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Centerville man sentenced to 27 years on child porn charges

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April 13th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – A south-central Iowa man will serve 27 years in prison on child pornography charges. Forty-nine-year-old Ryan Ford of Centerville was sentenced in U-S District Court for production of child pornography and receipt of child pornography. Court information shows Ford secretly recorded minors in the shower in 2018 and distributed some of the images to others. In 2018 and 2019, investigators say he downloaded images of child porn.

Police used a search warrant and found 18-hundred images and 27 videos of child pornography on his cell phone.

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3 arrested in Mills County

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April 13th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

The Mills County Sheriff’s Office reports three arrests. On Tuesday (April 13), 48-year-old Yadira Valquier-Cruz, of Omaha, was arrested on I-29 at around 4-a.m., for OWI/1st offense. Bond was set at $1,000.

At around 2:15-a.m. on Monday, 31-year-old Melvin Stewart Alexander – who is Homeless- and 33-year-old Waymond Lee Foster, of Creston, were arrested at 195th Street at Highway 34 in Mills County, for Possession of a Controlled Substance. Alexander was additionally charged with being a Fugitive from Justice. He was being held without bond. Foster’s bond was set at $2,000.

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Spencer Lee named Mike Howard Most Valuable Wrestler

Sports

April 13th, 2021 by admin

IOWA CITY, Iowa – University of Iowa three-time national champion Spencer Lee has been named winner of the Mike Howard Most Valuable Wrestler Award. The Iowa wrestling coaching staff announced the 2021 award winners Tuesday.

Lee won the 125-pound NCAA Championship and the 125-pound Big Ten Championship in 2021. He won both the Dan Hodge Trophy and was named Big Ten Wrestler of the Year for the second straight season. He was 12-0 in 2021 with 11 bonus-point victories, outscoring his 12 opponents 141-15.

Lee was also named winner of the Mike J. McGivern Most Courageous Award. He was 5-0 at the NCAA Championships, outscoring his opponents 59-8 while winning his third national title. He announced after the tournament that he was wrestling without an ACL in either knee.

Lee was one of seven Hawkeyes to earn an All-America Award. The NCAA champion Hawkeyes had more All-Americans than any other school at the national tournament. Iowa has crowned at least one All-American in 50 consecutive NCAA Championships.

Jaydin Eierman earned his fourth career All-America honor, his first as a Hawkeye. He was also winner of the Hawkeyes’ Most Pins Award. Eierman had a team-high six falls in 2021. One more than Lee and Tony Cassioppi.

Nelson Brands was named Most Improved Wrestler. Brands wrestled at 184 pounds in each of Iowa’s five duals and in both postseason tournaments. He was 8-6 overall with seven wins against ranked opponents. He placed fourth at the Big Ten Championships to earn his first berth at the NCAA Championships.

Carter Happel and Myles Wilson were named recipients of the Coaches’ Appreciation Award. Cullan Schriever was named recipient of the John and Dorothy Sill Most Dedicated Award.

The J. Donald Pike, Sr., Award, presented to the senior wrestler with the highest grade point average, was awarded to both Connor Corbin and Justin Stickley. Corbin graduates in May with a Bachelor of Science in biology (genetics and biotechnology). Stickley graduates in May with a Bachelor of Business Administration (entrepreneurial management).

2021 AWARD WINNERS

  • Mike Howard Most Valuable: Spencer Lee
  • Mike J. McGivern Most Courageous: Spencer Lee
  • John and Dorothy Sill Most Dedicated: Cullan Schriever
  • J. Donald Pike, Sr., High Senior GPA: Connor Corbin and Justin Stickley
  • Coaches’ Appreciation: Carter Happel and Myles Wilson
  • Most Improved: Nelson Brands
  • Most Pins: Jaydin Eierman (6)
  • All-Americans: Spencer Lee, Austin DeSanto, Jaydin Eierman, Kaleb Young, Michael Kemerer, Jacob Warner, Tony Cassioppi

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Buzzerio named AVCA North Region Honorable Mention

Sports

April 13th, 2021 by admin

IOWA CITY, Iowa – University of Iowa junior setter/right-side hitter Courtney Buzzerio has been named an honorable mention All-North Region team selection by the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Tuesday morning.  

