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Traffic Stop Leads to Arrest on Drug Charges

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An individual attempted to bring contraband into the Jasper County Jail yesterday.

Lindsey Oneel was being transported to the Jasper County Jail  after she was in a vehicle that had been pulled over by law enforcement. Oneel was the registered owner of the vehicle, but did not have a valid drivers license. The car  was searched by officers. Inside of a small black bag was a marijuana smoking pipe. The vehicle was impounded.

As Oneel was being ushered into the jasper county jail, that’s when correctional officers noticed Oneel fidgeting with her hands after they were handcuffed behind her. As Oneel was instructed to step forward, an officer noticed an object in her hands. She then dropped a syringe onto the ground.

After a search of Oneel’s person, a second syringe was found in her bra. The 28-year-old was charged with possession of contraband inside a correctional institution and possession of drug paraphernalia from inside the vehicle.

The syringes tested positive for methamphetamine.

Local Law Enforcement Air Opinions to Senator

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As Senator Joni Ernst continues her 99 County Tour through Iowa, she made two pit stops on Tuesday in southeast Iowa. Her first stop was a public town hall meeting in Washington, she heard from constituents about issues most important to them.

From Washington, Ernst made her way west to Sigourney where she met with local law enforcement from southeast Iowa.

Representatives from over nine sheriff’s offices were present, including Davis, Louisa, Mahaska, Keokuk, Wapello, Henry, and Washington county to name a few. Local police departments also sat in on the meeting, such as officers from Sigourney, Burlington, Ottumwa, and Mount Pleasant.

As the meeting began shortly after 2 PM, Ernst opened the floor to law enforcement in the room to voice their opinions and concerns. Hushed whispers fell over the room. Mahaska County Sheriff Russ Van Renterghem broke the silence and addressed Ernst with a top issue in Iowa: the mental health care system.

Sheriff Renterghem noted that most hospitals will refuse immediate treatment of arrested individuals with mental health or substance abuse problems.

“That is probably one of the most complicated issues we have right now. […],” said Ernst. “It is a federal issue, state and local issue as well.”

Many of the Iowa residents suffer from substance abuse, which inevitably ends with mental health issues. A large portion of those in Iowa that have mental health illnesses are also involved with Veteran Affairs.

Multiple representatives from county sheriff offices noted that services from the VA cease once the individual is apprehended. Therefore monetary aid and rehabilitation services stop as well.

Departments all across the southeast portion of Iowa have teamed up to allocate funds and build up a program together.

“Collectively there has been a real strong effort with a lot of sheriffs and chiefs in southeast Iowa to build resources so law enforcement has some positive tools to use toward battling some of that issue,” Darren Grimshaw, Burlington Police Department.

In order to receive better programs for individuals, it takes collaborative efforts.

With the growing opioid and methamphetamine problem in Iowa, law enforcement and emergency services have realized that many of substance abusers suffer from schizophrenia or bipolar disorder.

As the conversation between Joni Ernst and law enforcement ensued, the topic of Byrne-JAG arose. Byrne-JAG is the Byrne Justice Assistance Grant which is administered through the federal level of the Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) in partnership with State Administering Agencies (SAAs). The program of Byrne-JAG, which is typically utilized by local or state agencies. With the assistance of Byrne-JAG, local and state law enforcement can break the recurrence of substance abuse and crime associated with it.

The short meeting ended with a recap of what was discussed. Senator Joni Ernst ask for takeaways from the meeting, which were: mental health and substance abuse, Byrne-JAG and veteran availability,. Ernst promised she would take the law enforcement officials’ voices to Washington.

“I got a lot to work on,” Ernst stated as she closed the meeting.

 

Solar Eclipse Will Not Be Seen in Full in Oskaloosa

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It has been almost a century since the last one, now we get to experience a solar eclipse again on Monday, August 21.

Traveling much of the same path as it did in 1918, most of southeastern Nebraska and a minute portion of southwest Iowa, mainly Fremont county, will have the opportunity to witness the complete eclipse. But for those living in Oskaloosa, Ottumwa, Newton, Sigourney and Knoxville you won’t be able to experience a complete eclipse. You will only get to witness about 92 to 95 percent coverage during the eclipse.

