Drug Investigation in Ottumwa Leads to Arrest

Posted on July 11, 2023 by Sam Parsons

OTTUMWA — On Thursday, June 22, 2023, officers from the Ottumwa Police Department, Wapello County Sheriff’s Department, and the Southeast Iowa Inter-Agency Drug Task Force executed a search warrant at 515 Ray Street, in Ottumwa regarding a drug investigation.

During the search, officers found distribution quantities of marijuana, THC concentrates, and items consistent with the distribution of drugs. Controlled substances were also found inside the bedroom of a juvenile also residing at the residence.

On July 10, 2023, at approximately 1:49 a.m., Ottumwa Police Officers obtained another search warrant 515 Ray Street to look for the suspect in this case. The suspect was arrested at that time. Police arrested Tyson Michael Faoro, age 45, for the following charges:

Distribution of a Controlled Substance to a Person Under Age 18, a Class “B” Felony
Use of Person Under Age 18 In Drug Trade, a Class “C” Felony
Possession with the Intent to Deliver Marijuana, (within a 1000 feet of a school) a Class “D” Felony
Possession with the Intent to Deliver THC Extracts, a Class “D” Felony
Failure to Affix a Drug Tax Stamp, a Class “D” Felony

Faoro is being held in the Wapello County Jail with a $50,000 bond.

LINEUP REVEALED FOR CMA FEST TELEVISION SPECIAL

Posted on July 11, 2023July 11, 2023 by Bob Ballard

If you missed CMA Fest in Nashville last month, good news: the three-hour special that recaps the four day country music festival and features many performances by country’s biggest stars comes to ABC and Hulu next week.

Hosted by Dierks Bentley, Elle King and Lainey Wilson, the three-hour concert event features unique collaborations and special performances from last month’s 50th anniversary of CMA Fest in Nashville.

Featured performers include Bentley, King, Wilson Alabama, Jason Aldean, Leon Bridges, Luke Bryan, Eric Church, Luke Combs, Dan + Shay, Jordan Davis, Vince Gill, Hardy, Tyler Hubbard, Jelly Roll, Cody Johnson, Miranda Lambert, Avril Lavigne, Little Big Town, Ashley McBryde, Reba McEntire, Tim McGraw, Jo Dee Messina, Old Dominion, Jon Pardi, Carly Pearce, Darius Rucker, Tanya Tucker and Keith Urban.

The special airs Wednesday, July 19 at 8pm ET on ABC, and drops the next day on Hulu.

Source: MusicRow

This day in Country Music History

Posted on July 11, 2023July 11, 2023 by Bob Ballard

Today in 1967, Kenny Rogers formed The First Edition, just one day after he and members Thelma Camacho, Mike Settle and Terry Williams left the New Christy Minstrels. The group went on to host a syndicated TV variety show in 1972.
Today in 1981, Earl Thomas Conley’s single, “Fire and Smoke,” topped the charts.
Today in 1983, Merle Haggard’s album, “Big City,” and the album, “Pancho and Lefty,” by Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson were both certified gold.
Today in 1990, Reba McEntire’s album, “Reba McEntire Live,” was certified gold.
Today in 1996, the “Alabama Christmas” album was certified double platinum.
Today in 2000, Billy Gilman made his “Tonight Show” debut.
Today in 2000, Daryle Singletary’s album, “Now and Again,” arrived in stores.
Today in 2001, the Everly Brothers, Waylon Jennings and singer/songwriter (and Grand Ole Opry member) Bill Anderson were announced as being among the latest artists to be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.
Today in 2002, the film soundtrack of the animated film, “Lilo and Stitch,” which featured Wynonna, was certified gold.
Today in 2002, Joe Nichols’ debut single, “The Impossible,” claimed the #1 position on “Billboard’s” National Top 75 Country Singles Sales Chart. He snagged the spot, which had been held by LeAnn Rimes for the previous 23 weeks.
Today in 2006, Carrie Underwood performed the national anthem prior to Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game at Pittsburgh’s PNC Park. The American League beat the National League, 3-2.
Today in 2009, Dierks Bentley’s “Sideways” was straight at #1 on the Billboard country singles chart.
Today in 2015, Luke Bryan sold out Nashville’s Dudley Field in the first country show at the Vanderbilt University football stadium. He bookended his set with “Kick The Dust Up” and “Country Girl (Shake It For Me).” The bill includes Randy Houser, Thomas Rhett, Dustin Lynch and Florida Georgia Line, who join Bryan on “Mountain Music.”
Today in 2017, Garth Brooks ranks is Forbes the Top Country Cash King, earning $60 million the previous year.
Today in 2017, The House of Representatives votes unanimously to rename the mail center in downtown Bakersfield as the Merle Haggard Post Office Building.

