(Glenwood, Iowa) – Sheriff’s officials in Mills County say a woman from Malvern was arrested Tuesday evening on an Assault charge. 36-year-old Cally Ann Evans was arrested at around 7:25-p.m. in Malvern, and charged with Assault. Bond was set at $300.

(Radio Iowa) – The Powerball jackpot has grown to more than one BILLION dollars for Wednesday’s drawing. It follows the Mega Millions jackpot won last week that was also more than one BILLION dollars. Iowa Lottery spokesperson, Mary Neubauer, watches a specific aspect of the game when the jackpots get higher. “It’s something that’s called coverage. And what that number means is how many of all of the possible combinations of numbers in the game have been purchased or quote unquote, covered for a particular drawing,” she says. Neubauer says the addition of another drawing has had an impact on coverage numbers for Powerball.

“Because the Monday drawing in Powerball has only been around for about three years now, the coverage for a Monday drawing has always been lower. I think people are still figuring out that Powerball has a Monday drawing,” Neubauer says. “So in our recent drawings, what we’re seeing is that there is a higher quote , unquote coverage number for Wednesday and Saturday.”
Neubauer says the coverage number isn’t always a predictor that a jackpot will be claimed. “Interestingly when the Mega Millions jackpot that huge Mega Millions jackpot was just won last week. The coverage in that game wasn’t wasn’t terribly high. It was also only in the twenty percent range and there still was jackpot winner in the game,” she says.

Neubauer says the Powerball game has come a long way, the starting jackpot at the beginning was two million dollars.

(Atlantic, Iowa) – The Cass County Sheriff’s Office today (Wednesday), released a report on arrests that occurred from March 20th through the 31st.

On March 31st, 18-year-old Blake Welch, of Atlantic, was arrested for OWI/1st Offense.  Welch was transported to the Cass County Jail where he was booked and held pending his later release on his own recognizance; 42-year-old Lesli Wiston Altamirano, of Atlantic, was arrested for OWI/2nd Offense.  Wiston Altamirano was transported to the Cass County Jail where he was booked and held.

On March 30th, 43-year-old Nichole Anaya, of Atlantic, was arrested for Driving while Revoked and Possession of a Controlled Substance – 1st Offense.  Anaya was transported to the Cass County Jail where she was booked and held pending her later release on her own recognizance; 19-year-old Alex Rush, of Griswold, was arrested March 30th, on a warrant for Probation Violation.  Rush was transported to the Cass County Jail where he was booked and held pending his later release on bond.

On March 29th, Cass County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested 33-year-old Devin Register, of Atlantic, on a warrant for Failure to Appear.  Register was transported to the Cass County Jail where he was booked and held pending his release after time served; 28-year-old Kris Sorcey, of Atlantic, was arrested for Driving while Revoked.  Sorcey was transported to the Cass County Jail where he was booked and held pending his later release on his own recognizance.

On March 24th, 2024, the Cass County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested 65-year-old Randall Krogh, of Atlantic, for OWI/2nd Offense, and Interference with Official Acts.  Krogh was transported to the Cass County Jail where he was booked and held pending his later release on his own recognizance.

And, on March 20th, 45-year-old Brian Meredith, of Wheaton, IL, was arrested in Cass County, for OWI/1st Offense, and Possession of a Controlled Substance – 1st Offense.  Wheaton was transported to the Cass County Jail where he was booked and held pending his later release on bond.

(Radio Iowa) – Another proposed amendment to Iowa’s Constitution has emerged at the statehouse. Republicans in the Senate are proposing a constitutional amendment that would require a flat rate for personal income taxes in Iowa. Under current law, Iowa’s multi-rate system is being phased out, to reach a single rate of three-point-nine percent by 2026. Republican Senator Jason Schultz of Schleswig says multiple rates that impose a higher tax the more income a person earns penalizes success.

“Every time you feel like you’re moving ahead, you’re rewarded by a salary, there’s another hurdle,” Schultz says. “We’re just going to take another chunk of that money.” Eleven states have a flat tax and four of those states have constitutions requiring a flat income tax. Democrats oppose the concept. Senator Cindy Winckler, a Democrat from Davenport, says the amendment would limit the legislature’s authority to make decisions about taxing and spending. “Taxes are not necessarily things that people want to pay, but services are what they expect to receive,” Winckler said, “and that balance is important.”

Last week, House Republicans proposed a constitutional amendment that would require a two-thirds vote by lawmakers to raise income taxes. Proposed constitutional amendment have to clear the House AND the Senate twice — in years that are separated by a statewide election — before Iowans see the proposed amendment on a ballot for yes or no vote.

DAVENPORT, Iowa – A man from northeast Iowa was sentenced last week to serve 17-years in Federal prison, for receiving child pornography. The U-S Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa, says public court documents and evidence presented at sentencing, proved 49-year-old Corey Lester Schlemme, of Oxford, set up multiple Facebook accounts under various names to send and receive child pornography. After receiving a cybertip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, a subsequent search of Schlemme’s Oxford residence confirmed that he was sending and receiving child pornography.

Review of seized evidence also determined that Schlemme represented himself as a minor female in fraudulent Facebook accounts to persuade a minor victim to produce and send him child pornography. Over the course of nine months, Schlemme exchanged thousands of messages with the minor and solicited numerous videos and images of the minor engaged in sexually explicit acts. At the time of this investigation, Schlemme was a coach for the Clear Creek Amana School District.

After completing his term of imprisonment, Schlemme will be required to serve five years of supervised release. There is no parole in the federal system. Schlemme was also ordered to pay a special assessment of $5,000.00.

The case was investigated by the Johnson County Joint Forensic Analysis Cyber Team, with assistance from the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

The case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice. Led by U.S. Attorneys’ Offices and the Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to better locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit https://www.justice.gov/psc.

For information about internet safety education, please visit www.usdoj.gov/psc and click on the resources tab.