(Radio Iowa) – Authorities have released the name of the eastern Iowa girl who died in an A-T-V crash the day before Thanksgiving. The Iowa State Patrol’s accident report indicates 13-year-old Charlee Engelken, of Manchester, was a passenger on an A-T-V on Wednesday afternoon when the 14-year-old boy driving the four-wheeler lost control.

The patrol’s report says the vehicle was on a road south of Manchester. The vehicle rolled into a ditch and all passengers on the A-T-V, including the girl, were ejected, then she was hit and killed by the A-T-V.

(Atlantic, Iowa) – Cass County Auditor Kathy Somers reports the Cass County Compensation Board will meet on Wednesday, December, 7, 2022 at 7:00 PM in the basement meeting room of the courthouse. The Board meets annually to recommend a compensation schedule for elected officials for the fiscal year immediately following, in accordance with the Code of Iowa (Chapters 331.905 and 331.907). The Board of Supervisors will hold a public hearing on the Compensation Board’s recommendation, in early 2023, followed by action on the recommendation.

In March, 2022, the Supervisors voted to adopt the resolution to the previous Compensation Board’s proposal. They also acted at that time, on a Resolution to reduce by half, the percentage of Elected Officials compensation that had been recommended by the Cass County Compensation Board, effective July 1, 2022. During that meeting, Supervisor John Hartkopf reminded the public that neither the Supervisors nor the Compensation Board have a say over the final outcome, because the State regulates some areas.

(Radio Iowa) – The Iowa Air National Guard’s K-C 135 aircraft from the 185th air refueling wing have returned to their home base in Sioux City. The giant flying fuel stations operated at bases in Topeka, Kansas and Sioux Falls, South Dakota after runway construction got underway at the airport in April. Lieutenant Colonel Ben Young is a K-C 135 pilot who is happy to be back home in Iowa: “It’s just great to have airplanes back this is our home this is where we want to be flying out of fill a lot of pride when we see the airplanes overhead and when we’re flying out of Sioux City here,” he says.

The construction project closed the longer of two available runways used by the K-C 135 aircraft so parts of them could be refurbished. “The runway was supposed to open up at the beginning of October but weather and delays happen and we flexed with that the Sioux City Airport Authority has been great to work with flexing the plan we were able to get a few jets back early in November so we could do some exercises with them,” Young says.

They did the flyover for Friday’s Iowa/Nebraska football game and now get back to a regular schedule. “We’ll come right back from Thanksgiving and we got an aircraft generation exercise that will be a week long,” he says. Young says have the jets back at their home allows everyone involved to enjoy more time with their families.

The Iowa Department of Corrections reports two men failed to return to their respective Residential Facilities over the weekend, as required. Authorities says 27-year-old Christopher Blackmond, Jr., convicted of Robbery 2nd Degree in Scott County, failed to report to the Dubuque Residential Facility as required, Sunday.  Blackmond is a black male, height 5’7″, and weighs 256 pounds. He was admitted to the work release facility on September 15, 2022.

Christopher Blackmond

And, 34-year-old Cody Michael Tarrance, convicted of Domestic Abuse Assault-3rd or Subsequent Offense in Black Hawk County, failed to report to the Waterloo Residential Correctional Facility as required, Saturday.  Tarrance is a white male, height 5’9″, and weighs 212 pounds. He was admitted to the work release facility on November 8, 2022.

Cody Tarrance

Persons with information on the whereabouts of Blackmond or Tarrance, should contact local police.

(Greenfield, Iowa) – The Adair County Sheriff’s Office reports six separate arrests from over the past week. On Nov. 24th, 36-year-old James Robert Lyman, of Greenfield, was arrested following a pursuit that began southwest of Stuart with an attempted traffic stop due to Lyman’s having been barred from driving, and his alleged attempts to elude law enforcement in the past. Lyman was taken into custody on numerous warrants, including:

• A Dept. of Corrections warrant for Violation of Parole
• A Polk County warrant for Possession of a Controlled Substance (PCS)/2nd offense; Driving While Barred/Habitual Offender
• An Adair County warrant for Eluding while participating in a Felony/2nd or subsequent offense; PCS/3rd or subsequent offense;Driving While Barred and Operating a Vehicle without the Owner’s Consent.
• Adair County warrants for: Interference with Official Acts; Possession of Drug Paraphernalia; Reckless Driving; Leaving the scene of a property damage accident; Failure to Maintain Control; and,Failure to Stop and Yield the Right of Way.

Lyman was also charged with Assault on a Law Enforcement Officer (without injury), Interference with Official Acts, Trespass, and Poss. of Drug Paraphernalia. He was being held without bond on the DOC and Polk County warrants, a $15,000 cash or surety bond on the Adair County warrants, and a $1,000 c/s bond on the latter Adair County Complaints stemming from an incident that occurred on Thanksgiving Day.

The Sheriff’s Office reports also, 42-year-old Michael Francis Huss, Jr., of Dexter, was arrested November 23rd at the Adair County Sheriff’s Office on an Adair County warrant for Violation of Probation. He was released later that same day on a $2,000 cash or surety bond. 37-year-old Douglas Andrew Dawson, of Stuart, was arrested Nov. 22nd in Adair County, on a Dallas County warrant. He was turned over to a Dallas County Deputy.

On Nov. 21st, 36-year-old Michael Dean Lantz, Jr., of Arthur, Iowa, was arrested by Adair County Deputies in Stuart, on Ida County warrants for: (2 counts) Violation of a No Contact/Protective Order – Contempt of Court; Stalking – Violation of a No Contact Order; Stalking – Violation of a Protective Order; and charges that include: PCS/Meth-1st offense; Poss. of paraphernalia; Operating a vehicle without registration, and Failure to provide proof of liability (Insurance). He was later released on a $1,000 c/s bond for the Adair County charges, and a $10,000 cash-only and No Bond, on the three Ida County warrants.

Arrested separately on the 21st, by Stuart Police, was 44-year-old John Bradford Barker, II, of Des Moines. Barker was taken into custody for PCS/Meth-1st offense, Poss. of paraphernalia, and Driving while license is denied or revoked. He was released the same day on a $1,000 c/s bond. And, on Nov. 20th, Stuart Police arrested 41-year-old Wendi Nicole Wright, of Stuart, on an Adair County warrant for PCS/Meth-1st offense, and PCS/Marijuana-1st offense. She was later released on a $1,000 c/s bond.