The 7:07-a.m. report w/KJAN News Director Ric Hanson

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (4.2MB)

Subscribe: RSS

A man from Union County was arrested late Thursday night in Creston on a couple of charges. 44-year old Brian Taylor, of Creston, was stopped in the 300 block of S. Elm Street at around 11:30-p.m. He was taken into custody for Driving While Revoked and OWI/3rd offense. Taylor was later released on $5,000 bond.

A teenager from Panama was crowned Queen of the 2015 Shelby County Fair, Thursday night. Chelsea Assmann received the honors. She’s the daughter of Larry and Christine Assmann.

Haley Klein, daughter of Bob and Julie Klein, was the first runner-up. Mackenzie Goshorn, daughter of Darren and Kay Goshorn, was second runner-up.

The Audubon County Fair Queen contest was held Thursday night at the grandstand on the Audubon County Fairgrounds.  2014 Fair Queen Cassie Irlmeier passed along her crown to Tess Albright, an 18-year-old recent graduate of Audubon High School.  Albright was crowned queen out of a field of 7 contestants.  1st Runner-Up was Deann Irlmeier, an 16-year-old Sophomore at Exira-EHK.  2nd Runner-Up went to Jessica Wood, an 18-year-old recent graduate of Exira-EHK High School.

The candidates met on Thursday, July 9th at the Audubon County Extension Office to enjoy a meal catered by Simply Sweet.  That night they were interviewed as part of the judging process on criteria that included community involvement, speaking abilities and poise.  The Audubon County Fair Board supports the contestants by providing the meal, crown and sash, prizes, and State Fair accommodations to the winner.

Albright will now participate in the Iowa State Fair Queen Contest August 11th-15th. Coronation of the State Fair Queen will be Saturday, August 15th at 7 pm on the Anne and Bill Riley Stage.

The full list of candidates were: Tess Albright, Emily Campbell, Ashley Hansen, Deann Irlmeier, Sarah Mosinski, Aly Vance, and Jessica Wood.

Sheriff’s Officials in Sac County said Thursday, several residents of the County have been receiving phone calls from someone posing as a deputy with the Sac County Clerk of Court. The caller tells the victims that they have a bad check and that they can resolve this with a credit card payment over the phone.

The phone number on caller ID shows that it is a local number but the caller is telling the victim to call an (872) number. Authorities say this is a SCAM and you SHOULD NOT give out your credit card number to anyone calling you on the phone.

The 872 phone number is a trac phone out of the Chicago area.

The Madison County Republican Central Committee reports Republican presidential candidate Gov. Bobbie Jindal, will attend the Madison County Fair this weekend. The Governor of Louisiana will hold a “Meet and Greet” event in the Republican Food Booth Tent from 5-until 7-p.m., Sunday.  After he meets with the public, Jindal will attend the Madison County Fair Mud Bog races. The event is open to the public.

Police in Red Oak report four Red Oak residents under the legal age were arrested at around 11:45-p.m. Thursday, cited and then released, for allegedly being in possession of alcohol. 17-year old Elias Guerra was cited into Juvenile Court, 18-year old’s Gavin Dean French and Luis Rodriquez Ibarra, along with 19-year old Todd Michael Rensch were also cited and released.

And, at around 8:30-p.m. Thursday, Red Oak Police were called to the scene of a man out of control with weapons. When they arrived in the 300 block of 2nd Avenue, officers found 31-year old Christopher Long, of Red Oak. After speaking with the man, Long agreed to take a preliminary breath test, the results of which came back as .083 (point Oh-eight-three), or over the limit for legal intoxication. He was taken into custody and brought to the Montgomery County Jail, where Long was charged with Public Intoxication. His bond was set at $300.

Deputies in Pottawattamie County were led on a high-speed chase early this morning that ended sometime after 2-a.m., just north of Interstate 80, in Harrison County. Details are sketchy at this time, but scanner traffic indicated the vehicle being pursued on L-34 in northwestern Pott. County reached speeds of just over 100-miles per hour before the right front tire blew out. It’s believed the car may have run over stop-sticks laid down by a deputy.

The suspect and the vehicle continued north into Harrison County before he ditched the vehicle and took-off on foot at around 2:19-a.m.. Multiple law enforcement agencies including K9 units attempted to locate the individual, a man with no shirt and blue jeans, but as of 3:30-a.m., the subject had not been located.

We’ll update this story as more details become available.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Workforce Development director Beth Townsend is telling employees to look nice for Governor Terry Branstad’s visit even though he’s coming on Casual Friday. Townsend told employees in an email that Branstad will visit the agency’s headquarters Friday and wants to meet as many employees as he has time.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Attorneys for a former lottery worker accused of rigging a Hot Lotto game have rested their case in the man’s fraud trial. Des Moines television station KCCI reports the defense for 52-year-old Eddie Tipton presented testimony Thursday for about an hour before resting their case. Closing arguments are scheduled on Friday.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa’s medical cannabis oil program has cost the state more than $100,000 to create and issue registration cards to about 50 people. According to documents obtained by The Associated Press, Massachusetts-baesed MorphoTrust USA billed the state Transportation Department $115,000 for its work. Agency spokeswoman Melissa Spiegel said the cost was reasonable based on similar work on other cards.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Public Information Board has voted to further review whether authorities must release records detailing the mistaken killing of a woman by a Burlington police officer. The board voted Thursday to spend another month investigating complaints alleging authorities have repeatedly violated the open records law after the January shooting of Autumn Steele.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Gov. Terry Branstad has issued another disaster proclamation in response to recent severe weather for Jefferson and Wayne counties in the southern half of the state. The areas were affected by severe storms and flooding toward the end of June.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture says it considers many factors when determining ways to euthanize large numbers of animals during a disease outbreak. The agency released the statement Thursday in response to a letter from an animal rights group criticizing a USDA proposal to respond to a future outbreak of bird flu.

The Humane Society of The United States’ letter focused on statements made by USDA Chief Veterinary Officer John Clifford during a Senate committee hearing last week. Clifford said shutting off ventilation systems to barns when the highly contagious disease is found may be more humane and efficient than gassing or using foam to suffocate the birds. Those methods were used amid this year’s outbreak.

The animal rights group says the latest idea is gruesome and should be scrapped.