The harvest of soybeans in the state is done, while work remains when it comes to corn. The U-S-D-A crop report released Monday shows most of the beans are in the bin — while 92 percent of the corn has been gleaned from the fields. The report says the northeast, southwest and south-central sections of Iowa continue to lag behind in the corn harvest — with 15 percent of the corn still remaining to be harvested in those areas. The corn harvest that was hampered by weather, remains eight days behind the five-year average. The bean harvest had been very near the end heading into last week — as the report last Monday showed that there were only three-percent of the soybeans remaining in the fields. That was five weeks behind the five-year average.

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A man in Creston reported to the Police Department there, Monday, that someone had stolen his wallet. The wallet was missing from the area of Union and Elm Streets, and may have been taken sometime between Sunday and Monday. Inside the wallet were several items of identification, bank cards and cash. The loss was estimated at $200.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A former Omaha schoolteacher and area youth softball coach accused of child sexual assault has taken a plea deal. The Omaha World-Herald reports that 47-year-old Daryl Clark pleaded no contest Monday to enticement by electronic device and to attempted visual depiction of sexually explicit conduct. Prosecutors had already dropped three counts of child sexual assault when they determined the girl had been 16, the age of sexual consent in Nebraska. They amended other charges in exchange for Clark’s pleas.

At the time of his arrest last year, Clark was a business education teacher at Omaha’s Monroe Middle School and a girls softball coach in Papillion and Bellevue. Court records say he lives in Crescent, Iowa.

Members of the Atlantic Parks and Recreation Department Board of Directors, Monday evening, heard various seasonal activities related updates from Parks and Rec Director Seth Staashelm. The Board was expected to vote on a Vice-Chair to succeed Mary Strong, but tabled the motion because newly elected Board member John Krogman was not able to attend the meeting. In other business, Director Staashelm spoke first with regard to the Schildberg Rec Area Development Project. He said the playground equipment has arrived and is being kept in the newly renovated Parks and Rec shed until it’s installed sometime next Spring or Summer.

He mentioned also that designs are underway for the 30×50 west side shelter at the Schildberg park, the installation of which would also take place next Spring, weather permitting. With regard to the Sports Complex (Across the street from the KJAN Studios on N. Olive), a meeting was held to look over various plan options for what’s needed and what’s possible for the future. He says the preliminary plan incorporates space for soccer, flag and possible tackle football. In addition to the other sports the area is currently being used for during the Spring, Summer and Fall.

Staashelm said the Department is currently taking a look at improvements to Cedar Park and Mollett Park, including Public Gardens. That could include, in the case of Mollett Park, having plottable raised garden beds rentable to organizations or individuals, a walking trail with edible landscaping spread through different beds. Preliminary plans also call for a shelter and playground at that park located in the cul-de-sac of East 3rd Street Place. Those and other preliminary plans will be made available for public feedback online and elsewhere, in the coming weeks. He says they have in their 5-year plan budgeted $15,000 each year for community parks and $10,000 for trees.

The Parks and Rec Board’s Jolene Smith reported during the meeting Monday evening, that they had received $50 from the “Bikers for Bikers” group that held an event last month, to benefit local biking and walking paths. After the event was held, the Parks and Rec Board received a check for around $120 from the group. And, as previously mentioned Sunnyside Park remains open for activities. Once the weather turns bad, the roads inside the park will be closed until Spring, for safety reasons.

A woman from southern Iowa was injured in a single-vehicle accident Monday afternoon, in Page County. The Iowa State Patrol reports the driver of a 2008 Ford F-350 pickup, 78-year old Dixie Fritz, of New Market, was injured when her truck left the road and hit a cable barrier. The woman, who was wearing her seat belt, was transported by Clarinda Rescue to the Clarinda Regional Hospital, following the crash.

The Patrol says after the pickup struck the first cable barrier, it bounced across the road and hit the opposite cable barrier. The pickup managed to cross over that barrier and into the south ditch, where it came to rest on the driver’s side, facing north.

