On Saturday morning at approximately 2AM, deputies of the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office Cited 18 year old Buck Owen Schaforth of Orient and 19 year old Jordan Joseph Villhauer of Corning at the intersection of East 3rd street and 2nd avenue in Villisca for possession of an open container of alcohol in a vehicle. Both subjects where released upon issuance of the citations.
On Saturday at approximately 3:40 AM, deputies of the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office arrested Seth Michael Lewis of Farragut at the intersection of Main street and Frankfort street in Stanton. Lewis is charges with possession of drug paraphernalia and minor in possession of alcohol. Lewis was transported to the Montgomery County Law Enforcement Center, processed, and released to the custody of his parent.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Logan Sowers hit a grand slam and Indiana stayed alive in the Big Ten Tournament by beating Iowa 10-2 in an elimination game Friday. The sixth-seeded Hoosiers (34-21) advanced to face fourth-seeded Maryland (38-20) on Saturday. With the bases loaded in the third inning, Sowers hit a no-doubt shot to the second deck in left field for a 7-0 lead for Indiana.
Austin Cangelosi hit a two-run triple in the second and scored on an Iowa throwing error for a 3-0 Hoosiers lead one frame earlier. Nick Ramos had a two-run single in the fourth. In six innings, Christian Morris (4-1) allowed five hits and two earned runs for Indiana.
Starter Calvin Matthews (5-3) gave up seven hits and seven runs – five earned – in 2 1/3 innings for second-seeded Iowa (39-16). Tyler Peyton had a two-run double.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Kendrys Morales hit two home runs and had five RBIs, Chris Young gave up six hits in six innings and the Kansas City Royals defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 5-0 Friday night. The Royals improved to 27-14, the best record in the majors, while the Cardinals dropped to 27-15, best in the National League.
Morales, who leads the American League with 37 RBIs, hit a three-run homer with two out in the first. He homered again in the third with Lorenzo Cain aboard for his 13th multihomer game. The five RBIs matched a Royals’ season high. Young (4-0) got 13 flyball outs and struck out two. In Young’s four starts, he has allowed one earned run in 22 1-3 innings (0.40 ERA).
Royals starters Young, Edinson Volquez, Yordano Ventura and Jeremy Guthrie have combined to throw 26 shutout innings while allowing 18 hits in the past four games.
Authorities say the former fire chief of Missouri Valley lied to police about his credentials and the steps he was taking to investigate suspected arsons at two local homes. The Daily NonPareil says Johnnie Walker, the former fire chief, pleaded guilty to providing false information to authorities.
Johnnie Thomas Walker (Harrison Co. Jail photo)
In return, prosecutors dropped a charge of interfering with official acts. Judicial Magistrate Jack White sentenced Walker to a 30-day jail sentence, which was suspended. Walker also was ordered to pay $120 in court costs.
Missouri Valley Police Chief Ed Murray said Walker provided false information to investigators on suspected arsons at two abandoned houses. One of the houses, on the northeast corner of 10th and Granite streets, was set ablaze three times in October. The other house, at 105 W. Superior St., was set on fire on March 7th. According to Murray, during the investigation of the Granite Street fires, Walker said that he was a certified arson investigator when he is not and that state arson investigators wouldn’t investigate such a fire when they would.
On the West Superior fire, he told Murray he had taken samples from the scene to a crime lab in Ames when he had not. He also said he was out of town on the night of the fire when he later said he was at home. Walker has said he was home ill at the time. At one point, Walker was supposed to meet with local and state investigators to discuss the West Superior fire but missed the meeting. Murray called him on his cell phone. Walker told him he was traveling to Ames to deliver samples from the fire to the lab.
But Murray could hear wind blowing in the background. He became suspicious and asked one of his officers to go by Walker’s house. The officer found Walker in his front yard, talking to the chief on the phone, not on the way to Ames. State arson investigator John Ticer said that’s impossible, because there isn’t a lab in Ames to test the samples. That was the first piece of evidence that led them to suspect Walker was not telling the truth.
Asked why Walker had misled him, Murray said he didn’t know and would only be speculating. 19-year old Coty Cates, of Missouri Valley, has pleaded guilty in an agreement with prosecutors to one count of second-degree arson in connection to the Granite Street fires. He received a suspended fine of $1,000, ordered to pay restitution to the victim and placed under drug court supervision for two years. Two other arson charges against Cates in connection to the Granite Street fires were dismissed.
