Police in Red Oak, Wednesday afternoon, arrested 49-year old Douglas Fay Penry, of Red Oak, on a charge of Criminal Mischief in the 5th degree. He was taken into custody at around 1:25-p.m. in the 400 block of E. Market Street, in Red Oak.
Additional details about the incident leading to his arrest were not released. Penry was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on $300 bond.
SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) — RJ Moore hit a go-ahead three-run homer in a six-run fourth inning and Goodlettsville, Tennessee beat Johnston, Iowa 14-3 in five innings on Wednesday in an elimination game of the Little League World Series.
After Moore’s shot over the center-field wall, Tennessee loaded the bases and Zach McWilliams hit a bloop double to score two and Tyler Jones scored from first after an error for a 7-3 lead. The bases were full again in the fifth for Tennessee. With no outs and the infield in, Brock Duffer rolled it through the hole on the left side to score two and Ryan Oden crossed home on an error to make it 10-3. Duffer scored on a fielder’s choice.
Tyler Jones drove in Tanner Jones from second for a 12-3 lead and Robert Carroll sent it up the middle to score two more. Kaiden Dinh put Iowa in front 3-1 with a three-run homer in the third.
HAMBURG, Iowa (AP) — The body of a man who was swept beneath a Missouri River barge near Hamburg, Iowa, has been recovered from the river just south of the state border in Missouri. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources says the body of 42-year-old Jason Grayson, of Elliott, was recovered Wednesday downstream from Hamburg.
Grayson had been missing since Sunday, when the boat he was in lost power and was swept under a barge moored to the bank of the Missouri River. The operator of the boat, 47-year-old Johnnie Fields, of Shenandoah, was able to swim beneath the barge and then was rescued by people along the riverbank.
The 16-foot aluminum fishing boat was recovered Tuesday night.
The 2016 High School Football season kicks off this Friday night August 26th and KJAN will give you a chance to listen and watch an exciting area contest. We’ll be in Exira as the Exira-EHK Spartans play host to the Audubon Wheelers in a non-district 8-man football match-up. Chris Parks and Jim Field will bring you the call on AM 1220 and FM 101.1 KJAN, or listen online or on the KJAN app. You can also watch live streaming video of the game on the TV page at kjan.com. Our weekly pick ’em show Who’s Gonna Win? will air at 6:00pm, the Dvorak Tire and Service Pre-Game Show at 6:30pm, followed by kickoff at 7:00pm. Join us for high school football action every Friday night on KJAN!
Jim Field speaks with Randy Maas about an Alzheimers Support Group that has been put together.
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – The Iowa Utilities Board has ordered a Texas company to refrain from building a pipeline on 15 landowners’ properties until Monday to give the board time to review legal issues involving a lawsuit. The board issued an order Wednesday requiring Dakota Access to provide detailed information about the progress of construction in Iowa and the cost the company will incur if it is required to work around the parcels.
The landowners’ lawsuit challenges the board’s authority to allow eminent domain for a privately owned pipeline project. That suit has not come before a court yet, and the board will hear arguments Thursday on the landowners’ motion to halt construction until that happens. The $3.8 billion pipeline will pass through Iowa, Illinois, North Dakota and South Dakota, and has been met with weeks of protests in North Dakota.
A proposed 150-million gallon per year ethanol plant in Atlantic is still millions of dollars away from becoming a reality. Mark Wedemyer, with the Cass County Board of Supervisors said today Wednesday, that a meeting was held Monday night in Oakland for potential investors in the Ohio-based Farmers Energy Cardinal plant. Wedemeyer said the needs to raise about $15-million more dollars before construction can begin. He said there is a meeting next Monday night at the Atlantic Airport to try and generate more investor interest.
In January, the Iowa Economic Development Authority approved tax benefits in the form of $4.25-million in sales tax refunds for the project that promises to create 49 jobs.
