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DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa man who shared methamphetamine-laced greeting cards, letters and other paper goods with fellow jail inmates has been sentenced to 26 years in prison.
Prosecutors say 47-year-old Kelly Mitchell, of Burlington, was sentenced Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Davenport. He’d pleaded guilty to conspiracy to conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine and phentermine, and providing contraband to an inmate.
Mitchell acknowledged to authorities that while in custody at Muscatine County Jail on unrelated drug charges, he regularly received coloring pages, greeting cards, letters, envelopes and other paper goods that had been soaked in a liquid containing meth and another controlled substance. He then provided those papers to other inmates.
The Taylor County Sheriff’s Office reports an additional suspect was arrested Wednesday, in connection with an ongoing narcotics distribution investigation. 25-year old Jacob Jones, of Bedford, was arrested in Bedford on an active Taylor County Class-C and Class-D Felony Warrants for Controlled Substance Violations/Delivery of Controlled Substances. Jones was being held in the Taylor County Jail on $15,000 bond.
The Creston Police Department reports three separate arrests took place, Thursday. A little after 3-a.m. 59-year old Tracey Allen Simmerman, of Cromwell, was arrested following a traffic stop at the intersection of Highway 34 and Cromwell Road. Simmerman was arrested for Possession of a Controlled Substance/1st offense, and Possession of drug paraphernalia. He was later released on a $1,300 bond.
At around 7:40-a.m. Thursday, 32-year old Anthony Gene Keller, of Creston, was arrested for Driving While Barred. He was released on a $2,000 bond. And, at around 10-a.m. 40-year old Dustin James Seley, of Creston, was arrested at the Adams County Jail, on a Union County Warrant for Parole Violation. He was being held on a $5,000 cash bond.
The area’s latest and/or top news stories at 7:06-a.m. From KJAN News Director Ric Hanson.
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EDGEWOOD, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say a man was killed by a logging accident in northeast Iowa. First responders were sent around 12:25 p.m. Tuesday to the worksite about 2 miles from the Mississippi River in the southeast corner of Clayton County.
The Clayton County Sheriff’s Office says 38-year-old Jason Steger, of Greeley, was struck by a falling tree that had been knocked over by a log that was being moved. Steger was pronounced dead at the scene. He worked for Kendrick Forest Products, which is based in Edgewood.
Work safety authorities have been notified.
District 15 @ Harlan
District 16 @ Dallas Center
District 2 @ Sergeant Bluff-Luton
Today: **Excessive Heat Warning continues** Mostly sunny. High 97. Heat Index as high as 111. SW @ 10-20.
Tonight: Fair to P/Cldy. Low 76. S @ 5-10.
Tomorrow: Partly cloudy w/isolated showers/thunderstorms. High 95. Heat Index 102. S @ 10-15.
Sunday: Mostly cloudy w/scattered showers & tstrms. High 82.
Monday: P/Cldy. High around 80.
Yesterday’s High in Atlantic was 92. Our Low this morning 78. We received ..11” rain yesterday. Last year on this date our High was 86 and the Low was 63. The record High in Atlantic on this date was 110 in 1934. The Record Low was 47 in 1891 & 1947.
(All games at 7 p.m. unless noted)
SUBSTATE 1
#6 Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson at #1 Urbandale
#5 Sioux City, West at #2 Sioux City, East
#4 Sioux City, North at #3 Waukee
SUBSTATE 8
#6 Des Moines, North at #1 Johnston
#5 Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln at #2 Lewis Central
#4 Indianola vs. #3 Des Moines, East – at Des Moines, Hoover
Officers with the Red Oak Police Department, Thursday night, arrested 27-year old Phillip Kenneth Dalton Johnson, of Red Oak. Johnson was arrested on two Montgomery County warrants charging him with Domestic Abuse Assault with intent to inflict serious injury, and Obstruction of Emergency Communications.
He was arrested at around 9-p.m. in the 100 block of W. Coolbaugh Street and transported to the Montgomery County Jail, where Johnson’s bond was set at $2,300.