Davenport police have released the victim’s name in a fatal shooting.  Police responded early Friday morning to a shots-fired call in a north-central Davenport neighborhood. Upon arrival officers found a woman gunshot victim. She was treated at the scene and then taken to a hospital, where she died. She has been identified as 19-year old Destiny Orr-Clark of Davenport. Detectives are investigating the incident.

(Radio Iowa)

Red Oak Police, Sunday, were called to the 100 block of W. Reed Street, for an assault involving a minor. Officers cited a female juvenile into Juvenile Court, for Simple Assault. The girl was then released to a parent. No name was released because of the girl’s age.

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:30 a.m. CDT
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi said Sunday that House Democrats have the fundraising, the issues and the political atmosphere on their side to win back the majority in November.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — With majorities in both chambers, Iowa Republican lawmakers can point to plenty of accomplishments as they passed a conservative agenda that includes the nation’s strictest abortion restriction and a large tax cut. Lawmakers completed their work Saturday after finalizing a $7.4 billion budget and approving hundreds of millions in tax cuts. Earlier in the week, Republicans passed a six-week abortion ban that was quickly signed into law by Gov. Reynolds. It faces a series of court challenges.

WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — An agreement has been reached to demolish a decrepit greyhound track in northeast Iowa and develop the land. The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports the deal announced Sunday calls for the demolition of the idle dog track to begin by the end of May.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa lawmakers have adjourned their 2018 legislative session. Republicans with control of the Legislature held near simultaneous debate Saturday in order to approve a sweeping $2.1 billion tax cut bill that they hailed as the largest in state history and Democrats decried as unfairly favoring the wealthy. The legislative activity caps a marathon of votes in recent days to finalize spending bills that will make up the roughly $7.4 billion state budget that goes into effect in July.

WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — An agreement has been reached to demolish a decrepit greyhound track in northeast Iowa and develop the land. The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports the deal announced Sunday calls for the demolition of the idle dog track to begin by the end of May. The National Cattle Congress, Meskwaki Nation and Deer Creek Development all signed on.

The track closed more than 20 years ago and has been an eyesore with broken windows, graffiti and overgrown weeds. The nonprofit National Cattle Congress ran the dog track starting in 1986, but began losing money. The tribe loaned the nonprofit more than $9 million in 1995 while it underwent bankruptcy reorganization.

The tribe had sought to seize the property because of that loan. Deer Creek is developing about 100 acres of nearby farmland.

The Council Bluffs Police Department reports that at around 9:15-a.m. today (Sunday), Council Bluffs Police and Fire Departments were called to the 1400 block of Little Broadway, for a woman who had fallen from the bridge down into the Indian Creek culvert. The adult female had fallen approximately 15- 20 feet and landed on the concrete.

The Council Bluffs Fire Department deployed their High Angle / Confined Space Rescue Team to get to the female and extricate her from the culvert. She was transported to the hospital with serious, but non-life threatening injuries.

At this time it is unknown if the female fell from the bridge or from a water pipe that crosses over the Indian Creek culvert. It is also unknown how long she was down in the culvert before being found by a passerby.

The incident is being investigated by the Council Bluffs Police Department.

Spring has finally arrived, and just in time for the annual Cass County Master Gardener Plant Sale! The sale is being held at the Cass County Community Center north parking lot, Saturday, May 12 beginning at 8 AM and lasting until the plants are gone. Cost is a free will offering for most plants.

The sale consists of perennial flowers and plants from local Master Gardeners’ own beds- hostas, iris, yarrow, sedum and day lilies, to name a few. Plant selection changes each year depending on what is being dug and divided by our gardeners! The plants this year may be a little smaller due to a late spring, but should be hardy and catch up in no time. All plants will be labeled with information on color, height, and shade vs sun preference, to assist you in finding the perfect spot to plant them in your own landscape.

Besides perennials there will be books from the 2018 Spring Garden Seminar available for purchase; authored by our garden seminar presenter, J. Schwanke, these would make great Mother’s day gifts. There will also be yard art, garden supplies, and other garden books to buy.

It’s recommended that you come in the first hour for best selection, as plants go fast! Cass County Master Gardeners use funds from the plant sale to support their scholarships and community grants, as well as projects they do around the county each year. For more information on the sale, you can find a flier at the Cass County Extension office, or on the Cass County Extension website at www.extension.iastate.edu/cass.

