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Jim Field talks about safely grilling beef with ISU Extension Health and Nutrition Specialist Barb Fuller as we approach May beef month.
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Officials with the Creston Police Department report two arrests. On Tuesday, 26-year-old Matthew Hamm, of Creston, was arrested on a Union County warrant for Failure to Appear. He was later released on a $600 bond. And, 47-year-old Angela Wimber, of Afton, was arrested at the Union County Law Enforcement Center, on a Union County warrant for OWI/1st offense. She was released on a $1,000 bond.
And, a man residing in the 500 block of W. Mills, in Creston, reported to police on Tuesday, that someone took the rear license plate off his vehicle. The loss was estimated at $5.
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(KETV, Omaha) – A man who escaped from a corrections center in Nebraska was apprehended late Tuesday night, in Carter Lake. According to KETV, a man in his early 20’s – whose name was not immediately available – was serving a six-year sentence for robbery at the Omaha Correctional Center. He escaped from a nearby work release facility, but was arrested a short time later.
Omaha Police told the tv station the man got into an argument at a work release facility, when he attempted to get away. Guards called for backup around 11:30 p.m., after they tried to spray him with mace. The man took off, still wearing an ankle monitor. It’s unclear how he escaped. Police said at some point he cut off the monitor, which sent a signal to police and other agencies. Officers found him at the Super 8 near Airport Drive and Locust in Carter Lake, where he was arrested.
Police said he was not armed but called him “dangerous.” Officers said the man sprained his ankle, but no one else was hurt. He’s now in police custody in Iowa and is expected to be transferred back, once Omaha Police get the proper warrant.
(Radio Iowa) – There’s some concern about the slow seed development for corn that’s already planted due to the recent cooler conditions. Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Crops Specialist, Joel DeJong, covers northwest Iowa. He says some fields have been planted for three weeks. “We had a really nice spell the first five or six days of April where it was nice and warm every day, and everybody got jumpy and itchy about getting some fieldwork done,” DeJong says. “Not many people planted, but a few people did and we haven’t had enough growing degree days since then to actually get any of those seeds out of the ground. Right now they are still below the surface.”
He says the worry is the seeds will never come up. “The longer it is in the ground before emerging does create higher risk, and sometimes it is a negative thing,” according to DeJong. “We might’ve been dry enough that perhaps it didn’t cause a big risk for us. It’s a watch and see thing,” he says. Dejong recently got into a field and check the seed in the ground. “It was about a quarter-inch shoot on it. 
So it has not moved very much. It’s still got almost two inches before it hits the surface. We’ve got a long way to go before we are going to see those crops — unless it stays really warm every day — then we might see it go quicker,” DeJong says.
He says there weren’t any other problems he noticed other than the lack of growth. “The few seeds that I dug out of the thousands that are out there — they all looked good – so hopefully the rest are looking good and hanging in there,” DeJong says. DeJong says farmers are still within the window of opportunity for ideal crop development with maximum yields, but he says we do need some warmer weather.
The weekly crop condition report out Monday showed farmers statewide have planted 20 percent of their intended corn crop.
(Radio Iowa) – The man accused of killing a Fort Dodge pastor was found guilty by a Scott County jury on Tuesday. Joshua Pendleton was charged with first-degree murder and first-degree robbery in the death of Rev. Allen Henderson, who was attacked outside St. Paul Lutheran Church on October 2, 2019. Pendleton pleaded not guilty after he was found competent to stand trial. The trial began last week in Davenport. It was moved to Scott County because of pre-trial publicity.
Pendleton will be sentenced June 18 in Webster County District Court in Fort Dodge.
(Radio Iowa) – A nonprofit group for Iowans who are Asian American and Pacific Islanders is releasing its findings from a months-long study on the community’s attitudes and perceptions about sexual violence. Study author Loulwa Soweid says participants reported barriers in reporting and preventing sexual violence within their communities, and they need more resources from the state.
Soweid says, “Participants were saying, ‘We want more education about our rights, we want more support from organizations, we want access to jobs.'” One of the big challenges is language. Soweid says, at first, it was disheartening to see the same patterns and barriers people have experienced in the past. “Then I shifted my perspective, and I think in the end, it just means there’s still work to be done,” Soweid says, “Change can be slow.”
The group “Monsoon Asians and Pacific Islanders in Solidarity” facilitated the community listening sessions. The first round began last July and ended at the beginning of this year. The group plans to host more listening sessions in the future for other underrepresented populations in Iowa.
(reporting by Kassidy Arena, Iowa Public Radio)
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