(Radio Iowa) – Authorities in northern Iowa and southern Minnesota have announced the arrest of a suspect in a string of break-ins and thefts over the past few weeks. Someone tried to steal an A-T-M from inside a bank in Ledyard early last Thursday. The Kossuth County Sheriff shared video of the suspect’s vehicle with law enforcement agencies in Palo Alto, Emmet and Winnebago Counties in Iowa and two counties in Minnesota where there had been recent reports of thefts.

Twenty-five-year-old Jacob Govern of Ledyard was arrested in Minnesota on a warrant out of Winnebago County and on a burglary charge in Marin County, Minnesota. Officials in the other four counties indicate more charges against Govern are pending. Govern had been arrested in early June and accused of stealing four vehicles in the Kossuth County area. State prison records indicate Govern has five previous felony convictions in Kossuth County over the past three years.

(Radio Iowa) – County officials are rescheduling votes on zoning changes that would allow construction of a large-scale solar farm around the decommissioned nuclear power plant near Palo. Charlie Nichols, Linn County’s planning and development director, told the crowd gathered for a public hearing last (Monday) night that the county had failed to provide proper notice of the hearing.

“I apologize to all of you who have showed up and put this on your calendars, but we will have to set up a new meeting schedule,” Nichols said, “and make sure we get everything properly published before that happens.” The Iowa Utilities Board has indicated it will provide permits for the solar project — if local officials approve zoning changes.

Linn County’s Planning and Zoning Commission approved those adjustments earlier this month. NextEra Energy has proposed a solar farm that would cover over 11-hundred acres and a battery storage facility near Palo.

(Radio Iowa) – A 23-year-old man from Osage is under arrest, charged with decapitating a Mason City women who went missing last year. Twenty-nine-year-old Angela Bradbury of Mason City was last seen in April of 2021. Three months later, a teenager found a human skull on a stick in a park in Mitchell County. In February of this year, Bradbury’s family reported her missing. They provided D-N-A samples and dental records which confirmed the skull was Bradbury’s.

Nathan James Gilmore

Nathan James Gilmore of Osage has been charged with Bradbury’s murder. Court records indicate investigators found a drawing of a satanic goat’s head in Gilmore’s living room. There were numbers on the drawing that coincide with the date Bradbury disappeared as well as the G-P-S coordinates of the park where her skull and other remains were found.

Cass County Deputy Auditor Doreen South has updated the current list of Candidates for 2022 General Election (*advances from the primary election held in June)

District 2 Supervisor– Mark O’Brien (Incumbent)*

District 3 Supervisor– Wendy Richter*

Treasurer-Tracey J Marshall (Incumbent)*

Recorder-Mary Ward (Incumbent)*

Attorney-Vanessa Strazdas (Incumbent)*

Auditor- Kathy Somers (filed papers after being elected by the Cass County Republican Party)

The following have filed nomination papers for Non-Partisan Offices:

Ag Extension- Chad Becker (Incumbent)

Ag Extension

Ag Extension

Ag Extension

Ag Extension

Soil & Water-Gregory D Zellmer (Incumbent)

Soil & Water

Edna Twp Trustee- Kevin A Stender

Edna Twp Trustee- Pat Erickson

Edna Twp Clerk-Travis Erickson

Union Twp Trustee-Richard Hoffman

Union Twp Trustee-Clarke Gerlock

Union Twp Clerk- Cheryl Christensen

Hospital Trustee-Joanne Lorence (Incumbent)

Hospital Trustee-Mike Klocke (Incumbent)

Hospital Trustee- Roger Herring (Incumbent) – Filed nomination papers 8/22/22

Hospital Trustee

(Radio Iowa) – About one in three college students surveyed say they’ve been diagnosed with a mental health condition, including anxiety, depression or both. Dr. Kristin Avery, of the MercyOne Clear Lake Pediatric and Adolescent Care Clinic, says college students should have their conditions addressed right away, especially freshmen who are away from home for the first time.

“It’s good to recognize symptoms of being anxious or being depressed after moving,” Avery says, “and noticing if those things start to affect your relationships with other people, or it’s affecting your sleep or your grades, and if you are noticing that is happening, to — sooner rather than later — get in to see a therapist or a doctor at student health to talk about if there’s anything different that needs to be done.” Avery says even small steps can help you out in big ways.

“I think learning about what works for you to relax,” she says, “so, coming up with some relaxation techniques, learning how much sleep you need in order to be kind of your best self is important as well.” Avery says schools are trying to do a better job of helping to address the mental health of students.

“There’s just more knowledge about all of that, and it’s more talked about now which is great for people who feel left alone in that and can advocate for themselves,” she says, “but it is a hard topic for people that I think just making sure that your taking good care of yourself is very important.”

Avery says students should look up their school’s mental health resources in advance, and remember they can also call the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline anytime by dialing 9-8-8.

