Rescue crews were called to the scene of a two-vehicle accident Friday afternoon, northwest of Massena. The crash was reported to have occurred at 730th and Quincy Road at around 2:40-p.m.  Three people were injured. One patient was set to be transported from the Cass County Memorial Hospital to Creighton University Medical Center in Omaha, by LifeNet helicopter. That individual reportedly suffered from a broken leg, head and shoulder lacerations.

Photo courtesy Cass County EMA Coordinator Mike Kennon

No other details are currently available.

Patrons of the Atlantic Public Library can now take advantage of a new means of dropping off their checked-out reading and media materials. Library Director Natalie Struecker says a drop box was just installed this week for your convenience. The drive-up book drop allows you to leave your library materials checked-out from the Atlantic or other libraries, without having to enter the building. It was installed Tuesday morning.

Natalie says they want to thank personnel from the Atlantic Wastewater Treatment Plant, Code Enforcement and Atlantic Parks and Recreation, who put the box together and installed it. Struecker says the drop box hasn’t seen a lot of use yet, mainly because people haven’t heard it’s available. She hopes you’ll take advantage of the service.

The box is easy to find. It’s in the alley on the southwest side of the Library, just off the Library parking lot. She says because the area does see quite a bit of traffic, you should be cautious, and use the drop box for returned materials only. She asks you NOT to drop off materials intended for donation to the library. You need to bring those inside during their regular hours of operation.

The Iowa Attorney General’s office has filed a consumer fraud lawsuit against three California companies, claiming they sent libraries in Iowa bills with inflated prices of photocopier toner, though the supply was never ordered. It began with Cate St. Clair, director the Robey Memorial Library in Waukon. After the library received a mysterious bill for about $400 for toner, St. Clair called the number printed on the invoice.

“They were very surly on the phone and it was a California number,” St. Clair said. “They were like, ‘just disregard it. Just disregard it.’ And I was like, ‘Well this is super sketchy.'” At least 14 other Iowa libraries have received similar bills this year. Iowa Attorney General’s office spokesperson Geoff Greenwood alleges the scheme starts with a phone call and someone inquiring about the brand and model number of the office photocopier.

“And then they will get back to you with an invoice that has toner in it, very high-priced toner,” Greenwood said. “And they’ve got the brand name and the model number of your copier and the person who orders the toner. Well, someone else may receive this invoice and think, ‘well the other person in the office must have ordered it and I need to pay this invoice.'”

The companies named in the lawsuit are Central Supply Solutions, Central Supply Center, and Elite Supplies. Greenwood said it’s unclear why so many of Iowa’s public libraries are being targeted by the scam this year.

(Radio Iowa)

AMES, Iowa – Sept. 2, 2016 – The Iowa Department of Transportation is holding a sale of the remaining items from the Corning Maintenance garage Tuesday, Sept. 6 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

All items are being sold as is. Items in the sale include, steel work benches, welding table, folding tables, chairs, paint gun parts, misc. hand tools, drills, steel shelving units, grease guns and lubrication pumps, desks, school type lockers, empty steel drums, miscellaneous truck and tractor parts, large treated wood posts of various sizes, 3-point mower, unused bundles of shingles and roofing felt,  5,500 gallon ploy tanks, concrete and metal culvert pipes/sections, and more.

Payment must be made by cash or personal check. Credit and debit card payments will not be accepted. Items must be removed the day of the sale after payment is made.

Officials with the Iowa National Guard say funeral services have been scheduled for retired Maj. Gen. Warren G. “Bud” Lawson of Ankeny, the 26th Adjutant General of Iowa, who passed away on Wednesday, August 10th, at the age of 83. The visitation for Gen. Lawson will be held on Wednesday, Sept. 14, 3-7 p.m. at the Camp Dodge Pool Pavilion, 7105 NW 70th Ave., Johnston, Iowa. The Lawson family will be present during that time.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m., Thursday, Sept. 15, at the Camp Dodge Pool Pavilion, followed by inurnment at the Iowa Veterans Cemetery in Van Meter at 2 p.m. The Iowa National Guard will provide full military honors. In case of inclement weather, the funeral service will be held at the Camp Dodge Freedom Center drill hall.

