Jim Field visits with Freese-Notis Meteorologist Dan Hicks.
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Police in Creston (IA) report three arrests took place over the weekend. A little after 1-a.m. Saturday, 23-year-old James Allan Erlbacher, of Earling, was arrested in Creston for OWI/1st offense. Erlbacher was taken to the Union County Jail where he was later released on $1,000 cash or surety bond. And, at around 3:15-a.m. Saturday, 39-year-old Nicole Irene Leusink, of Winterset, was also arrested for OWI/1st offense. Leusink was taken to the Union County Jail where she was later released on $1,000 cash or surety bond.
At around 12:06-a.m. Sunday, Creston Police arrested 32-year-old Cody John Courtney, of Thayer, for Failure to Affix Drug Stamp for 7 or more grams, Intent to Manufacture/Deliver Meth Over 5g, and Possession of Controlled Substance. Courtney was transported to the Union County Jail where he is being held on $40,000 cash or surety bond.
(Atlantic, Iowa) – Officials with the Cass County Transfer Station(Landfill) and Recycling Center report, the Station/Recycling Center will be closed this Wednesday, November 30th, so that co-workers can attend memorial services for long time employee and friend Gerald Peck, who died November 22nd. The facility will otherwise be open for business during their normal operating hours for the remainder of the week.
RUTH D. FORESMAN, 89, of Dallas Center (formerly of Audubon), died Friday, Nov. 25, 2022, at the Spurgeon Manner, in Dallas Center. Funeral services for RUTH FORESMAN will be held 10:30-a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022, at the Kessler Funeral Home, in Audubon.
Friends may call at the funeral home, where the family will meet with friends on Tue., Nov. 29th, from 5-until 7-p.m.
Burial is in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery at Bowman Chapel, near Guthrie Center.
RUTH D. FORESMAN is survived by:
Her daughter – Janet (Kevin) Hircock, of Adel.
Her brother – Carl (Roberta) Stonoff, of Oakville, IA.
3 grandchildren, 5 great-grandchildren, other relatives and friends.
(Radio Iowa) – Iowa State University economist Peter Orazem says while there have been gains, the number of Iowans who are working continues to lag pre-pandemic levels. “If you look at Iowans under the age of 45, labor force participation rates actually went up. It’s Iowans over 45 where labor force participation rates went down and they really went down for people over 55,” Orazem says. “…We don’t think that they’re coming back and so that’s going to be holding back the Iowa economy in terms of its ability to make up for for its lost labor.” Iowa had one of the oldest labor forces in the country prior to the pandemic and Orazem says it appears many who opted to retire in the past 18 months are not going to return to the workforce.
“We’re lagging the rest of the U.S. in terms of recovery of employment and that’s holding back, actually, the Iowa economy,” Orazem says.” Ten days ago, the Iowa Workforce Development agency announced the state had added back all the jobs that were lost due to the pandemic. Orazem says the total number of employed Iowans still remains about one percent below pre-pandemic levels — and the labor participation rate is about two percent below what it was in February of 2020. “We’ve had three straight quarters of negative Gross State Product, which would meet the classic definition of a recession,” Orazem says.
Orazem made his comments during a weekend appearance on “Iowa Press” on Iowa P-B-S.
(Radio Iowa) – Finding a reliable, affordable used car online can be a hassle, especially with pre-owned vehicles in such short supply, and Iowans are being warned that scammers are aiming to take their hard-earned money. Lisa Schiller, at the Better Business Bureau, says the first warning sign is that the car is listed at a super-low price. “When you contact the seller, you’ll then find out that the vehicle is actually located in another city,” Schiller says, “but luckily for you, the seller knows a transport company that can deliver the vehicle to you — and that is a red flag.” The crooks may try to get you to pay for the transportation with a money order or gift cards, and if you do that, the money is gone and so is the car.
She says, “Your vehicle will not actually be delivered because the sale was a scam and the con artist was in cahoots with the third party make-believe transport company.” Schiller says you should always insist on seeing the car in person and get it inspected before making any payments. “If you get really vague answers, if the seller gets defensive or aggressive or if they can’t confirm their location or the location of the vehicle, you’re probably dealing with a scammer.”