Buzzerio, who was named first-team All-Big Ten last week, is only the fifth Hawkeye to earn All-Region honors in school history and first since Sara Meyermann in 2001. 

The Chino Hills, California, native, led Iowa in kills (184) and aces (20), ranked second in assists (323), and third in digs (127) and total blocks (46). She posted a team-high eight double-doubles, including a string of four straight. Buzzerio recorded her third career triple-double (13 kills, 21 assists, 11 digs) against Indiana on Feb. 5., becoming the only individual in the Big Ten to record a triple-double and only one of 22 in the nation to do so this season.

Buzzerio, who played in every rotation, finished the season averaging 9.2 kills, 16.1 assists, and 6.3 digs in 20 matches. 

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Man arrested on Page County warrant, Monday

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April 13th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

Sheriff’s deputies in Page County, Monday, arrested 32-year-old Christopher Lee Gillette. He was taken into custody at the Pottawattamie County Jail on an active warrant for Failing to

Christopher Gillette

appear on a Theft in the 4th degree charge.

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Ernst seeking price transparency in cattle market, promoting meat consumption in gov’t

Ag/Outdoor, News

April 13th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – Iowa Senator Joni Ernst is co-sponsoring legislation designed to foster more disclosure of the prices paid for cattle, as well as a bill to block federal agencies from promoting a “meatless” diet among employees. Ernst, a Republican who grew up on a farm near Red Oak, says these issues are important to her since her family raised hogs. “Here in Iowa, folks, we are all about the meat,” Ernst says. “Farming and ranching is not only critical to our jobs, our economy, our culture and our way of life here in Iowa, it’s also in our DNA.”

Ernst is co-sponsoring a bill that would give independent cattle producers more data about what meatpackers are paying for cattle. Since packers often buy directly from feedlots, cattle prices aren’t well represented in public sales. The bill would set up a system already used to help track hog prices. Ernst warns getting the bill through the Senate will be difficult. “What we’ll see is a little bit of pushback coming from different areas of the United States,” she says. “…You see those beef producers maybe in Texas or Oklahoma that have a different thought on how it should be handled.”

Ernst and a Kansas senator are co-sponsoring a bill that would ban federal agencies from excluding meat from the menu in government cafeterias and dining halls. “When I hear calls from the liberal left, everyone from out-of-touch politicians to Hollywood elite encouraging people to ban meat and the quality agriculture products we produce here in Iowa it makes me sizzle,” Ernst says.

Ernst is calling this bill the TASTEE Act, which stands for Telling Agencies to Stop Tweaking What Employees Eat Act. Ernst says it’s one way supporters of animal agriculture can start pushing back against the so-called Green New Deal and prevent another episode like the U-S-D-A newsletter reference to “meatless Mondays” that was retracted in 2012.

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New PK-5 Principal announced for Exira-EHK; Mask requirement continues for a few more weeks

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April 13th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

The Exira-EHK School Board, Monday evening approved the hiring of a Principal for the Pre-K through 5th grade school.

That’s Exira-EHK Superintendent Trevor Miller. Mr. Miller said also the Exira-EHK Board voted to continue with the mask mandate through the end of the current school year.

The Exira-EHK Board also approved: filling a Librarian vacancy through an AEA Sharing Agreement; An Operational Sharing Agreement with IKM-Manning for a School Business Official (SBO). Kyle Wagner will be leaving this Friday and taking another H-R position. He’ll be replaced by Mallory Meyer, who currently serves as a shared SBO.

And, the Board approved continuing the Operational Sharing Agreement with IKM-Manning for Superintendent. Trevor Miller

A Technology agreement was also reached with IKM-Manning for Dan Spooner, who will do a 60/40 split, with 60% of his time at Exira-EHK and 40% at IKM-Manning. The current arrangement is 50-50. In other board meeting news, they approved a bid of $84,900 from TBB&M Construction for renovation of the staff restroom in the Exira building. There were three bids in all, for the project, which involves taking two small bathrooms and turning them into one Uni-Sex bathroom.

Miller says the facility hasn’t had any updates since the school was built in 1957. Work is expected to take place over the summer and be ready by next school year.

