A Blockton woman was arrested on multiple charges after a traffic stop in Adams County on Tuesday. At 6:30am Adams County Deputies conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle driven by 42-year-old Christina Sweat of Blockton at the 69 mile-marker of Highway 34.

Sweat was found to be in possession of a green leafy substance that looked and smelled like marijuana, along with a pipe. Sweat was charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance 3rd Offense, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, and No Valid Driver’s License. Sweat was also wanted for Contempt of Court in Adams County. She was taken to the Adams County Jail and held on $2,600 bond until seen by the Magistrate.

Guthrie Center – The Iowa State University Guthrie County Extension and Outreach office will host a meeting on Tuesday, August 13th, beginning at 6:00 p.m. with doors open at 5:30 p.m. The location is at the Guthrie County Extension office located at 212 State Street in Guthrie Center. The meeting will last approximately 2 ½ hours and will be facilitated by Tim Christensen, Farm and Agriculture Business Management Specialist with ISU Extension and Outreach.

The discussion will focus on various methods to determine a fair 2020 cash rental rate and the importance of good tenant/landlord communications. Emphasis will be placed on recent returns to Iowa Cash Rented Land and the 2019 Iowa Cash Rental Rate Survey.

Pre-registration is required at least two days before the meeting and a $20 per individual or $30 per couple fee is payable at the door. Participants will receive a 100-page booklet and meeting handouts designed to assist landowners, tenants and other agri-business professionals with issues related to farmland ownership, management and leasing arrangements.

Contact the Guthrie County Extension office at (641) 747-2276 with your questions or to pre-register on or before Monday, August 12.

For a list of meetings statewide, check the ISU Extension calendar for a meeting near you. www.extension.iastate.edu/agdm/info/meetings.html

The Creston Police Department reports numerous arrests on Tuesday.

At 7:56am Officers arrested 41-year-old Crystal Huddleson of Creston on a Union County Warrant for Burglary 3rd Degree and False Report of Indictable Offense to Public Official. She was taken to the Adams County Jail and held on $15,000 bond.

At 8:30am Creston Police arrested 20-year-old Brianna Lawson of Greenfield on a Union County Warrant for the charges of Unlawful Possession of Prescription Drugs and Possession of Controlled Substance 1st Offense. She was being held in the Adams County Jail on $5,000 bond.

At 3:04pm Officers arrested 24-year-old Spencer Fisk of Creston at his residence on a Wayne County Warrant for the charge of Violation of Terms of Probation. He was transferred to the custody of Wayne County.

At 6:36pm 32-year-old Leah Hayes of Creston was arrested at her residence on a Union County Warrant on the charge of Violation of Protection Order. She was being held in the Adams County Jail awaiting a bond hearing.

At 8:20pm 40-year-old Sheri Watters of Creston was arrested on a Union County Warrant for Failure to Appear on the original charge of Disorderly Conduct and additionally charged with Escape from Custody. She was being held in the Adams County Jail on $1,500 bond.

Creston Police also received a report on Tuesday at 1:30pm of the theft of 2 packs of cigarettes and a bottle of pills from Supreme Cleaners. The loss was estimated at $72.

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(Radio Iowa) — The deadline to register for FEMA disaster relief is now less than one week away. FEMA spokesperson Pamela King says they’d like you to register as soon as you can before the July 16th deadline. She says you need to have an inspection of your property to determine what has been lost or damaged and there needs to be time for the inspectors to get there. King says you can register online.

“We recommend that people if they can go onto disasterassistance.gov and you can find out what you need to have ahead of time, before you start the disaster assistance process,” King says. She says some people don’t register because their damage may look like it is less than their neighbors. King says it’s best to have it checked out to be sure.

“Let FEMA come out and do the inspection and decide if its an eligible amount,” King says. “Sometimes it what looks like it is okay today — there could be water that’s gotten into the foundations and things like that and you could have problems down the road.” King says some people don’t sign up because of a mistaken understanding of the money they will get.

