The Page County Sheriff’s Office reports authorities were notified at around 11:45-a.m. Saturday (11/9), that a body that had been found in a field about one-mile north of Clarinda. Sheriff’s deputies and the Page County Medical Examiners Office, and the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation were called to the scene.

The body that was recovered was sent to the State Medical Examiners Office for an Autopsy. At this time, no other information is being released pending Autopsy results. You may recall, authorities last month conducted an extensive search for a man with dementia, who disappeared from his residence during the early morning hours of Oct. 22nd.

It is unclear whether the person found Saturday was 68-year-old Dale Allen Hodtwalker, of rural Clarinda.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Police say a man has been charged in the killing last month of a Des Moines man. Des Moines police say in a news release that 39-year-old Nicky Joe Beery, of Des Moines, was charged in a warrant Saturday with first-degree murder in the death of 43-year-old James Moss Jr.

Nicky Joe Beery (Dsm PD photo)

Moss found injured at a home early the morning of Oct. 5 and was pronounced dead later at a hospital. Police have not said what caused his death.

According to the news release, Beery was arrested Thursday in Las Vegas on a material witness warrant in the case. He was charged after being questioned Friday by Des Moines detectives who traveled to Las Vegas.

Police in Council Bluffs report two men from Council Bluffs are in custody following a burglary incident where shots were fired, late Friday morning. Officers were called to 1702 6th Avenue at around 11:30-a.m., to investigate a shots fired call. Officers arrived on scene and learned the victim, Maxwell Green, had found two subjects coming out of his garage and confronted them.

Christopher Brammer

Trevor Myers

During the incident Green struggled with one of the suspects, 30-year old Christopher Brammer. During the struggle Brammer pulled a revolver from his pocket and fired one round. He then ran from the area along with the second suspect, 30-year old Trevor Myers. Myers was found a short time later and charged with Burglary 1st for his involvement in the incident.

Brammer was located by officers shortly after 9:30-p.m and taken into custody as well for the same charge. No injuries were reported following the incident. The weapon that was used and other items that were taken during the burglary were found and placed into police property. The case remains under investigation by the Council Bluffs Police Department.

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Police in Red Oak arrested a Nebraska man on a charge of Domestic Abuse Assault, Friday night. 33-year old Earnest Bryan Meredith, Jr., of Omaha, was taken into custody just before 11-p.m., in the 100 block of W. Coolbaugh Street. He was transported to the Montgomery County Jail and held without bond, pending an appearance before a Magistrate.

A man and a woman were arrested in Corning Friday night after deputies responded to a reported Domestic Assault. The Adams County Sheriff’s Office says 34-year old Michael John Wray and 32-year old Nicole Jean Dorman, both of Corning, were taken into custody at around 8-p.m. in the 700 block of 5th Street.

Both subjects were intoxicated and had minor injuries from the fight. They were transported to the Adams County Jail and charged with Domestic Assault. Their bonds were set at $1,000 each.

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:50 a.m. CST

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A top Iowa aide to businessman Tom Steyer has resigned a day after The Associated Press revealed he had privately offered campaign contributions to local politicians in exchange for endorsing Steyer’s White House bid. The Steyer campaign announced Patrick Murphy’s resignation on Friday. In a statement Thursday, the former Iowa House speaker apologized for but did not deny the interactions and said the concerns from his former colleagues about his overtures were the result of “miscommunication.”

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Supreme Court says a small liberal arts college in Cedar Rapids must continue to classify seven paintings by artist Grant Wood as restricted gifts that cannot be sold. Coe College doesn’t want to sell the art but has always considered the paintings unrestricted gifts which allowed the college to carry their value on its books as an asset and boost the value of its endowment fund. An auditor reclassified it as restricted property, which reduces the endowment fund assets by $5.4 million.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Appeals Court has ruled against a convicted killer who says he “died” during a medical emergency and thus fulfilled his life sentence. Benjamin Schreiber has been serving the life term since being convicted in 1997. Schreiber sought release in April 2018, saying that because he momentarily died before being resuscitated at a hospital in 2015, he should be freed. The appellate court backed a district judge who ruled that Schreiber’s filing confirmed that he was still among the living.

AMES, Iowa (AP) — Ames police say they’ve arrested a man suspected of fatally stabbing his roommate at their apartment. Officers who responded to the residence around 6:10 p.m. Thursday found the injured man, later identified as 37-year-old Christopher Charles Swalwell, suffering from mortal knife wounds. Court records say 55-year-old David Hunter is charged with first-degree murder. Police have not released the name of the roommate. The records don’t list the name of an attorney who could comment for Hunter.

DES MOINES, Iowa — The Iowa Department of Public Safety’s Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) is warning of a phone scam involving callers who target citizens by misrepresenting themselves as DCI staff.

The DCI has received reports from citizens that scammers are attempting to extort money related to a the citizen’s access to a website. The callers are misrepresenting themselves as DCI agents working with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to collect money. Some callers are using false agent names and badge numbers. Citizens are also reporting that their caller ID devices display a number for the Iowa Department of Public Safety. The DCI does not request payment over the phone.

Listed below are some helpful tips to prevent being targeted by fraudulent calls:

• If you get a call from someone who claims they are collecting money on behalf of the DPS—even if a caller ID device shows the DPS—hang up.
• The DPS does not request payment over the phone.
• Do not provide or confirm personal information or financial information to anyone who calls.
• If you receive a phone call similar to the one mentioned above, you are asked to contact your local law enforcement and the Iowa Attorney General’s Office Hotline at 515-281-5926 or 888-777-4590.

Only minor injuries were reported following a two-vehicle accident Friday evening, near I-80 and Highway 71, in Cass County. The collision happened at around 5:50-p.m. just south of the I-80 eastbound on-ramp. Atlantic Fire and Rescue, Medivac Ambulance and Cass County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to the scene.

No other details are currently available.

Michael Bloomberg has reached out to a senior Iowa Democrat in a sign that the billionaire former New York City mayor is planning a presidential campaign. Former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack told The Associated Press that Bloomberg telephoned him Thursday evening as reports were emerging that he was weighing a campaign. Bloomberg left a voicemail indicating he plans to run.

Of Bloomberg’s message, Vilsack said: “He is in.” In a follow-up email, Vilsack told the AP that Bloomberg said in the message that “it was true he is running.” Bloomberg aides say he has made calls to prominent Democrats but has not made a final decision to run for president.

Vilsack was the U.S. secretary of agriculture under President Barack Obama. Vilsack has been consulted by several of the more than one dozen Democrats campaigning in his state, which holds the leadoff caucuses in fewer than 90 days.