CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) – One of two men accused of killing a man in Cedar Rapids wants their trial moved out of Linn County. Thirty-four-year-old Drew Wagner cited pretrial publicity in his request filed Sunday. Wagner and 32-year-old Drew Blahnik have pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder and other crimes in the slaying of 31-year-old Christopher Bagley. He went missing from his home in Walker in December 2018. Investigators have said Blahnik has confessed to stabbing Bagley in retaliation for his robbery of a large-scale marijuana trafficker. The court records don’t show that Blahnik also has requested that the trial be moved.

Creston Police, Monday afternoon, arrested a man for Violation of a No Contact Order. 34-year old Steven Bochniak, of Creston, was arrested at around 2-p.m., in the 400 block of N. Pine Street.  He was being held in the Union County Jail, while  awaiting a bond hearing.

Sara Sisler and Melanie Petty pictured. (Photo submitted by Melanie Petty)

The Trevor Frederickson Memorial Fund recently donated $1,000 to Project Playground.  The Anita Town and Country Club has been actively raising money for the project and will be placing a new playground in the Anita city park.  Donations are still being accepted so if you can help them out please mail a check to them at PO Box 374 Anita, IA  50020.  They are a 501(c)3 so all donations are tax deductible.

Fund spokesperson and Trevor’s mom, Melanie Petty, said “We are happy to help out another non profit group with a worthy project.  We truly believe Trev would be proud of what we are accomplishing in his name and look forward to some other local projects that are in the works.” A reminder also, that the 12th Annual TFred Memorial Golf Tournament will be held at the Nishna Hills Golf Course on Saturday, August 8th. Stay current on what the fund is up to by listening to KJAN and keeping an eye The Fund’s FaceBook page: Trevor Frederickson Memorial Fund.

GLENWOOD, Iowa (AP) – The superintendent of an Iowa care center for people with intellectual disabilities has been fired amid a federal investigation. Jerry Rea was notified in a letter Monday that he was being dismissed from his position at the Glenwood Resource Center. The letter says the dismissal is a result of disregard for policies and procedures. Associated Press efforts to reach Rea on Tuesday were unsuccessful. Rea had been placed on paid leave earlier this month. Few details have been released about the federal investigation. It covers concerns that residents with a range of developmental and physical disabilities were the subjects of sexual arousal experiments.