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An early morning accident in Red Oak resulted in no injuries after a vehicle struck another parked vehicle. At approximately 1:30am a 1999 Ford Escort driven by 17-year-old Sebastian Kage Meek of Red Oak was traveling westbound in the 400 block of East Reed Street when he struck a legally parked 2007 Chevy Tahoe on the rear driver’s side. Police reports cite manual use of an electronic communication device as a reason for Meek being distracted during the crash. Damage to the Tahoe was estimated at $1,200 and damage to Meek’s Ford was estimated at $800. Meek was cited for Failure to Maintain Control.

The Red Oak Police Department reports the arrest of a Red Oak man after an early morning incident on Saturday. At 2:23am Officers arrested 29-year-old Chase Michael Samples of Red Oak in the 800 block of North 4th Street. He was charged with Serious Assault causing bodily injury (a Serious Misdemeanor). Samples was taken to the Montgomery County Law Enforcement Center and held on $1,000 cash bond. Red Oak PD was assisted by the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office in the arrest.

The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest Friday night of a Corning woman after a traffic stop. At 11:19pm Deputies arrested 39-year-old Jill Christine Currin of Corning for Driving While Revoked. Currin was pulled over at the intersection of U Avenue and West 4th Street in Villisca. She was taken to the Montgomery County Jail and held on $1,000 bond.

A person coming to serve jail time for Union County was hit with additional charges at the Adams County Jail on Friday. At 12:56pm on Friday 31-year-old Whitney Lee Card of Grand River arrived at the Adams County Sheriff’s office to serve jail time for Union County. During the booking procedure Card was found to be in possession of 9 small white prescription pills. Card did not have a valid prescription for the medication. Card was subsequently charged with Possession of Contraband and Unlawful Possession of Prescription Drugs.

Whitney Card

The head of the Iowa Flood Center says “for the time being” the flood threat has subsided in Iowa.  “Some rivers, mostly in the north, are at elevated stage levels, some exceeding flood levels. And, of course, water flows downstream, so we expect tat some stations downstream will also experience hopefully minor flooding.” Hydrologist Witold Krajewski is the director of the Iowa Flood Center at the University of Iowa.

Krajewski says the peak flood season in Iowa is typically in May, June and early July — and the data shows flooding is becoming a “common” occurrence.  “We are experiencing this. The temperatures and the humidity are slowly increasing and those are favorable conditions for precipitation,” Krajewski says. He recommends that city and county officials pour over the flood prediction maps his center has developed for Iowa and make plans for responding to flood levels that haven’t yet been seen in Iowa.

Krajewski made his comments during taping of the “Iowa Press” program for Iowa Public Television.

(Radio Iowa)

MUSCATINE, Iowa (AP) — Police have arrested a 44-year-old Muscatine man on suspicion of stealing dozens of brass vases that marked graves at a local cemetery.
The Muscatine Journal says Thomas Edgar Thornburg was arrested Thursday night on suspicion of theft.

A police report filed last month said 15-20 vases had been taken from Muscatine Memorial Park. Cemetery officials later said up to 50 of the urns may be missing.

The vases are chained to markers at the cemetery, are 10 inches tall and weigh up to 8 pounds. Cemetery manger Cindy Allen has said each vase can cost up to $650 to replace.

Gov. Kim Reynolds, Lt. Gov. Adam Gregg and Iowa Workforce Development Director Beth Townsend today (Friday) announced that Adair, Guthrie and Audubon Counties have become the 83rd, 84th and 85th Home Base Iowa Communities. They joined other state and community leaders along with local businesses and veterans to recognize their efforts to become the newest Home Base Iowa Communities.

Home Base Iowa is a one-of-a-kind program to connect veterans and transitioning service members with almost 2,000 businesses statewide who have pledged to hire over 10,000 veterans. In addition to the 85 communities statewide, the program also has 24 college and university partners.

The program connects businesses and communities with veteran job seekers using the “Find a Veteran” feature on the Home Base Iowa website. Find a Veteran allows Home Base Iowa businesses and communities access to all active veteran job seekers who have submitted their resume through the website. The program has had over 250 veteran resumes submitted in 2018.

Iowa offers many incentives to veterans and transitioning service members including no state taxes on military pension and veteran hiring preference, which allows veteran preferential treatment in hiring decisions for both public and private organizations. Additionally, the state of Iowa provides up to $7,500 for the down payment or closing costs of a home through the Iowa Finance Authority Military Homeownership Assistance Program. The state also provides in-state tuition rates for qualifying veterans, their spouses and their dependents.

Home Base Iowa designates qualified communities as centers of opportunity for military veterans based on four standards:

• Within a designated community, at least 10 percent of eligible, hiring businesses must become HBI businesses and pledged to hire veterans,
• Community develops its own incentive package for veterans,
• Community prominently displays Home Base Iowa Community designation, and
• Community must obtain a resolution of support from the appropriate local governing body

All three counties have met or exceeded these requirements. For more information on Home Base Iowa, please visit www.HomeBaseIowa.gov.

The Mills County Sheriff’s Office reports three people were arrested Thursday night on Gingry Lane in Glenwood, and charged with Disorderly Conduct. 18-year old Jonathon Jo Arrick, 32-year old Amanda Fay Malm, and 30-year old Robert Richard Fate, all of Glenwood, were taken into custody at around 10:50-p.m. Their bonds were set at $300 each.

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is warning you to remain careful if you plan on being out on the state’s rain swollen rivers this weekend. D-N-R Outreach Coordinator for River Programs, Todd Robertson, says high water brought on by heavy rains is sweeping a significant amount of extra material into the fast moving current of the rivers. “When you get a lot of rain, if you went and stood by the river and looked upstream you would see all this debris coming downstream: trees, tree limbs, things that have washed in off the bank, those things can be very hazardous for people,” Robertson explains.

Robertson says you must have enough life jackets on your boat. “An adult doesn’t have to have a life jacket on, but it has to be onboard, which when you think about it, when you need it, if you don’t have it on, it’s not gonna do you any good, so you might as well just have it on,” Robertson says. And for kids under 12 if they don’t have a life jacket — it could cost you. “If you take the kids out, the family and they don’t have their life jackets on you can face a citation for sure,” Robertson says.

Robertson suggests instead of rivers, family outings may be safer on so-called flat water venues like lakes and large ponds.

(Radio Iowa)