The City Council in Walnut met Thursday evening. City Clerk Terri Abel reports one of the matters they discussed was with regard to the Streetscape and Fascade Projects. The Fascade project is 100-percent complete, all the storefronts are finished, which brings a new look to the downtown area, for a “New, old look.”

She said as far as the Streetscape is concerned, progress was made in the form of concrete being poured to replace the gravel sidewalks. The streetlights have yet to be installed and trees left to planted and other amenities taken care of, but overall, she says “We’re progressing.”

Abell said also the Council acted on certain street closings for the September 16^th and 17^th Walnut Antique Fall Festival. They include: Antique City Drive, from Pearl Street to Summit Street; Highland Street, both east and westbound, from Antique City Drive to the alley. The streets will be closed effective 6-p.m. Friday, Sept. 16^th and reopen Sunday evening the 17^th.

And, the Walnut City Council discussed the issue of Animal Control. Abel said they briefly talked about requiring a certificate of insurance for all dog owners, but they opted not to do so, and therefore there is no change to the ordinance.

SPENCER, Iowa (AP) – Authorities suspect a man fatally shot in Spencer was trying to break into a home. Thirty-year-old Nicolas Bandomo was shot early on Sept. 1, and police said Thursday they think he was trying to reach people in the home whom he’d been barred by protection orders from contacting.

Bandomo fled to a nearby residence after he was shot. Police say he was taken to Spencer Hospital and then died after he was transferred to a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, hospital. He lived in Albert City.

The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation is aiding Spencer Police with the case.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) – An organization that offers mental health services for children has announced plans for a new $6 million behavioral health campus in western Iowa.
Officials with the Boys and Girls Home and Family Services announced the plans Thursday. The organization says the new site in Sioux City will be completed in three phases over the next four years.

The Sioux City Journal reports the nonprofit has struggled to maintain and upgrade aging infrastructure on its main campus, where some portions were built in 1913. The organization’s CEO, Art Silva, says leaders wanted a new location that would be more cost effective and offer a more “campus-like” setting.

About $3 million has been raised, including a $350,000 grant from Tyson Foods.

A central Iowa girl was killed and two other teens were badly hurt when the car they were riding in collided with a semi-truck on Thursday afternoon. Des Moines police say a car with three teenagers inside rolled through a stop sign and into an intersection where it was broadsided by a semi-truck.

One of the passengers in the car, 14-year-old Savannah Bonds of Des Moines, was killed. The other two teens were reported in critical condition, 17-year-old Dayton Anderson and 18-year-old Mackenzie Tilton. It’s unclear which one was driving. The trucker wasn’t hurt.

(Radio Iowa)