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DALLAS COUNTY, Iowa (KCCI) — Bicyclists and hikers will no longer need to purchase a permit to use the Raccoon River Valley Trail. The Dallas, Guthrie, and Greene County Conservation Boards hope this will encourage more people to use the trail that runs from Jefferson to Clive.
The permit requirement ends at the start of next year. A special trail event permit will still be required for large trail events.
NEVADA, Iowa (KCCI) — The mother of an infant girl who died in Story County this summer is now in an Iowa jail on a murder charge. Sheyenne Shore was booked into the jail Thursday. She was charged in June but was in custody in California on unrelated charges at that time.
Court documents say, on June 11, she brought the baby to the Story County Medical Center. A hospital employee says the baby was cold, stiff, and her pupils were dilated. They tried saving her life but couldn’t. A search warrant was carried out, which found baby clothes covered in blood.
The medical examiner’s office confirms the baby died of multiple injuries, including many to the head. The baby’s father, Juan Montalvo Jr., is also charged but has not been booked into the Story County Jail yet.
(Radio Iowa) – The president of Northeast Iowa Community College — on administrative leave for undisclosed reasons — says he’s done nothing wrong. Janelle Tucker reports.
Northeast Iowa Community College has campuses in Calmar and Peosta.
(Coralville, Iowa) – The Iowa Department of Corrections, Friday (today), reported a man serving a 15-year sentence for Sexual Abuse in the 3rd Degree and other charges out of Ida County, has died.
62-year-old David Allen Wieling, Sr., was pronounced dead due to natural causes at 4:35 a.m. on Friday, October 13, 2023 while in hospice at the Iowa Medical and Classification Center where he had been housed due to chronic illness.
Weiling began serving his sentence on November 14, 2018.
(Iowa DNR News) – The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) reminds lake property owners to check their boat and trailers, and docks and lifts, for aquatic invasive species before storing them for the winter. Aquatic invasive species, everything from zebra mussels to Eurasian watermilfoil, move from one waterbody to another by hitchhiking on boats, in bait buckets and on other equipment used in the water. They can create serious problems for Iowa waters and negatively impact the quality of outdoor recreation experiences.
Kim Bogenschutz, aquatic invasive species coordinator for the Iowa DNR, says “Fall is a great time for lake property owners to check their boats, docks and lifts for new infestations of aquatic invasive species like zebra mussels. As you bring each item out of the water, visually inspect areas that have been submerged for months. Touch smooth surfaces to check for juvenile zebra mussels that feel like sandpaper when you run your hand over a surface they’ve attached themselves to and are often invisible to the human eye.”
Aquatic invasive species often grow quickly and spread fast when brought to a new lake or stream due to lack of natural controls.
How to Prevent the Spread of Invasive Species
Iowa law also requires boaters to drain all water from boats and equipment before they leave a water access and to keep drain plugs removed or opened during transport. It is also illegal to introduce any live fish, except for hooked bait, into public waters.
Learn more about aquatic invasive species, including a list of infested waters in the current Iowa Fishing Regulations or at www.iowadnr.gov/ais.
(Omaha, NE) – This past Saturday (Oct. 7, 2023), Hamas militants from Gaza launched a surprise attack against towns in southern Israel, including a music festival. Media sources report there were over 900 deaths, over a thousand wounded and more than 100 Israeli hostages being taken. In response, Israel declared war on Hamas, sent airstrikes into Gaza on Sunday, over 600 Palestinians were killed.
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(Radio Iowa) – More than 500 people were lined up this (Friday) morning as the annual free dental clinic known as the Iowa Mission of Merch opened its doors in Waterloo. Iraq War Army veteran and Independence resident Cassidy Collins says he’s had trouble getting into a dentist.
Collins says it’s been eight years since his last dental checkup.
The 100 volunteer dentists and hygienists anticipate providing all levels of dental care. The clinic is on a first-come first-severed basis and runs today until everyone it taken care of and then will open again Saturday at 6 a-m.
(Radio Iowa) – U-S Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack says if congress fails to at least extend the current Farm Bill by year’s end, key programs — including one for dairy farmers — expire.
The Dairy Margin Protection Program was created in the 2018 Farm Bill. It provides payments to farmers when the cost of the milk they sell falls below the cost of production. There are over 800 dairy farms operating in Iowa today. Vilsack says the likely scenario is that the House and Senate will eventually vote to keep the 2018 Farm Bill policies in place until a new Farm Bill is developed.
Vilsack says the big stumbling block in negotiations on the 2023 Farm Bill has been whether to raise what are called “reference prices” for corn, soybeans, wheat and cotton to account for rising production costs. Those reference prices are used to calculate federal crop subsidies. Vilsack says it would cost 20 BILLION dollars over the next decade if those reference prices for corn and other commodities are hiked in the next Farm Bill.
Police are releasing few details about how a man was killed in southwest Cedar Rapids Thursday, but do say it’s a homicide. Radio Iowa’s O. Kay Henderson reports.
The man was found in a parking lot near a Cedar Rapids liquor store shortly after 5 p.m. A news release from Cedar Rapids Police does not indicate if there are suspects. Investigators are asking witnesses who may have information about the man’s death to call police. ANNOUNCER OUT: Two people were killed and one person was seriously injured last week in a shooting on the northeast side of Cedar Rapids.