The Mills County Sheriff’s Office reports two people were injured during a collision Wednesday evening, west of Glenwood. Officials say 29-year old Christopher Brammer, of Glenwood, was driving a 1999 Ford and merging onto the westbound Highway 34 turning lane at Hillman Road. 18-year old Emily Chase, of Glenwood, was driving a 2000 Chrysler eastbound on Highway 34 in the left lane at the intersection with HIllman, when Brammer failed to yield and turned left, into her vehicle. The accident happened at around 6:38-p.m.

Brammer was transported by Glenwood Rescue to Jennie Edmundson Hospital for treatment. Chase was transported by Glenwood Rescue to Mercy Hospital. Authorities cited Brammer for Failure to Yield Upon Entering a Through Highway.

The Iowa Department of Transportation reports U-S Highway 44 between US Highway 30 and Iowa Highway 191 (2 miles west of the Portsmouth area), has alternating lane closures due to a crash. No other details were immediately available.

A special investigation by the State Auditor has found a former University of Northern Iowa professor put school money into his own account. The special investigation was requested by U-N-I over concerns about money handled by Samuel Lankford, who worked in the School of Health, Physical Education and Leisure Services. The audit found he improperly deposited three checks worth nearly 15-thousand dollars into his personal bank account from a report he did for the Artic Winter Games in 2014.

The audit says the money should have gone to the university. The report says it is not possible to determine if there were other improper deposits to Lankford’s account because proper records were not available for review. Lankford resigned in July of 2015. The results of the report have been turned over to the U-N-I Department of Public Safety, the D-C-I and Black Hawk County Attorney’s office.

(Radio Iowa)

DES MOINES, Iowa – High blood pressure poses a significant risk for stroke, but low blood pressure also causes problems – and that’s why it’s important to know your numbers.  The American Heart Association says most people who’ve had a first stroke also had high blood pressure. For Tinika Raymond, new-student orientation coordinator and academic advisor with Des Moines Area Community College, hypertension runs in the family. But when her 21-year-old son experienced dizziness and nausea that led to stroke, it was due to low blood pressure and other complications. As an African-American, she’s particularly aware of the risks.
“It’s been impacting African-Americans at a higher rate than any other race,” says Raymond. “So that’s why I think it’s important for us to get the word out and pay attention to your body, know your body, know your numbers.”

Two numbers represent blood pressure. The new guideline for normal blood pressure is below 120 over 80, which means numbers that stay over that average for any length of time qualify as high blood pressure.
Hypertension damages arteries throughout the body and elevates the risk for stroke. A stroke can threaten your ability to think, move and function, affect language, vision and even cause paralysis or death. Raymond says when it runs in families, earlier detection is better. “If you go to the doctor and find out what it is, sometimes they can get ahead of it and if they can detect it, soon enough then there’s medication and other ways to treat whatever the symptoms are,” says Raymond.

Raymond notes you can’t control race or age when it comes to high blood pressure, but medication combined with more walking, reduced sodium and fewer carbohydrates help her control the numbers. “So the lifestyle could be the exercise and the diet or it could be stress-related,” says Raymond. “So we have to pay attention to the environment which we’re in.” The American Heart Association says managing blood pressure is a lifelong commitment which may require those afflicted to learn how to monitor blood pressure at home.

(Iowa News Service)

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A popular Democratic candidate in Iowa’s crowded race for governor is suspending his campaign, after a newspaper reported three women had accused him of sexual misconduct. Des Moines state Sen. Nate Boulton announced Thursday that he’s leaving the race. The allegations appeared in The Des Moines Register on Wednesday. The women have said Boulton touched them inappropriately during separate incidents.

One woman alleges Boulton repeatedly grabbed her buttocks at a bar in 2015. Two other women said he rubbed his clothed crotch against them more than a decade ago. Boulton hasn’t denied the accusations but argues the alleged incidents didn’t equate more serious instances of misconduct. He apologized to the women in a statement. Boulton’s departure comes less than two weeks before the June 5 Democratic primary for governor.