Jim Field visits with Kylie Peterson, Director of Marketing/Communications for the Iowa Beef Industry Council about the Iowa’s Best Burger contest. Voting ends at 5:00 pm on March 13 at www.iabeef.org.
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(Harlan, Iowa) – The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office has released a report covering arrests conducted from mid-to-late February. On the 15th, 29-year-old Justine Danielle Jones, of Atlantic, was arrested on an active Shelby County Warrant. Jones was transported to the Shelby County Jail and charged with Violation of Probation.
On the 18th, 42-year-old Jessica Jo McMillen, of Shelby, was arrested following a traffic stop on Highway 59. McMillen was transported to the Shelby County Jail and charged with OWI 1st and Speeding.
On the 23rd, Shelby County Deputies arrested 70-year-old Larry Steven Meurer, following a call for service in the 1000 block of 6th St., in Harlan. Meurer was transported to the Shelby County Jail and charged with Public Intoxication.
And, on the 24th of February, 37-year-old Joey Lee Ranney Jr., of Harlan, was arrested on active Shelby County Warrants. Ranney was transported to the Shelby County Jail and charged with Possession of Controlled Substance, Keeping Premises or Vehicle for Controlled Substance, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, Driving while Revoked, Domestic Abuse Assault, and Harassment
(Guthrie Center, Iowa) – The Guthrie County Sheriff’s Office is currently hosting a fundraiser for their K-9 “Urs” and “Dart.” Sheriff’s officials say the Guthrie County K-9 Fund operates primarily off of donations, and the money raised will go towards supporting the K-9 units with equipment and training.
T-shirts can be ordered on the T & K Designs website for $18 per shirt. A portion of all sales go to the K9 Unit. 
The Sheriff’s Office would like to thank everyone for their support in the past, and in the future.
Iowa quarterback Cade McNamara has quickly become a part of his new program. The former Michigan standout transferred to Iowa and hopes to fix an offense that was one of the nation’s worst last season.
McNamara led Michigan to a Big Ten title in 2021 and is confident the Hawkeyes can make a run next season.
The Hawkeyes finished 8-5 last season which included a win over Kentucky in the Music City Bowl.
The seventh ranked Iowa Hawkeye women open the Big Ten Tournament in the Twin Cities Friday night against Purdue. The Hawkeyes beat the Boilers back in late December in their only meeting of the season.
That’s Iowa coach Lisa Bluder who says Purdue has a lot to play for. The Boilers rallied to beat Wisconsin Thursday night.
Bluder says quick turnarounds in tournament play are a challenge mentally and physically.
The Hawkeyes are 23-6.
Today: Patchy fog between 7am and 8am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 48. Northeast wind 6 to 8 mph becoming north northwest in the afternoon.
Tonight: Increasing clouds, with a low around 29. Northwest wind 3 to 6 mph.
Saturday: Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 49. North northwest wind 6 to 9 mph.
Sunday: A 20 percent chance of rain before noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 57. Breezy, with a south southeast wind 11 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 48. Breezy.
Drake coach Darian DeVries hopes experience is a plus as the Bulldogs get set to play Murray State in Friday night’s quarterfinal round of the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament in St. Louis. The Bulldogs are 24-7 and the second seed in the tournament.
De Vries does not subscribe to the theory that it is tough to beat a team three times. The Bulldogs swept the regular season series against the Racers.
Depth was a factor in Drake’s late season run that saw them win 10 of their last 11 and DeVries says it will be crucial in a tournament run.
DeVries says in tournament play every possession is crucial.
(Radio Iowa) – Executives with a major health care provider in Iowa and Illinois are exploring a merger with a New Mexico health care system.
Des Moines-based UnityPoint Health and Presbyterian Healthcare Services in Albuquerque have signed a letter of intent to create a parent organization to manage the system, but keep the brand names on current facilities.
