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Waterloo – The Iowa Department of Corrections reports 41-year-old Andrew Lee Stephens, who was convicted of Robbery 1st Degree in Black Hawk County, failed to report back to the Waterloo Residential Correctional Facility as required yesterday (Friday).
Stephens is a 6-feet tall, 227-pound white male. He was admitted to the work release facility on 2/9/24.
Persons with information on Stephens’s whereabouts should contact local police.
Andrew Lee Stephens
(Atlantic, Iowa) – A Public Hearing will be held Wednesday in Atlantic, with regard to the Proposed Maximum Property Tax Levy for Fiscal Year 2025. The hearing takes place in the Atlantic City Council’s Chambers at City Hall, beginning at 5-P.M.
The Council will hold its regular meeting at 5:30-p.m., Wednesday, at the same location. Some of the agenda items for that meeting include:
JOHNSON COUNTY, Iowa (KCRG & USDA) – This week, the USDA announced cases of bird flu had been found in dairy cows in a few states; Texas, Kansas, and Michigan. Iowa currently isn’t one of those states, but cattle farmers are keeping a close eye it. Last year, the avian flu killed nearly 3 million birds in the state of Iowa. That ranges from commercial poultry farms to backyard flocks.
Iowa State Extension Dairy Veterinarian Phillip Jardon said cows in Texas had contracted an unknown illness, which reduced milk production in older cattle. It wasn’t until this week he said pathologists learned it was the bird flu, but they aren’t sure how it happened.
Jardon said in each of the found cases in Texas, dead birds had been found near the farm. While he said the findings are all still new and research was being done, so far, the virus doesn’t seem to be as deadly to cattle. Jardon said it would still be a good idea for farmers to be vigilant as they get closer to starting selling and moving cattle this season.
In its latest report, the USDA said ” There continues to be no concern about the safety of the commercial milk supply because products are pasteurized before entering the market, or that this circumstance poses a risk to consumer health. Dairies are required to send only milk from healthy animals into processing for human consumption; milk from impacted animals is being diverted or destroyed so that it does not enter the human food supply.
In addition, pasteurization has continually proven to inactivate bacteria and viruses, like influenza, in milk. Pasteurization is required for any milk entering interstate commerce for human consumption. FDA’s longstanding position is that unpasteurized, raw milk can harbor dangerous microorganisms that can pose serious health risks to consumers, and FDA is reminding consumers of the risks associated with raw milk consumption in light of the HPAI detections.”
OMAHA, Neb. – The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Omaha field office is seeking the public’s help in locating an Iowa man wanted for alleged money laundering and wire fraud.
The office says William Jack “Bill” Berg, 51, is wanted for allegedly defrauding over a dozen client investors in a scheme that resulted in the loss of over $1.5 million. It’s alleged that the victim investors provided Berg, a financial advisor in the Des Moines metro area, with funds for investment — only for Berg to use those funds for his own benefit.
A federal arrest warrant was issued for Berg on March 19. He most recently lived in the Waukee and Adel areas and is suspected to have been in the Des Moines area as recently as Monday (March 25th).
William Jack Berg, (AKA Bill Berg) – FBI Photo
Berg is described as 5′11″, 195 pounds, with brown hair and blue eyes.
Anyone with information is asked to call the FBI’s Omaha field office at (402) 493-8688.
MUSCATINE, Iowa — The experts have spoken: Iowa’s best pulled pork sandwich is made in eastern Iowa. Voters in a recent social media contest sponsored by the Iowa Pork Producers Association picked Skinny’s Barbecue in Muscatine as winner of the annual Pulled Pork Madness contest, according to a news release.
The Pork Producers say the bracket-style competition, in its seventh year, starts with 16 contenders and follows a narrowing process similar to the NCAA’s March Madness basketball tournament. The public determines which restaurants advance to the next round.
From the news release:
“At Skinny’s, pork butts are traditionally slathered with mustard to bind an equal mix of salt and pepper. Owner Cord Kleist uses a thick-cut pepper to grow a bark, the flavorful black crust that forms on the outside of the meat during the cooking process. He only recently began adding a special blend of seasonings.
