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(Creston, Iowa) – Police in Creston report a man from Lorimor was arrested Friday morning at the Union County Law Enforcement Center. 32-year old Dalton Thadius Barber was charged with a Union County Warrant for Failure to Comply with Pretrial Release original charges: 2 counts Sexual Abuse 2nd Degree, Administering Harmful Substance, Incest, 3 counts Lascivious Acts with a Child, 2 counts Child Endangerment, 3 counts Indecent Contact with a Child. Barber was taken to the Union County Jail where he is being held on no bond.
Friday night, 44-year-old Cori Lynne Angell, of Creston, was arrested at the Creston Union County LEC. She was charged with an Adams County Warrant for Harassment 1st Degree. Angell was transferred to the Adams County Jail.
Saturday morning, 21-year-old Myles James Koontz, of Creston, was arrested at 900 Block N Oak. Koontz was charged with Driving while Barred. Koontz was cited and released from the scene.
Sunday afternoon, 26-year-old Megan Elizabeth Banda, of Creston, was arrested at the Creston Union County LEC. Banda was charged with Domestic Abuse Assault-Strangulation. She was taken to the Union County Jail where she was later transported to the Adams County Jail. Banda was being held without bond until seen by the Magistrate.
(Radio Iowa) – Iowa Congresswoman Ashley Hinson says the Chinese Communist Party shouldn’t be allowed to continue its human rights abuses. Hinson is a Republican from Marion who says China has a documented plan to become the world’s dominant superpower by 2049, and the U-S has to do what it can to derail that plan. Hinson says there is clear bipartisan support on this issue and she hopes the Biden administration will take note.
She says the Chinese spy balloon and how the administration handled that is a “hugely concerning issue.” She says there is consensus in Congress and she is hopeful that the administration follows that consensus.
(Atlantic, Iowa) – Public Hearings will be held 5:30-p.m. Wednesday, March 29th in the Atlantic High School Media Center, with regard to an extension of the current Instructional Support Levy (ISL) by another five-years. A second hearing will be held with regard to the 2023-24 School Calendar. Both hearings are part of a Special Atlantic School Board meeting. The Board will act on an ISL Resolution and Calendar, toward the end of their session. Discussion will follow the hearings, with regard to the 2023-24 Certified Budget.
The Board will then act on several resignations, including:
They will also act on several contract recommendations proposed by Superintendent Steve Barber, including:
The final order of business for the Atlantic School Board, Wednesday evening, is setting the date for a Public Hearing/Regular Board meeting as April 12th at 5:30-p.m.
(Radio Iowa) – Today (Monday) marks the start of Severe Weather Awareness Week in Iowa, as residents are reminded about some of the hazards that may be coming in the weeks and months ahead. Meteorologist Chad Hahn, at the National Weather Service, says tornadoes are one of the worst risks to lives and property, and last year, we had plenty. “In Iowa, we had 43 tornadoes observed across the state,” Hahn says. “That’s slightly lower than our normal or average historically, which is right around 50 that we typically observe. Of course, we’ve had some years that we’ve had over 100, so there’s wide variability when it comes to the number of tornadoes.”
Each day this week, there will be a different weather focus. Today, Hahn says, they’re zeroed in on severe thunderstorms. Hahn says, “We’re talking about what requires a thunderstorm to be considered severe, which is one-inch or larger hail and/or thunderstorm wind gusts in excess of 58 miles per hour.”
Other days this week will center on things like flooding, the difference between a watch and a warning, and how best to stay informed through old-school weather radios or smartphone apps. A statewide tornado drill is scheduled for Wednesday at 10 A-M. Hahn says the weather service is opening a series of storm spotter classes today in Marion County. “We picked about 20 spots this year, many of them that we haven’t been since before COVID, actually, physically in the location, so we’re excited to get out into the communities that we serve,” Hahn says. “I’m happy to say we’re going to be getting into a lot of the far reaches of our areas of responsibility, including Emmet County, way up in the northwest, all the way down to Taylor County in our southwest.”
Learn more at www.weather.gov/dmx.
(Radio Iowa) – Republicans in the Iowa legislature are proposing an asset test and a new system to conduct frequent income checks for Iowans who’re enrolled in Medicaid or receiving what are commonly known as food stamps. The 34 Republicans in the Senate approved a bill last week to take those steps. Senator Jeff Edler, a Republican from State Center, is chair of the Senate Health and Human Services Committee.
“We have a responsibility as elected officials to ensure that tax dollars are being responsibly allocated,” Edler said. “The use of technology for real time verification is critical.” Senator Jason Schultz, a Republican from Schleswig, first proposed more frequent checks for Iowans receiving government assistance in 2019.
“If they do not not meet the standard and they are of higher assets or higher income or have won the lottery,” Schultz says. “I mean that came up in previous years.” Under the Senate-passed bill, Iowans with more than 15-thousand dollars in assets that can quickly be converted to cash, like stocks or a savings account, would no longer be eligible for food stamps.
A vehicle or a house would not be included in the asset calculation. A bill under consideration in the House sets up the same asset test, but also includes a proposed ban on using food stamps to buy pop or candy. Democrats oppose the changes. Senator William Dotzler, a Democrat from Waterloo, says some Iowans qualified to receive food and health care benefits will be kicked off the programs because they won’t have enough time to re-confirm that they’re eligible.
