Sheriff’s deputies in Page County, Friday, arrested a man in Clarinda on a charge of Harassment by electronic communication. Authorities say 18-year-old Coleton Eugene Richardson was arrested in the 1100 block of South 16th Street. He was released from custody, after posting bond.
Coleton Richardson
Adair County Sheriff Jeff Vandewater reports three people, including two from Cass County, were arrested on outside agency warrants last week. At around 12:10-a.m. on April 5th, 34-year old Lyndsey Marie Cottrell and 41-year old James Bernard Block, both of Cumberland, were arrested on warrants out of Madison County. Both were transferred directly to the custody of Madison County deputies. And, on April 4th, at around 8:45-p.m., 41-year old Nicholas Arthur Hardisty, of Orient, was arrested on an outstanding warrant out of Union County. He was directly transferred to the authority of their deputies.
On April 5th, 44-year old Cory Robert Haag, of Fontanelle, was arrested at the Adair County Sheriff’s Office in Greenfield, on an Adair County Felony warrant for: A controlled substance violation; Child Endangerment/bodily injury by exposure to Meth, and Possession of Marijuana/2nd offense. Haag was released later that same afternoon on a $5,000 cash or surety bond.
And, on April 10th at around 12:01-a.m., 20-year old Alexander Steven Smith, of Creston, was arrested for Possession of marijuana/1st offense, and possession of drug paraphernalia. He was cited at the scene, and released.
The Adams County Sheriff’s Office, Monday, reported two arrests from the past few days. At around 12:43-a.m., Sunday, Adams County Deputies saw a vehicle parked in the middle of the road on Locust Avenue. They conducted a welfare check on the vehicle’s occupant, and subsequently arrested 49-year-old Christopher Boswell, of Corning, for OWI/1st offense. And, at around 10:15-a.m. Friday, Adams County Deputies and workers with the Dept. of Human Services conducted an investigation at 400 12th Street, in Corning.
Upon further investigation, 37-year-old Jarrod Brown, of Corning, was arrested on charges that include Possession of a Controlled Substance and Poss. of Drug Paraphernalia.
Both men were transported to the Adams County Jail.
(Radio Iowa) – The Iowa Natural Resources Commission is amending its rules to allow hammocks to be used in state parks and camping areas. State Parks Bureau Chief, Todd Coffelt, says some people use hammocks for sleeping instead of a tent or camper. “You still have to rent a site — but if there are trees mature enough that can be used for banding your hammock to it — then we want to provide that. It’s just that there’s care in doing that, getting it tied up there so that the tree isn’t harmed,” Coffelt says.
The proposed rules lay out how the hammocks are held up with straps and bands. You can hammer nails or screws into trees to hold up your hammock. He says the use of hammocks depends on where you are. “Not every park has the right height of tree to hold up a person like me, that I would be comfortable sleeping in,” he says. “But it is different for everybody.” Coffelt says they also want to avoid having too many hammocks in one tree. “If you can find two trees that are the right distance apart — you’re going to put a hammock up. Then you are going to start what I call the ladder effect where you have a hammock above a hammock, above a hammock. And we have to address that, because part of what we do is protecting the resource,” according to Coffelt.
He says they are going to allow only two hammocks, or camping units together. “You can’t stack them six high. Nature just isn’t built for everything we want it to do sometimes. We want to work with people and accommodate that as much as we can,” Coffelt says.
Any interested person may submit comments concerning this proposed rulemaking. The D-N-R is taking comments on the proposed rule change. You should send comments no later than 4:30 p-m on June 2nd. Comments should be directed to: Sherry.Arntzen@dnr.iowa.gov. There will be a conference call public hearing at 10 a-m June 2nd.
(Radio Iowa) – Safety inspectors discovered the radio system employees inside the Anamosa State Penitentiary used to communicate was malfunctioning more than a year before the inmate attacks that killed two Anamosa employees. K-C-R-G T-V was first to obtain the report Iowa’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued last August. It was based on an inspection in February of last year. Iowa OSHA investigators warned the prison’s communication system would not show the location of an emergency if an employee radioed that he or she was being attacked. OSHA said the system had other deficiencies, including dropped calls within the prison.
The OSHA report also indicated some prison staff assigned to respond to emergencies within the prison were not always available because of other duties. Iowa OSHA labeled these violations serious and levied a 20-thousand dollar fine against the Iowa Department of Corrections. The agency is appealing the fine and a spokesman declined to comment on the report. “We’ll address any issues the investigations may reveal and we’ll do what’s necessary to protect our people. Nothing is more important than that,” Reynolds says. “Changes may require additional investment, something that I am fully committed to doing, and this includes making sure that the department and its facilities are adequately staffed.”
Last week, House Republicans proposed a 20 MILLION dollar increase in the prison system’s budget. Last month, Majority Leader Jack Whitver announced SENATE Republicans were proposing a four MILLION dollar increase and he discussed the budget decision on Friday, before OSHA’s August report was publicly released. “We rolled out that number the day after the incident happened, so that process of figuring out how much we need, if there are safety concerns, has not been vetted,” Whitver said. “The House rolled their number out maybe two weeks later to where they had done a little bit more work. Obviously, it’s going to come somewhere in between there, after talking with both the governor and the director of corrections.”
Whitver made his comments during an appearance on “Iowa Press” on Iowa P-B-S.