Our neighbors to the south, Missouri, will have totality throughout the eclipse. St Joseph, Columbia and Jefferson city are three cities in Missouri that will experience full coverage for those willing to travel a couple of hours.

The eclipse is set to take place minutes after 1 PM on Monday. Approximately at 1:08 in Oskaloosa and is set to last 2 minutes and 34 seconds.

 

Suspicious Car Fires in Ottumwa Over the Weekend

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The Ottumwa Fire Department responded to three suspicious car fires all within two hours of each other.

The first fire was reported at 12:44 AM on August 13 at 401 S. Willard St. Firefighters arrived on scene to find a pickup truck fully engulfed with flames, as well as a garage and another vehicle parked nearby were beginning to burn. The fire was extinguished and an investigation followed which led investigators to believe the fire was intentionally started.

The second fire was in the 1900 block of Mable, this fire involved a passenger car which was parked in the street and was completely destroyed by the fire. This fire occurred at 1:13 AM Sunday August 13.

The third vehicle fire of the weekend occurred at 134 N. Sheridan Ave. This fire involved a passenger car which was destroyed and the fire also damaged a nearby garage and another vehicle. It occurred at 2:21 AM Sunday August 13.

These last two fires are under investigation and are being considered suspicious due to the circumstances.

If anyone has any information or has surveillance cameras that may have captured something you are encouraged to contact the Ottumwa Fire or Police Departments.

A reward is available for information which leads to an arrest of up to $10,000.

Ottumwa Fire Dept.    641-683-0667 Extension 3

Ottumwa Police Dept. 641-683-0661

Iowa Arson Hotline    1-800-532-1459

Dog Retrieved from Weekend Fire

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A house fire broke out Saturday evening around 5:00 PM.

The Oskaloosa Fire Department was called the fire in the 1000 block of First Avenue West where a house was engulfed in flames. The fire was quickly contained by firefighters. No one was home at the time except for the family dog.

Mahaska Health Partnership Emergency Services, along with the Oskaloosa Police Department, were there to look after the dog, Tank, until animal control could arrive on scene.

The cause of this fire is still under investigation. No damage estimates have been released. 

Oskaloosa Football Prepares for New Format to Old Shoe Game

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The Oskaloosa football season is getting closer by the day and next Friday night is the Old Shoe Game.

Traditionally, the Old Shoe Game has been a scrimmage between Osky’s first, second, and third teams. But this year, to help with early season improvement and get better action on the field against true varsity starters, the format has changed.

Centerville will be bringing their varsity team to the Lacey Recreation Complex on Friday, August 18th. There will be four segments to the Osky vs. Centerville scrimmage.

The first segment will be each team getting at least two 15 play series alternating at their own 30 yard line. Following that, each team will get at least two 15 play series alternating in the red zone. The third segment will feature special teams for both sides, and the night will wrap up with kicking competitions. There will be a slight break in between each segment.

The Oskaloosa freshman team will scrimmage the junior varsity in a traditional intrasquad scrimmage prior to the varsity teams taking the field.

The gates to the Lacey Recreation Complex Stadium open up at 4:30 next Friday night and the admission is just one sports drink per person. The action on the field begins at 5:30 PM. The Activities Department will be at the stadium selling Activity Passes and Reserved Football seats.

Calling All Oskaloosa Deer Hunters

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The Urban Deer Hunting season is approaching and the season is to be held within the Oskaloosa city limits. The hunting season will run from September 16th, 2017 through January 10th, 2018. During this season, qualified hunters will be allowed to harvest deer within the city limits using bows and arrows.

Bow hunters interested in participating in this hunting season are required to pass an archery proficiency test, consisting of 5 shots, made from 20 yards. Hunters must score at least 80{99cd714f394079a7f0ed2eb1518dd31342ff3ceb5b6c267c3ad8acd5b5a7d66b} accuracy, within an 8-inch circle target, to qualify for this hunt. Hunters are allowed two attempts to pass this test.

Two testing dates have been set for this upcoming season. This Testing will be held at “After Hours Archery” located at 216 North B Street. The dates and times for this testing are: Thursday, August 31st, from 7 PM to 8:30 PM and Saturday, September 2nd, from 10 AM to 11:30 AM.

