(Radio Iowa) – Dozens of farm animals are being rescued from a property in southeast Iowa. Tom Colvin is the C-E-O of the Animal Rescue League of Iowa. “It’s an evolving situation quite frankly at this point,” Colvin says. Three dozen adult pigs were brought to Colvin’s facility in central Iowa last (Tuesday) night. Rescue teams are back at the property in Washington County today (Wednesday) and Colvin expects dozens more animals to be removed.

“Basically what we found upon arriving was that there were sheep, goats and pigs living in terrible conditions, along with dead animals,” Colvin says. “…The animals had no adequate food or water.” Colvin says while the Animal Rescue League is often associated with retrieving malnourished and mistreated dogs and cats, the organization is prepared for all animals.

“We take the name ‘Animal’ in our name literally,” Colvin says. “We have evertying you can imagine come to the Animal Rescue League, including farm animals. As I often say, we receive everything from hamsters to horses and everything in between.” The Animal Rescue League and the Iowa Farm Sanctuary in Oxford are handling the rescues. Some of the animals found alive at the property in Washington County are in critical condition, according to a statement from the Iowa Farm Sanctuary.

Colvin says beyond the lack of food and water, the animals did not have adequate shelter from winter temperatures.

(Glenwood, Iowa) – Two people from Glenwood were arrested Tuesday. According to the Glenwood Police Department, 54-year-old Robert Kastl, and 54-year-old Stephanie Kastl, were taken into custody, each for Violating their respective “No Contact” Orders. They were being held without bond in the Mills County Jail, until seen by a magistrate judge.

(Greenfield, Iowa) – The Adair County Board of Supervisors, today (Wednesday), voted to set December 7, 2022 at 9:15-a.m., as the date and time for a Public Hearing on a proposed Ordinance regulating the placement of Hazardous Liquid Pipelines on property located in the Unincorporated Areas of Adair County. The Ordinance will be published next week for citizens to review. The Board acknowledged receipt of the Post-Election Audit report. They also approved migrating Eagle Software to a separate server. Adair County Auditor Mandy Berg..

It’s not clear what the cost of migrating the software for the Auditor and Recorder will be at this time. Both Berg and Recorder Janelle Schneider said it is affecting the efficiency and accuracy of their offices.They will gather the appropriate information and report back to the Board. In other business, the Adair County Supervisors approved a Transfer resolution in the amount of $84,662.50.

And, they approved an Internal Advance Resolution in the amount of $33,534 to Midwest Partnership, and to Ahlers & Cooney, for the preparation of Bonds, in the amount of $54,744, for a total of $88,278. Adair/Guthrie County Environmental Health Director Jotham Arber provided an update to the Board with regard to Perc and Water tests in Adair County. Speaking of which, Jotham strongley encourages homeowners who use well water, to have their source of water tested.

Jotham said each County that his department services is allotted $10,000 to make those tests happen. He said they hadn’t conducted many water tests this past quarter, but his department received a mini-grant that will enable them to conduct more tests. There will also be septic system grants available in the next few months, to help pay for the replacement of old septic systems (not the installation of new systems). The system must have been built by 1985, and not purchased after a certain date…but the rules on that may change by the time the grants are made available. (For more information, call 641-747-3972)

Adair County Engineer Nick Kauffman presented for the Board’s approval, 28-E (Cost sharing) Agreements with the following:

• The City of Greenfield – for a Project agreement for S. Townline Road; Salt/Sand purchases & Fuel purchases; Greenfield Municipal Utilities – Fuel purchases
• Nodaway Valley Schools – Fuel purchases; Adair County Sheriff’s Dept. – Fuel purchases, and, Adair County Conservation – Fuel purchases.

The Board approved those and other agreements, including an Engineering Services Agreement with Veenstra and Kimm, Inc., for S. Townline Road Improvements. A Longevity raise for Secondary Roads employee Dean Sickles was approved. And the Supervisors awarded a Bridge Project (IN 32 Washington Bridge): The $1.22-million contract was awarded to A.M. Cohron & Son, Inc., out of Atlantic.

(Harlan, Iowa) – Officials with the Harlan Police Department report two recent arrests. This past Sunday, 29-year-old Brian Daniel Green, of Harlan, was arrested following a traffic stop. He was charged with Domestic Abuse Assault. And, on November 12th, Police in Harlan arrested 20-year-old Julie Jasmin Sandoval, of Norfolk, NE, was arrested following a traffic stop. She was charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance, and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.

