The Southwest Iowa Housing Trust Fund (SWIHTF), in accordance with grant money received through Federal Home Loan Bank and Iowa Finance Authority, is seeking low to moderate income homeowner applicants in the counties of Cass, Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie (excluding Council Bluffs), and Shelby for housing repairs.  SWIHTF is nearing the end of their waiting list, and needs more homeowners interested in participating in the program.

Community Development Director Amber Carcel says “SWIHTF has maintained a waiting list of 300-500 names or approximately three years long for many years, but it is now below 100 names.  What this means for the low to moderate homeowners in our region is less waiting time until your name comes to the top of our list.”

The FHLB repair program can assist owner occupied households to eliminate health and safety hazards and to conserve energy in their homes.  Examples of assistance include electrical, heating, plumbing, handicap accessibility, windows, etc.  The assistance is in the form of a five year forgivable loan with the average assistance amount being  $5,000 per home in repairs.

Applicants must be the owner of record, reside in the home, and meet income guidelines.  The condition of the home must be suitable for repair. Interested applicants should contact SWIHTF at 712-243-4196 for more information.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton will make her first visit to Iowa since narrowly winning the state’s lead-off presidential caucuses. Clinton’s campaign announced Monday that she will speak at a rally Wednesday afternoon at Lincoln High School in Des Moines. Her campaign says Clinton will discuss her plans to improve the economy.

Clinton’s visit will come less than a week after Republican nominee Donald Trump held an event Friday in Des Moines. Trump also has made recent stops in Cedar Rapids and Davenport.

The Atlantic Police Department reports three recent arrests. On Friday, 38-year old Aaron Sarsfield, of Atlantic, was arrested for Domestic Abuse/Simple Assault. Saturday, 25-year old Mark Fredericksen, of Atlantic, was arrested on a Cass County warrant for Probation Violation. And on Sunday, 24-year old Aaron Knight, of Plattsmouth, NE., was arrested for OWI. All three men were booked into the Cass County Jail.

An Iowa woman attended the funeral of her brother this weekend nearly 64 years after he died in a military plane crash in Alaska. Airman 3rd Class Wayne Dean Jackson of Downing, Missouri was one of 52 men who died in a 1952 military plane crash in Alaska. Remains were recovered from the wreckage site and then in March the military identified some remains as being Jackson’s. Vicki Kelso Dodson of Nevada, Iowa, who claimed Jackson as a brother, said Iowans and Missourians gave him a great welcome home Saturday.

“Complete towns were out waiving flags with their hands over their hearts and it was just amazing…it was really overwhelming,” Dodson says. Jackson’s mother died 17 years ago, and Dodson says she always wanted to bring him home.  “He’s out of the ice, he’s home, he’s off the mountain. And his mother is looking down, I know she is, his mother and dad, he’s home,” Dodson says.

Of the 52 men that died in that crash, remains from 33 have been identified. The military intends to continue searching for the remains from the others.

(Radio Iowa/MissouriNet)

A motorcyclist was killed in Fort Dodge early this (Monday) morning. An officer noted a motorcycle was traveling at an apparent high rate of speed at a city intersection. The motorcycle turned west onto Seventh Avenue North and proceeded to Ninth Street where the officer pursued the driver. The operator of the motorcycle was accelerating as he was being pursued by police.

The chase ended when the motorcyclist left the road striking a mailbox and tree in the 1700 block of Williams Drive. The driver was pronounced dead at the accident scene. The name of the victim is being withheld until family members are notified.

(Radio Iowa)

Officials with the Audubon Chamber of Commerce have released the results of the Operation T-Bone parade, cook-off contest and raffle. The events were held Saturday.

Operation T-Bone Parade Winners include:

Antique Auto, 1959 & older – Harold Rustvold; Milestone Auto, 1960 and newer – Dirk Rasmussen; Antique Machinery – Darrell Schroeter; Saddle – Audubon County Saddle Club; Hitch – Roger & Terri Anderson; Jr. Division – Daytona Burr & Mila Irlbeck; Sr. Division/1st prize – Cliff’s Lounge, 2nd prize – Audubon Community Cinema; Good Neighbor – Atlantic Fire Dept.; and the Parade Grand Champion award went to Harold Rustvold.

Operation T-Bone Cook-off Contest Winners: 1st place – Bob Testroet, w/his Beef Ribs; 2nd place – Bob Testroet, for his Brisket Sandwich; 3rd place – Scott Brand, for his Shredded Beef.

And, the winners of the Operation T-Bone Raffle: A Grand Prize (A Traeger Wood Pellet Grill) went to Steve Asmus. The 2nd prize of an Ultimate Grilling Accessories, went to Kurt Madsen.

An obstructed license plate on a vehicle resulted in the arrest of a man for Driving While Barred, Sunday afternoon. The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office says 47-year old Brett Alan Moore, of Treynor, was arrested at around 4:25-p.m. following a traffic stop on 300th Street, in Pott. County. He was pulled over after a deputy noticed he couldn’t clearly read the license plate, which was also being covered by a license plate bracket. Once Moore was pulled over, a records check indicated he was barred from driving in Iowa. He was transported to the jail without incident.