(UPDATED) A restaurant in Shelby County was named this year’s Best Breaded Pork Tenderloin in the state, as selected by the Iowa Pork Producers Association. Richard Buman, co-owner of Victoria Station in Harlan, says he’s bowled over by the win.

Buman and his wife, Angela, purchased Victoria Station a year and a half ago. It’s a former railway depot where a restaurant has been in business since the late 1970s.

Richard and Angela Buman with their tenderloin. (IPPA photo.)

Buman said the past 19 months have been challenging with COVID-19 but he’s staying positive during the pandemic.

As for the award-winning tenderloin, he says they hand cut the meat and do the tenderizing there in the restaurant.

This is the 19th year for the contest, put on by the Iowa Pork Producers Association. Last year’s winner was the Prairie Moon Restaurant in Prairieburg. Victoria Station will receive $500, a plaque and a banner to display for the honor. This year’s runner-up is also from Shelby County and a past contest winner.  Larsen’s Pub in Elk Horn, which holds the 2007 title, again earned high ratings from a panel of judges and will receive $250 and a plaque from IPPA.

There were 5,928 nominations received this year for 526 different eateries across Iowa.

(Creston, Iowa) – The Creston Police Department reports one arrest, and an incident of vehicle theft. Authorities say 58-year-old Scott Richard Phipps, of Creston, was arrested Thursday afternoon in the 300 block of N. Pine Street. Phipps was charged with Domestic Abuse Assault – 2nd Offense. He was being held in the Union County Jail without bond, until seen by judge.

And, a man residing in the 600 block of Livingston Street, in Creston, reported to Police Thursday evening, that someone had stolen his red, 2008 Buick Lucerne CXL. The car was valued at $6,000.

(Anita, Iowa) – Anita Fire and Rescue, along with Cass EMS were dispatched to the scene of an injury accident on I-80 this morning. According to the Cass County Communications Center, the accident happened at around 6:45-a.m. near Exit 70. A male subject was complaining of neck pain. Law enforcement was on the scene. Additional information is currently not available.

(Des Moines, Iowa) — The Iowa Department of Natural Resources on Thursday confirmed a residential video security/doorbell system caught a mountain lion across a property on the north side of Des Moines, Sunday morning.

DNR officials say Vince Evelsizer, furbearer biologist for the Iowa DNR, reviewed the video and confirmed that it is a mountain lion. 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. Information on the DNR’s website says “While Iowa might offer ample food, it lacks the vast expanse of wild country and female mates that these young males seek. So they often continue moving on, which means there are no breeding populations in Iowa. The Iowa DNR has not stocked mountain lions and has no plans to do so.”

(Allison, Iowa) – One person died during a single-vehicle accident Thursday afternoon, in eastern Iowa’s Butler County. According to the Iowa State Patrol, 69-year-old Gene Chinander, of Allison, died at the scene of the crash at around 2:45-p.m., Thursday. Authorities say Chinander was traveling south on Highway 14 in a 2019 RAM truck, when he failed to stop at the intersection with Highway 3. His truck left the road and struck a legally parked semi trailer in a parking lot.

The accident remains under investigation. KETV in Omaha reports Gene Chinander, longtime Iowa high school football coach, was the father of Nebraska Huskers Defensive Coordinator Erik Chinander. Erik Chinander was an offensive lineman for the Iowa Hawkeyes from 1998 to 2002. He’s been Nebraska Defensive Coordinator since 2018, when he followed Scott Frost to Nebraska from the University of Central Florida.

(Lamoni, Iowa) – One person was injured during an accident that took place during a pursuit early this (Friday) morning, in Decatur County. According to the Iowa State Patrol, 22-year-old Bradley D. Phelps, of Grand River, was transported by helicopter to Mercy Hospital in Des Moines, after the 2010 Chevy Camaro he was driving went out control and into a residential yard before traveling airborne, hitting a tree, and coming to rest on its top. Phelps, who was not wearing a seat belt, was ejected from the vehicle. The accident happened at 1:40-a.m., in Lamoni.

The incident began after a Lamoni Police Officer was dispatched to the Kum and Go Store for a possible intoxicated driver traveling westbound on Main Street. When the Officer activated his patrol vehicle’s lights, the Camaro took off and Phelps attempted to elude the officer.