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Des Moines Man Arrested in Mingo

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Northwest of Newton lies a small city of Mingo in Jasper County. A Des Moines man arrived at a residence in Mingo and was walking the property looking for the homeowners’ wife. Carlos Alvarez arrived at the victim’s house with a short-barreled shotgun.

Jasper County Sheriff’s Deputies arrived on scene and arrested Alvarez on possession of offensive weapon charge. After an initial search of his persons, deputies discovered two grams of a white crystal substance in his pockets — determined to be methamphetamine after a field test kit was orchestrated.

Once Alvarez was restrained, deputies searched his vehicle to find marijuana, digital scales, small plastic baggies and two glass smoking pipes.

Alvarez was arrested and charged with the following:

  • Controlled substance violation – Methamphetamine
  • Unauthorized possession of offensive weapons
  • Possession of drug paraphernalia
  • Possession of controlled substance – Marijuana

Prairie Wind Farm Wrapping Up Installation

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Blattner Energy out of Avon, MN set up camp in farm fields north of Oskaloosa. Just off the west side of Highway-63 headed to New Sharon, travelers can now see 84 wind turbines in total on the east and west side of the road.

Blattner Energy specializes in various forms of renewable energy such as solar power and wind energy. The second phase of the Prairie Wind Farm is wrapping up. MidAmerican Energy will soon purchase each turbine back from Blattner to begin to utilize them for supplying lower energy costs to customers.

Construction began on the Prairie Wind Farm in April, and the project will be complete and providing benefits to Mahaska County and MidAmerican Energy customers in Iowa by the end of 2017. The 84 wind turbines over about 15 square miles will add 168 MW of wind energy capacity for Iowa customers.

Calling All Future Country Singer Stars!

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Open auditions for American Idol are happening in Omaha, Nebraska!

If you want you’re change to hit it big and think you have what it takes, then you should know that auditions are being held on Tuesday, August 29th at Lewis and Clark Landing; 345 Riverfront Drive, Omaha, NE 68102.

The singing competition, which ran for 15 seasons on Fox, will return to air on ABC in 2018.

Singers can also submit audition videos online at americanidol.com or tag videos with #TheNextIdol on their social media accounts including Twitter, Instagram and Musical.ly.

Katy Perry will be a featured new judge on this season of the iconic singing show.

 

MCDG Executive Director Announced

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The Mahaska Community Development Group and Development Partners announced today that Tom Flaherty has been named Executive Director of Mahaska Community Economic Development.

Flaherty, who begins Sept. 11, will be responsible for managing development activities to increase business expansion and capital investment in the community. He will also help create an outcome-based strategic plan to address housing, workforce and quality of life needs.

“We are excited to welcome Tom to our economic development team. His experience leading neighborhood forums and working in both industrial and downtown development will be an asset for our Mahaska Community,” said Jay Christensen, Chairman of the Mahaska Community Development Group (MCDG).

Flaherty is a life-long Iowan and most recently served as Vice President of Regional Business Development and Vice President of the Downtown Development Partnership for the DavenportOne/Quad Cities Chamber of Commerce.

Flaherty led the business retention and expansion program for the bi-state region, which included meeting annually with more than 150 primary employers in the area to identify needs and solve problems. Flaherty’s work at the Quad Cities Chamber led to the expansion of 24 businesses generating over $85 million in growth. He also assisted with the growth of 56 new businesses and $178 million in downtown Davenport. In addition, he led and coordinated 12 major festivals and events, drawing more than 100,000 regional visitors to the Davenport downtown. In 2014, Flaherty received an award for the Best Business Retention and Expansion Program by the Professional Developers of Iowa.

“Our development groups (MCDG, Main Street, Oskaloosa Chamber and Development Group, and Mahaska Ag and Rural Development) have been working together for over a year to formalize creation of a more coordinated economic development team to better serve the area,” said Christensen.

“Tom has a proven track record of working within this type of public/private partnership,” said Christensen. “His role will be to cause collaboration and to build a stronger team between our development group and community partners.”

Flaherty holds a BA in political science and MBA from St. Ambrose. He has two sons, John, who is a graduate of St. Ambrose, and Matthew, who is a junior at St. Ambrose.

In his free time, he loves being outdoors gardening, hunting, fishing, camping and riding bicycle.

Northey Stops at SHARE Iowa

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Agriculture Secretary Bill Northey was in town Tuesday, August 22, as he is making his trip to unique food or agriculture sites throughout the year. Previously, Northey had visited Oskaloosa Food Products on 9th Avenue East. Yesterday, Northey was at SHARE Iowa on South 7th Street to tour the facilities and learn about the packaged food distribution.

