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Officials with the Creston Police Department report two men were arrested on separate charges, Tuesday. Just before 11-a.m., 50-year old Joel Weeks, of Creston, was arrested for Driving While Barred. He was later released from the Union County Jail on a $2,000 bond. And, at around 7-p.m. Tuesday, 18-year old William Wulff, of Chariton, was arrested in Creston on a charge of Theft in the 5th Degree. He was later released on a Promise to Appear in Court.
Creston Police said also, a resident of the 600 block of S. Park Street reported Tuesday morning, that sometime between 10-p.m. Monday and 8-a.m. Tuesday, someone stole a Marine Band CB radio from his vehicle parked near the residence. The loss was estimated at $140. And, a woman residing in the 700 block of W. Adams Street in Creston, reported to police that sometime between 5:50-p.m. and 6-p.m., someone broke a window at her residence. The loss was estimated at $150.
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GRINNELL, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say a man was burned by a fire that spread across his business site in central Iowa. Cedar Rapids television station KCRG reports that firetrucks were dispatched around 1 p.m. Tuesday to Morrison Repair in Grinnell. An outbuilding with tractors and farm equipment, a semitrailer full of tires and several piles of tires were aflame when firefighters arrived.
Investigators say people at a nearby business had been burning items at the rear of that property, but strong winds spread the flames to Morrison Repair. Authorities say owner Ron Morrison suffered burns to his face while trying to get tractors out of the outbuilding.
Governor Kim Reynolds says she’s confident there will be a “seamless” switch after another change in the state-run Medicaid program. One of the three private companies that began managing care for Medicaid patients in 2016 is pulling out of the program this Thursday. State officials originally said 215-thousand Iowans in the Medicaid program would be automatically enrolled with UnitedHealth, but could choose to switch to Amerigroup. Amerigroup is the other remaining carrier. Monday, though, about 10-thousand Iowans found out they cannot make that choice. State officials will step in to manage their care instead. “The Department of Human Services has put together a transition plan and they’re monitoring it very closely every single day,” Reynolds says. “Our goal is to make it as seamless as possible, to make sure that we continue to offer continuity of service, again, to Iowans who really need a coordinated care and need that extra help and to really do everything we can to eliminate as much disruption as possible.”
Iowa’s switch the privately-managed care was approved by the federal government as a way to manage costs and provide choice to Medicaid patients. Iowa Democrats have opposed what they call “privatizing” the Medicaid program and this week the Iowa Democratic Party chairman called the system “ReynoldsCare”. The governor says it’s a “partnership” to ensure the program is sustainable for taxpayers and serving poor, elderly and disabled Iowans who cannot afford health care insurance on their own. “It’s not perfect. I’ve never said it was perfect, but I am willing to put the time and the effort into making sure that Iowans get the care that they deserve in a managed and coordinated and more modern delivery system,” Reynolds said. “I’m not going back.”
Reynold says she has “full faith and confidence” in the people managing the Medicaid program for 600-thousand Iowans. Health care providers say they’re not getting paid and Democrats say it’s time to revert back to a standard fee system with state-paid employees manage Medicaid. “When you have fee-for-service that was on an average increasing at 10/7 percent, that’s not sustainable,” Reynolds says. “I hope you would ask them: ‘How are they going to pay for it?…Are they not going to fund education? Are they not going to fund health care?'”
Reynolds made her comments late Tuesday morning, during a brief news conference in Boone. Iowa officials are seeking a deal with another private company to manage care for Medicaid patients, but that contract won’t be signed until the summer of 2019.
(Radio Iowa)
Iowans may be pulling more green out of their pockets to purchase a Christmas tree this year, especially if that tree was grown out of state. Iowa Christmas tree grower Rod Heintz, says there’s an undersupply of some popular evergreens nationwide due to wildfires and drought. “Right now there’s a shortage of Christmas trees because of that,” Heintz says. “Everything is up three to five dollars a tree this year.”
Heintz manages Strautman Tree Farm near Cambridge. He says Iowans can likely save a few dollars this year if they get a tree grown within the state’s borders. Heintz did NOT raise his prices from last year. “We sell ’em from three feet tall to 15 foot…so, they range anywhere from $30 to $250 a (tree),” Heintz says.
There are around 100 Christmas tree farms in Iowa, growing on a total of about 1,500 acres. Heintz says he was pleasantly surprised with the strength of his Christmas tree crop this year. “We had absolutely no rain this growing season, but they look tremendous,” Heintz told Radio Iowa. “I can’t believe how well they look.”
Heintz says many of his customers return year after year because they enjoy the experience of buying a tree direct from a farm, rather than from a big box store.
