Jim Field visits with Tina Bakehouse of Golden Hills RC & D about a children’s outreach program this afternoon at the Griswold Public Library and the at local farmer’s markets.
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Jim Field visits with Tina Bakehouse of Golden Hills RC & D about a children’s outreach program this afternoon at the Griswold Public Library and the at local farmer’s markets.
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Red Oak Police said today (Wednesday), that two Cass County residents were arrested on felony charges, Tuesday afternoon. 26-year old Michelle Lynn Eden and 57-year old Darrell Leroy Eden, both of Griswold, were arrested in the 800 block of N. Broadway in Red Oak at around 1-p.m. Both face Class-D Felony Forgery charges. Their bonds were set at $5,000 each. 35-year old Jeremy Hobe Pieken, of Hamburg, was arrested at around 1:15-p.m. Tuesday in the 1800 block of Highway 48, also on a Class-D Felony Forgery charge. His bond was also set at $5,000.
The area’s latest and/or top news stories at 7:06-a.m., w/KJAN News Director Ric Hanson
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Creston Police arrested a man on a 2nd offense OWI charge, Tuesday evening. 48-year old Johnny Agans, of Creston, was arrested at around 7:10-p.m. at Spruce/Townline Roads. Agans was being held in the Union County Jail on a $2,000 bond.
INDIANOLA, Iowa (AP) — A 29-year-old man has been imprisoned for setting a fire that killed his father in south-central Iowa. Warren County District Court records say 29-year-old Stephen Major was sentenced Monday to 50 years. He’d pleaded guilty in May to arson and second-degree murder after prosecutors lowered the murder charge. Authorities say 50-year-old Robert Major died in the Jan. 20, 2017, fire at his home in Hartford.
The Atlantic Community School District’s Board of Education will meet this evening in the High School Media Center, beginning at 5:30. Action items on their agenda include accepting the resignations of Chelsea Germer, 5th Grade Teacher, and Cynthia Will, Schuler Elementary Para-educator. The Board will also act on: Contract recommendations, 2018-19 Worker’s Compensation Renewal and Fiscal Year 2018 bills.
The Board will also discuss a self-assessment.
Governor Kim Reynolds is not advocating or opposing the idea of legalizing sports betting in Iowa. “We’ll work with the legislators and we’ll see what that looks like next session,” Reynolds says.
A recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling prompted states like New Jersey and Delaware to legalize sports betting. Delaware also has a sports lottery. Last week, the IOWA Lottery’s board of directors voted to have lottery staff research how a sports lottery might work here. The governor says the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission which oversees the state’s casino industry is also examining the issue. “The different agencies will be looking at that. I’m sure legislators will have questions, so that’s just a way for them to be prepared for that,” Reynolds said. “I’m not advocating one way or the other.”
Iowa Lottery officials say several of the lottery’s largest retailers have said that if sports betting becomes legal in Iowa, they want the option of offering it in their stores. The casino industry has been lobbying legislators to let state-licensed casinos run sports book operations.
(Radio Iowa)
WAUKEE, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say a woman was pulled unconscious from her car after it ran into a pond near a vehicle dealership in central Iowa. Police and firefighters were sent to the scene in Waukee around 1:50 p.m. Tuesday. The rescuers broke a window in the submerged vehicle and got the 39-year-old woman out. She was taken to a Des Moines hospital. Her name hasn’t been released.
Waukee fire Capt. Tomme Tysdal says the woman may have suffered a medical problem before her car went into the pond, which is believed to be about 8 feet deep (less than 3 meters) in the middle.