Richard Eugene Darrell

Police in Red Oak, Monday afternoon, arrested a man on a warrant out of Nodaway County, Missouri, for sexual abuse and other charges. Authorities report 53-year-old Richard Eugene Darrell, of Red Oak, was arrested on a warrant charging him with: Sodomy 1^st Degree; two counts each of Sexual Abuse 1^st Degree and Child Molestation, along with Deviant Sexual Intercourse with a person under the age of 14.

Richard Darrell was held without bond, pending extradition by Nodaway County, Missouri authorities.

DES MOINES, Iowa — Monday’s (July 19th) Des Moines City Council meeting resulted in arrests after protesters disrupted proceedings. It is the third Des Moines City Council meeting in a row to be disrupted by protests. According to KCCI, tensions ramped up after council members voted 4-2 not to allow public comment on items on the consent agenda, some of which were police-related, later voting unanimously to pass the consent agenda.

One of the consent agenda items regarded grant funding for police de-escalation training. Others included grants for police equipment and the Project Safe Neighborhoods program, as well as funding for public safety dispatch software updates. There were at least four arrests after groups began protesting with signs calling to defund the Des Moines Police Department. The arrests began after Mayor Frank Cownie ordered a protester, standing on a chair, to sit down and later leave. The protester remained standing and did not leave.

A previous city council meeting resulted in one arrest. Monday’s meeting resumed after the arrest with discussions on items not related to police. During the public comment section, a number of supporters of law enforcement spoke up as part of a “Back the Blue” group. Others spoke in support of protest groups.

(Greenfield, Iowa) – Preparations have been made, and now the Adair County Fair is set to get underway in full, from now (Tuesday, July 20) through Monday, July 26th, in Greenfield.

On today’s (Tuesday’s) Schedule is:

• 9-a.m. to 2-p.m. 4-H/FFA Static Exhibits to be entered & judged.
• 7-p.m. Judging of Adair County “Little Miss” & “Little Mister” candidates at the 4-H/FFA Center.
• Other notes:
  • 4-H/FFA Center Open for Viewing: Wednesday 6 – 8 pm; Thursday 10 am – 8 pm; Friday 8 am – 7:30 pm; Saturday 10 am – 7:30 pm; Sunday 10 am – 4 pm.
  • All 4-H/FFA Photos: Photos are taken during fair shows or immediately following, except Exhibit Building State Fair Selections will be taken at 6:00 pm, Wednesday, 7/21.
  • Floral Hall/Varied Industries Buildings: Open for Viewing Wednesday 5 – 8 pm; Thursday, Friday, Saturday 10 am – 6:30 pm; Sunday 10 am – 3:30 pm.
  • First Aid Tent: Sponsored by Adair County Health System
  • Inflatables in the Midway: Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday 5 – 11 pm; Saturday 10 am – 1 pm, 5 pm – 11 pm
  • NEW THIS YEAR: Mechanical Bull Riding 6 pm – 10 pm FRIDAY ONLY

(Radio Iowa) – A company pursuing a casino license in South Sioux City has presented Nebraska regulators with plans for another casino in northeast Nebraska. The operation in Norfolk would be within about 150 mile radius of four Iowa casinos. The plans from WarHorse Gaming include a horse track that’s five-eights of a mile long and converting Norfolk’s convention center into a casino.

Lance Morgan, C-E-O of Ho-Chunk, Incorporated, the parent company of WarHorse, says “There’s a hotel there. There’s a restaurant, brewery…and they have this 20,000 foot convention center right there.”  He says the plans for this race track/casino complex in Norfolk have been in development for four years. “It’s going to be about a $55 million project all in when you actually have the gaming. The track itself is not going to be that much,” he says.

Morgan’s company has also submitted gaming license requests for South Sioux City, Omaha and Lincoln as well as Norfolk. WarHorse estimates it would employ 250 at the Norfolk casino, which would include sports betting as well as other casino-style gaming. Last fall, Nebraska voters approved casino operations at state-licensed horse tracks. As Radio Iowa reported last week, IOWA’s 19 state-licensed casinos took in a record one-and-a-half BILLION dollars in gross revenue for the fiscal year that ended June 30th.

The Hard Rock Casino in Sioux City, which would be closest to the proposed casino in Norfolk, Nebraska, reports 87-million dollars in gross revenue over the past 12 months. The two casinos in Council Bluffs that are closest to pending casino projects in Omaha took in a combined 238 million in gross revenue in the last state fiscal year.