Adair County Sheriff Jeff Vandewater had a very brief report this week. The report said 50-year old Connie Jae Emgarten, of Casey, was arrested Saturday on a Cass County warrant for Failure to complete jail time on an original, Possession of a Controlled Substance/3rd-or subsequent offense, charge. Emgarten remained in the Cass County Jail as of Monday (June 3rd).

(Radio Iowa) — TWENTY Democratic presidential candidates will appear at a series of forums in five Iowa cities next month. The events are sponsored by AARP and The Des Moines Register. Radio Iowa news director O. Kay Henderson and Kathie Obradovich of The Register, will moderate the discussions. Each of the 20 candidates will appear at just one forum. The events, which will begin at 2 p.m. each day, will be held the week of July 15th. They’ll be staged in Des Moines, Davenport, Cedar Rapids, Sioux City and Council Bluffs.

These are invitation-only events for AARP members, and the audience at each forum will be comprised of 200 to 250 Iowans. The event in Council Bluffs takes place 2-p.m. Saturday, July 20th, and features the following candidates who are scheduled to speak:

• 2:00 p.m. Sen. Bernie Sanders
• 2:30 p.m. Mayor Pete Buttigieg
• 3:00 p.m. Gov. Steve Bullock
• 3:30 p.m. Mayor Bill DeBlasio

The forums will be livestreamed at www.DesMoinesRegister.com

(Radio Iowa) — While the U-S House gave final Congressional passage of a disaster relief package last (Monday) night, Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley says it won’t go nearly far enough to bail out all Iowans who’ve been impacted by flooding.  “This package is a good start of addressing the flooding needs of Iowa,” Grassley says. “I think not only me but a lot of other senators feel that there’s going to have to be a second disaster bill between now and September 30th.”

The 19-billion dollar relief package is comprehensive, Grassley says, but it only includes money to repair roads, bridges and levees that were damaged in the -first- round of flooding, and there’s been many millions of dollars -more- damage since March and April. “Just think, Burlington just had overruns of their levees and downtown flooded there this week, it wasn’t there before,” Grassley says. “Davenport, three or four weeks ago, then Missouri River flooding again, so, we haven’t calculated any of this.”

Grassley was pleased the package included his amendment to provide coverage for farmers who lost millions in corn and soybeans that was stored in bins which were inundated by flooding. Overall, Grassley says the disaster relief package should help those affected, especially in southwest Iowa, in their continued efforts to rebuild and recover.  “You may start to help these communities with this money,” Grassley says, “but if it doesn’t last, including what we haven’t calculated yet in Iowa, then there’s going to have to be more spent.”

The bill that passed the House last night had passed the Senate last month. The president is expected to sign the measure into law yet this week.

(Radio Iowa) — Six cattle were missing at daybreak today (Tuesday) in eastern Iowa after a semi tipped over on an Interstate 80 exit ramp. The semi was carrying 57 head of cattle. According to the Iowa State Patrol, the semi was exiting Interstate 80 for northbound Interstate-380 and tipped over shortly before midnight. All the cattle got out of the semi trailer. The exit was closed for a while overnight to deal with the wreck. Officials say the six missing cattle are probably in the Tiffin area.

DEWITT, Iowa (AP) — Authorities have released the name of a man who died after his pickup truck collided with a firetruck in eastern Iowa’s Clinton County. The collision occurred around 9:45 a.m. Sunday at a rural intersection just north of Allens Grove Park. Authorities say the Donahue Volunteer Fire Department firetruck was heading north on a non-emergency test drive when driver Clayton Schoenthaler began turning around to head south back to the station. Its right rear dual wheels were then struck by the southbound pickup.

The Clinton County Sheriff’s Office says the man driving the pickup died later at a hospital in DeWitt. The Iowa State Patrol identified the man as 76-year-old Roger Galloway, who lived in Grand Mound. His passenger was identified as 74-year-old Linda Galloway, also of Grand Mound. She was taken to a Davenport hospital for treatment.

The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office reports two men being held in the Pott. County Jail, were presented with additional warrants, Monday. 32-year old Troy Maurice Taylor, of Council Bluffs, who was being held in the jail on Forgery, 2 counts of ID Theft and 3 counts of Altering a written instrument, was presented with a warrant for Violation of Probation. His bond was set at $7,000. And, 22-year old Christopher D’Sean Thomas, of Council Bluffs, who was being held on nearly two dozen other charges, was presented with a warrant for Theft in the 2nd Degree.  Bond was set at $5,727. Both men were returned to the custody of Corrections staff after having their warrants read to them.

And, 39-year old Richard Joseph Polak was transported Monday from the Washington County (IA) Jail to the Pott. County Jail, where he was wanted on a warrant for Collecting or attempting to collect, fraudulent winnings.

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Creston Police took a report of vehicle vandalism, Monday, and arrested a woman on a Theft charge. A man residing in the 500 block of N. Division Street, in Creston, reported to police someone had shot his vehicle with what appeared to have been paintballs. The incident, which happened Sunday night or early Monday morning, caused about $150 damage.

And, authorities say 41-year old Cari Langille, of Creston, was arrested Monday afternoon for Theft in the 5th Degree. She was cited at the scene and released on a promise to appear in court.

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MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) — Mason City’s mayor says a Minnesota tomato grower is proposing to build a hydroponic facility in a Mason City industrial park. Mayor Bill Schickel announced Monday that Owatonna, Minnesota-based Bushel Boy is planning a $35 million project that would occupy about 80 acres and could bring 50 new jobs to Mason City.

The city would have to pay about $223,000 for its 20 percent share of the cost to build a two-lane road for the facility. The state would pay the rest of the cost if a development grant is approved. The city also would have to extend water and sewer lines to the site.