(Guthrie Center, Iowa) – Officials in Guthrie County report 2023 marks the third year that Guthrie County ISU Extension & Outreach has offered the “Wild Places in Guthrie County” tourism event. Krista Downing, Program Coordinator says “Each year we select different locations in Guthrie County to explore. Our flyer provides you coordinates or a QR code option to each location and a list of a few activities that you can do once you get to each location. We try to find different areas around that county that hit on recreation, history, and places that you might not even know about and then we create an educational video for each location with the help of local experts.”

With this event, you can go at your own pace, once you have the flyer with the information on it. First pick one of the mystery locations to visit then follow the coordinates to get there. Once you have arrived at the location find the flyer with QR codes on them. Scan the large QR code to watch a video to learn more about the site you are visiting. Make sure to take some time to explore each site, there are suggestions listed with each location on the flyer. Pick a new site and repeat this adventure until you hit all five locations! Make sure to scan the QR code to check in at each site so they can track how many people participate.

Guthrie County Extension is also offering a mystery prize to two lucky people. To be entered in a drawing for a prize take a picture at each location. Post your pictures on Facebook, tag Guthrie County Extension, and #GuthrieCountyWildThings. If you post entries at all three locations, you’ll receive three extra entries. All entries will be due by July 20th, 2023.

According to Krista Downing, “We had a few different goals with this event when we started it in 2021. We hope to help stimulate the local economy by promoting tourist locations, provide a family friendly all ages event to the citizens of Guthrie County and surrounding areas, and get people outdoors exploring the different amenities that Guthrie County has to offer. We had a great response the past two years and are excited to be able to bring it back for a third year.”.

For more information or to download the flyer for this year, go to https://www.extension.iastate.edu/guthrie/. If you have any questions about the tourism event, please feel free to reach out to the Guthrie County ISU Extension office at 641-747-2276. (Click to enlarge the image >>> )

(Radio Iowa) – Senator Joni Ernst says since former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton didn’t face federal charges for using a private email server for official communications, then former President Trump shouldn’t face charges for taking classified documents when he left the White House. “Of course the former president did have classified information. We know that,” Ernst says. “However, we know that’s true of a number of other players on the other side of the aisle.”

Ernst says Trump’s indictment sows more doubt in American institutions and goes against the concept of equal application of the law. “What I hear from Iowans and what I personally feel is that there have been two systems of justice here,” Ernst says. Trump has been charged with the willful retention of national defense information after resisting the government’s attempts to retrieve classified materials. Ernst says Trump was careless.

“As a senator and as someone who served in our nation’s military, I cannot imagine leaving a SCIF or taking unclassified documents out of a secure location,” Ernst says. “That should never happen, but we have seen it over and over and over again the last number of decades and yet we have one form of justice for this previous president than we have seen with other players across the political spectrum.”

Ernst made her comments during a debate series sponsored by the Edward Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate that will be broadcast Sunday night on the Fox News Channel. Bill Barr, who served as Trump’s attorney general, said on Fox yesterday (Sunday) that Trump had been the victim of witch hunts in the past, but he’s not a victim in this case and he had no right to take the documents with him when he left the White House.

(Glenwood, Iowa) – Officials with the Glenwood Police Department report one person complained of pain and possible injury, following an accident Saturday morning. Authorities say a 2020 RAM pickup driven by 59-year-old Steven L. Stanley, of Plattsmouth, NE, was turning north from Sharp Street at around 10:15-a.m., and had completed the turn, when a 2021 Ssubaru Ascent driven by 64-year-old Gary F. Smith, of Glenwood, began backing out of a center parking stall.

His car struck the pickup on the left front bumper, causing damage to both vehicles amounting to $5,500 altogether. Smith said he didn’t see the pickup, possibly because of other vehicles parked at that location.

Stanley complained of pain, but was not transported to the hospital. No citations were issued.

(Glenwood, Iowa) – The Glenwood Police Department reports four recent arrests:

On Sunday (June 11), 23-year-old Trevor Sladovnik, of Glenwood, was arrested for OWI/1st offense. He later posted a $1,000 (cash/surety) bond, and was released.

