A traffic stop on Interstate 29 north of the Glenwood exit, in Mills County early this (Friday) morning, resulted in the arrest of a man from Nebraska. 32-year old Brandon Edward Olson, of Columbus, NE., faces charges that include: OWI/2nd offense; Possession of Controlled Substance; Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, and Open Container. His bond in the Mills County Jail was set at $3,000.

(Radio Iowa) — The Iowa Supreme Court has ruled the water body billed as the state’s “largest private lake” isn’t really private. Jeffrey Meyers was stopped in July of 2018 by conservation officers patrolling Lake Panorama after they notice he was illegally displaying blue lights on his pontoon boat. The officers determined Meyers was drunk and charged him with boating while intoxicated.

Meyers claimed the officers did not have jurisdiction because Lake Panorama near Panora is the state’s largest private lake. Signs around the lake make that claim The Iowa Supreme Court ruled the northwest side of the lake is accessible via the Middle Raccoon River — and that means the lake is not private. They upheld the charge against him.

(Read the full IASUPCO Opinion here: (https://www.iowacourts.gov/courtcases/7953/embed/SupremeCourtOpinion)

BROOKLYN, Iowa (AP) – Regulators are proposing a nearly $13 million fine against a podcaster accused of hiding the origin of automated phone calls that used the slaying of an Iowa college student to promote white nationalist messages. The Federal Communications Commission says Scott Rhodes violated the Truth in Caller ID Act, which bars the manipulation of caller ID information.

Officials say Rhodes used an autodialer to make hundreds of recorded calls to Brooklyn, Iowa, numbers, citing the killing of Mollie Tibbetts. The Mexican man charged in her death is suspected of living in the U.S. illegally.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Des Moines police say a suspect was shot early Friday morning while struggling with officers trying to take him into custody. Officers were sent around 6:20 a.m. to check a report about a domestic dispute involving a threat. Police say that when the two officers tried to arrest a man at the scene, he attacked them and wouldn’t give up. One of the officers shot the man in an arm, but he wouldn’t let medics fully assess his injuries. A wound in his torso was discovered at a hospital. He’s been listed in serious condition. The names of those involved haven’t been released.

(Radio Iowa) – Iowa is –not– among the 15 states that have joined the lawsuit challenging the Trump Administration’s new rules putting further restrictions on SNAP, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, but Iowa Farmers Union President Aaron Lehman says his group supports the litigation. “Many, many, many people here in Iowa and around the Midwest are food insecure and have not experienced the economic recovery that others have,” Lehman says. “By putting this rule in place that’s made a lot of people who are at risk and are vulnerable in a really bad spot.”

The rules call for stricter work requirements for those receiving SNAP benefits. Lehman says they want the court to issue a ruling forcing the U-S-D-A to rewrite the regulation. “We want to see the USDA go back and do the rulemaking the way it ought to be,” Lehman says. “It ought to reflect the values that were put in place in the Farm Bill that governs the program and the program ought to be out there to help people where it’s needed appropriately.”  Lehman says most of those who’ve been getting SNAP assistance are in dire economic circumstances.

“There are many studies that show that the vast majority of people who take advantage of SNAP benefits are people who are caring for a needy adult, caring for a child,” Lehman says. “They are not what we consider available to work because they’re occupied with these other things.” Reports say the rule changes would deny food stamps to nearly 700,000 SNAP recipients.

February 1st:

• Margaret Slepsky of Atlantic (Winner)

The Taylor County Sheriff’s Office reports 45-year old Martin Basaldua, of Lenox, was arrested today (Friday), on an active Taylor County warrant for Identity Theft – Fraudulent Practices in the second degree. Basaldua was being held on a $5,000 bond, pending an initial appearance before the Magistrate.