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Sheriff’s officials in Ringgold County, Sunday, said a central Iowa man died over the weekend during a canoeing accident on a farm bond. Sheriff Rob Haley says his office received a call at around 10:40-p.m. Saturday about Daniel Clint Ahrens, of Adel, who went missing during a fishing excursion on a rural farm pond near Ellston. Upon law enforcement and rescue crew’s arrival at around 11-p.m., a canoe was found upside down in the water, about 15-feet from shore. Ahrens’ body was found about 40-minutes later, also about 15-feet from shore, in about eight-feet of water.
The man was transported to the State Medical Examiner’s Office in Ankeny, where the cause of death was pending results of an autopsy. The Ringgold County Sheriff’s Office was assisted by Mount Ayr Fire, the Ringgold County Dive Team, Union Township Fire Department, Ringgold County Emergency Management, the Ringgold County Medical Examiner, and Ringgold County Ambulance.
Police in Red Oak arrested a man on an Adams County warrant for Failure to Appear in court. Authorities say 29-year-old Nathan Allen Aldrich, of Red Oak, was taken into custody at around 9-p.m. in the 1300 block of N. Broadway. He was transported to the Adams County Jail, and held on a $300 bond.
(Radio Iowa) – The passport program that offers prizes when you visit state parks is back this year. Iowa Tourism Office spokesperson, Jessica O’Riley, says they launched the program last year to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the state parks. “It was such a phenomenal success that we thought we need to bring it back this year,” O’Riley says. “We had nearly 30-thousand check-ins at parks across the state with last year’s version. So now we have relaunched it with new prizes to entice people to get outdoors and explore again this year.”
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is partnering with the Tourism Office on the program. “If you check into ten of the 62 participating state parks — the first one-thousand people to do that — win a state park passport t-shirt. A highly coveted t-shirt I am sure,” O’Riley says. The prizes ramp up as your visits increase. She says if you check into 30 parks you can win one of four activity trackers and then your check-ins each month qualify you to win a larger prize, such as a paddleboard and watersport accessory in June.
You can find out more about the passport by visiting traveliowa.com/passport or by texting PARKS to 515-531-5995.
On this Memorial Day, Monday, May 31st, several area communities are planning to hold activities, including:
Police in Des Moines say a man was arrested Sunday, after wielding a machete and allegedly lighting an apartment on fire. KCCI reports authorities said it happened at the apartments located at 1100 E. Seneca. The call came in as a domestic dispute. The caller told the dispatcher that the man was armed with a machete.
Police say he then set the apartment on fire. Officers evacuated the people who live there. No one was injured in the incident. The man, who was not immediately identified, was being charged with domestic assault with a weapon, and two counts of first-degree arson.
(Radio Iowa) – Hundreds helped search Sunday for a missing boy who was last seen late Thursday morning in Montezuma. Sunday was Xavior Harrelson’s 11th birthday. About 375 volunteers and 125 law enforcement officers searched areas within a mile of the boy’s home and in rural areas around Montezuma.
Mitch Mortvedt of the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation spoke with K-C-R-G T-V. “We covered a lot of area, a lot of territory,” he said. “We couldn’t be more appreciative of the people that did show up.” Mortvedt says this is classified as a missing child case — NOT a kidnapping.
Xavior Harrelson
Searchers have gone door-to-door in Montezuma and dive teams have searched Diamond Lake which is about a mile west of Montezuma.
FORT MADISON – The Iowa Department of Corrections, Sunday, said 87-year-old Robert Overstreet Sr., an inmate at the Iowa State Penitentiary in Fort Madison, died Friday evening due to natural causes. Overstreet had been serving a life sentence for the crime of Murder 2nd Degree from Scott County. His sentence began on April 8, 1971.
Adair County Sheriff Jeff Vandewater, Sunday evening, released a report on arrests and citations issued over the past week. At around 3:40-a.m. Saturday (May 29), 29-year-old Madeline M. Simmons, of Des Moines, was cited and later released for OWI/1st offense, following a traffic stop.
Friday night, 40-year-old David Junior Richman, of Des Moines, was transferred from Adair County to meet with Des Moines Police, under a warrant for Domestic Abuse Assault with bodily injury, an aggravated misdemeanor that comes without bond.
