(Radio Iowa) – State Auditor Rob Sand has posted a video online to announce he intends to seek a second term. “I didn’t run for office because I love politics. I ran for office because I can’t stand it,” Sand said, “too many people putting partisan interests ahead of the public interest, too many people protecting insiders — doing what they want instead of what they’re supposed to do.” Sand, an attorney who had worked as a prosecutor in the Iowa Attorney General’s office, defeated incumbent Republican State Auditor Mary Mosiman in 2018.

“And we’re doing a good job of doing it differently,” Sand says. “Instead of firing people who made contributions to my opponent’s campaign that work in the state auditor’s office, I kept them and I promoted some of them to senior positions. I’ve got a Democrat, a Republican and an independent in senior positions in the office. I think that’s the way it ought to be done.”

Sand, a Democrat, had been considering a run for governor, but did not mention that in the 85 second video. Iowa G-O-P chairman Jeff Kaufmann accuses Sand of using the auditor’s office to make a partisan attack on Republican Governor Kim Reynolds’ use of pandemic relief to pay staff in her office last year. No Republican candidate has announced plans to run for state auditor in 2022.

(Greenfield, Iowa) – The Adair County Board of Supervisors are set to discuss a couple of matters, Wednesday morning, in addition to their regular business. During their 9-a.m. meeting at the courthouse boardroom in Greenfield, the Board will hear from Catherine Olsen, with regard to a City of Greenfield sign along Interstate 80. And, the Adair County Reprecincting Committee will present a Reprecincting Plan for the Board to consider.

Following that presentation, the Supervisors will act on a Resolution accepting the plan, and set the date for a public hearing on Reprecincting Ordinance #28B.  In other business, the Board will discuss and/or act on:

• Claims
• Taxable Mileage
• A SICOG (Southern Iowa Council of Governments) SWOT analysis (A  Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy to determine development Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats).
• Homestead & Military Disallowances, and
• they will hold continued discussion with regard to COVID-19 in the County, and related updates.

County Engineer Nick Kauffman will discuss with the Board a Secondary Roads Department employee Longevity Raise and a Wage Rate Progression of another department employee. He will then present his regular weekly report on department maintenance and activities.

(For those who cannot attend in person, you may call 605-313-6157, and when prompted, use the access code 526272#

(You will be required to identify yourself prior to the start of the meeting, when the Board Chair asks)

(Radio Iowa) – The sons and daughters of Iowans who survived the attack on Pearl Harbor gathered in the cold and wind today (Tuesday) near the State Capitol to mark the 80th anniversary of the attack. Linda Clark Quigley is the leader of the group, and spoke about the impact of the surprise attack.

Quigley talked about the importance of remembering Pearl Harbor, and read from a statement of a survivor who recently died.

Wreath Laying at PH memorial (12-7-2021)

Quigley says there are no Iowans still alive who survived that tragic day.

Her dad Richard Clark was a signalman aboard the battleship U-S-S Pennsylvania, which was in drydock and hit during the attack. That gave her connection to the other survivors.

She says her dad told her it was a terrible experience to see the death and destruction on December 7th. But she says he later dealt with it.

She says her father knew that not all the Japanese people wanted war and they were not all bad. The ceremony ended with wreaths laid at the Pearl Harbor monument.

(Radio Iowa) – Governor Reynolds has appointed a district court judge from Cedar Rapids to the Iowa Court of Appeals. Mary Chicchelly has been a district court judge for nearly nine years. She’s a 1992 graduate of the University of Iowa College of Law. After graduation, she worked in private practice in Fort Dodge for two years, then for the next two years she worked in Waterloo.

Chicchelly practiced law in Cedar Rapids from 1997 until 2013. She is a past president of the Iowa Judges Association. She will fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Iowa Court of Appeals Judge Michael Mullins of Washington.

The Mills County Sheriff’s Office reports four recent arrests and one accident. At around 4:50-a.m. Monday (12/6), Deputies arrested 26-year-old Jericho Cash Clements, on an out-of-state warrant. Clements was being held without bond in the Mills County Jail.

Sunday, Mills County Deputies arrested 28-year-old Kevin Uriel Soliz, of Omaha, for Theft in the 2nd Degree. He was taken into custody following a traffic stop on I-29. Bond was set at $5,000. And, 40-year-old Anthony Joseph Quandt, of Council Bluffs, was arrested for Domestic Abuse Assault. He was being held in the Mills County Jail without bond.

Last Friday, 21-year-old Tyler Blake Miller, of Omaha, was arrested in Douglas County, NE, for Violation of Probation. His bond was set at $5,000.

Authorities say no injuries were reported, after a 2013 Accura driven by 53-year-old Barbara Buenning, of Council Bluffs, struck a 2019 Freightliner semi driven by 55-year-old John Downwy, of Midwest City, OK. The accident happened as Buenning was exiting southbound I-29 and was on the ramp leading to U-S Highway 34 westbound. The semi was traveling west on the highway in the far right lane.

Officials say Buenning failed to yield from the stop sign, and pulled onto the highway before colliding with the truck. Minor damage occurred to both vehicles.

Police in Creston say an accident early this (Tuesday) afternoon, caused a total of $9,000 damage, but no one was hurt. The accident happened at around 1:15-p.m. at Elm and Howard Streets. Officials say a 2013 Dodge Dart driven by 27-year-old Blade Allen Fox, of Clearfield, was stopped at the stop sign heading east on Howard Street.

A 2006 GMC Envoy SUV driven by 22-year-old Brielle Alexandra Shoeman, of West Des Moines, was traveling south on Elm and approaching the intersection with no stop or yield sign for her direction of travel. When Fox’ vehicle pulled out in front of her, Shoeman’s SUV struck the car.

Authorities say Blade Fox failed to yield, but no citations were issued.

(Harlan, Iowa) – The Harlan Police Department, Tuesday, reported two recent arrests and three non-injury accidents. Last Friday (Dec. 3), Harlan Police arrested 36-year-old David Allen Coenen, of Harlan, following a traffic stop. He was transported to the Shelby County Jail and charged with Possession of Stolen Property. And, on Dec. 1st, 28-year-old Jacob Patrick Sweeney, of Audubon, was arrested following  a traffic stop. He was charged with Driving While Barred.

Harlan Police said, as far as the accidents are concerned:

On Monday, Dec. 6th, a 2020 GMC Yukon driven by Robert Hoogensen was traveling east on Baldwin Street, when it was struck by a 2010 Nissan Murano, driven by Jaci Ganserner, who was traveling south on 8th Street. Both drivers are from Harlan. Both vehicles were disabled in the collision.

On Dec. 3rd, a parked 2016 Chrysler 200 registered to Leah Schmidt, of Harlan, was struck by a 2004 Ford Explorer, driven by Andrew Hanson, of Harlan. The accident happened as Hanson was backing out of a parking stall on the west side of the Dollar General Store. Both vehicles sustained minor damage.

And, on Dec. 2nd, a legally parked 2020 Buick Envision registered to Carrie Greve, of Elk Horn, was struck by a 1993 Dodge Dakota, driven by Doris Towne, of Harlan. The accident happened as Towne was leaving a parking stall and turned too tight, causing her pickup to sideswipe the Buick. Authorities say Towne left the scene not knowing she hit the Buick.