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Police in Red Oak arrested a man wanted in Missouri on a felony warrant for being a Fugitive From Justice. 40-year old Jason Christopher Sipes, of Red Oak, was being held in the Montgomery County jail this (Wednesday) morning without bond, pendng extradition to Missouri.
Sipes was arrested during a traffic stop in Red Oak, shortly after midnight, at the intersection of Broadway and West Joy Street. Officials say during the stop, Sipes jumped out of the vehicle and began running east on Joy Street. A Red Oak Police officer caught up with Sipes less than two blocks later and deployed his taser. Sipes collapsed onto the ground and was taken into custody without further incident.
The Montgomery County Sheriff’s office and K-9 unit assisted in Sipes’ arrest.
One person was arrested Tuesday night in Adams County, following an investigation into an incident which allegedly occurred on Sunday. Sheriff’s officials say 20-year old Johnathan Locke, of Nodaway, was arrested at around 8:35-p.m. on a warrant charging him with Criminal Mischief in the 4th degree (a Serious Misdemeanor), and two-counts of Disorderly Conduct (A Simple Misdemeanor). Locke was brought to the Adams County Jail, posted a $1,500 bond, and was released.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa officials are trying to increase awareness about the dangers of distracted driving. The state Department of Public Safety says insurance company State Farm will present the Iowa State Patrol a $25,000 grant Wednesday. The money will be used to buy three distracted driving simulators to teach young drivers about the dangers of the practice. A patrol spokesman says demonstrations and more education will decrease fatalities among young drivers. The simulators will be used on various groups, including schools, civic organizations, churches and businesses.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A new study says Des Moines is one of the best performing cities when it comes to funding its retirement pension fund. Omaha, Neb., is one of the worst. The study released Tuesday by Pew Charitable Trusts, a nonprofit public policy organization, says 16 cities funded 80 percent of the total liability in the fund and consistently made at least 90 percent of their annual recommended pension payments. Among them: Des Moines, Dallas, and Seattle.
Six cities regularly made less than two-thirds of their annual recommended contributions. They include Chicago, Omaha, and Portland, Ore. Pew examined pensions in 61 cities — the most populous one in each state — plus all others with populations over 500,000. It used data for 2007 through 2009, the most recent available.
Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press
CLIVE, Iowa (AP) — A new report says home prices and sales in Iowa are up significantly. The Iowa Association of Realtors says the median sale price for a home was $125,000 in December. That’s a 7.8 percent increase compared with the same period a year before.
JOHNSTON, Iowa (AP) — Soldiers and airmen from the Iowa National Guard have been assigned to help with President Barack Obama’s inauguration. The Iowa National Guard has announced that approximately 120 soldiers and airmen will assist federal, state and local agencies with the Jan. 21 event. Duties will include transportation and attendee management.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A new Iowa law will allow veterans to have a designation on their driver’s license or identification card. The state Department of Transportation says the law was implemented Tuesday, several months ahead of schedule. The law, signed by Gov. Terry Branstad last year, is a voluntary initiative designed to help veterans get discounts throughout the state without carrying official military documents.
LEON, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa teenager accused of shooting at several law enforcement officers has been charged with attempted murder. The state Department of Public Safety says the 16-year-old boy faces two counts of attempted murder after leading authorities on two pursuits in south-central Iowa. Additional charges are pending.
LEON, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa teenager accused of shooting at several law enforcement officers has been charged with attempted murder. The state Department of Public Safety says 16-year-old Chance Newton, of Kellerton, faces two counts of attempted murder after leading authorities on two pursuits in south-central Iowa. Additional charges are pending. Officials say the Newton evaded arrest early Tuesday morning after a short pursuit involving a Ringgold County deputy who spotted a car that had been reported stolen on Monday. The deputy lost track of the car during the initial pursuit, but when the vehicle was observed in Kellerton a little more than an hour later, State troopers and other local authorities joined a second chase that ended near Leon at around 9-a.m.
Officials say the teen shot several rounds from his weapon and struck two enforcement vehicles. Some officers were transported for medical treatment with non-life-threatening injuries. Newton fled on foot. He was later found in a rural farm house and arrested without incident.
Authorities say a teen who attends East Union High School in Afton was arrested last week after allegedly trying to negotiate trades for a stolen handgun with two Des Moines area teens. Afton Police Chief John Coulter told the Des Moines Register, 15-year old Dyrell Thorton, of Lorimor, was charged with trafficking in stolen weapons, possession of stolen property and a probation violation, after monitoring software on a computer in the Johnston School District picked up the alleged activity.
Investigators determined Thorton had communicated on Facebook with a student at Johnston High School and a student at Lincoln High School about buying and selling stolen guns and swapping ammunition. According to Coulter, Thorton apparently met the student from Lincoln at the Central Iowa Detention Center in Eldora, but it’s unclear how he knew the Johnston student.
No charges were filed against the student from Lincoln, who lives in Des Moines but is on probation in Warren County, and Johnston school officials did not file a report on the incident. According to Coulter, the gun Thorton allegedly tried to deal had been stolen from a house in Creston, but it’s unclear if Thorton had possessed or sold other guns. Police have not been able to locate the gun but were able to determined from the students’ correspondence that Thorton possessed it. Coulter told the Register it’s believed several students in Creston have since possessed the gun. He said the teen was not cooperative, and has mislead officers in a search for the gun.
An investigation into his alleged activities remains ongoing.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A new Iowa law will allow veterans to have a designation on their driver’s license or identification card. The state Department of Transportation says the law was implemented Tuesday, several months ahead of schedule. The law, signed by Gov. Terry Branstad last year, is a voluntary initiative designed to help veterans get discounts throughout the state without carrying official military documents. Iowa law only allows the designation when a driver’s license or identification card is first issued or renewed.
The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office reports a Neola man has died from injuries he suffered during a fall Sunday. Sheriff Jeff Danker says deputies were dispatched to a residence in the 30,000 block of 2nd Street in Neola at around 3-a.m. Sunday, to assist Neola Fire and Rescue personnel with a man who had reportedly fallen from an exterior door. According to witnesses, 26-year old Mathew R. McDonald, of rural Neola, fell nearly 11-feet from the main level of the residence, to the ground. A deck which had been on the exterior side of the door had been removed and was not replaced by the time the incident occurred.
McDonald suffered severe head trauma as a result of the fall. He was transported to Mercy Hospital in Council Bluffs, where he later died. The incident remains under investigation.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa regulators have reinstated the medical license of a Council Bluffs anesthesiologist and pain expert who’d lost it for a year. Dr. Michael Prescher had been accused in December 2011 of medical incompetence and of sexual misconduct with patients. The Iowa Board of Medicine dismissed the sexual misconduct allegation as unproved. But the board fined him $10,000 and suspended his license for violations of treatment standards.
Last month Prescher, who lives in Omaha, Neb., petitioned for his license to be returned. A news release from the board on Tuesday said Prescher showed that he’d paid the fine and had completed a required program on professional boundaries and a course on medical record keeping. Prescher’s license was reinstated on Friday, but he remains on five years of board probation.
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