A passenger on a motorcycle was injured and transported to the hospital Wednesday afternoon, following an incident involving a semi, in Mills County. The Sheriff’s Office reports a 2016 Volvo semi driven by 63-year old Darryl Snyder, of Fargo, ND, was traveling west in the Loves Travel Stop parking lot/driveway. Snyder made a left turn to enter the diesel fuel pump area, and did not see a motorcycle coming from the west, heading east in the same lot.

Snyder said he was half way through his turn, when he looked over and saw the motorcycle tip over and slide. The accident happened at around 3:15-p.m.  The 2001 Yamaha, operated by 19-year old Anthony Kelsay, of Sidney, was headed east bound in the parking lot toward the semi. Kelsay told authorities the semi turned in front of him, and that he attempted to stop, but the back end slid out, causing the bike to tip over. A witness, parked next to the service center, had a dash camera running and caught the majority of the crash on camera.

The camera showed the motorcycle coming across the screen and the semi turning in front of it. The cycle operator attempted to stop, but when he lost control of the motorcycle, it tipped over. Kelsay suffered minor injuries and refused rescue. His passenger, 22-year old Shelby Wiser, was transported to Mercy by Glenwood Rescue for injuries sustained during the crash.

Authorities note Kelsay did not have a Motorcycle Endorsement on his driver’s license.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — A woman has been accused of stealing nearly $65,000 from a nonprofit group she was employed by in Council Bluffs. Pottawattamie County Court records say 44-year-old Pamela Duffield is charged with theft. Her attorney has declined to comment. Duffield’s preliminary hearing is scheduled for June 15. Authorities say she stole client money that was supposed to pay Children’s Square U.S.A. for child care. She’d worked 19 years for the children’s aid organization and was fired in January 2017 after being accused of forging an employee’s name.

MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) — Friends and family of a northern Iowa TV news anchor missing since 1995 hope a new billboard campaign will help solve the mystery of her disappearance. Jodi Huisentruit went missing on her way to work June 27, 1995, at station KIMT in Mason City. Investigators have never found Huisentruit, who was declared legally dead in 2001. No one has been charged in her disappearance.

Jodi Huisentruit (file photo)

Four billboards featuring a photo of Huisentruit and the message “Somebody knows something . is it YOU?” are being installed around Mason City under the direction of FindJodi.com , a website devoted to solving the case. The website and its backers paid for three of the billboards; the fourth was donated. They’ll stay up through June. Huisentruit was Minnesota native who graduated from St. Cloud State University.

A man from Greene is in jail today (Thursday), charged with making a threat of terrorism against the school in northeast’s Iowa Butler County. The Butler County Sheriff’s Office reports 19-year-old Andrew Corwin was arrested Wednesday after allegedly making a threat to the school in Greene. Law enforcement alerted the district about a potential threat Wednesday morning prompting a 45 minute lockdown at the North Butler Junior/Senior High School. Butler County Sheriff Jason Johnson says Corwin was apprehended soon after the investigation began. Johnson says Corwin was not found at the school, nor did the investigation conclude that he had been at or near the school. Corwin faces a Class D Felony punishable by up to five years in prison.

(Radio Iowa)

A traffic stop on a vehicle in Pottawattamie County at around Noon, Wednesday, resulted in the arrest of a woman from Nebraska. Sheriff’s officials say a 2001 Accura was pulled over on Wabash Avenue by a Pott. County Deputy. Upon further investigation, a glass pipe used to smoke methamphetamine was discovered. The pipe had meth residue on it. The driver of the vehicle, 39-year old Nicole E. Anson, of Omaha, was arrested for Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, and she was issued several traffic citations. And, an inmate at the Pottawattamie County Jail was served with a warrant for Violation of Probation, Wednesday afternoon. A Deputy read the warrant for 33-year old Michael Joseph Stone, of Council Bluffs. Afterward Stone was returned to the custody of Corrections Staff.

