LaVon Eblen visits with Susan Baxter about the Windbags-sponsored motorcycle ride for Relay for Life.
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LaVon Eblen visits with Susan Baxter about the Windbags-sponsored motorcycle ride for Relay for Life.
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DES MOINES, Iowa — The Iowa Department of Public Safety reports that on Thursday, May 23rd, the Iowa State Patrol and Division of Criminal Investigation charged 54-year old Gerry Greenland with one count of Attempted Murder. The charge follows an investigation into the action Greenland took towards Decatur County Sheriff Ben Boswell.
A little after 3-p.m. Thursday, Decatur County Sheriff Ben Boswell, along with two deputies, was dispatched to 14163-128th Avenue in rural Grand River following a 911 call with a report of an altercation between family members. The initial responding deputy was confronted by Greenland, who was driving a John Deere 4250 tractor outfitted with a front-end bale spear. As the deputy drove up the driveway, Greenland drove the tractor towards the deputy’s vehicle. The deputy took evasive action and avoid contact with the tractor.
Greenland then drove the tractor towards the vehicle occupied by Sheriff Boswell that was stopped on the grass next to the driveway. The tractor struck Sheriff Boswell’s vehicle, forcing one of the bale spear tines through the driver’s door and pushing the Sheriff and his vehicle more than 100 feet. When the tractor and impaled vehicle came to a rest, deputies were able to get Greenland off the tractor and take him into custody without further incident. Sheriff Boswell was unharmed.
(Radio Iowa) — Triple-A predicts a three-and-a-half percent increase in travel volume this Memorial Day weekend, sparked — perhaps — by lower gas prices. Triple-A’s fuel price survey indicates the average price today (Friday) for regular unleaded gasoline is two-66 a gallon in Iowa. That’s 20 cents less than it was during the Memorial Day weekend last year. Gas prices in Iowa were about seven cents higher per gallon a month ago. Triple A projects that nearly 40 million Americans will travel 50 or more miles from home this weekend.
(KJAN/Radio Iowa) — National Weather Service forecasters say strong storms with heavy rain, hail and even a tornado are possible today in parts of Iowa. Parts of southwest Iowa’s Cass and Adams Counties got four inches of rain overnight. Several roads remain flooded. Cass County Emergency Management Coordinator Mike Kennon. “That branch of the Nodaway River that runs from Massena down towards the central part of the county is still flooded,” Kennon says.
Crews have set up barricades on several secondary roads. “Don’t go through those barricades. They’re there for a reason,” Kennon says. “Don’t drive through standing water or running water going over a roadway. You’re just asking for trouble and I’m not a law enforcement officer, but I’ve got to believe somebody would try to cite for something if you do those silly things and end up in some trouble.”
The fine for failing to obey a “road closed” sign is 195 dollars when court costs are included — plus the cost of repairing water damage. In mid-April, a woman who ignored was injured after ignoring the “road closed” signs on Highway 34 was injured in Mills County. Her vehicle was launched 20 feet in the air when it hit several large chunks of concrete.
More State and area news from KJAN News Director Ric Hanson.
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Chris Parks caught up with Drake Relays Director Blake Bolden during last week’s state track and field championships to discuss the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships to be held at Drake Stadium this July.
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DES MOINES – The DNR Derelict Building Grant Program will award grants to 13 small, rural Iowa communities to help deconstruct or renovate abandoned structures, remove asbestos and limit construction and demolition materials going to the landfill.
The DNR Derelict Building Grant Program was instituted by statute to help rural communities with populations of 5,000 or less. DBGP funding is awarded annually on a competitive basis with cash matches required. Applications for the next funding round will be due on Feb. 20, 2020.
Among the projects that will receive a total of $396,864 as reimbursement grants are in:
The Montgomery County Emergency Management Agency reports heavy rain fell overnight as well as strong storms through the area. Rivers, streams and creeks are running full. Emergency Management Coordinator Brian Hamman advises residents to please be cautious if traveling. He says Nature Ave between Highway 34 and 220th St., west of Stanton has water over the roadway so please avoid the area. If you encounter flooded roadways TURN AROUND, DON’T DROWN!
The 7:20-a.m. Sportscast with Jim Field.
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DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) — Dozens of goats are gobbling up weeds near a waterway in Dubuque as part of an effort to reduce the use of chemicals. KCRG-TV reports about 50 goats are eating weeds on less than an acre of land along a water retention basin. Officials opted to try the goats as part of city initiative to reduce the use of chemicals.
Parks division manager Steve Fehsal says it’s also safer for goats rather than city employees to climb around the steep property. And because the ground is soggy, the city can avoid creating ruts with equipment.
Peg Harbaugh, whose company Goats on the Go is supplying the animals, says they should finish in about a week. The city is spending $1,250 to hire the goats and will analyze how the animals do before deciding whether to hire them again.