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MCCOOL JUNCTION, Neb. (AP) – A 28-year-old Iowa man has died while racing in eastern Nebraska. The Lincoln Journal Star reports that 28-year-old Brent Drohman, of Davenport, was driving a B-modified car at Junction Motor Speedway just west of McCool Junction on Saturday. His family says an autopsy showed Drohman suffered a massive heart attack before his car rammed into a track wall.
His cousin Jed Williams says Drohman “passed away doing what he loved.” Drohman is survived by his wife, an 8-year-old daughter and a 4-year-old son.
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Police Officers in Stuart Officers responded Sunday to a report of a disturbance in the 600 block of North Gaines St. The 911 caller said they heard an argument, yelling and gun shots coming from a neighbor’s house. After investigating the incident, officers discovered that the 911 caller was allegedly suffering from an altered mental state, and that the shooting/argument had never actually occurred.
And, Stuart Police say they have received another report of a pot belly pig running lose in the downtown area. Authorities say it’s the 5th pig call of the summer, and they’re not sure where the pigs are coming from. The pig was captured unharmed by Stuart Officers and taken to the Stuart Vet Clinic.
The Stuart Police Department reports a woman from Nebraska was arrested at around 6-p.m. Sunday, after she was pulled over for allegedly driving erratically on Interstate 80 in Adair County. Motorists reported the woman had come close to crashing several times. Iowa State Troopers and Adair County Deputies were not in position to stop the vehicle at the time of the reports, but Stuart Police Officers stopped Melissa Ruge of Decatur, NE, after her vehicle exited I-80 at the Stuart exit.
Authorities say Ruge was determined to have a blood alcohol content (BAC) nearly three and a half times the legal limit. She was charged with OWI 1st offense and booked into the Adair County Jail.
Is your farmstead pretty enough to be the next “Field of Dreams”? The state is launching an effort to get Iowans to show off properties they’d like to see featured on the silver screen, on T-V or as the backdrop for a catalog shoot. Jeff Morgan, spokesman for the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs, explains the campaign. Morgan says, “What we’re looking for is for Iowans who have a home or a property that could be featured in a movie and also if they know of a scenic view or a vista that might be appropriate for a film production to go onto www.produceiowa.com and register and submit their information and photographs.”
It’s free to submit photos to the Media Production Directory, but he says the home or property does have to be within the state of Iowa. Morgan says, “This is actually to build an online media directory that can be available to production companies from California and all around the world 24 hours a day for them to see what Iowa has to offer in terms of site locations.”
It’s not just farmsteads, but any Iowa homes, unique buildings and even entire main streets or downtowns which could be featured. Morgan says, “We’re looking to convention and visitors bureaus, chambers of commerce, homeowners, location scouts who work in Iowa, people from all corners of the state to submit information and photographs.”
Some tips for submitting photos include: use a digital camera, each photo should be no larger than 1MB, title each photograph, 10 total images per property, include distinct features and use a wide-angle lens or landscape view. Besides site locations, Produce Iowa is taking submissions about Iowa’s media production workforce and support service companies. He encourages local talent, production crews and hospitality businesses like hotels, restaurants and caterers to register their services and round out the directory.
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ANKENY, Iowa (AP) – Deere & Co. says it will lay off 100 more workers from its plant in Ankeny plant. The Des Moines Register reports that the layoffs are being described as adjustments to meet market demand.
The Moline, Ill.-based maker of farm and construction equipment says it told workers in mid-August that layoffs would take place in mid-September and early November. About 40 plant workers were placed on indefinite layoff in mid-September. Deere spokesman Ken Golden says the 100 or so workers were notified Friday about the layoffs in early November.
MILDRED “JOY” SIEVERS, 99, of Avoca (& formerly of Walnut), died Sun., Oct. 20th, in Avoca. Funeral services for JOY SIEVERS will be held 10:30-a.m. Tue., Oct. 22nd, at the 1st Presbyterian Church in Walnut. Burmeister-Johannsen Funeral Home in Harlan has the arrangements.
Friends may call at the 1st Presbyterian Church from 9:30-to 10:30-a.m. on Tuesday (one-hour prior to the service).
Burial will be in the Layton Township Cemetery, in Walnut.
MILDRED “JOY” SIEVERS is survived by:
Her sister-in-law: Arlene Sievers, of Walnut, many nieces and nephews.
A man and a woman from Red Oak face felony Burglary and other charges, after police responded to a report of two subjects making a forced entry into a residence. Officials say 26-year old Christopher James Colebank and 24-year old Megan Renea Guffey, both of Red Oak, were charged with Burglary in the 3rd degree, a class-D felony, and a serious misdemeanor charge of Criminal Mischief in the 4th degree. Colebank and Guffey were being held in the Montgomery County Jail on $5,000 bond, each.
The pair were taken into custody at around 5:40-p.m. One of the suspects was caught leaving the property in the 100 block of East Joy Street. The other was apprehended about a block away, on East Corning Street. Red Oak Police were assisted in making the arrests, by deputies with the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office. Officials also thank the public for its assistance in nabbing the suspects.