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URBANDALE, Iowa (AP) — A woman who headed the accounting division of a private fertilizer company in Urbandale has been accused of embezzling more than $116,000. Polk County court records say 41-year-old Heidi Cook is charged with nine counts of theft, one of fraudulent practices and one of unauthorized use of a credit card. She remained in jail Monday. The court records don’t list the name of an attorney who could comment for Cook. Prosecutors say that, from at least Dec. 10, 2018, she took 33 checks totaling more than $116,000 from Spraytec and deposited them into her own bank account.
The Dallas County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a fatal crash that turned fiery, Sunday. According to reports, one-person died, after the vehicle they were driving rolled over a little before 6-p.m., near the intersection of Panther Creek Road and Old Highway 6. The vehicle left the road at a high rate of speed before rolling over, hitting a tree and catching fire. The name of the driver has not yet been released.
(Radio Iowa) — The 2020 census will begin with a mailing starting in mid-March. Census Bureau spokesperson Maureen Schriner says it’s important that everyone looks for and completes the census form to be counted. Schriner says the census determines our legislative representation and also determines how much money communities get from the federal government. She says the federal government decides every year on how to hand out 675 BILLION dollars in funding for services in communities.
Schriner says some people are concerned that the information they provide on the completed census forms will be readily available. She says that in information is kept confidential.”Your individual information is never shared. For 72 years it is locked down, it is confidential. It is not shared with any other governmental entities,” according to Schriner. She says the information is only released in an aggregate form. Schriner says that would be numbers like the population of the state. “So the 2020 Census tries to go out and record the entire population. That’s what it is used for — so it is not reported out on an individual basis,” she says.
Additional information about the census can be obtained by going on-line at www.2020census.gov
(Radio Iowa) — The Iowa Department of Natural Resources has a series of town hall meetings scheduled to discuss possible changes to hunting rules and regulations and other topics. D-N-R spokesman, Mick Klemesrud, says the first meeting is scheduled for Wednesday in Sioux City. “We have 18 meetings set up across the state. And these are public meetings where our local staff will come in and provide a recap of the hunting and trapping seasons,” Klemesrud says. “They’ll give population updates, and they’ll talk about hunter participation, trapper participation and just what to expect and what we’re looking at as potential rule changes.”
He says one rule change involves the waterfowl hunting zones. “We are going to increase the size of the Missouri River Zone to actually go all the way to the Mississippi across southern Iowa to create kind of a new central zone, shift the southern border of the north zone up a little bit. And then modify the season dates accordingly,” according to Klemesrud. “So the southern zone will have later season dates, the central zone will have the old southern zone season dates, and the north zone will probably stay fairly close to what it has been.”
There could be some other rule changes as well. “We are also looking at expanding and increasing the number of otters that trappers can harvest. And there’s some other deer quotas, and things like that,” he says. Klemesrud says they expect to have a good turnout. “Hunters like to talk about hunting and they like to come to these. They’ve got a like-minded audience — they’re hearing things that they enjoy — and hunter participation is definitely a part of these meetings,” Klemesrud says.
Comments collected from the public meetings will be considered along with other related comments received by the Iowa D-N-R prior to proposing changes to hunting rules and regulations. Proposed rules will be presented to the Natural Resource Commission during a regular public meeting for consideration and additional public comment.
Here are the AREA meeting dates, time and locations:
Sioux City, Feb. 19, 7 p.m., Dorothy Pecaut Nature Center, 4500 Sioux River Road
Council Bluffs Feb. 25, 7 p.m., Fish and Game Club, 531 Commanche Street
Creston, Feb. 27, 7 p.m., Multi-Purpose Room adjacent to the YMCA, Southwestern Community College, 1201 West Townline Street
Sac City, March 5, 7 p.m., Sac County Conservation Center at Hagge Park, 2970 280th Street
A woman from Red Oak was arrested at around 3:30 this (Monday) morning, in Red Oak. Authorities say 30-year old Sara Ann Billie-Kier was taken into custody for Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, a simple misdemeanor. Billie-Kier was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on a $300 bond.
A traffic stop at around 12:10-a.m. Sunday in Adams County, resulted in the arrest of a man on a drug charge. Joshua Strange, of Clarinda, was taken into custody for Possession of a Controlled Substance, after a baggy of methamphetamine was found inside his vehicle.
MICHAEL F. WILSON, 64, of Earling, died Sunday, Feb. 16th, at Myrtue Medical Center, in Harlan. A Memorial Service for MICHAEL WILSON will be held 10:30-a.m. Saturday, Feb. 22nd, at the Faith Family Church, in Harlan. Pauley-Jones Funeral Home in Harlan has the arrangements.
The family will greet friends at the Faith Family Church on Saturday, from 9:30-a.m. until the time of service.
MICHAEL F. WILSON is survived by:
His Mother – Imogene (Young) Jacksis, of Denison.
His Wife – Jolene Wilson, of Earling.
His sons – Michael (Isabel) Wilson, Jr., and Jeremiah Wilson, all of Houston, TX; Devin Wilson, and Nathan Wilson, both of Earling.
His daughter – Tiffany Wilson, of Houston, TX.
His brothers – Milo Wilson III, of Freeport, TX., and Dan Wilson, of Austin, TX.
His sister – Patricia (Bruce) Sengstack, of Austin, TX.
9 grandchildren and 6 great-grandchildren.
Today (Washington’s Birthday): Mostly cloudy & breezy w/periods of light rain. High near 41. SE winds @ 10-20 this morning becoming NW this afternoon w/gusts to near 25.
Tonight: Mostly cloudy, w/flurries possible this evening. Low 20. NW @ 20-25mph.
Tuesday: Partly cloudy. High near 35. NW @ 10-15.
Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 11. Northeast wind 6 to 8 mph.
Wednesday: Mostly cloudy w/a chance of flurries. High around 22.
Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 7.
Thursday: Mostly Sunny. High near 28
Sunday’s High in Atlantic was 51. Our Low was 31. We received .09″ rain overnight in Atlantic (as of 5:58-a.m. today). Last year the High in Atlantic was 31 and the Low was 7. The Record High in Atlantic on Feb. 17th was 71 in 2017. The Record Low was -34 in 1958.