An investigation into a vehicle burglary at the Villisca Middle School, Tuesday, resulted in a boy being cited into Juvenile Court. The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office reports Deputies arrested a 13-year old male in the 300 block of S. 3rd Avenue in Villisca at around 8:20-p.m., for Burglary in the 3rd Degree. The teen was summoned into Juvenile Court and then released to a parent. The boys’ name was not released.

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:40 a.m. CDT

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Supreme Court has temporarily blocked part of a new state law that requires a woman to wait three days before getting an abortion. The court granted a motion Monday that extends an injunction on the 72-hour waiting period until a lawsuit challenging the provision is resolved.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A state audit is questioning Iowa State University’s use of donations to buy an airplane used largely by former President Steven Leath to work on his piloting skills. Auditors say the school failed to get required written permission from the executive director of the Board of Regents and that the plane flown by former President Steven Leath was rarely used for “clear business purposes.” The university says the purchase was appropriate.

DENISON, Iowa (AP) — A man convicted for causing a crash that killed a teenage girl will be sentenced in December, when he faces up to 109 years in prison. The Sioux City Journal reports that a judge set Ramon Hernandez’s sentencing hearing for Dec. 8 in Crawford County District Court. A Crawford County jury convicted Hernandez of vehicular homicide, three counts of distribution of a controlled substance to a minor and five other counts.

WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — West Des Moines police will soon join other Des Moines-area departments in requiring its officers to wear body cameras. The Des Moines Register reports that West Des Moines officers will begin wearing the cameras Nov. 1. Officers will wear them at all times, but the cameras will only record in certain cases, including during investigations and some contact with the public.

Sheriff’s officials in Fremont County report the arrest on Tuesday of a woman on Theft charges. 43-year old Kara Lorimor, of Sidney, was taken into custody following an investigation into items stolen from separate apartments in the 100 block of Main Street, and an associated disturbance.

Kara Lorimor (Adams County S/O photo)

Deputies determined Lorimor allegedly took the items in question. She was arrested and charged with two counts of Theft 5th Degree. Lormior is being held in the Fremont County Jail on a $600 bond.

ATLANTIC – Dr. Chad McCance, Cass County Health System (CCHS) General Surgeon, was honored recently as an Iowa Hospital Association (IHA) 2017 Hospital Hero. McCance received his award at the IHA annual meeting in Des Moines earlier this month.

Brett Altman, CCHS CEO said “Dr. McCance is one of the most humble surgeons I’ve ever worked with. He is kind, compassionate, hardworking, and makes great effort to always be available to serve the needs of his patients and the health system. He cares about people and strives to make a positive impact with those around him, not the least of which are patients facing challenges with their health.”

Dr. Chad McCance, CCHS General Surgeon, (right) was presented with his IHA Hospital Hero award by Brett Altman, CEO.

According to the IHA, a hospital hero any employee or physician “who has performed a heroic deed or tirelessly given of their time, talent and expertise to improve their organization and the world around them is eligible for the Iowa Hospital Heroes Award.” Dr. McCance was one of just 11 hospital staff and physicians from across the state selected for this prestigious award this year.

The program for the event provided the following information from his nomination and letters of support:

“As the only general surgeon in a critical access hospital, Dr. Chad McCance shoulders a tremendous responsibility, and he never fails to deliver. Even if he has to hike through a blizzard to get to the hospital (and he has!), he is always ready to serve his patients. Dr. McCance works with area surgeons from three different hospitals to ensure each community has surgery coverage at all times. In 2016, he was on call a total of 272 days!

A lifelong learner, Dr. McCance added C-sections to his skill set when he came to Cass County Memorial Hospital, a service he had never provided but was needed here. When a patient needs more advanced care than he can provide he not only has the wisdom to refer them on, but frequently travels to a metropolitan hospital 60 miles away so he can scrub in, learn new techniques and obtain firsthand knowledge of his patient’s medical status. Dr. McCance has juggled his medical career while serving in a more traditional heroic role as a member of the U.S. Army Reserves from 1986 – 2012, including a 90-day tour of active duty in 2003. He retired as a Lieutenant Colonel. And through it all, he is a loving and devoted husband and father.