Osky Softball, Baseball Seasons End in 1st Round of Playoffs

Posted on July 10, 2023 by Sam Parsons

By Sam Parsons

The Oskaloosa Indians’ softball and baseball teams played on Thursday and Friday in the first round of the postseason, but both squads were turned away in tight games.

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The lady Indians traveled to Newton and found themselves in a fast-moving pitcher’s duel with the Cardinals. Newton junior Hailey Sumpter got the start in the circle to face Osky sophomore Shannon Van Rheenen and the two traded scoreless innings for much of Thursday night.

There was no better indicator of the flow of Thursday’s game than the way in which the only run of the game scored: in the bottom of the 2nd, the Cardinals’ Peyton Durr reached base on a swinging 3rd strike on a wild pitch to lead off the inning. On the next play, junior Kadance Ahn laid down a bunt and reached 1st base on a throwing error, but Durr was thrown out in a rundown between 2nd and 3rd, but after Ahn moved up to 2nd, an RBI single off the bat of 8th grader Morgan Frehse brought her in. The lone run of the game had scored, and it was of the unearned variety.

Osky would threaten Newton offensively in innings 3, 4, and 5, with runners in scoring position each time around; however, Sumpter waded through the issues without sustaining any damage. Van Rheenen went the distance for the Indians and wouldn’t give up any earned runs, but it wasn’t enough to get by the Cardinals as the game ended 1-0.

Oskaloosa (12-24) graduates two decorated seniors from the team in Lucy Roach and Maleah Walker.

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Oskaloosa drew #7 Knoxville as their first round matchup in a rematch of a doubleheader that saw both games go down to the wire in May.

The game started about as well as it could have for the Indians: senior catcher Aiden North led the game off with a single and two batters later, junior third baseman Wyatt Grubb reached with a single of his own. A wild pitch sprinkled in resulted in both runners reaching scoring position, and with two outs in the top of the 1st, freshman pitcher Linus Morrison came through with a line drive, 2 RBI single to put the Indians up 2-0. Morrison would go to the mound in the bottom of the 1st and set the Panthers down in order, 1-2-3.

From there, however, the story of the game can be told in terms of senior Bo Leisure’s dominance on the mound for Knoxville, as well as unforced errors on the part of the Indians’ pitching and defense.

After surrendering the 2 RBI single to Morrison, Leisure would retire the next 14 Indian batters consecutively and only three more Indians would reach base in the entire game; they wouldn’t score any more runs, and Leisure finished the night with 14 strikeouts in the complete game.

On the flip side, Knoxville first got on the board in the bottom of the 2nd inning. After picking up two quick outs to start the frame, Morrison walked the next 3 Panther hitters in order, and with the bases loaded and 2 outs, an error by the Indians’ defense resulted in 9 hole hitter Kade Bellon reaching base and driving in the Panthers’ first run of the game. One RBI single by sophomore Trey Wight later, and the game was tied 2-2.

Knoxville wouldn’t take long from there to grab the lead. In the bottom of the third, Trenton Kingery and Bo Leisure reached on back-to-back singles to end Morrison’s day. Sophomore Jaden DeRonde took over and struck out the first hitter he faced, but walked the next two and then hit another, a span which included a passed ball that scored both Kingery and Leisure, making it 4-2 Panthers.

DeRonde would make it through the rest of the inning without further damage, and he wound up with a fine evening in relief, pitching 3.2 innings without surrendering an earned run. The lone other run to score came in the bottom of the 6th, aided by two errors from the Indians’ defense.

The rainy Friday night saw the Indians’ staff finish with 8 walks and 1 hit batter with 3 errors by the Indians’ defense, but the Panthers played a clean game on the other end, and that proved to be the difference maker as Knoxville moved on with a 5-2 victory.

Oskaloosa finishes their season at 9-26 and they graduate 8 seniors: Aiden North, Austen Coenen, Caleb Cohrt, Kam Criss, Logan Hoskinson, Jarrod Parks, Tucker DeJong, and Cael Butler.

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Iowa Republicans will pursue a 6-week abortion ban during a special session that starts Tuesday

Posted on July 10, 2023 by Sam Parsons

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa’s Republican-controlled Legislature will aim to enact a ban on abortion after roughly six weeks of pregnancy during a rare special session that starts Tuesday, a draft of the bill released Friday shows.

The proposed measure is similar to a 2018 law that a deadlocked state Supreme Court declined to reinstate last month, prompting Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds to call for the extraordinary session. Abortion is currently legal in Iowa up to 20 weeks of pregnancy.

