Click on “here” and it will take you to a hyperlink to the listen live tab.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When you get to the web page, your iPhone Browser will be visible. You need to click on the box with the arrow pointing up. This will bring up this page (You may need to swipe left or right to get to this exact page).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When you are here, you need to click on the button that says “Add to Home Screen”. This will pop up.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Click on Add in the top right corner. Finally, this will pop up, and you will be able to click on the app to listen to KJAN whenever you want, wherever you are.

Iowa county considers response to wrongful arrest lawsuit

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January 29th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa county is considering its response to a lawsuit filed by an Arizona man who spent two months in jail for a robbery he didn’t commit. The Linn County Board of Supervisors met in closed session Monday to consider the lawsuit filed by 23-year-old Joseph McBride. The county hasn’t answered the lawsuit, which alleges County Attorney Jerry Vander Sanden signed a complaint against McBride containing false statements.

McBride was 1,500 miles away when a violent 2017 robbery occurred in Cedar Rapids, his former hometown. The victim told police that a Facebook photo of McBride appeared to match one of the assailants. Investigators never spoke to McBride before he was arrested, shipped by prison van to Iowa, and jailed 61 days. He was released after investigators checked his alibi, which included time-stamped photos of him in Arizona.

Police say body found in cemetery was that of missing woman

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January 29th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say a body found on the ground in a Waterloo cemetery has been identified as that of a missing Waterloo woman. The body of 40-year-old Lakisha Williams was found around 3 p.m. Friday in a remote area of Garden of Memories cemetery. Her mother had reported her missing Thursday. She was last seen around 5 p.m. Jan. 20 near her apartment. Police say Williams’ death is suspicious.

Her husband is being held in St. Paul, Minnesota, on a warrant charging him with being a fugitive from justice. Iowa records indicate he’s served prison time for burglary, robbery and weapons crimes.