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A man wanted a Nodaway County Missouri warrant was arrested on Thursday in Montgomery County. According to the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office, 25-year old Jessie Bruce Fitzwater of Villisca was arrested for possession of methamphetamine 3rd Offense, driving while barred, and a valid Nodaway County warrant. Fitzwater was transported to the Montgomery County Jail where he was booked and held on full bond.
Early Saturday morning, deputies of the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office arrested 42-year old Jeffrey Malling Brockman of Elliot for Obstruction of Emergency Communications. Brockman was transported to the Montgomery County Jail where he was booked and held on $300 cash bond.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — New Chiefs coach Andy Reid began filling out his staff, hiring former Eagles quarterbacks coach Doug Pederson to be his offensive coordinator and longtime Jets assistant Bob Sutton as the defensive coordinator. Pederson spent the past four seasons on Reid’s staff in Philadelphia, while Sutton had stints as the Jets’ defensive coordinator and was their assistant head coach this past season.
Today: Partly sunny, with a high near 23. Wind chill values as low as 5. Windy, with a west northwest wind 16 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Tonight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 10. Wind chill values as low as -5. Blustery, with a northwest wind 11 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.
Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 19. Wind chill values as low as -5. West northwest wind 8 to 14 mph.
Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 11. West wind 3 to 7 mph.
Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 27. West southwest wind 3 to 8 mph.
Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 15.
Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 34.
Plenty of Iowans are coughing, sneezing and blowing their noses as we’re approaching the heart of cold and flu season. How many of them are going to work while they’re sick? Far too many, according to a new study. Dr. Mark Rupp, an infectious disease specialist at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, says some people will call in sick at the drop of a hat, but many others should stay home when they’re sick, yet they go in anyway. “This is a pretty common practice and actually a phrase has been termed to cover it,” Dr. Rupp says. “It’s called presenteeism. So, rather than abusing your sick time, you’re actually abusing time where you come into work where you probably should be staying at home.”
The survey of Iowans and Nebraskans finds four out of five people questioned say they’ve gone to work sick. You’re not doing anyone any favors, Rupp says, if you’re taking your bug to work and exposing the whole office. “Folks who are coughing and sneezing and hacking and running fevers really should be staying at home and anybody who has a vomitting or diahreal illness, likewise, should stay at home until they’re feeling better and they’re back to good health,” Rupp says. “When they come to work, clearly they can be spreading these bugs to their co-workers and that’s not a nice thing to do.”
If you really must go to work, it’s best to isolate yourself as much as possible from others, use hand sanitizer and cover your mouth with your sleeve when coughing or sneezing. Rupp says our great Midwestern work ethic can sometimes backfire in these situations. “Most people are doing this from a sense of being indispensible, that the task they’re doing is just so important that nobody else can do it,” Rupp says. “They also have a sense that they don’t want to let their co-workers down. If they’re not there doing the job, this is going to roll to somebody else.”
The survey showed nearly half of those who go to work sick take -no- precautions to avoid direct contact with others.
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A report issued late Friday shows the state government’s payroll has shrunk since Terry Branstad became governor. Branstad took office in January of 2011 and the Legislative Services Agency analysis covers the first 18 months of his governorship. The report shows state payroll expenses were down nearly five percent compared to when Chet Culver left the governor’s office. More than 900 employees left state government during Branstad’s first 18 months in office. Some were replaced. Some were temporary or part-time employees.
At the start of August, the total number of full-time positions in state executive branch agencies had shrunk by 641. The average salary for a state worker who is not a supervisor is $51,700. The payroll and staffing at the three state universities in Ames, Cedar Falls and Iowa City are not included in this analysis. The University of Iowa, Iowa State University and the University of Northern Iowa operate a separate payroll system.
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Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Police say they have uncovered an elaborate marijuana growing operation in central Iowa. Television station KCCI reports police this week confiscated approximately 150 marijuana plants from a house in Des Moines. Five people have been arrested and face charges.
DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) — Firefighters have been struggling with a stubborn fire in a large pile of wood chips at the Dubuque landfill. Officials say the wood chips began smoldering earlier this week and that the fire likely was started by heat buildup within the pile. The pile is about a quarter mile from other parts of the landfill, with a creek in between.
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — A 24-year-old man has been given 10 years in prison on charges stemming from a drive-by shooting in Sioux City. Patrick Craft of Sioux City was sentenced on Thursday. He’d pleaded guilty last month to intimidation with a dangerous weapon and possession of a firearm by a domestic abuser. No injuries were reported from the drive-by shooting.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa State quarterback Jared Barnett, who went from the starter to a third stringer in just over two months, has decided to transfer after two seasons in Ames. Cyclones coach Paul Rhoads announced yesterday that Barnett and linebacker C.J. Morgan will be transferring out of the program. Rhoads says Morgan has some health issues with his family and is looking to play closer to home.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An interim legislative committee recommended the Legislature appropriate up to $20 million to help struggling counties continue mental health services this year. Iowa City Sen. Joe Bolkcom, a Democrat, proposed the $20 million figure at a Friday meeting. It’s far more than the $3.8 million recommended by the Department of Human Services. The committee is overseeing implementation of Iowa’s revamped mental health system, which replaces a county-by-county process with a regional approach. Panel members didn’t specify how the $20 million would be funded.
As the state shifts to the new program, 32 counties have sought money to finance the transition. Bolkcom says he will make the recommendation to the Health and Human Services Appropriations Committee early in the session so counties can get their funding quickly. The session begins Monday.