The drafted bill, like the 2018 law, would prohibit abortion once cardiac activity can be detected, which is usually around six weeks of pregnancy and before many women know they are pregnant.

A district court deemed that law unconstitutional in 2019 given rulings by the U.S. Supreme Court and the state’s highest court that affirmed a woman’s fundamental constitutional right to abortion. Both bodies overturned those rulings last year, so Reynolds sought to reinstate the 2018 law.

The current draft of the bill, which may be amended before a vote, includes exceptions for medical emergencies, rape, incest and fetal abnormality.

Planned Parenthood, the largest abortion provider in the state, has said it plans to protest outside the Iowa Capitol on Tuesday. It has previously filed lawsuits to challenge the state’s abortion restrictions.

The bill is unlikely to encounter major roadblocks in the Legislature. Most Republican-led states have significant curbed abortion access in the year since the U.S. Supreme Court reversed itself on Roe v. Wade. Fourteen states have bans with limited exceptions and one state, Georgia, bans abortion after cardiac activity is detected. Several other states have similar restrictions that are on hold pending court rulings.

Any restrictions to come out of Iowa’s special session are likely to be challenged in court.

The question before the Iowa Supreme Court this term was largely procedural, not on the merits of the law. Last year’s ruling dictated that the “undue burden test” for abortion law remains in effect unless that legal standard is litigated further, which the court has not spoken to since. The undue burden is an intermediate level of scrutiny that requires laws do not create a significant obstacle to abortion.

Lawyers for the state argued the law should be analyzed using rational basis review, the lowest level of scrutiny to judge legal challenges.

Reynolds ordered a special session just one other year, in 2021, when lawmakers had to wait until the fall to approve the drawing of congressional and legislative districts. There hadn’t been a special session since 2006.

Iowa Republicans set Jan. 15 as date for their party’s 2024 Caucuses

Posted on July 10, 2023 by Sam Parsons

By O. Kay Henderson (Radio Iowa)

Iowa Republican Party leaders have set January 15 as the date for their party’s 2024 Caucuses.

Iowa’s Caucuses have traditionally been the kick off event of the presidential campaign for both parties. The Republican National Committee has agreed on a schedule that keeps the Iowa GOP’s Caucuses first.

National Democratic Party leaders booted Iowa from its early state line up and plan for South Carolina’s Democratic Primary to go first, on February 3 of next year. Iowa Democratic Party leaders have indicated they’ll host caucuses on the same night as Republicans next year, just to conduct party business. They’re planning a separate mail-in system for Iowa Democrats to express their preference in the 2024 presidential race, but party leaders haven’t said when that voting would start or when the results might be announced.

Iowa GOP chairman Jeff Kaufmann said Iowa Republicans are “committed to maintaining Iowa’s cherished first-in-the-nation Caucuses,” where Republicans cast a straw poll ballot on Caucus night.

It’s possible the January 15 Iowa Caucus date for Republicans may change after New Hampshire officials announce the date of their state’s presidential primary. That announcement is expected sometime this fall.

January 15, 2024 is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. The 2004 Iowa Caucuses were also held on the holiday, but the date that year was January 19.

Mahaska Health Durable Medical Equipment Team Celebrates 10 Year Anniversary

Posted on July 10, 2023 by Sam Parsons

OSKALOOSA — Mahaska Health is thrilled to commemorate a decade of outstanding care and service provided by the Mahaska Health Durable Medical Equipment (DME) team. For the past 10 years, this dedicated team has been an invaluable resource in our community, offering essential sleep, mobility, and stability equipment that improves the health and quality of life for numerous patients.

Durable Medical Equipment plays a crucial role in both the healing process after injury or surgery and the long-term aid to enhance overall well-being. The Mahaska Health DME team works closely with patients, medical providers, and insurance companies to ensure each patient receives the necessary equipment and supplies. By offering product warranties, on-call availability, and free delivery and replacement supplies, the team goes above and beyond to provide exceptional care.

“Over the years, this team has been honored to serve so many patients. Our team is dedicated to getting our patients, the care they need, close to home.” shared Gwen Bridgeman, Director of Cardiopulmonary at Mahaska Health.

The Mahaska Health DME team specializes in finding tailored solutions for wound care, sleep needs, respiratory care, mobility aids, compression needs, and more. The expert team takes the time to understand each patient’s unique requirements and lifestyle to ensure the best equipment needs. Their expertise and compassion have consistently exceeded expectations, delivered exceptional care, and enhanced the lives of many patients in our community.

Join Mahaska Health in celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Durable Medical Equipment (DME) Team. The unwavering commitment of this team has had a significant impact on the community, providing essential care, close to home. Their dedication and expertise continue to make a positive difference in the lives of patients, offering improved health and quality of life.

