DELHI, Iowa (AP) — Investigators have seized a trove of electronic devices from a northeastern Iowa cabin owned by a prominent youth basketball coach under investigation for allegedly making videos of naked boys. Greg Stephen, co-director of the Iowa Barnstormers, left the traveling youth organization Thursday after agents searched his Monticello home.

Newly available documents show agents also searched a cabin in a recreation area near Lake Delhi. Investigators say Stephen occasionally spent weekends there and used it for summertime group gatherings with players. Agents seized smartphones, tablets, flip phones, hard drives, thumb drives, memory cards and digital video cassettes.

Stephen hasn’t been charged and his father says he’s done nothing wrong. The searches came after a source gave police a device from Stephen’s home that contained video clips of underage males disrobing in a hotel bathroom.

Several Barnstormers players have gone on to play Division I college basketball.

Atlantic Rising, a civic-minded social group for networking and social events, will host their 5th Annual Awards Luncheon and Dessert Gala on April 27th, 2018 and are seeking community-wide nominations for the awards. The awards are designed to recognize the achievements of young professionals who demonstrate a commitment to excellence and innovation in their profession and within the community. The awards are open to any Young Professional that meets the following criteria: the professional is between the age of 21-45 years old as of January 1, 2018, and the professional either works or resides within Cass County.

Young Professionals will be nominated for their excellence in four different categories: YP Newcomer, YP Entrepreneur, YP Business Leader and YP Public Servant. There will also be one YP Choice Workplace Award given. The YP Choice Workplace Award recognizes a company who effectively attracts, retains and develops young professionals. Individuals can either nominate their company or another company. Companies must be Atlantic Area Chamber of Commerce members. You can check the membership directory at www.atlanticiowa.com for eligibility. Nominees for Newcomer, Entrepreneur, Business Leader, and Public Servant do not need to be members of Atlantic Rising to be eligible for nomination.

The winners for the Young Professional Awards in 2017 included: David Wiederstein – Public Servant of the Year, Brian Ruge – Newcomer of the Year, Nate Robinson – Entrepreneur of the Year, Brad Henningsen – Business Leader of the Year, and Rolling Hills Bank – Choice Workplace of the Year. To submit a nomination, go to www.atlanticiowa.com for a nomination form or pick one up at the Atlantic Area Chamber of Commerce Office (102 Chestnut, Atlantic, IA 50022). All nomination forms must be submitted by Tuesday, March 20th, 2018 by 5 PM. The 2018 Atlantic Rising Dessert Gala & Awards is sponsored by Megan Roberts, State Farm.

The Atlantic Rising nominations will be reviewed by a selection committee including: an AR Representative, an Atlantic Area Chamber of Commerce Board Representative, a member of CADCO, an Atlantic City Official and an out of town guest. The mission of Atlantic Rising is to connect, engage and attract young leaders into the community while promoting the greater Atlantic area.  Members are young professionals between the ages of 21-45. Any interested individuals can contact the Atlantic Area Chamber of Commerce at 712-243-3017 for more information on joining.

The Page County Sheriff’s Office reports that at around 3-p.m. February 23rd, 24-year old Dominic Douglas Aistrope, of Randolph,  was arrested on a Page County Warrant for Domestic Abuse Assault. Aistrope turned himself in at the Page County Sheriff’s Office in Clarinda. Aistrope bonded out of jail once he was seen by a Magistrate.

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EPWORTH, Iowa (AP) — Girl Scouts officials plan to sell part of an eastern Iowa campground in the latest move to reduce property holdings and adjust to changes in demand from the youth it serves.
Stacy Conforti serves as director of property and outdoor program for the Girl Scouts of Eastern Iowa and Western Illinois. Conforti tells the Telegraph Herald that the group intends to divest between 50 and 90 acres of its 154-acre Camp Little Cloud property in the Dubuque area.

She says the property is sloping timberland and not integral to the Girl Scouts’ programming. The group spent about $139,000 to keep the property open but the camp recouped only $34,000 in revenue.
Officials are contacting camp neighbors to gauge interest in purchasing the property. The parcel’s location and price haven’t been finalized yet.

Adair County Sheriff Jeff Vandewater reports five recent arrests. 42-year old Nicole Lee Glendinning, of Stuart, was arrested by Stuart Police at around 11:25-p.m. Feb. 22nd. She was taken into custody on an Adair County warrant for Failure to Appear in court Feb. 19th, on an original OWI/1st Offense, charge. Her cash or surety bond was set at $1,000, and she must complete a substance abuse evaluation before being released.

At around 11:15-a.m. Feb. 22nd, Adair County Deputies arrested 22-year old Ashley Nicole Kelly, of Des Moines, on an Adair County felony warrant for Violation of Probation. Kelly was being held without bond, until seen by a judge. On Feb. 19th at around 12:07-p.m., 54-year old Toni Lynn Reese, of Bridgewater, was arrested on an Adair County warrant to serve a sentence. She was transported to the Iowa Women’s Correctional Facility in Mitchellville, per court order.  That same day, 19-year old Brennen Meyer Weiland, of Greenfield, was arrested on an Adair warrant for: Possession of Meth/1st offense, and carrying a knife with a blade 5 inches long, or longer, violating the terms of his pre-trial release. Weiland was being held in the Adair County Jail on a $2,000 cash only bond.