She says some people also think the grant money is going to interfere with other money they receive like Social Security or Medicare. “The grant does not count against any other assistance,” she says, “it’s not considered income that would make people lose any other coverage that they have.” King says 26-hundred-44 people in Iowa have already registered.

She says they have already paid out more than 14 million dollars in assistance to Iowans. The disaster registration deadline is again July 16th and those residents of the nine counties designated as federal disaster areas are eligible.

The Taylor County Sheriff’s Office has charged an additional suspect in an ongoing narcotics distribution investigation. Authorities say 19-year old Nathan Foster, of Clarinda, was arrested Tuesday, July 9th, after a traffic stop was conducted by Page County Sheriff’s Deputies.

Foster was wanted on an active Taylor County Warrant for two, felony, Controlled Substance Violations – Delivery of a Controlled Substance. Foster was released from the Taylor County Sheriff’s Office after he was able to post $5,000 bond.

MOUNT VERNON, Iowa (AP) — Authorities have recovered a body in eastern Iowa believed to be that of a missing boater. The Linn County Sheriff’s Office says the body was found Tuesday in the Cedar River about 2 miles south of the boat ramp at Palisades-Kepler State Park. An autopsy was ordered and the search was called off.

The sheriff’s office says the body likely is that of 59-year-old Ricky Veenstra, who lived in Cedar Rapids. Veenstra either jumped or fell from a boat on the river Sunday morning.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — A Webster City doctor has pleaded guilty in federal court to making false statements in Medicare claims. Federal prosecutors for Iowa say 76-year-old Joseph Latella pleaded guilty Tuesday to one count of making false statements relating to health care matters. Prosecutors say Latella operated a private practice in Webster City and served as the medical director for several nursing homes, at the time of the offense.

Prosecutors say Latella falsely declared he had spent more time with patients than he actually had at two nursing homes to qualify for more expensive billing to Medicare and Medicaid. In total, Latella admitted that over a four-year period starting in 2014, he submitted 1,140 false claims to be paid nearly $108,000 by Medicare and more than $9,200 by Medicaid. Latella has agreed to repay those amounts as part of his plea deal.

He faces up to five years in prison when he’s sentenced at a later date.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Lawmakers disappointed with the governor’s veto of a medical cannabis bill are calling for legislative leaders to convene an interim committee to study options for revising the state’s program.

Sen. Joe Bolkcom and Rep. John Forbes, both Democrats, on Tuesday released a letter asking Republican leaders who control committee assignments to appoint a study committee to allow input from advocates, medical experts and others. Bolkcom says the committee could develop language that could be presented to the Legislature in January.

Efforts to get leaders to convene a special session to override Gov. Kim Reynolds’ veto failed. The bill, which passed 96 to 3 in the House and 40 to 7 in the Senate, would have increased the amount of THC — the psychoactive compound in marijuana that causes a high — allowed in medical cannabis.

Reynolds objected to the level of the increase but indicated willingness to consider changes. The Legislative Council, a group of leaders that appoints interim committees and drafts legislative rules, meets Thursday.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Police say an off-duty county jailer caused fear when he displayed a handgun Saturday during a brawl at a popular car show at the Iowa State Fairgrounds. Three witnesses called 911 to report that a man had a gun at the 28th Speedway Motors Heartland Nationals Giant Car Show in Des Moines. It featured 4,000 cars and had an estimated crowd of 10,000 at the time.

The man was identified by police Tuesday as Boone County Sheriff’s Department jailer 45-year old John McCormick. He has not been charged but his gun was confiscated. Firearms are banned inside the fairgrounds. McCormick, who’s from Madrid, allegedly brandished the gun while fighting with 69-year-old James Welshons of Des Moines. McCormick had accused Welshons of causing safety problems by doing burnouts with his car around children.

State Fair Police Commander Doug Phillips said he has conflicting reports about who threw the first punch but that McCormick reported fearing for his life. He says McCormick and Welshons were removed and the incident remains under investigation.