Investigators know of no connection between Walker and Cates. The teen is believed to have acted alone. In addition to the Superior Street blaze, state and local officials continue to investigate several other possible arson fires in the area, including a house at 2279 U.S. Highway 30 that exploded Oct. 27, 2013, and numerous hay bales set ablaze on Oct. 31, 2014.
Anyone with information on the fires is asked to call Missouri Valley police at (712) 642-2736 or Ticer at (712) 308-3977.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa agriculture officials say an additional turkey farm in Pocahontas County has tested positive for bird flu. If confirmed, the case will be the third in that county. The case brings the Iowa total to 64 farms with bird flu. The Iowa Department of Agriculture estimates 21,000 turkeys on the farm. Iowa has just over 1 million turkeys already killed or to be euthanized as a result of the virus.
Iowa will lose more than 25 million birds, mostly chickens, as a result of the disease which first surfaced just over a month ago. The spread of the disease seems to be slowing with fewer new cases reported daily. Minnesota reported no new cases Friday, the seventh day with no new cases reported.
A truck driver from Nebraska was injured during a rollover accident Friday morning, in Pottawattamie County. The Iowa State Patrol says a 1999 Freightliner semi driven by 45-year old Trevor Lierman, of Stanton, NE., was traveling east on Interstate 80 at around 12:20-p.m., when Lierman took exit 27 to head west on I-680.
Photo courtesy Brian Rink
The semi went out of control on the curve and entered the north ditch, where the trailer, loaded with cattle, rolled over. Lierman, who was wearing his seat belt, was trapped in the cab of the semi for about 30-minutes until he could be extricated by Neola Fire and Rescue personnel.
He was flown by LifeNet helicopter to the University of Nebraska Medical Center for treatment of non-life threatening injuries. Several cattle were trapped in the wreck, while others escaped. They were rounded up by area farmers and ranchers. Officials say anywhere from 15-to 20 cows involved in the crash may have to be euthanized. I-680 was closed in both directions while the cattle were being rounded-up.
The accident remains under investigation.
Girls Distance Medley (Final)
1-A:
Lenox – placed 7th 4:23.8
Woodbine – placed 8th 4:24.84
Griswold – placed 18th 4:32.51
St. Albert – DQ
4-A:
Abraham Lincoln – placed 16th 4:21.82
Thomas Jefferson – placed 18th 4:23.1
Boys 110 Hurdle (prelim)
1-A:
Mitchell Nelsen, Audubon – qualified 4th :15.4
Parker Powers, Fremont-Mills – qualified 5th :15.41
Clay Schmidt, Woodbine – qualified 7th :15.52
Nolan Smith, Audubon – DNQ :16.12
Kevin Lee, Woodbine- DNQ :16.89
4-A:
Avery Thomas, Abraham Lincoln – qualified 8th :15.16
Girls 100 Hurdle (Prelim)
1-A:
Rachel Rummelhart, Guthrie Center – qualified 5th :15.75
Andrea McClary, Fremont-Mills – qualified 7th :15.99
Kylan Straight, Logan-Magnolia – DNQ :16.43
Anna Readman, Logan-Magnolia – DNQ :16.63
Katy Ehrsam, Nodaway Valley – DNQ :16.87
Boys 4 x 200 (Final)
1-A:
Riverside – placed 13th 1:34.22
Tri-Center – placed 16th 1:34.62
St. Albert – DNF
4-A:
Lewis Central – placed 10th 1:30.42
Girls 4 x 200 (Final)
1-A:
Tri-Center – placed 7th 1:49.94
Bedford – placed 17th 1:51.02
Essex – placed 22nd 1:52.47
Nodaway Valley – placed 23rd 1:53.47
4-A:
Thomas Jefferson – placed 23rd 1:49.1
Lewis Central – placed 24th 1:49.81
Boys 400 Hurdles (Final)
1-A:
Kevin Lee, Woodbine – placed 12th :56.87
Mitchell Nelsen, Audubon – placed 14th :57.57
4-A:
Dylan Nightser, Thomas Jefferson – placed 9th :55.78
Girls 400 Hurdles (Final)
1-A:
Mackenzie Daffer, Sidney – placed 3rd 1:05.93
Rebekah Topham, Griswold – placed 4th 1:06.58
Kylan Straight, Logan-Magnolia – placed 5th 1:06.73
