(Clarinda, Iowa) – The Page County Sheriff’s Office reports four recent arrests, an Open Burning Violation, and an unknown injury accident. Sheriff Lyle Palmer reports the following arrests:

• 32-year-old Zachary Alexander Shehan, of Maryville, MO., was arrested Oct. 12th at Nodaway Valley Park. He was taken into custody on an active Page County warrant for Failure to Appear on an Assault charge.
• 19-year-old Justin Coates, of Hastings (IA) was arrested Oct. 22nd, and charged with Driving While License is suspended/denied/revoked. The same day, 25-year-old Dalton Sederburg, of Clarinda, was arrested for Possession of a Controlled Substance/2nd offense, PCS/5 grams or less, with the intent to deliver, (methamphetamine), and weapons violations.
• And, on the 24th, 50-year-old Steven Paul Esaias, of Clarinda, was arrested at this residence on a Page County warrant for FTA.

On Oct. 26th, Deputies in Page County were dispatched to 1st & Prospect Street in Hepburn, for an Open Burning Ban Violation, under the Burn Ban. Roger Miller was issued a citation to appear in Magistrate Court. He also extinguished the burning leaves.

And, on Oct. 12th, Joshua Matthew Degase,was driving a vehicle that struck a deer on Highway 148 in Page County. Two people in the vehicle were transported to the Shenandoah Memorial Hospital for treatment of unknown injuries.

**A charge is merely an accusation, and the defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty, in a court of law.

Officials with the City of Stuart have lifted a boil order issued earlier this week. You may return to using water like you normally would. The order was initially issued, due to broken water main, which was repaired. The water supply was tested and came out clean for any contaminants.

(Atlantic, Iowa) – The Atlantic Chamber Ambassadors were hosted on Thursday, by Abbey Bishop, owner of Pawsome, and her team. The Ambassadors viewed Pawsome’s new dog boarding and grooming facility located just outside of Atlantic. Abbey Bishop has always loved working with dogs, and after high school graduation, she was introduced to a family friend that allowed her to intern at a grooming business. Fast-forward three years, and Abbey is proud to debut the recent addition to her already successful grooming business.

Pawsome opened on East 7th Street in 2019 and in April 2021, Abbey and her dad started construction on a new boarding facility located on their family property. Abbey and her dad spent long nights and weekends bringing the vision to life, and in June of 2022, the facility was filled with dogs being cared for while their families were away. 

Pawsome offers affordable dog grooming and boarding for dogs of all sizes. Boarding dogs can experience the luxuries of home during their stay such as raised dog beds, plush blankets, walks twice a day and individual runs providing indoor/outdoor accesses 24/7. Pawsome offers grooming appointments as simple as a bath and nail trim to a full nose to tail groom. Appointments with either of the two groomers, Abbey or Alex, can be made by phone. The team is working on a website that will allow online appointments and reservations to be made.

Pawsome is located at 56908 Galveston Road just outside of Atlantic. For more information and pricing, call 712-254-9010 or visit their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/PAWsomeitems

DES MOINES – Today (Friday), Governor Kim Reynolds signed proclamations relating to the weight limits and transportation of grain, fertilizer, manure, and motor fuels. The Harvest Proclamation is effective immediately and continues through November 27, 2022. The proclamation allows vehicles transporting corn, soybeans, hay, straw, silage, stover, fertilizer (dry, liquid, and gas), and manure (dry and liquid) to be overweight (not exceeding 90,000 pounds gross weight) without a permit for the duration of this proclamation.

A separate proclamation allows vehicles transporting motor fuels including gasoline, diesel #1, diesel #2, ethanol, biodiesel, aviation gas, and jet fuel to be overweight (not exceeding 90,000 pounds gross weight) without a permit. The proclamation also temporarily suspends regulatory provisions of Iowa law pertaining to hours of service for crews and drivers hauling motor fuels. Increased demand, along with above average wait times at petroleum product terminals, have created challenges to timely access of these fuels. That proclamation is effective immediately and expires on November 27, 2022.

The proclamations apply to loads transported on all highways within Iowa (excluding the interstate system) and those which do not exceed a maximum of 90,000 pounds gross weight, do not exceed the maximum axle weight limit determined under the non-primary highway maximum gross weight table in Iowa Code § 321.463 (6) (b), by more than 12.5 percent, do not exceed the legal maximum axle weight limit of 20,000 pounds, and comply with posted limits on roads and bridges.

(Union County, Iowa) – Dozens of Iowa farmers came together in Union County to harvest 550 acres in a single day. It happened just one week after Paul Baker of Creston unexpectedly died at the age of 66. KCCI reports five fields at the Baker farm needed work, and Baker’s friends readily accepted the challenge. They used 18 combines, 40 tractor-trailers, and 20 grain carts to get the job done by noon.

Baker’s daughters were touched but say they aren’t surprised, because they said, parents want to set good examples for their children and future generations. A local business provided sack lunches for the farmers. Students from the Saint Malachy School in Creston decorated the lunch sacks and wrote every farmer a thank you note.

There have been other reported gatherings of farmers and their equipment in Iowa and across the Midwest, who rose to the occasion and helped another farmer in need, even while their own crops still need to be harvested.

