Sheriff’s officials in Pottawattamie County report a man from Henderson was arrested Monday evening following a traffic stop near Carson. 35-year old Jacob Lee Roberson was initially pulled over for having an expired registration, but showed signs of impairment. He was taken into custody for OWI/1st offense, and on a warrant for Contempt of Court. .
Jim Field visits with Leslie Stephens and Kent Hertz about the Tanner Foss Project. Tanner was interested an a music career and had made contact with music producer Kent Kertz before he passed away suddenly in March of 2016 at the age of 19. His mother, Leslie, started the effort to provide opportunities locally through the arts. A Christmas CD produced by Kent at Schnoor Studios near Malvern is available at several locations in southwest Iowa to help fund the project.
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Creston Police report one arrest took place Tuesday. 27-year old Spencer Leitzel, of Creston, was arrested at around 3:30-p.m., for Driving While Suspended. He was subsequently released from custody on a $300 bond.
MAYSVILLE, Iowa (AP) — Officials in eastern Iowa say a driver is dead in a late-night crash that sent a Ferrari plowing into a Maysville home and sparking an explosion and fire that destroyed the home. The Quad-City Times reports that the crash happened around 11 p.m. Tuesday. Scott County Sheriff’s officials say the driver died in the crash. One person was in the home at the time of the crash, but was able to escape unharmed.
Investigators say skid marks leading from Maysville Road through a ditch and into the home mark the path of the runaway car. Parts of the vehicle littered the front and back yards, including tires and the rear hood. When firefighters arrived, the house was fully engulfed in flames. The cause of the crash is under investigation.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Police say an 18-year-old Des Moines man has been arrested and charged after officials determined he had beaten his 5-month-old son for weeks, causing severe injuries to the baby. The Des Moines Register reports that Dominick Joseph Clausi was charged Tuesday with multiple counts of child endangerment after his infant son was sent to a hospital with life-threatening injuries that include skull fractures, a brain bleed and bruising.
Des Moines Police Sgt. Paul Parizek says investigators believe Clausi beat and shook the baby, forced his face into a pillow and, at one point, bit the infant. Police were notified of the allegations Dec. 7. Clausi remained in the Polk County Jail on Wednesday.
Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds will be among four Republican governors who meet with the vice president on Thursday. Reynolds says they’ll discuss “the importance” of the North American Free Trade Agreement. “We’re o.k. with modernizing the language with NAFTA,” Reynolds says. “It’s a 25 year agreement. We believe in fair and free trade, but that’s our number one and two trading partners. It would have a tremendous impact if we were to withdraw from NAFTA.”
President Trump has called NAFTA “a disaster” and U.S. Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue has warned the negotiations with Mexico and Canada are a “bumpy ride.” Governor Reynolds says ending the agreement could “devastate” Iowa farmers. “With farm prices and commodity prices where they are today, we need to do everything we can…to make sure that we can maintain the existing footprint that we have for our trading partners,” Reynolds says, “and look for opportunities to expand that.”
According to federal records, Iowa has a trade surplus with both Canada and Mexico. Last year, Iowa exported three-point-three BILLION dollars worth of goods to Canada. Exports to Mexico topped two-point-three BILLION. Half of all Iowa corn exports go to Mexico.
(Radio Iowa)
The new survey by the Iowa State University Extension department shows a slight increase in the average farmland value after three straight years of declines. Iowa State University economist Wendong Zhang says a limited supply of available farmland is the main reason for the two percent increase in land values as the farm economy remains sluggish. “I would not rush into the conclusion that the market has fundamentally improved. Likely we are still in a trajectory of the stabilization in the next one or two years,” he says.
The average statewide value of an acre of farmland is estimated at seven-thousand-326 dollars ($7,326), or 143 dollars more for an acre compared to last year. Commodity prices remain low and Zhang says a full recovery of the ag economy will take some time. “The farm income likely will still stabilize, the interest rate likely will rise again. So I would interpret as the stabilization or temporary break for us to assess where we are,” Zhang says.
Scott and Decatur counties reported the highest and lowest farmland values for the fifth straight year. Decatur County reported land valued 34-hundred-80 dollars ($3,480) — while Scott County reported a value of 10-thousand-497 dollars ($10,497). Just four of Iowa’s 99 counties –Fremont, Mills, Montgomery, and Page –reported a drop in land values this year. Each of those counties reported a decline in value of three-tenths of a percent.
(Radio Iowa)
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