An investigation into a single-vehicle non-injury accident Wednesday in Montgomery County, resulted in an arrest. Sheriff’s officials say 56-year old Tanya Kay Baker, of Villisca, was allegedly under the influence of alcohol, when she put her vehicle into a ditch in the 2700 block of O Avenue. Baker was taken into custody for OWI/1st offense and transported to the Montgomery County Jail. Her bond was set at $1,000.
FREMONT, Neb. (AP) — An Omaha man has been imprisoned for sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl who’d run away from her Iowa home. Dodge County District Court records say 38-year-old Joe Lockett was sentenced Wednesday to 20 years and a day. Lockett had pleaded guilty in January after taking a plea deal.
The Fremont Tribune reports that Lockett was arrested in October 2018 after a traffic stop in Fremont. Lockett told officers that the girl with him was a friend of his daughter. But a court document says the girl actually was a runaway from Iowa.
The document says she told officers that Lockett was attempting to prostitute her out.
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — A man who punched a casino slot machine in Sioux City has been told to pay a $625 fine and to cover the damage he caused. The Sioux City Journal reports that 52-year-old Tommy Goldberg pleaded guilty Wednesday to criminal mischief. A judge sentenced Goldberg to six days in jail but credited him with six days already served. The judge also ordered him to pay $1,050 to the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino.
Authorities say a security supervisor reviewing surveillance video saw Goldberg playing the machine on Jan. 7 and pressing a button on the touchscreen several times. The video showed Goldberg becoming frustrated and punching the screen.
(Radio Iowa) — There’s a growing chorus of people urging Congress to pass a disaster aid package to help flooded Midwestern farmers, as well as those impacted by hurricanes and the California wildfires. Iowa Corn Growers Association president Curt Mether, of Logan, says growers here and across much of the Northern Plains need federal assistance after widespread, prolonged flooding. “They’re really hurting. A lot of them aren’t even going to get their crops in,” Mether says. “It’s one thing not to be able to do it and it’s a whole other issue mentally. You can’t do what you want to do! They’re going to need all the help that they can get.”
Mether is calling on Congress to get past the Puerto Rico issue and anything else that keeps them from sending aid to those who desperately need it. “It’s pretty sad, to me, when they turn things like that into a political battle, which that’s what’s happening with Puerto Rico,” Mether says. “I don’t know. Surely, they can come together on some kind of agreement.”
An aid bill that failed in the Senate would have capped support for Puerto Rico’s food stamp program, as it’s run out of money, following two hurricanes in 2017. Back in Iowa, some farmers had many tons of grain that was in storage bins ruined by floodwaters. That grain isn’t covered by crop insurance, which only covers grain that’s still in the field, creating a predicament. “The stored grains, that’s almost a whole other issue,” he says. “There’s no way to help them with that, really, unless there’s a special declaration. It’s not insured. There’s nothing for them. That would be a top priority.”
Livestock producers have some disaster aid advantage over grain growers, he says, as they have the Livestock Indemnity program for help.
(Radio Iowa) — Former Rutgers defensive coordinator Jay Niemann, a native of Avoca, has been added to Iowa’s coaching staff. He spent the past three seasons at Rutgers, and will serve as the Assistant Hawkeyes Defensive Line Coach, and Assistant Recruiting Coordinator. Niemann served as Wyoming Linebackers Coach this past Spring, and has had two sons play for the Hawkeyes. Nick is a Junior Linebacker, and Ben is coming off his rookie season with the Kansas City Chiefs.
Jay Niemann played at Iowa State and has also been an Assistant at Drake, Northern Iowa, and was the Head Coach at Simpson College.
Today: Mostly cloudy this morning; P/Cldy this afternoon. High 62. N @ 10-15.
Tonight: Partly cloudy. Low around 40. NE @ 5.
Tomorrow: P/Cldy to Cldy w/isolated showers. High 62. SE @ 1.
Saturday: P/Cldy. High near 70.
Sunday: P/Cldy to Cldy w/scattered showers & thunderstorms. High around 68.
Yesterday’s High in Atlantic was 54. We received .01” drizzle in the evening. Our Low was 43. Last year on this date our High was 66 and the Low was 54. The record High in Atlantic on this date was 91 in 1968. The Record Low was 17 in 1908.
Fremont County Sheriff Kevin Aistrope reports that Wednesday evening, Deputies with the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office arrested two people for the Delivery of Methamphetamine. Taken into custody after a report of drug activity in Farragut, was 33-year old Amanda Lynn Ingram, and 37-year old Alfred Vernon Mutchler, both of Farragut.
Amanda Ingram (Photos courtesy Fremont Co. S/O)
Alfred Mutchler
They were arrested in the 400 block of Washington Street, in Farragut. Mutchler and Ingram were transported to the Fremont County Law Enforcement Center held on a $50,000 bond. Both will face additional, pending charges, at the conclusion of the investigation.
Mutchler is currently out on release from previous Delivery of methamphetamine charges.
Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Miles Mikolas outpitched Max Scherzer, Marcell Ozuna had three hits and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Washington Nationals 5-1 for their fifth straight win. Jose Martinez drove in two runs for the Cardinals, who have won 10 of 11. Washington has lost the first three games of the series and six of their last seven overall, and fell to 12-17.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kelvin Gutierrez hit his first big league homer, Kansas City pounded AL Cy Young winner Blake Snell for the second time in a week, and the Royals routed the Tampa Bay Rays 8-2 to wrap up a doubleheader sweep. Adalberto Mondesi homered in the opener to help Kansas City to a 3-2 victory. The finale of the four-game series is Thursday.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Hundreds gathered in Kansas to remember a Washburn University football player who was killed in a shooting that also wounded a friend who had been drafted hours earlier by the New York Giants. The Kansas City Star reports that coach Craig Schurig said at Tuesday’s vigil for 23-year-old Dwane Simmons that the football field was his “piece of heaven.” The university plans to create a scholarship in his name.
Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:50 a.m. CDT
DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — A day after floodwaters broke through a temporary barrier in downtown Davenport, Iowa, cities downstream along the Mississippi river that have remained largely dry are preparing for a flood threat that could stretch into the summer. The river is expected to reach rare heights in Missouri, including at the cities of St. Louis, Louisiana and Clarksville, and officials are scrambling to get ahead of the worst of it.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds has signed a bill that creates a system for children needing help with mental health issues. Speaking at a ceremony Wednesday, Reynolds said the new law requires core services for children, regional crisis stabilization, mobile response teams, 24-hour hotline access to services, and $1.2 million for home and community-based children’s mental health services. The goal is to eliminate the waiting list that currently exists.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Sen. Charles Grassley says Congress won’t consider a new trade deal with Mexico and Canada until President Donald Trump lifts tariffs that have prompted other countries to take actions that have hurt U.S. farmers. Speaking Wednesday on a call with reporters, Grassley said Trump must end steel and aluminum tariffs before Congress will ratify a United States-Mexico-Canada trade agreement. Grassley says tariffs also could hinder efforts at a trade deal with China..
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa jury has acquitted a black political campaign worker who was arrested after refusing to identify himself to police in a Des Moines suburb. Keilon Hill was canvassing in West Des Moines last October when two officers tried to stop and talk to him after a resident called 911 to report a suspicious person. Hill says he believes his skin color played a role. He was found not guilty Tuesday of misdemeanor harassment of a public official or employee.
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