Creston police report the arrest of John Antonio Medina, 35, of Waterloo, Iowa at 1:48 pm on May 20, 2021, on a charge of Theft 5th.

Medina was cited and released on a Promise to Appear

The Trevor Frederickson Memorial Fund donated $500 to The Friends of Lake Anita for their free fishing clinic which will be held on Saturday, June 5^th at Lake Anita State Park.  This is a wonderful opportunity to spend time as a family fishing and enjoying the great outdoors at one of Iowa’s beautiful state parks.  Trevor loved to fish and this donation fits our mission statement perfectly.

The fund is in full swing getting ready for their 13^th Annual TFred Memorial Golf Tournament which will be held on Saturday, August 14^th at Nishna Hills Golf Club in Atlantic.  Please contact Melanie Petty at 249-3696 if you would like reserve a spot for a team, donate to our silent auction or become a hole sponsor.  All donations are given back to the community Trevor loved.  Since Trevor’s passing we have been blessed to give back over $250,000 and we look forward to giving back for many more years.

Today, Governor Kim Reynolds signed a proclamation that eases transport for crews and drivers hauling motor fuels.

The proclamation temporarily suspends regulatory provisions of Iowa law pertaining to hours of service for crews and drivers hauling motor fuels, including gasoline, diesel #1, diesel #2, ethanol and biodiesel. The proclamation also temporarily provisions of Iowa law pertaining to oversize and overweight loads of fuel. Increased demand, along with above average wait times at petroleum product terminals, along with ripple effects of the Colonial Pipeline shutdown, have created challenges to timely access of these fuels.

While some states across the country are experiencing shortages, the state of Iowa wants to proactively take steps to maintain supply. The proclamation is effective immediately and expires on June 19, 2021 at 11:59 pm.

(Radio Iowa) – An officer has testified that the man accused of killing college student Mollie Tibbetts in 2018 led investigators to the field where her body was found. Pamela Romero was an Iowa City police officer two years ago who interviewed suspect Cristhian Bahena Rivera. “He showed me the corn field and he goes: ‘This is the corn field where I came, took her out of the trunk, carried her on my shoulder, went inside the corn field, dropped her on the ground, covered her with leaves and I left right away,'” she testified.

Romero said during an 11 hour police interview, Rivera admitted chasing Tibbetts and fighting with her when she threatened to call the police. She says Rivera told her he couldn’t remember how he killed Tibbetts. “The next thing that he told me was that he remembered him driving and looking down into his legs and finding the ear buds that belonged to Mollie,” she testified, “and that is when he remembered that he had Mollie in the back of his vehicle, in the trunk.”

Based on the questions Bahena Rivera’s attorneys are asking witnesses, it appears they plan to argue Rivera was sleep deprived and coerced into making a confession.

(Reporting by Iowa Public Radio’s Kate Payne)

(Radio Iowa) – Leaders of Iowa’s dairy industry are praising the state legislature for passing a pair of bills before adjourning to address the hauling of milk and also what are known as anaerobic digesters. Mitch Schulte, executive director of the Iowa State Dairy Association, says permission to use those digesters will mean Iowa dairies can improve their sustainability and environmental footprint — in addition to their financial pictures.

“It’s going to give us the ability to have more animals in an area,” Schulte says. “We’re still going to care for those animals in the same way, but as long as we have that anaerobic digester in place, we’re going to be able to clean the manure, we’re going to clean the water, and we’re going to clean that air as it comes out of there. And, we’re going to produce a fuel source that can be used by our consumers out there.”

One byproduct of anaerobic digestion is biogas, which can be burned to generate electricity and heat. It can also be processed into transportation fuels and into renewable natural gas.”The dairy industry has a collective goal of being carbon neutral or better by the year 2050 and it’s going to take everyone in our industry to work together to do that,” Schulte says. “A lot of what we need to do to be carbon neutral is just documenting the great work that our farmers are already doing today.” He says some of those efforts include the reusing of water at farming operations and the planting of cover crops to reduce erosion.

Schulte says the other piece of legislation to relax regulations on hauling milk will allow producers to truck larger loads on Iowa’s interstates starting in January of 2022. They’re now restricted to local roads and state highways. “It’s going to allow our milk haulers to get up on the interstate system with overweight loads,” Schulte says. “The way this bill is structured, our milk haulers will be able to obtain an overweight permit for the interstate system. We think this is beneficial, not only for our sustainable footprint and moving the product more efficiently, but it’s also good for the community.”

Schulte says being able to move milk on the interstate system will create a much safer environment by getting those vehicles off of town roads and out of congested areas.

(Radio Iowa) – Iowa voters could establish a new local property levy to provide funding for Emergency Medical Services under a provision included a bill that cleared the legislature late Wednesday night. Representative Bobby Kaufmann, a Republican from Wilton, says ambulance services have been lobbying for this for 50 years.