There were two, non-injury accidents in Harlan on November 8th:

Authorities say vehicles driven by Curtis Scheffler and Debra Golden, both of Harlan, collided as they were southbound on Southwest Avenue. When a deer appeared out of the ditch and onto the roadway, Debra Golden abruptly applied the brakes on her 2018 Cadillac Escalade. Scheffler was unable to stop in-time to avoid a collision. His 2001 Chevy Silverado pickup rear-ended the SUV. No dollar amount of the damage was given in the Police report. No citations were issued.

And, a 1998 Chevy S-10 pickup  driven by Lacy Schilling along with a 2002 Chevy Monte Carlo, driven by Teri Gordon, both from Harlan, collided in the vicinity of Morningview Drive. Authorities say Gordon was waiting for Schilling to leave a parking stall, when, according to Gordon claimed Schilling’s pickup backed into his car. No citations were issued.

(Creston, Iowa) – The Creston Police Department reports the arrest at around 8:45-a.m. Tuesday, of a man from southeastern Iowa. 30-year-old Rafael Shay Ramirez, of Ottumwa, was taken into custody at a dentistry office located at 803 N. Sumner Street in Creston.  He was charged with Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, Theft in the 5th Degree, and Burglary in the 3rd Degree. Ramirez was being held in the Union County Jail on a $2,600 cash or surety bond.

DES MOINES – Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds, Tuesday, signed an extension of the proclamation relating to the weight limits and transportation of grain, fertilizer, and manure. The proclamation is effective immediately and continues through December 22, 2022. The proclamation allows vehicles transporting corn, soybeans, hay, straw, silage, stover, fertilizer (dry, liquid, and gas), and manure (dry and liquid) to be overweight (not exceeding 90,000 pounds gross weight) without a permit for the duration of this proclamation.

The proclamation applies to loads transported on all highways within Iowa (excluding the interstate system) and those which do not exceed a maximum of 90,000 pounds gross weight, do not exceed the maximum axle weight limit determined under the non-primary highway maximum gross weight table [in Iowa Code 321.463-1](6) (b)], by more than 12.5 percent, do not exceed the legal maximum axle weight limit of 20,000 pounds, and comply with posted limits on roads and bridges.

(Radio Iowa) – The Iowa bobcat trapping season is underway and D-N-R wildlife biologist, Vince Evelsizer, says trappers should be able to fill their quotas. “Bobcat populations are doing very well across the southern part of Iowa, the extreme western part of Iowa, and they’re continuing to expand northward up through eastern Iowa,” he says. Evelsizer says it’s one of the positive conservation stories. “The bobcats story is a happy one. Their numbers are stable to increasing in almost all counties of Iowa that have ideal habitat, which is typically early successional forest and in fields, natural grass fields, that sort of thing where there’s a good prey abundance,” Evelsizer says.

The limits on bobcat trapping continue based on the populations for each county. “The north-central part of Iowa is still closed to bobcat harvest. And then there’s several counties across central Iowa that are open to one bobcat bag limit for that county,” he says. “And then the three tiers of southern Iowa counties is open to a three bobcat bag limit.” Evelsizer says the trapping helps keep the populations from getting out of control.”They don’t have many natural predators in the Midwest which you know out in the western U-S — or the far north — they would have to watch out for bigger cats such as mountain lions or even gray wolves with their kittens you know that sort of thing,” Evelsizer says.

You can find out more about bobcat trapping on the Iowa D-N-R’s website.

(Red Oak, Iowa) – Police in Red Oak, Tuesday afternoon, arrested 52-year-old Kristen Marie Hughes, of Red Oak. Hughes was taken into custody on a valid Mills County warrant for Contempt of District Court, by act or omission. She was transported to the Montgomery County Jail and held without bond, while awaiting extradition to Mills County.

(Radio Iowa) – A G-O-P candidate for a seat in the Iowa legislature will seek another recount of her race. Last week, ALL of the ballots in Scott County were fed into a machine for a recount, but the machine kept jamming, so the ballots were recounted by hand on Thursday. A final machine count was done Friday. The result flipped the outcome of the Iowa House District 81 race to Democrat Craig Cooper of Davenport — by a six vote margin. Republican Luana Stoltenberg watched last week’s recount in the Scott County Auditor’s office.

“According to their own office, the amount of ballots that came in were 23,397 ballots and so the number they’re saying today they’re going to reconcile to is 23,362 ballots,” Stoltenberg says. “That does not reconcile to me.” On Election Night, Stoltenberg was shown to be leading by 29 votes, but there were discrepancies in absentee ballot tabulations. The Secretary of State ordered an administrative recount of all ballots and all races in Scott County.

Stoltenberg has until next Monday to file the paperwork to request another recount.