Clarinda Police Chief Keith Brothers, Thursday, said “With a potential winter storm approaching our area on Friday, the Clarinda Police Department would like to remind the citizens of Clarinda about the snow ordinance. The ordinance states that; no person shall park any motor vehicle or other apparatus upon any street of the city that will obstruct the removal of snow when there has been an accumulation of two (2) inches or more.”

“Any vehicle left parked on any street in violation of this ordinance may be impounded, and the registered owner of the vehicle will be subject to a $30.00 parking fine, and payment of all applicable towing and storage fee before the vehicle is released.

The parking ban remains in effect until the snow ceases to fall and the streets have been plowed from curb to curb.”

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Eleven students from Brazil and Chile have filed a federal lawsuit accusing a northwest Iowa community college, a recruitment company, a pet food manufacturer and a packaging company of human trafficking and involuntary servitude. The lawsuit filed in the Northern District of Iowa says Western Iowa Tech Community College in Sioux City and the companies conspired to lure the students to Iowa under a work- and study- based visa exchange program only to push them into unskilled labor positions, pay them significantly less than U.S. employees and take unlawful deductions from their paychecks.

The college denies the allegations calling them malicious, untrue, and offensive.

Officials with the Harlan Police Department are asking for your help in solving a crime.  A person or persons unknown caused thousands of dollars damage to a new residence being built on Gary Scull Drive. Information leading to an arrest or arrests and conviction(s) in this case, will be eligible for a financial reward. You can report any information concerning the incidents and remain confidential. Please call the Harlan Police Department at 712-755-5151 if you have any valid information concerning those who damaged the residence on Gary Scull Drive, in Harlan.

Due to the weather forecast of impending snow and wind, City Officials in Harlan have declared a Snow Emergency for Friday January 15, 2021. No parking on north/south streets from 8:00am to noon, and no parking on east/west streets from 1:00pm to 5:00 pm. (1/14/21)

(Radio Iowa) – Iowa National Guard Adjutant General Ben Corell says there were a “staggering number” of domestic and overseas deployments for Iowa Guard soldiers and airmen in 2020. That includes 17-hundred who are still on duty overseas and over 900 Iowa Guardsmen called to pandemic-related duty. “Not since the historic floods of 2008, has the Iowa National Guard played such a diverse role in coming to the aid of Iowans during their time of need,” Corell said.

Adj. Gen. Ben Correll

Corell delivered the annual “Condition of the Guard” address to Iowa legislators this (Thursday) morning. He went on to highlight the actions of the Guard during the pandemic: distributing 312 tons of food to food insecure Iowans, driving over 420,000 miles to deliver personal protective equipment and Test Iowa Samples to Iowa hospitals, and staffing 12 Test Iowa locations.

The Guard also assisted during the Derecho; they were responsible for clearing debris from city blocks so that power could be restored. 2020 saw the Guard have 1,700+ soldiers and airmen deployed full time on humanitarian and peace keeping missions. General Corell maintained that the National Guard is ready and capable and will remain ready and capable moving forward.

MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) — A man has been charged in Iowa with felony extortion and domestic assault counts after police say he threatened to shoot a woman if she didn’t give him thousands of dollars. The Globe Gazette reports that 27-year-old Anthony Scott Moore was arrested Tuesday, and charges were filed Wednesday in Cerro Gordo County. Police say Moore admitted to investigators that he held a gun to a woman’s head in a Mason City home and threatened to kill her if she didn’t write him a $50,000 check.

Police say he also took a cellphone from the woman and disconnected the 911 call she was trying to make. Moore is being held in the Cerro Gordo County Jail without bond.

LA PORTE CITY, Iowa (AP) — Police in northeastern Iowa say a delivery driver was hospitalized after being attacked in La Porte City by two dogs that also attacked a postal carrier. The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports the attack happened Wednesday morning after the dogs escaped their fenced backyard and ran down a FedEx driver. Police Chief Chris Brecher says the woman suffered significant bites and tears before she was able to escape to her vehicle.

Brecher says the dogs then attacked a letter carrier. It was unclear whether the letter carrier suffered any injuries. Police say one of the dogs was hit by a car as officials chased the animals and had to be euthanized. Police say the other dog is under quarantine.

Homefront activities and life during World War II is the subject of a special ZOOM program this Sunday afternoon (Jan. 17th), in Atlantic.  Iowa did more than its share to supply goods to help win the war. Dr. Lisa Ossian will tell that story beginning at 2 pm. Dr. Ossian has researched and published a book The Home Fronts of Iowa, 1939 – 1945. Ordnance plants in Burlington and Ankeny and the Maytag industry produced guns, bullets, bombs and other military necessities during the war. Iowa exceeded records in War Bond Drives. Farmers, men and women, met food goals.

Dr. Lisa Payne Ossian

Dr. Ossian is a professor of history at Des Moines Area community College and has served on numerous state and national educational boards. She has been a Humanities Iowa speaker for many years. The program is sponsored by Atlantic Rock Island Society Enterprise (ARISE). It is supported by Atlantic Community Promotion Commission and made possible by Humanities Iowa.

Using Zoom makes it possible to reach up to 100 people in your own homes. No masks and social distancing required. Find the link to the Sunday program Zoom at “What’s New” on the ARISE web site, ariseAtlantic.org.