(Radio Iowa) – As 2022 looms, the experts say about eight in ten New Year’s resolutions are broken by the second week in February. One popular vow that’ll be made tomorrow night is to lose weight.

Nutritionist Heather Rasmussen says for Iowans who are positively committed to eating right and getting off the couch, they can absolutely get on course to better health.

“It should be done all year ‘round but the new year gives people an opportunity to reevaluate what they’re doing both diet-wise and physical activity,” Rasmussen says, “and maybe to change their mindset and create some goals surrounding their health including diet and exercise.”

Anytime you form a goal, she says it allows you a chance to pause, look over your situation and make changes to your lifestyle, even if the change is temporary. Rasmussen says permanently changing dietary habits is extremely difficult, so for those trying to stay on the wagon, a slow-and-steady approach may be ideal.

“People get overwhelmed and say, ‘Okay, I’m never going to eat pizza again in my entire life,’ and then they just don’t do it because it’s too much,” Rasmussen says. “Thinking about my patients, what are your short-term goals? I know you want to lose 50 pounds but what do you want to do for this month, or this week?”

If you find yourself slipping on your nutritional mission, it might help to scale back long-term goals in favor of more short-term ones.

Good habits, especially ones drastically different from typical lifestyles, are hard to start and even harder to keep. Research shows that on average, it takes about 66 days for a habit to become automatic.

(Atlantic, Iowa) – The Cass County Sheriff’s Office reports an Atlantic man was arrested Christmas Eve. Authorities say 31-year-old Bryan McVay was transported to the Cass County Jail where he was booked for OWI/1st offense, and held until later release on his own recognizance.

ADAIR COUNTY, Iowa – Officials with the Iowa Department of Criminal Investigation (DCI) are investigating an Officer-Involved shooting in Adair County. Authorities says at approximately 8:30 -p.m., Wednesday, a Stuart Police Officer attempted to stop a vehicle for a traffic violation.  The suspect failed to stop and a pursuit was initiated.  Several agencies to include the Stuart Police Department, Greenfield Police Department, Guthrie County Sheriff’s Office and the Adair County Sheriff’s Office were involved in the pursuit.

The pursuit ended in rural Adair County just north of 130th Street on Jordan Ave when the suspect’s vehicle abruptly turned around in the roadway.  A Stuart Police Officer was unable to stop and struck the suspect’s vehicle.  The suspect’s vehicle continued to travel a short distance and ultimately struck a Guthrie County deputy’s vehicle and came to a stop.  During this series of events an Adair County Deputy heard a gunshot from the suspect vehicle.  The Deputy exited his patrol car just as the suspect’s vehicle became disabled and observed the driver to be in possession of a handgun.  The Adair County Deputy did fire his service weapon and struck the suspect in both arms causing non-life threatening injuries.

Charles Bradshaw, II

The suspect was taken into custody. He was identified as 57-year-old Charles R. Bradshaw, II, of Jefferson, Iowa.   A handgun was recovered from the vehicle Bradshaw had been operating during the pursuit.  Bradshaw was transported to Methodist Hospital in Des Moines where he was treated for his injuries, and was released a short time later.  Bradshaw was then transported to the Adair County jail and charged with felon in possession of a firearm, felony eluding, and several traffic violations. None of the law enforcement officers were injured.

The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) was requested to investigate the Officer Involved Shooting.  This is an active ongoing investigation.  Once the investigation is complete it will be submitted to the Adair County Attorney’s Office for review.  As standard procedure, the Adair County Deputy who fired his service weapon has been placed on Administrative leave.  The Adair County Deputies name will not be released until he has been interviewed by the DCI.