32-year old Sherrece Patricia Kilgore, of Bridgewater, was arrested Feb. 18th, at the Adair County Sheriff’s Office, on an Adair County warrant for Failure to Serve Court Ordered Jail time. She was being held in the jail without bond, pending completion of her sentence. And, a juvenile was arrested by Adair County Deputies, but additional information was not released, due to their age.

BURLINGTON, Iowa (AP) — The late-winter thawing of an eastern Iowa marina has left anglers and birds with a smelly surprise: thousands of tiny dead shad. Fish in Burlington’s Bluff Harbor Marina slowly ran out of oxygen during two months of freezing temperatures and ice build-up. Harbormaster Jon Billups tells the Hawk Eye that using bubblers to churn air and oxygen into the marina and keep ice down didn’t help this winter.

The ice thawing exposes the silvery fish, not much bigger than minnows, frozen where they were swimming. Billups says fishermen are invited to collect the shad to use as bait. Pelicans, gulls and eagles have already begun to make meals out of the dead fish.

The shad will likely flow into the Mississippi River as currents return to the marina.

The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office reports four arrests. Last Friday afternoon, 57-year old Kim Renae Sederburg, of Essex, was arrested at a tavern, in Avoca. The woman was taken into custody, for Public Intoxication. 34-year old Mindy M. Mortensen, of Oakland, was arrested a little after 5-a.m. Saturday, for Public Intoxication, and unlawful possession of prescription drugs. She was taken into custody at the Oakland Casey’s store, after deputies were called to check on her welfare.

Late Saturday morning, a traffic stop in Pott. County on westbound Interstate 80 near mile marker 3, resulted in the arrest of a man from Colorado. After the 2017 Chrysler 300 was pulled over for excessive speed, the driver, 39-year old Mason Allen Fuller, of Boulder, CO. was taken into custody for Possession of a Controlled Substance/marijuana, and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. And, a man from Council Bluffs was arrested Sunday afternoon, for Domestic Assault with injury. 54-year old Troy Dean Stuart was arrested after allegedly assaulting his girlfriend, at a residence in Carson. The 52-year alleged victim of the assault suffered apparent minor injuries.

The Cass County Sheriff’s Office reports two recent arrests and one accident. On February 22nd, Deputies arrested 35-year old Steven Micheal Scott Beck, on a charge of OWI 3^rd/Subsequent. Beck was taken to the Cass County Jail and released the following day on his own recognizance.

At around 8:34-a.m. Saturday, Deputies responded to a report of a single-vehicle accident on White Pole Road at 582^nd Street. Officials say a 2008 Ford driven by 18-year old Randy Tate Harrison, of Griswold, was eastbound on White Pole Road when he lost control of the vehicle due to slippery conditions. The vehicle slid north of the roadway, colliding with a ditch and going through a barbed wire fence. No injuries were reported. Damage to the vehicle is estimated at $3,500; damage to the fence is estimated at $500.

And, on Sunday, Cass County Deputies arrested 49-year old Dion Chad Skelton, of Atlantic, on a charge of Driving While Revoked. Skelton was taken to the Cass County Jail and was released the following day on his own recognizance.

DES MOINES − Craig Lang, a Brooklyn dairy farmer and former Iowa Farm Bureau Financial president, today submitted his nomination petitions to appear on the June 5 Republican primary ballot as a candidate for Iowa Secretary of Agriculture and encouraged any GOP opponents to join him in a series of debates in different regions of the state. Lang, who was required to collect at least 1,000 signatures from a minimum of 10 counties, gathered more than 2,880 signatures from all 99 counties. He was the first candidate to submit signatures for any office this morning and the first to file for secretary of agriculture. Bill Northey, a Republican who is serving his third term in the post, has been nominated to a U.S. Department of Agriculture undersecretary position.

Lang said his priorities will be to improve Iowa’s water quality, soil health and rural economy. He proposed four debates before the June 5 primary. Lang has been farming more than 40 years. He and his two sons, who are the family’s sixth generation of farmers, milk a 650-head dairy herd, farm 1,200 acres and run a cow/calf beef operation. He was one of the longest serving leaders of both the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation, where he served as president from 2001 through 2011, and the FBL Financial Group, where he served as chairman of the board for a concurrent term. He also was chairman of the Grow Iowa Values Fund and chairman of the State Board of Regents.

The candidate filing period for state and federal offices in the June 5, 2018 primary election began Monday, February 26. It runs through Friday, March 16. Candidates can file their nominating petitions and affidavits of candidacy with the Office of Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate, either in the Capitol Building or in the Lucas Office Building. An updated list of candidates whose papers have been received and accepted will be published to the Iowa Secretary of States’ website at the end of each day, and will also be updated periodically. That page is available here and will also be accessible from the home page of the Secretary of State’s website, https://sos.iowa.gov/.

The Union County Sheriff’s Office reports 20-year old Darian Scott Stone, of Creston, was arrested Friday night at the Union County Law Enforcement Center, on a Union County warrant for possession of controlled substance – marijuana 1^st offense. Stone was being held in the Union County Jail on a $1,000 bond.