Any hunter interested in participating in this hunting season must attend, and pass, one of these proficiency test. Hunters need to bring a current form of identification and their current/valid Iowa hunting license with them to this testing.

The Oskaloosa Urban Deer Management Program has an established set of rules, which each hunter must follow, to participate in this program.

During the previous season (2016/2017) hunters harvested 20 deer within the Oskaloosa City Limits. This was a 18{99cd714f394079a7f0ed2eb1518dd31342ff3ceb5b6c267c3ad8acd5b5a7d66b} increase from the 2015/2016 season when 17 deer were harvested. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources has allotted up to 100 licenses to be used during the 2017/2018 city season.

Anyone with questions regarding this program is encouraged to contact Officer David Wilke, of the Oskaloosa Police Department, by calling (641) 673-3201 ext. 5906 or by email at: david.wilke@oskaloosaiowa.org

Below is the list of hunting rules within the city of Oskaloosa.

Deer Hunting Rules

Oskaloosa Football Looking to Make It Back to the Playoffs in 2017

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Yesterday, we took a look at the Game of the Week schedule for the football season, which will be heard on 104.9 FM KBOE, kboeradio.com, and the KBOE mobile app.

Today, we’ll take a peek at the Oskaloosa Indians football schedule, which as always, can be heard on 99.5 FM/740 AM KMZN, with live video on radiokmzn.com, and the KMZN mobile app.

Osky gets to open their season against their archrival Pella at home on August 25th. In case you’ve been under a rock the last few years, Pella has won the last three Class 3A state championships in football while going 41-0. If you go back to the start of the 2013 season, Pella is 52-1 on the gridiron.

While this seems daunting, Oskaloosa has improved in several aspects over the last few seasons and a great 7-3 year in 2016 under first year Head Coach Jake Jenkins gives the Indians a reason to hope for similar success in 2017. That all starts against a new cast of characters for the Little Dutch, who beat Osky Week 1 of the regular season and in the first round of the playoffs last year.

That Week 1 matchup will be a huge contest, but it is a non-district game, so it will have limited implications for the playoffs. Osky will follow that with a road game against Grinnell in Week 2, which the Indians should be favored.

The Indians start Class 3A District 5 play with a Week 3 matchup against Fort Madison at home, another game that Osky will be expected to win.

Week 4 will be a date with Mount Pleasant on the road, and while the Indians handled the Panthers last year, this game could get tricky. Same will be said for the Week 5 home matchup against Solon, who won the district last year.

Week 6 is another tricky road game against Fairfield followed by a Week 7 home game against Keokuk.

Washington gets to host Osky this year in Week 8 and they will be looking for revenge for their one point loss in Oskaloosa last year which kept them out of the playoffs.

The Oskaloosa regular season will wrap up on the road against West Burlington/Notre Dame.

Oskaloosa will likely need to win 6 of the final 7 games to comfortably secure a playoff berth for the second straight year, but that will be no easy feat. Several interesting road games mixed with a tough matchup against Solon at home will test the Indians.

If Osky does fall twice during district play and finds themselves on the outside looking in, that Pella game could loom large. A win in that game to snap the 41-game winning streak of the Dutch could go a long ways to helping Osky grab one of the two wild card playoff spots in Class 3A.

As mentioned, all of the action this season can be heard on 99.5 FM/740 AM KMZN with a live video stream on radiokmzn.com and the KMZN mobile app every Friday night with help from the Oskaloosa Video Production program at OHS and MCG. Pregame will start at 7 PM with kickoff every week at 7:30.

The Mahaska County School Candidates Have Been Released

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Running for Board Director in District #2 is Shelly Herr, who is currently incumbent and District #4 is Arvin DeBeof, also incumbent. For District #5, the candidate is Margaret A. Ratcliff.

Two candidates for School Board Director District #5 is  Tom Richardson, incumbent, and Lynette Stream.

At-Large candidates include Carl Drost, incumbent, and Kym Life.

The Indian Hills Community College Director District #1 is Beth A Danowsky, incumbent.

All positions will be filled after the School Election scheduled for September 12, 2017 and each will have a term ending in the year 2021.

 

 

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