There were two arrests Saturday, in Glenwood: 38-year old Bree Crotty, of Omaha, was arrested for a Controlled Substance violation, failure to affix a drug tax stamp, possession of marijuana/3rd offense, and poss. of drug paraphernalia. Her (cash/surety) bond was set at $25, 300; and, 29-year-old Alex Buckner, of Glenwood, was arrested Saturday, for Criminal Mischief in the 5th Degree, and Domestic Abuse Assault. Buckner posted a $2,300 (c/s) bond, and was released.

Last Thursday, Glenwood Police arrested 33-year-old Tyler Buckner,of Emerson, on a Mills County warrant. Bond (c/s) was set at $10,000.

(Greenfield, Iowa) – The Adair County Sheriff’s Office reports six arrests took place over the past week. on June 7th, 41-year-old Amanda Marie Guzinskl, of Stuart, was arrested by Stuart Police on a Des Moines Police Department warrant. She was released the same day for medical reasons.

On June 8th, 36-year-old Joshua Eric Gordon, of Casey, was arrested by deputies in Adair County, on charges that include: Domestic Assault/with Bodily Injury or mental illness, and two counts of Child Endangerment. Gordon was released that same day on a $3,000 bond.

On the 9th, 27-year-old Matthew Henry Paulsen, of Adair, was arrested by deputies on Adair County District Court orders with regard to his felony conviction on May 26th, on a count of Possession of a Controlled Substance/3rd offense, and probation revocation proceedings. Paulsen was ordered to serve a term not to exceed five-years at the Iowa Medical and Classification Center in Coralville, with credit for time served. The order went into effect June 9th. He was being held in the Adair County Jail pending transport to the DOC intake facility at Oakdale, near Iowa City.

Also arrested May 9th, was 55-year-old John Anthony Jackson, of Sioux Falls, SD. He was pulled over at around 7:15-p.m. by the Iowa State Patrol on I-80 eastbound in Adair County, near mile marker 88, and subsequently charged with OWI/1st offense. Jackson was released from custody June 10th, on a $1,000 bond. On June 10th, the Iowa State Patrol arrested 54-year-old Craig Bruce Woodard, of Atlantic, following a traffic stop on I-80 in Adair County. Woodward was charged with OWI/1st offense and later released on a $1,000 bond.

And, 33-year-old Jason Edward Sparks, of Greenfield, was arrested by Adair County Deputies at around 10:45-p.m. on June 10th, for OWI/1st offense. Sparks was released a short time later on a citation.

(Des Moines, Iowa) – This (Monday) morning the ACLU of Iowa sent a letter to the Atlantic Public School Board advising it to not adopt any policy that would unconstitutionally restrict students’ rights to protest. As KJAN News previously reported, during the May 10th Atlantic School Board meeting, Atlantic resident LeAnne Pellett, of Atlantic, spoke with regard to a student walk-out held March 1, 2023. The event was to protest what was termed in the online school newspaper, “anti-LGBTQIA+ bills being debated at the time in the Iowa legislature.

Pellett said was she speaking “On behalf of the citizen taxpayers” who were in attendance at the meeting, and “Many more citizens who were upset” about the event held on school property.

Pellett asked rhetorically, “Were opposing views on this protest ever presented to all persons?”

The ACLU letter says any policy the district might enact restricting student protest rights, would be an infringement on students’ First Amendment free speech rights.
You can read the letter here.

Atlantic School District Superintendent Steve Barber told KJAN he was out of the district, Monday, and had not seen the letter in question, and therefore could not comment. He did say he will speak on the matter Tuesday, once he’s had time to review the ACLU’s comments.

(Radio Iowa) – Some Iowa cities set record low temperatures this (Monday) morning. The National Weather Service in La Crosse received a report that the temperature fell to 35 in Elkader in northeast Iowa. There was a record low in Cedar Rapids of 40 degrees. It dipped to 41 in Mason City and Ottumwa, also records for this date. The low in Atlantic (43) fell five-degrees short of tying the record (38) set in 1903.

Alexis Jimenez is a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in central Iowa.  “We saw low to mid 40s throughout much of the state,” Jimenez says. Temperatures for the rest of the day will be in the 70s. “It’ll be really a perfect day weather wise. You can’t get much better. You can’t ask for more in the middle of June, but we will see a warming trend starting tomorrow,” she says. “We’ll see temperatures climb into the 80s and then we’ll see temperatures close to 90 Thursday.”

