EARLY THIS MORNING…MOSTLY CLOUDY. SOUTH WIND 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH.
TODAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. MUCH WARMER. HIGH IN THE UPPER 30S. SOUTHWEST WIND 10 TO 15 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH IN THE MORNING.
TONIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. NOT AS COLD. LOW IN THE UPPER 20S. SOUTHWEST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.
THURSDAY…SUNNY. HIGH IN THE MID 40S. SOUTHWEST WIND 5 TO 15 MPH.
THURSDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY THROUGH MIDNIGHT THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOW IN THE UPPER 20S. NORTHWEST WIND 5 TO 15 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
FRIDAY…CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW IN THE MORNING. BREEZY…COLDER. HIGH IN THE UPPER 20S. NORTHWEST WIND 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH.
SATURDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. COLDER. HIGH AROUND 15.
The Daily NonPareil reports charges have been dismissed against two people involved in a brawl sparked by a racial slur on a residential Glenwood street in September, 2015. 19-year old Denver Cook, had been charged with willful injury, a felony, and assault causing bodily injury, a misdemeanor. 21-year old Colton McDaniel, had been charged with assault causing bodily injury. The charges stemmed from a fight involving several people, including Cook, McDaniel, 42-year old Hurl Beechum III and Beechum’s stepfather, Glenwood High School Principal Richard Hutchinson.
Court orders filed Monday indicated the charges against Cook and McDaniel were dismissed because of lack of evidence. Beechum remains charged with three felonies – intimidation with a dangerous weapon, willful injury and going armed with intent – and two misdemeanor counts of assault while displaying a dangerous weapon. His trial begins next week.
According to court documents, McDaniel, Cook and four others were walking on Myrtle Street near Hutchinson’s home. Hutchinson and his wife, Randi Hutchinson, were cleaning their car in the driveway. One of the girls with McDaniel and Cook was on her cellphone, talking to her boyfriend, when she uttered a racial slur. As the group passed his house, Hutchinson, who is black, made contact with them and asked why someone had used the slur.
The group began to argue with him. Randi Hutchinson went to get Beechum. A fight ensued. Hutchinson, who was knocked unconscious, suffered a fractured bone in his face. Beechum was later treated for abrasions and a laceration to the back of his head. McDaniel was shot in his left thigh and right ankle.
Beechum is a former Iowa State University basketball player who played in the early 1990s. None of the juveniles had been charged in the case.