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Omaha Man Sentenced to Prison for Possession of a Firearm

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April 13th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa – The U-S Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa reports 42-year-old Jacob Benjamin Tuttle, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced Monday in Council Bluffs U-S District Court, for being a prohibited person in possession of a firearm. He is required to serve 84 months in prison, plus 3 years of supervised release following his prison term. He’ll also have to pay a $100 special assessment to the Crime Victims Fund. Tuttle pleaded guilty to the offense on August 11, 2020.

On November 26, 2019 Tuttle was driving a stolen car on a rural two-lane highway in Mills County, when Tuttle saw a Sheriff’s patrol vehicle behind him. Tuttle accelerated to 100 mph
before he crashed the car on the side of the road and ran from the scene. He was arrested a short time later. On the front passenger seat of the stolen vehicle, officers found a Taurus .357 Magnum, along with 12 grams of methamphetamine. Tuttle is a convicted felon and drug user, therefore, prohibited from possessing firearms.

The investigation was conducted by the Mills County Sheriff’s Office. The case was prosecuted by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa.

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Council Bluffs Man Sentenced to Prison for Gun Charge

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April 13th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa – The U-S Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa reports that on Monday, April 12th, United States District Court Judge Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger sentenced 35-year-old David Robert Blake Vanderpool, of Council Bluffs, to 50 months (4.1 years) in prison for knowingly possessing a short barrel shotgun that was not registered to him. Vanderpool was ordered to serve three years of supervised release to follow his prison term and pay a $100 special assessment to the Crime Victims’ Fund. There is no parole in the federal system.

On June 23, 2020, the Iowa State Patrol conducted a traffic stop on Vanderpool for speeding on Interstate 29. During the stop, troopers observed a sawed-off shotgun, found to be loaded, on the backseat of Vanderpool’s car. A check of the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record by law enforcement found the firearm was not registered to him. Vanderpool pleaded guilty on November 20, 2020, to the firearm charge.

The matter was investigated by the Iowa State Patrol and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. The case was prosecuted by the United States Attorney’s Office for the
Southern District of Iowa.

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Iowa State’s Holthaus, Enna, Herrera earn AVCA All-Region Honors

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April 13th, 2021 by admin

AMES, Iowa – Three members of the Iowa State volleyball team were recipients of 2020-21 American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) All-Region awards announced on Tuesday. For the second-straight season, right side Eleanor Holthaus was named to the First Team, while Izzy Enna and Candelaria Herrera picked up honorable mention distinction.

Holthaus is the ninth player in ISU history to pick up two All-Region First Team honors in a career. Herrera picked up her second career All-Region nod, as she was a First Team selection in 2019. This is the first AVCA All-Region recognition of Enna’s career.

Holthaus was the Cyclones’ outstanding performer throughout the season, leading the ISU attack with 251 kills at 3.22 per set, which she got at .261 hitting. She was in double figures 15 times, including matching her career-high off 22 twice at TCU on Nov. 21 and vs. Wayne State on March 26. She hit over .300 in a match nine times during the season. In the back row, she recorded 157 digs at 2.01 per set. Holthaus notched eight double-doubles on the season.

Enna was the leader for the ISU back row on the season, as she led the Big 12 with her 341 digs at 4.37 per set. The Kansas City native recorded at least 10 digs each time she started at libero for the Cyclones and recorded eight matches with at least 20 digs on the season. Against Kansas on Nov. 13, she posted a career-best 27 digs.

Despite missing the spring potion of the season while back in Argentina training with the National Team, Herrera put up big numbers in her 14 matches with the Cyclones. She was fourth on the team with her 2.36 kills per set, which she got at a team-best .271 hitting percentage. Herrera had six matches in double figures, including a career-best 20 kills vs. Kansas on Nov. 13. The Argentine was also ISU’s leader at the net, finishing with 1.11 blocks per set on the season, a figure that was good for sixth in the conference on the season.

Herrera spent the spring in Argentina training with the Argentina Women’s Volleyball National Team in an effort to make the team for the 2020 Olympic Games this summer in Tokyo, Japan. Herrera will take advantage of the waiver year offered by the NCAA and will return to the Cyclones in Fall 2021

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