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(Radio Iowa) – Deere & Company, Iowa’s largest manufacturing employer, reports its first quarter income was down, but there’s optimism for the year ahead. Deere reports net income was 656 million in the first quarter compared with to 869 million dollars in the first quarter last year. Worldwide net sales and revenues increased 13 percent compared to the same quarter last year.
Deere C-E-O John May says in a statement that the global large agriculture industry continues to experience challenges, but they’re encouraged by the ongoing recovery in demand for construction and small agriculture. May says the positive developments reinforce their belief that 2026 represents the bottom of the current cycle and provides a strong foundation for accelerated growth going forward.
(Glenwood, IA) – Two people were arrested in Glenwood on separate “Failure To Appear” (in court) charges. The Glenwood Police Department reports 43-year-old Jared Daniel Newman, and 44-year-old Nathan Francis Styles, both of Glenwood, were arrested Wednesday afternoon and early Thursday morning, respectively. Their bonds were set at $1,000, each.
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(Radio Iowa) – Forecasters say a winter storm system will move across Iowa this (Thursday) afternoon, tonight and early tomorrow, dropping up to six inches of snow. For now, National Weather Service meteorologist Jim Lee says it’s thought the heaviest snow will run in a corridor roughly from Council Bluffs to Des Moines to Dubuque. “The most likely areas to receive higher amounts are generally from western through central or north central into northeastern Iowa,” Lee says, “however, what we’re looking at is a situation where there will be a relatively narrow band of heavier snow, and it’s not yet certain exactly where that’s going to fall, so the forecast amounts are somewhat variable.” Lee is urging all Iowans to keep a close eye on the changing forecast, as travel could become hazardous later today and tonight.
“Within the heaviest band of snow, amounts of two to five inches will be common, and there may even be a narrow strip of six inches or more,” Lee says. “Again, that would be over a relatively small area, but it is quite possible. So we are going to look at some travel impacts here later today into the night that may linger into the Friday morning commute.” The winter weather comes after record warmth earlier in the week where many parts of the state saw high temperatures in the 50s, 60s and even low 70s. Lee says this shift back to more seasonal weather means this snow will likely stick around.
“The next several days from Friday through Monday, we’ll struggle to get above freezing during the day, which is actually only a little bit below normal, but it’ll feel much worse because we’ve been so spoiled,” Lee says. “However, toward the middle of next week, it does look like we’ll get a relative warm-up again. Maybe not what we’ve just seen, but 50s are definitely in play for the middle of next week.”
Over the past week or so, he notes Des Moines had six days in a row of temperatures in the 60s, an exceptionally warm stretch for February in Iowa.
(Guthrie Center, IA) – The Guthrie County Roads Department reports Horn Avenue – between 160th and 170th Streets – will be closed for bridge repairs beginning today (Thursday) at 10-a.m.. It is expected to be closed for approximately 30 days (March 20th, by 5-p.m.).
(Atlantic, IA) – The attorney for a woman who was set to stand trial next week in Cass County, wants to clarify the charges against his client. It was reported from information gleaned from court documents by multiple news outlets, that Alison Elaine Dorsey would enter a written plea of guilty to Involuntary Manslaughter and Child Endangerment Causing Death. Attorney Trevor Hook said Dorsey would ONLY be pleading guilty to the Involuntary Manslaughter charge. Count Two: Child Endangerment Causing Death, will be dismissed at her sentencing next Thursday (Feb. 26th).
Hook told KJAN “The plea agreement, it’s weird. The form, you have to put the charges on front page. That’s not what you’re pleading to, it’s just what she’s charged with.” The plea agreement says “She’ll plead guilty to Count One – a lesser included offense of Involuntary Manslaughter – 5-years (maximum prison term), with credit for all the time she did in prison (about 20-months).” Count Two would be dismissed.
In her written plea, Dorsey wrote that while she was caring for 11-week old Luka Hodges in 2019, she picked him up. She said was being fussy and wouldn’t eat, so she rocked him in her arms harder than she should have. Dorsey said she regrets her actions unintentionally caused the infant’s death.
Dorsey’s trial was previously set to take place Feb. 24th in Cass County District Court. It was to have been her third trial. The first in Atlantic ended ended in a hung jury/mistrial. The second, held June, 2023 in Pottawattamie County, resulted in a conviction for second-degree murder and child endangerment resulting in death, but the verdict was overturned by the Iowa Supreme Court because they said, it was improperly moved from Cass to Pott. County. It was reset and scheduled to take place in Atlantic
Dorsey, who ran a daycare center in Massena, will appear before a judge at 9:30-a.m., Feb. 26th to enter her plea and receive her sentence.
(Creston, IA) – The Creston Police Department reports a man was arrested Tuesday evening on a charge of Attempted Burglary in the 3rd Degree. Authorities say 26-year-old Noah Alexander Young (No known address) was arrested at the Union County Law Enforcement Center. Young was taken to the Union County Jail and held on a $2,000 cash or surety bond.
(Radio Iowa) – The University of Iowa’s Museum of Natural History will be a featured waypoint next month on a historic cross-country journey celebrating the American bison. Jessica Smith, spokeswoman for the U-I’s Pentacrest Museums, says it’ll be the only Iowa stop for a unique shipment celebrating our national mammal. “The Smithsonian Museum of Natural History has commissioned three, larger-than-life bronze bison sculptures,” Smith says, “and they are going to be picked up on a truck with an open bed in Colorado and begin a great American bison road trip from Colorado all the way to the National Mall in D.C., where they will be installed permanently.” Bison are being recognized in celebration of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, and Iowa City was picked as one of the rest stops, given the many connections with the wooly beasts.
“Here at the University of Iowa and in the state of Iowa, we have some of the most impressive research and archaeological dig sites that really help us to understand the history of the bison and their connection with Iowa’s first peoples,” Smith says. “And in the galleries themselves, we have a few spots that are dedicated to bison.” The truck and the sculptures will be parked beside the museum on Sunday, March 15th, offering a rare opportunity to see the bronze bison up close before they continue their trek to Washington D-C and the National Mall. “At 3 o’clock sharp, that truck is going to pull away off of Clinton Street, they’ll be parked right out in front of the Museum of Natural History,” Smith says. “There is a national PR team that’s documenting this trip and so they are trying to collect footage of each of the major stops of folks waving the truck goodbye, so we’d really like to give them a solid Iowa send off.”
At the museum, visitors are invited to a special bison-focused program featuring short talks and up-close experiences. The day’s events are free and open to the public.
(Radio Iowa) – The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers union is condemning Whirlpool Corporation’s latest layoff announcement for the Amana facility. The Union statement says the layoffs on March 9th will impact nearly 400 workers at the facility which produces refrigerators under the Whirlpool, KitchenAid, Maytag, and Amana brands. The Union says Whirlpool’s decision continues a pattern of corporate abandonment, after the company laid off 250 workers in Amana last year.
The statement says while Whirlpool cuts jobs in Iowa, it has been aggressively expanding its manufacturing footprint in Mexico. The Union is calling on the Iowa Congressional Delegation to “stand up for the working families of Amana” and push back against this latest round of layoffs.
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