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The U-S Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa reports a Mills County man, 40-year old Adam Michael Blackman, was sentenced Thursday to spend 135 months in jail. United States District Court Chief Judge James E. Gritzner handed down the 11-year sentence after Blackman was found guilty on a charge of Manufacturing Methamphetamine. United States Attorney Nicholas A. Klinefeldt says Judge Gritzner also ordered Blackman to serve an eight year term of supervised release following incarceration.
On January 9th, 2013, Blackman pled guilty to a charge of manufacturing at least five grams of methamphetamine in Hamburg. The charge was the result of an investigation conducted by several law enforcement agencies into the manufacturing and distribution of methamphetamine by Blackman. On May 1st, 2012, the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office located an active methamphetamine manufacturing operation in an apartment building in Hamburg. Blackman, along with several other people were found at the location of the manufacturing operation. Blackman admitted he was manufacturing methamphetamine when the Fremont County Sheriff’s investigators arrived.
The investigation was conducted by the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office, the Mills County, Iowa, Sheriff=s Office, Iowa State Patrol, and the Iowa Division of Narcotics Enforcement. The case was prosecuted by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa.
Officials with the Harlan Community School District say there are calls being circulated with regard for advertising on athletic posters. Athletic Director Mitch Osborn said in a press release a man by the name of “John Pennington,” is calling businesses to sponsor a poster of athletic schedules. Pennington contacted our sister station KNOD in Harlan on Tuesday, about purchasing an ad on the poster.
Osborn says the school has a partnership with the Harlan Newspaper and it is the only school sponsored athletic poster and schedule. The paper then contributes back to the school programs.
(9-a.m. News)
The Harlan Community School District is celebrating today after another state victory, this time in Jazz Band. The State Competition was held Thursday in Des Moines. After performing around 2pm, the judges announced the Cyclones made it to the finals versus Pella. The finals were held later in the evening with the Harlan Community Cyclones named number 1 in Class 3A Jazz Band.
(Joel McCall/KNOD)
No injuries were reported after a vehicle slid-off a muddy road early this (Friday) morning, in Cass County. According to the Sheriff’s Department, a sheriff’s deputy responded at around 3:40-a.m. to a report of a single-vehicle accident on Richland Road in Cass County. It was later determined a 2013 Mazda SD driven by 28-year old Jennifer Lee Nye, of Nanticoke, PA, was westbound on Richland Road, when her car slid off the road and into the south ditch, before coming to rest against a sign post. Damage to the vehicle was estimated at $2000.
Organizers with “Project Paint-A-Thon” say applications are currently being accepted through June 7th for a volunteer event designed to benefit homeowners age 60 or over, or who are permanently disabled. Applicants for the 25th Annual Brush Up paint-a-thon who live in Council Bluffs, or, Douglas and Sarpy Counties, in Nebraska, must meet financial guidelines listed on the official application, which is available by calling Southwest 8 Senior Services at 712-328-2540, or by calling 2-1-1. All applications must be returned by June 7th in order to be eligible for the August 17th event.
An independent Selection Committee made up of professionals from housing and human services will identify homeowners who are qualified. Homeowners selected will have their homes painted at NO COST. Volunteers paint the exterior of selected homes in August of each year.
The Paint-A-Thon was established in 1989, as a “Community Partnership” to spearhead a community-wide effort to paint the homes of older adults and disabled homeowners who are unable to either physically or financially, paint their homes. Since the program’s inception, volunteer teams have painted 2,495 homes. The goal for 2013, is to paint 80 homes, with the help of over 2,500 volunteers.
The event is made possible through the support of numerous companies, businesses and individuals, who donate materials and other forms of support for the volunteer teams.
(8-a.m. News)
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – A business services company has announced plans to fill 135 new positions in Iowa. The Des Moines Register says CDS Global intends to add 50 of the jobs at its Des Moines operation and 85 at its Boone site. The Des Moines-based company says the new workers are needed to handle the needs of a new, unnamed client. CDS provides mailing and other services for businesses in several industries.
CDS Global currently has 900 workers in Des Moines, 330 in Boone and has other Iowa offices in Council Bluffs, Harlan, Tipton, West Des Moines and Wilton. CDS is a wholly owned subsidiary of Hearst Corp.
The Chair of the Cass County Endowment Foundation has announced the latest rounds of grants to non-profit agencies within the County. Nicholas Hunt said the grant recipients had submitted applications to the CCEF by the Feb. 1st deadline, and were awarded grants by the Cass County Board of Directors.
Only those organizations providing services in Cass County were eligible for the funds, the checks for which were received by representatives of those agencies, on April 18th. The following nonprofit agencies or organizations with charitable missions is the areas of civic, cultural, health, education and social services received grants:
Authorities in Missouri Valley say a local man was arrested earlier this week following a pursuit and three-hour long search while he tried to elude law enforcement in Harrison County. Officials who spoke with The DailyNonPareil said 37-year old Rick A. Erwin, of Missouri Valley, was taken into custody at around 9 p.m. Tuesday near Old Lincoln Highway. Authorities say Erwin was arrested for suspicion of eluding, interference with official acts, reckless driving, driving without a driver’s license, careless driving and a number of other traffic violations. He remains at the Harrison County Jail on a $2,000 bond.
The incident which led to his arrest began at around 5:30-p.m., Tuesday, when a police officer attempted to pull Erwin over as he was driving a 1995 GMC Jimmy with no plate, in Missouri Valley. Erwin failed to stop and continued west onto East Erie Street, eventually leaving the city on U.S. Highway 30. He then reportedly stopped at a gas station. When the police officer exited his cruiser Erwin sped away, traveling east on Highway 30 before entering southbound Interstate 29. While on I-29 Erwin accelerated to speeds in excess of 100 mph, the police department said, before exiting at Loveland, where he traveled east on 145th Street before stopping. Erwin exited and ran across I-29 and down the east shoulder.
The chase and search for Erwin involved officers with the Missouri Valley Police Dept., Harrison and Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Departments, the Iowa State Patrol, and an Omaha Police Department helicopter. The search ended just before 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, when officers lost contact with the man and his vehicle. But about one-half hour later, authorities in Harrison County received a call about a subject walking along the railroad tracks north of the DeSoto Avenue and Old Lincoln Highway. They used a thermal imaging device to locate Erwin and take him into custody.
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