(Radio Iowa) – The Iowa State Fair Blue Ribbon Foundation has announced plans to spend millions of dollars to renovate the livestock barns on the fairgrounds. Foundation executive director, Peter Cownie, says the cattle, horse, sheep, and swine barns will each get an update. “The structures themselves are historic, you know, nearly a century old in some cases. Those will stay the same, but we need to renovate and restore the barns,” he says. “They are all unique, they all have different issues that have occurred over time,” Cownie says the barns have a constant flow of visitors and exhibitors through them during the fair’s run.

“You know, that’s where the 4-H and F-F-A youth show their livestock. They compete in the livestock competitions. The Iowa State Fair is the climax of their summer, and of all the competitions from the county fairs, and that is really the backbone of the Iowa State Fair youth in agriculture and what they do on these barns,” Cownie says. “And so to be able to renovate and restore them is really quite exciting for us.” The renovations are expected to cost around 25 million dollars.

The Blue Ribbon Foundation fundraising effort has already received 12 million dollars from the state’s “Rebuild Iowa Infrastructure Fund,” along with five million dollars from the Richard O. Jacobson Foundation, and Jeff & Deb Hansen of Iowa Select Farms have committed two million dollars for the Swine barn portion of the renovation. Cownie says they will have more details on the renovation schedule when they meet in October. “It’ll take us a few years to do it — but we’re gonna get started in time for next year’s fair to have some improvements done,” according to Cownie. ” We’re going to make the specific decisions this fall on which ones go first and what order it will be. But we will have progress made by next year’s fair, no doubt.”

Cownie says the work on the Iowa State Fairgrounds is like anyone has with their house — there’s always something that needs to be worked on to keep it up. “What we strive to do is we want to maintain our heritage, we want to maintain our traditions. We love the fact that these buildings are historic, in our state,” he says. “We want those to remain historic, and we want them to remain upgraded so that people have the same memories that, so that the kids have the same memories as their parents and grandparents did.”

For more information on the Iowa State Fair Blue Ribbon Foundation visit www.BlueRibbonFoundation.org.

(Atlantic, Iowa) – Cass County Treasurer Tracey J. Marshall Is asking for the public’s patience with regard to her office hours. In a statement issued Monday (this) afternoon, Marshall asked for patience “As new staff is learning the process of office functions.” She said also….

• TREASURER’S PUBLIC OFFICE HOURS ARE 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM
• DRIVER LICENSE – IS BY APPOINTMENT ONLY – YOU CAN GO TO ANY DL STATION IN THE STATE OF IOWA APPOINTMENTS ARE REQUIRED
• 24/7 SERVICES ONLINE WWW.IOWADOT.GOV
• DRIVES MUST BE DONE AT ANOTHER COUNTY OR STATE STATION – APPOINTMENTS ARE REQUIRED
• MOTOR VEHICLE AND TAX TRANSACTIONS ARE AS USUAL
• FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE USE THE YELLOW DROP BOX NEXT TO THE COURTHOUSE DOOR.
• 24/7 SERVICES ONLINE AT WWW.IOWATREASURERS.ORG

(Greenfield, Iowa) – The Adair County Sheriff’s Office on Monday (Today) released a report on 16 arrests conducted from Aug. 14th through the 20th:

On Aug. 20th: 40-year-old Kevin Louis Walker, of Adair, was arrested for Possession of Drug Paraphernalia; 40-year-old Daniel Phillip Faulkner, Jr., of Casey, was arrested for Poss. of Drug Paraphernalia, Failure to Maintain Control, and Striking Fixtures upon a Highway. Both men were in a 2002 Dodge Durango that was involved in a rollover crash off I-80 at mile marker 86. They left the scene and were found at a residence in Casey and questioned before being released on citations; Arrested separately on Aug. 20th, was 40-year-old Bradley Gene Olsen, of Hancock, who was taken into custody by the Iowa State Patrol on a warrant out of Decatur County, for Failure to Appear on a Violation of Probation charge. He was being held in the Adair County Jail until turned over to Decatur County Deputies.

There were five arrests that took place August 18th, in Adair County:

• 41-year-old Kristina Marie Johnson, of Stuart, and 61-year-old James Edward Lyman, JR., of Greenfield, were arrested by Greenfield Police at around 11:15-p.m.. Each was charged with Assault with Bodily Injury, following an investigation into a domestic disturbance at a residence in the 400 block of SW Jackson Street, in Greenfield. Johnson was released on her Own Recognizance. Lyman was released with a citation to appear in court.
• 20-year-old Keegan Michael Miller, of Adel, was arrested on the 18th by the Iowa State Patrol, and charged with OWI/1st OIffense, along with Poss. of Drug Paraphernalia. Miller was cited and released to the custody of his mother. At the same time and place, 21-year-old Autumn Marie Six, of Adel, was arrested for OWI/1st offense. She was cited for the offense, along with speeding and driving without a valid license. She was released with a citation, to the custody of her mother, also.
• Stuart Police on Aug. 18th, arrested 31-year-old Bianca Denise Cruz, of Detroit, MI., on two outside warrants from Kentucky, for Trafficking a controlled substance 1st Degree/1st offense, and Poss. of Marijuana. The Adair County Sheriff’s Office says she was released on a $6,000 bond four days later.