“The pork is then cooked on a gas-powered rotisserie smoker at a low temperature for about 14 to 15 hours, and gets wrapped for the last couple of hours to seal in the moisture and juices. Oak wood is added as the meat cooks, to enhance the taste.
pulled pork sandwich at Skinny’s BBQ in Muscatine
“Each sandwich is served on a shiny brioche toasted bun, with house-made pickles and onions on the side, along with a choice of one homemade side dish. Three flavors of house-made sauces are available — sweet, spicy, or Carolina tangy gold.
“Winning the title ‘brings a tear to my eye,’ says Kleist, who will receive $250 and a Pulled Pork Madness plaque. “It’s crazy to see how far we’ve come and adapted and changed.”
Previous winners have included:
(Radio Iowa) – He’s on the road again, even in his 90s, and Willie Nelson’s bringing his tour to Iowa soon. Nelson is scheduled to play Saturday, May 25th at the Lauridsen Amphitheater at Water Works Park in Des Moines — and that’s his only planned Iowa stop. It’s said he wrote his first song at age seven and joined his first band at ten.
Nelson, who’s been touring with his “family” band since the early 1970s, will turn 91 on April 29th, and he’s still not ready to be rolled up.
(Radio Iowa) – The Iowa Utilities Board released its ruling today (Friday) on MidAmerican Energy’s request for a natural gas service rate increase. The I-U-B approved a three-point-eight percent increase in natural gas service rates following hearings on the rate request. That is a little more than half of the rate increase MidAmerican had requested.
The final rate is also below the five percent temporary rate increase granted to MidAmerican in June of last year, and the company now has to file a plan to refund the excess amount of the interim rate.
The I-U-B says under the new rate, the average residential natural gas customer will see their monthly bill increase of approximately one dollar, 86 cents.
Organizers of an annual Christian music festival held in northwest Iowa are hoping to break an attendance record that was set long ago by the Ku Klux Klan. Rob Roozeboom, founder and president of Rise Ministries, says they discovered a K-K-K rally nearly a century ago in Sheldon drew an estimated 25-thousand people.
The goal is to attract at least 25-thousand-and-one people to this summer’s RiseFest Christian music festival June 7th & 8th. 
Roozeboom says he wants to erase what he calls a hated-filled record from Sheldon’s past.
This year’s RiseFest music line-up includes Ben Fuller, Skillet, We Are Messengers, and Phil Wickham. The two-day festival also includes speakers, seminars, and activities for kids.
(Radio Iowa) – Republicans in the Iowa House have released an overall state spending goal for the next budgeting year that’s 82 million dollars higher than Republicans in the Iowa Senate have proposed. It’s also slightly higher than Governor Reynolds proposed in January. Republican Representative Gary Mohr, of Bettendorf, is chairman of the House Appropriations Committee.
Mohr says the plan spends substantially less than projected tax revenue in the coming year, leaving room to — perhaps — adopt deeper cuts in the state income tax. Mohr says just because there’s more tax money that COULD be spent means it SHOULD be spent.
Senate Majority Leader Jack Whitver says he’s optimistic the Republican-led legislature will do more for the taxpayer before the 2024 session ends. Democrats say Iowans deserve more information about the tax and spending plans Republicans are developing — and public schools deserve more state support.
Earlier this week the governor signed a bill into law that sets the general level of state spending on K-12 students in public and private schools. It also raised pay for public school teachers and other school staff. Mohr, the Republican who leads the House Appropriations Committee, says a majority of state funding is spent on Iowa’s education system, so that’s a major milestone.
April 16th is the 100th day of the 2024 legislative session. That’s the date daily expense payments for lawmakers end and it’s considered the target date for adjourning the annual legislative session.
(Clarinda, Iowa) – Sheriff’s officials in Page County say a man from Braddyville died early Thursday morning, in a single-vehicle accident southeast of Shambaugh. According to the report, the accident happened a little before 8-a.m., in the 2700 block of Teak Avenue.
The Page County Communications Center received a call about a vehicle in the East Nodaway River. When Deputies arrived, they found a 2005 Subaru Baja SUV upside down in the river. The driver of the vehicle, 25-year-old Chay David Potts, of rural Braddyville, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Clarinda EMS, fire departments from Clarinda and Braddyville, New Market Rescue, the Midwest Regional Dive Team and the Page County Emergency Management Agency assisted the sheriff’s office at the scene.
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