The first woman to successfully run a presidential campaign will be the keynote speaker at this summer’s “Family Leadership Summit” in Des Moines. This will be the sixth summer in a row that the The Family Leader will host a day-long event for conservative Christians. The group has just announced Kellyanne Conway will be the keynote speaker at its 2017 event.

Conway is the long-time pollster hired last fall to manage the Trump presidential campaign. She’s now a counselor to the president. Bob Vander Plaats — the president and C-E-O of The Family Leader — says Conway’s experiences “at the highest levels of leadership and government” will provide a valuable perspective to Christian conservatives in Iowa.

Conway, along with a San Diego pastor and U.S. Senator Joni Ernst are among the confirmed speakers at the Family Leadership Summit. It will be held Saturday, July 15th in Des Moines. Conway made frequent media appearances in the lead-up to the election and during the first weeks of the Trump administration. She has reemerged this week to publicly defend President Trump’s firing of F-B-I director James Comey.

(Radio Iowa)

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) – A man accused of shooting two sheriff’s deputies, one fatally, in a Pottawattamie County jail escape has been returned to Iowa to face charges. Officials say 24-year-old Wesley Correa-Carmenaty was picked up from an Omaha, Nebraska, jail today (Wednesday) and taken to the Pottawattamie County Courthouse in Council Bluffs for his initial hearing. He was denied bail as he awaits prosecution on murder, attempted murder and other counts. He’ll be held at a jail in Sioux City.

Authorities say Correa-Carmenaty had just been sentenced to 45 years in an unrelated case May 1 when he grabbed a deputy’s gun, shot him and another deputy, and escaped in a jail transport van. Authorities say Correa-Carmenaty was recaptured after he carjacked a woman’s car and drove to Omaha.

Officials with the Cass County Health System have announced Dr. Mike Woods, MD, will provide services to the Outpatient Clinic at the Cass County Memorial Hospital.  Dr. Woods will be caring for patients at CCMH the second and fourth Mondays of each month. He will provide a full spectrum of gynecologic care, including hormonal therapies and incontinence treatment.  Dr. Woods will also do gynecologic surgeries such as pelvic floor repairs and hysterectomies at CCMH.

Dr. Woods is board certified in obstetrics/gynecology as well as a new subspecialty, Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery (FPMRS).  He was among the first in the United States to earn the FPMRS certification, and is currently the only board-certified FPMRS specialist who lives and practices in southwest Iowa.  In addition to his board certifications, he is a Fellow in the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (FACOG).

Dr Woods

To schedule an appointment, please call Cass County Health System Outpatient Clinic at (712) 243-7590.  No referral is necessary.  Same day appointments are available at this time.

A new state law establishes a new income tax credit for individuals and couples saving for their first home. The new law applies to deposits in savings accounts Iowans use EXCLUSIVELY to set aside money to cover the costs of buying their first home. Individuals may claim a yearly credit of up to two-thousand dollars. Couples saving for their first home could get a yearly four-thousand dollar tax break. Republican Roby Smith of Davenport guided the proposal through the Iowa Senate last month. “This helps Iowans with their pursuit of the American Dream…This is economic development,” Smith said during senate debate.

He said also “It helps home builders. It helps lumber yards, it helps small businesses.” The bill easily cleared the legislature, but there was one “no” vote in the Senate. In the House, 11 Democrats voted against it. Representative Mary Mascher, a Democrat from Iowa City, says the state already forgive more than 400 million in taxes this year because of ALREADY EXISTING tax credits. “Giving tax breaks is a lot more fun that taking them away,” Mascher says, “but until lawmakers get serious about demanding hard evidence that a given tax break creates growth, state budgets will continue to run in the red.”

Representative Charlie McConkey of Council Bluffs was among the majority of Democrats who voted for the bill. “I think we all can remember our first purchase,” McConkey says, “how tough it was to come up with the downpayment on that.”

Governor Branstad approved the bill creating this new tax credit yesterday (Tuesday). Iowans will be able to start claiming the income tax credit for savings deposits made after January 1st of 2018.

(Radio Iowa)

Sheriff’s officials in Pottawattamie County have confirmed an Exira teen was hurt in a motorcycle versus deer accident Tuesday night west of Griswold. 17-year old Chloe Anthofer was a passenger on a motorcycle driven by 18-year old Samuel Dankert, of Griswold, when the eastbound cycle struck a deer on Highway 92 near Contrail Avenue, at around 9:50-p.m.,Tuesday. The machine went out of control and veered off the road before coming to rest on the shoulder.

Anthofer was transported to the Cass County Memorial Hospital by Griswold Rescue. Authorities say Dankert was cited for failure to hold a valid driver’s license.

A traveling photographic memorial of Iowa military personnel who have died fighting terrorism will be on display during the May 20th Ba-Da Ba-Da Bing Bang Rally in Atlantic. Sponsored by Rolling Hills Bank and Trust, the “Remembering Our Fallen” display will be open May 19-21 at the American Legion Memorial Building (formerly the National Guard Armory) at 201 Poplar St. The hours are from noon to 4:30 p.m. Friday; from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday; and from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday.

Bill Williams, co-creator of the memorial, said “We must remember these American heroes and speak their names when we see their family members. We can never forget those who sacrificed everything for our freedom.” And, “While this memorial is about those who have died, it was created for the living…to help the families in their grief, while reminding the rest of us of the terrible price paid for our freedom by our current generation of military.”

The World-Herald sponsored a display Saluting Veterans of the War on Terror at the Strategic Air and Space Museum near Ashland. JAMES R. BURNETT/THE WORLD-HERALD

The memorial and 18 other state memorials represent 60 percent of our country’s fallen since the 9/11 terrorist attacks. These memorials have been created by Patriotic Productions, a non-profit organization headquartered in Omaha, Neb. The goal is to complete a national traveling memorial that will include all U.S. military personnel who have died during the War on Terror.

More information can be obtained by calling Bill Williams at (402) 612-0210 or by visiting the websites at: RememberingOurFallen.org or PatrioticProductions.org.

A traffic stop Tuesday night in Pottawattamie County resulted in the arrest of a Nebraska man. Sheriff’s officials say a Deputy saw a 1999 Cadillac Escalade with a forward facing red lamp at around 9:10-p.m. and initiated the traffic stop near 300th Street and Cottonwood Road.

The driver identified himself as Michel Hargreaves, but an investigation determined his real name was 31-year old Kevin Daniel Hargreaves, of Omaha. He was subsequently arrested for providing false identification and having no driver’s license. Hargreaves was also cited for having lights of an improper color.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Authorities say a man shot near a Des Moines elementary school has died. Police say 23-year-old Choice Elliston died a little after 8:30 a.m. Wednesday at a hospital. He’d been taken by private vehicle to Broadlawns Medical Center on Tuesday afternoon and then was transferred to Iowa Methodist Medical Center. He lived in Des Moines.

No arrests have been reported in what police say is Des Moines’ 14th homicide of the year. The shooting occurred near Monroe Elementary on the northwest side of the city. The school was locked down from 2 until 2:30 p.m.