On Aug. 16th: 31-year-old Andrew David Potrepka, of Southington, CT., was arrested by Police in Adair, on I-80. He was charged with Eluding/speeding in excess of 100-mph, and Poss. of a Controlled Substance/Marijuana – 1st offense. He was released the next day on a $2,000 bond; 52-year-old Travis Gerald Keoppel, of Adair, was arrested Aug. 16th in Adair, on a Cass County warrant and turned over to Cass County Deputies; and, 45-year-old Jason Richard Berendes, of Red Oak, was arrested at the Adair County Sheriff’s Office, for Contempt of Court/Failure to complete jail sentence. He served the balance of his sentence and was released two days later.

On Aug. 15th: Adair County Deputies arrested 29-year-old James Dean Michelson, of Creston, on an Adair County warrant for Violation of Probation. Bond was set at $2,000; Police in Stuart arrested 61-year-old Thomas W. Culwell, of Las Vegas, NV, on Aug. 15th. He was taken into custody following a traffic stop on a vehicle for speeding 90 in a 70 mph zone. Culwell was a passenger in the vehicle. Following an investigation, he was charged with Poss. of Drug Paraphernalia (a meth pipe), Poss. of Meth/1st offense, Prohibited Acts, Poss. of a Schedule II controlled substance, and two counts Poss. of a Schedule 4 controlled substance. His bond was set at $10,000. The driver of the vehicle, 41-year-old Jesseca Lyn Pop, of Salem, OH, was charged with Poss. of meth with the intent to deliver at least 5 grams but less than 100 kilograms, Poss. of Marijuana/1st offense, and Speeding. Her bond was set at $25,000.

On Aug. 14th, 44-year-old Jereamy Lee Rice, of Stuart, was arrested by Stuart Police, for Driving While Barred. He was released the same day on a $2,000 bond. And, 23-year-old Chloe Josephine Hagle, of Creston, was arrested on 260th Street off Henry Wallace Road, in rural Greenfield, for OWI/1st offense. She was later released with a citation.

(Glenwood, Iowa – August 22, 2022) – (updated/Radio Iowa) – The former city clerk in a small southwest Iowa town has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to stealing money from Silver City accounts. Forty-four-year-old Artema Madeline Gray pleaded guilty to first-degree theft – a Class C Felony. An investigation found she made over 42-thousand dollars in personal purchases on the city’s credit card and overpaid herself nearly 11-thousand dollars. State Auditor Rob Sand’s office conducted the special investigation that was released this spring.

The special investigation covered transactions in Silver City from May of 2017 through April of 2021 and found Gray used city money to pay her CenturyLink bills and may have pocketed money from city fundraisers. According to the Mills County Attorney’s Office, Gray was sentenced after current and former officials from Silver City spoke about the financial impact on the town of 245 residents.

Mills County Attorney, Naeda Elliott, said she would like to thank the Mills County Sheriff’s Office and the Iowa Auditor’s Office for their help and dedication to bring justice to the residents of Silver City.

(Atlantic, Iowa) – The Atlantic Police Department reports numerous arrests took place from July 31st through August 20th. Beginning with the most recent arrests:

On Aug. 20, 48-year-old Dan Christensen, of Atlantic, was arrested for Disorderly Conduct and Public Intoxication. On the 19th, 21-year-old Curclund Vanaernam, of Atlantic, was arrested for Operating a vehicle without the owner’s consent. On the 18th of August, 31-year-old Samuel Martinez-Alverado, of Atlantic, was arrested for simple assault. There were two arrests August 16th: 18-year-old Alaina Abild was cited into court for Shoplifting (5th Degree Theft), and released at the scene. And, 25-year-old Weneity Seker, of Atlantic, was arrested for Public Intox., and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.

On August 9th, Atlantic Police arrested 53-year-old Jeffrey McCoy, of Atlantic, on a Cass County warrant for OWI/1st offense. The previous day, 20-year-old Jordan Mullins, of Atlantic, was arrested for Interference with Official Acts. On the 6th, 45-year-old Jason Tasto, of Atlantic, was arrested for Theft in the 5th (Shoplifting). On Aug. 5th, Atlantic Police arrested 25-year-old EJ Stephen, of Atlantic, for Public Intox.

And, there were two arrests on July 21st, in Atlantic. 31-year-old Kenneth Bliss Johansen, of Atlantic, was arrested for OWI/1st Offense, and 42-year-old Kantauo Mark, of Atlantic, was arrested for Driving While License is Barred.

All of the subjects with the exception of Alaina Abild, were booked into the Cass County Jail and later released.