The area’s latest and/or top news stories at 7:06-a.m., w/KJAN News Director Ric Hanson
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The Iowa Department of Natural Resources fall trout stocking program is underway. Northeast Iowa Regional Fisheries Supervisor, Mike Steuck (Steyek like bike) says they stock the trout in water bodies that are within 15 to 20 miles of the state’s largest cities. He says the goal is to be in the urban areas and create some excitement and get people out to go trout fishing. Steuck says they hope people will enjoy the trout and then use their trout stamp to fish some of the trout streams in northeast Iowa. Steuck says the trout thrive in the cool streams in northeast Iowa and that’s why they wait to stock them in other areas until the fall.”They can’t survive in temperatures higher than 60 to 70 degrees — so we wait until October or November or even through the ice to stock them — when the waters in those ponds are cold enough to support the trout,” Steuck says.
He says they have a complete list of the lakes and ponds that will be stocked on the D-N-R website. Steuck says many of the communities are hosting events in conjunction with the trout stocking, but he says if you miss an event, you should still be able to find fish. “We stock between 15-hundred and two-thousand fish,” he says. Steuck says you can fish for the stocked trout throughout the fall and even into the ice fishing season. “And it doesn’t take anything special to catch them either,” Steuck says, “any old ice rod, or if it’s open water, all you need is a little spinner and some line on your fishing pole. Cast it out there and you are going to catch trout.” The stocked trout are ready to bring home. “They’re 10 to 12 inches in size and so they’re going to be a half a pound a piece. They should be more than big enough to eat,” Steuck says.
You need a valid fishing license and must pay the trout fee to fish for or possess trout. The daily limit is five trout per licensed angler with a possession limit of 10. Children age 15 or younger can fish for trout with a properly licensed adult, but they must limit their catch to one daily limit. The child can purchase a trout fee which will allow them to catch their own limit.
(Radio Iowa)
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FOR SALE: 10 inch craftsman radial arm saw with cabinet runs good $125 obo. 712-249-2202.
FOR SALE: 6 1/2 ft. pre-lit Christmas tree. $40. 712-268-2609.
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GARAGE SALE: Ongoing Garage sale with a variety of items including, toys, books, kids clothes, and adult clothes at 1128 East 4th Street Lot 82. Will be located indoors from 3:30-5:30pm today (Monday). Make an offer on items. Call 712-249-7173
A social worker and advocate for foster children says human trafficking is more common in Iowa than most residents probably realize. Ruth Buckels of Story City has housed nearly 100 teenaged foster children, including some who were victims of human trafficking. Buckels spoke to a group last week at the Des Moines Area Community College campus in Carroll. “The most common trafficking we have in Iowa is family trafficking, which is a family member trading, selling, bartering their children – or their nieces or nephews, or their neighbors, or somebody they consider family to somebody else for sexual pleasure or sexual benefits,” Buckels said.
According to Buckels, traffickers look for a potential victim’s “vulnerability” and they exploit that to gain control over the person. Buckels said it’s not uncommon for a victim to maintain contact with their friends and family – who remain unaware of the situation. “Most of the people I know being trafficked, live at home with their parents or live in their college dorm rooms. They are in constant contact with their family,” Buckels said.
Human trafficking victims can come from all walks of life, according to Buckels. In her work, Buckels has been in contact with victims ranging from infants to people in their 70s. Teenagers are the most commonly targeted age group and Buckels challenged teachers at her presentation in Carroll to question their students.”Ask them who’s missing classes every single week. Ask them who’s late to school or super tired at school,” Buckels said. “I hear from students all over the place.”
Buckels said the best way to stop human trafficking is for people to notify police if they have a suspicion something wrong is happening. Earlier this year, the head of the Iowa Network Against Human Trafficking told state lawmakers that criminals working in Iowa are now making more money from HUMAN trafficking than they are from DRUG trafficking.
(Radio Iowa)
ROCK VALLEY, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say the body of an 84-year-old man was found in a northwest Iowa house that was heavily damaged by fire. Firefighters sent to the home in Rock Valley after 2:20 a.m. Sunday found it engulfed in flames. They found the body after extinguishing the blaze. The Sioux County Sheriff’s Office identified the man as Luis Leuvanos, who lived in the home. The fire cause is being investigated.
Today: P/Cldy to Cldy w/a chance of sprinkles this morning. High 45. NW @ 15-30.
