The Glenwood Police Department reports five recent arrests: On Sunday, 36-year-old Cedar Torres Martin, of Omaha, was arrested for OWI/1st Offense and Child Endangerment. He has since posted bond.

Three Glenwood residents were arrested on separate charges Saturday, in Glenwood: 44-year-old Angie Bothwell was arrested on a Mills County warrant (bond posted); 42-year-old Michael Gaver was arrested for Driving Under Suspension (Bond posted); & 55-year-old Shawn Nosekabel was arrested for OWI/1st Offense (Bond also posted).

On Friday, Glenwood Police arrested 29-year-old Joshua Humphry, of Glenwood, for Driving While Barred. He later posted bond and was released.

(Greenfield, Iowa) – [**UPDATED 6/17/22]  Adair County Sheriff Jeff Vandewater reports a man from Stuart was being held in the Adair County Jail on a $500,000 cash-only bond. 51-year-old Skeet Miller was being held on Adair County arrest warrants for Violation of Pretrial Release on charges of False Imprisonment, Domestic Abuse Assault/Impeding the Flow of Air/Blood, and Felony charges that include Burglary/1st Degree, Willful Injury – Causing Bodily Injury, and Harassment/1st Degree. The charges stem from an incident that occurred during the February 14th execution of search warrants in Stuart.

Vandewater reports also, 59-year-old Nicholas Dave Allen, of Des Moines, was arrested April 15th in Adair, on charges that include OWI/2nd Offense, and Driving While Barred. His cash/surety bond was set at $2,000. On April 22nd, 41-year-old Christopher Michael Fasce, of West Des Moines, was arrested in Adair County on an Adams County warrant. He was turned over to Adams County Deputies.

On the 22nd, Adair County Deputies in Bridgewater arrested 36-year-old Shane Curtis White, of Creston, for Driving While Barred. His cash/surety bond was set at $2,000. The following day, 22-year-old Craven Lee Martin, of Mount Ayr, was arrested south of Orient, in Adair County, for OWI/1st offense. He was later released on bond. Later in the day on April 23rd, 32-year-old Devin Scott O’leary, of Canton, MI, was arrested by Police in Stuart, on charges that include Felony Forgery, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, and Possession of a Controlled Substance/1st Offense – Marijuana. O’leary was being held in the Adair County Jail on a $5,000 cash/surety bond. [**The Felony charge against O’Leary was dismissed by the court; In a plea deal, O’Leary entered a written plea of guilty to the Possession and Paraphernalia charges on May 4th**]

And, at around 6-p.m on April 23rd, 63-year-old David Lee Grasty, of Greenfield, was arrested for Harassment in the 3rd Degree. He was being held without bond until his initial appearance. He was released on the 25th by Court Order.

(Radio Iowa) – Gasoline prices remain about 20-cents a gallon shy of their all-time high in Iowa. Meredith Mitts, spokeswoman for Triple-A-Iowa, says prices at the pump appear to have stabilized. “Gas prices have kind of leveled out,” Mitts says. “Prices today are almost exactly the same as the statewide average from a month ago. They’re up a little bit from a week ago but we’re staying in roughly the same 10-cent range.”

The statewide average is three-84 a gallon and Mitts doubts prices will drop dramatically anytime soon. “We’re not seeing the big jumps either direction anymore,” Mitts says. “They’ve kind of leveled out and the crude oil is about $100 a barrel, but we are seeing that demand is kicking back up now that the prices have started to fall again, and since the demand is picking back up, we’ll see that the gas prices are staying roughly the same.”

The start of summer travel season is still several weeks away but Mitts says it’s a safe bet prices will rise around the big holidays like Memorial Day, the Fourth of July and Labor Day. “Those are very heavy travel periods,” Mitts says, “and hopefully we’ll remain roughly level the rest of the summer but it will really depend on how many people want to be traveling, how much of the strategic oil reserves are made available, what’s going on all around the country but also, all around the world.”

Given the current statewide average of three-84 a gallon, that price is more than a dollar higher than Iowa’s average a year ago of two-78. Iowa’s highest-ever average of four-oh-two a gallon was set in July of 2008.

(Radio Iowa) – A new map by University of Iowa researchers shows nearly 450-thousand acres of Iowa farmland is under constant flood threat. Researcher Enes Yildirim says he developed the statewide map to help farmers compare their flood risk with their crop productivity.

