(Glenwood, Iowa) – Police in Glenwood report a man from Omaha, 47-year-old Charles Mitchell, was arrested this (Tuesday) morning, for OWI/1st offense, and Possession of a Controlled Substance. Mitchell’s cash or surety bond was set at $2,000.
(Glenwood, Iowa) – Police in Glenwood report a man from Omaha, 47-year-old Charles Mitchell, was arrested this (Tuesday) morning, for OWI/1st offense, and Possession of a Controlled Substance. Mitchell’s cash or surety bond was set at $2,000.
(Mt. Ayr, Iowa) – The Ringgold County Sheriff’s Office reports a call about a sex offender being inside the pool area at the Judge Lewis Aquatic Center, in Mount Ayr, resulted in an arrest. Authorities say when a Deputy entered the pool area, he was able to identify the suspect as 27-year-old Spencer Andrew Fisk, of Mount Ayr. Fisk was escorted out the park and after further questioning, was placed under arrested for non-compliance with Sex Offender Registry requirements.
Spencer Andrew Fisk
*Disclaimer: Any potential criminal charges identified above are merely allegations, and any defendant [is] presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.*
(Bedford, Iowa) – Officials with the Taylor County Sheriff’s Office today (Tuesday), said on June 8, 2022, Deputies with the Taylor County Sheriff’s Office began an investigation into the theft of a stop sign in rural Taylor County. On June 9, 2022, a search warrant was executed on a residence in the 100 block of 2nd Street in Clearfield, in an attempt to recover stolen property. During the search, Deputies located a large amount of controlled substance along with other instruments used in the possession and or delivery of controlled substances. No one was home at the time of the warrant.
On Monday, June 13, 2022, 21-year-old James O’Connor, of Clearfield, turned himself into the Taylor County Sheriff’s Office on his outstanding warrants. O’Connor was charged with theft in the 5th degree and possession with intent to deliver. O’Connor posted bond and was released.
**All persons charged with a crime are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
(Glenwood, Iowa) – The Mills County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest on drug charges at around 1:52-a.m. Monday, of 52-year-old Kristen Marie Hughes, from Red Oak. Hughes was arrested on two-counts Possession of Controlled Substance, and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. Her bond was set at $2,300. And, at around 3:20-p.m., Monday, 44-year-old Shawn Lyle McKenzie, of Essex, was arrested at the Fremont County Jail, on a warrant for Contempt – Resist Order or Process of District Court. Bond was set at $1,000.
(Atlantic, Iowa) – The City Council in Atlantic will meet in a regularly scheduled session, beginning at 5:30-p.m. Wednesday (June 15, 2022). On their agenda, is the swearing-in of Atlantic Police Officer Jimmy James, who was promoted to Sergeant. Officer James joined the force in February (2022), and has served with the Perry Police Department, as well as the Louisa and Polk County Sheriff’s Offices. He has 16-years of law enforcement experience. The Council will also recognize Mike Henningsen and Dr. Carol Trewet, for their 20-years of service on the Atlantic Airport Commission, which is tasked with approving critical documents related to the FAA, and that provides major funding to the airport.
In other business, the Atlantic City Council is expected to approve a day long street closure for 4th Street, between Walnut and Chestnut, for SHIFT ATL’s Summer Soiree Summer fundraising event/dinner, set to take place July 16th. They will also likely approve a Wastewater Management Services Agreement with the City of Anita. Atlantic already has similar agreements in-place with Massena and Fontanelle. And, they will hold a Public Hearing on a second amendment to the FY 2022 City of Atlantic Budget. City Administrator John Lund has previously mentioned that neither her nor City Clerk Barb Barrick are happy about the amendment, and that there will be a full accounting on revenues and expenditures with the City’s Department Heads this Summer and Fall.
Other Council action includes the expected passing of a Resolution approving the Final Plat for the Redwood Subdivision in the City of Atlantic, and the dates for Fireworks, which are unchanged from last year. Fireworks are permitted in Atlantic on July 2nd, 3rd and 4th, from Noon until 11-p.m., under the current Ordinance.
