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A data center that could employ up to 10 people is being built in Council Bluffs. The Daily Nonpareil reports that CyrusOne broke ground Tuesday on the $60 million facility. The first building phase is expected to be finished in fall 2020. CyrusOne chief technology officer Kevin Timmons said Council Bluffs was an ideal site for several reasons, including the site’s attributes, reliability of fiber optics and affordable power. CyrusOne is based in Dallas and provides information technology infrastructure for about 1,000 customers.
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The holiday season is known for celebrations and traditions, but it is also known for being the deadliest season when it comes to drunk and drug-impaired driving. Iowa Law Enforcement across the state will partner with the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) this holiday season to remove impaired drivers from the roads and help save lives. From December 13, 2019 to January 1, 2020, motorists will see an increased presence of law enforcement.
As we prepare for festivities with family and friends, the Governor’s Traffic Safety Bureau and area law enforcement agencies, want to remind all drivers of the dangers of driving impaired. You have to choose your role before the celebration begins. Will you drink, use drugs or will you drive? Remember, even if you have a little bit to drink, you could still be over the legal limit. Whether the drug is legally prescribed or illegal, driving while drug-impaired poses a threat to the driver, vehicle passengers, and other road users. Remember….if you feel different, you drive different!
Sobering Statistics:
From December 13, 2018 to January 1, 2019, Iowa law enforcement officers arrested 506 impaired drivers. Also during this time frame in Iowa, there were 17 fatal crashes killing 18 people. Four of these seventeen fatal crashes involved an impaired driver. Celebrate with a Plan: Always remember to plan ahead if you will be celebrating with an impairing substance. If you plan to indulge, plan for a sober driver to take you home. Call a taxi, friend or Uber! Is it your turn to be the designated driver? Take the role seriously and do not partake in alcohol or any other drugs. You are saving lives!
The Audubon County Sheriff’s Office reports five arrests.
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — A murder trial has been moved to Scott County for a man accused of killing an Iowa high school student almost 40 years ago. Court records show a judge agreed Monday to relocate the trial of 65-year-old Jerry Burns, of Manchester. Police arrested Burns on Dec. 19 last year, 39 years to the day after 18-year-old Michelle Martinko was killed. Her body was found the next day inside her family’s car at a Cedar Rapids mall. She had been stabbed in the face and chest.
Burns’ attorney said in a filing that pretrial publicity made it unlikely Burns could receive a fair trial in Linn County. The trial still is scheduled to begin Feb. 10. Burns has pleaded not guilty to a charge of first-degree murder.
(Radio Iowa) — Iowa politicians, commodity groups and Iowa’s business community are celebrating news of a deal that will lead to U.S. House ratification of a new trade agreement to replace NAFTA. Passage of the U-S-Mexico-Canada Agreement will close out 2019 with a win for farmers who’ve had a difficult year, according to the Iowa farmer who’s president of the National Corn Growers. Iowa Congresswoman Abby Finkenauer, a Democrat from Dubuque, says public confirmation of the deal just happens to come on the same day House Democrats announced articles of impeachment against the president. “This was something that happened about yesterday,” Finkenauer says. “It sounds like we finally got the deal and the negotiation had worked itself out and just needed to get done and that’s why you see things playing out as they are today.”
Canada and Mexico are Iowa’s two largest trade markets. Iowa Congresswoman Cindy Axne, a Democrat from West Des Moines, says passage of the U-S-M-C-A provides certainty for Iowa farmers and manufacturers. Finkenauer says this final deal is “very different” from what was agreed to by the three countries in 2018. “Although I believe there was some really good intentions with the original USMCA about bringing jobs back home…there wasn’t a lot of enforcement to make that possible,” Finkenauer says.
Congressman Dave Loebsack, a Democrat from Iowa City, says Democrats won “robust enforcement mechanisms” that weren’t in the original U-S-M-C-A. Republican Senator Chuck Grassley says President Trump kept his campaign promise to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement and Grassley says Americans will reap many benefits from the new deal. Republican Senator Joni Ernst, though, says an end-of-the-year vote in the Democratically-led House is dangerous, because Republicans who lead the Senate won’t have time to hold a vote to ratify the U-S-M-C-A before 2020.
Congressman Steve King, a Republican from Kiron, says House Democrats “didn’t want to face criticism” so they announced a deal on the U-S-M-C-A on the same morning they revealed articles of impeachment. “I”m glad we’ve got USMCA moving,” King says. “The president’s doing his job. His economic numbers are great. Our national security is strong.” King says House Democrats are trying to use passage of the U-S-M-C-A as “frosting” to cover up the impeachment saga.
A welfare check on a subject in Red Oak, Tuesday afternoon, resulted in the arrest of 38-year old Dustin Franklin Cross, of Red Oak. Cross was taken into custody for Assault on a Peace Officer, and Possession of a Controlled Substance. Red Oak Police were called to the 100 block of East Corning Street at around 4:15-p.m. in reference to a welfare check, and made contact with Cross.
Authorities say the man became combative with officers, who were assisted at the scene by Montgomery County Sheriff’s Deputies and Red Oak Rescue. There were no injuries. Cross was transported to the Montgomery County Jail and held on a $1,000 bond.
G. VAREL HOLADAY, 86, of Atlantic (& formerly of Lewis), died Tuesday, Dec. 10th, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. Funeral services for G. VAREL HOLADAY will be held 10:30-a.m. Friday, Dec. 13th, at Zion Lutheran Church in Atlantic. Roland Funeral Home in Atlantic has the arrangements.
Visitation with the family is at the funeral home in Thu., Dec. 12th, from 4:30-until 7-p.m.; Online condolences may be left at www.rolandfuneralservice,com.
Burial will be in the Oakwood Cemetery in Lewis.
G. VAREL HOLADAY is survived by:
His wife – Shirley Holaday.
His sons – Dan (Brenda) Holaday, and Dean (Teresa) Holaday.
His daughter – Lynette (Mark) Helling.
6 grandchildren, 5 great-grandchildren.