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(Red Oak, Iowa) –A traffic stop early this (Wednesday) morning, in Red Oak, turned into a pursuit, and resulted in an arrest. According to Red Oak Police, an officer tried to stop a vehicle driven by 42-year-old, of Red Oak, shortly after midnight. The incident began in the 2100 block of Highway 48. When the officer activated his patrol vehicle’s lights and siren, the suspect vehicle failed to stop, and sped-off. During an attempt to elude officers, Trost made a couple of turns onto different city street, before attempting to hide the vehicle in a residential driveway on Oakwood Avenue.
Kim Jack Douglas Trost
Trost was arrested on charges that include Driving While Suspended and Eluding. He also received citations for other, moving violations. He was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on $1,000 bond. Montgomery County Sheriff’s deputies assisted Red Oak Police with the incident.
(Lewis, Iowa) – Russell Hansen, Chairman of the United Congregational Methodist Church’s Board, in Lewis, the Mayor and residents of the City of Lewis, have issued a plea for the return of a large, Liberty Bell. As previously reported on KJAN, it’s believed the UCMC bell was stolen sometime last Friday or Saturday. The Cass County Sheriff’s Office continues to investigate theft, include possible door camera footage. A reward is being offered for the bell’s return, no questions asked.
Hansen said in his message sent to KJAN, “To the person or persons who store the bell from our church – We ( the citizens of Lewis and members of the Church) are a community small in size and numbers. We used to have banks and hotels, A school and gas stations , may things left us that time will never return and we’ve adapted. But a simple bell that used to bring us to church on time so we could worship our God together. Meant a lot to us. Your the reason the bell was important, had you heard it’s calling, you would know the difference between right and wrong, good and evil, love and caring for your neighbors. We ask that you return the bell, so that even you can hear it’s message load and clear. Christ is calling you.”
Anyone with information about the theft, is asked to contact the Cass County Sheriff’s Office, at 712-243-2306.
Thirty-one NFL teams were represented at Iowa State’s Pro Day and it was another chance for Breece Hall to impress. After running a sub four-four in the 40 at the scouting combine Hall showed off his ability to catch passes.
Hall says running routes allowed him to display his versatility.
Quarterback Brock Purdy felt he had a solid day throwing the ball.
Purdy was drilled on a series of different types of throws.
Linebacker Mike Rose felt it was important to show his quickness.
After struggling with a shoulder injury last season Rose feels healthy as he gets ready for the draft.
It is a much different Iowa State team that will play Miami Friday night in Chicago in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament. Cyclone coach T.J. Otzelberger was an assistant coach on the last ISU team that made it to a regional semifinal in 2016 before falling to Virginia.
It is that defensive identity that helped the Cyclones turn things around after a 2-22 season a year ago.
Otzelberger says the players have bought in to the defense first mentality.
Otzelberger says all of the players they brought in accepted their style of play.
(Radio Iowa) – As part of Severe Weather Awareness Week, Iowans are urged to take part in this (Wednesday) morning’s statewide tornado drill. Meteorologist Alex Krull, at the National Weather Service in metro Des Moines, says with the number of deadly tornadoes that have already hit Iowa in recent weeks, he hopes people will take this drill very seriously, wherever they are at 10 A-M today. “Get your plan into action and practice executing your plan in the event severe weather strikes — which will likely be happening at some point this spring and summer,” Krull says. “Keep in mind, where are the best places to go in your own home, in your businesses or your school.”
We’ve heard stories from survivors of the March 5th tornadoes that tore through the Winterset area who rode out the powerful storm in their basements, but that’s not always an option for everyone. “If you don’t have a basement available to you, get to the lowest level floor of the building that is available and try to get to the center of it, particularly any room that has multiple interior walls,” Krull says. “A lot of times, it’s going to end up being a bathroom or a closet, something that puts as many walls between you and the outdoors as possible.” The annual statewide tornado drill will take place at the traditional time of 10 o’clock this morning, but the methods for issuing the alert have shifted.
“We will no longer be doing the test tornado warning like we’ve done in years past,” Krull says. “Rather, we’ll use things like social media to get the warning out and other various communications methods that we have with law enforcement and other core partners.” The derecho that hit Iowa on December 15th spawned a record 61 tornadoes, the highest number ever recorded in a single day in Iowa. The storms on March 5th spun off ten tornadoes across the state which claimed seven lives and destroyed or damaged dozens of homes.
“The tornado drill is always an important drill for Iowans and anyone in the Midwest to go through every year, just given the frequency of severe weather,” Krull says. “Given the notable tornado outbreaks we’ve had in the past six months here in the state of Iowa, definitely will have a little more attention to it than it may have had in past years.”
Learn more about today’s drill and this awareness week at www.weather.gov/dmx.
