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City of Atlantic officials announced Wednesday afternoon that the city yard waste site is closed until further notice. The closure is due to the high winds in the area and word will be passed on as soon as the site reopens. They apologize for any inconvenience.
DYERSVILLE, Iowa (AP) — Police have charged the parents of a Dyersville toddler, saying the boy accidentally shot his mother with an unsecured gun he found in the family home. Police say 21-year-old Meriah Carlyle and 23-year-old Logan Keller have each been charged with child endangerment for leaving a loaded handgun on a bedside table on Nov. 4. Investigators say the 2-year-old found the gun, then accidentally shot his mother, who had to be flown to an Iowa City hospital for life-saving treatment. Police say in a criminal complaint that both parents were in the room with the child where the gun was, but didn’t notice the boy had picked up the gun until it fired.
**UPDATE: Montgomery County Authorities report Janice Sue Allen has been found safe and sound. They thank the public for their help.**
The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office issued a Missing Person Alert for 74-year old Janice Sue Allen, of Stanton. She was driving a silver, 4-door 2020 Hyundai Sante Fe (SUV), with Iowa license plate number 158 ZNO. Her last known location was in the 100 block of Centennial Road, in Papillion, NE. She apparently got lost on her way from South Dakota to Stanton.
Anyone with information on her location is asked to call your local law enforcement agency or the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office, at 712-623-5107.
The Mills County Sheriff’s Department reports three people were arrested Tuesday. 59-year-old Rodney Russell Smiley, of Logan, was arrested following a traffic stop on Highway 34. He faces charges that include Possession of a Controlled Substance and Failure to provide proof of financial liability (insurance). Bond was set at $1,000. And, 51-year old Julie Ann Wiggins, of Glenwood, was arrested following a traffic stop on Highway 34. She was charged with 2 counts Possession of a Controlled Substance, and Forgery. Bond was set at $12,000.
Tuesday morning, 41-year old Christina Mae Robbins, of Glenwood, was arrested at the Mills County Sheriff’s Office, on warrants for 2 counts of Probation Violation. Bond was set at $20,000.
(Radio Iowa) – The margin in Iowa’s undecided second congressional district race has changed, by three votes, after ballot recounting started yesterday (Tuesday) in Scott County. All 24 counties in the district will be recounting the nearly 400-thousand ballots cast in the contest over the next 10 days. As of now, Republican Mariannette Miller-Meeks leads Democrat Rita Hart by 50 votes.
The recount in Johnson County started this (Wednesday) morning. It may take days for the three-member Recount Boards in some of the district’s larger counties to complete the process. The secretary of state will certify statewide election results on November 30th. The re-checked results in the second congressional district are due on the weekend after Thanksgiving.
The Red Oak Police Department and the Red Oak Volunteer Firefighters Assn., with the support and assistance of the following Dept. of public safety agencies, local businesses and organizations in Montgomery County, are once again going to be a distribution point for the Marine Toys for Tots program for Montgomery County. Those agencies involved include: Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office, Montgomery County Emergency Management Agency, Stanton Fire & Rescue, Villisca EMS Association, Villisca Fire Department, Grant Fire Department & First Responders, and Elliott Fire First Responders, Fareway, Montgomery County YMCA, Eagle’s Aerie #2715, Bucksnort Restaurant, SWIA Squadron of Heroes, Red Oak Community Schools, Cubby’s, HyVee, Orscheln’s, Hardware Hank. The goal, is to see to it that every child, which is registered in Montgomery County, is able to have at least one new toy for Christmas this year.
Registration dates: Now until Dec. 1st.
A parent, guardian, or grandparents are the only ones allowed to sign up a child. There is some information that needs to be brought in with the person registering the child when they come to register. If they can bring a copy of the child’s birth certificate, that works the best. Child’s full name as it appears on the birth certificate, Date of Birth, parent’s names and a telephone number of the person registering the child.
Toys are divided into three age groups with a maximum age of 14.
0-3 Non gender specific
4-8 Male/Female
9-14 Male/Female
DONATIONS: Fareway, Montgomery County YMCA, Cubby’s, The Bucksnort, Hardware Hank, Orscheln’s, HyVee and the Red Oak Police Department, are also a local drop off point for toys, and the toys must be a new unwrapped toy. Any person having questions in regards to the Toys for Tots program are encouraged to contact Chief Justin Rhamy of the Red Oak Police Department at 712-623-6500.
(Radio Iowa) – Iowa Senator Joni Ernst is questioning whether Facebook and Twitter employees are politically hostile to conservatives. Ernst was among the Republicans on a Senate Committee who expressed concerns yesterday (Tuesday) that conservatives were being censored on the social media platforms in the run up to the 2020 Election. “The people that I hear from, of course, believe that conservatives were wrongfully being silenced, while those on the left that were given basically free reign on your platforms,” Ernst said. “…You do recruit heavily from California, which leans to your employee base skewing quite heavily to the left.”
Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook and Jack Dorsey of Twitter testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee for hours yesterday (Tuesday). Ernst asked if they had taken steps to make their employee base more politically balanced. Zuckerberg responded, “This is a sensitive area where I don’t think it would be appropriate for us to ask people on the way in what they’re political affiliation is.”
Zuckerberg says as more people are able to work remotely, from anywhere, the company’s employee roster will diversify into other regions. He also told Ernst Facebook has turned to independent fact-checkers to assess what “misinformation” may be posted on the platform. Twitter’s C-E-O Jack Dorsey says the company has a framework for dealing with concerns about political bias. He also said the company is at a point where it can decentralize it’s employee base. Democrats on the committee rejected concerns of bias from Ernst and other Republicans, countering that nearly every day the most engaged pages on Facebook offer what they termed “far right content.”
Officials with the Department of Justice, Wednesday (today), report multiple federal search warrants were executed in the Des Moines Metropolitan area this (Wed.) morning Including Waukee and Adel). The searches at the 43 separate locations were an official law enforcement action involving officers, agents and investigators from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) and 17 other agencies (See the list below). Additional details were not immediately available.
(Agencies participating in the coordinated effort include…in addition to those mentioned… : Des Moines Police Department (DMPD); Iowa Division of Narcotics Enforcement (DNE); Iowa State Patrol (ISP); Mid-Iowa Narcotics Enforcement Task Force (MINE); Tri-County Task Force; Central Iowa Drug Task Force (CIDTF); Mid-Iowa Drug Task Force (MIDTF); Iowa Department of Criminal Investigation (DCI); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Internal Revenue Service – Criminal Investigations (IRS-CI); Homeland Security Investigations (HIS); Altoona Police Department; West Des Moines Police Department; Urbandale Police Department; Marshalltown Police Department; Dallas County Sheriff’s Office; and Iowa State Fire Marshal.
DES MOINES, Iowa (Nov. 18, 2020) — The Wellmark Foundation has provided 28 Iowa organizations with their Small Matching Assets to Community Health (MATCH) grant awards amounting to $576,608. The organizations (which locally includes Council Bluffs, Lenox, Malvern and Greenfield) were notified in August of their pending awards and had 12 weeks to secure the required matching funds. Small MATCH grant recipients were able to use a combination of in-kind donations, services and cash in order to receive their award from The Wellmark Foundation. All the funded projects will help individuals, families and communities achieve better health through built environment initiatives that encourage physical activity or access to and consumption of nutritious foods.
The 28 Iowa organizations awarded a Wellmark Foundation 2020 Small MATCH grant (Locally) include:
To learn more about those and other projects, visit Wellmark.com/Foundation. Since its inception in 1991, The Wellmark Foundation has provided more than $36 million in grant funding to communities across Iowa and South Dakota.
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