GRIMES, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say a man was burned when the boat engine he was working on caught fire in a Des Moines suburb. Firefighters were dispatched around 2:15 p.m. Monday to the residence in Grimes. They contained the flames to the garage in which the boat was parked. The injured man was taken to a hospital. He’s been identified as 37-year-old David Boots.

Police in Missouri Valley are asking for the public’s help in identifying a man who allegedly committed a burglary Sunday night, at Valley Arms. Surveillance video still-frame imagery shows a white male with a blue shirt and bright green stocking cap with black bands. One of the bands has green lettering with the partial word “BOS” visible. If you have information that could help police catch the suspect, call 712-642-2736.

Gun store burglary suspect

Atlantic Municipal Utilities is working to shut-off water to the area between Birch and Hickory Streets this morning. The move is necessary so repairs could take place on a broken water main. It’s not clear how soon the main will be back on-line.

Officials with the Iowa Dept. of Public Safety said late Monday night, that the Remsen Police Department took a report Monday, of a missing female identified as 27 year-old NICOLE ANN TROMETER of Remsen, Iowa.  The Remsen Police Department, Plymouth County Sheriff’s Office, and the Le Mars Police Department searched the area and were unable to locate TROMETER.  TROMETER has two vehicles that have not been located.

NICOLE ANN TROMETER

TROMETER has two vehicles registered in her name:
1.) 2013 White Dodge Durango Citadel with Iowa License Plate IAA 432
2.) 2004 Silver Ford Explorer XLT Iowa License Plate IHY 475

TROMETER was last see Sunday morning September 1, 2019, in Le Mars Iowa with DANIEL KITTREDGE (Age 34).

DANIEL KITTREDGE

At this time, TROMETER’S disappearance is being investigated by the Remsen Police Department, Le Mars Police Department, Plymouth County Sheriff’s Office, and the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation.

Anyone with any knowledge of TROMETER or KITTREDGE’S whereabouts or any information regarding the location of her vehicles, is requested to contact the Remsen Police Department at 712-786-2299.

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:30 a.m. CDT

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa police say a 19-year-old is expected to recover after being accidentally shot in the head in Des Moines. Des Moines police spokesman Sgt. Paul Parizek told the Des Moines Register that the man will be fine, and it’s “kind of remarkable.” Police responded to reports of a shooting Saturday at a house party south of Drake University. Parizek says charges likely will be filed.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Democratic presidential candidates Joe Biden and Pete Buttigieg are taking a no-compromise approach on overhauling the nation’s gun laws after the latest spate of mass shootings. The former vice president and the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, say Democrats must push universal background checks, red flag laws and a renewed ban on military-style weaponry. Their comments come two days after a gunman went on a rampage in Odessa, Texas, killing seven people before being gunned down by police.

WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg is building up his organization in Iowa this month, with an eye on the state’s early caucus. The South Bend, Indiana, mayor plans to use the last quarter’s nearly $25 million in campaign contributions to create an army of peer-to-peer foot soldiers. Buttigieg is racing to catch his better-known 2020 rivals, who have spent months building organizations in the state that marks the first test for the Democratic presidential nomination.

INDIANOLA, Iowa (AP) — One person is dead after fire broke out an apartment complex in Indianola. KCCI-TV reports that the fire was reported at 6:37 a.m. Sunday at Foxwood Apartments. The apartment belonged to a 64-year-old woman. An autopsy will be conducted to determine if she was the person killed in the blaze. The cause of the fire has not been determined, but authorities say foul play is not suspected.

The Adair County Sheriff’s Office reports two people from central Iowa were arrested on Burglary charges, Aug. 25th. 36-year old Shannon Kay Keeney, of Des Moines, was charged with Burglary in the 3rd Degree-Vehicle related; Burglary in the 3rd Degree, and Theft in the 2nd Degree. 47-year old Matthew Em Jones, of Indianola, was also charged with Burglary in the 3rd Degree-Vehicle and Burglary in the 3rd. He was also charged with Possession of Burglary Tools, Theft in the 3rd Degree, and Possession of a Controlled Substance. Keeney was being held in the Adair County Jail on a $12,000 cash or surety bond. Jones was released the following day on a $19,000 cash or surety bond.

Authorities say Keeney and Jones entered a property and took a vehicle, then entered another property and stole items valued at around $3,000. Jones was found to be in possession of numerous tools used to commit a Burglary, along with a face mask, bug spray and a flashlight. He also had a backpack that contained syringes and a substance that field tested positive for methamphetamine.

The Adair County Sheriff’s Office reports also, 34-year old Sherrece Patricia Kilgore, of Bridgewater, was arrested Aug. 30th in Creston, on an Adair County warrant for a Controlled Substance Violation. She was transferred to the custody of Adair County and released later that same day on a $25,000 cash or surety bond. 38-year old Jason A. Lampman, of Des Moines, was arrested Aug. 30th, on a No Bond warrant out of Lancaster County, Nebraska.

And, 41-year old Jeremias Reyna, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, was arrested Aug. 31st in Adair County, after he allegedly made loud, raucous noises at around 2-a.m., while on a westbound bus to Omaha on Interstate 80, causing unreasonable distress to the other riders. A Sheriff’s deputy spoke with the Burlington Trailways bus driver while the bus was at the Adair Rest Area. The driver said Reyna was intoxicated and had been arguing and yelling with a passenger in the back of the bus. He said the man had been acting up since he boarded the bus in Des Moines.