As part of the celebration of his life, the family encourages a tailgating atmosphere to honor Gen. Lawson’s love for the University of Iowa and his Hawkeye football career. Participants are encouraged to wear black and gold, or the colors of their favorite team. Participants may enter Camp Dodge through the main gate at 7105 NW 70th Ave., Johnston. Photo identification (a driver’s license or military ID card are acceptable) is required for admittance to Camp Dodge for individuals 16 years of age and older.

ALL motorcyclists (drivers and passengers) on Camp Dodge are required by Department of Defense policy to wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) consisting of helmet, eye protection (full-face shield or goggles or sunglasses), gloves, long pants, long-sleeved shirt or jacket, and over-the-ankle footwear while operating on Camp Dodge.

Lawson retired as the Adjutant General of the Iowa National Guard on June 19, 1999, following more than 44 years of military service in the U.S. Army and Iowa National Guard, including 14 years as the Adjutant General of Iowa. As Iowa’s Adjutant General, he was responsible for the administration, training, and operations of more than 9,500 Iowa National Guard Soldiers and Airmen.

Officials say he effectively guided the Iowa National Guard through the Iowa Farm Crisis in the 1980s, the response for the crash of United Airlines Flight 232 at the Sioux City Airport (1989), Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm (1990-91), reactivation of the 34th Infantry Division (1991), floods of 1993, and the Port Neal complex chemical plant explosion near Sioux City (1994). He was succeeded by Maj. Gen. Ron Dardis in 1999.While at Iowa, Lawson played center for the Hawkeyes football team (1952-54), and was named Iowa’s Most Valuable Player in 1954.

In 1967, he deployed to the Republic of Vietnam, where he served with the 196th Light Infantry Brigade as assistant operations officer and personnel officer.

Lawson is survived by his wife, Bobbie and their daughter, Laurie. He was preceded in death by his son, Lance. The family respectfully requests no flowers, food or gifts, please. Memorials may be directed to the Alzheimer’s Association of Greater Iowa at http://www.alz.org/greateriowa/ .

For additional information, go to http://www.dignitymemorial.com/ankeny-funeral-home-and-crematory/en-us/index.page.

A Facebook post about a sheriff’s deputy who did “high fives” with a sick boy in the hospital has gone viral. Woodbury County Deputy Sheriff Kyle Cleveringa pulled a car over in Sioux City at about three a.m. Wednesday because a tail light and the light above the license plate weren’t working. When he walked up and spoke to the driver, Mindy Mathewson told the deputy her one-year-old son was having trouble breathing.

“I peeked in the backseat and I could hear he was audibly having some issues with breathing,” Cleveringa says, “…so I just kind disregarded the traffic stop.” Cleveringa told the woman to keep driving to the hospital and he followed her all the way inside. “I saw she had a bunch of stuff in the vehicle and so I just offered to help her out and carry some of the stuff in while she went to the emergency room,” Cleveringa says. “And then she obviously had her hands full trying to hold her kid, fill out paperwork — the typical stuff you do when you go to the hospital.”

Mathewson went on the Woodbury County Sheriff’s Facebook page to thank the deputy. She explained it was Cleveringa who held the boy while she filled out that paperwork. Mathewson wrote that the deputy did some “high-fives” with the one-year-old while he comforted her sick child, plus he gave the boy a stuffed toy truck. Mathewson ended her post with a P.S. that her son is now fine and she promised to “get the lights fixed ASAP!”

The post was shared nearly 800 times in the first 24 hours it was up and has been “liked” thousands of times. The deputy says he was just doing his job. “I got two pieces of advice when I started this job:…’Don’t forget where you come from and remember who you serve,'” Cleveringa says. “She’s a part of the community and the sheriff’s department is big on community policing and community interaction and that’s one of the things that I like about working here.”

Cleveringa started working at the Woodbury County Sheriff’s Department three and a half years ago. He’s been a patrol deputy for the past year and wasn’t even scheduled to be working on Wednesday morning. He was filling in for a colleague who just had a baby.

(Radio Iowa)