(Creston, Iowa) – The Creston Police Department says two people were arrested on separate charges, Thursday. At around 1-p.m. 68-year-old Richard Glenn Woosley, of Creston, was arrested at his residence and charged with Violation of Parole. He was also taken into custody on a Union County warrant for Intent to deliver marijuana under 50 kg and possession of controlled substance 3rd offense x2. Woosley was taken to Union County Jail where he was being held without bond.

And, just before 1-p.m. Thursday, Creston Police arrested 44-year-old Sheri Jo Waters, a homeless person, at 305 N Elm St. She was arrested on a Union County Warrant and charged with possession of drug paraphernalia. Waters was released on promise to appear in court.

(Radio Iowa)- Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley says she favors development of pipelines that could make the ethanol industry carbon neutral, but Haley says landowners who don’t want the pipelines on their property should not be forced to sign easements.

Pipeline backers say ethanol sales will expand if the fuel is carbon neutral and that will benefit corn farmers. Haley says ethanol production is part of a strategy to ensure the U-S never has to buy oil from places like Iran or Venezuela.

Later today (Friday), Haley will be visiting a farm near Grand Mound in Clinton County. Clinton is one of the five Iowa counties where the proposed Wolf Carbon Solutions pipeline would run through. Unlike two other pipeline developers, the company is not seeking eminent domain authority from Iowa regulators and has indicated it will acquire property along its route voluntarily. Haley, who served as U-S Ambassador to the United Nations for two years, has called China the most disciplined enemy of the U-S and she says Chinese ownership of the world’s largest pork producer is a big concern. A Chinese tycoon bought Smithfield Foods a decade ago and 80 percent of the U-S farmland now under Chinese ownership was part of that deal.

China increasingly depends on imported food and purchased a record 41 billion dollars worth of U-S food and agricultural products in 2022. Haley, who is 51 years old, served as governor of South Carolina from 2011 to 2017. She entered the presidential race in mid-February and has argued the G-O-P should choose a presidential nominee who’s from a new generation.

Haley made her comments during an interview with Radio Iowa. On Saturday, Haley is among NINE G-O-P presidential candidates who’ll be speaking at the Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition’s fall fundraiser in Des Moines.

(Council Bluffs, Iowa) – Officials with the Council Bluffs Police Department said Thursday night, that as part of an ongoing suspicious death investigation, on September 14, 2023, members of the Council Bluffs Police Department’s (CBPD) Criminal Investigation Division (CID) applied for and were granted a search warrant for 609 North 8th Street, Council Bluffs.

During execution of the warrant, investigators located the person of interest in the investigation, who was previously unidentified. The subject was taken into custody without incident and identified as 49-year-old Jesse William Smith, previously of Denver, CO.

Smith was interviewed by detectives and subsequently arrested and and held at the Pottawattamie County Jail for the charges of Sexual Abuse in the Third Degree and Fugitive from Justice. Investigators learned that Smith had extraditable arrest warrants from Colorado for Failure to Register as a Sex Offender and a Parole Violation. As of August 9th, 2023, Smith was #2 on Colorado’s list of Most Wanted Sex Offenders.

As we previously reported, on September 7th, 2023, at approximately 3:10 pm, Council Bluffs police and fire departments were dispatched to 2712 South 24th Street, Council Bluffs, the Super 8 Motel, for a report of an unresponsive person. An investigation revealed that an adult female died at the hotel under suspicious circumstances.

Red Oak Police report that on Thursday, September 14th just after 10:30 pm, officers arrested 71 year old Francis Dickson of Red Oak in the 200 block of West Oak.  He was charged with first offense Operating While Intoxicated.  Dickson was held on $1,000 bond in the Montgomery County Jail.

Thousands of Iowa elementary schoolers will be improving their physical and mental health — as well as their self-esteem — through a program called the Kids Heart Challenge. Amy Knoll (NOLE), school engagement director for the Iowa chapter of the American Heart Association, says the program gets kids moving through things like dance, jumping rope and basketball, while teaching them life-saving skills.

The program employs eight colorful creatures, with each one teaching a lesson, including:

Youngsters taking part in the program can earn digital badges as well as keychains that feature the critters.

In addition to the C-P-R training, kids learn how to spot a stroke, ways to combat stress, and ideas for healthy eating. Knoll says studies find that kids who are regularly active will feel better, have improved mental health, build self-esteem, and are less likely to develop anxiety and depression.

There’s clear evidence the hands-on C-P-R program works, as Knoll says a five-year-old on the East Coast who recently took the course helped save the life of a man who collapsed from cardiac arrest while at church. The program runs throughout the school year and Knoll says more Iowa schools are welcome to sign on at: www.heart.org/getstarted