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IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A judge blocked Iowa’s secretary of state Monday from enforcing an order that barred counties from sending absentee ballot applications to voters with their identification information already filled in. Judge Robert Hanson ruled in favor of state and national Democratic Party groups, who contended that Secretary of State Paul Pate exceeded his authority when he told counties that absentee ballot request forms must be blank when mailed to voters.
Hanson ordered Pate to put enforcement of his directive on hold. Local elections officials said they were studying the ruling to determine the impact, including whether they could take steps to mail ballots to thousands of voters whose requests were previously invalidated based on Pate’s directive.
(Radio Iowa/Missouri Net) – Farmers across western Iowa who planned to move their commodities by barge along the Missouri River this fall could be facing a slowdown. Colonel Bill Hannan, the Kansas City district commander for the U-S Army Corps of Engineers, says barge season may be threatened as work is still underway to repair damage to the navigation channel after three years of high water and widespread flooding.
“The river levels have returned to normal,” Hannan says. “They’re not low, they’re just normal service levels that we would see, but because of all that damage to navigation structures, it’s creating shallow spots in the navigation channel on the river.” Last year’s floods damaged up to 75-percent of the seven-thousand river training structures on the lower Missouri River. Repairs could cost 200-million dollars but the Corps of Engineers only allocated 20-million.
Hannan says he understands the importance of barge traffic with harvest season already underway. “We are doing absolutely everything we can to not let the barge traffic stop,” Hannan says, “because we know the agricultural community is really dependent to move their goods in the fall harvest here.”
Hannan says crews from the Corps and from private contractors are making repairs and guiding barges away from trouble spots. He says the Corps is working hard to find more money to restore the river’s navigation channel.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Police have confiscated a 9mm handgun discovered by Transportation Security Administration workers at the Des Moines International Airport. WHO-TV reports that the gun, loaded with five bullets including one in the chamber, was in the man’s carry-on luggage when it was discovered Saturday. Police took the gun.
The man, a resident of Guam, was issued a weapons citation. The TSA says four guns have been discovered at checkpoints at the airport this year. That’s down from 2018 and 2019, when TSA officers discovered 12 guns through security screenings.
Atlantic, IA —Cass County Public Health’s Care for Yourself Program is celebrating Breast Cancer month by raising awareness of resources available to women in Cass County and Southwest Iowa.The Care for Yourself program is part of the National and State Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program that helps reduce risks from breast and cervical cancer by offering free or low-cost cancer screenings to eligible individuals throughout the state of Iowa.
Victoria Means, Care for Yourself Program Coordinator, says “The chance of a woman having invasive breast cancer some time during her life is nearly1 in 8 and every year over 2,000 women in Iowa are diagnosed with breast cancer.” Mean says also, “Just being a woman and growing older increases your risk, but having regular mammograms, in conjunction with breast self-exams and clinical exams, are critical for early diagnosis.”
The Care for Yourself program is a statewide program and can assist women from all of Iowa’s99 counties. Means says “We are able to assist women from any county in Iowa. Women who otherwise might not have access to life saving preventative care, could through the Care for Yourself program and many are able to see their regular primary care provider.”
Those interested in learning more about the Care for Yourself Program can contact Victoria Means, at Cass County Public Health, 712-243-7443.
Page County Deputies on patrol late Saturday night in the area of Nodaway Valley Park, came upon a parked vehicle not in the camping area. The vehicle drew their interest because the park, located about 1.5-miles northeast of Clarinda, is closed to persons not camping, at 10:30-p.m.
A Page County Deputy approached the vehicle and noticed the passenger compartment filled with smoke. When one of the occupants rolled down a window, the Deputy could smell the distinct odor of Marijuana smoke. The three male occupants then exited the vehicle when asked to do so by the Deputy. During the investigation 18-year old Ryan Robert Michael Wilson, of rural Clarinda, was arrested for Possession of a controlled substance/1st Offense.
Two 17-year old males, also from Clarinda, were taken into custody and released to parents. They were cited into Juvenile Court. Wilson was booked into the Page County Jail on $1,000 bond. He later bonded and was released pending further court proceedings.