According to the Iowa Christmas Tree Grower’s Association, it can take up to 15 years to grow a tree of average retail sale height (6 feet), but the average growing time is seven years. The top selling Christmas trees in Iowa are Scotch Pine and White Pine.
(Radio Iowa)
Sheriff’s Officials in eastern Iowa’s Grundy County are asking for your help in locating a missing man. Officials say 28-year old Michael Bruce Johns, of Grundy Center, was reported as a missing person by the Grundy Center Police Department, on Oct. 26th. Johns is described as 5-feet 7-inches tall and weighing 180-lbs. During the subsequent investigation, information was developed which led law enforcement to believe that at the time of his disappearance, Johns was wearing a white baseball cap, a green or dark colored Under Armor hooded sweatshirt, blue jeans, and white and gray tennis shoes. The investigation also developed information that indicated that Johns was last seen in an area between Greene, Iowa and Charles City, Iowa, during the early morning hours of October 25th, 2017, at around 6:00 am. Past that time, Johns has not been seen or heard from. Investigators believe that foul play is suspected in Johns’ disappearance.
The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office and the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation are asking for the public’s assistance in providing any information about having contact with or sightings of Johns in the area mapped out below, during the early morning of October 25th, 2017. The public is also encouraged to be vigilant to be looking for anything that would indicate a current location for Johns based off the clothing that he is believed to be wearing.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Grundy County Sheriff’s Office at 319-824-6933, or contact Cedar Valley Crime Stoppers at 855-300-TIPS (8477). Tips may also be left at WWW.CVCRIMESTOP.COM Tips may also be sent with TipSoft or by texting the word CEDAR plus the information to CRIMES (274637). Message and data rates may apply. Text STOP to opt out at any time. Text HELP for more information.
ADEL, Iowa (AP) — An 19-year-old woman whose twins were seen wandering naked near a busy state highway in central Iowa has pleaded not guilty. Jasmine Teed entered the plea Monday in Dallas County. Teed’s charged with two counts of child endangerment. Officers were sent to a house along U.S. Highway 6 in Adel around 9 a.m. Nov. 2. Police say witnesses reported seeing someone herd the unclothed 2-year-olds back in the house after they were spotted near the highway. An officer entered the house and called out but received no answer. The officer reports finding Teed asleep in a bedroom.
Police say the outdoor temperature at the time was 43 degrees.
BOYS
Hawkeye Ten Conference
Winterset 59, Atlantic 46
Denison-Schleswig 66, Lewis Central 60
Glenwood 73, Thomas Jefferson 25
Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 80, Carroll 66 (Parker Badding, KC 44pts/ Cooper Ross, Carroll 34pts)
Nodaway Valley 67, Clarinda 46
Southwest Valley 67, Shenandoah 51 (Chance Cobb, SWV 15pts)
Western Iowa Conference
IKM-Manning 59, Audubon 53 (Alex Lingle, IKM-M 35pts)
Logan-Magnolia 56, Griswold 26 (Jessup Lake, Lo-Ma 19pts)
Treynor 61, AHSTW 55 (Dillon Faubel, Treynor 20pts/ RJ Harris, AHSTW 20pts)
Tri-Center, Neola 73, Riverside, Oakland 40 (Jackson Nelson, TC 32pts)
Rolling Valley Conference
OA-BCIG 62, Boyer Valley, Dunlap 57
West Monona 85, West Harrison 58
Corner Conference
East Mills 42, Woodbine 40
Mount Ayr 75, Clarinda Academy 48
Pride of Iowa Conference
Diagonal 68, East Union 65
Lenox 57, Orient-Macksburg 34
GIRLS
Hawkeye Ten Conference
Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 59, Glenwood 35
Kuemper Catholic 67, Carroll 42
Lewis Central 55, Denison-Schleswig 30
Nodaway Valley 56, Clarinda 32 (Annie Herr, Nodaway Valley 16pts)
Shenandoah 59, Southwest Valley 24
Western Iowa Conference
IKM-Manning 58, Audubon 19
Logan-Magnolia 57, Griswold 35
Treynor 60, AHSTW 33
Tri-Center 36, Riverside 33 (Marissa Anderson, Tri-Center 14pts)
Underwood 80, Missouri Valley 47
Rolling Valley Conference
West Monona 77, West Harrison 31
Corner Conference
East Mills 39, Woodbine 36
Pride of Iowa Conference
Lenox 53, Orient-Macksburg 22
Other Scores
Earlham 52, Van Meter 38
Panorama 58, Des Moines Christian 20
West Central Valley, Stuart 55, Woodward-Granger 51
Westwood, Sloan 96, Whiting 15