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Creston Police are investigating a hit-and-run accident that took place Monday night. Officials said according to a witness to the incident, a red pickup truck was traveling through an alley between N. Elm and W. Summit Street at around 8:45-p.m., when the vehicle drove into the yard behind a residence at 503 N. Elm, and struck the left rear side of a parked SUV. Damage to the 2006 Chevy Trailblazer was estimated at $3,000.

And, no injuries were reported following a collision Tuesday afternoon, at the intersection of S. Walnut and E. Lucas Streets, in Creston. Authorities say 51-year old Dawn Robins, of Weldon, was traveling east of Lucas Street when she ran a stop sign. Her 2000 Dodge Dakota pickup collided with a 2000 Chevy Blazer driven by 66-year old Rose Beaman, of Creston, causing $6,000 damage altogether. The accident happened as Beaman was traveling north on Walnut Street.

No citations were issued.

Researchers at Iowa State University say adding eggs to the diet could boost vitamin D levels for millions of Americans suffering from Type 2 diabetes. Matthew Rowling, an I-S-U nutrition professor, says vitamin D is important for bone health and protecting against cancer and other diseases, but diabetics have trouble retaining it and other nutrients because of poor kidney function.

“If they’re trying to get vitamin D in their diet, eggs are an excellent source,” Rowling says. “We’ve shown that the vitamin D in the egg that’s consumed, it sticks around longer and it is a rich source that can improve it more than if you took a vitamin D supplement.” The researchers in Ames found diabetic rats that were fed an egg-based diet had higher concentrations of vitamin D, improved blood glucose levels and gained less weight. Studies in humans aren’t yet scheduled, so Rowling couldn’t make any recommendations for egg consumption.

“I don’t want to make that statement yet,” Rowling says. “We’re still investigating it. Before we go out and say you need to eat five to ten eggs or whatever to get the vitamin D that you need, we don’t know what the quantity is yet.” The rats in the study were fed the equivalent of 17 to 18 eggs daily, but researchers expect a much lower dosage will be effective in people.

“I would say within the next year or two, we can probably put out something that’s reliable,” Rowling says. “Of course, we have to see this sort of study done in humans. That’s one of the next goals that we want to do.” The whole egg needs to be consumed, he says, as egg whites provide protein while the vitamin D is only in the yolk.

The research was funded by the Egg Nutrition Center and is being published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.

(Radio Iowa)

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Authorities in Fremont County say Deputies with the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office  conducted a narcotics investigation in eastern Fremont County. As part of the investigation deputies arrested four people early this (Wednesday) morning.

Stacey Budenholzer

Thomas Knipe

Alexia Law

• 53-year old Joules Gould, of Shenandoah, was arrested on an outstanding misdemeanor warrant.
• 36-year old Thomas Knipe, of Tabor, was arrested for Delivery of Methamphetamine over 5 grams and Possession of Contraband inside a correctional facility.
• 32-year old Stacey Budenholzer, of Omaha, Nebraska, was arrested for Conspiracy to Deliver Methamphetamine over 5 grams and Possession of Contraband inside a correctional facility.
• And, 25-year old Alexia Law, of Union, Nebraska was arrested for Conspiracy to Deliver Methamphetamine over 5 grams.

Knipe and Budenholzer were being held at the Fremont County Jail on $105,000.00 bond. Law was being held at the Fremont County Jail on $100,000 bond. Deputies were assisted by the Fremont County K9 Unit, and the Southwest Iowa Highway Interdiction Team.

Police in Red Oak arrested a man for Driving While Suspended, late Tuesday night. 33-year old Brent Lee Wagaman, of Red Oak, was taken into custody at around 11-p.m. after being pulled-over at the intersection of N. Broadway and W. Washington Streets. Wagaman was being held in the Montgomery County Law Enforcement Center on a $300 bond.

A debate over funding for K-12 education in the Iowa Senate yesterday (Tuesday) included claims that many schools could be forced to cut their literacy programs. Senator Herman Quirmbach, a Democrat from Ames, cited the results of a survey that Democratic lawmakers sent to school superintendents. It asked how they would respond if the legislature failed to provide a “decent increase” in school aid.

“Particularly shocking, cut back in literacy programs, 43-percent are telling us they would have to cut back in literacy programs,” Quirmbach said. Democrats, who control the Senate, pushed through a bill that would boost K-12 aid by four-percent for the 2017-18 academic year. Quirmbach said that level of an increase is needed to keep Iowa students from falling behind their peers in other states.

“If we don’t provide adequate funding…43-percent of the districts will actually be cutting back on literacy programs at the time when they should be increasing the literacy programs,” Quirmbach said. Senator Julian Garrett was shocked by Quirmbach’s remarks. The Republican from Indianola said school leaders, if necessary, should be able to find many other areas to make budget cuts.

“They need to spend the money on…a higher priority than teaching kids to read? That just floors me,” Garrett said. “I cannot understand schools saying that reading is not the big priority for us. If that is the basis for this proposal, count me out. I am voting no.” The House and Senate have still not settled on the level of school funding for next year. Tuesday’s debate in the Senate was over K-12 funding for the FOLLOWING school year, starting in the fall of 2017.

(Radio Iowa)

A Council Bluffs man received a suspended sentence and probation for his role in a burglary in Mills County. The Daily NonPareil reports 39-year old Willard E. Frazier, was convicted in Mills County court on Monday of third-degree burglary, a Class D felony.  Fourth District Court Judge James Heckerman sentenced Frazier to five years in prison, all of which was suspended. He placed Frazier on formal probation for two years.