The Cass County Board of Supervisors have passed two resolutions pertaining to an Urban Renewal Project and the purchase of a new Sheriff’s Department K9 SUV. The action followed public hearings on both matters. There were no objections written or oral, for either of the matters. Auditor Dale Sunderman read the first resolution pertaining to the authorization of an Internal Loan, to fund Urban Renewal Project costs associated with the Elite Octane Ethanol plant. The motion was for non-recurring debt on an amount not to exceed $350,000, which would act as a compliment to the General Obligation funds, because of a change order and additional legal and retention fees. The loan would be repaid through Tax Increment Financing funds before June 1^st, 2035.

The second resolution was with regard to Cass County’s application for financial assistance with USDA Rural Development, for the partial funding of the costs associated with a Cass County Sheriff’s K9 vehicle. The Sheriff’s Department is making the application, with the County approving the purchase of a vehicle to replace an SUV that is aging-out. Supervisor Steve Green, the former Police Chief of Atlantic, explained the difference between a K9 transport vehicle and any other type of vehicle. He said they door poppers to get the dog out quickly in an emergency situation, vehicle interior temperature sensors to make sure the K9 doesn’t overheat, and other specialized equipment he said “Is expensive.” USDA Rural Development would pay 35-percent of the cost associated with the vehicle, which is expected to be a Chevy Tahoe.

In other business, the Board approved Crow River Construction’s application for partial payment amounting to slightly more than $68,067, for work on the ethanol plant gray water transmission line. Snyder Engineer’s Dave Sturm said the “project is essentially complete and has passed all the tests, with the exception of start-up pumping.” They’re still waiting for the ethanol plant to receive water. And, the Board approved Manatt’s application for partial payment amounting to $470,633 for work on the Glacier-to Buck Creek and Echo Road paving project. Dave Sturm said just over $2.5-million worth of work has been completed on the $2.77-million contract. That part of the project should wrap up, he said, in a couple of weeks. Sturm said the plant should be operational by mid-June.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — An eastern Iowa school nurse has pleaded not guilty to a charge that she had sex with a 16-year-old student. Linn County District Court records say 46-year-old Angela Beik, of Marion, entered the plea last week to a charge of sexual exploitation by a school employee. Her trial is scheduled to begin Sept. 24th.

Beik was the school nurse at Linn-Mar High School in Marion and also employed at St. Luke’s Hospital in Cedar Rapids. Police began an investigation of Beik in March. They’d learned that state officials were checking a report that Beik told fellow St. Luke’s nurses that she’d had consensual sex with the boy. They reported the conversation to officials.

Officials with the Creston Police Department report the drivers of two vehicles were injured during a collision, Tuesday afternoon. 59-year old Rhonda Lee Campbell,  and 30-year old Waymond Lee Foster, both of Creston, were transported by ambulance to the hospital in Creston, after their vehicles collided just before 1-p.m. Tuesday, at the intersection of Oak and Howard Streets. Authorities say Campbell was traveling west on Howard Street in a 2012 Chevy Equinox, while Foster was traveling north on Oak Street in a 2011 Ford E-350.

Foster claimed he stopped, and that Campbell was going too fast. Both vehicles collided in the middle of the intersection, Afterward, the Chevy continued northwest into the parking lot by an apartment complex and struck a boat/trailer before coming to rest after running into the north apartment building. The boat and building both sustained damage. The Ford continued northwest as well, and hit a large tree before coming to rest. The vehicles sustained a combined $11,000 damage. Damage to the boat and trailer was estimate at $2,100, while the apartment building sustained $1,000 damage.

Three people were arrested early this (Thursday) morning, in Creston. At around 12:15-a.m., 24-year old Jeffrey D. Ott, of Orient, was arrested at the Union County Law Enforcement Center, on a charge of Operating a motor vehicle without consent. His bond was set at $2,000. And, just before 4-a.m., 45-year old Walter Hall, Jr. was arrested at a residence on N. Vine Street in Creston, for Violating a Protective Order, and Assault with Injury. At the same time and place, 43-year old Michelle Marie Snyder, was arrested for Violating a Protection Order. Hall and Snyder were being held in the Union County Jail while awaiting a bond hearing.

The area’s latest and/or top news stories at 7:06-a.m., w/KJAN News Director Ric Hanson

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