(Dubuque, Iowa) – Despite an increase in wagering activity due in-part to the pandemic, Dog racing in Iowa is coming to an end. According to reports, appealing to many animal rights activist groups, the Iowa Greyhound Park is closing due to a shortage of available greyhounds and the overall collapse of the dog-racing industry. The Iowa Greyhound Park in Dubuque will end the sport during the 2022 season.

Ttentative plans call for the season to be shortened, lasting just a month or two, compared to 112 days of racing this year. In recent years, Iowa Greyhound Park saw a sizable increase in wagering activity, due in large part to a massive rise in bets made on Dubuque races by those who are not physically in the park.

The Glenwood Police Department today (Friday), said 18-year-old Willow Harvey, of Glenwood, was arrested Thursday. Harvey was taken into custody for Possession of a Controlled Substance. Her bond was set at $1,000.

(Atlantic, Iowa) – The Cass County Sheriff’s Office Friday (today), said 29-year-old Christopher James Canfield, of Lewis, was arrested Sunday (9/12), for harassment 3rd offense.  Canfield was transported to Cass County Jail and later released on his own recognizance. And, on September 10th, Cass County Deputies arrested 55-year-old Michelle Renee Evans, of Bridgewater, on Cass and Adair County warrants for animal neglect with injury.  Evans was transported to Cass County Jail where she was held and later transferred to Adair County.

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The Creston Police Department reports a Red Oak woman, 44-year-old Kari Lynn Wilkinson, was arrested late Thursday morning, for Theft in the 5th Degree. Wilkinson was cited at the scene, and released on a Promise to Appear in court. And, a man residing in the 500 block of S. Levy Street, in Creston, told authorities Thursday afternoon, that his vehicle had been vandalized, with profanity written on it in paint or chalk. The damage was estimated at $50.

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No injuries were reported following a rollover accident Thursday morning, in Union County. The Sheriff’s Office reports a 2010 Chevy pickup driven by 21-year-old Matthew J. Lamaak, of Afton, was traveling west on 205th Street at around 5:52-a.m., when Lamaak swerved to miss a deer that had entered the roadway. When the rear tire of the pickup dropped-off the shoulder, Lamaak lost control of the vehicle, which rolled into the ditch. The pickup was considered to be a total loss (Value $15,000).

Both Matthew and his passengers, 24-year-old Cody Lamaak, of Afton, were transported by their father to their residence.

Police in Red Oak have arrested a man wanted on a valid Omaha Police Department warrant for Assault by Strangulation. Authorities say 37-year-old Adam Chandler Orr, of Red Oak, was taken into custody at around 3:37-a.m. Friday (today). Orr was transported to the Montgomery County Law Enforcement Center, where he was being held without bond, pending extradition to Nebraska.

Adam C. Orr

(Radio Iowa) – A memorial service will be held later this (Friday) morning in Omaha for the Iowa native who was killed last month in a suicide bombing at the Kabul airport. Marine Corporal Daegan Page grew up in Red Oak and Omaha. U.S. Senator Joni Ernst delivered a nine-minute speech in the senate this week in his honor.

“Let it not be forgotten that thousands of other lives were rescued from pending doom because of the bravery of Daegan and the 12 other service members who lost their lives that day while standing guard to ensure the safe passage of others out of Afghanistan,” she said. Ernst, who is from Red Oak, says she grew up with Page’s family. “The wounds of war, obviously, aren’t just borne by the warrior. It is the family of the fallen who will carry these scars for a lifetime,” Ernst says. “The hole left by the loss of Daegan can never, ever be filled.”

Daegan Page. (Photo from the FB memorial page.)

Page graduated from Millard South High School in Omaha in 2016.  “Daegan was always a dedicated team member. It didn’t matter what it was, but he was dedicated according to his former hockey teammates who together won the Nebraska state championship tournament,” Ernst says. “Omaha’s hockey community is fittingly paying tribute to Daegan by placing hockey sticks on their porches in his memory.”

A visitation was held last (Thursday) night at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Omaha and that’s where today’s (Friday’s) funeral for Page will be held, starting at 10 a.m. The family’s tribute page on Facebook indicates the main sanctuary will be reserved for family and friends. The service will be broadcast on Omaha television stations.