Dr. McCance doesn’t just show up for work, he greets his patients with passion and enthusiasm for how he can help them enjoy the very best quality of life. When he greets patients for a pre-scope office visit, he cannot hide his enthusiasm, because he knows that he can actually prevent a cancer from developing by performing a thorough scope examination. His heartfelt commitment is contagious, and before you know it, you are actually excited to have a colonoscopy!

And that is just the kind of person he is – driven by an internal desire to help and heal. It shows in all of his roles: veteran, father, husband, man of faith, mechanic, friend, student, and teacher. These are all great things, and are not necessarily uncommon. It is the combination of all of these roles, coupled with his selfless and tireless passion for healthcare, which makes him a hero to us.”

The warm weather last week allowed farmers to get in a lot of combine time as the corn harvest moved ahead by 10 percent and the soybean effort by 29 percent. State Agriculture Secretary Bill Northey says after worries about a late start and drought, farmers have been seeing some good things. “For the most part yields have been good. Most of the folks have been happy,” Northey says.

He says some farmers are seeing better yields than they figured to have a few months ago. “Even those area that had a real dry part of the summer…their yields are definitely down from last year. But they may be better than what they thought they would be going into harvest,” Northey says. “Our yields have been good in northwest Iowa as well, harvest has been moving along. Thank goodness we had a dry week last week.”

The U-S-D-A crop report Monday showed that 23 percent of the corn crop has been harvested — which is the smallest percentage by this date since 2009 and more than two weeks behind average. The bean harvest moved to 61 percent — but is also the smallest percentage harvested by this date since 2009. Northey says cooler weather doesn’t help with drying the crop — and as we head into the last full week of October — the urgency increases for farmers with crops still in the fields.

)”We all look around the corner, we know November is coming. We all remember that a couple of decades ago there was a Halloween storm that buried a lot of crops out in the field, and folks have that in their mind, and the clock is ticking,” Northey says. “So, there are folks who will spend a lot of hours (in the field) when it finally gets fit.” When the harvest conditions are right you can see combines crisscrossing the fields day and night.”

“We hope that they’re all safe and certainly everybody out on the gravel roads and the highways needs to watch for that farm equipment,” according to Northey. “They’re working hard and sometimes it’s hard to be able to see some of the other traffic that is on the road as well.” Northey farms near Spirit Lake and says he’s gotten all his beans harvested, but not the corn.

(Radio Iowa)

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Supreme Court has temporarily blocked part of a new state law that requires a woman to wait three days before getting an abortion. The court granted a motion Monday that extends an injunction on the 72-hour waiting period until a lawsuit challenging the provision is resolved.

A district court judge recently upheld the waiting period. It is part of a law approved this year in the Republican-controlled Legislature that bans most abortions in the state after 20 weeks of pregnancy. The 20-week ban is in effect and is not a part of the legal challenge by Planned Parenthood of the Heartland and the American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa.

Gov. Kim Reynolds is named in the lawsuit. Her office says it doesn’t comment on pending litigation.

DENISON, Iowa (AP) — A man convicted for causing a crash that killed a teenage girl in Crawford County will be sentenced in December, when he faces up to 109 years in prison. The Sioux City Journal reports that a judge set Ramon Hernandez’s sentencing hearing for Dec. 8th in Crawford County District Court.

A Crawford County jury convicted Hernandez of vehicular homicide, three counts of distribution of a controlled substance to a minor and five other counts.

Authorities say Hernandez drove through a farm field with four teenagers in his car before it plunged into the Boyer River on Jan. 19. He and three of the others reached safety. The body of 15-year-old Yoana Acosta was found a week later on Jan. 26.