SHARE Iowa started 18 years ago as a non-profit organization. Today, it is ran, maintained and labored by a large volunteer base. SHARE contacts food buyers from around the county to purchase high quality food  at wholesale prices in large quantities. Volunteers come into the SHARE warehouse to sort, bag and assemble the food to ship out to our many SHARE distribution locations. In total, there are 85 locations across Iowa and the neighboring states. Iowa, however, harbors roughly 65 of them. 

 

Map of the various SHARE locations in Iowa.

 

Becky Newman, Directory of SHARE Iowa Oskaloosa, along with Community Developer Michael Kacmarynski walked Northey through the process of receiving food, storing it, then packaging it all in a month’s time for over a thousand orders.

Northey was in awe of the work being done at the Oskaloosa SHARE Iowa location. He hopes to plan meetings with the Iowa Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association, and other organizations like it, to provide SHARE with connections for local, homegrown produce.

 

As volunteers are busy assembling the packages, Newman and Kacmarynski show Ag. Secretary, Bill Northey, around the Oskaloosa SHARE Iowa location.

 

Upon speaking with Newman, she said even local stores, particularly Hy-Vee, throw out a lot of their unsold produce or freshly made counter food. James Brandriff, a volunteer on the Board of Directors, takes time from his day to stop at Hy-Vee to pick up those still fresh items that can be stored at SHARE for packages.

Newman mentioned that SHARE “is not a social service. It is neighbor helping neighbor.” Talking of food stamps being available for those families and individuals with low-income leaves the middle class with practically nothing in terms of assistance. So that’s what the SHARE organization is there for. Although SHARE receives no government funding, it manages well with a turnaround profit from the packages sold each month. There are only two full-time and two part-time employees at the Oskaloosa SHARE building, the rest of the employees are strictly volunteers.

Noreen Maxwell, a ten year employee of Sieda in Ottumwa, stopped in to pick something up but was quickly greeted by Northey. She spoke with him about possible ideas to make food packages more appealing.

 

Noreen Maxwell, from Sieda (Ottumwa), spoke with Northey of an idea to enhance the monthly packages.

 

“Many people receiving the packages don’t know what exactly everything in the box is,” said Maxwell. Her idea was to include a list or booklet of possible recipes – including instructions- for those receiving the package. Step by step instructions to handle and prepare the food the proper way.

The menus for the packages are altered each month depending on what is in season and practical. The menu items for September have been released online. Some of the options for packages include a Grocery Package, Meat Only Package, Variety Special “Nice Assortment”, Seafood and a Lunch Box Special. Prices for these assortments range from $14.50 to $36.00 per package. Ordering for the September packages begins on August 26th. The purchased packages will then be distributed on September 23rd.

Newman stated SHARE had a lot of returning customers. “Even if they have no need for the package, many customers buy packages to donate them to another family or individual that does.” Another example of neighbor helping neighbor that SHARE strives for.

Senator Ken Rozenboom and State Representative Guy Vander Linden will visit SHARE tomorrow morning (Thursday) to understand how it impacts House District 79 and State District 40.

If you would like to purchase a package online for September or learn more about SHARE, visit www.shareiowa.com.

Oskaloosa, PCM Have Strong Nights in Volleyball

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It was a busy night in high school volleyball Tuesday night.

The Oskaloosa Indians had a good night with wins over Carlisle and Colfax-Mingo at home. The Indians beat Carlisle in three sets and swept Colfax-Mingo in two straight sets.

Another team who had a great night was PCM. The Mustangs cruised through the Newton Invitational, winning all three of their matches. They swept Des Moines Hoover in two straight sets and beat Saydel and the hosts from Newton in three sets.

It was a rough night for BGM, as they were swept in all four of their matches in Lisbon. They fell to East Buchanan, Alburnett, Tipton, and the hosts from Lisbon on the night.

Finally, Pella got their season off to a strong start, beating Ballard on the road in four sets.

Our first volleyball game on our airwaves will be next Tuesday, August 29th, as Oskaloosa travels to face Pella Christian to open up Little Hawkeye Conference play. The first serve of that game will be around 7 PM with the pregame at 6:45. You can hear all the action live on 99.5 FM/740 AM KMZN, radiokmzn.com, and the KMZN mobile app.

Three Separate Gun Related Incidents in Ottumwa Over the Weekend

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It was a busy weekend for the Ottumwa Police Department and Wapello County Sheriff’s Office as they responded to three separate calls on gun related incidents inside the city limits.

