(Glenwood, Iowa) – Sheriff’s officials in Mills County, Friday (today), said two men were arrested Thursday on separate charges. 32-year-old Scott David Wilson, of Oakland, was arrested at the Lancaster County, NE, Jail, on a Mills County warrant for Violation of Probation. His bond was set at $5,000. And, 40-year-old Joseph Allen Schoeman, of Harlan, was arrested for Violation of a Custodial Order, Possession of a Controlled Substance, Poss. of Drug Paraphernalia, Harassment in the 3rd Degree, and Driving Under Suspension.
Schoeman was being held without bond in the Mills County Jail.
(Griswold, Iowa) – Rather than face a possible $136,000 penalty for a potentially willful, blatant violation of the Federal Government’s Mandatory COVID-19 vaccine requirement for businesses with more than 100 employees, the Griswold School Board, like many others in our area, have enacted a policy for its staff, effective Monday, January 10th. Griswold Superintendent Dave Henrichs told KJAN News the board voted Thursday night to adopt a policy presented by the School Board Association.
He said some of the vaccination cards were collected before Christmas.
If any employee is not vaccinated as of Monday, they will be required to wear a face mask while at school, in the building and in district vehicles.
Henrichs says a District employee may request a medical or religious exemption for any or all of the three requirements (Vaccine, mask and tests) if they provide proof from their physician and/or clergy why they should be exempt. As of this writing, the case is currently before the Supreme Court. If the high court places a stay on the mandate, District Administration will re-evaluate the policy. On another note, the Griswold School Board will hold their Regular monthly meeting January 17th, which includes a public hearing that follows a presentation on the 2022-23 School Calendar.
Henrichs says the calendar is very similar to the 2021-22 school year.
ALTOONA, Iowa (Via KCCI) — Authorities in central Iowa are investigating a phone-in threat against the Southeast Polk School Board. The incident happened during Thursday night’s Board meeting in Altoon. Altoona police evacuated and searched the district office after the threat was called in. Specifics regarding the nature of the threat were not revealed.
School board member Whitney Smith-McIntosh posted on Facebook that the board members were escorted out of the meeting about an hour into it. Authorities report nothing was found, and that they believe they have identified the caller.
ANKENY, Iowa (KCCI)— Another big cat has been seen in Iowa. Officials with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources confirmed a photo taken in Ankeny by Randy Johnson, was a mountain lion. The picture was taken where Johnson lives, just west of the John Deere plant. The last time a confirmed mountain lion was seen, was in a video taken in Des Moines, by a home security system last October.
At that time, the Iowa DNR said mountain lions are occasional visitors to the state, but there are no breeding populations in Iowa. South Dakota and Nebraska are home to small breeding populations of the big cats. They said on occasion, young males will get chased from their home territories by older males and make long treks searching for new territory.
(Waterloo, Iowa/KCCI)— An 18-year-old in eastern Iowa got a new set of wheels and a speeding ticket to match, according to the Iowa State Patrol. Authorities say a state trooper pulled the young man over on Highway 218 a little after 5-p.m. for traveling as fast as 133 miles per hour, in a 60 mile per hour zone.
The incident happened Thursday afternoon on Highway 218 near Waterloo. The unnamed driver now faces a $515 fine and a reckless driving charge. In its social media post, the Patrol said “It’s a New Year folks, please slow down!”
(Radio Iowa) – A district court judge says he’ll rule soon on a lawsuit challenging a state permit for a feedlot with 11-thousand-six-hundred cattle near a prized trout stream in northeast Iowa. The Iowa Chapter of the Sierra Club sued last September after Supreme Beef won permission to put the open feedlot near the headwaters of a stream that’s in the environmentally sensitive Driftless region. During a virtual hearing Thursday, Assistant Iowa Attorney General David Steward represented the D-N-R and asked the judge to dismiss the suit.
“In the present action Sierra Club’s petition points to no evidence that a harm has ever occurred, that there is any perceptible present or eminent harm,” he said. “Furthermore, allegations of increased risks of environmental harm are by Sierra Club’s own admission based on speculation.” Attorney Wally Taylor, who represents the Iowa Sierra Club, says the lawsuit seeks to prevent a major pollution event. “When is the appropriate time? Do we have to wait until manure is applied?” he asked during yesterday’s hearing. “We don’t even know when it’s going to be applied because we don’t have access to the application records or anything like that.”
The lawsuit claims the D-N-R approved Supreme Beef’s application despite receiving calculations that the feedlot’s manure management plan was flawed.
(Creston, Iowa) – The Union County Sheriff’s Office says a man from Lorimor was arrested at around 1:45-p.m. Thursday, on a Union County warrant for failure to appear original charge Burglary 2nd degree and Criminal mischief 4th. Authorities say 41-year-old Michael James Wilson was arrested at the Creston Union County Law Enforcement Center. He was being held at the Union County Jail on an $11,000 cash-only bond.
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