BURLINGTON, Iowa (AP) — A judge says the city of Burlington and the Iowa Criminal Investigation Division broke Iowa law by refusing to turn over all records gathered in investigating a police officer’s accidental shooting of a Burlington woman. The Hawk Eye reports that Administrative Law Judge Karen Doland said in the decision she filed Monday that the public’s right to transparency should have outweighed officials’ desire for secrecy.

The newspaper and the family of Autumn Steele have sought the records since she was fatally shot on Jan. 6, 2015, by an officer responding to a fight between Steele and her husband. A federal judge already has ordered the city to release body camera video from the officer, his medical records and a portion of the state investigative files.

The Cass County Conservation Board is asking you…When do you think the first Trumpeter Swans will arrive at the Schildberg Quarry? You can call-in your prediction (by November 12^th) to the Conservation Board at 712-769-2372, leave a message and return phone number if the staff is not in. Duplicate dates will not be allowed. For example, if a caller predicts November 25th, no one else will be allowed to predict that arrival date. So, call anytime until November 12th to make your prediction! One prediction per family, please.

The sponsors of this contest will determine the official arrival of more than 6 trumpeter swans to Lake 4. The winner will receive a Trumpeter Swan 8×10 print from the Cass County Conservation Board. This contest is only for residents of Cass County.

Trumpeter Swans have visited the Schildberg Quarry for, at least, seventeen out of the last eighteen winters. Arrival and departure dates of the swans have been as follows:

1997/1998 December 18 – January 2

1998/1999 Nothing on record

1999/2000 December 25 – February 15

2000/2001 November 23 – March 6

2001/2002 December 25 – February 24

2002/2003 November 23 – March 15

2003/2004 November 26 – March 21

2004/2005 November 25 – March 18

2005/2006 November 17 – March 5

2006/2007 October 30 – March 9

2007/2008 November 22- February 14

2008/2009 November 18- March 12

2009-2010 November 19 – January 5

2010-2011 November 5 – February 10

2011/2012 November 17 – February 21

2012/2013 November 24– March 4

2013/2014 November 12- April 7

2014/2015 November 11- April 6

2015/2016 November 22- March 24

2016/2017 November 19- March 9

2017/2018 November 9- March 20

A woman from Glenwood was arrested Thursday morning. The Mills County Sheriff’s Office reports 59-year old Francine Wendy Hamilton was taken into custody at around 9:30-a.m. on a warrant for OWI/1st offense. Her bond was set at $1,000.

An investigation into an alleged assault that occurred Oct. 4th in Oakland, resulted in the arrest of a man on an aggravated assault charge. The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office says a domestic abuse report was taken Thursday at Project Harmony, in Omaha, with regard to an incident where a woman’s boyfriend, 39-year old William Ray Wilke, III, of Oakland, allegedly assault her at the home the couple and the woman’s two juvenile daughters share, in Oakland. Wilke was arrested for Domestic Assault with injury, and was being held without bond in the Pott. County Jail.

A Council Bluffs woman was arrested Thursday afternoon in Pott. County, following a traffic stop. Sheriff’s officials say 55-year old Lorri Lea Brown-Parks was arrested for a Compulsory Education Violation/2nd offense. She was transported to the Pott. County Jail and held without bond. She was also given a verbal warning for a vehicle window tint violation. And, 43-year old Chad Daniel Study, of Council Bluffs, turned himself-in to the Pott. County Sheriff’s Office, Thursday. Study was taken into custody on a Pott. County warrant and turned over to Corrections Staff.

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GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say two Iowa residents were arrested in south-central Nebraska after a state trooper found several pounds of marijuana in their car. The Nebraska State Patrol says the trooper pulled over the car around 5:15 p.m. Wednesday, just west of Grand Island on Interstate 80. The patrol says a subsequent search turned up 37 pounds of marijuana and other drug items.
The driver was identified as 26-year-old James Chase and his passenger as 25-year-old Charitie Olson. Both live in Des Moines.

They’ve been charged with possession of drugs for sale and related drug crimes. Attempts to reach his attorney Friday were unsuccessful. The next court hearing for Chase and Olson is scheduled for Nov. 2.

Two people were arrested on separate warrants Thursday, in Creston. Authorities say 32-year old Cortni Lynn White, of Creston, was arrested at her home Thursday afternoon, on a warrant for Probation Violation. White was transported to the Adams County Jail and held on a $2,000 cash-only bond. And, 39-year old Seth Jacob Preston, of Creston, was arrested Thursday morning, on an outside law enforcement agency warrant for Probation Violation. Preston was being held in the Union County Jail on a $20,000 cash-only bond.

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Red Oak Police say no injuries were reported following three separate accidents Thursday night. At around 10-p.m., a two-vehicle accident happened in the 1000 block of E. Coolbaugh Street. Officials say a 2014 Nissan Sentra driven by 16-year old Ethan Stewart, of Red Oak, was traveling westbound on E. Coolbaugh, when Stewart lost control of the car. The vehicle struck a legally parked 2000 Dodge Durango, registered to William Elwood. Damage from the collision amounted to $4,000. Stewart was cited for Failure to Maintain Control. Red Oak Fire assisted at the scene.

At around 8:45-p.m., an accident occurred in the 500 block of E. Washington Street, in Red Oak. Authorities say a 2012 Nissan Altima driven by 69-year old Stephen Kling, of Red Oak, was traveling eastbound, when he lost control of his car. The vehicle hit a legally parked 2014 Ford Explorer, registered to Tara Robinson. Damage from the collision amounted to $16,000. Kling, who claimed a dog ran into the street causing him to lose control, was cited for Failure to Maintain Control. Red Oak Fire assisted at the scene.

Earlier in the day, a 2010 Buick Enclave driven by 25-year old Tamera Sutton, of Red Oak, was struck broadside by a 2005 Chevy Trailblazer, driven by 18-year old Halee Myers, of Red Oak. The accident happened at around 5:20-p.m., as Sutton was traveling southbound on 6th Street. When her SUV entered an uncontrolled intersection at Elm Street, it was hit by Myers’ SUV. Following the collision, Sutton’s vehicle struck a power pole, snapping it in-two. Damage to the vehicles amounted to $23,000. The City of Red Oak power pole sustained about $3,000 damage. Police cited Myers for Failure to Yield. Red Oak Fire and Rescue assisted at the scene, along with a Mid-American Energy crew.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A woman has been imprisoned for her role in the slaying of a Des Moines man. Polk County court records say Crystal Purdy was sentenced Thursday to 35 years. She’d pleaded guilty to burglary and conspiracy to commit a forcible felony after prosecutors dropped a murder charge for the slaying of Cody Channon on Jan. 9. Her plea deal calls for her to testify against others involved, including William Burton II. He’s pleaded not guilty to a murder charge.

Investigators say they suspect Burton, Purdy and another man who has yet to be charged went to Channon’s home to confront him, and then Burton intentionally shot Channon once in the chest. Police say Burton and Purdy told investigators the gun went off during a scuffle.