Today: Cloudy & windy, w/light rain mixed w/flurries at times. High 41. NW @ 15-30 w/gusts to near 35.
Tonight: Decreasing cloudiness. Low 32/ NW @ 10-20 w/gusts to near 30 before diminishing late.
Tomorrow: P/Cldy & windy. High 48. NW @ 10-20.
Friday: P/Cldy. High 53.
Saturday: P/Cldy. High near 50.
Tuesday’s High in Atlantic was 46. Our Low this morning, was 34 (at 7-a.m.). We received .37″ rain yesterday (after 7-a.m.) at KJAN. Last year on this date the High in Atlantic was 55 and the Low was 42. The Record High on this date was 86 in 1910. The Record Low was 4 in 1974.
(Radio Iowa) – The chairman of the Iowa Senate’s tax-writing committee is proposing a constitutional amendment that would require a super majority vote in the legislature to raise the state income tax or the sales tax. Senator Dan Dawson, a Republican from Council Bluffs, helped develop the package of tax cuts the governor signed into law this month. Dawson says this proposed constitutional amendment would provide stability in tax policy.
“Politics change over time. How do Iowans make sure that their tax rates aren’t subject to the whims of the populace? So the premise is simple here: it should be a majority to lower the taxes,” Dawson says, “but there should be some type of higher threshold to raise them here in the state of Iowa.” The proposed amendment would require a two-thirds vote in the House AND the Senate to raise the two major taxes collected by the State of Iowa.
Pam Mackey Taylor, a lobbyist for the Sierra Club’s Iowa chapter, says that would make it almost impossible to raise taxes. “We’re making significant changes to the tax rates with the flat tax bill and it could be that we have made too significant of cuts and we may need to roll some of this back,” Mackey Taylor says. “And it should be easy to roll some of this back, not really difficult with a really high threshold.”
Victoria Sinclair is a lobbyist Iowans for Tax Relief, a group that’s been seeking constitutional limits on state SPENDING for decades. The group also supports this proposal to require a larger majority of legislators to support raising taxes. “We expect Iowa’s hardworking families to live within their means,” Sinclair says. “If the legislature can’t live within their means and decides they need to take more from Iowa taxpayers, then the threshold should be higher.”
Mike Owen, deputy director of Common Good Iowa, says the proposed 66 percent super majority for approving future tax increases gives the minority veto power. “One no vote is worth two yes votes,” Owen says. “Try explaining that in social studies class.”
According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, a two-fifths or two-thirds majority is required in the legislatures in 15 states to raise taxes or impose new taxes. If Dawson’s proposal clears every legislative hurdle, the earliest Iowa voters would see a similar proposal for Iowa’s constitution would be in 2024 General Election ballot.
(Atlantic, Iowa) – A hearing in the case of an Anita woman facing 1st Degree Murder and Child Endangerment resulting in Death, charges, will now be held in April. The hearing in the case of Iowa vs. Alison Dorsey is was to have taken place Tuesday (March 22nd) in Atlantic, but it won’t take place now, until 10-a.m. April 19th.
Dorsey’s trial remains set for 9:30-a.m. June 20th. A continuance in the hearing means uncertainty as to if her trial will be held once again in Atlantic, or in another county. A motion requesting a change of venue was filed by Cass County Attorney Vanessa Strazdus on Nov. 11, 2021.
Dorsey’s first trial ending in a mistrial on Nov. 4, 2021, after the jury deadlocked and failed to reach a verdict. The trial was with regard to the death of an infant that was in her care, in October of 2019.
(Red Oak, Iowa) – Montgomery County Auditor and Commissioner of Elections, Stephanie Burke, announced Tuesday, that HF2466 (002) (Iowa House File 2466) was enacted on Tuesday afternoon concerning signature requirements for County Supervisor candidate nominations.
According to Burke, “Signature requirements for the offices of Montgomery County Supervisor District 1, District 2 and District 4 shall include at least twenty-one signatures. This is considerably less than the one hundred signatures that the Iowa Secretary of State recommended.”
Only voters living in the supervisor candidate’s respective district are allowed to sign the nomination papers. Nomination papers and any accompanying affidavit of candidacy for the June 7, 2022 Primary Election must be filed with the Montgomery County Auditor’s Office before 5:00 p.m. on March 25.
Supervisor Districts and precincts have changed slightly due to the recent census. Maps can be located on the county’s website www.montgomerycountyia.gov or at the Auditor’s office.
Please contact the Auditor’s office at 623-5127 for more information. Democratic and Republican candidates must run in the June 7 Primary Election, with the winners moving on to the November 8 General Election ballot.
There are no changes to the signature requirements for the offices of County Attorney, County Treasurer and County Recorder.
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