Authorities in Page County are asking for your help in finding the driver of a vehicle that eluded Deputies following a pursuit. Sheriff Lyle Palmer says at around 10:42-a.m. today (Thursday), a Page County Deputy attempted to stop a silver Chevy Impala for a traffic violation in the area of 10th & Main, in Clarinda.  The vehicle’s driver refused to stop for the fully marked patrol vehicle with top lights and siren activated.

The pursuit continued in a northerly direction to the area of 10th and W. Nodaway for approximately 2 minutes.  The driver fled on foot and was not apprehended after a search of the area.

Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact the Page County Sheriff’s Office at 712-542-5193 or their local Law Enforcement Agency.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) – The trial has been delayed for an Iowa woman accused of trying to flush her newborn down a toilet and then leaving it for dead in a trash can. Court records say Ashley Hautzenrader is charged with attempted murder and child endangerment. Her trial was scheduled for Feb. 14. The new starting date is Aug. 15.

University of Iowa police have said Hautzenrader gave birth May 8 in a bathroom at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. Police say Hautzenrader tried to flush the baby down a toilet and then put it in a pillowcase and left it in the trash. The child was soon found.

Hautzenrader, who lives in Davenport, told authorities she left the baby in the trash because she thought the child had died.

The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office reports 38-year old Damyn Carl Stacy, of Corning, was arrested at around 9:30-a.m. today (Thursday), on a warrant out of Adams County, for Failure to Appear in court. Stacy was turned over to Adams County Deputies. His bond was set at $1,000.

One person complained of injuries and was transported by Medivac Ambulance to the Cass County Memorial Hospital, Wednesday afternoon, following a collision at the intersection of 3rd and Maple Streets, in Atlantic. The Atlantic Police Department reports Tamera Sheard, of Atlantic, was injured in the collision that happened at around 1:35-p.m., when Sheard failed to Yield from a stop sign, and struck a vehicle driven by Ricky Lary, of Griswold. Damage from the accident amounted to $8,000. Sheard was cited for Failure to Yield, and for Driving While License Suspended.

The Atlantic Police Department reports three arrests over the past week. On Wednesday,24-year old Carley Seddon, of Atlantic, turned herself-in to authorities on  a charge of Harassment in the 2nd Degree. On Jan. 28th, 35-year old Steven Pedersen, of Atlantic, turned himself-in to authorities on warrants for Violation of Probation and Failure to serve jail time.  And, on Jan. 27th, 27-year old Cameron Misner, of Atlantic, was arrested on Cass County warrants for Theft in the 5th Degree and Failure to Appear on a Possession of Controlled Substance/Marijuana, charge. All three subjects were booked into the Cass County Jail.

BRENHAM, Texas (AP) – Federal inspectors have confirmed that listeria found in a brand of Blue Bell ice cream, prompting another recall of its products, originated with a third-party supplier to the company. The Houston Chronicle reports that the Food and Drug Administration issued a warning letter last month to Iowa-based Aspen Hills detailing the company’s failures in preventing contamination. A recall in October was traced to chocolate chip cookie dough produced by Aspen Hills.

Blue Bell credited its testing program with identifying the presence of listeria in the dough. Blue Bell at the time was regaining some of its market share following a debilitating recall the year before resulting from 10 listeria cases in four states, including three deaths in Kansas.

Aspen Hills ceased production at the end of December.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – A court has dismissed a lawsuit brought by a former high-ranking Iowa judge who was laid off in 2013 after he opposed efforts to make his job a political appointment. Judge Michael Huppert’s ruling last month didn’t address the merits of claims made by Joe Walsh, former chief Administrative Law Judge in Iowa Workforce Development.

Instead, Huppert ruled that Walsh failed to exhaust administrative remedies before filing suit, saying he should’ve pursued his complaint through the Public Employment Relations Board. Walsh is expected to appeal.

Then-Workforce Development Director Teresa Wahlert changed Walsh’s job into an at-will political appointment in 2013. After Walsh complained that the change violated federal law, Wahlert reversed the decision but then eliminated Walsh’s job, citing budgetary reasons. Walsh contends that was a pretext and he was fired for opposing Wahlert’s efforts to pressure judges to favor employers in unemployment benefits disputes.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – An analysis by The Des Moines Register shows more than two-thirds of Iowa legislators are paying hundreds of dollars less a month than appropriate for their health insurance, a potential violation of state law. Data analyzed by the newspaper shows that more than 90 of nearly 150 Iowa legislators pay as little as $20 a month in health insurance premiums, rather than the $142 to $334 a month those plans call for. Another nearly 40 lawmakers pay up to $344 a month for coverage plans, rather than as much as $446 their plans call for.

The newspaper found the total underpayments are costing taxpayers more than $29,000 a month, about $350,000 a year. The state Department of Administrative Services provided the data, but declined the newspaper’s request for comment. The Attorney General’s Office also declined to comment.