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IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) – A man has pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a woman he met at an Iowa City bar. Johnson County District Court records say 35-year-old Andrew Wilson pleaded guilty Friday to kidnapping, sexual abuse and other crimes. He’s scheduled to be sentenced on Jan. 24. Wilson offered to drive the woman home Sept. 29, 2018, when the bar closed. A criminal complaint says he instead drove them to a secluded spot south of Iowa City and sexually assaulted her. The Gazette reported that the woman regained consciousness in a cornfield. She ran to a house, where a resident called 911 for her.
Police in Shenandoah say an investigation into a stolen vehicle report Wednesday morning, resulted in the arrest of a man on theft, drug and other charges. Officers were called to the 400 block of West Lowell around 11:50 a.m. To take a complaint about the stolen vehicle, which was located about 30-minutes later in the 300 block of South Elm Street.
After a traffic stop was conducted on the vehicle, Police arrested Matthew Magers, of Shenandoah, for Second-Degree Theft, Possession of a Controlled Substance, and driving while revoked. Magers was being held in the Page County Jail on $11,000 bond. Page County Sheriff’s Deputies assisted Shenandoah Police in handling the incident.
The area’s latest and/or top news stories at 7:06-a.m. From KJAN News Director Ric Hanson.
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(Radio Iowa) — As the holiday bills are coming in and stress levels begin to rise, January and February are typically the busiest months of the year for counselors at the Iowa Concern Hotline. Tammy Jacobs, the hotlines coordinator with Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, says the free service is available to all Iowans, every day and at any time of day or night. “We offer stress counseling. We have counselors who are trained to talk to people about what’s going on, help walk them though the steps and develop skills in order to work through those,” Jacobs says. “We have legal staff available to help out with any legal questions that they might have. We also work with Extension and Outreach finance specialists, if people are having a financial issue going on.”
While the counselors work to address any issue callers may bring up, at this time of year, Jacobs says money matters are often front and center. “With the holidays being over, people are starting to get together with their tax consultants, going over some of their bills,” Jacobs says. “People are starting to meet with their bankers and farm financial providers in order to get operating loans for the next season.” With last year’s heavy rains and widespread flooding, many calls to the hotline focused on worries about spring planting and the fall harvest. With 2020 being an election year, Jacobs couldn’t predict how the call volume may fluctuate.
“Generally, we see between 400 and 600 calls a month just on the Iowa Concern Hotline,” Jacobs says. “Sometimes, we may see 700 or 800 calls a month. It just depends on what’s happening in the world, and if it’s flooding and there are disasters, then those calls may be a little bit higher.” To reach the Iowa Concern Hotline, call 800-447-1985, or some people might be more comfortable using a computer. “We’ve got the live chat. We also have Email an Expert, so if people just want to email a question in, then we can respond back to them,” Jacobs says. “We’re looking at probably within the next month, adding a text option to the Iowa Concern Hotline as well.”
The service was launched in 1985 during the Farm Crisis and was then known as the Rural Concern Hotline. The name was changed in 1993 to the Iowa Concern Hotline to reflect a broader reach and availability to anyone, farmers and non-farmers, rural and urban Iowans.
https://www.extension.iastate.edu/iowaconcern/
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Police say a shooting in a Des Moines neighborhood has left two people dead and two injured. Des Moines police responded just before 4 p.m. Wednesday to a reported shooting at a home in the Merle Hay neighborhood and found two people dead with gunshot injuries. A third person at the home had a gunshot wound to a leg and was taken to a hospital. Police found evidence that indicated another person may have left the house. About a half hour later officers found someone nearby with a gunshot wound to a leg. That person also was taken to a hospital. Police didn’t immediately release the names of those involved.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – New rules in this year’s Iowa caucuses could give presidential candidates an unprecedented opportunity to spin the results. In previous years, the Iowa Democratic Party reported just one number: the number of state delegates won by each candidate. For the first time, the party will this year report two other numbers — who had the most votes at the beginning and at the end of the night. Party officials say the new process will enhance transparency. But there is a growing sense it could also breed confusion by giving several candidates the chance to say they won the caucuses.
JOHN ZIMMERMAN, 70, of Westphalia, died Wednesday, Jan. 15th, at Myrtue Medical Center, in Harlan. A Mass of Christian Burial for JOHN ZIMMERMAN will be held 10:30-a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 21st, at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Westphalia. Pauley-Jones Funeral Home in Harlan has the arrangements.
A Knights of Columbus Rosary will be held in the St. Boniface Parish Hall on Monday, Jan. 20th, at 3-p.m., followed by visitation from 4-until 8-p.m.
Burial is in the St. Boniface Cemetery at Westphalia.
JOHN ZIMMERMAN is survived by:
His Wife – Bonnie Zimmerman, of Westphalia.
His sons – Brad (Kim) Zimmerman, of Smithfield, MO, and Danny (Jessica) Zimmerman, of Lincoln, NE.
His daughters – Sarah (Dan) Schumacher, of Harlan, and Julie (Eric) Hartwell, of Olathe, KS.
His brothers – Rae Zimmerman, Paul (Arlene) Zimmerman, and Phil (Sharyn) Zimmerman, all of Westphalia.
His sisters – Maribeth Zimmerman, of Westphalia; Rita Macaulay, of Omaha, and Sr. Jodelle Zimmerman, OSB, of Rock Valley, IA.
6 grandchildren, and his sister-in-law Unis Hollander, of Denison.
Today: Mostly sunny. High near 20. N winds @ 10 mph shifting to the East. Wind Chills as low as -15.
Tonight: Cloudy w/light snow developing late (Little or no snow accumulation expected.). Low 13 w/temps nearly steady or slowly rising overnight. SE @ 10-15.
Tomorrow: **WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT from 6-a.m. Friday thru 6-p.m. Saturday**Snow in the morning becoming mixed w/sleet-rain-freezing rain in the afternoon. High 32. SE @ 15-25. New ice accumulation of less than a 0.1 of an inch possible. New snow accumulation of 2 to 4 inches possible.
Tom. Night: Freezing rain before midnight, then a chance of snow and freezing rain. Patchy blowing snow. S @ 15-30 w/gusts to near 40 mph. Low around 15. New ice accumulation of around a 0.1 of an inch possible. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.
Saturday: Mo. cldy & windy, w/light snow & patchy blowing snow, mainly in the morning. High around 20. NW @ 25-45 mph.
Sunday: P/Cldy & cold. High around 12.
Wednesday’s High in Atlantic was 28. Our Low this morning (The 24-hour Low ending at 7-a.m.) was -3. Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 25 and the Low was 15. The record High for Jan. 16th in Atlantic, was 64 in 1990. The Record Low was -25 in 2009.
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