The area’s latest and/or top news stories at 7:06-a.m. From KJAN News Director Ric Hanson.
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Creston Police say there were four arrests and two incidents of Theft were reported over the weekend. 57-year old Paul Lauer, of Winterset, was arrested at around 6:22-p.m. Sunday, following a traffic stop in Creston. Lauer was charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance. His bond was set at $10,300. Just before 3-p.m. Sunday, 56-year old Scott Phipps, of Creston, was arrested for Domestic Assault. He was later released after posting $100 bond.
Saturday night, 50-year old Fred Still, of Ft. Dodge, was arrested for Driving Under Suspension, and, 29-year old Brandon Garner, of Creston, was arrested on a active warrant out of Clarke County. Still was released as ordered by the judge. Garner was picked up by Clarke County Deputies and transported back to Clarke County.
Sunday night, a man reported to Creston Police his property in the 200 block of S. Maple had been broken into. Some pieces of copper valued at $400-to $500 were stolen. And, a burglary was reported at a storage facility in the 17-hundred block of Highway 34. A lock on the unit had been cut and items including a tent and an awning, were reported missing. The loss was estimated at $450 altogether.
(7-a.m. News)
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Backers of a skateboard park under construction in downtown Des Moines say they have reached their $6.3 million funding goal. The Lauridsen Skatepark will be the nation’s largest when it’s completed in spring 2020. The 88,000-square-foot skate park is being built on five acres of land between Second Avenue and the Des Moines River.
Recent gifts by the Lauridsen Family Foundation and the state’s Enhance Iowa fund enabled organizers to reach their fundraising goal. Nix and Virginia Lauridsen have donated a total of $1.6 million to the project.
Besides the skate areas, the park will include viewing platforms, handicap accessible walkways, shade structures and landscaping. Organizers expect about 40,000 skaters a year will use the park. They note skateboarding will be an Olympic sport in 2020.
(Radio Iowa) — October is recognized as “National Domestic Violence Awareness Month”, and Cathy Van Maanen with the Le Mars officer of the Council on Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence says statistics show one in every three to four women will experience some type of domestic violence in her lifetime. “And when you consider that number — if that were an illness — that would be considered an epidemic,” according to Van Maanen. “Those are huge numbers and so yes, we need to be doing everything we can to create awareness first, and then do the work to bring an end to this kind of abuse.”
Van Maanen says domestic violence is a common occurrence in Iowa and it happens to across the spectrum regardless of your income. And victims can be both males and females. “Domestic violence does happen here. It happens everywhere. It isn’t the size of the city or anything like that. It can happen anywhere and it can happen every day and it happens to people that you know,” Van Maanen says.
She says many people are showing support for domestic violence victims by wearing purple colored ties, scarfs, or other purple colored clothing. Businesses have also hung purple ribbons on their doorways. “Purple is nationally known as the color to represent Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Purple is the sign of courage and we know that survivors certainly have an enormous amount of courage to live with what they are living with and then to find the courage to leave that situation and survive it,” Van Maanen says.
A victim of domestic violence will often return to their abuser. Van Maanen says the abuser will use power, control, along with intimidation on the victim, making that victim feel compelled to return. She says abuse is not always the hitting and things that we know are not legal. “There are many parts to domestic violence that are no illegal — but are very debilitating,” Van Maanen says. ” So, when we understand the emotional, the psychological, the mental abuse, the financial control, using the children as pawns, creating isolation so that the individual doesn’t have a good support system. Those all create those very real barriers to making leaving successful.”
She says a person averages leaving five to seven times before they leave for good. Van Maanen says she deals with more than 150 reported cases of domestic violence in Plymouth County each year, and every week on average, two new cases of domestic violence are referred to her agency.
The Atlantic City Council will meet 5:30-p.m. Wednesday (Oct. 16th), at City Hall. During their regularly scheduled session, the Council will recognize Atlantic Police Officers Christin Vavricek and Caleb Smith for their 10-years of service to the A-PD. The Council will then act on approving a partial street closure in advance of the Oct. 26th Shift ATL Block Party. The event takes place on 4th Street, west of Walnut to the alley in the 200 block of 4th Street.
Their fundraiser block party takes place from 5:30-until 11-p.m., and includes: a beer garden; live music (The First Name Band) from 7-until 10-p.m.; and food trucks (5:30-to 9-p.m.) with wood fired pizza and BBQ. Pre-sale tickets are available for $20, and include one free drink ticket. Tickets are also available during the event, or can be purchased at the Atlantic Chamber, CADCO, Camblin Mechanical, Deter Motor Company, and Luxe Salon.
In other business, the Council will act on an order to accept the Tax Sale for 901 Elm Street, and hold a Public Forum on Stormwater issues at the Atlantic Golf and Country Club. The final order of business is a closed session to discuss legal matters pertaining to: four abandoned properties the City intends to acquire for demolition; real estate owned by the City, and, a dilapidated property.
One person was arrested following the pursuit of a stolen vehicle this (Monday) morning, in Council Bluffs. Police say at around 2-a.m., Omaha Police put out a broadcast indicating the stolen vehicle, a black Dodge Ram Pickup, was entering Council Bluffs on I-480. An Officer spotted the vehicle in the area of 30th Street and 2nd Ave. The stolen pickup fled before other responding officers arrived in the area. It was last seen at 2nd Ave. and Dodge Riverside Blvd.
