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FORT DODGE, Iowa (AP) – Webster County officials are seeking changes to Iowa’s process for reviewing hog confinement operations, arguing the current process has few restrictions and almost no local control. The Messenger reports the request comes after a large number of new hog confinement applications in the county prompted county supervisors and residents an update to the animal confinement rules.
Recommendations for changes include an increased distance from confinements to residential properties and waterways, as well as a three-mile distance from cities or subdivisions. The Webster County Board plans to present a list of recommendations to Republican state Sen. Tim Kraayenbrink at this week’s Iowa State Association of Counties legislative meeting.
Child welfare experts at the Iowa Department of Human Services are seeking changes in state law to better protect children whose caregivers are involved with illegal drugs. Under a proposed bill, a wider variety of controlled substances would trigger a child abuse investigation. Jenae Harvey, with the D-H-S Child Welfare Bureau, says several key drugs found in homes aren’t now covered.
Harvey says, “What we’ve seen over the past two years is families where cocaine, heroin, opioids and methamphetamines are alleged, those caregivers tend to be involved with the Department of Human Services repetitively.”
The current law was designed to protect children in homes where methamphetamines were being used, sold or manufactured. Under the proposed bill, a child abuse investigation would be warranted if the drug activity occurs even when the child is not home. Harvey says the D-H-S has had repeated contacts with families where cocaine, heroin, opioids and meth are present.
She says, “We want to have the opportunity to do the necessary safety and risk assessments for the children and get the caregivers the substance abuse treatment they need in order to be the best parents that they can.”
Under the proposed change, the D-H-S would spend more time evaluating the families. A similar bill failed to win passage last year.
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(Corrects source of report) — Clarinda Police Chief Keith Brothers reports Page County Crime Stoppers is offering a monetary reward for information that leads to the arrest and indictment of the person or persons who broke into the Parkview Apartment Complex, located at 1001 E. Main St., in Clarinda. The incident happened sometime during the evening of November 20th or the early morning hours of November 21st.
A large amount of flooring material was stolen from the apartment complex, which is currently undergoing renovations. If you have information concerning the burglary and theft, contact the Clarinda Police Department at 712-542-2194. Callers may remain anonymous.
The Glenwood Police Department reports two arrests took place, Tuesday. 20-year old Kameron Myers, of Glenwood, was arrested on a Mills County warrant for serious Assault, and for Possession of Marijuana. He posted a total of $2,000 bond, and was released. And, 37-year old Jeremy Potts, of Glenwood, was arrested on a Mills County warrant for Driving While Revoked. Potts also posted a $2000 bond, and was released.
The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office reports a Nebraska man was arrested Tuesday evening on an Audubon County warrant, following an investigation into a person living in a vacant home southwest of Avoca. A Deputy was dispatched to a residence in the 40,000 block of Sumac Road at around 4-p.m., after the home’s owner called authorities saying the residence should be vacant, and that a family member may be there without permission.
The Deputy made contact with 40-year old Patrick Eugene Petersen, of Omaha. A records check indicated Petersen was wanted on a warrant out of Audubon County for Failure to Appear in Court for a compliance hearing, on an original charge of Eluding. Petersen was booked into the Pott. County Jail pending extradition to Audubon County.
The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office reports also, 38-year old Kirk Thomas Ring, of Underwood, was arrested Monday night for Obstruction of an Emergency Communication device, following an investigation into a disturbance in Underwood. Officials say a Deputy made contact with Ring’s father, who said Kirk and his girlfriend wouldn’t stop arguing. The father advised the Deputy that when he told his son he was going to call 9-1-1, Kirk took his phone away. A neighbor ended-up calling in the verbal disturbance.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – A Des Moines doctor has agreed to pay more than $176,000 to settle federal allegations that his clinic submitted bills for unapproved or counterfeit cancer drugs. The Des Moines Register reports Dr. Magdy Elsawy was accused of purchasing the drugs in 2012 from a company that distributed faulty or fake medications. He denies wrongdoing, and he has not been charged with any crimes.