The Red Oak Police Department reports the arrest Tuesday of 60-year-old Robert Ernest McMartin of Red Oak on a Montgomery County warrant for Driving Under Suspension. McMartin was arrested at 2:42pm in the 100 block of West Nuckols Street in Red Oak. He was taken to the Montgomery County Jail and held on $600 bond.

Twenty-five years of an environmental and community partnership will be celebrated with the planting of a symbolic tree on Wednesday, October 25th at 1 p.m.. in Atlantic City Park. The public is invited to the celebration. The Atlantic 25th Anniversary Planting recognizes the community’s 25 years of working with Alliant Energy and Trees Forever’s Branching Out partnership.

Dolly Bergmann, president of Atlantic Trees Forever, said in that time, 2,640 trees have been planted in Atlantic through the program, with 24 planted recently throughout the community as part of the celebration. The 25th tree in this recent group will be planted in City Park on October 25 to mark the 25-year partnership. Bergmann said also, “We’ve been all over town.” She said of the sites that have benefited from trees through the years, including parks, schools, the YMCA, courthouse, hospital and Chamber office. She said “People here understand the benefit of trees, including shade and clean air.”

According to Doug Kopp, President of Alliant Energy’s Iowa Utility  “When you plant a tree, you’re starting to leave behind a legacy. Fifteen years from now you can come back and see what you’ve done and it is impressive. These trees provide a benefit to the community in terms of energy efficiency and carbon reduction for years to come and we’re proud to be a part of it.” Shannon Ramsay, Trees Forever Founding President and CEO, says “Trees Forever is very excited to mark the 25th anniversary in Atlantic. Through our partnership with Alliant Energy and the help of volunteers, we’ve been providing a long-lasting benefit to the community.”

An estimated 50,000 blaze orange clad hunters will dot Iowa’s countryside at 8 a.m. this Saturday, Oct. 28, for the opening of Iowa’s 2017 pheasant hunting season. The annual event melds generations of Iowans who reconnect with their hunting heritage. While most hunters will generally only spend the first week or two in the field, those who venture out later will likely be rewarded with success. Todd Bogenschutz, upland wildlife research biologist for the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, says “Hunters can expect to find similar bird numbers to last year, but the October rain has our harvest running behind schedule so opening weekend may not be as successful as years past. However, a late harvest could lead to success later in the season.”

Results from the statewide August roadside survey indicate higher pheasant numbers were found in a line of counties stretching from northwest to southeast, but birds are available everywhere quality habitat is found. Bogenschutz said he expects almost a repeat of 2016 pheasant season, where hunters harvested about 250,000 roosters.

Quail season opens Oct. 28, too. Iowa’s quail population is at a 30 year high and landowners report seeing quail in areas that they had not seen them in years but the bulk of the quail population is in the southern three tiers of counties. Iowa’s partridge season opened Oct. 14. Partridge hunting primarily takes place in the north-central counties.

The Iowa DNR’s online hunting atlas lists nearly 700,000 acres of public hunting land, including more than 20,000 acres of land enrolled in the popular Iowa Habitat for Access Program (IHAP) allowing hunter access to private land. Each area on the atlas includes a link to a map with property boundaries, the size of the area, habitat type, species of wildlife likely found, if nontoxic shot is required and more. The map is available as a downloadable pdf that can be printed or saved to a smartphone. To view the atlas, go to www.iowadnr.gov/hunting and click on Places to Hunt and Shoot in the left column.

There are no new regulations this year. Shooting hours are 8-4:30 daily. Hunters are required to wear one piece of blaze orange of which at least 50 percent must be solid color.  Hunters may harvest three rooster pheasants each day with a possession limit of 12.  Hunters may harvest eight quail of either sex each day with a possession limit of 16. When transporting pheasants, either a fully feathered head, fully feathered wing or foot must remain attached for identification purposes.