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WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — Officials in Waterloo have approved a measure banning the city and many businesses from asking about applicants’ criminal records in early stages of the hiring process. The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports the City Council on Monday night approved a so-called “ban-the-box” ordinance. It doesn’t let employers ask about an applicant’s criminal history until after making a conditional job offer. The measure is intended to ensure people with criminal convictions get a fair chance of getting jobs.
Similar measures have been passed around the country, but Waterloo is the first city in Iowa to approve such an ordinance. The measure applies to business with at least 15 employees and the city government. It will be several weeks before the measure takes effect, and the council is scheduled to discuss minor changes later this month.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska judge has imprisoned a western Iowa man who authorities say was driving drunk when his pickup truck rammed into a sports car in north Omaha, fatally injuring two other Iowa men. The Omaha World-Herald reports that 29-year-old Tony Kenkel, of Earling, Iowa, was sentenced Monday in Omaha to 19 years. He’d pleaded no contest in June to two counts of manslaughter. Prosecutors dropped two related counts in exchange.
Police say the collision occurred Oct. 13 last year on Nebraska Highway 36 near Glenn Cunningham Lake, when Kenkel’s eastbound pickup crossed the center line and struck the oncoming car. Authorities say 21-year-old Joseph Daniels and 21-year-old Thomas Greise were fatally injured. They lived in Council Bluffs, Iowa.
The Creston Police Department reports the arrest at around 2-p.m. Monday, of 33-year old Michael Baker, from Creston. Baker was arrested on a Union County warrant for Failure to Appear on original charges of OWI, and Possession or carrying of dangerous weapons while under the influence. He was additionally charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance/2nd offense, Possession of paraphernalia, and Possession of Contraband in a Corrections facility. Baker was being held in the Union County Jail on an $8,300 bond.
36-year old Luke Mullen, of Orient, was arrested Monday morning in Creston, for Driving Under Suspension. He was later released on $300 bond. And, Monday evening, 40-year old Sheri Watters, of Creston, was arrested for Disorderly Conduct, and interference with official acts. She was being held in the Adams County Jail on a $600 bond.
The area’s latest and/or top news stories at 7:06-a.m. From KJAN News Director Ric Hanson.
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CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — A man accused of fatally shooting two 18-year-olds in a vehicle in a business parking lot wants his trial moved out of Cedar Rapids. Linn County District Court records say an Oct. 25 hearing is scheduled to hear the request from 26-year-old Andre Richardson. He’s pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder in the May 18 slayings of Matrell Johnson and Royal Abram. Police say two others also were hit by bullets in the parked vehicle at the Iowa Smoke Shop in Cedar Rapids.
Richardson’s lawyer says extensive media reports of the slayings and subsequent investigation have made it impossible for Richardson to get a fair trial before an impartial jury in Linn County.
Richardson’s trial is scheduled to begin May 4.
(Radio Iowa) — The latest U-S-D-A crop report out Monday showed there were less than two days suitable for fieldwork last week — which didn’t help farmers catch up on the harvest. The report says three percent of corn has been harvested — which is two weeks behind average. Five percent of soybeans have been harvested, and that’s 12 days behind average.
Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Crops Specialist for northwest Iowa, Joel DeJong, says those farmers that were able to plant early have seen some good things. “Some of the early reports from the soybean harvest actually were fairly decent yields– so I have hope that maybe that will continue moving forward,” DeJong says. “But, we are starting about three weeks later than normal. It would be nice to get rain out of our forecast for a little while and get some sunshine and maybe a little breeze so we can get them dry so we can get that work done.”
He says not everything is negative. “The crop itself is actually hanging in there pretty well. They soybeans are pretty mature, so we are just waiting for them to dry. A lot of the corn that’s planted before the first of June has actually reached maturity or is close to maturity now,” De Jong says. He says getting the crop to maturity is only part of the issue. “The problem we still have is that when the corn crop just hits maturity it is still 32 to 32 plus percent moisture. We need some dry down time and we don’t that get much dry down time once we get past the month of October,” he says. “We would like to see the month of October be above normal if we get any chance for that to occur.”
De Jong says there have been some diseases that have hit too. He says there has been a lot of white mold that has shown up late and that could make the yield zero in parts of fields.. DeJong says there’s been appraisals of 40 to 70 bushels and acre. The corn has also had some issue and he says there have been appraisals of 108 bushels per acre and then there’s been appraisals up into 200. De Jong says the conditions vary widely across the nine counties he covers. He says a late frost would help with a lot of the issues. DeJong says the normal frost date for this region is October 10th. He says much of the area’s corn still needs additional time to mature and a light frost may not hurt the crop, but for late planted corn, an early frost could negatively affect crop yields.
DeJong says it is very likely many farmers will need to resort to using artificial drying methods in order to store their corn, which only adds to the cost of the crop.
(3-2) Diagonal 25-21-30-18-15, Orient-Macksburg 20-25-28-25-13
(3-1) Mount Ayr 25-25-20-25, Murray 23-12-25-7
(3-0) Southwest Valley 25-25-25, Martensdale-St Marys 12-16-14
Today: Mostly sunny. High 75. SW @ 10-20.
Tonight: Partly cloudy. Low 53. S @ 10.
Tomorrow: P/Cldy to Cldy. High 70. S @ 15-25.
Thursday: Cldy w/showers & thunderstorms. High 68.
Friday: Mostly cloudy & windy, w/light rain in the morning. High around 49.
Monday’s High in Atlantic was 74. Our Low was 35. Last year on this date our High was 71 and the Low was 56. The record High in Atlantic on this date was 93 in 1893. The Record Low was 19 in 1908 & 2000.
Officers with the Red Oak Police Department have arrested 50-year old Robert Joe Coddington, of Red Oak, on drug charges. Coddington was taken into custody near N. 3rd and Nuckols Streets at around 3-a.m., for Possession of a Controlled Substance/1st offense, and possession of drug paraphernalia. He was transported to the Montgomery County Jail and held on $1,000 bond.