Jim Field visits with Griswold FFA members Claire Smith and Riley Smith during National FFA Week.
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Jim Field visits with Griswold FFA members Claire Smith and Riley Smith during National FFA Week.
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DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — An eastern Iowa nurse who’d been convicted in a 2015 morphine theft case has been given probation in a second case involving the theft of painkillers. The Des Moines Register reports that Cassandra Pierce, of Ottumwa, was granted a deferred judgment on Feb. 2 and sentenced to three years’ probation. Under a deferred judgment, Pierce’s conviction will be removed from her record if she successfully completes the terms of her probation.
Prosecutors say she kept substantial portions of painkillers she’d signed out in May 2016 for three patients at Genesis Medical Center in Davenport. Court records say Pierce was sentenced to probation after making a plea deal in a case involving the theft of morphine in August 2015 while working at Vista Woods Care Center in Ottumwa.
The area’s latest and/or top news stories at 7:06-a.m., w/KJAN News Director Ric Hanson
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa lawmaker who pleaded guilty to operating while intoxicated and possession of a dangerous weapon has been given probation. Court records say Rep. Francis “Chip” Baltimore, a Boone Republican, was sentenced Monday in Story County District Court. He was granted a deferred judgment, given a year of probation on both counts and ordered to pay fees and civil penalties of at least $1,500.
Under a deferred judgment, the convictions can be wiped from Baltimore’s record if he successfully completes the terms of his probation. Baltimore was arrested last month in Ames near Interstate 35. His blood alcohol tested out at nearly twice the legal limit, and a pistol was found under the driver’s seat. He was subsequently removed as chairman of the House Judiciary Committee.
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Members of the Audubon School District’s Board of Education will meet tonight in a regular session in their Board Room, at the High School. The meeting begins at 7-p.m., and on their agenda is a Public Hearing with regard to the Fiscal Year 2019 School Calendar. Action items include receiving the initial proposal from the Audubon Education Association, and approval of the FY 2019 School Calendar, along with first reading of policies pertaining to Graduation Requirements, Payroll deductions, and the first & final readings of policies with regard to the Board of Director’s Election and Term of Office.
In other business, the Board will discuss an Early Retirement Policy. At the conclusion of regular business, the Audubon School Board will enter into closed session to discuss strategy with regard to negotiations with a collective bargaining unit.
Today: Mostly sunny. High around 30. N/NE @ 10.
Tonight: Becoming cloudy w/light snow late. Low 20. SE @ 5-10.
Tomorrow: Cloudy w/light snow. High 33.E/SE @ 10-15.
Friday: Light snow ending early (1-2” total possible). Becoming P/Cldy. High 35.
Saturday: Mostly cloudy w/a mix of precipitation. High around 38.
Tuesday’s High in Atlantic was 22. Our Low this morning (as of 5-a.m.), was 9. We received a trace of snowfall Tuesday, on-and-off during the day. Last year on this date our High was 66 and the Low was 30. The record High in Atlantic on this date was 66 in 2017, the Record Low was -19 in 1894.
Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:40 a.m. CST
MISSOURI VALLEY, Iowa (AP) — Investigators say they can’t be certain what caused a fire in downtown Missouri Valley that killed two people. The Daily Nonpareil reports that the investigation into the Thanksgiving Day blaze has ended. The bodies of 44-year-old Stacy Larsen and 44-year-old Chad Stevens were found in the CTI Electronics building. The State Fire Marshal Division says the damage where the fire started and the lack of witnesses kept investigators from concluding what sparked the blaze.
GLENVILLE, Minn. (AP) — Opponents of wind power are successfully stalling or shooting down wind-farm projects across the country. Criticism of wind turbines is nothing new, but this latest rebellion has given fresh momentum to anti-wind ideas. The movement’s success also shows that when residents put up organized opposition, they often win. When a developer sought to build dozens of turbines in southern Minnesota, hundreds of people went door-to-door, circulated petitions and packed government meetings.
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Authorities blame discarded smoking materials for an apartment fire that killed a Cedar Rapids man. Cedar Rapids Fire Department investigators on Tuesday said the smoking materials ignited a chair inside the apartment, causing the Saturday morning fire. When firefighters entered the apartment, they found 57-year-old Thomas Jones inside, near the chair. Jones was taken to University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City, where he died Saturday afternoon.
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) — A Chicago Bears defensive back has pleaded guilty to two misdemeanors stemming from a bar fracas in northeast Iowa. Deiondre’ Hall and Green Bay Packers defensive back Makinton Dorleant were arrested last March in Cedar Falls. Court records say Hall was sentenced to six months’ probation. The records say Dorleant was given a year of probation at his sentencing last May on the same two charges. The Packers cut him in April after he failed a physical.