You can also call the Cass County Extension office at 712-243-1132 or email xcass@iastate.edu. Mark your calendar now, and plan to join the Cass County Master Gardeners for their annual Plant Sale on May 12, from 8 AM until the plants are gone!

The CAM Community School District’s Board of Education will hold a Special Meeting 8-a.m. Monday in Anita, in the High School Media Center. On their agenda is discussion and/or action on:

• Approving bills
• Consideration of Open Enrollment requests
• Resignations
• Contracts
• A 1-to 1 computer (Laptop) resolution
• Consider approving an agreement with the CAM Education Association (CAMEA) for 2018-19
• and, Consider approving Schedule B contracts.

Red Oak Police report two men were arrested late Saturday night, following a reported fight in the 1100 block of Miller Avenue. Upon investigation, officers arrested 21-year old Luis Rodriguez, and 35-year old Jose Luis Ramos-Maciel, both of Red Oak. They were taken into custody at around 10-p.m. and charged with Disorderly Conduct. Both men were brought to the Montgomery County Jail, where their bonds were set at $300 each.

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 4:50 a.m. CDT

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa lawmakers have adjourned their 2018 legislative session. Republicans with control of the Legislature held near simultaneous debate Saturday in order to approve a sweeping $2.1 billion tax cut bill that they hailed as the largest in state history and Democrats decried as unfairly favoring the wealthy. The legislative activity caps a marathon of votes in recent days to finalize spending bills that will make up the roughly $7.4 billion state budget that goes into effect in July.

MITCHELLVILLE, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say a corrections officer at the Iowa Correctional Institution for Women has been assaulted by an inmate. The Iowa Department of Corrections said in a news release Saturday that the incident happened around 4:30 p.m. Friday at the Mitchellville prison. Officials say the inmate attacked after being told to return to her cell. The corrections officer was not seriously injured.

DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) — Officials say it will likely take days to retrieve several barges that broke free on the Mississippi River and hit a dam at Dubuque. The Telegraph Herald reports that the barges struck Mississippi River Lock and Dam No. 11 shortly after 3 p.m. Friday. Dubuque Fire Department Lt. Charles Blasen says officials were considering closing bridges for fear one of the barges could get through the dam and hit a bridge support. The Dubuque-Wisconsin Bridge and the Julien Dubuque Bridge are both downriver.

CLIVE, Iowa (AP) — Authorities in central Iowa say a massage therapist charged with sexually assaulting two women in April now faces an additional charge. The Des Moines Register reports that 26-year-old Gage Sheldon Bauer, of Altoona, was arrested Friday on suspicion of assault with intent to commit sex abuse. He was arrested April 16 on similar charges after reports of incidents at a Clive business called Mr. Massage.

It lasted into the five o’clock hour on Saturday, May 5th, but the 2018 Iowa Legislative session ended on its 118th day. Republicans are using the word “historic” to describe the agenda Republican majorities in the Iowa House and Senate have enacted over the past two years.

That’s House Speaker Linda Upmeyer, a Republican from Clear Lake. Senate President Charles Schneider, a Republican from West Des Moines, says the 2018 legislature’s premiere accomplishment is its “comprehensive” tax bill.

Democrats like House Minority Leader Mark Smith of Marshalltown are offering a different assessment.

It has been 20 years since Republicans held the majority of seats in the House and Senate at the same time a Republican held the governor’s office. Governor Kim Reynolds is praising the 2018 legislature’s passage of the tax bill as well as approval of a water improvement plan and bills to address the opioid epidemic and problems in the state’s mental health care system.

A plan designed to eventually cut Iowans’ INCOME taxes by 400-million dollars a year was the last major piece of legislation to clear the 2018 Iowa legislature this weekend. In addition to fulfilling G-O-P wishes to cut taxes, the state now has a law that bans nearly all abortions, setting up a potential challenge of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1973 ruling that legalized abortion. A year ago, Republicans in the legislature voted to ban abortions after the 20th week of pregnancy. A 2017 law also limits the union bargaining rights of public sector workers. Upmeyer those are accomplishments that will “fire up” the G-O-P base in the November election.

Senate Minority Leader Janet Petersen, a Democrat from Des Moines, says Democrats are anxious to challenge Republican legislative candidates this fall.

The Iowa Senate adjourned for the year at 5:11 p.m. Saturday. The House adjourned about 15 minutes later.

(Radio Iowa)