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Police in Creston report two arrests on Tuesday. 14-year old Georjiarain McKown, of Creston, was referred to Juvenile Authorities on a charge of Disorderly Conduct. The teen was released to the custody of Juvenile Authorities. And, 28-year old Amber Buchanen, of Creston, was arrested on a 4th degree Theft charge. She was later released from the Union County Jail on $1,000 bond.
Creston Police said also, a resident in the 1100 block of Hillcrest Drive reported a Stihl chainsaw was taken from a garage on his property sometime on Friday, Sept. 4th. The loss was estimated at $299.
NEVA CLARK, 99, of Coon Rapids, died Wed. (Sept. 9th), at Thomas Rest Haven in Coon Rapids. Funeral services for NEVA CLARK will be held 11-a.m. Mon., Sept. 14th, at the 1st United Methodist Church in Coon Rapids. Ohde Funeral Home in Coon Rapids has the arrangements.
Friends may call one-hour prior to the funeral service on Monday (from 10-to 11-am), at the 1st United Methodist Church in Coon Rapids.
NEVA CLARK is survived by:
Her son – Bob (Josie) Clark, of Audubon
Her daughter – Connie (Clint) Jackson, of Omaha.
4 grandchildren & 3 great-grandchildren.
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Multiple law enforcement agencies were involved in a pursuit early this (Wednesday) morning, in western Iowa. According to authorities in Cass County, the pursuit of a black Ford Escort began at around 2:30-a.m. in Pottawattamie County and made its way into Cass County on Boston Road.
Stop sticks were deployed at 560th and Boston Road in Cass County, but the suspect vehicle managed to make it back into Pottawattamie County. The chase ended between Marne and Walnut at around 2:47-a.m., near 530th and Westgate Road.
Information about the name of the suspect, why he was being pursued, and the charges filed against him, are currently not available. Deputies from Cass, Audubon, Shelby and Pottawattamie County were involved in the pursuit.
New rules has been proposed that may make it easier for more ’emotionally or physically fragile” Iowa students to enroll in an online school. The Clayton Ridge Community School District in northeast Iowa and the CAM Community School District in southwest Iowa are the two, for-profit, online academies available to Iowa’s public school students. Phil Wise of the Iowa Department of Education says under current rules, no Iowa school district has to allow more than one percent of its total student population to enroll in CAM or Clayton Ridge, but the new rule would change that.
“A district can, if it chooses to, exceed the one percent cap if the district determines that it’s in the best educational interest of an emotionally or physically fragile student,” Wise says. Wise says senior leadership in the Iowa Department of Education made the proposal. “Because we had heard, not many, but we had heard of instances where a school superintendent wanted to be able to grant open enrollment, but could not,” Wise says.
The other proposed change would force local school districts to let a sibling enroll in one of Iowa’s online schools if a sister or brother is already enrolled in one of these two virtual academies. “In that case and only in that case is there an entitlement to that open enrollment,” Wise says. There’s a limitation on the total number of students statewide who can enroll in these two online schools.
For the last school year, that limit was 865 students. Only 730 students were enrolled in the two online academies last year, however. A public hearing on the proposed enrollment changes will be held on September 22nd, from 9 to 10 .m., in the Grimes State Office Building in Des Moines. A legislative committee reviewed the proposed policy changes Tuesday morning.
(Radio Iowa)
A new report shows a lot of Iowa companies plan to boost their workforces before the end of the year. The fourth quarter Manpower Employment Outlook Survey found 27-percent of the companies questioned about their hiring plans expect to increase staff levels between October and December. Another seven-percent plan to lay off workers, while 64-percent expect to maintain current staff levels.
The figures are weaker compared to the hiring intentions in the third quarter survey, but leaders of Iowa companies are more optimistic about adding to their payrolls than they were one year ago. While 27-percent of the Iowa companies surveyed expect to add workers over the next three months, more than 11,000 employers were surveyed across the U.S. and 21-percent anticipate adding to their workforces.
(Radio Iowa)
346 AM CDT WED SEP 9 2015
EARLY THIS MORNING…MOSTLY CLEAR. NORTH WIND NEAR 5 MPH.
TODAY…SUNNY. HIGH IN THE UPPER 70S. EAST WIND NEAR 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH AROUND 5 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
TONIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE EVENING…THEN MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT. LOW IN THE UPPER 50S. SOUTH WIND NEAR 5 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 20 PERCENT.
THURSDAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH IN THE UPPER 70S. SOUTHWEST WIND NEAR 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST IN THE AFTERNOON.
THURSDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MIDNIGHT…THEN PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOW IN THE LOWER 50S. NORTH WIND 5 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 20 PERCENT.
FRIDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. COOLER. HIGH IN THE UPPER 60S. NORTH WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.
SATURDAY…SUNNY. HIGH IN THE UPPER 60S.
Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — University of Iowa faculty leaders have expressed outrage over the selection of corporate executive Bruce Harreld as the next university president. They say the school’s governing board conducted a sham search that ended with the hiring of an unqualified leader. The board hired Harreld over three other finalists last week despite his lack of experience in higher education administration.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — President Barack Obama will talk about college affordability at a Des Moines high school on Monday. Obama says he’ll be with Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and they’ll have a conversation with high school students and their parents.
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) —Miss Iowa has won the talent portion of the first night of preliminaries in the Miss America pageant. Taylor Wiebers of Iowa won the talent portion with a vocal performance. Preliminary competition in talent, interviews, evening wear and swimsuit competition will run through Thursday. The new Miss America will be crowned in Sunday night’s nationally televised finale.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A Des Moines man has been charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of another man. Police say 21-year-old Michael Allen Cason Jr. was arrested Tuesday. Court records do not list an attorney. Cason is accused of fatally shooting 22-year-old Trenton Washington on Friday night.