Federal officials say in settlement documents released Tuesday that Elsawy’s Hematology and Oncology Center of Iowa “improperly submitted claims to Medicare and Medicaid for cancer treatments when (the clinic) knew or recklessly disregarded the fact that the drugs used in those treatments were unapproved, misbranded or counterfeits.”
The clinic’s lawyer, Dulce Foster, said her client’s payment “is in no way a reflection of any wrongdoing.”
BOYS BASKETBALL SCOREBOARD
Tuesday, November 30, 2016
Hawkeye Ten
Atlantic 83 Winterset 59 (Garrett Franken 42pts, 7 reb, 2 blck/ Scott Leonard 12pts)
Creston 65 Mount Ayr 29
Glenwood 71 Thomas Jefferson 53
Kuemper Catholic 59 Carroll 43
Lewis Central 68 Denison-Schleswig 41
Nodaway Valley 55 Clarinda 46 (Brady Hilpipre 15pts, Spencer Lamb 14pts)
Shenandoah 58 Southwest Valley 56
Treynor 83 Red Oak 51
Rolling Valley Conference
Ar-We-Va 60 CAM 42
Boyer Valley 55 Glidden-Ralston 35
Coon Rapids-Bayard 66 Charter Oak-Ute 42
Exira/EHK 61 Paton-Churdan 41
West Monona 66 West Harrison 60
Western Iowa Conference
AHSTW 99 Woodbine 20 (RJ Harris 20pts, Jake Martin 15pts)
Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto 75 Missouri Valley 30
South Central Calhoun 86 Audubon 41
Corner Conference
Riverside 78 Heartland Christian 52
Underwood 61 Fremont-Mills 35
Pride of Iowa Conference
Central Decatur 63 Clarke 48
East Union 67 Diagonal 34
Orient-Macksburg 74 Lenox 72
Southeast Warren 61 Mormon Trail 59
Wayne 65 Twin Cedars 59
GIRLS BASKETBALL SCOREBOARD
Tuesday, November 30, 2016
Hawkeye Ten
Abraham Lincoln 45 Glenwood 31
Kuemper Catholic 74 Carroll 51
Lewis Central 55 Denison-Schleswig 48
Nodaway Valley 50 Clarinda 33
Shenandoah 63 Southwest Valley 35
St. Albert 60 Tri-Center 50
Treynor 67 Red Oak 31
Corner Conference
Riverside 49 Heartland Christian 29
Underwood 59 Fremont-Mills 27
Western Iowa Conference
Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto 47 Missouri Valley 46
South Central Calhoun 56 Audubon 39
Pride of Iowa Conference
Central Decatur 75 Clarke 37
Lenox 45 Orient-Macksburg 11
Pleasantville def. Melcher-Dallas
Southeast Warren 33 Mormon Trail 30
Rolling Valley Conference
CAM 45 Ar-We-Va 43
Charter Oak-Ute 45 Coon Rapids-Bayard 32
Exira/EHK 81 Paton-Churdan 16
Glidden-Ralston 55 Boyer Valley 51
Double Dual @ Audubon
Audubon 48 West Harrison 12
East Union 36 Audubon 34
East Union 48 West Harrison 4
Double Dual @ Denison
Sergeant Bluff-Luton 66 Denison-Schleswig 12
Westwood 76 Denison-Schlesig 6
Quad @ Interstate-35
Creston/Orient-Macksburg 58 Nodaway Valley 9
Creston/Orient-Macksburg 55 Interstate 35 18
Creston/Orient-Macksburg Winterset
Interstate 35 42 Winterset 33
Winterset 43 Nodaway Valley 18
Quad @ Southeast Valley
Coon Rapids-Bayard 36 Southeast Valley 33
Manson-NW Webster 39 Coon Rapids-Bayard 30
Panorama 46 Coon Rapids-Bayard 24Double Dual @ Treynor
Southwest Iowa 48 Treynor 36
Treynor 42 Woodbine 42
Treynor Woodbine
Woodbine 48 Southwest Iowa 36