MORNING SUN, Iowa (AP) — The remains of a World War II soldier have been identified and are being sent home to Iowa for burial. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency said Wednesday that the remains of U.S. Army Pfc. John Walker will be buried June 20 in his hometown of Morning Sun. The agency says Walker was reported missing on Nov. 24, 1944, after his 1st Infantry Division unit battled Germans near Schönthal, Germany. He was declared deceased in November 1945.

The agency says a German resident found remains in the area in November 1948. They eventually were interred at the Ardennes American Cemetery in Neuville, France. Follow-up research that began in 2016 led to the remains being exhumed, and subsequent DNA and other testing confirmed the remains were those of Walker.

Two woman upset with each other pulled into a Co-Op parking lot in Union County, Tuesday afternoon. The Union County Sheriff’s Office said both driver’s were possibly driving too fast at the time. 22-year old Cheyenne Lindsey White, of St. Joseph, MO., was driving a 2004 Chevy Impala. When she realized the lot was a dead-end, she tried to turn around, and in doing so collided with a 1991 Ford Ranger, driven by 19-year old Mackenzie McKinney, of Afton, as McKinney was still going straight ahead. The accident happened at around 1:30-p.m.  Damage from the collision amounted to $6,000. Authorities said McKinney was operating her vehicle in a “Reckless, erratic, careless, negligent manner, but no citations were issued. There were also no injuries reported.

An eastern Iowa school district is re-examining its policies after letting a convicted sex offender volunteer there. Mid-Prairie School Board officials say they’re on track to have new rules for volunteers in place this August. Ryan Schlabaugh co-chairs the committee that’s drafting the new policy for the district. He says the 30-member group doesn’t want to rush the process.  “The goal is to get it right,” Schlabaugh says. “We can…rush this thing through and have a document and put it in front of the school board very quickly, but it’s not going to be a document that’s been vetted.”

The district has schools in Wellman, Kalona and West Chester. The team working on the new rules is comprised of teachers, law enforcement, elected officials and lawyers. Schlabaugh says other school systems are watching this process. “As we move forward and implement a policy here in August and September, that’s going to be looked at by attorneys and other administrators as to how can that be implemented into our school district to better protect our students, in any district in Iowa.”

Trent Yoder was removed from the state’s sex offender list in 2008 and began volunteering in the Mid-Prairie district in 2015. Though school officials knew his background, it wasn’t made public until April in reports by the Des Moines Register. School board officials say the rules are on track for a final vote on August 27th, two days after the fall semester starts.

(Radio Iowa)

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — A Nebraska woman is accused of ramming her ex-boyfriend’s car on Interstate 80 in western Iowa. Pottawattamie County Court records say 20-year-old Truniyah McDonald, of Omaha, Nebraska, is charged with two counts of going armed with intent and one of criminal mischief. Her next hearing is scheduled for June 21.

The Daily Nonpareil reports that Traevon Thompson told officers that she’d called him early Monday morning while they were both in their vehicles headed west on I-80 in Council Bluffs, telling him that she would ram his car. Court records say she told officers she believes Thompson is seeing someone else and so decided to hit his car while pursuing him on the interstate. She says she hit his car twice. Both cars struck the lane divider on the second hit. Neither Thompson nor McDonald was injured.

(Updated) The Cass County Board of Supervisors met Tuesday morning at the courthouse, to canvass the results of the June 5th Primary Election. Cass County Auditor Dale Sunderman reports after opening and canvassing the returns of each voting precinct in the County, the following Republican candidates were declared as the nominees to their respective office, and will appear on the General Election ballot November 6th (There were No Democrat nominees).

District 2 Supervisor: Mark T. Obrien;

District 3 Supervisor: John Hartkopf – However, a recount of the votes cast for District 3 Supervisors has been requested by Dana Halder, and will be held 3-p.m. Monday, June 18th, at the Cass County Auditor’s Office. (Unofficial results following the Primary, Hartkopf had 161 votes. Dana Halder had 157 and Linda Templeman had 103 votes.)

Other’s nominated include:

Tracey J. Marshall – County Treasurer; Mary Ward – County Recorder; and Michael Donn Hooper – County Attorney.

The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office today (Wednesday) reports two arrests. A traffic stop on a Ford F-250 pickup Tuesday afternoon resulted in the arrest of 68-year old Franklin Jensen, of Neola. Jensen was arrested for Driving While Barred. Also arrested in the pickup, was 25-year old Alexander Xavier Schroder, of Council Bluffs, for Violating an No Contact or Protective Order pertaining to a 26-year old woman from Atlantic.

More area and State news from KJAN News Director Ric Hanson.

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The Creston Police Department received a report Tuesday evening, about a stolen bicycle. A woman residing in the 800 block of N. Sycamore Street, in Creston, told authorities her son’s Mongoose bike was stolen from the McKinley Park Pool, sometime between 2-p.m. and 4:15-p.m., Tuesday. The loss was estimated at $150.

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SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — A trial has been rescheduled for a Nebraska resident accused of stabbing to death a woman in northwest Iowa. Court records show the attorney for 20-year-old Melissa Camargo-Flores, of Dakota City, Nebraska, wanted more time to prepare her defense. The new trial starting date set Tuesday is Sept. 18th in Woodbury County District Court. The former date was July 10th.

Camargo-Flores is charged with first-degree murder in the Sioux City slaying of 24-year-old Kenia Alvarez-Flores on April 8. Court documents say Camargo-Flores admitted stabbing Alvarez-Flores and told investigators she’d been involved in a relationship with the victim’s boyfriend.

Authorities say the two women were not related.