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Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:45 a.m. CDT
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa official says he’s less optimistic a proposal will be approved that would allow the state to shift money used for the Affordable Care Act. Iowa Insurance Commissioner Doug Ommen told lawmakers Tuesday he’s still awaiting a decision from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services regarding a so-called stopgap measure for the state’s individual insurance market. He says he’s “less optimistic” because he expected an answer by now.
MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) — A north Iowa man who killed two people last year has been sentenced to two consecutive life terms plus 25 years in prison. The Globe Gazette reports that 31-year-old Peter Veal, of Lake Mills, was sentenced Tuesday after being convicted in July of two counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted murder. Officers sent to a Mason City home in November found the bodies of Caleb Christensen and Melinda Kavars.
GLENWOOD, Iowa (AP) — A southwestern Iowa mother has been charged with child endangerment resulting in death and with distributing drugs to a minor following the death of her young daughter last year. Prosecutors charged 34-year-old Misty Dawn Frazier, of Glenwood, on Monday. She’s being held in the Mills County Jail on a $35,000 cash-only bond. Police say Frazier’s 8-year-old daughter died last October after overdosing on an antidepressant.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A planning committee is seeking public input about how to transform riverfront along the Missouri River between Omaha and Council Bluffs, Iowa. The Omaha World-Herald reports that about 200 people attended a Riverfront Revitalization Planning Committee meeting Monday to share what they’d like to see on a large strip of the riverfront. Focus areas include Gene Leahy Mall and Heartland of America Park in Council Bluffs. The next public meeting is Oct. 26.
Director District 1B (elect 1*)
Larry Blake 156
Amy Ferneding 188*
At Large (elect 2*)
Kathleen Blake 125
Mike Blum 56
Sam Hansen 229*
Brandi Perdew 114
Lucas Potthoff 137*
(Contested races only) Voter turnout: 10.67%
Nodaway Valley School District – At Large (elect 2*)
James Campbell 216*
Maureen Lonsdale 230*
Terri Lee Raasch 210
Melissa Schwartz 118
Orient-Macksburg School District – At Large (elect 1*)
Kristie Davidson 28
Roger Wolfe 50*
Adair-Casey Public Measure A: Authorization for a period of 10 years to levy and impose a voter-approved physical plant and equipment tax of not exceeding $1.34 per $1,000 of assessed valuation of the taxable property within the school district, and be authorized annually, in combination, as determined by the board, to levy a physical plant and equipment property tax upon all the taxable property within the school district commencing with the levy of property taxes for collection in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020, and to impose a physical plant and equipment income surtax upon the state individual income tax of each individual income taxpayer resident in the school district on December 31 for each calendar year commencing with calendar year 2019, or each year thereafter. *Yes 154 No 68
SWCC Measure A: *Yes 349 No 100
Panorama School District
District #1 (elect 1)*
Cale Kastner 11*
Write-in: Jenny VanGundy 8
District #2 (1)
Lee White 10
Deb Douglass 43*
Coon Rapids Bayard
District #1 (elect 1)
Jeffrey Andersen 52
Kelly Hays 61*
Corning Community School District – At Large (3 seats open)*winners
Howard Anderson 126*
Scott Shuey 118*
Write-in Candidates:
Kenya Haffner 21
James Houck 64*
Melody Winkler 37
Ray Reynolds 3
SWCC Public Measure A (Instructional Support Levy renewal)
Yes 88 No 42
AHSTW
Director District 1 (Elect 1)*
Katie S. Goshorn 355*
Angie Grote 108
Director District 4 (elect 1)*
Bobbi L. Lund 316*
Thomas J. Rzemyk 121
AHSTW School Board Director (elect 1)*
Jamie Coon 172
Bernadette Hatch 273*
Treynor School District
Board Director (elect 2)*
Lisa Chambers 128
Greg Goos 143
Mickey Stogdill 230*
Brandon Vorthmann 276*
Tri-Center PPEL
Yes 94 No 24
Underwood School District
Board Director (elect 2)*
Jeff Bonsall 249*
Ashleigh Robinson 50
Michelle Soloth 138*
Contested race:
Stanton School District (Elect 3)
Travis Taylor 116*
Brian Bates (I) 107*
Amy Tibben 68*
Mark Lindgren (I) 66
Public Measure A: re: renewal of SWCC Merged Area 14 Instructional Equipment Support Levy (6 cents per $1,000 assessed valuation for 10-years beginning 7/1/2018).
Yes 230 No 27
Measure passes by 89.49%
(Contested races only)
Griswold School District – elect 2 for At Large – 4 year terms)
Robert D. Peterson (I) – Griswold 189*
Aaron Houser – Henderson 182*
Bruce Brunk – Griswold 98
Public Measure A – Proposition A (re: $3.9-million G.O. bond issue for district facility improvements)
Yes 258 No 99 (72.27%; 60% approval needed to pass)
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A planning committee is seeking public input about how to transform riverfront along the Missouri River between Omaha and Council Bluffs, Iowa. The Omaha World-Herald reports that about 200 people attended a Riverfront Revitalization Planning Committee meeting Monday to share what they’d like to see on a large strip of the riverfront. Focus areas include Gene Leahy Mall and Heartland of America Park in Council Bluffs.
Attendees placed stickers next to preferred concepts. Food and beverage kiosks as well as waterfront dining were among the most popular amenities. Co-chair Ken Stinson says the Downtown Riverfront Trust will fund the group’s more than $1 million study on the area.
The next public meeting is Oct. 26, and final design concepts will be shared in January.