“There are lots of regions very fertile, but also under flood threat, so those regions might need extra precaution, let’s say maybe a levee or some sort of other flood mitigation,” Vildirim says. Four wetlands zones in Iowa have the highest risk. They are part of four river valleys — the Middle Cedar, North Raccoon, South Skunk and West Nishnabotna.

Cropland in those areas have a 50 percent chance of flooding each year according to Yildirim’s  research. He hopes policymakers will consider adding more flood protection to those areas or converting them into wetlands. “It will be helpful for maintaining the food production and also it will be helpful for cities to get less extreme floods,” he says. The University of Iowa research indicates floods lead to the destruction of around 230 million dollars worth of crops in Iowa each year.

Yildirim anticipates that number will grow as floods become more frequent within the state.

(Reporting by Iowa Public Radio’s Kendall Crawford)

(Radio Iowa) – Crews have been working to clean up and investigate what appears to be a diesel spill at or near a state park in northwest Iowa. Trapper’s Bay State Park sits along the north shore of Silver Lake. Dickinson County Emergency Management director Mike Ehret says someone passing by noticed a shine on top of the water of Silver Lake and the smell of fuel.

“We called over Spirit Lake to bring over some extra equipment and Milford brought up the country’s haz mat trailer,” he says. “We were able to deploy some boom under the bridge that goes between Silver Lake and Trapper’s Bay to try and contain as much as we could into Trapper’s Bay and try and keep any more from getting into the bay itself. A little of it had, but we were just trying to slow that down, basically, at the time.” The spill was reported late last week.

An official with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources says the investigation isn’t done, but the spill may have happened when an above ground storage tank was overfilled. Silver Lake has more than nine and a half miles of shoreline and covers more than a thousand acres. Trapper’s Bay State Park was established in 1933 and has a picnic shelter that’s on the National Register of Historic Places.

(Radio Iowa) – One person was killed in an apartment fire early this (Monday) morning in the northwest Iowa town of Sheldon. According to the Sheldon Fire Department, they were called out at 12:51 Monday morning for a structure fire at 219 8th Street. Firefighters from three area departments battled the blaze. The identity of the victim has not been released, pending positive identification and notification of next of kin.

(Southwest Iowa) – Connections Area Agency officials say they are pleased to announce that the state is continuing the Farmers Market voucher program for older Iowans.  With this program, seniors meeting income requirements can obtain vouchers that they can use at participating area Farmers Markets to buy $30.00 worth of fresh, locally grown produce.  This year Connections will be asking individuals to call in to request an application. Beginning May 2nd, you may call 800-432-9209 x8888 and leave a message with their name and phone number.  All calls will be returned within five business days in the order they are received.  Applications will then be mailed out every Thursday with an addressed return envelope.  Once we receive completed applications, vouchers will be mailed out to applicant starting on June 1st, 2022.  Please note applications not completed will not receive vouchers until all information is provided.

Program Criteria:

• Must be at least 60 years of age or older, and, your Annual income must be less than: $25,142 for a Single person, or $33,874 for a Married couple.

When a staff member returns your call, please indicate whether you are applying as an individual or a married couple.

Outline of Process:

• Starting May 2, 2022, Connections Farmers Market line open for applicants to leave their name and number for an application call back.
• PLEASE LEAVE ONLY ONE MESSAGE PER INDIVIDUAL OR COUPLE. DO NOT LEAVE MORE THAN ONE MESSAGE. MULTIPLE CALLS WILL ONLY DELAY APPLICATION PROCESS.
• All calls will be returned within five business days.
• Applications will be mailed out on Thursdays of each week.

This method is the only way to obtain Farmers’ Market vouchers in 2022.

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Connections Area Agency is one of six Area Agencies on Aging in Iowa, and part of a nationwide network. With a mission of enhancing the quality of life for elders in 20 counties through education, planning and coordination of services, Connections Area Agency on Aging is the premier agency for assisting elders, caregivers, and their families to access the information and services needed for independence and life transitions. Offices are located in Council Bluffs, Creston and Sioux City. For more information, contact Connections AAA at 800-432-9209 or at www.connectionsaaa.org

April 25, 2022, Atlantic, IA – Officials with SHIFT ATL in Atlantic say they are excited to invite you to their annual fundraiser for 2022: Summer Soirée. Guests can expect the same great experience as last year including a steak dinner, three hours of dueling piano entertainment by Pianopalooza, full bar and a photobooth! This event will be held on July 16, 2022, on 4th
Street between Chestnut Street and Walnut Street.

