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Police in Creston arrested a woman on drug charges, Tuesday night. 18-year old Jazzmyn Casteel, of Creston, was arrested just after 10-p.m. following a traffic stop. She faces charges that include OWI 1st, Possession of Paraphernalia and Possession of a Controlled Substance. Casteel was later released from the Union County Jail on a $1000 bond.
And, at around 3:50-p.m., Tuesday, 27-year old Terry Hankins-Lund, of Osceola, was arrested at 901 N. Elm Street in Creston, for Public Intoxication. Hankins-Lund was being held in the Union County Jail on a $300 bond.
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The deadline is fast approaching for you to nominate someone to be honored as a Hero of the Heartland at the Iowa-Nebraska football game November 25th in Iowa City. Iowa Region American Red Cross communications officer, Kara Kelly, says a person can be a hero for several different reasons. “We’re looking for people who really have gone above and beyond. Maybe there was an extraordinary act of courage, it could be a life-saving act, or it could be somebody who had donated countless hours to a special cause,” Kelly says.
The deadline to nominate someone is Monday, October 24th. “We have not received a lot of nominations so far,” according to Kelly, “I think we’re getting drowned out a little bit by a lot of news that’s happening. Whether it’s political, and we’ve had a lot of disaster news lately, both locally and nationally. So, get those nominations in.”
You can make you nomination online. “Go to Red-Cross-Dot-Org-Slash Iowa (redcross.org/iowa). If you do that there’s a picture of Herbie and Herky at the top of the page that you can click on and submit your nomination for the Hy-Vee Heroes game,” Kelly says.
A hero from both Iowa and Nebraska will be honored before a crowd at Kinnick Stadium. “We are looking kind of for those unheralded everyday people who have gone above and beyond,” Kelly says. She says its a privilege for the Red Cross and Hy-Vee and the two schools to honor the heroes. I think it’s a real treat for those heroes to go out into the middle of the field, whether its at Memorial Stadium or again this year at Kinnick, and be applauded by the thousands of people in the stands. It’s a really fun day.”
People who are nominated to be a hero must be at least 18 years of age and live, work or go to school in either Iowa or Nebraska — but their act of heroism or good deed need not have occurred in either state.
(Radio Iowa)
Today:P/Cloudy to cloudy. High 67. N @ 10-15.
Tonight: Mo. Cldy w/spotty light rain. Low 42. N @ 5-10.
Tomorrow: Mo. Cldy w/light rain in the morning; High 59. N @ 10-15.
Friday: P/Cldy. High 64.
Saturday: P/Cldy. High near 70.
Tuesday’s High in Atlantic of 72. Our 24-hour Low (ending at 7-a.m. today) was 47. Last year on this date, our High in Atlantic was 80 and the low was 57. The Record High in Atlantic on this date was 88 in 2003. The Record Low was 12 in 1972.
Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz is happy with the way his team rebounded after a tough loss. The Hawkeyes bounced back from a 38-31 loss to Northwestern with road wins over Minnesota and Purdue and can climb right back into the Big Ten West race with a victory over 10th ranked Wisconsin. (click on the left side of each audio bar to play)
Ferentz says the Hawkeyes met the challenge after stumbling to a 3-2 start.
Wisconsin is ranked tenth despite consecutive losses to Michigan and Ohio State and Ferentz says the Badgers deserve the ranking.
Ferentz hopes tight end George Kittle will be available on Saturday. He injured a foot in the win at Purdue but x-rays were negative. Ferentz says LeShun Daniels and Akrum Wadley have become a good combination at running back.
Wisconsin coach Paul Chryst says the Hawkeyes have played well the past two weeks.
Iowa won a defensive battle a year ago in Madison but Chryst says that won’t play a factor in the outcome on Saturday.
Chryst says the proximity of the fans makes playing in Kinnick Stadium unique.
(Learfield Sports)
Northern Iowa coach Mark Farley says the margin for error is gone. The Panthers are 2-4 after faltering in the fourth quarter of another game in a 14-10 loss at Youngstown State and will need to win their final five games to get a spot in the FCS playoffs. UNI’s four losses have been by a total of 17 points and three of them have been top teams ranked in the FCS top ten.
That makes this week’s game at home against Missouri State a must win. UNI has not lost to Missouri State since 2005 but Farley says at 3-3 the Bears are an improved team.
(Learfield Sports)
A traffic stop on Interstate 29 early this (Wednesday) morning in Fremont County resulted in the arrest of a man from Kansas, after 69 bags of Ecstasy were found hidden in the trunk of the car. Fremont County Sheriff Kevin Aistrope reports a K9 unit stopped a vehicle occupied by 20-year old Graham Hosking, of Lawrence, KS.
Graham Hosking (Booking photo)
Hosking was subsequently charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance with the Intent to Deliver (“MDMA” -Methylenedioxymethamphetamine). He was being held in the Fremont County Law Enforcement Center while awaiting an initial appearance before the magistrate.
A female juvenile was also arrested at the scene, for Possession of Marijuana. Her name was not released.
Republican Senator Chuck Grassley and Patty Judge, his Democratic challenger, will share a stage in Sioux City tonight (Wednesday) for the first of their two face-to-face debates. Grassley says he wants to “keep it on the policies” rather than the presidential personalities. “I don’t want them to keep my opponent talking all about what might be wrong with Hillary Clinton and I don’t want ’em to be asking me what might be wrong with our candidate, Mr. Trump,” Grassley says. “I want to be talking about the issues.”
Grassley says export policies, national security and U.S. economic growth are on his preferred issues list. “I’m not going to tell the moderator what they can talk about and there’s going to be some questions about the presidential race and the presidential candidates. I’m not saying I expect it to be totally what I want, but since we’re running for the senate and not for president, it seems to me it ought to be about the issues.”
Judge says Grassley’s campaign has focused primarily on three main issues. “Eating ice cream, mowing the lawn and doing push ups,” Judge says. Judge says steps that would improve the U.S. economy can’t be accomplished because of the “gridlock” in congress caused by Republicans like Grassley. “It must be very hard to quit playing politics and address problems when you are supporting Donald Trump and make no mistake about it,” Judge said, “Chuck Grassley thinks just like Donald Trump.”
Judge’s father died Tuesday morning. Her campaign issued a news release yesterday afternoon, saying Judge will attend tonight’s (Wednesday’s) debate. It starts at 7 p.m. and will air on K-T-I-V T-V in Sioux City. It will be simulcast on K-W-W-L in Waterloo, K-T-T-C in Rochester, Minnesota which is seen in northern Iowa and W-G-E-M in Quincy, Illinois which is seen in southeast Iowa.
If you want to watch online, go to www.radioiowa.com to find a link to the livestream of the event. The Grassley-Judge debate will conclude just before tonight’s (Wednesday’s) presidential debate begins.
(Radio Iowa)
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