Four million patients are currently served by the two health care systems and 40,000 people are on the combined payrolls, including nearly 3000 physicians. UnityPoint Health and Presbyterian Healthcare currently operate more than 40 hospitals and hundreds of clinics.
In late 2019, UnityPoint and South Dakota based Sanford Health ended months of negotiations and called off merger talks.
“UnityPoint Health and Presbyterian are two organizations rooted in similar values,” Clay Holderman, president and CEO, UnityPoint Health, said in a written statement. “By lowering administrative costs, building new capabilities and increasing investments in innovation and clinical excellence, our intent is to help improve affordability and accessibility of care. We’re excited about the unique possibilities ahead.”
(Radio Iowa) – Sunday marks the one year anniversary of the deadly tornado outbreak that included one that dropped down just outside Winterset in Madison County and killed six people. Madison County Community Foundation manager Tom Leners says some people are still working on their insurance settlements.
“There’s been a few challenges that way. But I think, overall, for the 50 some properties that were affected in Madison County, we feel like we are making progress,” he says. “And at this point, now people at least have a plan of what they’re going to do to get back in their property or utilize their property again.” He says volunteers and residents got to work soon after the tornado hit.
“There’s been a lot of cleanup, a lot of new construction, a lot of repair work has been done. So, those are all good things. There’s been a lot of folks wanting to help us through donations or an unkind sorts of supplies and that sort of thing,” Leners says. The Foundation handled the donations in the aftermath of the tornado and Leners says there was a great outpouring of help.
“Through the generosity of people in our state and from other storm zones, we we raised over half a million dollars,” Leners says. “We had money coming in from really coast to coast and border to border and we were very grateful for that. You could see clusters of checks coming in from communities that had storm damage in the past five years where they donated to ours too.” He says it’s hard to total up all the donations made by people of services. Some in central Iowa brought in their own equipment paid their own fuel costs to work removing downed trees.
“That part of the county was a very mature tree stand. So a lot of trees a lot of damage that way a lot to clean up. And so, so much progress was made in the first week or 10 days of getting roads back open and getting driveways back open to where you could get back into the property,” Leners says. Leners says he’s gotten a few concerned calls from people back in their property when there are storms.
“There are still some folks that are concerned as we have storm warnings. And of course, now we’re getting back into that season,” he says. Leners say will continue to work to recover physically and emotionally from the deadly tornado. The Bridge Community Church is holding a service Sunday that Leners says it kind of the official recognition of the one-year anniversary. The church worked with those who were displaced when their homes where destroyed.
Another person who was camping at Red Haw State Park near Chariton in Lucas County was killed on the same day by a tornado. There were 15 tornadoes confirmed in the state on that day.
(Radio Iowa) – Today (This first Friday in March) is considered the National Day of Unplugging, where people are encouraged to disconnect from digital distractions. Monique Moore of Urbandale is urging Iowans to join her in what’s called Phones Down For Five, where everyone takes a break from their phones for five days, five hours or even five minutes in order to reset our relationship with technology.
“The experience is really intended to help people understand if they are addicted to their device and to develop healthier habits with their devices,” Moore says. “Technology isn’t a bad thing. It’s just when we get over-consumed with a technology, it takes us away from those other things that are also important in our lives.” Moore is the West Iowa Director of Sales for U-S Cellular. So why is she trying to get people not to use the company’s products for any period of time?
“As a technology company, we understand that the technology is important,” Moore says, “but we also understand how important it is to step away from our phones to connect to the people and the moments that matter most.” Moore is pledging to power down her device for five days, but acknowledges she may still have to use it for work emergencies. 
“I’m not going to use my phone for anything that isn’t absolutely necessary during that time,” Moore says. “Social media, I’m definitely giving it up, and rather than spending time scrolling, I’m going to spend more time with my kids, get outside and try to do some things I can’t do if I’m stuck in my phone.” She says a recent study finds the average American spends more than five hours per day on their phones.
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