CRESTON, Iowa – March 14, 2023 – If you are driving on U.S. 59 in Mills and Pottawattamie counties in the coming weeks you may notice some construction work taking place on the roadway between U.S. 34 near Emerson and Iowa 92 near Carson.

Beginning at 8 a.m. on Monday, March 20, weather permitting, construction crews will work on finishing up asphalt paving work that began last year. To get the work done, crews will need to take the road down to one lane. To help move traffic safely through the work zone, there will be flaggers and a pilot car from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays until completed on Friday, May 5. There’s also a 12-foot lane restriction while this work is being done.

Help keep everyone on the road safer. Drive with caution, obey the posted speed limit and other signs in the work area, and be aware that traffic fines for moving violations are at least double in work zones. As in all work zones, you should stay alert, allow ample space between vehicles, and wear seat belts.

The latest traveler information is available anytime through the 511 system. Visit 511ia.org; call 511 (within Iowa) or 800-288-1047 (nationwide); stay connected with 511 on Facebook or Twitter (find links at https://iowadot.gov/511/511-social-media-sites); or download the free app to your mobile device.

(Anita, Iowa) – Members of the CAM School District’s Board of Education met in a regular session Monday evening. Superintendent Paul Croghan told KJAN News there were numerous resignations.

Croghan explains why there were so many resignations for the end of the current school year.

Croghan says some of those resignations will fit into the Board’s plan to close a District attendance center.

The Board voted to approve Sitelogiq as the architectural firm for the District’s facilities, and to enter into a contract with the firm for any kind of future needs.

And, Superintendent Croghan reports that on Wed., March 15^th, in the High School Commons, the Facilities Committee will be taking public comments on the closing of a district facility.

He asks everyone to attend Wednesday’s presentation, if at all possible. The CAM School Board will receive the Committee’s official recommendation during their regular meeting in April.

(Creston, Iowa) – A woman from Creston was arrested at around 6:11-p.m., Monday. Creston Police report 46-year-old Elizabeth Lea Reents was arrested at 900 N. Chestnut Street on a charge of Disorderly Conduct-Loud Raucous Noise. She was transported to the Union County Jail and later released on a $300 bond.

(Poweshiek, County, Iowa) – A crash involving three vehicles in eastern Iowa left one person dead and another injured. The Iowa State Patrol says the accident happened just before 2-p.m. at the intersection of Highways 6 and 63, east of Grinnell. The Patrol says a 2014 Buick Encore was traveling south on Highway 63 when the unidentified driver failed to stop at the intersection with Highway 6.

The car struck a trailer being pulled by a 2008 Chevy Silverado pickup that was westbound on Highway 6. An eastbound 2011 Volvo semi struck the pickup’s trailer also, when the trailer was pushed into the eastbound lanes. The semi also struck the Buick, which came to rest in the north ditch and caught fire.

The other vehicles also came to rest in the north ditch. The driver of the Buick – who was wearing a seat belt – died at the scene. Their name was withheld pending notification of family. The driver of the semi, 73-year-old Steven M. Crow, of Marengo, was injured and transported by ambulance to the hospital in Grinnell.

The crash remains under investigation.

(Radio Iowa) – Former President Donald Trump kicked off his campaign for the 2024 Iowa Caucuses in Davenport by promising to promote Iowa-made ethanol and to oppose raising the retirement age for Social Security. “We won Iowa twice and unfortunately we’re going to have to do it a second time because something happened,” Trump said as he took the stage. Trump was greeted with chants of U-S-A and got several standing ovations last (Monday) night.

“2024 is the final battle,” Trump said. “…We will evict Joe Biden from the White House.” Trump used a derogatory nickname to describe Florida Senator Ron DeSantis, who is likely to challenge Trump in 2024. Trump also spent a section of his speech talking about the war in Ukraine. He suggested the casualties and destruction have been underestimated and there is a threat of the conflict spiraling into nuclear war.

“Standing before you today, I am the only candidate who can make this promise: ‘I will prevent World War III,'” Trump said, to cheers, “because I really think you’re going to have World War III.” Trump promised as president he’d ban biological men from competing in women’s sports and he called for the direct election of principals by parents. “I will immediately sign a new executive order cutting federal funding for any school that’s pushing critical race theory (or) transgender insanity,” Trump said, to extended cheers.

Trump also said any school should be denied federal funds if they require masks or have a COVID-19 vaccine mandate. As he did during his first official Iowa campaign stop in mid-2015, Trump finished the event by taking questions from the crowd in Davenport’s Adler Theater, then stayed to shake hands and pose for pictures.