The Mills County Sheriff’s Office Monday (Today), said there were four arrests over the past week. On Oct. 5th (Monday), 58-year old David Joseph Walters, of Treynor, was arrested in Silver City on a warrant for Theft in the 4th Degree. Bond was set at $1,000.
Last Saturday, 47-year old Alfred Henry Wright, of Council Bluffs, was arrested for Possession of a Controlled Substance, and Driving While Barred. His bond was set at $5,000. And, 41-year old Joseph Corey Jack, of Glenwood, was arrested for Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. His bond was set at $300.
On Oct. 1st, 54-year old Thomas Lee Chalupa, a homeless person, was arrested at the Douglas County, NE. Courthouse, on a warrant for two county of Failure to Appear. His bond was set at $25,000. On Sept. 30th, 33-year old Dalerie Faye Parde, of Spalding, NE., was arrested in Gage County, NE., on a Mills County warrant for Violation of Probation. His bond was set at $5,000.
And, the Mills County Sheriff’s Office say 41-year old Annie Vorthmann, of Council Bluffs, was transported to Mercy Hospital by Silver City Rescue, Sunday afternoon, after her 2016 Toyota went off the road. The car was traveling northbound on 284th Street, when Vorthmann apparently fell asleep at the wheel. Once it left the road, the car jumped over a culvert and came to rest in a ditch.
The Adair County Sheriff’s Office reports two arrests. Friday evening, 43-year old Jason Glen Dukes, of Anita, was arrested on an Adair County Felony warrant for: Going Armed with Intent; two counts of Assault while Participating in a Felony; and Criminal Mischief in the 2nd Degree. Dukes was released that same evening on a $5,000 cash or surety bond.
And, 29-year old Ty Alan Brown, of Anita, was arrested Thursday afternoon for Operating a vehicle without the owner’s consent. Authorities say last Thursday morning, Brown allegedly took his mom’s keys to a 2004 Dodge Ram Quad 1500 pickup and used the vehicle to go purchase alcohol. Ty Brown brought the pickup back while his father was on the phone with law enforcement dispatch.
He was cited for the offense at the scene and released on his Own Recognizance.
Sheriff’s Deputies in Page County, Monday morning, responded to emergency call from the courtroom at the Page County Courthouse. The call went out at around 9:20-a.m., after 58-year old David Wayne Taylor of Farragut, became unruly and causing a disturbance in the courtroom, while he was appearing on another matter.
Taylor was taken into custody on a Contempt of Court order from the Magistrate Judge. The Magistrate then issued an order sentencing Taylor to 30 days in the Page County Jail for his actions in court, with immediate custody to the Sheriff.
Taylor was transported to the Page County Jail where he is currently serving his 30 day sentence. Page County Sheriff’s Deputies were assisted by the Clarinda Police Department.
Police in Council Bluffs are asking for your help in solving a robbery that allegedly took place in the Horseshoe Casino parking garage, Sunday morning. According to the report, officers responded at around 9:30-a.m. to the casino at 2701 23rd Avenue, and spoke with the 73-year-old victim, Gary Goodman, of Carson. He told police that as he was exiting his vehicle, a white male in his mid-to late 30’s approached him. The suspect displayed a semi-automatic handgun and demanded that Goodman give him his wallet.
After a brief struggle, the suspect left the area in a silver 2016-17 Nissan Altima, with after-market rims/tires which was being driven by a female.
Suspect vehicle
The suspect was wearing jeans, black hooded sweatshirt, black mask and white Nike Shox shoes. During the struggle one of the suspect’s shoes came off.
Suspect’s Nike Shox shoe
If anyone has any information on this incident please contact the Council Bluffs Police Department detectives at 712-328-4728 or Crime Stoppers at 712-328-7867.
(Radio Iowa) – The dry conditions in parts of Iowa this year have been a mixed blessing for wineries. Iowa Wine Growers Association, marketing director, Nicole Eilers says the drought has led to some loss in production — but it also has a positive.
The derecho on August 10th also made an impact on the grape crop in parts of the state.
Another impact of the drought has been an increase in problems with birds looking to grapes as a meal.
Eilers says the birds can eat up a crop quickly.
Eilers says the dry conditions combined with the coronavirus pandemic have hit the industry hard and she expects some wineries will not be able to survive into next year.