Schiller also reminds people to insist on all of the paperwork to ensure the sale is legit.
(Radio Iowa) – The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is conducting a pilot study on the state’s gray fox population. Furbearer biologist, Vince Evelsizer, says the study comes as the number of animals is dropping. “This pilot project will be starting to get into figuring out more understanding and learning more about gray foxes and what the causes for the population decline is,” he says. Evelsizer says it’s puzzling because it’s not an issue in other areas of the country. “Their numbers are declining drastically, and we don’t fully understand why that is. And it’s also a trend going on in the Midwest, but it’s not going on in other parts of the U-S,” Evelsizer says.
He says for example, the gray fox population is doing great in the southeastern U-S. Evelsizer says they’ve gotten five g-p-s collars from Iowa State to use in the grey fox study. “And we’re asking private trappers to help with the project by trapping a grey fox with the trap type that will keep them in great shape alive and well, such as a foothold trap,” Evelsizer says. One a trapper has caught a fox, then the D-N-R will see if it can be a part of the pilot study. “Check it for any injuries — if it’s in great shape, then we will utilize that animal and put a collar on it — as well as getting some other measurements and tissue samples from it. And then we will track those foxes in and see what happens to them,” Everlsizer says. He says the information they gather from the tracking will hopefully confirm some of the thoughts they have on what may be happening.
“The hypotheses so to speak of what could be causing their population decline are habitat changes, or predators other predators such as coyotes and bobcats,” he says. “Or disease, such as distemper, or a combination of factors may be doing it as well, a combination of those factors and possibly others we don’t know about yet.” The D-N-R says the gray fox can be found statewide, but their core area is eastern and southern Iowa, in forested habitats, like cedar thickets, deciduous forests, the Driftless region, on old farms and overgrown pastures.
(Anita, Iowa) – The Iowa State Patrol has identified a truck driver who died early Saturday morning when his rig crashed into a bridge pillar north of Anita. Authorities say 53-year-old Terrance Glenn Allen, of Las Vegas, Nevada, died in the crash on Interstate 80 at around 12:30-a.m., Saturday. The Patrol says the 2020 Volvo semi Allen was driving was traveling east in the westbound lanes of the Interstate, when the vehicle struck the bridge pillar at Exit 70.
Allen was wearing a seatbelt. He died at the scene. The Patrol was assisted at the crash site, by the Cass County Sheriff’s Office, and Cass EMS.
(Corning, Iowa) – The Adams County Sheriff’s Office reports three arrest. A traffic stop in rural Adams County, Saturday, resulted in the arrest of the driver for OWI/1st offense. Edwin Scott Blazek, of Prescott, tested .175% for intoxication at the Adams County Jail. He later posted bond, and was released.
On Nov. 23rd, a traffic stop was conducted at 120th and Quince in Adams County, and resulted in the arrest of Carlos Miranda Gutierrez, of Creston. He was placed under arrest for Driving While Barred, and on an Adams County warrant for Failure to Appear. Gutierrez was being held in the Adams County Jail on a $2,900 cash-only bond.
And, on Nov. 1st, Adams County Deputies arrested 57-year-old Karen Anderson, of Nodaway. She was arrested on a warrant in connection with an accident that occurred Oct. 5th in Adams County. Anderson was charged with OWI/2nd offense, and was being held in the Adams County Jail on a $2,000 bond.
*Any potential criminal charges identified above are merely allegations, and any defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
(Updated 4:45-a.m.)
Today: Partly cloudy. High 52. S @ 10-20 mph.
Tonight: Mostly cloudy. Low 35. SE @ 10-15.
Tomorrow: Cloudy w/light rain mixed at times w/snow, becoming all snow (Less than 1″ expected). High early around 37 w/temps falling into the 20’s. SE-N @ 15
Wednesday: P/Cldy & blustery. High 25.
Thursday: P/Cldy & breezy. High near 40.
Sunday’s high was 48 and our low this morning was 13. This day last year the high was 46 and the low was 18. The all-time record high was 63 set in 1941 and the record low was -16 set in 1952. Sunrise today is 7:23 a.m. and sunset is set for 4:52 p.m.
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