He also allegedly tried to hit the other passenger. Reyna was warned three times by the driver to calm down and stop causing trouble. He was subsequently escorted off the bus and transported to the Adair County Jail, and released later that same day on his Own Recognizance.

Stuart Police, along with Deputies from Adair and Guthrie County, responded at around 1-p.m. Saturday, to the reported assault of a kidnapping victim.  Adair County Sheriff Jeff Vandewater said Monday, the suspect, 32-year old James Scott Smith, Jr., of Mexico, NY, was being held in the Adair County Jail on $1-million, $10,000 bond ($1,010,000.00), on charges that include Domestic Assault with a weapon/1st offense, Harassment in the 1st Degree, Kidnapping in the 1st Degree, and Obstruction of Emergency Communication.

Vandewater says at around 12:44-p.m., Saturday, Guthrie County Dispatch notified Stuart Police Officer Katherine Guisinger, that a female, Amber Leigh Garrison, of Smyrna, NY,  was inside the Stuart Casey’s Store. Garrison said she had been assaulted and held by Smith in a Peterbilt semi-truck cab, since approximately July 20th. She said Smith picked her up at a truck stop in Pennsylvania, after the two made contact on a dating site (Plenty of Fish). The woman said once she got in the semi’s cab, she was not allowed to leave.

Garrison said she was also not allowed to use her cellphone or contact her family, until Smith realized she was listed as a missing person through the State of New York. After he saw her missing person flyers on Facebook, Smith told Garrison to call her mother, and tell her Garrison was not missing. Smith also ordered Garrison to e-mail a New York Trooper, Vincent Rinaldo, and tell him the same thing.

The morning of Aug. 31st, Garrison called 911 and put the cellphone under the seat, so Smith wouldn’t know she was calling. After the third 911 call, Smith realized what was going on, and terminated the call. He then allegedly held her in the cab against her will for about an hour, beat her and held a knife towards her. Garrison said Smith threatened to kill her and himself.

Adair County Dispatch 911 records show there were numerous 911 calls placed Saturday morning, beginning at around 9:50-a.m., where a female voice could be heard, asking someone to “drop the knife.” Due to the fact the female caller never spoke with dispatch, they were unable to get an exact location where she was.

When Officer Guisinger arrived at the Stuart Casey’s Store, she made contact with Garrison, who identified the truck she had been held in. She said also, that Smith let her go only after she promised him he wouldn’t call police. The Officer noted Garrison had visible injuries on numerous location of her upper body, including blood coming from her nose. She also complained about a possible infection caused by Smith allegedly having forced her to be tattooed. Garrison was transported to the Adair County Hospital in Greenfield, for treatment of her injuries.

Smith said their relationship was consensual. Authorities say the case remains an open and ongoing investigation, which involves several alleged crimes in multiple states.

Police in Red Oak arrested two men on separate charges. At around 1:25-p.m. today (Monday), 56-year old Patrick John Peirce, Sr., of Red Oak, was arrested at 1st and Coolbaugh Streets, for Harassment in the 1st degree (Threatening – a forcible Felony). He was transported to the Montgomery County Jail and held on a $2,000 bond.

And, at around 10-a.m. Sunday, 47-year old Darold Eugene Bredberg, of Red Oak, was arrested on a valid Red Oak Police warrant for Forgery. Bredberg was being held in the Montgomery County Jail, on a $5,000 bond.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa police say a 19-year-old is expected to recover after being accidentally shot in the head in Des Moines. Des Moines police spokesman Sgt. Paul Parizek told the Des Moines Register that officers responded to reports of a shooting at about 11 p.m. Saturday at a house party south of Drake University.

Parizek said officers found bullet holes inside the home that appear to show a gun was fired in one room, passed through a wall and then struck the victim in the head in another room. Parizek says a bullet was pulled from the wound. He says the victim will be fine, and it’s “kind of remarkable.”

Parizek says charges likely will be filed.

(Radio Iowa) — Iowa’s quail population took the biggest hit of any of the game birds from the tough winter conditions. The annual roadside survey found their populations were down 36 percent from last year. D-N-R wildlife biologist, Todd Bogenschutz says impact was greatest on quail because their range is only across the southern three tiers of counties.

“The got that kind of transition — the got freezing rain, they go sleet, ice several times — and that’s just brutal on quail. Because they are not big enough to get through it and they don’t venture as far as pheasants,” according to Bogenschtuz. “We kind of fully expected that they would take a hit. I was hoping maybe not as much as they did.” He says the number of quail taken last year increased by 45 percent from the previous year. Bogenschutz says the harvest would have been much higher if more hunters had been out.

“We had about 10-thousand quail hunters last year and they shot about 50-thousand quail — which was the highest we’d seen in more than a decade,” Bogenschutz says. “So quail numbers have been good the last four or five years just like pheasants — the highest we’ve seen since the late 90s.” Bogenschutz projects the take would have been as high as a quarter million quail if the hunter numbers had been comparable to the 90’s.

He says there were around 20-thousand quail hunters back then, so there weren’t as many hunters chasing quail last year. Bogenschutz says hunter numbers for pheasant and quail had dropped off during the period when bad weather hurt their populations. And he says they are working to get younger hunters more involved in all types of hunting.