On the evening Friday, August 18  the Ottumwa Police Department responded to a report of a group of individuals fighting and one person had a gun. Darielle Daquan Golden, age 18, of Chicago, Illinois was arrested as a result of the investigation and charged with the following offenses:
– Disorderly Conduct a Simple Misdemeanor
– Carrying Weapons a Aggravated Misdemeanor

Early Sunday morning shortly before 2 AM., the Ottumwa Police Department received a call of shots fired in the 300 block of E. Main Street. During this investigation officers recovered approximately 25 empty shell casings from two different calibers of ammunition. It was also determined that vehicles and buildings in the area had been damaged by the gunfire. The Ottumwa Police Department has not received any reports of injuries as a result of this incident.

The third call occurred around 8 AM morning on Sunday, August 20, the Ottumwa Police Department responded to an outstanding arrest warrant at a residence. Members of the Ottumwa Police Department made contact with a male identified as David Garber. Garber was immediately arrested on two warrants for his arrest.

A search warrant was conducted at this apartment, which resulted in the seizure of illegal substances and two stolen firearms.

As a result of the investigation and search warrant, David Garber, 22 was arrested and charged with the following offenses:

– Probation Violation warrants (x2)

– Possession of Stolen Property

– Possession with Intent (Marijuana)

– Violation of Drug Tax Stamp

– Felon in Possession of a Firearm

– Possession of a Firearm by Domestic Abuse Offender

 

Five Schools Start the Year In Radio Iowa Football Rankings

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The Radio Iowa High School Football Poll has been released for Week 1 and it favors the reigning state champions at the top of the list.

In Class 3A, Pella starts the year ranked #1. The Dutch have won 41 straight games and are 51-1 in the last four seasons. They have won the last three Class 3A state titles. They will open their season up on Friday night against Oskaloosa at the Lacey Recreation Complex. You can hear that game live on 99.5 FM/740 AM KMZN, and watch a live video stream on radiokmzn.com and the KMZN mobile app. The pregame show starts at 7 PM for the 7:30 PM kickoff.

West Delaware, Sioux City Heelan, Norwalk, and Cedar Rapids Xavier round out the Class 3A top 5. Solon is ranked #9 and should be the preseason favorites in Oskaloosa’s district.

In Class 2A, PCM is looking to build off a great season and they start the year ranked #5. Williamsburg is #1, followed by Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley, Carroll Kuemper, and Union ahead of the Mustangs.

Sigourney/Keota has been a very successful team under Jared Jensen the last few years and they start the year ranked #8 in the Class 1A poll. Pleasantville will start their second season in Class 1A and they are ranked tenth the start the season. Perennial powerhouse Iowa City Regina is ranked #1, followed by West Lyon, Western Christian, Denver, and Van Meter to round out the top five.

Class A football has been very exciting in our listening area recently, and Lynnville-Sully has been near the top of the state in the playoff hunt the last couple of seasons. The Hawks will start as the #3 team in the state. Defending champs Gladbrook-Reinbeck, who eliminated both Lynnville-Sully and Montezuma on their way through the playoffs, start the year ranked #1. Council Bluffs St. Albert is ranked second, followed by Lynnville-Sully, West Sioux, and Lisbon in the top five.

There are no area teams ranked in the top ten in either Class 4A or 8-Player football.

In Class 4A, Dowling Catholic is #1, followed by Ankeny Centennial, Iowa City West, West Des Moines Valley, and Cedar Rapids Washington. In 8-Player football, the top five features #1 Harris-Lake Park, #2 Don Bosco, #3 Audubon, #4 Fremont-Mills, and #5 Newell-Fonda.

Arrest Made After Call In of Sexual Assault In Progress

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On Sunday, August 20 around 1:30 PM, the Ottumwa Police Department received a call in reference to a sexual assault in progress. The caller stated that address was 825 W. Second Street.
Members of the Ottumwa Police Department responded to this residence and made contact with a male identified as John Johnston. Officers also located a juvenile, female victim inside the residence. As a result of the investigation, John Michael Johnston, age 20 of Ottumwa was
arrested and charged with the following offenses:
False Imprisonment – Serious Misdemeanor
Assault with Intent to Commit Sexual Assault – Aggravated Misdemeanor
Interference with Official Acts – Simple Misdemeanor

No court date is set yet for Johnston.

Woman Found Dead at Lake Keomah

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Around noon on Sunday, August 20, Mahaska County Sheriff’s Office were called to eh campgrounds located in Lake Keomah State Park. Upon deputies’ arrival, they discovered a 39-year-old female camper had passed away in her tent.

Dispatch noted that she was found in lot #48 of the campground. No foul play is suspected in her death after a preliminary investigation.

The body has been sent to the Iowa State Medical Examiner’s Office in Ankeny for an autopsy. The identity of the women is being withheld pending notification of her family.

The investigation into this death is ongoing.

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