The accident happened at around 3:10-p.m. on eastbound Highway 2, in Page County.

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:40 a.m. CST

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Investigators say an Iowa parolee charged with killing a cab driver in June is also responsible for the April shooting death of a bail bondsman. Police said Curtis Jones is charged in the death of 34-year-old Jonathan Wieseler, who was shot during a robbery at his Iowa City office. Jones has been in custody awaiting trial in the death of 46-year-old Ricky Lillie, who police say was robbed and shot after giving Jones a ride.

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — A man died and two Davenport police officers were injured in an early morning weekend shooting. The Scott County sheriff’s office says 26-year-old Matthew Donald Tobin was killed in the shooting, which occurred after officers responded about 5:15 a.m. Sunday to a burglary report. The sheriff’s office says Tobin exchanged gunfire with the officers, identified as Justin King and Brenda Waline. Both officers were taken to a Davenport hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) — Police say a Dubuque woman has crashed into her second building in less than a week. The Telegraph Herald reports 65-year-old Margie F. Williams backed her vehicle into the Eagle Country Market on Monday morning, crashing through the store’s north entrance. Police say Williams thought the vehicle was in drive but it was in reverse. Store damage was estimated at $10,000. On Wednesday, Williams was cited when she backed a vehicle over a Main Street parking meter and crashed into a building.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Officials have acknowledged that secret waiting lists for psychotherapy appointments at Omaha’s U.S. Veterans Affairs Department hospital were used far longer than previously reported. The Omaha World-Herald reports that an internal VA investigation dated Sept. 30, 2015, says the lists were used as far back as 2006 and were still used after the VA prohibited them in 2010.

A Red Oak man was arrested Monday evening for shoplifting. The Red Oak Police Department report they arrested 47-year-old Clinton Joe Hans England of Red Oak at 6:52pm at 201 North 2nd Street in Red Oak for 5th Degree Theft. England was accused of shoplifting a $9 bottle of whiskey. England was taken to the Montgomery County Jail and held on $300 bond.

Three people were injured in a two-vehicle accident on Monday afternoon in Montgomery County. The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office reports they received a call from OnStar about an accident west of L Avenue and Highway 34 east of Red Oak at about 2:20pm.

After arrival deputies determined that a 2002 Chevy Impala driven by 19-year-old Kaitlyn Georgianna Barrett of Bedford was traveling westbound on Highway 34 and pulled off onto the north shoulder with the intent to make a u-turn. Barrett then got in the path of a 2011 Buick Enclave driven by 80-year-old Donna Grace Carlson of Red Oak that was also traveling west on Highway 34. Barrett was flown from the scene to University of Nebraska Medical Center with a head injury. Donna Carlson and passenger 85-year-old Robert Leonard Carlson were taken to the Montgomery County Memorial Hospital with possible injuries.

Damage to the Impala was estimated at $6,000 and damage to the Enclave was estimated at $18,000. Charges are pending at this time.

The Sheriff’s Office was assisted by Red Oak Fire and Rescue, Lifenet, Montgomery County EMA, The Red Oak Police Department, Eggleston Towing, and Bates Towing.

The perpetually circulated “Grandchild in trouble” phone scam is back. Clarinda Police Chief Keith Brothers said Monday, that a Clarinda resident was contacted that day by someone identifying himself as Sgt. Davis with the Clarinda Police Department. The caller stated the resident’s grandson had been arrested for possession of marijuana and needed $7,600 bail.

Brothers adamantly reports THIS IS A SCAM!!! The Clarinda Police Department does not have a Sergeant Davis & the call is a variation on the international grandchild is in trouble/arrest scam that has been circulating the past several years. The scammers, he said, are very convincing and may often times know the name of the grandchild, etc. as this information is easily obtained on the internet.

DO NOT provide any information to these people and hang up immediately. They may continue to repeatedly call back and be insistent you go to the bank immediately and withdraw funds. They will swear you to secrecy, etc. Again, this is a SCAM!!!