Wedemyer said they’re making pretty good progress on plans for the plant, but there are some sticking points as far as the railroad is concerned, with regard to the rate the company will pay for transportation of Dried Distillers Grain (DDG) and Ethanol the plant will produce. Snyder and Associates Engineer Tim Teig told the Board of Supervisor’s negotiations are underway to resolve the transportation issue.
Wedemeyer said Atlantic is in a good position geographically, to make transportation of those products to both coasts. The proposed ethanol plant will be designed and built by Minnesota-based Fagen, Incorporated. Once constructed, it will be one of the State’s largest. Snyder’s Tim Teig said even with their investment goal still out of reach, officials are anxious to get some work done, because they are confident the plant will become a reality.
He says there’s some early activity with regard to getting side tracks for storage of numerous railcars Fagan purchased. The land has been purchased the needed land and have a contractor lined-up to start grading. The project will require additional crossings of the railroad tracks, north of the existing crossing.
The plans have been submitted to the County Engineer and Snyder and Associates for review, to make sure there are no conflicts with the road design for future paving of the road by the County. To that end, the Board approved giving the firm authorization to assist in the coordination, planning and review of various improvements necessary for the plant, that may impact the Glacier and Echo Road paving projects.
Clarinda Police Tuesday night responding to a domestic assault situation, encountered a woman who said she had been hit with a fist, pushed, and threatened with a Samurai sword wielded by her husband. Upon further investigation, 66-year old Jay Dee Allison, of Clarinda, was arrested at around 10:35-p.m. at the residence, which is located in the 700 block of E. Stuart Street.
Allison was taken into custody without incident, on suspicion of aggravated domestic abuse assault. He surrendered the Samurai Sword to officers without incident, as well. Allison was booked into the Page County Jail and held without bond, pending an appearance before the court.
The female victim of the alleged assault suffered minor injuries and was examined by paramedics who responded to the home at the request of officers. Police reports concerning the incident have been forwarded to the offices of the Page County Attorney, for review and consideration of formal charges being filed.
Pottawattamie County Sheriff Jeff Danker, today (Wednesday), released additional information about a fatal stand-off that took place Tuesday night, in Oakland. Danker says at around 7:15-p.m., Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office Deputies were dispatched to 320 Gates Street in Oakland, with regard to man who was inside the residence with a loaded long gun.The individual was identified as 44-year old Marshall Deshong, of Oakland.
Early reports were that Deshong made comments that he had four bullets, three for responding law enforcement and one for himself. Assistance was requested and Deputies from Shelby and Cass County as well as Officers from the Iowa Department of Transportation and Troopers from the Iowa State Patrol responded to assist. As law enforcement set up a perimeter around the residence and secured the neighborhood contact was made with the man.
Attempts to talk Deshong into exiting the residence and surrendering peacefully, were unsuccessful and communications ultimately deteriorated. Just before 8-p.m., Deputies report hearing a loud “bang,” and hearing glass shattering. A couple of minutes later, a second “bang” was heard and Deputies report seeing what was described as “orange sparks” near the area they were taking cover. A third “muffled” bang was heard, and it was later discovered that one of the Sheriff’s Office Uniform Patrol Vehicles had a hole in the rear bumper cover that is believed to be from a shot fired by Deshong.
Deputies and the other Law Enforcement Officers on scene maintained the perimeter of the scene until the Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office Emergency Response Team (ERT) arrived on scene and took over the incident. Efforts to re-establish communications with Deshong were unsuccessful. Ultimately a tactical robot was deployed into the residence by ERT members. Inside the residence Deshong was observed by the tactical robot camera, to be lying on the floor unresponsive.
Entry was made into the residence and at approximately 12:20-a.m. today (Wednesday), Deshong was found with a fatal self-inflicted gunshot wound. His body will be transported to the Iowa State Medical Examiner’s Office for an autopsy. The incident remains under investigation.
LaVon Eblen visits with Emily Paulsen of Brun Ko Farm about visiting local farms.
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