Harlan Police Chief Frank Clark reports his officers engaged in a high speed pursuit late Monday night. The incident began at around 10:50-p.m., as a Harlan Police Officer was behind a yellow motorcycle in the area of 6th and Laurel Street. When the rider (later identified as 24-year old Brandon Christopher Allen, of Harlan) noticed the patrol vehicle, the cycle accelerated northbound on 6th at a high rate of speed. Speeds reached 80 mph as it continued north, through the downtown area and into north Harlan. Officials say the motorcycle ran through three stop signs.

The pursuit then went west on Dye Street from 6th, then south on 12th Street from Dye Street, running another stop sign. As the motorcycle sped south through the 12th Street residential area, speeds reached in excess of 100 mph, and the cycle ran through more stop signs. Continuing south out of the city limits, speeds exceeded 115 mph on Linden Road. As Allen approached the intersection with US Highway 59, he lost control of the cycle and laid it on it’s side. Allen took off on foot westward, but was apprehended by law enforcement following a brief foot pursuit. Allen was was transported to the Shelby County Jail.

He was taken into custody on two outstanding Shelby County Warrants, and faces multiple charges associated with the pursuit and arrest.  Felony charges include Possession of Meth; Possession of contraband in a jail facility; and Eluding. Other charges include: Prohibited Acts; Interference with official acts; Driving while revoked, Possession of drug paraphernalia, and Reckless driving; Three counts of speeding, nine counts of failure to obey a stop sign, and one count of failure to obey traffic control device.

Allen was being held in the Shelby County Jail on a bond of $28,300. Harlan Police Department were assisted in the pursuit and arrest by Shelby County Sheriff’s Deputies and The Iowa State Patrol.

Iowa Gubernatorial candidate, Dr. Andy McGuire will address the Cass County Democrats during their monthly meeting this evening (March 20th). The meeting takes place in the Cass County Courthouse basement meeting room, beginning at 7-p.m.  During the meeting, McGuire will discuss her vision for Iowa’s future including her 7-point plan to combat Iowa’s mental health and substance abuse crisis. Dr. McGuire’s candidacy has been endorsed by former Presidential candidate, Howard Dean  and over 40 health care professionals in Iowa.

McGuire was born in Waterloo. She’s the mother of seven children, and raised a family while training to be a doctor. As a medical director, she focused on preventive care, including vaccinations and prenatal checks. You can learn more about Dr. McGuire and her candidacy at www.mcguireforgovernor.com.

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DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — Two people have been imprisoned for their roles in Davenport credit union robberies. The Quad-City Times reports that 60-year-old Kevin Denney, of Davenport, and 32-year-old Cynthia Niebuhr-Hartley, of Muscatine, were sentenced Monday in U.S. District Court in Davenport. The judge gave both 28 months in prison and ordered Denney to pay more than $24,500 in restitution and Niebuhr-Hartley to pay nearly $6,000. Denney’s son, David Denney, also has pleaded guilty to robbery and conspiracy. He’s scheduled to be sentenced Tuesday.

Court documents say various combinations of the three were involved in robbing an Ascentra Credit Union office in August 2016 and a Vibrant Credit Union office in November 2016 and again on March 30 last year.

A traffic stop at around 6:10-p.m. Monday, in Creston, resulted in the arrest of 21-year old Ryan Parmenter, of Creston. Parmenter was taken into custody for Driving While Suspended. He was later released from the Union County Jail on a $300 bond.

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SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — The City Council in Sioux City has approved at least $12 million in assistance for a $56 million project to convert two historic downtown buildings into luxury apartments and a nearly 150-room hotel. Developer Lew Weinberg and St. Louis-based developer Restoration St. Louis plan to turn the former Warrior Hotel and Davidson buildings into a Marriott brand hotel.

The council voted 4-0 Monday for a financial package that includes a partially forgivable $5 million loan, a portion of the city’s share of hotel-motel taxes generated by the facility, property tax incentives, and reduced rates for city ramp parking. Weinberg says he thinks the work will begin this summer.

A traffic stop last Saturday at the intersection of 290th and Quail Avenue, in Taylor County, resulted in the arrest of a man wanted on a nationwide warrant. 35-year old Jacob Lee Rybolt, was arrested on a  warrant out of New Mexico for Embezzlement (over $2500). Rybolt was being held at the Taylor County Jail pending extradition.

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Philanthropist and Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has announced that wreckage of a sunken military ship on which five brothers died in World War II has been discovered in the South Pacific. A spokeswoman for Allen confirms wreckage from the USS Juneau was found Saturday off the coast of the Solomon Islands. The ship was hit by Japanese torpedoes in 1942, killing hundreds of men, including the five Sullivan brothers from Waterloo, Iowa.

Allen has an expedition team that has reported finding wreckage of other ships, including the aircraft carrier USS Lexington, also sunk during World War II. The expedition team says in a statement it first identified the USS Juneau on Saturday using sonar technology and used a remotely operated underwater vehicle to verify the wreckage on Sunday.