(Radio Iowa) – Iowans who want to vote by mail can now start requesting absentee ballots for this fall’s election, as today (Tuesday) is the first day county auditors can accept applications for those absentee ballots. Becky Bissell, president of the Iowa State Association of County Auditors, says it’s a good idea for Iowans to request ballots sooner rather than later to allow for processing at the auditor’s office and for mail times.
“It’s really important to get them in ahead of time so that you have more days at home to fill out your ballot,” Bissell says, “and then that also gives you more days that you can get it mailed back to us.” Bissell says if you want to vote absentee, get your application in as early as possible.
“The window is only 20 days before the election, and so that is for you to get it voted and mailed back,” she says, “and we know that in most rural areas, the postal service is a little bit slower, and so it could be five to seven days before any of my residents get their mail back to me or get the mail to them.”
Bissell, who’s from Adams County, says Iowans who want to vote by mail should make sure they’re registered to vote. Voters can then print an absentee ballot request form at voterready.iowa.gov, or call their county auditor to have an application mailed to them.
Completed ballot request forms must be mailed or delivered to the voter’s county auditor. County auditors can start sending ballots to voters on October 16th.
DARLENE KNUTSEN, 91, of Atlantic, Iowa, died Monday, August 26, 2024, at the Exira Care Center. Celebration of Life Memorial Service for DARLENE KNUTSEN will be held on Thursday, September 5th at 2:00 p.m. at Roland Funeral Home in Atlantic.
Visitation at the funeral home, with the family present, will begin at 1:00 p.m. on September 5th.
Burial will be held at a later date in the Atlantic Cemetery
DARLENE KNUTSEN is survived by:
Her husband – Carl.
Her sons – Kenneth (Patricia) Knutsen, and Kevin (Carol Wolfe) Knutsen.
Her daughters – Carol Logue, Brenda (Brad) Herrick, and Jolene (John) Klocek.
13 grandchildren; numerous great-grandchildren; and 4 great-great-grandchildren.
Condolences may be left at www.rolandfuneralservice.com.
(Glenwood, Iowa) – Officials with the Glenwood Police Department report a Pottawattamie County woman was arrested Monday. 34-year-old Ashley Floyd, of Council Bluffs, was arrested for driving under suspension. While her bond was set at $300, Floyd was released on her own recognizance.
AMES, Iowa – Iowa State University Police reported on social media More than half of the three dozen people arrested or cited during “801 Day” in Ames had no affiliation with ISU. The college police’ Facebook page said 36 people were arrested and/or cited between 7 a.m. Saturday and 3 a.m. Sunday. The Saturday before classes start at Iowa State is commonly known as “801 Day,” a reference to an old rule that said fraternities and sororities were prohibited from having alcohol until 8:01 a.m. the Saturday before classes started.
Of those 36 people arrested or cited, 58.3% (21 people) had no affiliation with the university, police say. Last year, 45% of the 51 total people arrested were not affiliated with the university, and had no ties to student community. Nine people were arrested this year and one person was hospitalized. Of the citations issued, 25 were for possession of alcohol under the legal age of 21.
Additionally, Ames police say they responded to 245 calls for service, down from 271 a year ago. Police towed 26 vehicles, six fewer than the year before.
DES MOINES – Iowa incumbent 3rd District, U.S. Republican Representative Zach Nunn, today (Tuesday) announced his re-election campaign chairs for all twenty-one counties of the Iowa Third Congressional District. In southwest Iowa, that includes, in:
Adair County – Ryan Frederick
Adams County – Ray and Elaine Gaesser
Cass County – Jim Triller
Dallas County – Kelley Koch and Eric Klein
Guthrie County – Laura Kuhl
Madison County – Katy Downes
Montgomery County – Jerald Palmquist
Page County – Karen Perala
Ringgold County – Carrie Main
Taylor County – Rep. Devon Wood
Union County – Laura Hartmann.
(Radio Iowa) – There’s more legal trouble for a former employee of a north-central Iowa chamber of commerce, who was originally charged after more than $200,000 vanished. Leah Mulholland of Webster City was arrested last Saturday, accused of violating the conditions of her probation. Mulholland admitted to the stealing of thousands of dollars from her employer, the Webster City Area Chamber of Commerce. She is being held in the Hamilton County Jail in Webster City. Mulholland is now facing the possibility of having to serve the ten-year prison term that was originally suspended in 2021. She has a probation revocation hearing set for October 7th in Hamilton County District Court.
Iowa Courts online reported that an application to revoke Mulholland’s probation was filed by her probation officer last Friday. Probation officer Dan Lindgren detailed some manners in which he says Mulholland violated her probation. One of them was her payment history toward her Hamilton County cases showed her to make regular payments.
CHR discharged Mulholland from treatment due to being a no call no show fourteen times in six weeks. She also missed a scheduled individual appointment with her substance counselor and missing a scheduled probation appointment plus continued sporadic attendance at mandatory meetings for probation.
Leah Mulholland (Hamilton County Jail photo)
In January, 2021, Mulholland was given a ten-year suspended prison sentence, five year’s probation and a $1000 fine which was also suspended on a charge of first-degree theft. It was in February, 2020 that Mulholland was originally arrested following a lengthy investigation related to more than $239,586.23 in improper disbursements from the Webster City Chamber of Commerce during the time of her employment.