Tonight: P/Cldy. Low 20.
Tomorrow: P/Cldy. High 45. SE @ 5-10.
Wednesday: P/Cldy to Cldy. High 53.
Thursday: P/Cldy to Cldy. High 53.
Sunday’s High in Atlantic was 57. Our 24-hour Low (ending today at 7-a.m.) is 35 (@4:50-a.m. it was 41 degrees). Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 59 and the low was 45. The Record High in Atlantic on this date was 84 in 1950. The Record Low for this date was 1 in1929.
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Drivers in Nebraska and Iowa are being warned to watch out for deer in the next few weeks because breeding season is in full swing and crops are being harvested in the region. The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission says drivers should watch for deer, especially around dawn and dusk. During breeding season, bucks are actively searching for mates, so they may be more likely to cross a road. And farming activity may drive them out of an area. Drivers should wear their seat belts and anticipate having to stop suddenly if they encounter a deer.
Honking and flashing headlights may help frighten deer. If drivers see a deer, they should assume others are nearby. Driver who hit a deer can take the carcass if they contact Game and Parks officials within 24 hours.
Red Oak Police Sunday afternoon, arrested a Cass County man on two warrants for Contempt of Court/Resist Order. 34-year old David Allan Minard, of Griswold, was arrested at around 4:10-p.m. in the 1600 block of N. Broadway Street, in Red Oak. Minard was brought to the Montgomery County Law Enforcement Center and held without bond.
Former Iowa Senator Tom Harkin is lamenting the “lost art of human relations” in the United States Senate. Harkin, a Democrat who served 30 years in the U.S. Senate, did not run for reelection in 2014. Harkin says these days senators spend little time listening to one another in private or in public. “The lack of debate, legitimate debate,” Harkin says. “Everybody goes and gives a speech and then they walk off the senate floor. There’s no such thing as a debate any longer on the senate floor.”
Harkin says “the money chase” is partly to blame as senators have to raise more and more cash for their reelection campaigns. “We need a whole new generation of young people that will sort of raise the bar,” Harkin said. “…Young people know how to get along, maybe more so than some of us old timers.”
Harkin made his comments Sunday afternoon after receiving an award at the Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas. The Institute was started by Bob Dole, the Republican Party’s 1996 nominee for president who was a long-time G-O-P leader in the U.S. Senate. Harkin says Dole was “a great legislator” because he knew who to work with people. “Willing to compromise, probably a dirty word today,” Harkin says. “Someone said once: ‘Cooperation is the essense of civilization.’ It is, so we could cooperate and get things done.”
Harkin is scheduled to be in Des Moines this (Monday) afternoon to hand out his annual “Excellence in AmeriCorps Award.” His 2017 award goes to a young woman who helped create an institute at the University of Northern Iowa that encourages students to get involved in their community through service to others.
(Radio Iowa)
Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:09 a.m. CDT
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A program that helps refugees become farmers is growing, thanks in part to a federal funding boost. Des Moines-based Lutheran Services in Iowa will use a new $24,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to offer training to refugees about food safety, organic production and crop planning. The money helps fund an effort to evolve the program from one that only offers some community garden plots to one that also provides intense training to help participants start businesses.
KNOXVILLE, Iowa (AP) — Residents of an Iowa city are growing frustrated with the federal government’s lack of action on a long-closed Veterans Affairs hospital that has been allowed to fall into ruin. The Des Moines Register reports that the Knoxville hospital closed in 2004 when the VA decided to move most of its services to a location in Des Moines. The Knoxville hospital has 39 buildings, some of which date back to 1905. Residents say many of the buildings have mold, asbestos, leaking roofs and peeling paint.
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — An 18-year-old Iowa man who had been reported missing died in a crash in Kansas. KTIV reports that Jake Roos of Ashton, Iowa, was reported missing early Friday morning while he was on the way to pick up a load of cattle.
BELLEVUE, Iowa (AP) — Police officers from around the country are reaching out to support a fallen Iowa officer’s son. Anamosa police Officer Mitch Kelchen died in a car crash over Labor Day weekend while off duty. After his death, Kelchen’s oldest son, Shane, collected business cards from other officers. But someone at his school destroyed the cards. KCCI television station in Des Moines reports that officers from Kansas City, Kansas, presented a special gift to the family Friday in Bellevue, Iowa.