“This piece of policy legislation in this bill is truly a generational change,” Kaufmann says, “to be able to give our counties or our cities or our districts the ability to finally levy for and raise the funds to fully fund our ambulance services.” Kaufmann says calling for an ambulance in rural Iowa often depends upon a response from a volunteer department running on donations from pancake breakfasts and other fundraisers.

(Radio Iowa) – A Monona County jury has found a Mapleton teenager guilty of second degree murder for shooting another teen to death. The jury’s deliberations lasted less than three hours to decide the case against 18-year-old Jay Neubaum in the January, 2020 death of 16-year-old Joseph Hopkins in Mapleton. Neubaum’s defense argued the shooting was an accident and the gun wasn’t pointed at the victim.

Prosecutor Marty Platz, an assistant state attorney general, told the jury the gun didn’t fire itself.  “As the gun science expert testified…the only way this weapon fired at anybody is that the trigger was pulled and the only way it hit the victim was it was aimed dead center,” Platz says. “…At the range that he was at, he could not miss.” Prosecutors rested their case Thursday morning and then the defense called the defendant’s father as their only witness.

Neubaum will face up to 50 years in prison when he’s sentenced June 29th and he is awaiting trial in a separate case. Neubaum is charged with sexually assaulting seven teenage girls from the Mapleton area and that trial is scheduled for December.

The Glenwood Police Department, Thursday, reported two women were arrested over the past couple of days. On Thursday, 34-year-old Nicole Hunt, of Glenwood, was arrested for Domestic Abuse Assault. Hunt was held without bond in the Mills County Jail, until seen by a magistrate judge.

And, on Wednesday, May 19th, 30-year-old Skye Hauger, of Council Bluffs, was arrested for Driving while Barred. Her cash or surety bond was set at $2,000.

Dedication Ceremony

It will be held on Monday 5-24-2021 at 3:00 PM at the Gym at the Middle/High School at 18997 Hwy 59, Oakland, IA.  A reception will follow the ceremony in the Commons Area Sponsored by the Booster Club.

Event Protocol

• Public is Welcome
• If you currently have any COVID-19 Symptoms or have been in contact with anyone with a confirmed COVID-19 diagnosis in the last 14 days—Please access the Live Stream to view the event

• You are encouraged to maintain social distancing (Three-Six Feet) with others in the building.
• You are NOT required to wear a face covering-Personal Choice
• The event will be Live Streamed

CLARK CHRISTENSEN ACADEMIC WING

Riverside Middle/High School

Clark Christensen served in various finance leadership roles in his 25-year career at The Coca-Cola Company.  He held the leading Senior Finance role for the Company’s Global Technology Organization; Senior Finance Leader for Global Procurement; Chief Financial Officer of the Moscow based bottling operations; European Division Finance Planning Leader in London; and International Internal Auditor where Clark had the opportunity to live and work in 17 countries.  He also has served as Chief Financial Officer for three other privately held companies. Clark was inducted into the Riverside Hall of Fame – Class of 2018 – as a Distinguished Graduate – Oakland Class of 1981.

Mr. Christensen joined the Deloitte accounting firm in Houston, Texas, following his graduation from The University of Northern Iowa (UNI) in May 1985, where he gave the Student Address at the Graduation Ceremony.   He is a Certified Public Accountant in the State of Texas and has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Accounting from UNI.

Clark graduated from Oakland High School in 1981.  While in Oakland, Clark was a lifeguard at the Oakland Swimming Pool for six years and Pool Manager for four of those years.  He was born in Council Bluffs and began living in Oakland’s, ‘Eckels Addition’, then moved to a farm, and finally back into Oakland at 309 Hill Street. Clark is the oldest of three brothers (Dana & Chad) and son to Dr Walter Christensen (deceased) and Maureen Oster and his second Dad, Larry Oster.  Clark and his wife Tamsen live in Atlanta, Georgia and they enjoy travelling, having visited well over 60 countries.

Clark has never lost sight of his roots and continues to give freely of his time, interest, support, and resources to the Riverside School District and to the communities. It has always been important to give back and to pay forward for him.  Clark frequently credits his learning experiences at school and in the communities as the bedrock of his successes.

May is Mental Health Awareness Month. If you needed help, would you know where to turn? According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, one in five adults experience mental illness each year. Demi Johnson, behavioral health program specialist with Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, says there are warning signs you may notice in yourself or others that indicate a need to seek help. Those signs include a drastic change in mood, behavior or personality; an increase in substance use; or ongoing difficulty in sleeping. Moreover, someone may be overwhelmed with intense worries or concerns that get in the way of daily activities.

For more information from Demi Johnson, visit Help a Friend or Yourself through a Mental Health Challenge/ News (iastate.edu)

Iowa Concern Hotline

Iowa Concern is a program of the Iowa State University Extension and Outreach. The program began in 1985 as a toll-free number serving the agricultural community. Today, Iowa Concern serves both urban and rural Iowans. Iowa Concern services are available 24 hours a day, 7 days per week at no cost.

Iowa Concern has access to an attorney for legal education, stress counselors and information and referral services for a wide variety of topics.

Contact the Hotline-toll free at 1-800-447-1985