(Radio Iowa) – Students in the Morningside University’s Applied Agriculture and Food Studies program put their work to good use by donating food from their on-campus garden Monday to the Food Bank of Siouxland. Food Bank associated executive director, Valerie Petersen, says it’s a great way to receive fresh food. “We can’t get any fresher in this can we? So we’ve worked with Morningside University for a long time now. We’ve worked with their applied Ag department for a long time, and we just kept working together, and eventually they said, ‘Hey, we have all this produce that’s going to be coming out. We would love to donate it to you.’ And we said, that’s great,” Petersen says.
Associate Ag professor, Dan Witten is also a board member of the Food Bank. “We’ve, as a faculty and as a department, have donated to a couple of the Food Bank’s outlets, but this was the first year we made an intentional effort to directly raise product for the food bank, and we hope it’s many to come,” he says. Witten says students did most of the work to raise the vegetables “Our students are responsible for an experiential learning activity known as May term on campus. While spring term was wrapping up and we were rolling into May and June term, students actually planted 90 percent of what you see growing out here, if not 95 percent of it,” Witten says. “And now, over the summer, we had multiple student interns help manage the crop. Now we’re using students to help harvest it.”
The students also donated food to local pantries, including 100 pounds of cucumbers donated to the United Methodist Church, which is located next to the Sioux City campus.
North Dakota coach Bubba Schweigert says the Fighting Hawks face a severe test in Saturday’s opener at Iowa State. North Dakota finished 7-5 last season and opens 22nd in the FCS Coaches Poll.
Schweigert says the Cyclones made a lot of progress during the 2023 season.
Schweigert says Iowa State was a different team by the end of last season.
Schweigert says Cyclone quarterback Rocco Becht is a concern for the Fighting Hawks defense.
(Red Oak, Iowa) – The Board of Supervisors in Montgomery County, today (Tuesday) received numerous comments pertaining to the Summit Carbon Solutions carbon capture pipeline. Most of the comments were with regard to the establishment of a Survey Ordinance for land owners who have not signed an agreement for the pipeline to run on their land. It would request Summit contractors to have a permit, so the County would know when they would be taking measurements for pipeline installation, and have the proper identification when they are on a person’s property and that they are insured against property damage. Other comments were with regard to the threat of Eminent Domain by Summit, to take control of property to build the pipeline.
Mike Luna, who is a relatively new Montgomery County resident, said he “Hates” Eminent Domain.
A Montgomery County resident asks the Supervisors to establish a Survey Ordinance (8-27-24)
Luna said he would stand by landing owning Supervisors in opposition to Eminent Domain, if Summit tries to force land control for their pipeline. Summit’s initial network pipe in the state, which runs 690 miles, was approved by the Iowa Utilities Commission in June, but the company is barred from starting construction until they have received permission to build the system in North and South Dakota. The system is expected to capture carbon dioxide at ethanol plants in five states, and transport it to an underground storage area in North Dakota. The expansion in Iowa includes about 340 miles of pipe to connect to more ethanol producers after another company, Navigator CO2, abandoned its plans for a similar project. Summit said they have agreements with 30 of Iowa’s 42 ethanol plants.
The Supervisors approved a renewal of the Weed Commissioner’s contract with Damion Bond. There are no changes to the previous contract. The new Weed Commissioner contract will expire June 30, 2026. The Board discussed and then appointed Supervisors Mike Olson and Mark Peterson, who will meet with the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship (IDALS), to discuss the watershed structure maintenance for Montgomery County. In other business, the Montgomery County Supervisors passed a Resolution (2024-33), approving the placement on the November 5th General Election ballot, a Public Measure pertaining to the appointment of Township Officers, rather than by election. Supervisor Donna Robinson…
The Board approved a supplemental agreement with Snyder and Associates Engineers, for additional services pertaining to carbon capture pipeline inspections. Montgomery County Engineer Karen Albert provided the Supervisors with her weekly Secondary Roads Department report. The includes hauling road rock. She also mentioned the status of various, ongoing road projects.
Tenpoint Construction will be finishing-up concrete patch work this week on M-63, north of Stanton.
The Board’s next regular meeting is September 3rd, at 8:30-a.m., in their Montgomery County Courthouse meeting room, in Red Oak.
RICHARD JAMES DeVORE, 77, formerly of Massena, died June 3rd, 2024. A Mass of Christian Burial for RICHARD DeVORE will be held 10:30-a.m. Sept. 7th, 2024, at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Massena. Lamb Funeral Home in Massena is in charge of the arrangements.
There will be no visitation the evening prior to services.
Burial will be in the Victoria Township Cemetery, south of Massena with full military honors. A luncheon will be at the church following the burial at the church, where family and friends can continue to share memories and celebrate Richard’s life.
The family suggests memorial donations be directed to the The Wounded Warrior Project.
RICHARD DeVORE is survived by:
His children – Jason, Allison, Danny, and Kelli.
and 4 grandchildren.
Online condolences may be left to the family at www.lambfuneralhomes.com.
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