The record low in Iowa for this date was set in 1903. The temperature fell to 30 degrees in Fayette according to federal records from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

(Harlan, Iowa) – The Board of Supervisors in Shelby County will hold a Special Meeting Tuesday at 10-a.m.in their Courthouse Board Room, in Harlan. Among the matters they have on their agenda (Shown below), is a Public hearing on declaring EMS (Emergency Medical Services) and essential service. Once the hearing is closed after any hearing written and spoken comments, the Board will open their regular session and act on the third and final reading of a Resolution for the “Consideration of Declaring Emergency Medical Services and essential Service.”

The Resolution was made necessary when the owners of the private ambulance service currently serving Shelby County, announced their near future plans for retirement, with no private enterprise stepping-up to fill-in the gap for emergency medical services.

Previously, Board Secretary/Auditor Mark Maxwell has stated that there is a proposal to place on the November 7^th General Election ballot, a measure to fund Shelby County Emergency Medical Services by imposing a Local Option Sales surtax not to exceed one percent, and an Ad Valorem (Or, according to value) property tax not to exceed 75-cents per $1,000 of taxable value on all taxable property within Shelby County.

Maxwell also noted that even if the third and final reading of the resolution is approved, Tuesday, the Board would not act on placing the measure on the ballot, until a separate resolution is considered and passed during the Board’s meeting in August.

June 13 2023 Shelby County Board of Supervisors Agenda:

1. Call to order/conflict of interest statements.
2. Approval of Agenda Action Item
3. Approval of Minutes June 6th, 2023- Action Item
4. Close regular meeting and open Hearing-Action Item
5. Public Hearing Shelby County Board of Supervisors declaring EMS services an essential service – Action Item
6. Close Hearing-Action Item
7. Open Regular session-Action Item
8. Resolution 2023-29 -Consideration of Declaring Emergency Medical Services an essential Service Action Item
9. Appointing permanent EMS Advisory Council membership-Action Item
10. Consideration of approval Sheriff’s Deputy Derrick Steffen-Action Item
11. Transfer Authorization for Auditor fiscal Year 2024-Action Item
12. Adjournment

(Lewis, Iowa) – Cass County Civil Deputy Spencer Walton issued a statement this (Monday) morning with regard to a motorcycle accident that took place near Lewis, Friday night. Walton said in a press release “Unfortunately, our office is still investigating this incident, to include the actual name of the operator.  Our Deputies and other emergency responders found a Hispanic male to be operating the motorcycle but they have not been able to verify the proper name or date of birth.” Deputy Walton added that he “Will work with the investigating Deputies to get this wrapped up and updated information out to media as soon as possible.”

Earlier, authorities said the accident happened around 10:22-p.m. Friday, at Oxford Road and Lewis Road. The motorcycle was westbound on Oxford when the operator failed to negotiate a curve. The machine entered a ditch and rolled at least twice, before coming to rest on the southern side of the intersection. The man was flown to the UNMC for treatment of life-threatening injuries.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Representatives Zach Nunn, Salud Carbajal and Tony Cárdenas from California, Lori Chavez-DeRemer, from Oregon, Don Davis (NC), and Nancy Mace (SC), have introduced the Greyhound Protection Act to ban greyhound racing in the United States and outlaw gambling on the outcome of greyhound races simulcast from other nations.  Nunn, a Republican who represents Iowa’s 3rd Congressional District, says “Iowa has paved the way to end the cruel practice of racing greyhound. Across the country, we still have work to do. The bipartisan Greyhound Protection Act,” he says, “will end the exploitation of dogs by banning this act altogether.”

Greyhound racing is already illegal in 42 out of 50 states, with legislation prohibiting gambling on greyhound racing passing in legislatures in Colorado, Kansas, and Massachusetts within the past year. As American-raised greyhounds are also being exported to racetracks in other countries, the bill would also outlaw the shipment of greyhounds for the purpose of dog racing.

The bill has the endorsement of more than 250 animal rights and protection groups, shelters, and other organizations–including Grey2K USA Worldwide and Animal Wellness Action.