(Atlantic, Iowa) – A Republican presidential candidate who garnered zero response in Iowa poll last August was in southwest Iowa (Today) Friday. Ryan Binkley held a “Meet-and-greet” event at the Family Table Restaurant, where he spoke with residents about his platform and background. Earlier in the day he held similar events in Sidney and Red Oak. Binkey, a 55-year-old pastor and entrepreneur from Texas told KJAN News his message to Iowans is about fixing education, healthcare and the economy.

He says “The U-S dollar is being misplaced across the globe, and when that continues to be devalued, then that basically hurts America’s strength across the world,” and we’re being ignored by countries like Russia and China.

A survey of likely Iowa Republican voters in October, showed Ryan Binkley with 2% support, tied with former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and doubling former Vice President Mike Pence. Binkley said he’s trying to get his name out there and show why he’s a better option than the current field of candidates.

He says he’s the only candidate with a balance budget plan. “We’re the only one that wants to transform healthcare…nobody else is really talking about these big issues that really impact our economy.” And, as Veteran’s Day approaches, Ryan Binkley has a message for those who want to honor our nation’s veterans…

Binkley is the President and CEO of Generational Group located in Richardson, Texas. He and his wife, Ellie, are founders of Create Church, a multiethnic, multigenerational church in Richardson. The couple has five children. His bio says “As lead pastor, his deep passion is to see church members of all walks of life discover and live out their purpose.”

(Radio Iowa) – The name of a prominent suffragette will remain on a building on the Iowa State University campus. Carrie Chapman Catt, who grew up in Charles City, was president of the National American Women Suffrage Association in 1920 when the 19th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified, giving women the right to vote. In 1995, a building on Iowa State’s campus was renamed in her honor.

A recent petition drive and protesters pointed to a statement Catt made in the south, that white supremacy would “be strengthened, not weakened” by giving women the right to vote — and I-S-U’s president convened a review committee. The group met 28 times. Eleven of of its members have voted to keep Catt’s name on the building, well over the two-thirds majority required.

Iowa State University president Wendy Wintersteen says the committee methodically examined a complex and historical figure. Catt was the only woman in the 1880 graduating c

(Radio Iowa) – Authorities in central Iowa are seeing an upturn in the number of seizures of a drug so dangerous, even touching the tablets could be lethal. Captain Nick Lennie, chief deputy of the Story County Sheriff’s Office, says the so-called M-30 pills are stamped with an “M” on one side and a “30” on the other. It’s very difficult to tell whether they’re counterfeit or real prescription medications, and he says swallowing one could quickly result in an overdose if they’re laced with fentanyl or methamphetamine.

Fentanyl can be absorbed through the skin, so Lennie says even handling the pills could be very risky. A deadly dose of fentanyl is about the size of a few grains of salt, he says, and it continues to be one of the primary sources of overdose deaths from opioids. Lennie says they’re seeing M-30 more often, even in rural Iowa.*

Rainbow fentanyl pills. (DEA photo)

The counterfeit M-30 pills are being manufactured in places like China, India and Mexico and Lennie says they’re often being distributed in the U-S through social media sites, typically to buyers in their teens and 20s.

Following up on the campaign “One Pill Can Kill,” Sergeant Nick Hochberger, also at the Story County Sheriff’s Office, says if there are unused medications in your household, you can dispose of them easily and anonymously.*

Businesses, organizations and schools can get the overdose reversal drug, Naloxone, for free, through the website “naloxoneiowa.org”, while individuals can get Naloxone through many local pharmacies.

(Clarinda, Iowa) – The Page County Sheriff’s Office today (Friday) released a report on arrests/bookings that took place from October 5th through November 3rd. Those arrested include (date/name/age/city of residence/offense):

