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A Red Oak man was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on $1,000 bond after he was tased and arrested following a traffic stop at around 10:20-p.m., Monday. 28-year old Devon Michael Wheat faces charges of Eluding a pursuing law enforcement vehicle and Interference with Official Acts, both of which are Serious Misdemeanors.
Red Oak Police report when an officer attempted to stop a 2001 Chevy 1500 pickup at the intersection of south Broadway and Park Avenue, the vehicle turned eastbound and failed to stop. When it finally pulled over at the intersection of south 4th and Park Avenue, the driver, identified as Wheat, got out and allegedly became very agitated with and hostile toward, the officers.
Police say they advised Wheat to return to his pickup and sit down, but he allegedly continued to be aggressive and non-compliant. Officers deployed an X-26 Taser in an effort to get the man under control. The result was Wheat being taken into custody. Montgomery County Sheriff’s deputies assisted Red Oak Police during the incident.
Deputies with the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office along with officers with the Red Oak Police Department, worked to arrest a woman Monday night on alcohol and other charges. 52-year old Rlena Dee Crouse, of Red Oak, was taken into custody at around 9:10-p.m. following a traffic stop near the intersection of Forest and Eastern Avenues, in Red Oak.
Crouse was charged with OWI/1st offense, Criminial Mischief in the 3rd degree (for destruction of County property), Interference with Official Acts, and Possession of an Open Container. She was booked into the Montgomery County Jail and held on $2,000 bond.
(Updated 7-a.m., with area farm info.)
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa has recognized more than 430 generational farms in the state this year. Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey says 365 century farms and 67 heritage farms were recently recognized at the Iowa State Fair. The century and heritage farm program celebrates families that have owned at least 40 acres for 100 years and 150 years.
Among the farms recognized during the fair are the following….
(County/Owner/City or area/year established):
Adair: Betty Beaman, near Stuart, 1913; Carolyn (Doud) Boss, Stuart, 1913; Leslie Earl Buck, Greenfield, 1899; Sara Crook, Orient, 1883; Phyllis E. Hanke, Fontanelle, 1913; Sharon & Kieth Mensing, Orient, 1912. Adams: James Pete Roberts, Corning, 1910; Harold E. Walter, Nodaway, 1898. Audubon: Larry & Connie Ahrendsen, Manning; 1911; Lousie C. Duvall, Audubon, 1904; Lovila Hansen, Fiscus, 1911; Brian J. Klocke, Dedham, 1913. Cass: Duane & Lois Weppler, Lewis, 1902. Guthrie: James & Beverly Arganbright, Panora, 1907; Douglas G. Bruce, Yale, 1871; Jean Couperus, Yale, 1909; Danny & LaRayne Deardorff, Yale, 1908; William E. Potter, Menlo, 1913. Montgomery: Mark & Nancy Lindgren, Stanton, 1913. Pottawattamie: J. Bernie & Norma Bolton, Oakland, 1911; Jack Drake, Walnut, 1909; Bernice L. Hansen, Crescent, 1913. Shelby:Wayne & Lois Petersen, Harlan, 1913.
Northey says the program’s recipients are a testament to the values of land stewardship, hard work, patience, dedication and perseverance. More than 17,850 farms across Iowa have been recognized as century farms since 1976, and 650 farms have been recognized as heritage farms since 2006.
Two of the five Republican candidates for the U.S. Senate have signed a pledge supporting “full repeal” of the president’s Affordable Care Act and they promise to vote against any bill that “provides funding to implement or enforce any part of it.” Matt Whitaker says if elected, he’ll join the “new movement” two rookie Republican senators have launched to “defund” ObamaCare. “We have forces in this country that very clearly want us to be a social democracy like we have seen in Europe where if we just spend a little more money on a problem or come up with an omnibus solution for all our problems, then all of our problems will be taken care of,” Whitaker says. “It doesn’t work. History shows us it doesn’t work.”
Whitaker, a former U.S. Attorney, was the Republican Party’s 2002 nominee for Treasurer. Sam Clovis is the other 2014 G-O-P candidate for the U.S. Senate who has signed the pledge to “defund” ObamaCare. “You must have courage to go to the floor of the senate and stand there and look (Senate Democratic Leader) Harry Reid and (Senate GOP Leader) Mitch McConnell in the eye and say, ‘No more,'” Clovis says, “‘If this is not in the interest of the people of the United States, it shall not happen on my watch.'” Clovis has taken a sabbatical from his post at Morningside College and quit his job as a talk show host on a Sioux City radio station to run for the senate.
