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(Atlantic, Iowa) – An Atlantic man facing felony charges of Attempted Murder and Willful Injury-Causing Serious Injury, claims he’s not guilty by reason of self-defense. That’s according to court documents filed Friday. 19-year-old Michael Gehling is accused of stabbing a man during the late night hours of April 3rd. According to online court records, arraignment for Michael Gehling will be held May 2nd and a Pre-Trial Conference on June 6th. Both begin at 9-a.m. His trial is set to take place June 28th at 9:30-a.m.
Gehling was arrested without incident on April 4th, following an investigation that began with a 9-1-1 call about a man who had a stab wound. Officers learned the incident happened in the area of 6th and Pine Streets.
Michael Gehling (Booking photo courtesy the Cass County Jail)
The victim (whose name was not released) was transported to the Cass County Memorial Hospital (Cass Health), in Atlantic, and was later transported to the UNMC in Omaha, for treatment of serious injuries.
(Creston, Iowa) – The Creston Police Department reports seven arrests from over the past few days. Early this (Monday) morning, 33-year old Whitney Christine Picard, of Louisiana, was arrested at 800 Laurel Street and charged with Driving with Suspended. Picard was cited and released from the scene. Late Sunday night, 36-year-old Douglas Edward Woodward III, of Creston, was arrested at the Creston Union County Law Enforcement Center and charged with Driving while Barred. Woodward was being held on a $2,000 cash or surety bond. And, 25-year-old Aaron Christopher Ortiz was arrested Sunday, at his residence in Creston. Ortiz was taken into custody on a Department of Corrections warrant for Violation of Parole. He was being held without bond in the Union County Jail.
Saturday afternoon, Creston Police arrested 27-year-old Chasity Cheyne Bolinger, of Creston. She was arrested at the Creston Union County Law Enforcement Center on a Union County warrant for Possession of a Controlled Substance/Marijuana 1st Offense, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, and Child Endangerment. Bolinger was later released on a $5,300 cash or surety bond. That same day, 52-year-old Tony Dean Fizer, of Creston, was arrested for Driving while Barred and Eluding. He was later released on a $4,000 cash or surety bond.
Friday evening, 18-year-old Triston Thomas Barncastle, of Creston, was arrested on a Union County warrant for Harassment/1st Degree-Sexting. He was later released on a $2,000 cash or surety bond. Friday night, 58-year-old Theodore Lance Giles, of Creston, was arrested at the intersection of Sumner and Townline with assistance from the Creston K9 “Baxo.” Giles was charged with Possession of Drug Paraphernalia and Possession of Controlled Substance 3rd Offense Methamphetamine. He was later released on a $5,300 cash or surety bond.
(Atlantic, Iowa) – The second of two Cass County Republicans “Know your candidates” forums will take place next Monday, May 2nd, at the Cass County Community Center, in Atlantic. The event will begin at approximately 7-p.m. and conclude at 8:30-p.m. Whereas the last forum covered the candidates’ positions on Laws & Regulations; Energy & Labor, and Exploring Agriculture, the May second forum will lean more toward discussion concerning Government Control, Education, and Law and Order.
The following Republican candidates for office have been invited to attend:
(Radio Iowa) – While we’re more than a month into spring already, weather and soil conditions have been far from ideal for Iowa farmers to do much in the way of spring planting. Angie Rieck-Hinz, a field agronomist with the Iowa State University Extension in north central Iowa, says a few farmers have started the process, but not many. “We want to be patient,” Rieck-Hinz says. “Our soil temperatures are still not where we would like them to be for planting. The rest of the soil conditions aren’t too bad. It’s not overly wet.” Temperatures this week have rollercoastered from the 20s to the 60s and just last weekend, parts of Iowa got more than four inches of snow.
The spring season officially arrived back on March 20th so Rieck-Hinz says it’s no surprise farmers are getting itchy to fire up the tractors. “We’ve had such nice springs the last couple of years,” she says. “In fact, 2018 was the last time we hadn’t had major corn planting progress by the third week of April, so I can understand why everybody’s a little antsy.” Recent rains have helped to recharge soil moisture levels in parts of the state that were slipping into drought conditions a year ago.
“We’ve been through two relatively dry summers now,” she says. “Our soil moisture availability is a little bit higher now. That’ll help us going into the spring if it dries out a little bit more. Otherwise, things look pretty positive going forward in time.” Rieck-Hinz says farmers need to wait for good conditions before putting corn into the ground so it has a good chance of getting -out- of the ground, adding, even emergence leads to a more consistent yield.
(Radio Iowa) – The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is hosting a hiring event at the end of this week in central Iowa. T-S-A spokesperson, Jessica Mayle, says the event is in West Des Moines, but they have jobs open statewide. “We’re hiring in Des Moines, Waterloo, Dubuque, Sioux City, Mason City, a couple of others. So, pretty much all of our airports are hiring right now. We’re ramping up travelers coming back here, we’re going into our heavy travel summer travel season,” Mayle says. There are two main qualifications. “You just have to be 18, a U-S citizen, you don’t have to have experience in this type of work before. Although if you do and you’re interested, that would certainly help you. But there’s extensive training,” she says.
