COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa – United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum has announced that on September 18th, 28-year old Jorge Alejandro Salazar Machado, of California, was sentenced in Council Bluffs United States District Court, to 10-years in prison for Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance. Salazar is required to serve a five-year term of supervised release, following his incarceration.

In January 2019, Salazar Machado was arrested by Council Bluffs Police for possession of drug paraphernalia. A subsequent search warrant was executed on his vehicle. During the search, officers located two packages containing a total of 1,891.28 grams of heroin. Salazar Machado pleaded guilty to the charge in May 2019.

The case was investigated by the Council Bluffs Police Department and the Southwest Iowa Narcotics Task Force, and prosecuted by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa.

The Montgomery County Auditor’s Office has released a list of candidates who have filed for the November 5th City Elections. It should be noted that the Mayor’s term is 2 years, except in Stanton & Coburg, where the term is 4-years. And, Council members serve 4-year terms, except in Grant, where the term is for two-years. (TVF= To Fill a Vacancy)

The Candidates in Red Oak include:

• Mayor–Vote for One (2yr term): Karen Blue, Bill Billings
• Council Member Ward #1–Vote for One (4yr term): Scott Keith
• Council Member Ward #3 –Vote for One (4yr term): Peter Wemhoff
• Council Member At Large–Vote for One (4yr term):Jeanice A. Lester
• Council Member At Large-TVF -Vote for One (2yr term):Terry Koppa, Brian Lee Bills

Elliott City Offices and Candidates Filed:

• Mayor–Vote for One (2yr term): None filed
• Council Member–Vote for Two (4yr term): Jessica Rasmussen, Travis Johnson, Leta Rush
• Council MemberTFV –Vote for Two (2yr term): None filed

Stanton City Offices and Candidates Filed:

• Mayor –Vote for One (4yr term): Kirk Requist, Jeff Magneson
• Council Member–Vote for Two (4yr term): Pier Schenck-Osweiler, James Cavner

Villisca City Offices and Candidates Filed:

• Mayor–Vote for One (2yr term): Marilyn Halda
• Council Member–Vote for Three (4yr term): Robert Narup, Marsha S. Shepherd

Coburg City Offices and Candidates Filed:

• Council Member–Vote for Three (4yr term): None filed

Grant City Offices and Candidates Filed:

• Mayor–Vote for One (2yr term): Lyn Sliger
• Council Member –Vote for Five (2yr term): Zelda Swartz, Jeff Brown, Steve Williams, Nancy Taylor, Emerson Hill.

MUSCATINE, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa grandmother has been convicted of the 1992 killing of her former boyfriend. The Quad-City Times reports that Annette Cahill was found guilty Thursday of second-degree murder in the death of bartender Corey Wieneke.

Prosecutors said the 56-year-old Cahill used a baseball bat to kill 22-year-old Wieneke. He was found dead on the floor of his bedroom in rural West Liberty in October 1992.

Police have said Cahill had been in a sexual relationship with Wieneke, and they had a heated argument about his involvement with another woman. The case against Cahill relied on testimony from a woman who said she was 9 when she overheard Cahill confess to killing Wieneke weeks after the slaying.

Cahill is now a mother of three adult children and a grandmother of four.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Some 2020 candidates are trying out new strategies to appeal to voters just over four months until Iowa’s leadoff caucuses begin the process in which Democrats will select their presidential nominee.

Kamala Harris announced a substantive shift on Thursday, saying she would spend half of October in Iowa and add some 60 staffers there. Bernie Sanders is shuffling his early state staff, and Beto O’Rourke has turned his impassioned calls for gun control laws into a nationalized strategy that has led him to places far outside the early voting states.

The shifts signal that the race for the Democratic nomination is entering a new stage, with precious few months for candidates to change their fortunes before the first votes are cast.

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — The former administrator of Iowa’s third-largest city is suing the area’s biggest newspaper, claiming that its coverage was unfair and cost him his job. Former Davenport city administrator Craig Malin’s lawsuit against the Quad-City Times is set to go to trial Monday. He argues that the paper published false stories and opinion pieces about his official actions, forcing him out after 14 years with the city.

The trial will not be a traditional libel case because a judge has ruled Malin did not meet the high bar for proving the newspaper defamed him. Instead, the case will be about whether the paper improperly interfered with Malin’s employment contract.

The newspaper’s reporting on Davenport’s handling of financial negotiations for a new casino prompted the mayor to call for Malin’s termination. The newspaper has defended its coverage as accurate watchdog journalism protected by the First Amendment.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Department of Agriculture is proposing a new set of administrative rules that could significantly improve the lives of dogs, cats and other companion animals in a state long regarded as among the worst in the nation for animal protection. Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig says Wednesday he will submit the new set of rules to the state on Friday, beginning a process that requires a legislative panel review and public comment.

Animal rights groups celebrated it as a huge victory for pets in state-licensed commercial breeding facilities, animal shelters, pet dealers, rescue organizations and boarding kennels. The rules include increased access to water, larger cages and more stringent temperature, cleaning and sanitation requirements.

Iowa has 500 dog breeders, half licensed by the state and half by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, in addition to boarding kennels, shelters and other pet care facilities. It was ranked 48th in the nation for animal protection last year by the nonprofit Animal Legal Defense Fund.