Sheriff’s officials in Pottawattamie County, today (Monday), reported three arrests. At around 2:10-a.m. Sunday, 50-year-old Vincent Duane Wilson was pulled over for speeding 44 mph in a 25 mph zone, northbound through Crescent. Upon further investigation, Wilson was arrested for OWI/2nd offense. At around 1:10-a.m., Sunday, 26-year-old Brady Paul Johnson was arrested in Council Bluffs, after a deputy went to check on a motorist in need of assistance at 205th and Railroad Highway. Johnson was subsequently arrested for OWI/2nd offense.
And, at around 2:15-p.m. Saturday, 39-year-old Damien Joseph Keairns appeared at the Pott. County Sheriff’s Office to turn himself-in on a warrant. Once the extraditable warrant out of Woodbury County was confirmed, Keairns was booked into the Pottawattamie County Jail and held on the Woodbury County warrant.
(Radio Iowa) – A new phone scam is surfacing in central Iowa where the caller claims to a be from Amazon-dot-com. The caller starts by saying you’ve made a purchase, of say, 500-hundred to 15-hundred bucks. The supposed Amazon rep then threatens to turn you over to the fraud division of the Federal Trade Commission if you don’t pay up. Don’t pay up! It’s a scam! Amazon will email you personally, with your name, if there is a problem with your account. Don’t wire or mail money to someone you don’t know. Don’t deposit a check from someone you don’t know and wire the money back, no matter how good a tale they tell. If anyone calls you about that, or wanting any personal info, just hang up and contact the FTC at ftc.gov/complaint.
If you think you’ve been scammed, call your local police department and let them know.
AMES, Iowa – Iowa State head coach T.J. Otzelberger announced the signing of Minnesota transfer Gabe Kalscheur (CAL-sure). Kalscheur, who has two years remaining to play, is a 6-4 guard from Edina, Minnesota.
Kalscheur, a three-year starter at Minnesota, averaged 10.4 points and connected on 180 three-pointers in his career with the Gophers. He is a career 77.6 percent free-throw shooter, which included 86 percent shooting last season.
“Gabe will impact our program immediately with his leadership, toughness, defensive prowess and basketball IQ,” Otzelberger said. “He’s proven time and time again to bring whatever his team needs to be successful. We are excited for his arrival in Ames and for him to join our basketball family.”
Kalscheur was a team captain for the Gophers last season, averaging 9.2 points before missing the final eight games of the season as a result of a right hand (shooting hand) injury suffered in practice. He started all 88 games in his career prior to the injury, reaching double figures in 41 games.
Kalscheur scored a season-high 17 points against Green Bay and had a 15 point-seven rebound outing against Wisconsin last season. He also matched his career high with eight rebounds against Purdue, while also scoring 16 points and connecting on four 3-pointers.
In 2019-20, Kalscheur led the Big Ten Conference making 76 3-pointers. He scored a career-high 34 points and made seven 3-pointers against Oklahoma State to earn Big Ten Co-Player of the Week honors. That season he averaged 11.6 points and led the Gophers with 31 steals.
As a freshman, he shot 41 percent behind the arc and averaged 10.0 points. In the NCAA Tournament, Kalscheur was the game’s high scorer, tallying 24 points and pulling down eight rebounds in a win over Louisville.
Kalscheur prepped at DeLaSalle High School and was part of a three-time 3A state championship team.
The Iowa Department of Public Health’s Coronavirus dashboard today (10-a.m., Monday, 4/12/21) showed there no additional COVID-19 related deaths reported since 10-a.m. Sunday, leaving the statewide pandemic death toll in Iowa at 5,857. Long-Term Care facility deaths account for 2,295 of the total number of deaths across the state.
There were 165 additional positive test results for COVID-19 returned from the labs, for a total of 385,904. There remain three Long-Term Care facility outbreaks, with 28 positive cases among residents and staff within those facilities.
Health officials say COVID-related hospitalizations are 220 (compared to 212 previously), and there are 55 COVID patients in an ICU. The IDPH says 30 people were admitted to a hospital across the state, compared to 39 the day before, and 21 patients remain on a ventilator.
RMCC Region 4 hospitals (those in western/southwest Iowa) show: There are 30 hospitalized with COVID; 13 COVID patients are in an ICU; two people were admitted with symptoms of COVID (6 less than previously reported), and there remain two COVID patients on a ventilator.
The 14-day and seven-day positivity rates were each 4.9%, a slight uptick from Sunday’s rate.
In the KJAN listening area, here are the current number positive cases by County; The # of new cases since yesterday {+} – if any; and the total number of deaths in each county to date:
(Radio Iowa) – Iowans living in the Missouri River basin likely won’t have to worry much about flooding this year, as drought appears much more likely. Kevin Low, a hydrologist in the Missouri Basin River Forecast Center, says the outlook for this spring remains warm and dry. “Over the next three months, warmer-than-normal temperatures are likely over the entire basin,” Low says. “Regarding precipitation over the next three months, odds favor below-normal precipitation in the west, but equal chance over the remainder of the basin.”
Low says that warm and dry forecast carries on into the summer months. “Chances lean toward warmer-than-normal temperatures over the entire basin during the months of July, August and September,” Low says. “The precipitation outlook suggests that the entire Missouri River basin is likely to receive less-than-normal precipitation during the summer months.” Low says that all translates into very low flood potential across western Iowa and for the northern half of the river’s basin. “Flood potential for April, May and June is pretty much limited to the lower portion of the basin, including southeastern Nebraska, eastern Kansas, and across the state of Missouri,” Low says. “This is not unusual, in fact, we’ve already experienced three or four rounds of flooding since January in the lower basin.”
Multiple rounds of historic flooding hit parts of western Iowa in 2019. It’s the reverse now, as the latest report from the U-S Drought Monitor shows parts of western Iowa ranging from moderate to extreme drought.
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