10/05/2023 Nickolaus Egger Albert (60) of Westby, Wisconsin. Booked into the Page County Jail for Public intoxication.
10/05/2023 Zachary Aaron Thomas (27) of Shenandoah Iowa. Booked into the Page County Jail for Driving while barred.
10/05/2023 Ronald Lester HeMiller (46) of Villisca Iowa. Booked into the Page County Jail to serve time.
10/05/2023 Lyle Francis Stogdill (40) of Shenandoah Iowa. Arrested by the Page County Sheriff’s Office for an active warrant for (3) counts of Violation of Probation.
10/05/2023 Calle Vivian Gibson (33) of Clarinda Iowa. Arrested by the Page County Sheriff’s Office for an active warrant for Violation of Probation.
10/06/2023 Jay Dean Miles (48) of Shambaugh Iowa. Arrested by the Page County Sheriff’s Office for an active warrant for Violation of Parole.
10/06/2023 Donavan Craig Jones (31) of Clarinda Iowa. Arrested by the Page County Sheriff’s Office for an active warrant for Assault.
10/06/2023 Vincent Craig Jones (58) of Clarinda Iowa. Arrested by the Page County Sheriff’s Office for an active warrant for assault.
10/06/2023 Gerald Dean Archer (53) of Shenandoah Iowa. Booked into the Page County Jail to serve time.
10/07/2023 Edward Paul Swanson (62) of Clarinda Iowa. Booked into the Page County Jail for Theft 2nd Degree and Fraud Practices.
10/09/2023 Sara Frances Skalberg (26) of Essex Iowa. Booked into the Page County Jail for OWI First Offense.
10/10/2023 Mark Duane Harvey (64) of Shenandoah Iowa. Arrested by the Page County Sheriff’s Office for an active warrant for Violation of a No-Contact Order.
10/11/2023 Sean Dylan Watson (27) of Clarinda Iowa. Booked into the Page County Jail for (7) counts of Theft in the 5th Degree.
10/12/2023 Denman Grant Johnson III (59) of Omaha Nebraska. Booked into the Page County Jail for Fugitive from Justice.
10/13/2023 Gary Lynn Runyon Runyon Jr. (50) of Coin Iowa. Arrested by the Page County Sheriff’s Office for Driving While Barred.
10/15/2023 Alex Jeremy Hansen (39) of New Market Iowa. Booked into the Page County Jail for Contempt-Resist Court Order.
10/15/2023 Aydien Kale Price (19) of Carson Iowa. Booked into the Page County Jail for Possession of a Controlled Substance and Ineligible to Carry Weapon.
10/15/2023 Tanya Renea Herzberg (42) of Braddyville Iowa. Arrested by the Page County Sheriff’s Office for Domestic Abuse Assault.
10/17/2023 Shyra Ruthann Potts (21) of Blanchard Iowa. Arrested by the Page County Sheriff’s Office for Violation of a No-Contact Order.
10/17/2023 Jordan Smith Friedman (25) of Clarinda Iowa. Arrested by the Page County Sheriff’s Office for Violation of a No-Contact Order.
10/18/2023 Demarcus Jermar King (36) of Elliott Iowa. Arrested by the Page County Sheriff’s Office for Domestic Assault Choking/Bodily Injury and False Imprisonment.
10/18/2023 Robert Edward Goforth (59) of Clarinda Iowa. Booked into the Page County Jail for Violation of Probation.
10/18/2023 Darrin Michael Wheeler (40) of Clarinda Iowa. Booked into the Page County Jail for Child Endangerment.
10/19/2023 Kelly Dean Baker (510 of College Springs. Booked into the Page County Jail for Disorderly Conduct.
10/19/2023 Ronald Lester HeMiller (46) of Villisca Iowa. Booked into the Page County Jail for Driving while Barred.
10/19/2023 Amanda Maria Carlson (36) of New Market Iowa. Booked into the Page County Jail for Theft in the second degree.
10/19/2023 Michael Lloyd Harms (53) of Shenandoah Iowa. Booked into the Page County Jail for Possession of a controlled substance and OWI Second Offense.
10/20/2023 Phillip Jay McClish (43) of Clarinda Iowa. Arrested by the Page County Sheriff’s Office for Driving While Barred.
10/20/2023 Gerald Dean Archer (53) of Shenandoah Iowa. Booked into the Page County Jail to serve time.
10/21/2023 Matthew Scott Tillman (40) of Council Bluffs Iowa. Arrested by the Page County Sheriff’s Office for Fire Marshall Burn Ban.
10/22/2023 Darren Douglas Bartley (48) of Shenandoah Iowa. Booked into the Page County Jail for Tampering with Ignition Interlock Device.
10/22/2023 Jesse Eugene Hutton (34) of Omaha Nebraska. Booked into the Page County Jail for Harassment in the Second Degree and two counts of Assault on a Peace Officer.
10/23/2023 Michael Delaine Resh (47) of Essex Iowa. Booked into the Page County Jail to serve time.
10/23/2023 David Anthony Daugherty Jr. (53) of Sidney Iowa. Booked into the Page County Jail to serve time.
10/23/2023 Christopher Charles Bowers (42) of Essex Iowa. Booked into the Page County Jail for Failure to Appear.
10/24/2023 Romell Nathanial Epley (32) of St. Charles Missouri. Booked into the Page County Jail for Disorderly Conduct and Assault.
10/26/2023 Angelia Marie Hummel (46) of Shenandoah Iowa. Arrested by the Page County Sheriff’s Office on an active warrant for Failure to Appear.
10/27/2023 Richard Duane Dozier (49) of Red Oak Iowa. Arrested by the Page County Sheriff’s Office on an active warrant for Failure to Appear.
10/29/2023 Gary Wayne Taylor Jr. (46) of Shenandoah Iowa. Booked into the Page County Jail for Domestic Abuse Assault and 4 counts of Child Endangerment.
11/02/2023 Monty Wayne Casteel Jr. (45) of Clarinda Iowa. Booked into the Page County Jail for Possession of a controlled substance.
11/02/2023 Deborah Jordan Snider (28) of Shenandoah Iowa. Booked into the Page County Jail for two counts of Animal Neglect with Injury or Death and 4 counts of Child Endangerment.
11/02/2023 Michael David McConnell (54) of Waukee Iowa. Booked into the Page County Jail for Public Intoxication and Theft in the Fifth Degree.
11/02/2023 Alex Jeremy Hansen (39) of New Market Iowa. Booked into the Page County Jail for Violation of Probation, Felon in control of Firearm and Possession of a Controlled Substance Second Offense.
11/02/2023 Ronald Lester HeMiller (46) of Villisca Iowa. Booked into the Page County Jail to serve time.
11/02/2023 Jory John Larkin (36) of Clarinda Iowa. Arrested by the Page County Sheriff’s Office on an active warrant for failure to appear on an Adams County Charge.
11/03/2023 Amber Marie Spire-Kirsch (38) of Clarinda Iowa. Booked into the Page County Jail for Compulsory Education First Offense.
11/03/2023 Gerald Dean Archer (53) of Shenandoah Iowa. Booked into the Page County
Jail to serve time.