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(Radio Iowa) – Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley is calling on the E-P-A and the Biden Administration to raise Renewable Fuel Standard volumes so they keep up with the amount of biofuels our factories can churn out. Grassley says the agency didn’t boost the Renewable Volume Obligation — or R-V-O — levels far enough last year. He says it’s an “insult” for those levels to be so low and the result is a stifled industry and a discouragement of outside investment, which is costing green jobs in Iowa.
Grassley, a Republican, is joining with Minnesota Democrat Amy Klobuchar in calling for a boost in R-V-O volumes in order to keep pace with biofuels production and availability. Sixteen other senators signed on.
The letter to the E-P-A highlights environmental benefits from an increase in biofuels production, including how biomass-based diesel can cut carbon emissions by more than 70 percent. Grassley says there are significant economic advantages for the entire supply chain, from the farmer to the consumer.
Iowa is the nation’s top producer of both ethanol and biodiesel. The letter to the head of the EPA says: “America’s environmental and energy security depend on the widespread production, availability, and use of biofuels. Biofuels play a particularly critical role in emissions reduction for heavy-duty transportation – including aviation, shipping, rail, and trucking – while opening up economic opportunities for American farmers. A strong RFS and broad availability of homegrown agricultural feedstocks are critical for ensuring we keep up the progress we have made in decarbonizing our roads, seas, railways and skies.”
(Radio Iowa) – With bird flu cases confirmed in at least nine northwest Iowa dairy herds, there may be new requirements for some dairy cattle exhibited at county fairs and the Iowa State Fair this summer. Iowa Ag Secretary Mike Naig expects to make an announcement soon.
Cows enter a more than 300-day lactating cycle and produce milk after giving birth to a calf. In early 2022 after bird flu reemerged in Iowa poultry operations, Naig cancelled live bird shows at fairs and other exhibitions to try to curb the spread of the virus. Iowa law requires county fairs to have a veterinarian inspect all livestock, poultry and birds as the animals arrive on the fairgrounds for shows and exhibits.
(Radio Iowa) – A class of Iowa State University students got a first hand look at severe weather this spring in a course on identifying how storms develop. Dave Floury is one of the course instructors.
Floury, who is in the Atmospheric Sciences Department at I-S-U, says some students had been storm chasing, but wanted a more structured and safe experience.
He says they talked about the science of how thunderstorms and tornadoes form, and then went on an eight-day trip to observe them.
Their trip started in central Kansas, when to northeastern Colorado, then southwest Iowa and southwest Kansas. They also got a tour of the national Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma. And finished up by running with storms in northern Oklahoma and southwest Missouri.
(Radio Iowa) – Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird is among 24 state attorneys general asking a Florida judge let former President Trump speak publicly about the search of his Mar-A-Lago resort. A special prosecutor has asked the judge overseeing the classified documents case against Trump to issue a gag order.
Bird was part of the team that drafted a legal brief that argues the gag order would muzzle political speech.
Bird served as Fremont County Attorney and then as Guthrie County Attorney before being elected as the state’s attorney general in 2022. This is the second time Bird has been one of the leading attorneys general in drafting a brief to oppose a gag order on Trump. The first was related to federal charges that accuse Trump of attempting to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
In this latest brief, Bird and the other attorneys general says a gag order in the classified documents case would deny Americans the right to hear what Trump has to say about the most heated political issue of the day. The special prosecutor says Trump’s comments on the case have endangered law officers involved in the investigation and threatened the integrity of the proceedings.
(Atlantic, Iowa) – The Cass County Sheriff’s Office has released a report on arrests from over the past four weeks. Most recently:
Unless otherwise mentioned, the above listed subjects were booked into the Cass County Jail.
“All criminal charges are merely accusations, and the defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty in the court of law.”
** Please Note: The Cass County Sheriff’s Office is now using: civil@casscoia.us as the preferred email address for any digital civil service processing needs. Thank you.
(Glenwood, Iowa) – The Mills County Sheriff’s Office reports two poeple were arrested this week on separate warrants. On Monday, 32-year-old Devon Elizabeth Gbekin, (no known address) was arrested on an Out of County/State Warrant. Gbekin was being held without bond in the Mills County Jail.
And, on Tuesday, 52-year-old Glen Eugen Gallagher, of Omaha, was arrested on a warrant for Violation of Probation. He was taken into custody at the Douglas County, NE, Jail and held in the Mills County Jail on a $2,000 bond.
CASS COUNTY, Iowa — A California man was sentenced in Iowa on Tuesday after authorities found a hit list of high-ranking U.S. officials, including the president. According to multiple reports, Kuachua Brillion Xiong was sentenced to two years in prison and three years of supervised release. In December, 2021, Xiong was pulled over by a sheriff’s deputy on Interstate 80 in Cass County, for weaving in and out of traffic.
He told deputies that he was on his way to Washington, D.C., to kill President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. Investigators said his “hit list” was based on downloaded videos of individuals on TikTok — that he had over 100 videos featuring Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, Dr. Anthony Fauci, and Mark Zuckerberg. He also told investigators that nothing but this traffic stop would stop him.
Firearms, ammunition and body armor were found in the vehicle. Investigators said Xiong had the White House’s address on his GPS and cash set aside in the vehicle — earmarked for his own funeral expenses. He also had a grappling hook authorities say he intended to use to break into the White House.
(Des Moines, Iowa) – Auditor of State Rob Sand today (Thursday) released a report on a special investigation of the Dexter Public Library for the period July 1, 2015 through March 1, 2022. The special investigation was requested by City officials as a result of concerns regarding certain financial transactions processed by the former Library Director, Mary McColloch.
Sand said the special investigation identified:
The report showed the undeposited collections identified includes:
Sand reported also, the $4,179.59 of improper disbursements identified includes $3,950.01 of improper payroll issued to Ms. McColloch, $188.58 of improper payroll issued to the former Children’s Librarian, and $41.00 of reimbursements issued to Ms. McColloch. The $2,404.57 of unsupported disbursements identified includes $2,302.61 of reimbursements issued to Ms. McColloch and $101.96 of disbursements from the City’s bank account to vendors for the Library. Sand reported it was not possible to determine the propriety of these disbursements because adequate documentation was not maintained to determine if they were for Library operations or personal in nature.
Auditor Sand said it was not possible to determine if additional amounts were improperly disbursed or if additional collections were not properly deposited because adequate documentation was not available. He recommended Library officials implement procedures to ensure the library’s internal controls are strengthened, including segregation of duties, enforcing policies in tracking and collecting revenue generated from library operations, ensuring donations and fundraiser revenue are tracked and deposited, and ensuring library disbursements are properly supported, approved, and paid in a timely manner.
Copies of the report have been filed with the Dallas County Sheriff’s Office, the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation, the Dallas County Attorney’s Office, and the Iowa Attorney General’s Office. A copy of the report is available for review on the Auditor of State’s website at Special Interest Reports.
(Radio Iowa) – Eighteen middle school students and a team of chaperones from southwest Iowa are on a ten-day road trip to the East Coast, with most of the time spent in Washington, D-C. Essex Community Schools Superintendent Mike Wells is serving as the main tour guide and says they have a very full schedule ahead.
Wells says he hopes the cross-country trek gives students a sense of history, especially in Washington, while the journey also offers an important lesson in independence.
The students raised thousands of dollars to cover expenses. Essex community development director Tess Nelson coordinated the fundraising efforts, which were many.
The Essex contingent is due back in Iowa on June 29th.