A plastic surgeon in the Omaha/Council Bluffs area says he’s seeing a trend in women from Iowa and Nebraska wanting to look like First Daughter Ivanka Trump. Doctor Perry Johnson, a professor with the University of Nebraska Department of Surgery, says it’s not wise to change your appearance so you’ll resemble a famous person.

“Generally speaking, it’s a bad idea to operate on somebody to make them look like somebody else,” Dr. Johnson says. “The problem becomes, after a period of time, if you become disillusioned with the particular celebrity that you’re trying to look like, then what?”

Johnson says he’s getting a lot of requests from women wanting to resemble the president’s oldest daughter and it’s not a cheap or quick process. “It’s commonly the nose, lips and breasts for women,” Johnson says. “When you’re talking about multiple different operations, it could easily get well over $20,000, upwards of $50,000 when you’ve had as many operations as some of these people.”

Johnson says there are few standards set for plastic surgeons and people should choose very carefully. He says any potential patient should ask if the physician if they’re formally trained in plastic surgery or if it’s a side specialty. “Are you board-certified in plastic surgery?” Johnson says. “Are you allowed to perform plastic surgery in a hospital environment where they have very strict criteria on whom they allow to operate?”

He says those doctors with their own facility and operating room have very little oversight regarding formal training.

(Karla James/Radio Iowa – Omaha)

The Union County Sheriff’s Office says an Adair County man was arrested Thursday evening on drug charges at the Union County Law Enforcement Center. 38-year old Michael Ross Waddingham, of Orient, was arrested on a Union County warrant for two charges of controlled substance violations.  Waddingham remainsg held in the Union County Jail on $50,000 bond.

An increase in the number of persons serving time in the Cass County Jail has put a strain on available space and is likely to affect the budget for this year and next. That was the word this (Friday) morning from Cass County Sheriff Darby McLaren, who spoke before the County Board of Supervisors. McLaren said because of the number of drug-related and other types of arrests, they can’t house everyone who is court ordered to serve time, and have, in the past, sent prisoners to other counties, at a cost of roughly $50-to $75 per day to the County.

Sending juveniles to other facilities is even more costly, and Cass County does not have the proper space to separate those offenders from the general, adult population. McLaren said he wasn’t asking for a new jail or anything of the sort. He just wanted the Board to be aware his budget will be impacted because of the issue.

Supervisor Steve Green, the former Police Chief for Atlantic, asked if they couldn’t just outfit the less severe offenders with a GPS monitored ankle bracelet or similar device.

(McLaren said they have a few available, but a judge has to order them to be used. No judge has ever issued such an order, thought. He could also place an offender on “House arrest,” but it would be on a case-by-case basis.)

If it’s a District Court case, he says the County Attorney can issue a recommendation to the Judge on how the offender deals with their sentence, and McLaren says he can push to have the Attorney make bracelet recommendations for less serious cases.

McLaren says they probably only have a couple of monitoring bracelets at this time, but he can always order more. Figuring out how to monitor a given number of persons outfitted with the devices might become an issue, though.

Jail overcrowding isn’t strictly a Cass County problem. Many area Counties are experiencing overcrowding, and are forced to send their inmates elsewhere, if space is available, but it isn’t free. Some jails, like those in Cass and Union County, have to send their female inmates to another county jail which is able to house those particular inmates. Other Counties have built new Jails to deal with the matter, such as Adair, Mills and Montgomery Counties, whose jails have a higher capacity to house inmates.

McLaren says the courts are putting more people on probation to try and deal with the issue.

More area and State news from KJAN News Director Ric Hanson.

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The Creston Police Department reports three people from Polk County were arrested Thursday morning on drug charges. Officials say 35-year old Joey Gene Ebard and 31-year old Lindsey Marie Dee, were arrested for Possession with the Intent to Sell or Manufacture Methamphetamine over 5 grams. 34-year old Kristin Jan Gross was arrested for Possession of a Controlled Substance/1st offense. All three are from Des Moines. Ebard was being held in the Union County Jail on $100,000 bond. Dee and Gross were being held in the Ringgold County Jail, where bond for Lindsey Dee was set at $100,000, and Gross’ bond was set at $1,000.

Creston Police said also, 40-year old Sara Nicole Weis, of Afton, was arrested at the Union County Law Enforcement Center on four warrants for Probation Violation. She was transported to the Ringgold County Jail and held pending a court appearance.

The area’s top news at 7:06-a.m., w/KJAN News Director Ric Hanson

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SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) – The Sioux City school board is investigating allegations against the district superintendent that were raised by the district budget director before he was ousted. Board President Mike Krysl told the Sioux City Journal earlier this week that the board “is undertaking an investigation that we think is an appropriate follow-up to the allegations that were raised.”

The board approved a resignation package April 10 for budget director John Chalstrom, who’d been placed on leave Feb. 13. Chalstrom had accused Superintendent Paul Gausman of being a bully and creating a hostile workplace and threatening Chalstrom’s job if he shared alternative budget options with school board members outside regular board meetings.

Gausman has denied Chalstrom’s assertions.

A Montgomery County woman who has a long history of arrests, was taken into custody…again…Thursday night. Red Oak Police say 46-year old Shelby Joann Olivares, of Red Oak, was arrested in the 200 block of W. 3rd Street at around 11-p.m., for Domestic Assault. Olivares was being held without bond in the Montgomery County Jail, pending an appearance before the magistrate.

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:53 a.m. CDT

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A state judge has ruled that the Iowa Department of Transportation has the authority to order cities to remove automated traffic-enforcement cameras from highways and interstates. The Des Moines Register reports that the ruling Thursday is in response to a request for judicial review filed by Des Moines, Cedar Rapids and Muscatine in 2015. The cities made the request after the DOT ordered some speed cameras turned off because they did not make interstate highways safer.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Legislature approved an expanded medical marijuana oil program in the final hours of its session, but advocates remain skeptical that it will have enough impact. The Republican-controlled chambers approved a bill to allow the oil to treat nine conditions, including cancer and multiple sclerosis. Critics say a cap on the strength of the oil that can be used limits the medical benefit.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The state of Iowa has spent $55,000 so far defending itself against a lawsuit challenging a new collective bargaining law. An invoice reviewed this week by a state council shows the Belin McCormick law firm in Des Moines charged the amount on behalf of four lawyers and a paralegal. They worked more than 175 hours between Feb. 20 and March 30 on a lawsuit filed by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Iowa Council 61.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — A Sioux City man found guilty last month of second-degree murder for the stabbing death of another man has been sentenced to 50 years in prison. Sioux City television station KTIV reports that 48-year-old Elias Wanatee was sentenced Thursday in Pottawattamie County for the February 2016 death of 50-year-old Vernon Mace, his girlfriend’s uncle. Officials say Wanatee will be eligible for parole in 35 years.

Fire and rescue personnel, along with law enforcement, were responding to a reported rollover accident this evening north of Cumberland. They were dispatched at around 6:38-p.m. to the area around 690th and Newport Road.

No other details are currently available.