Sheriff’s officials in Montgomery County arrested a Red Oak man late Tuesday night, on drug charges. 56-year old Charles James Netherton, of Red Oak, was arrested at around 10:12-p.m. on four felony counts of Delivery of Methamphetamine. The arrest stems from a narcotics investigation.
Netherton was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on $50,000 bond.
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CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa man has been sentenced to nearly six years in prison for selling crack cocaine at a candy store. Thirty-six-year-old Dwayne Howard of Dubuque was sentenced after pleading guilty in October to one count of distribution of crack cocaine near a playground. Howard acknowledged he repeatedly sold crack cocaine to an undercover officer in January and February 2014. The sales were at Howard’s business, Wayne’s Candy, in Dubuque.
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — A Dubuque man was sentenced a second time to 30 years in prison after pleading guilty to providing heroin to someone who used the drug and then died. Fifty-one-year-old Alvin Stanley Briggs Jr. first pleaded guilty in June 2013 and was sentenced to 30 years in prison, but that conviction was overturned due to a U.S. Supreme Court ruling dealing with deaths resulting from drugs supplied by another person. In October, Briggs again pleaded guilty and acknowledged a person identified as S.R. would have lived if not for using heroin distributed by Briggs.
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — An appeals court has overturned a decision ordering the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to pay $4.7 million in legal costs to an Iowa trucking company. The 8th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals says Judge Linda Reade erred in awarding the fees to Cedar Rapids-based CRST Van Expedited. The ruling sends the case back to Reade to make those findings and determine again whether CRST should receive fees.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa’s population continues to grow slowly but steadily. The Census Bureau has released estimates showing Iowa’s population was just over 3.1 million as of July. It’s up about two percent since 2010, when Iowa lost a U.S. House seat following the last headcount.
Officials with the Iowa Finance Authority and Iowa Dept. of Natural Resources have announced 22 Iowa cities will benefit from a combined total of more than $27.2-million in low-cost water quality loans, through the State Revolving Fund (SRF). SRF’s are a low-cost financing option available for Iowa cities and municipalities for water quality initiatives. Planning and Design Loans are zero-percent loans that assist with the first-phase of project expenses.
In the KJAN listening area, the City of Massena received a $230,000 Clean Water Construction (CWC) project loan from the SRF, and the Lenox Municipal Utilities received a $452,000 loan for a Drinking Water Construction (DWC) project. Elsewhere, Kiron, in Crawford County, received a CWC loan $1.478-million, and the City of Halbur, in Carroll County, received a $506,000 CWC loan from the State.
Early this morning: A 40 percent chance of snow, mainly before 5am. Cloudy, with a steady temperature around 33. Breezy, with a north northwest wind 15 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph. Total overnight snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.
Today: A 20 percent chance of snow before 8am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 34. Breezy, with a north northwest wind 10 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.
Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 25. West northwest wind 7 to 10 mph becoming south after midnight.
Christmas Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 43. South wind 10 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.
Thursday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 31. South southeast wind 9 to 13 mph.
Friday: A slight chance of rain and snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 37. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Friday Night: A 20 percent chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 18.
Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 25.
The Board of Supervisors in Pottawattamie County learned Tuesday, that about $2.6 million has already been secured to construct a walking and biking trail from eastern Council Bluffs to Underwood and Neola. The Daily NonPareil reports Brian Shea, president of the Pottawattamie County Trails Association, told the board work on engineering the trail is underway.
Shea said the proposed trail would run along the east side of Iowa Highway 191, also known as Railroad Highway, up through Underwood and then to Neola, a stretch of some 17 miles. Down the road, that trail could connect with another one going east to Atlantic and beyond. He said also, atrail from the county jail to Crescent and then on to the Hitchcock Nature Center could also be a future goal, he added.
