(Ames, Iowa) – Iowa has a new, number one burger. Officials with the Iowa Cattlemen’s Association said today (Monday), The Flying Elbow earned the title of “Iowa’s Best Burger, 2022.” The establishment is tucked in among other businesses on North 13th Street, in Marshalltown. Local business owners support one another by encouraging their customers to stop by a neighboring boutique, restaurant, and/or shop. And it’s clear – Iowa’s Best Burger Contest has not only increased foot traffic at The Flying Elbow, but the adjacent, small businesses. The Flying Elbow, an alternative sports bar, was six years in the making. It did not happen by chance; it is the result of pitfalls and perseverance. Now it’s been named Iowa’s Best Burger.

Garrett Goodman, a Marshalltown native, considers himself a foodie, or “a person with a particular interest in food,” according to the Oxford English Dictionary. Goodman’s passion for preparing food took off early in life, as he spent the weekends cooking alongside his step-dad, a chef. Similarly, his great-grandfather worked in the restaurant business. With no formal culinary training, Goodman can affirm, “You can learn a lot in the field just by doing.”

(Radio Iowa) – The U-S Marshals Service has announced 40 people in Black Hawk County have been arrested over the past four weeks in what the agency calls Operation Washout – Waterloo.
According to a news release from the U-S Marshals Service, the people who’ve been arrested are sex offenders, violent criminals and fugitives facing state, federal and local charges. Twenty-two of the 40 people arrested in Black Hawk County are accused of having connections to organized crime or gangs. The next phase of the operation will involve tracking a handful of fugitives who’ve recently fled the area according to a deputy U.S. Marshal.

Over the past four weeks, the U-S Marshals Service and 10 other law enforcement agencies from the local, state and federal level have been involved in the investigations and arrests in the Waterloo area.

(Harlan, Iowa) – The Shelby County Board of Supervisor’s meeting will be held in the City of Harlan’s Council Chambers, Tuesday, instead of at the courthouse. The meeting time is still 9-a.m.  Among the action items on their agenda is:

• Appointing Zoning Board Members for Shelby County
• A Resolution allocating ARPA Funds and declaration of LOST (Local Option Sales Tax) funds.
• The appointment of a Deputy Sheriff for the 2022 Calendar year.

In other business, the Shelby County Supervisors will receive reports from the County Recorder, Shelby County Chamber of Commerce, and the Secondary Roads report.

(Council Bluffs, Iowa) – The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office reports a deputy took custody Friday of Atlantic man, who was wanted on valid warrants through the State of Iowa. 36-year-old David Michael Theisen was picked-up from Cass County (Iowa) Correction on an Absence from Custody charge, on an original charge of Driving While Barred. He was transported to the Pott. County Jail and held on a $1,000 bond.

A man from Council Bluffs was cited for Violating the Pott. County Burn Ban, Friday evening. 58-year-old Vincent Paul Tangeman told a deputy he thought that with all the rain he had received Thursday night, the burn ban was lifted. If fact, it wasn’t lifted until just this (Monday) morning.

And, an Omaha man being held in the Pottawattamie County Jail, was served with a valid arrest warrant out of Douglas County, Nebraska. The warrant was for being a Fugitive from Justice. 34-year-ol Paul Matthew Hughes was presented with the warrant, and then return to the custody of Pott. County Corrections staff.

(Radio Iowa) – Former Iowa Governor Terry Branstad is launching a new national organization positioned to compete with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. In 2020, Republican leaders criticized the U.S. Chamber of Commerce for endorsing some Democratic congressional candidates. In a news release, Branstad said America’s business owners and entrepreneurs have not been well-represented in Washington.

The new group is named “The American Free Enterprise Chamber of Commerce” and Branstad will be its chairman. The new group’s C-E-O will be Gentry Collins. Collins is an Ames native who ran George W. Bush’s Iowa campaign and has served as political director of the Republican National Committee and the Republican Governors Association.