(Guthrie County, Iowa) – A rollover accident Thursday afternoon in Guthrie County, was discovered after Guthrie County Chief Deputy Jeremy Bennett – who was off-duty – overheard what he thought was a traffic collision. Bennett traveled to the area where he believed the crash to have occurred, and found a 2004 Chevy Impala in its top in the south ditch, off Wagon Road. The accident happened at around 4:50-p.m.

Chief Deputy Bennett saw the driver of the car, 65-year-old Joan L. Anderson, of Menlo, still inside the car. Bennett was able to extricate Anderson from the vehicle. She was checked out by Panora EMS crews, and determined to suffered no significant injuries.

An investigation revealed Anderson was traveling eastbound on Wagon Road, when her car exited the road to the right, entered the south ditch, and flipped onto its top. The car sustained $10,000 damage and was a total loss. No citations were issued.

(Radio Iowa) – Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC) cut the ribbon on their new Criminal Justice Training Center on their Ankeny campus Friday. Center Coordinator Craig Matzke says it allows them to set up realistic crime scenes to help train students. He says the center can also be used to train professionals in the field as well. Matzke says once students collect evidence, they go through it and try to solve the crime that is staged at the center.

“It’s a new facility so that it gives them a blank slate to operate off of and train to the discipline, which they need the most training with,” he says. Matzke says they can create all kinds of scenarios in a controlled environment for students. He says it’s better to train ahead of time rather than try to learn out on the streets at a potential crime scene.

He says they learn the proper way of handling and collecting and documenting evidence and creating a chain of custody. They can go back and perform tests on the evidence within a certain scope of available equipment, and then learn how to best present that evidence for successful prosecution. Matzke says the faculty all have been out in the field at one time.

“All of our instructional staff have real world experience in law enforcement agencies. And in addition to that, we also have a great working relationship with area law enforcement agencies, E-M-S, and those other entities that we call upon to give us a guiding hand and setting up scenarios, giving us ideas on what we should focus on,” he says.
All that experience helps give the students a real test.

“They can replicate those scenes and put them in the environment that they would actually be in. So it adds a real sense of realism,” Matzke says. Matzke says it’s another way to prepare the students to enter the real world of investigation and law enforcement.

(Glenwood, Iowa) – The Mills County Sheriff’s Office reports four recent arrests. Sunday night, 37-year-old Santos Alejandro Rodriguez-Herrera, of Nebraska City, NE., was arrested for Public Intoxication ($300 bond). And, 23-year-old Blaine Michael Clark, of Omaha, was arrested at around 2:25-a.m. Sunday on Highway 34, for Driving While Barred and on a warrant for Failure to Appear (in court). (Bond $2,000)

Friday evening, 37-year-old Jacob Ryan Jones, of Glenwood, was arrested in the area of Deacon Road and Highway 34, for Driving Under Suspension (Bond $300). And, Friday morning, 43-year-old Tonya Marie Glathar, of Glenwood, was arrested at 310th and Highway 34, for Possession of a Controlled Substance and Poss. of Drug Paraphernalia. (Bond $1,300).

(Mills County, Iowa) – A woman on a motorcycle was seriously injured when her cycle collided with a deer, in Mills County. The accident happened at around 11:17-p.m. Friday, at 31184, Highway 34. Authorities say 60-year-old Pamela Hoselton, of Council Bluffs, was being attended to by witnesses, when a Deputy arrived on the scene. She was transported by LifeNet to the hospital.

(Radio Iowa) – Two veterans who call themselves Team Long Road are making their way across Iowa as part of a cross-country journey from Boston, Massachusetts to Newport, Oregon. They’re calling attention to American soldiers who remain missing in action. Justin “J-D” LeHew says he and Coleman “Rocky” Kinzer started their journey on June 6th, and last week passed through cities including Dyersville, Manchester and Independence, headed west.

Both are retired U-S Marines and they say taking this long backpack journey has been an amazing experience.

The two are following the historic U-S Highway 20 for the entire stretch – not only in Iowa, but across the country. They hope to be back home by Christmas. Learn more about the trek at TeamLongRoad.com.

(DES MOINES, Iowa) – The Iowa Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced today (Monday) the distribution plan for Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (P-EBT) food assistance benefits for eligible Iowa children under the age of six. The federal Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021 and Other Extensions Act allows states to issue emergency food assistance benefits to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) households with children under the age of six who were impacted by pandemic-related school changes and closures in their area.

P-EBT for children under age six is limited to those children who received SNAP benefits between September 2021 and May 2022. The P-EBT benefits for children under six will be loaded on the household’s existing SNAP card between now and September 20. The monthly amount for each eligible child is $22.01 for September 2021 through December 2021, and $21.15 for the months of January 2022 through May 2022. P-EBT benefits will only be distributed for those months that the child received SNAP. 

“Food costs in Iowa hit historic highs in 2022, making it hard for low-income parents to meet the nutritional needs of their children. These additional benefits will make it easier for parents to put healthy and nutritious food on their table,” said Janee Harvey, HHS Division Administrator of Adult, Child, and Family Services.

Parents are encouraged to visit HHS’ comprehensive FAQ document available on the HHS website at https://dhs.iowa.gov/food-assistance/related-programs/P-EBT for more information about P-EBT.