A crash late Saturday morning at the intersection of Highway 92 and 370th Street in Pottawattamie County, has claimed the life of a Griswold woman. According to the Sheriff’s Dept., 22-year old Gabriella Kalambokidis died from her injuries after being transported from the scene by Carson Rescue, to Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs.

Authorities say Skye Bentley, of Macedonia, was driving a 2008 Lexus slowing to make a left turn from Highway 92 onto 370^th Street southbound at around 11:02-a.m. Saturday, when Kalambokidis, who was driving a 2010 Hyundai, failed to slow down and rear ended Bentley’s vehicle.

Former Republican Representative David Young will debate Democratic incumbent Representative Cindy Axne for their third of four debates tonight. The debate is co-sponsored by The Des Moines Register and KCCI-TV and will air live on KCCI and online on DesMoinesRegister.com at 7:00 p.m.

The debate will be moderated by KCCI anchor Steve Karlin and Register reporter Stephen Gruber-Miller.

The 4th and final debate between the two candidates is set for Thursday night.

(Radio Iowa) – The Iowa Alcoholic Beverages Division has filed two more complaints against businesses for violations of the governors’ COVID-19 emergency public health disaster proclamation. I-A-B-D filed complaints against the Rodeo Saloon & BBQ in Council Bluffs, and The Sports Page in Mason City, for violations related to social distancing.

The two establishments have the option of agreeing to a one-thousand dollar civil penalty — or appealing for a hearing before an administrative law judge. There have been 11 businesses which have been charged — and two have accepted the one-thousand dollar penalty.

(Radio Iowa) – The Iowa Statewide Veterans Conference will be held virtually tomorrow (Tuesday) as a way to show businesses, educational institutions and community leaders how best to support veterans and their families. The event is being co-hosted by Home Base Iowa, where program manager Jathan Chicoine says veterans are a very valuable commodity.

“When you’re thinking about recruiting top talent into your businesses, recruiting from that community, there’s skill sets that veterans bring,” Chicoine says. “Certainly, this idea that veterans come from this collectivistic culture and are good team players and very often desire to be a part of something larger than themselves.” Speakers during the six-and-a-half-hour event will discuss how to make businesses and communities more welcoming to veterans, and how Iowa colleges can best support those returning to civilian life.

“We’re actually going to have a breakout session on how to become a Home Base Iowa community,” Chicoine says. “Some of those steps, like a community resolution. We are trying to get 10% of businesses in a local county onboard as HBI. Communities will develop unique incentives and programs to recruit and retain veterans.” The theme for this year’s conference is “Our Vision Forward: Engaging All of Iowa” as Chicoine says it takes a collaborative effort to provide the best support possible to veterans, military personnel and their families. He says the list of Home Base Iowa communities statewide is broadening every year.

“We have just over a hundred and we’ll be recognizing some new communities coming onboard at the conference,” Chicoine says. “We’re continuing to grow that support and look forward to getting all 99 counties onboard.” The 11th annual conference is free and will run from 9 AM to 3:30 PM Tuesday on Zoom.

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(Radio Iowa) – Woodbury County firefighters spent Sunday trying to contain a massive field fire near Anthon. County Emergency Manager Rebecca Socknat says a farmer working in the field northwest of Anthon set it on fire around 12:30 in the afternoon,  She says he was combining and that ignited the field and in the extremely dry and windy conditions, the fire took off. Socknat says the fire quickly spread through the field.

Socknat says the fire traveled north at least three miles across county roads and she was told at its widest point it was about a mile to a mile-and-a-half wide. Every fire department in the county except for the Sioux City and Sergeant Bluff fire departments responded to the fire along with several Plymouth County departments. No home were damaged and no one was injured — but farm equipment, utility poles and several cornfields burned up.  Crews were out working to replace the damaged utility poles.

A massive fire in Story County yesterday tore across a cornfield between Maxwell and Nevada. It took four hours to control. Investigators say that fast-moving fire may have been sparked by a smoldering cigarette tossed in a ditch. Fourteen Iowa counties now have burn bans in place.