(Glenwood, Iowa) – The Mills County Attorney’s Office reports a Glenwood dentist, 65-year-old Calvin Adolph Weber, was found guilty on December 15^th of Assault – Contact Insulting or Offensive. Weber appeared for a Non-Jury Trial and was found guilty of assaulting a female patient by stating she was “sexy,” and by unwanted physical contact.

He was sentenced to pay the maximum fine of $855 and a No Contact Order was issued.

(Glenwood, Iowa) – Offcials with the Mills County Attorney’s Office report a man from Sidney, 34-year-old Joseph Steven Tyler Harris, was found guilty in October of Enticing a Minor under 16 for a Sexual Purpose, in Mills County.

Harris appeared at his sentencing in Mills County District Court on December 14th. He was sentenced to fifteen years in prison.

Mills County Attorney, DeShawne L. Bird-Sell, said she would like to thank the Mills County Sheriff’s Office for their help and their dedication to the safety of the residents of Mills County.

(Guthrie Center, Iowa) – The Guthrie County Sheriff’s Office today (Wednesday), released information about a single-vehicle accident that occurred Dec. 12th, at around 7:45-p.m. Authorities say a 2023 GMC Sierra pickup driven by 34-year-old Spencer Lee Irwin, of Guthrie Center, was traveling north on Maple Avenue. The vehicle went out of control while turning right onto 245th Street. The pickup entered the north ditch and rolled onto its passenger side.

Irwin suffered suspected/non-capacitating injuries, and was transported to the Guthrie County Hospital by a Guthrie County Sheriff’s Deputy. The pickup sustained $15,000 damage.

No citations were issued.

(Radio Iowa) – Winnebago Industries executives say high interest rates and weak demand are contributing to declining sales. Winnebago makes recreational vehicles at facilities in Forest City, Lake Mills, Charles City and Waverly. The company’s reporting revenue in the first quarter of its fiscal year was 763-million dollars –a decrease of almost 20 percent compared to the first quarter of last year. Winnebago C-E-O Michael Happe says his company knew when the fiscal year started in September that there were many obstacles ahead.

“Consumer confidence was unsteady given macroeconomic factors,” Happe said. “Affordability of the RV and boating lifestyle, while still competitive with other forms of leisure travel, had become difficult for potential new customers, and dealers were aggressively managing inventory by constraining inbound wholesale shipments.”

Happe says those challenges will continue into the company’s second quarter. “We believe continued strong wholesale constraints during a seasonally-lighter retail period of the year in December through February, and subsequent further reduced production by our businesses over the holidays will also have a similar impact on Q2 financial results as well,” Happe said.

Gross profit for Winnebago in its first quarter was down 28 percent when compared to the same quarter last year.

(Radio Iowa) – The Republican presidential candidates campaigning in Iowa today (Wednesday) are denouncing a Colorado Supreme Court ruling that could keep former President Trump’s name off the primary ballot in that state. Florida Governor  Ron DeSantis says Trump did not get due process and he expects the U-S Supreme Court to overturn the decision, but DeSantis suggests it’s an effective legal stunt by liberals to boost Trump. “To basically solidify support in the primary for him, get him into the General and the whole General Election’s going to be all this legal stuff,” DeSantis said. “Look, it’s unfair. They’re abusing power 100%, but the question is: Is that going to work? And I think they have a playbook that unfortunately will work and it will give Biden or the Democrat or whoever the ability to skate through this thing.”

DeSantis made his comments early this (Wednesday) morning at the Westside Conservative Club — in response to a question from Richard Rogers, a long-time gun rights lobbyist at Iowa Capitol, who brought up Trump’s legal woes. “I am really concerned that going forward with all of these 91 indictments and the federal government having a 91% conviction rate that the battle for the next year is going to be very distracting,” Rogers said.

DeSantis says if he’s the nominee, the election will be about Biden’s failures. “Do we want to have 2024 to be about this trial, that case, this case, having to put millions of dollars into legal stuff or do we want 2024 to be about your issues, about the country’s future, with a nominee that’s going to be able to prosecute that case against the left, just like I’ve been able to do in Florida?” DeSantis said. “That is a path to winning.”

Former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley says she’s running because she doesn’t think having Trump be president again would be good for the country, but Haley says it’s up to voters to make that decision, not judges. Businessman Vivek Ramaswamy has vowed to withdraw his name from the Colorado Primary ballot if Trump’s name isn’t on it.