None of the three other Republican candidates for the U.S. Senate have signed the pledge to defund ObamaCare. David Young, former chief of staff to Senator Chuck Grassley, says he has not heard of it. Joni Ernst, a state senator from Red Oak, says the group of Republicans in congress threatening a government shutdown over ObamaCare this fall need to be sure they have the votes or failure could put all Republican candidates at “risk” in 2014. “I’m really tired of the back and forth and Republicans going after Republicans,” Ernst says. “We need to work out our differences and then be unified, so if it’s going to happen, it needs to be a unified voice and they need to explain what the end game is.”
Scott Schaben, a former soldier and car salesman from Ames, joined the race last week. Mark Jacobs, a retired utility company executive, has formed an exploratory committee, but is not actively campaigning with the five other Republicans who are “officially” in the race. Iowa Congressman Steve King is among a group of 80 House Republicans who have signaled support for the effort to threaten a government shutdown this fall in order to stop implementation of the Affordable Care Act. Tom Latham, Iowa’s other Republican congressman, did not sign the letter.
(Radio Iowa)
328 AM CDT TUE AUG 27 2013
…HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
EARLY THIS MORNING…CLEAR. SOUTHWEST WIND 10 TO 15 MPH.
TODAY…SUNNY. HOT AND HUMID. HIGH IN THE UPPER 90S. SOUTHWEST WIND 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH. HIGHEST HEAT INDEX READINGS 103 TO 108 IN THE AFTERNOON.
TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOW IN THE LOWER 70S. SOUTHWEST WIND NEAR 10 MPH. HIGHEST HEAT INDEX READINGS 100 TO 103 THROUGH MIDNIGHT.
WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HOT AND HUMID. HIGH IN THE UPPER 90S. SOUTHEAST WIND NEAR 5 MPH. HIGHEST HEAT INDEX READINGS 104 TO 109 IN THE AFTERNOON.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOW IN THE LOWER 70S. HIGH IN THE MID 90S. SOUTH WIND NEAR 10 MPH. HEAT INDEX READINGS 100 TO 104.
THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW IN THE LOWER 70S. HIGH IN THE MID 90S.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Former Iowa Western Community College Quarterback Jake Waters will be under center when defending Big 12 champion Kansas State opens its season Friday night against defending FCS national champion North Dakota State.
Wildcats coach Bill Snyder said on the Big 12’s media teleconference Monday the junior college transfer was more consistent throughout fall camp than Daniel Sams, who backed up departed Heisman Trophy finalist Collin Klein last season. Snyder did say that both quarterbacks will play against the Bison.
Waters is considered the more polished passer after throwing for more than 3,500 yards, 39 touchdowns and only three interceptions for Iowa Western last season. Sams is considered the better runner. He had 235 yards and three touchdowns on the ground while playing in parts of eight games last year.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Allen Craig hit his first career grand slam with two out in the seventh inning, helping the St. Louis Cardinals rally for an 8-6 win over the Cincinnati Reds on Monday night. Matt Holliday also had a long three-run homer as St. Louis moved into sole possession of first place in the NL Central for the first time since July 29. The Cardinals lead idle Pittsburgh by a half-game and Cincinnati by 3½ games in the top-heavy division.
Rookie Carlos Martinez pitched two innings for his first major league win and Edward Mujica worked a perfect ninth for his 35th save. Zack Cozart had two hits and three RBIs for the Reds, who blew leads of 4-0 and 5-3. Jay Bruce hit his 25th homer in the eighth.
…HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING…
HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL VARY FROM THE MIDDLE 90S TO AROUND 100 DEGREES TODAY WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES FROM 105 TO 110 DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.
THE CUMULATIVE EFFECT OF SEVERAL DAYS OF HEAT WILL TAKE ITS TOLL…PARTICULARLY ON THOSE WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING OR THOSE SPENDING TIME OUTSIDE. OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SHOULD BE DELAYED TO A LATER DATE IF POSSIBLE…OR HELD IN THE MORNING TO MINIMIZE HEAT STRESS. THE IMPACTS MAY CONTINUE TO SOME EXTENT THROUGH THE LABOR DAY WEEKEND AS THE HEAT WAVE PERSISTS WITH ONLY MARGINALLY COOLER TEMPERATURES.
One person was hospitalized Monday evening after a motorcycle and a car collided in western Iowa’s Monona County. The Iowa State Patrol reports 25-year old Chad Noble, of Onawa, was transported by helicopter to Mercy Hospital in Sioux City, after the 1994 Yamaha he was operating collided with a 2009 Chevy Impala, driven by 41-year old Craig Beedle, of Onawa. The accident happened at around 6:25-p.m. at the intersection of Monona County roads K-45 and E-54.
Officials say the Impala was traveling south on K-45 and slowing to make a left turn onto E-54, as the Yamaha was traveling north on K-45. Beedle told authorities he didn’t see the cycle approaching and proceeded to make the turn. When the motorcycle struck the front of the car, the impact sent Noble airborne. He landed in a corn field on the north side of the intersection. Officials say he was wearing a helmet, but the extent of his injuries were not released.