Volunteers are needed to help run the second annual IowAbility Fair next weekend in central Iowa, a free event designed to remind Iowans who have limited mobility how many other abilities they still have. One of the fair’s organizers is Angie Hulsebus (HULSE-ah-bus), who’s been in a wheelchair half her life, following a motor vehicle accident when she was 20. She’s hoping hundreds of Iowans with disabilities will turn out on Saturday, September 30th.

Hulsebus says the event is a one-stop shop for networking, researching and finding new ways to have fun. The fair will feature a vendor area that will offer a host of medical equipment, devices and things like adaptive vehicles, while there will also be a wide array of adaptive sports and recreational activities to sample.

The fair will be held at Easter Seals’ Camp Sunnyside in north Des Moines. At 10:30 that morning, there will be a Walk-N-Roll fundraiser. There’s also a raffle, a shopper’s alley where all business owners have a disability, and a free swap meet.

The event is co-hosted by the Iowa chapter of the United Spinal Association and the Spina Bifida Association of Iowa. The register to attend or to volunteer, visit: https://iowabilityfair.com/

(Red Oak, Iowa) – Montgomery County Auditor Jill Ozuna today (Wednesday) updated the list of candidates who have filed nomination papers for various city offices in advance of the Nov. 7, 2023 elections.

Offices that will be on the ballot and Current Candidates Filed:

*Mayoral seats are 2 year terms (Except Stanton & Coburg, where the Mayor is a 4-year term)

*Council Member positions are 4 year terms (Except Grant – Council is 2-year terms)

Red Oak City Offices- Candidates Filed

Mayor 2yr term—Vote for 1–Shawnna L. Silvius

Council Member Ward #1 4yr term—Vote for 1–

Council Member Ward #3 4yr term—Vote for 1–

Council Member At Large 4yr term—Vote for 1–Sharon Bradley.

Elliott City Offices

Mayor 2yr term -Vote for 1– Michael Carson

Council Member At Large 4yr term—Vote for 2– Leta Rush, Lisa Jamison

Grant City Offices

Mayor 2yr term—Vote for 1—John J. Giefing

Council Member At Large 2yr term— Vote for 5– Chelsea Dvorak, Nancy Taylor, Greg Karwal, Clay Amos, Connie K. Giefing, Jeff Brown

Villisca City Offices

Mayor 2yr term—Vote for 1–

Council Member At Large 4yr term—Vote for 3– Robert Tripp Narup, Marsha S. Shepherd

Stanton City Offices

Mayor 4yr term—Vote for 1–

Council Member At Large 4yr term-Vote for 2– Pier Osweiler, Greg Hampel

Council Member At Large – TFV 2yr term—Justin R. Rhamy

Coburg City Offices

Council Member At Large 4yr term—Vote for 3–

(Radio Iowa) – An Illinois man who was convicted of robbing a northwest Iowa bank is sentenced to eight years in federal prison. According to the United States Attorney’s Office, 38-year-old Leon Sutton, of Chicago, received the prison term after he pleaded guilty to bank robbery in May. The court says Sutton entered Iowa State Bank in Sheldon about noon on June 3rd, 2021, armed with a handgun, and demanded money.

Sheldon Police officers were able to trace the recently purchased car Sutton was driving back to him through video surveillance and the previous owner of the car. Sutton fled to Chicago, where he was apprehended.

In addition to eight years in federal prison, Sutton will also serve three years of supervised release.

(Neola, Iowa) – A family dog traveling with the family, alerted them to a dangerous build-up of suspected carbon monoxide. The incident happened as the family was traveling in an SUV on Interstate 80, near Neola. Soon after, the father of three children in the vehicle smelled the fumes and when he looked back, saw the children were lethargic. A two-year old traveling in the vehicle was unresponsive, but his eyes were open.

The family pulled over onto the shoulder and called 911. Law enforcement arrived within minutes. All three of the children, ages 2, 4 and 6, were at the hospital Tuesday night. The incident remains under investigation.

(Radio Iowa) – Private colleges in Iowa have been cutting their tuition costs in an effort to retain students. Graceland College in Lamoni is the latest, with president Pat Draves making the announcement Tuesday.

She says cost has become one of the biggest factors for students in selecting a school.

Graves says that left them without the chance to even discuss what they had to offer.

Wartburg College in Waverly recently announced it was reducing its published tuition price by more than 45 percent to 25-thousand dollars. Wartburg president, Rebecca Ehretsman says that is part of an overall plan.

Wartburg also offers students what they call the “Knights Experience Fund. ”

Ehretsman says scholarships and other programs sometimes don’t get figured in when students are searching for a school.

Ehretsman says that is even more important with the nationwide drop in college students after the pandemic.

Wartburg has an enrollment of around 15-hundred students.