Kenna Lundy, Nodaway Valley – placed 11th 1:08.7
Lindsey Dinkla, CAM – placed 21st 1:11.67
Sidney Danker, Guthrie Center – placed 24th 1:11.87
Boys Distance Medley (Final)
1-A:
Boyer Valley – placed 7th 3:41.58
Tri-Center – placed 8th 3:42.09
St. Albert – placed 11th 3:43.86
Riverside – placed 20th 3:47.66
Fremont-Mills – placed 22nd 3:50.18
Griswold – DQ
4-A:
Thomas Jefferson – placed 9th 3:33.21
Girls 4 x 100 (Prelim)
1-A:
Guthrie Center – qualified 7th :52.31
Nodaway Valley – DNQ :52.85
Bedford – DNQ :53.16
Essex – DNQ :53.48
Tri-Center – DQ
Boys 4 x 100 (Prelim)
1-A:
Audubon – qualified 8th :45.0
Riverside – DNQ :45.21
Griswold – DNQ :45.55
Fremont-Mills – DNQ :45.64
Girls 4 x 400 (Prelim)
1-A:
Fremont-Mills – DNQ 4:18.48
Audubon – DNQ 4:23.71
Griswold – DNQ 4:25.1
Nodaway Valley – DNQ 4:18.73
Boys 4 x 400 (Prelim)
1-A
Woodbine – DNQ 3>34.38
Audubon – DNQ 3:33.93
Boyer Valley – DNQ 3:35.78
Nishnabotna – DNQ 3:34.12
St. Albert – DNQ 3:31.17
4-A:
Thomas Jefferson – DNQ 3:26.04
Lewis Central – DNQ 3:23.8
1-A Boys High Jump (Final)
Colt Scott, Bedford – placed 6th 6’-3”
Sam Obert, Coon Rapids-Bayard – placed 7th 6’-1”
Sam Rew, East Mills – placed 9th 5’-11”
Jadon Jahnke, Griswold – placed 14th tie 5’-9”
Walter Schaben, Boyer Valley – placed 14th tie 5’-9”
4-A Boys Shot Put (Final)
Mike Harriman, Abraham Lincoln – placed 22nd 46’-7.75”
1-A Boys Discus (Final)
Jackson Scott-Brown, St. Albert – placed 3rd 160’-1”
Alex Bechtold, Stanton – placed 4th 154’-10”
Sam Phillips, Fremont-Mills – placed 7th 146’-8”
Christian Klein, Boyer Valley – placed 8th 146’-1”
4-A Girls Long Jump (Final)
LaKendra Black, Thomas Jefferson – placed 9th 16’-7.75”
1-A Girls High Jump (Final)
Kelsey Hurley, Fremont-Mills – placed 3rd tie 5’-3”
Charissa Mogler, Bedford – placed 3rd tie 5’-3”
Sydney Obermeier, Audubon – placed 9th tie 5’-1”
Alyssa Kuhn, Bedford – placed 16th 4’-9”
1-A Girls Discus (Final)
Jackie Rush, Griswold – placed 9th 108’-5”
Kaitlin Diggins, Logan-Magnolia – placed 22nd 88’-8”
4-A Boys Long Jump (Final)
Avery Thomas, Abraham Lincoln – placed 2nd 22’-7.75”
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa lawmakers say they’ve made progress in determining how much to spend on the state’s overall budget, including K-12 education. Republican House Speaker Kraig Paulsen and Democratic Senate Majority Leader Mike Gronstal say they’re optimistic, despite not reaching a deal Friday following another round of meetings at the Capitol. Paulsen, of Hiawatha, predicted lawmakers could be debating budget bills as early as Wednesday. Gronstal, of Council Bluffs, also indicated his office was communicating with various departments over proposed numbers.
But neither lawmaker elaborated on potential concessions over the budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1. The Senate and Gov. Terry Branstad have proposed overall general fund budgets of about $7.34 billion. House Republicans want to spend $7.17 billion. For schools, the two sides are about $50 million apart.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa egg production for April fell 8 percent from the month before and 4 percent from a year ago as the bird flu claimed millions of egg-laying hens. The first case was found in Iowa chickens around April 20 so the decline reflected in the U.S. Department of Agriculture monthly report reflects only some infected farms. The June 22 report will show a more complete picture. The virus has spread to 63 farms killing more than 21 million egg-layers.
The average number of layers on hand was 56.1 million in April, 5 percent lower than the year before. The loss drove egg prices to a record on Friday. Midwest large eggs reached $2.32 a dozen. Commodity market analyst Urner Barry says the previous record was $2.27 set on Dec 4.
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