A motorist was clocked at more than double the posted speed limit on Interstate 80 in eastern Iowa last week. The Iowa State Patrol, in a Facebook post today (Tuesday), said a trooper stopped a driver who was going 144 miles an hour on I-80 near Stockton in Muscatine County. (The top speed limit on Iowa interstates is 70.)

The post includes a photo of the radar reading and notes the traffic stop happened “during the midnight shift.” The post states, “A dark, open road is no excuse for high speed.”

(Radio Iowa)

Authorities in Adair and Guthrie Counties are searching for a man who allegedly violated the terms of a No Contact order in Casey, Monday night. 25-year old Marcus Anthony Terrell, from Albia, fled authorities when they encountered Terrell at the residence in Casey a little after 10-p.m., Monday.

Sheriff’s officials say Terrell told an Adair County Deputy he “wasn’t going back to jail,” and fled out of the home before jumping into a pickup truck and leading the Deputy on a high-speed chase. Terrell managed to evade law enforcement and is believed to have left the area.

Warrants are being requested for Marcus Terrell in both Adair and Guthrie Counties, on charges of Violating a No Contact Order, Interference with Official Acts, Eluding, and Driving While Barred.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – The wife of a southwestern Iowa legislator who died after battling cancer says she’ll run for his House district seat. The Daily Nonpareil reports  Carol Forristall announced her candidacy today (Tuesday). Her husband, Greg, died last week. The Republican had represented District 22 in the House since 2007. The district covers much of Pottawattamie County.

Carol Forristall says that before her husband died, he asked her to run. She says that as a legislator, she’d focus on providing Iowans the best schools in the nation, protecting agriculture and providing tax relief for middle-class families. She’s a longtime music teacher.

A special election is scheduled for June 27. The winner would serve through 2018, the remainder of Greg Forristall’s term.

BLAIR, Neb. (AP) – Authorities say the fatal crash of a glider near Blair Airport occurred soon after the aircraft’s canopy opened unexpectedly as the glider was being towed aloft. Nebraska authorities have identified the pilot as 59-year-old Michael Boska, who lived in Glenwood, Iowa. The crash occurred around 3:30 p.m. Saturday.

Witnesses say that after the canopy opened, Boska lost control of his glider. It went airborne but soon plunged and crashed while still attached to the tow plane. Federal investigators have been called in.

The Cass County Health System’s (CCHS) next “Heathy U” series is set to take place at Noon on May 25th, in Conference Room 2 (just past the main Atrium entrance). CCHS CEO Brett Altman will be there to talk about all that’s happening with CCHS, including “Upcoming changes, new providers, new service offerings, and how this all fits into [their] vision to be the best rural hospital in the country for patients to receive care, employees to work, and physicians to practice.”

Altman joined CCHS in January 2017 after serving as President and CEO at Skiff Medical Center in Newton, Iowa.

Brett Altman, DPT, MBA, FACHE (photo submitted)

He began his career at Skiff as the Director of Physical Therapy in 1994, and over the past 22 years, he moved up through the organization serving as Director of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Interim CEO, Clinical Operations Officer and Chief Operating Officer before becoming CEO in 2014.

Healthy U is a free educational lunch series at Cass County Health System held monthly in Conference Room 2. The public is invited and welcome to attend, but reservations are required as lunch is provided for all attendees. Call 712-243-7479 to reserve your seat.