JoANN RUNYAN, 76, of Villisca (& previously of Atlantic), has died. A Celebration of Life for JoANN RUNYON will be held 10:30-a.m. Saturday, June 18, 2022, at the Villisca Presbyterian Church. Wolfe-Billings Funeral Chapel in Villisca is in charge of the arrangements.
Burial in the Villisca Cemetery will follow the Celebration of Life, with food and fellowship at the Villisca Community building following the inurnment.
Jim Field visits with Gail Butler about the Atlantic Elks Bike Rodeo during Produce in the Park on Thursday, June 16 at 5:00 pm.
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(Radio Iowa) – The report on vehicle travel from the D-O-T is showing some impact on the state roadways. Stuart Anderson told the Transportation Commission Monday that municipal traffic in recent months has lagged behind pre-pandemic levels — reflecting long-term trends now of more teleworking. “We did see in April an across the board and drop of about two percent in traffic counts statewide. And that was was really across the board and between rural and municipal,” Anderson says. Anderson says the higher cost of driving is likely behind the drop.
“That correlates really well with when we started seeing the big bump in fuel prices. That’s not inconsistent with what we saw the last time we saw a big increase in fuel prices back in the 2008-2009 time frame when I think traffic dropped to about five percent,” he says. He says the work-from-home trend is probably why the gas impact isn’t a big this time. “We may see a little more moderate of a drop since we already have a lot of people teleworking. So maybe that will temper this a little bit,” Anderson says. May traffic counts didn’t drop as much as April, and Anderson speculates that’s due to Memorial Day travel.
“Kin of the desire to travel over the Memorial Day weekend overrode the fuel price concerns. So maybe that’s a little bit of what we’re seeing in May, June data will be more perhaps meaningful about if there’s some more significant trends in travel based on fuel prices,” he says. Anderson says that’s very likely as gas prices have continued moving up after the holiday and into June.
(Radio Iowa) – A delegation of Iowa Department of Corrections staff have just returned from a trip to Poland for an international conference on prisons. Tennie Carlson, of Stratford, is a corrections officer with the Second Judicial District Department of Correctional Services. Carlson first went to Poland in 2019 as part of the Polish-American Development Council, which deals with the mental health of inmates. Carlson says, “It was my first opportunity to travel to Poland and educate them on the risk assessment that the Department of Corrections uses in assessing our clientele to determine their risk factors, their return to the community, if they’re likely to reoffend and that type of thing.” Carlson says Poland wants to bring its prison system up to modern standards, and doing a risk assessment is a big part of that.
“Poland does not have the luxury of those assessments so they really crave that information,” Carlson says. “They want to know more. They want to educate themselves on identifying those risks and then treating those offenders or clients according to their risk.” Offering an inmate too much help upon their release can backfire, she says. “Statistics show that if you offer low-risk clients a lot of services, they’re more likely to become more criminal,” Carlson says. “So you want to make sure that your dosage of treatment matches their area of risk and their need of risk. Iowa does a great job of identifying that and providing the correct dosage of treatment to our offenders.”
Carlson says a delegation of Polish prison officials will be visiting Iowa in the fall to take tours and exchange more ideas.
RONALD LEE MATHIASEN, 85, of Harlan, died Sunday, June 12th, at the Elm Crest Retirement Community. Funeral services for RONALD MATHIASEN will be held 10-a.m. Thursday, June 16th, at the First Methodist Church in Harlan. Pauley-Jones Funeral Home in Harlan has the arrangements.
Friends may call at the funeral home on Wed., June 15th, from 5-until 7-p.m.
Burial is in the Harlan Cemetery.
RONALD MATHIASEN is survived by:
His son – Curt Mathiasen, of Harlan.
His daughter – Suzanne (Kevin) Goshorn, of Harlan.
His sisters – Rosemary Petersen, of Elk Horn (IA), & Ann Wendt, of Omaha.
2 grandchildren and his sister-in-law, Jo Mathiasen, of Harlan.