4th Street will be blocked off from Chestnut to Walnut and tables will line the street so people can enjoy dinner and drinks from the beer garden with family and friends and then cap the evening off with dueling pianos! Cocktail hour begins at 5:30 with the dinner to follow. Dinner will consist of Noble Provisions steak, grilled on location, family-style sides and dessert. A beer garden will be available all evening with tickets available for purchase at the gate that evening.

Event tickets will be released at 10am on May 2, 2022, at shiftatl.org/dinner. Tickets are available for $60/person, which includes your dinner and entry to the dueling pianos. Tables of eight can be purchased for $400, which includes eight dinners and eight tickets to the dueling pianos. There is limited seating available, and this event is anticipated to sell out quickly as it did last year. This event is made possible through support of Executive sponsors like Cass Health, TS Bank, Atlantic Dental Center, Camblin Mechanical, AM Cohron and Son, Armour Insurance, Lindeman Tractor, and Special Occasions. Advocate sponsors include Rolling Hills Bank and Trust and Atlantic Rotary, with Supporting sponsors Elite Octane, Henningsen Construction, Robison Landscaping and Casey’s.

Tickets for just the dueling piano entertainment can be purchased before the event for $15/person or they will be $20/person the night of at the door. Gates will open for the dueling pianos at 7:30 p.m., following the Summer Soirée dinner. Funds raised from this event will help SHIFT ATL fully complete their renovations at The Telegraph building. This spring, construction began on the exterior of the building, including tuck pointing and skim coating. Following that, new stone and an updated awning will be installed on the face. Following those projects, a community patio will be built in the courtyard space, and then two murals will be installed – one on the west side of the building and one on the east side with the patio!

SHIFT ATL recently completed the interior rehabilitation of The Telegraph building, located at 14 e 4th Street in Atlantic. They are managing a fully operating AirBnB on the upper story, and they are currently using the main level as commercial space for pop-up shops, local events or as a flexible community space while they work to find a permanent commercial tenant.

SHIFT ATL, a 501(c)3 nonprofit formed in 2019, continues to build upon their broad but straightforward vision for the place they have made home: to shift the direction of Atlantic’s social and economic development opportunities by leveraging partnerships and strengthening social bonds within the community. They intend to revitalize Atlantic through projects, services and programs that will enhance the community and foster a sense of growth. To purchase tickets or a table for the event, visit shiftatl.org/dinner or contact Mallory Robinson at 712.249.1985.
To learn more about each project, to donate or to get involved, contact shiftatlantic@gmail.com, visit the website shiftatl.org or facebook page, @shiftatl.

Sheriff’s deputies in Page County, today (Monday), arrested 43-year-old Christopher Allen Spangler, of rural Shenandoah. He was taken into custody at the sheriff’s office, on a Page County warrant for a Controlled Substance violation, Failure to affix drug tax stamp, and Possession of controlled substance – methamphetamine. The warrant stems from a sheriff’s department investigation.

Spangler was booked into the Page County Jail and held on a $16,000.00 bond.

Christopher Allen Spangler

(Radio Iowa) – Hundreds of people attended the weekend ribbon-cutting and open house for the new UnityPoint Health-Marshalltown Hospital. It’s the result of a 38-point-4 million dollar expansion of the existing medical park on the south edge of town. Jenni Friedly is the facility’s chief operating officer and vice president. Friedly says, “We’re really excited about the design of this new health care facility in Marshalltown, the newest hospital in Iowa and hopefully, we’ll hold that title for a long time.”

Friedly says the new hospital has been a long-time priority for Marshalltown. “We really did a lot of digging into how to build a new, efficient, sustainable health care system for the community and we’re excited to show that off,” she says. “We built flexibility for health care in Marshalltown so we can continue to serve.”

UnityPoint Health’s support services began moving into the new facility on April 21st, while the remaining departments are expected to make the move in today (Monday) through Wednesday.