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GRINNELL, Iowa (AP) – The mother of a Grinnell College student slain nearly 23 years ago says she’s trying to remain optimistic that investigators will solve the case.
Twenty-one-year-old Tammy Jo Zywicki’s body was found in September 1992 near Springfield, Missouri, a month after her car was found in Illinois. She’d been driving back to the central Iowa school from her New Jersey home.
Her mother, JoAnn Zywicki, told the Iowa City Press-Citizen that she’d been hopeful since enlisting the aid of the Philadelphia-based Vidocq Society, which is known for its interest in cold cases. But she says budget cuts are making it difficult for the investigation to progress in Illinois.
Illinois State Patrol Master Sgt. Jeff Padilla says the budget hasn’t been cut and that the Zywicki case remains a high priority.
The Cass County Board of Supervisors today (Friday) approved a Federal Aid Agreement for a bridge replacement project on N-28, two-miles south of Highway 92, over a tributary to the West Nodaway River, near the Montgomery County line .
The agreement stipulates the County will comply with all Federal requirements that enable to the County to receive money for projects, which in this case amounts to 80-percent of the bridge cost. The bridge is expected to cost $600,000.
The Board also adopted a “Resolution to revise [the] Cass County Five-Year Program,” by advancing a bridge project on Akron Road, over a tributary of Crooked Creek, in Grant Township. Bridge #347 is on the Cass-Audubon County line. Audubon County will reimburse Cass County for half the project cost. The Resolution moves the project and costs from the 2016 Fiscal year to the 2017 Fiscal Year.
The Cass County Board of Supervisors also approved a request by Marker to put gravel on a Level B – or, dirt – road, that serves as access for the Griswold Golf Course, on the south side, one-mile north of Highway 92. The rock will cost about $10,000, but Marker says the County is in the position to make that happen.
A bridge that normally makes the Golf Course accessible, will be replaced beginning next Monday (August 3rd). The project is expected to be mostly complete by mid-November. The alternate road mean while, will remain Level B.
A ribbon cutting ceremony and grand opening was held this (Friday) morning in Atlantic, for the Buck Creek Dog Park, located on the northwest side of the Schildberg Recreation Area.
Local dignitaries, park staff, Street Department personnel, the Dog Park Committee, Parks and Rec Board members, and members of the public gathered for the event, which, according to Atlantic Mayor Dave Jones has been in the works for about four-years, ever since his daughter came to him asking why Atlantic doesn’t have a facility similar to her town, in Nebraska.
Parks and Rec Director Roger Herring says he got the ball rolling by asking Dr. Keith Leonard (retired) from Atlantic Animal Health Center (currently owned by The Hoffman Family, and Dr. Victora with the Cass County Animal Clinic,if they would be willing to place collection jars at their businesses, to garner interest and funds for the facility.
After the Parks and Rec Department publicly announced plans for the Dog Park, Herring says a member of the community stepped forward with a substantial donation. Kevin and Christi Garrett put up $1,000 as seed money.
A huge chunk of money for the fencing came from the Cass County Community Foundation, which provided a grant amounting to $10,000, or nearly two-thirds of the cost.
And, two young men with the Eagle Scouts contributed time and labor toward the project, including Eric Wieser, who built and installed the exercise and agility equipment at the park. Cain Page, who built cantilevered sunshades and benches. Steve Livengood, of Atlantic also contributed a substantial amount of his time and effort toward the project.
Herring thanked everyone who donated their time, effort and of course contributions toward making the Buck Creek Dog Park a facility Atlantic can be proud of.
A half dozen people delivered more than five-thousand petition signatures to the governor’s office Thursday afternoon, urging Governor Terry Branstad to keep the two remaining state-run Mental Health Institutes open. Branstad closed the Mental Health Institutes in Clarinda and Mount Pleasant this year and Aubreeanna Dolan, of West Des Moines organized the online petition drive.
