The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office reports a man from Webster County was arrested at around 6:50-a.m. Monday at a hotel in Walnut. 35-year old Reino Valentino Dismute Bodady, of Ft. Dodge, was taken into custody for Criminal Mischief in the 4th degree (for damage ranging from $200-to $500)/Damage or destruction of property. Bodady’s bond was set at $1,000.

Authorities said also, an Omaha man turned himself-in to the Pott. County Sheriff’s Office Monday morning. 49-year old Tony Dennis Gustin was wanted on a warrant for Failure to Appear in court. He was subsequently booked into the Pott. County Jail. 36-year old Amanda Mae Smith, of Council Bluffs, was arrested Monday morning at the Pottawattamie County Courthouse. Smith was taken into custody on Pott. County warrants for Credit Card Fraud (loss under $1,000), and Theft in the 3rd degree. Her bond was set at $4,000.

And, 41-year old David Leroy Bishop, Jr., of Council Bluffs, was arrested at the Pott. County Courthouse Monday morning, on a State of Iowa Felony warrant for Child Endangerment/Abandonment with Bodily Injury. His bond was set at $5,000.

(Radio Iowa) — Today (Tuesday) is “equal pay day,” the symbolic day when women’s wages on average catch up to men’s earnings from the previous year. In Iowa, women generally make about 79-percent of what men do, less for women of color. University of Iowa business professor Beth Livingston says employers can counteract wage disparities by proactively reviewing their own pay scales. “Go in, look at your numbers. Be aware ahead of time if you have gaps within job level, across job level,” Livingston says. “Look at your pay bands. Determine who’s making more money and determine whether your compensation system is really set up to reward the things you want to reward.”

Livingston says employers should actively scour their policies and paygrades to look for disparities.  “Most of these companies, if they have any sort of HR system at all, have their employees, their employees sex and how much they make, including bonuses and contingent pay,” Livingston says, “so you can run that data.”

Livingston says gender discrimination is insidious, even among well-meaning companies. Pay disparities can be particularly costly for households led by single women. According to state data, 20-percent of Iowa families with kids under 18 are being raised by a single mother.

(Thanks to Kate Payne, Iowa Public Radio)

STACYVILLE, Iowa (AP) — A man has been sentenced to 120 days in jail for ignoring orders to clear away thousands of tires from his Mitchell County property and pay fines. The judge found 63-year-old Gary Eggers, of Stacyville, in contempt for failing to pay the $110,000 in penalties and remove all but 500 tires from his Stacyville land. Authorities say some of the tires on the unlicensed salvage yard had washed into a nearby creek and onto neighboring property.

Judge Chris Foy writes in his ruling filed electronically on Sunday that the attitude displayed by Eggers toward the Iowa Natural Resources Department “and the laws of Iowa that seek to protect our environment and our waterways makes clear to the court he should be found in contempt.”