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The Cass County Board of Supervisors Wednesday morning approved the first of two readings of an Amended Ordinance that pertains to the Amaizing Energy TIF District. The action followed the first of two public hearings on the matter, with the second hearing and second reading to take place during the Supervisor’s meeting on Dec. 19th.
Cass County Auditor Dale Sunderman points out the parcels in the Amaizing Energy Urban Renewal/TIF District.
Prior to the public hearing, Cass County Auditor Dale Sunderman said the Board, on May 23rd 2007, enacted Ordinance 28, which provides for the Division of Taxes levied on taxable property in the Amaizing Energy Urban Renewal Area. He said the amendment proposes that certain property included in the definition of an “Urban Renewal Area” in the ordinance, be deleted from that definition. (A full description of the parcels and sections are available at the Auditor’s office)
After the public hearing was closed and the matter discussed that the Board, upon hearing no objections to the amendment after first reading, voted to approve it.
Lenox Police Chief Jon Huggins reports a Lenox man was sentenced to six-months in prison after entering a plea of guilty last week, to an aggravated misdemeanor charge of Assault with the Intent to Commit Sexual Abuse. As part of a plea agreement with prosecutors, a charge of Indecent Contact with a child, was dismissed against 39-year old Fredy Ramirez. The charge was filed August 30th by the Lenox Police Department as a result of a complaint stating Ramirez had lured a 12-year old female into his home with the intent to sexually abuse her.
Ramirez had been sentenced to pay a fine of $650 plus surcharges, but the fine was suspended. He was also sentenced to 360 days in the Taylor County Jail, but 181 days of that was suspended. In addition Ramirez: Was placed on probation with the Iowa Department of Probation for 2 years; Must pay $25 per day jail fees; Enroll in and complete a sex offender treatment program; Must register as a sexual offender, and he must not have contact with the victim or her family. He was also ordered to pay restitution to the victim, as well as attorney’s costs.
A traffic stop Tuesday by an Iowa State Patrol Trooper on I-80 in Cass County resulted in the confiscation of 210-pounds of high grade marijuana. The Cass County Sheriff’s Office told KJAN News 54-year-old Charles Scott Hunstable and 34-year-old Jorge Armando-Morfin, both of Modesto, CA were being held in the Cass County Jail on charges which include Possession with the Intent to Deliver/Marijuana, prohibited acts, a drug tax stamp violation and possession of drug paraphernalia. Their bonds was set at $20,000. The pot reportedly has a street value of around $1-million.
The Iowa State Patrol says a Chevy RV was stopped at around 3:50-p.m., about half-way between the Wiota and Anita Exits, for having an equipment violation. After the trooper became suspicious of criminal activity, probable cause resulted in a search of the vehicle, and the discovery of the pot.
Last week, two separate traffic stops on Interstate 80 in Cass County resulted in three drug-related arrests, and at least 17-pounds of high-grade marijuana being seized.
Authorities in Atlantic said Tuesday they are no longer searching for a suspect in connection with a stabbing incident that occurred Monday night at 4th and Pine Streets. According to Atlantic Police Chief Steve Green, 27-year old Raymond Cassidy, of Atlantic, suffered a single stab wound to the abdomen during the incident, which happened at around 7:40-p.m.
Cassidy was brought to the Cass County Memorial Hospital and later transferred to Creighton University Medical Center in Omaha, for further treatment. Green could not confirm the man inflicted the wound upon himself, due to HIPPA rules, but he did say the incident is no longer under investigation.
The Adams County Sheriff’s Department reports the arrest Tuesday afternoon, of 57-year old Jeff Mendenhall, from Corning. Mendenhall was taken into custody on charges of OWI/3rd offense, and Driving While Revoked. He was arrested at around 3:20-p.m. following a traffic stop and brought to the Adams County Jail, where his bond was set at $6,000.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A jury in Des Moines is still trying to decide whether two Omaha, Neb., men should be paid millions of dollars for spending 25 years in prison on murder convictions later overturned. Jurors began deliberating Friday afternoon after 21 days in the courtroom. They spent eight hours Monday and six hours Tuesday working on the case. They must decide whether Terry Harrington and Curtis McGhee should be paid by the city of Council Bluffs and two retired police officers who worked to convict them in 1978.
Harrington seeks more than $60 million and McGhee about $50 million. They claim former detectives Dan Larsen and Lyle Brown coerced witnesses into lying and hid evidence from their defense attorneys. The Iowa Supreme Court overturned their life sentences and released them in 2003.
Officials with the Shenandoah Police Department announced earlier this week, that no criminal charges will be filed against a Shenandoah Elementary school teacher, who allegedly encouraged other students to spit on another student. According to a statement issued by Police Chief Kris Grebert, authorities reviewed the relevant facts in the case and the Page County Attorney’s Office determined the teacher did not have the requisite criminal intent necessary to prove any criminal charges.
Grebert said also, the investigation included interviews with students who were present in the classroom on October 8th, a day in which the music teacher at Shenandoah Elementary allegedly encouraged students to spit on Jaxon Kindopp. The boy was allegedly sticking his tongue out and blubbering to a classmate. The teacher allegedly encouraged other students to spit on the boy as way of teaching him a lesson.
Chief Grebert said Monday, that their investigation into the incident is closed.
Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press
ANKENY, Iowa (AP) — An Ankeny man who killed his infant daughter two years ago has been sentenced to life in prison. Ryan Trowbridge was convicted in October after a bench trial of first-degree murder and child endangerment causing death. Prosecutors say injuries on 4-month-old daughter Rylee were consistent with being grabbed and shaken.
MANCHESTER, Iowa (AP) — An attorney for a man facing charges in a double homicide in Manchester wants part of a police interview kept out of his client’s upcoming trial. Brandon Ahlers’ attorney argued at a hearing Tuesday that police expressed or implied leniency during an interview in return for Ahlers’ statements. Ahlers is charged with aiding and abetting in the killings of Richard and Janet Sweet in May 2011.
DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — Authorities have identified a construction worker in Davenport who was killed after becoming trapped underneath a bulldozer. Thomas McLachlan was operating the machinery Tuesday morning when an embankment he was grading gave way and the equipment tipped over. Hawkeye Paving posted on its website that McLachlan has been the company’s lead operator since 1987.
FOREST CITY, Iowa (AP) — A former city clerk in Scarville has been given jail time for tampering with city records. The Mason City Globe Gazette (http://bit.ly/USuAtp ) reports Jolene Carter was sentenced Tuesday in Winnebago County District Court to 30 days in jail. Prosecutors say Carter issued paychecks to herself totaling nearly $8,000.
(AMES) – The annual survey from Iowa State University shows farmland values increased almost 24-percent over last year for an average cost per acre of eight-thousand-296 dollars. The 23-point-seven-percent increase marks the third straight year the land values have increased by 15-percent or more. The survey notes this is significantly higher than the 18-percent increase reported by the Chicago Federal Reserve Bank in October. I-S-U economist, Mike Duffy says the difference in survey estimates could be due to values increasing more rapidly in the past few months than earlier in the year. He says better than expected crop yields and the level of land sale activity due to the proposed changes in land related taxes contributed to the increasing values. O’Brien County had an estimated 12-thousand-862 dollar average value, the highest average county value. O’Brien County also had the highest percentage increase and highest dollar increase in value, 35-point-two percent and three-thousand-348, respectively. Osceola, Dickinson and Lyon counties also saw 35-point-two percent increases. (from Radio Iowa)
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