“The resources are not out there for these individuals that are in these homes,” she says. Legislators passed a bipartisan compromise that would have temporarily restored services at the Clarinda Mental Health Institute for frail elderly patients who are mentally ill. The plan also called for reopening the Mount Pleasant facility for treatment of patients with the dual diagnosis of mental illness and substance abuse. Branstad vetoed those proposals and has not ruled out closing the remaining two Mental Health Institutes. Dolan says the mental health care system cannot stand the loss.
“I know several individuals that have gotten services from these institutions and it’s saved their lives,” Dolan says. Dolan points to a recent Pew Charitable Trust report which ranked Iowa 47th among the states for the percentage of the state budget spent on mental health services. The state president of the AFSCME union and 20 state legislators have filed a lawsuit challenging Governor Branstad’s closure of the Mental Health Institutes in Clarinda and Mount Pleasant. Fewer than 200 mentally ill patients are cared for in the state hospitals in Cherokee and Independence.
(Radio Iowa)
A woman from Marne was cited for Failure to Maintain Control and Failure to Yield one-half of the roadway, following a collision Thursday afternoon on Highway 83, near Walnut. Lt. Rob Ambrose, with the Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Department, told KJAN News 26-year old Heidi Johnson, of Marne, was traveling east at around 2:18-p.m., when the 2013 Nissan Rouge (a crossover-style SUV) she was driving, crossed the center line of the road into part of the westbound lane. The SUV collided with a westbound 2002 Chrysler, driven by 26-year old Samantha Walters, of Atlantic.
Walters suffered non-life threatening injuries and was transported by Walnut Rescue to Myrtue Memorial Hospital in Harlan, for treatment. Johnson refused medical treatment at the scene. Damage from the crash amounted to approximately $24,000.
Police in Clarinda arrested an Appanoose County man early this (Friday) morning, on drug charges. Officials say at around 2:20-a.m., 48-year old James Edward Logston Jr., of Cincinnati, Iowa, was taken into custody following a traffic stop. He faces a felony possession of a controlled substance charge, with the substance believed to be marijuana, and, possession of equipment and paraphernalia used for the ingestion of illicit substances.
Logston Jr. was being held in the Page County Jail in lieu of $5,000 bond, pending an initial appearance before a Magistrate.
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An off-set collision west of Walnut Thursday afternoon resulted in one person being transported to the hospital in Harlan. According to Pottawattamie County authorities, a pickup traveling east on Highway 83 crossed the center line and struck a westbound car. The accident happened at around 2:20-p.m.
The driver of one of the vehicles was transported to the hospital for treatment of non-life threatening injuries. No names were immediately released. One of the drivers was cited. Additional details are not currently available.
Iowa farmers who want to better understand weed resistance are invited to a series of workshops starting on Monday. The Iowa State University Extension is sponsoring “Weeds Week” at its five research facilities statewide. Angie Rieck-Hinz, an extension field agronomist for nine counties in north-central Iowa, says virtually every grower in the state could benefit from attending.
“We’re having a series of workshops, hands-on stuff, to help those farmers and ag retailers to manage for herbicide resistance,” Rieck-Hinz says. “This is a big issue in Iowa. We see more weeds becoming resistant to herbicides every year.” It may cost a chemical company millions of dollars to create a new herbicide and Rieck-Hinz says it doesn’t appear that we should hope for any new products anytime soon.
“We know that in the developmental pipeline, there are no new chemistries or sites of action that are out there,” she says. “We want to make sure we preserve our existing tools in our tool box, our herbicides, as well as some other practices we can do to make sure we have good weed control in the future.” The workshops will include sessions on identifying the weeds, hands-on educational activities and tours of plots.
The programs will be held Monday at the I-S-U research facility in Crawfordsville, Tuesday in Lewis, Wednesday in Nashua, Thursday in Sutherland and next Friday (August 7) in Boone. Learn more at the website: www.aep.iastate.edu/weeds
(Radio Iowa)