At 2:10-a.m., the 911 center broadcast that the stolen vehicle had wrecked at 9th Ave and Harrahs Blvd., after colliding with another vehicle in the intersection. Officers arrived in the area and a perimeter was established. Authorities says it’s possible there were up to three occupants in the stolen vehicle. The area was searched by a K-9 team. One suspect, a 17-year old, was located and taken into custody. His identity will not be released by Police. The occupants of the vehicle struck by the stolen vehicle refused medical treatment at the scene.
Both vehicles were towed from the scene
Today: Areas of morning fog; Mostly sunny. High around 62. S @ 10-15 mph.
Tonight: Partly cloudy. Low 45. S/NW @ 5-10.
Tomorrow: Isolated morning rain possible; P/Cldy. High 56. NW @ 15-25.
Wednesday: Mo. Sunny. High 56.
Thursday: P/Cldy. High 62.
Thursday’s High in Atlantic was 59. Our Low this morning 27. Last year on this date our High was 41 and the Low was 31. The record High in Atlantic on this date was 88 in 1897. The Record Low was 16 in 1937.
A Public Hearing with regard to the proposed continuation of the Instructional Support Levy (ISL), will be held 6:30 this evening, prior to the start of the regular CAM School Board meeting. The hearing and meeting takes place in the CAM High School Media Center. During the hearing, district patrons may speak for or against the ISL matter.
During the regular CAM School Board meeting, they’ll discuss the initial facilities findings of Boyd-Jones, approve any resignations or contracts, and act on approving the continued ISL. In other business, the CAM School Board will open bids and award a snow removal contract, act on a daycare contract, act on approval of a fundraiser, and SBRC Modified Supplemental Amount Application and Supplemental Aid, for the 2018-19 Special Education Program Deficit.
Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:30 a.m. CDT
DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — A manual recount this week will determine which two candidates move on from Davenport’s primary in the mayor’s race. The Quad-City Times reports the third-place finisher in the mayor’s race, Dan Portes, requested the recount after he finished just eight votes behind Alderwoman Rita Rawson. Alderman Mike Matson won the primary with 33 percent of the vote, but officials will recheck roughly 6,500 ballots to determine who his opponent will be in November.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Police have confirmed that human remains found at a homeless camp near downtown Des Moines was the result of a homicide. Station KCCI reports that police confirmed the homicide investigation Friday. Police received a tip Tuesday that led investigators to a wooded area behind an abandoned manufacturing plant, where the remains were found. Police have not yet shared other details of how the person died or identified the remains.
FORT DODGE, Iowa (AP) — Fort Dodge police have identified a man shot to death in the north-central Iowa city. The Messenger reports the shooting happened around 8 p.m. Friday. Officers and paramedics found the man, later identified as 28-year-old Mohammed Yaqoub of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, at a home and were unable to revive him. Police say they have arrested a 16-year-old boy and are looking for a 19-year-old suspect.
MONTEZUMA, Iowa (AP) — The trial for a former farmhand charged with first-degree murder in the abduction and killing of 20-year-old University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts has again been delayed. The Daily Iowan reports that 25-year-old Cristhian Bahena Rivera will now face trial beginning Feb. 4 in Woodbury County. His trial had been set for Nov. 12. Rivera is accused in the stabbing death of Tibbetts, who disappeared while out for a run July 18, 2018, in Brooklyn, Iowa.
Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — After no-hit bids into the late innings helped the Nationals take a 2-0 lead over the Cardinals in the NL Championship Series, postseason star Stephen Strasburg takes the mound for Washington in Game 3 and 23-year-old ace Jack Flaherty for St. Louis. The Cardinals have just four hits and one run through the first two games. St. Louis is sending 23-year-old ace Jack Flaherty to the mound in Game 3.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Deshaun Watson threw for 280 yards and a touchdown while running for two more, outdueling Chiefs counterpart Patrick Mahomes and leading the Texans to a 31-24 victory Sunday. Carlos Hyde added 116 yards rushing and a touchdown against the team that traded him to Houston before the start of the season. Mahomes finished with 273 yards passing and three touchdowns, two of them to returning star Tyreek Hill.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The first finger that Andy Reid points after the Kansas City Chiefs lose a game is at himself, regardless of the score, the opponent or whatever may have transpired on the field. He probably deserved much of it Sunday. The Chiefs lost 31-24 to the Texans in a game punctuated by a laundry basket full of yellow flags, more dropped passes than in a Pop Warner football matchup, and questionable decisions by Reid throughout the game.
UNDATED (AP) — A review of college football statistics at midseason shows a lot of familiar names at or near the top of the charts and a few surprises, too. Oklahoma is on track to lead the nation in offense for a third straight year. LSU, which has ranked in the top 50 in offense only three other seasons since 2009, is producing points and yards at unprecedented rates. Wisconsin has posted four shutouts in six games, and Penn State, Ohio State and Iowa give the Big Ten four of the top five defenses.