On May 25th, 36-year-old Derik Wayne Bud Pickrell, of West Des Moines, was arrested at the Polk County Jail, on an Adair County warrant for Domestic Abuse Assault while impeding the flow of air/blood, and Driving While Barred. His bond was set at $2,000.
At around 3:30-p.m. on May 24th, 32-year-old Evan James Wilber, of Bay City, Michigan, was arrested on an Adair County warrant for Failure to Appear on an original charge of Trespass causing damage greater than $300, with regard to an incident that took place at a property in the 29-hundred block of Delta Avenue, in rural Bridgewater. Wilber was released that same afternoon on a $100 cash bond.
And, at around 4:50-a.m. on May 23rd, 22-year-old Will Donald Gordon, of Creston, was cited and released at the scene, for OWI/1st offense, after he was pulled over for erratic driving and speeding.
The Iowa Department of Public Health, Sunday, said there were only 86 new COVID-19 positive tests reported over the previous 24-hours, and two additional deaths. The health department reported 401,779 total positive tests, and 6,055 total deaths since the start of the pandemic, including 2,365 at Long-Term Care facilities. Iowa’s 14-day positivity rate is down again slightly, to 2.4%. The 7-day average is steady at 2.0%.
The number of Iowans hospitalized with COVID-19 continues to decline, from 111 Saturday to 104 on Sunday. Iowa reports 25 patients are in an ICU, 13 patients with COVID or its symptoms were admitted to a hospital, and 10 patients are on ventilators. In RMCC Region 4 (hospitals in western & southwest Iowa), there are: three patients hospitalized with COVID or symptoms of the virus; one person with COVID was in an ICU; There were no new admissions or persons on a ventilator to report in Region 4.
There remain three long-term care facilities that are reporting active COVID-19 outbreaks, with a total of 24 positive cases among patients/staff at the those facilities, and eight persons who have recovered from the virus. Health department data shows over 1.35-milion people have completed a vaccine series in Iowa. There have been over 2.76-million total doses administered. A reminder: The five state-operated Test Iowa drive-thru sites and the State Hygienic Lab will be closed on Monday, May 31, for the Memorial Day holiday.
In the immediate KJAN listening area, here are the current number positive cases by County (since the beginning of the pandemic) and the total number of deaths (Since the beginning of the pandemic) in each county to date:
Cass, 1,470 cases; 54 deaths
Adair, 993; 32
Adams, 354; 4
Audubon, 535; 10
Guthrie, 1,306; 32
Harrison County, 1,933; 73
Madison County, 1,780; 19
Mills County, 1,796; 23
Montgomery, 1,116; 38
Pottawattamie County, 12,290;171
Shelby County, 1,371; 37
Union County, 1,372; 34
Connections Area Agency on Aging officials say they are pleased to offer Powerful Tools for Family Caregivers, which is an evidence-based class starting on July 13, 2021 to benefit Family Caregivers: Powerful Tools for Family Caregivers provide caregivers with tools and strategies to better handle the unique caregiver challenges you face.
Are you a Caregiver? Caregiving takes many forms. You may help a relative or friend with transportation, housekeeping, grocery shopping, personal care, medications, emotional support, or doctor appointments. Powerful Tools for Family Caregiver classes meet online (via Zoom/required equipment – computer/laptop with microphone & camera. An optional Zoom practice session will be scheduled if needed) once a week for six weeks starting Tuesday, July 13, 2021 and ending Tuesday, August 17, 2021. Each class runs 90 minutes from 1:30-3:00 p.m. It is for caregivers of adults with chronic conditions.
Class size is limited, and registration is required. The Caregiver Helpbook and handouts will be mailed. No cost for the program but will receive an opportunity to donate. For more information, contact Jan Schnack, Family Caregiver Community Engagement Specialist at Connections Area Agency on Aging at 800-432-9209, Ext. 8116 or JSchnack@connectionsaaa.org
Connections Area Agency on Aging Family Caregiver Program supports people who care for their parents, spouses, or others aged 60+ by providing information, resources and support.