(Radio Iowa) – The Powerball jackpot has increased to its second highest level in the history of the game at 800 million dollars for Saturday’s drawing. Iowa Lottery spokesperson, Mary Neubauer, says this level of jackpot brings in a lot of people who don’t normally play — but she says Iowa doesn’t see the long waits for tickets that some states have.

Neubauer says Neubauer says the jackpots in the two largest lotto games end up being like a snowball that’s rolling downhill.

The big jackpots impact the Iowa Lottery’s budget — but Neubauer says they can never figure in what might happen from month to month.

The Powerball jackpot is the fifth largest lottery prize ever in North America, with the cash option of 383-point-seven million dollars if you win. The sales cut-off time here in Iowa is 8:59 p-m Saturday.

(Logan, Iowa) – Authorities in Harrison County are joining other counties bordering the Missouri River and elsewhere in western Iowa, in instituting a ban on open burning, effective at Noon today (Friday), and continuing until further notice. The ban prohibits open burning in Harrison County, including all the cities within the county. The County experienced a large field fire Sunday, Oct. 23rd, due to the windy and dry conditions. Harrison, and most contiguous counties are under a Moderate Drought, which means it doesn’t take much to spark a fire that can spread rapidly and dangerously, endangering lives and property.

Other (Area) Counties that have established a Burn Ban until further notice include: Monona, Crawford, Carroll, Pottawattamie, Mills, Montgomery, Page and Shelby.

DAVENPORT, IA – Eight people from Burlington have now been sentenced to federal prison for their role in conspiring to distribute drugs in the Burlington area. The conspiracy started by at least December 1, 2019, and continued until November 2, 2021.

Those sentenced as part of this drug conspiracy include:
• Kendric Centrall Childs, age 35, was sentenced to 25 years of imprisonment and 10 years of supervised release;
• Rudolph Sinclair Allen, age 37, was sentenced to 20 years of imprisonment and five years of supervised release;
• Clyde Macks Stewart, Jr., age 51, was sentenced to 17 years of imprisonment and five years of supervised release;
• Demetrius Antre Goudy, age 42, was sentenced to 18 years of imprisonment and five years of supervised release;
• Marcus Allen Johnson, age 46, was sentenced to 15 years of imprisonment and five years of supervised release;
• Gregory Jermain Johnson, age 36, was sentenced to 14 years of imprisonment and five years of supervised release;
• Brian Keith Davis, age 42, was sentenced to 10 1/2 years of imprisonment and five years of supervised release; and
• Julie Jeanne Mason, age 54, was sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment and three years of supervised release.

According to court documents, Gregory Johnson, Marcus Johnson, and Rudolph Sinclair were the “middlemen” for the group and received large quantities of ice methamphetamine from Kendric Childs, the main drug source, along with another individual (who has not yet been apprehended). Gregory Johnson, Allen, and Marcus Johnson either sold quantities of ice methamphetamine themselves or provided it to lower-level dealers such as Goudy, Stewart, and Davis for distribution. Mason was identified as a drug courier for the group.
On January 24, 2020, Mason was stopped in Arizona while transporting approximately 362 pounds of ice methamphetamine. Mason admitted the ice methamphetamine was bound for Burlington, Iowa. At the time, this traffic stop was the Arizona Department of Public Safety’s largest single seizure of ice methamphetamine.1
U.S. Attorney Richard D. Westphal of the Southern District of Iowa made the announcement. The case was investigated by Southeast Iowa Narcotics Taskforce, Burlington Police Department, West Burlington Police Department, Des Moines County Sheriff’s Office, Henry County Sheriff’s Office, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Iowa Division of Narcotics Enforcement, Drug Enforcement Administration, Muscatine County Sheriff’s Office, Johnson County Drug Taskforce, Washington County Sheriff’s Office, Lee County Drug Taskforce, Muscatine County Drug Taskforce, Iowa State Patrol, and Arizona Department of Public Safety.

(Radio Iowa) – Just like Fourth of July fireworks can stress out Iowans’ pets, Halloween can also be a night of horrors for our dogs and cats. Jessie Phillips, director of development & communications at the Animal Rescue League of Iowa, says to keep your animals calm on trick-or-treat night, you will likely want to find a quiet place for them to camp out. “It really is best if they are kept in another room, maybe in the interior of the house, so they’re not seeing people come to the door, ringing the doorbell,” Phillips says. “Some pets prefer to be crated, if they’re crate trained, so in their safe space or maybe in a bedroom that is their safe space. Read your pet’s cues.”

It may look adorable to dress your dog in disguise for the spooky season, but Fido may think otherwise.  “Not every pet loves to be dressed up in their Halloween costume,” Phillip says. “But regardless, any costume that you do put on your pet, they should be able to move freely, it shouldn’t restrict them. Make sure that their eyes aren’t covered and that they can see clearly. That can be really stressful for pets if their vision is blocked in any way.”

Whether your dog will be staying home or accompanying you while trick-or-treating, it’s always important that there be an I-D tag on their collar, as they might manage to dart off. “Making sure that their tags are updated, that the number on the tag is up to date,” Phillips says. “We get new cell phone numbers or move addresses, so always make sure that information is up to date. And then microchipping is a great way to make sure that if your pet does happen to get loose or get out, that your pet will be returned safely.”

Bowls and bags of Halloween candy should be kept in a cabinet and away from pets, as Phillips says chocolate and other sweets can be dangerous — and even deadly — to a pet.