Hush puppies are a southern deep-fried quick bread made of cornmeal.  Traditionally served at fish fries, these tasty fritter-like breads are also a great accompaniment to fried chicken or spicy Cajun foods.  For those with a sweet tooth, try rolling the hush puppies in confectioners sugar.

• 2 cups cornmeal
• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 egg, beaten
• 3/4 cup milk
• 3/4 cup cream-style corn
• cooking oil for deep-fat frying
• confectioners sugar, optional

In a bowl, combine cornmeal, flour, sugar, baking powder, salt and baking soda.  Add egg, milk and corn; stir just until moistened.  In a deep-fat fryer, heat oil to 375 degrees.  Drop batter by teaspoonfuls into oil.  Fry until golden brown.  Allow to cool slightly and roll in confectioners sugar if desired.  Serve immediately with fried chicken, ham or sausage.  YIELD:  12-15 servings.

(Karyl Goodhart, Geraldine, Montana)

DEEP-FAT FRYING TIPS:

• If you don’t have a deep-fat fryer with a thermostat, you can use a kettle or Dutch oven together with a thermometer so you can accurately regulate the temperature of the oil.
• It is important to follow the temperatures recommended in the recipes for heating oil.  If oil is too hot, the foods will brown too fast and not be done in the center.  If the oil is below temperature, the foods will absorb the oil and taste greasy.
• Carefully place foods into the hot oil to avoid splattering.
• Do not overload your fryer.  You will have better results if you fry in small batches.  Keep cooked foods warm in a low oven until all the food has been fried.
• Never add water or any liquids to hot oil.
• Do not dispose of oil after deep-fat frying until it has completely cooled.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Police say a man pulled out his concealed weapon to calm down two people who were fighting over a toddler outside a fast-food restaurant in Des Moines. The Des Moines Register reports that the incident occurred around 1:20 p.m. Sunday. The child’s mother and father had met at the restaurant but their dispute got physical when the mother left with her son in her arms. Police say the father ran up behind her outside and pinned her against some glass.

Police say a man walking into the restaurant pulled his pistol, pointed it at the ground and talked the couple down. The man described himself as a good Samaritan who was concerned that an assault was taking place. He has a permit for a concealed weapon.

Police in Creston report the arrest Monday afternoon of a man from Lorimor. 37-year old Cortney Darwin Lynam was taken into custody at around 4:30-p.m. on a charge of 2nd offense Public Intoxication. Lynam was being held in the Union County Jail on $1,000 bond.

A traffic stop early this (Tuesday) morning in Red Oak resulted in the arrest of a woman from Villisca. 21-year old Amanda Lee Smith was pulled over at around 2:30-a.m. in the 1800 block of Broadway, in Red Oak, and taken into custody for OWI-drug related/1st Offense.

The woman was being held at the Montgomery County Law Enforcement Center on $1,000 cash bond.

With KJAN News Director Ric Hanson.

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An incident in Red Oak Monday night lead to the arrest of a man on a burglary charge. Red Oak Police say Luke Daniel Rinehart, of Red Oak, was taken into custody on a felony 3rd Degree burglary charge. Rinehart was arrested at around 6-p.m. at 301 1st Avenue, after he allegedly barged into the home at, according to police, and attempted to inflict bodily injury on a male resident inside the residence.

Rinehart was being held at the Montgomery County Law Enforcement Center on $5,000 bond.

A free, grant writing seminar will be held in Adair County on Wed., Jan. 28th. Officials with the Empowering Adair County Foundation say the Joe Sorensen with the Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines will be the featured speaker at the events, scheduled to take place in Stuart, from 9-until 10-a.m, in Adair from Noon until 1-pm, and in Greenfield, from 3-until 4-pm, Jan. 28th. The seminar i Stuart will be at the AmericInn hotel meeting room, in Adair at the Adair City City Hall meeting room #320, and in Greenfield at the Warren Cultural Center’s Green Room.

The workshops will be informational and provide beneficial guidance for anyone to use when completing a grant application, the process for which can be very competitive, making it more difficult to have your application accepted for funding requests. The seminars offer you a way to create a more professional grant application.

Light snacks will be provided during the morning and afternoon sessions, and a light lunch will be supplied for the noon workshop.  Anyone is welcome to attend, and again there is NO charge. For more information, or to register for one of the three workshops, call Angie Engles or Deena Wells (Adair County Extension and EACF Representatives), at 641-743-8412 (or, email dwells@iststate.edu). The registration deadline is Friday, Jan. 23rd.

A Montgomery County man was arrested Monday night on an assault charge. Red Oak Police say 22-year old Dustin James Danick, of Red Oak, was taken into custody in the alley behind 506 E. Coolbaugh Street at around 10:15-p.m., and charged with Domestic Abuse Assault. Danick was being held without bond in the Montgomery County Jail.

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) — The White House is offering more details about President Barack Obama’s visit Wednesday to Iowa. Obama will visit Cedar Falls and speak on the issue of increasing access to affordable, high-speed broadband. The White House says Obama’s speech will be streamed live at www.whitehouse.gov/live.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — MidAmerican Energy Company has completed work on three additional wind farms as part of an ongoing sustainable energy project. The Iowa-based energy company says the completion of these wind farms means four of the five farms that comprise the so-called Wind VIII project are now finished. The development project is the largest of its kind in Iowa history. The new wind farms are located in Webster County, Madison County and Wellsburg County.

WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — A Waterloo teen has been arrested after allegedly stealing a rifle from a northeastern Iowa patrol car over the weekend. Authorities say the 15-year-old boy is charged with smashing the window of a patrol car parked across the street from the Waterloo police station Saturday afternoon and taking an AR-15 rifle from the vehicle. Police tracked the teen down and recovered the rifle within hours of the robbery. He has been charged with third-degree burglary, second-degree theft and trafficking in stolen weapons.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a former Fort Rucker soldier has been sentenced in the death of his 4-year-old daughter. Thirty-one-year-old Benjamin Schrad of Storm Lake, Iowa was sentenced to six years in prison in his daughter’s 2011 death. Prosecutors have said Schrad rushed his daughter to an emergency room on Aug. 1, 2011, telling doctors that the girl had collapsed while they were playing. Authorities said the girl’s injuries were consistent with being shaken, not with a fall.