The Iowa West Foundation awarded a $1.1 million grant to the project. The remaining funds came from a federal recreation grant of $300,000, a state recreation grant of $700,000, a $425,000 grant from the Metropolitan Area Planning Agency, a $38,000 grant from Iowa’s Resource Enhancement and Protection, or REAP, program and $60,000 from the Board of Supervisors.
While providing the Board with an update on the project, Shea also requested an additional $60,000 commitment from the board for the next two years, at least, citing some requirements necessary to secure additional grants. He estimated the 17-mile trail would cost $5.5 million, not including what Underwood and Neola would pay for the trail through their communities. The trail from the county jail to Hitchcock would run about $4 million, not including Crescent’s cost, Shea said.
The board did not take any action on allocating additional money during Tuesday’s meeting.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Reliever Jordan Walden and the St. Louis Cardinals have agreed to a $6.6 million, two-year contract that avoided salary arbitration. The 27-year-old right-hander gets a $350,000 signing bonus and salaries of $2.5 million next year and $3.5 million in 2016 as part of Tuesday’s deal. The Cardinals have a $5.25 million option for 2017 with a $250,000 buyout.
Walden was obtained by the Cardinals from Atlanta with outfielder Jason Heyward on Nov. 17 for pitchers Shelby Miller and Tyrell Jenkins. Walden made $1.49 million last season, when he was 0-2 with a 2.88 ERA and three saves as a setup man for closer Craig Kimbrel.
Walden has appeared in 50 or more games in three of the past four seasons and has a 12-13 career record with a 3.10 ERA, 38 saves and 254 strikeouts in 211 2-3 innings. He was an AL All-Star in 2011, when he had 32 saves for the Los Angeles Angels.
BOYS BASKETBALL
MOC-Floyd Valley 60, Sioux Center 57
Rock Valley 54, West Lyon, Inwood 45
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Sioux Center 90, MOC-Floyd Valley 60
West Lyon, Inwood 74, Rock Valley 57
A woman walking on a highway in southern Iowa’s Lucas County was struck by a van late Tuesday evening as she walked on Highway 34, on the east edge of Chariton. The Iowa State Patrol says 46-year old Sherri Adams, of Chariton, was in the middle of the eastbound lane when she was hit by a van driven by 50-year old Jamie Bermel, of Lawrence, KS.
Bermel was traveling eastbound in the 2006 Toyota when the collision occurred at around 8:25-p.m. Adams was transported by ambulance to Methodist Hospital. A report on her condition is not available.
The accident remains under investigation.
One person died, two others were injured during a head-on crash Tuesday evening about 2.5-miles west of Logan, in Harrison County. The Iowa State Patrol says all of the victims were from Logan. According to the report, a 2003 Ford Crown Victoria driven by 58-year old Richard Tiffey, Jr., was traveling westbound on Highway 30 just after 6-p.m., when an eastbound 2012 Chevy Impala driven by 74-year old Linda Hack, crossed the center line of the road, for reasons unknown.
Tiffey, Jr., who was not wearing a seat belt, died when the vehicles collided head-on. A passenger in his vehicle, 58-year old Debbie Tiffey, was wearing her seat belt. She was taken by ambulance to CHI Health Hospital in Missouri Valley. Linda Hack, who was also wearing her seat belt, was also transported to the same hospital.
The accident remains under investigation.
Officials with Atlantic Area Chamber of Commerce, Tuesday, announced the winners of this years Atlantic Municipal Utilies (AMU) & Atlantic Chamber’ “2014 Atlantic Christmas Lighting Contest.” Tom and Janet Cappel, were named first place winners. The sponsors encourage you to check out their outdoor light display at 2708 Chestnut Street in Atlantic. The Cappels received a $100 credit toward their AMU utility services for taking 1st place in the competition.
Second place winners were Jim and Connie Comes, at 2603 Country Oaks Drive. They were awarded a $75 credit to their AMU utility services. Third place winners are Ray and Dawn Meyer, residents at 1104 Roosevelt. The Meyers’ will receive a $50 credit for their light display.
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