Mayle says there are some attributes that would make you a good fit for these jobs. “Someone who’s very detail-oriented, who really has a lot of patience…. patience both for the kind of work, you’re looking at screens a lot, you’re looking at bags, that look the same a lot. And then patience for people as well, this is a public facing position,” according to Mayle. “So you should enjoy working with the public and interacting with people, I think those skills would really be helpful and would make you successful in the role.” Mayle says the event will showcase the benefits the job has to offer.
“We know, this is a time when people have a lot of a lot of choices, if you’re changing careers, or you’re starting a career. We know there’s a lot of opportunities right now for job seekers,” she says. “And, you know, I would just say to consider, you know, T-S-A really can be the first step towards a federal career, there are so many benefits to working for the federal government.”
Those benefits include paid leave, healthcare and a 401 K. There’s also another benefit to starting now.
“We have a bonus up to one thousand dollars for eligible new hires. And 500, you would get right away after onboarding and another 500 after one year of service. And that’s for everyone who would onboard before September 30th. So if you apply now, and you get started in the process, now you should be on board before September 30th,” Mayle says.
The event is Thursday and Friday (28-29) from 9 a-m. to 3 p-m both days at Sheraton West Des Moines Hotel.
Another event, for Epply Airfield in Omaha, is being held from 3-6-pm Thursday, April 28th, at Iowa Western Community College in Council Bluffs
To find out more and register for the event, go to jobs.tsa.gov and look for the recruiting event section.
(Pleasantville, Iowa) – A collision between a pickup and a car Sunday afternoon in Warren County, claimed the life of a woman from Knoxville. The Iowa State Patrol reports 82-year-old Glenna K. Clarke died at the scene of the crash, at intersection of Highways 5 and 316, northwest of Pleasantville.
When Clarke attempted to cross Highway 5 from Hwy 316, her 2011 Chevy Cruze was struck on the driver’s side broadside, by a 2019 Ford F-350 pickup. The crash occurred at around 3:50-p.m.
Both vehicles then entered the median and came to rest, still attached. The driver of the pickup, 53-year-old Charles J. Spurling, of Goldfield, and his passenger, were checked out by EMS personnel and released with no reported injuries.
Police in Red Oak, Sunday afternoon, arrested a man on an assault charge. Authorities report 57-year-old Reginald RJ Slaughter, of Red Oak, was arrested at around 5:10 p.m., in the 400 block of Highland Avenue. Slaughter was transported to the Montgomery County Jail and charged with Domestic Abuse Assault/first offense. He was being held in the jail without bond, pending an initial court appearance.
Sunday night, Red Oak Police arrested 28-year-old Dex Logan Jensen, for OWI, 1st offense. His bond was set at $1,000.
(Radio Iowa) – Former Vice President Mike Pence rallied with Iowa G-O-P activists this weekend — encouraging Republicans to consider the 2022 election as part of the march to electing a Republican president in 2024.
Pence highlighted the record of the Trump-Pence administration on issues like trade and immigration and drew cheers from Iowa audiences when mentioning the three justices Trump appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Pence, who was born during Dwight Eisenhower’s presidency, spoke at Iowa G-O-P district conventions in Carroll and Independence, then on Saturday night he was the headliner for a Story County G-O-P fundraiser in Ames — delivering the same critiques of the Biden Administration at each stop.
Pence joins a line of Republicans who’ve made trips to Iowa, signalling they may compete for the G-O-P’s 2024 presidential nomination. Pence angered some of President Trump’s supporters for failing to stop President Biden’s Electoral College victory, but on Saturday Pence was greeted with handshakes and applause. Sharon McNutt of Silver City got a brief hug after a chat with the former vice president.
Steve Scheffler, president of the Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition, says a lot can happen between now and the Iowa Caucuses, but Pence’s faith is a connection with many Iowans.
Dave Struthers of Collins says he’s always been impressed with Pence and thinks he could have a shot at the presidency in four years.
This was Pence’s third trip to Iowa since the 2020 election. The Iowa Democratic Party’s chairman says voters shouldn’t forget Pence led the charge to get congress to cut taxes for the wealthy and corporations during Trump’s time in office — and it was President Biden who got a bipartisan infrastructure bill across the finish line in his first year in office.
DES MOINES, Iowa (April 24, 2022) – The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), Sunday, confirmed a positive case of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in Kossuth County, Iowa. The virus was found in a non-commercial backyard flock.
It’s the 18th case of HPAI in Iowa since March 1st.
(Elliott, Iowa) – A trailer being pulled by a pickup was blown-over early Saturday afternoon, by winds gusting upwards of 60-miles per hour. The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office on Sunday (Today), said the accident happened around 12:59 p.m. on Highway 48, west of Elliott.
A 2019 Ford F-150 pickup driven by Kelly Hastings, of Glenwood, was traveling west on the highway and pulling a 2020 enclosed Formula Trailer. Strong wind gusts caused the trailer to sway. and become unhitched from the pickup. The trailer ended-up in the ditch on its top. Because the empty trailer was secured to the pickup by safety chains, the pickup ended up on the north shoulder of the road, facing south.
No injuries were reported. Authorities estimated damage to the trailer at $8,000, while the pickup sustained about $700 damage.