For more information about the Mahaska Health Durable Medical Equipment (DME) Team and the services they provide, please visit mahaskahealth.org/dme or call 641.672.3289 to speak to a DME Specialist.

Pictured, Mahaska Health DME team, (L-R) Jennifer Molyneux, Gwen Bridgeman, Jodi Wilcox, Durable Medical Equipment Coordinator, Deb Allman, Shirley Goemaat, RN.

Full Closure of Highway T-15 Starts Wednesday

Posted on July 10, 2023 by Sam Parsons

KNOXVILLE, Iowa –The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District, announced that starting July 12, a full road closure over Red Rock Dam is scheduled and will last through approximately July 14. During that time a detour will be in place. Additional partial and full road closures may be needed through 2024 for rehabilitation projects on the dam.

For more information, please contact the US Army Corps of Engineers at Lake Red Rock at 641-828-7522 or via email at lakeredrock@usace.army.mil.

MORGAN WALLEN CONTINUES TO MAKE MUSIC HISTORY

Posted on July 10, 2023July 10, 2023 by Bob Ballard

Morgan Wallen lost no momentum as a result of his doctor-recommended six-week hiatus for vocal rest in May and June. The country star is soon simply going to be referred to as “star” – as he is owning all of music in 2023.

Wallen’s “Last Night” is now the first song in history to amass 1 billion on-demand audio streams in the United States in a single calendar year, so far. The song currently sits at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart for its 13th non-consecutive week, marking the longest running #1 on the Hot 100 chart this year. But wait – there’s more!

“Last Night” continues to dominate the charts, claiming the top spot on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart for an amazing 22 weeks. This ties it for the sixth-longest reign since 1958. The record for the longest-running #1 on the chart is held by Bebe Rexha and Florida Georgia Line’s “Meant To Be,” which spent 50 weeks in the top position from 2017 to 2018. The song has also become the No. 1 best-selling song of the year by US units, surpassing Miley Cyrus‘ “Flowers.”

Wallen’s success doesn’t stop there. His album “One Thing At A Time” has claimed the record for the most weeks at #1 on the country album chart in over three decades. Note: the year is only half over. Plenty of time for Morgan to crush more records.

Source: CountryNow

This day in Country Music History

Posted on July 10, 2023July 10, 2023 by Bob Ballard

Today in 1967, Kenny Rogers left the New Christy Minstrels and later formed the First Edition.
Today in 1967, Bobbie Gentry recorded the hit single “Ode to Billie Joe” at a Hollywood studio.
Today in 1970, Johnny Cash recorded Kris Kristofferson’s “Sunday Morning Coming Down.”
Today in 1972, Tom T. Hall entered the charts with “I Remember The Year That Clayton Delaney Died.”
Today in 1982, “Any Day Now” by Ronnie Milsap peaked at #14 on the pop singles chart.
Today in 1982, “Love’s Been A Little Bit Hard On Me” by Juice Newton peaked at #7 on the pop singles chart.
Today in 1998, Collin Raye’s “I Can Still Feel You” hits the top of Radio & Records’ country chart.
Today in 2000, U-S Customs officials at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport seize a shipment of Kenny Chesney’s single, “I Lost It.” The promotional C-D singles were assembled with a package that included imported “English water.” On the cover, Kenny, who was dressed in a black suit and black hat, appeared to be partially immersed in a pool of water.
Today in 2001, it was officially announced that Chalee Tennison had become officially engaged to guitar player Mark Gillespie. The happy couple tied the knot on November 10^th in a private ceremony in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee.
Today in 2002, Dolly Parton launched a 13-city tour, marking her first tour in decades.
Today in 2010, Carrie Underwood married hockey player Mike Fisher at the Reynolds Plantation in Greensboro, Georgia.
Today in 2012, Luke Bryan performed “The Star-Spangled Banner” before the Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri. Kellie Pickler sang “God Bless America” during the seventh-inning stretch.
Today in 2013, Randy Travis underwent emergency brain surgery after suffering a stroke at the Heart Hospital at Baylor Plano in Texas.
Today in 2016, Dierks Bentley announced that his 15-year-old dog, Jake, had died. His pet was a sidekick through much of Bentley’s career, introduced in the video to “What Was I Thinkin’.”
Today in 2017, Brett Eldredge was high on the platinum single he scored from the RIAA for “Drunk On Your Love.”
Today in 2017, Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood joined Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter to help construct a new house in Edmonton in conjunction with Habitat for Humanity.
Today in 2018, Halfway To Hazard launches a monthly residency at the Hutton Hotel in Nashville with surprise guests Chris Young, Jon Stone and Ira Dean.

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