“This is just furthering a fallacy that people are too lazy to work and that they’re on the public dole and, man, we’re feeding kids when we shouldn’t be,” Dotzler said. Senator Sarah Trone-Garriott, a Democrat from Waukee, cites an analysis indicating an estimated 600 Iowa children would lose health care coverage if the bill becomes law. “It’s really, really important that children do not lose access to these vital programs because these are significant changes,” Trone-Garriott says, “huge changes to the process.”
The House bill on this topic is eligible for debate in the House Appropriations Committee. It would require most adults receiving food stamps or enrolled in Medicaid to work or volunteer 20 hours a week. Iowans who are unemployed, taking care of a family member, pregnant or physically or mentally unable to work would be exempt from the work requirement. Those work requirements are not included in the Senate bill.
(Radio Iowa) – A former Fort Dodge man wanted in connection to a Christmas Day murder in Fort Dodge was arrested in southeast Minnesota Saturday morning. Authorities say Darwin Green is currently being held in the Fillmore County Jail pending local charges as well as a warrant out of Webster County. The Fillmore County Sheriff’s office says deputies and Preston, Minnesota Police officers located Green in a residential garage north of Preston, which is 40 miles north of Decorah.
Authorities issued an alert for Green after he fled a traffic stop in the area on foot on Friday. Green is charged with aiding and abetting first-degree murder of the death of Montreail Dungy in Fort Dodge on December 25th.
Another suspect in the case, Lakendrick Mosley of Des Moines, is also in custody. Mosley was arrested Friday night in the same Minnesota County where Green was arrested Saturday morning.
(Red Oak, Iowa) – The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office reports a traffic stop at around 12:40-a.m. today (Sunday at Highway 48 and 140th Street, resulted in the arrest of 36-year-old Claire Ashly Thalken, of Emerson, for OWI/1st offense. Thalken was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on a $1,000 bond.
(Radio Iowa) – Governor Kim Reynolds says if a New York District Attorney announces an indictment against former President Trump, it will be a politically charged prosecution. Reynolds says it’s ironic that D.A. is focused on charging a Republican former president of the United States when New York is facing unprecedented crime. Reynolds notes New York and federal prosecutors who had previously investigated Trump’s 130-thousand dollar payment to a porn star declined to press charges.
The governor says Americans are concerned about more pressing issues like inflation, border security and emerging foreign adversaries, while Reynolds says a New York District Attorney appears hellbent on a pursuing a ridiculous case against Trump.
(Griswold, Iowa) – A number of special guests, donors and citizens of Griswold and Cass County turned out Saturday morning for a groundbreaking ceremony, in Griswold. The ceremonial gold spades donated by Henningsen Construction were dug-in just behind and slightly southeast of the $2.3-Griswold Community Schools for the Lakin Child Development Center.
Before the honored speakers addressed those in attendance, Miss Christina and Miss Autum’s preschool class donned plastic “hardhats” and carried plastic shovels to sing a couple of songs, including “Bob the Builder.”
Noble Initiative Foundation Board Member and Cass County Supervisor Board Chair Steve Baier gave a brief summary of how the special day was made possible. He said “Go back five years ago. Noble Center Church was facing a very difficult decision: whether to keep the rural churches doors open while facing a declining and aging-out membership, or use the funds they had amassed for a greater purpose: supporting the needs of the community through child care, and support the young families in the community.
The church members ante-up’d $65,000 to get the ball rolling on a daycare center, and a series of community meetings were held with citizens and stakeholders in the project.
Just about the time planned fundraising events and community meetings were set to take place, COVID hit in 2020, leaving the project “adrift,” for about a year, according to Baier. When COVID began to wane, the Board was able to get back to business, and fundraising strategies came back to the forefront. It wasn’t long thereafter nine-acres land for project was negotiated, and donations and grants for the viable project began to pour in.
That includes a $450,000 grant from the State of Iowa, $150,000 from the ARPA Fund provided by the Cass County Board of Supervisors and hundreds of gifts from individuals and organizations from within and outside of the community help push the the total to $1.8-million. Baier said in late 2022, the Charles E. Lakin Foundation stepped-forward with a grant totaling $500,000, which ensured the Initiative had the funds to make the Lakin Childhood Development Center in Griswold, a reality.
Other speakers included: long-time active member of the Griswold community, Shirley Bierbaum. She made a significant donation toward the project; Nick Zimmer, from Red Oak, whose expertise in organizational fundraising and grant writing helped form relationships with several entities and incorporated into the success of the project; and Noble Initiative Board President/City Councilman, Jared Wyman.
Kids dig-in during the groundbreaking!
Afterward, visitors and guests were invited to head outside to witness the groundbreaking by Board members and others, including a special opportunity for the kids to dig-in their shovels. The dirt really went flying when the kids pitched-in.
COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA – A Council Bluffs man was sentenced on March 22, 2023, to a total of 144 months in prison, following his guilty pleas to possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance, possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking, and escape.
According to court documents, Keven Leroy Spanel, 59, distributed methamphetamine in the Council Bluffs and Omaha metro areas. In early 2022, Spanel was arrested carrying a firearm, which he used to protect himself and his drug trafficking activities. In July 2022, while on temporary release to attend a doctor’s appointment, Spanel escaped on foot by threatening the transportation driver with a screwdriver. Spanel was apprehended five days later by the Council Bluffs Police Department. After his prison term, Spanel will be on supervised release for five years.
United States Attorney Richard D. Westphal of the Southern District of Iowa made the announcement. The Southwest Iowa Narcotics Enforcement Task Force, Council Bluffs Police Department, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and United States Marshal Service investigated the case.
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