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Northwest Iow man charged with terrorism

March 13, 2009 By

A Rock Rapids man is under arrest after a tip from the F.B.I.’s Joint Terrorism Task Force.

Lyon County Sheriff’s officers say 19-year-old Michael Edward Bauman was arrested Thursday after a search of his home on Thursday. Agents from the F.B.I. and the Iowa Intelligence Fusion Center as well as local deputies conducted the search.

Authorities seized a number of computers and guns. Bauman is accused of threatening to blow up a television relay tower, burn down a business and kill law enforcement officers.

Bauman is charged with a "Class D" threat of terrorism and is being held in jail on a $10,000 bond.

Filed Under: Crime & Courts, Fires/Accidents/Disasters, Politics & Government

Man arrested after Delaware County shooting

March 13, 2009 By

Authorities have made an arrest in a shooting that happened in Delaware County northwest of Manchester this morning. The Sheriff’s Office says 50-year old Bob Krogmann of Manchester was taken into custody.

Krogmann allegedly shot his ex-girlfriend at her home with a handgun during an argument. The 48-year old woman, whose name has not yet been released, was taken first to Regional Medical Center in Manchester and then airlifted to University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City.

Krogmann was apprehended near his home shortly after he left the scene of the shooting. He has been taken to the Delaware County Jail and charged with Attempt to Commit Murder. 

Filed Under: Crime & Courts

St. Patrick’s Day starts early in Emmetsburg

March 13, 2009 By

Saint Patrick’s Day isn’t until Tuesday, but many Iowa cities are rolling out the green carpet this weekend, starting the celebration a wee bit early. Emmetsburg is marking its 49th annual Saint Pat’s festival. Organizer Billie Jo Hoffman says special guests arrived in Emmetsburg last night — Irish Senator John Carty, and his wife, Kathrine.

They’ve been to the northwest Iowa town for its celebration of Irish heritage before and plan to make several visits to schools and various events in town. Hoffman says the weekend list of festivities includes the ‘Round the Loch Scholarship Run on Saturday, with a fun run, a 5-K, 10-K and a 13-mile half-marathon.

There’s also a parade starting at 1 P.M. Saturday with nearly 100 entries that’s expected to run two full hours. She says other events will include a host of Irish foods, traditional music, face-painting, rock wall climbing — and something new this year.

There’s a social gathering of the clans and friends of Emmetsburg at the fire station, as so many former residents visit from out-of-town. For more information, call 712- 852-4326 or visit the festival’s website .

Filed Under: Recreation & Entertainment

Latham joins with Wisconsin Democrat to draft bill on nursing shortage

March 13, 2009 By

Congressman Tom Latham is pushing for a new federal program to help ease the nursing shortage. "As the Baby Boomers move into the health care system and need more attention, we’re going to need more and more nurses," Latham says. "And the shortage is critical today and it’s a crisis in the future."

Latham, a Republican from Ames who’s part of Baby Boom generation, has joined with a Democratic congresswoman from Wisconsin to introduce a bill that would give new federal student loan guarantees to those who agree to teach nursing. "Tammy Baldwin, a Democrat from Wisconsin, is co-sponsoring this bill with me and I think that gives it a very good chance to have a bipartisan bill that will move through congress," Latham says. "And whether it stands alone or becomes part of a larger health care reform bill, that would be fine also, but we’ve got to make sure that we address this nursing shortage."

According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, American hospitals and other health care facilities today have unfilled openings for about 200,000 nurses. "The shortage we have today for nurses — throughout Iowa, about 2000 short; in 10 years it’ll be about 10,000 short; nationwide about a million short of nurses. The problem is…the lack of faculty in the teaching schools," Latham says. "And so what this does is give the RN’s today a chance — a scholarship, in essence — so they can go on and further their education so they can go on and become faculty."

According to Latham, Registered Nurses currently have little incentive to become instructors because the average salary of a professor of nursing is 20 percent less than what an R.N. earns by providing direct care to patients. Latham contends the loan repayment plan proposed in the bill would help "offset that gap" and prompt more nurses to choose to teach others who want to enter the profession.

Under Latham’s bill, Registered Nurses could get a federal loan repayment of up to $40,000 to earn a master’s degree or up to double that much to get a doctorate in nursing.

Latham and Congresswoman Baldwin have talked with officials in the Obama Administration about the proposal. The bill already has the backing of the Service Employees International Union. About 80,000 nurses are members of that union.

 

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NU High faces Rock Valley in 1A title

March 13, 2009 By

The Class 1A championship at the boys’ state tournament will feature last year’s champ against the top ranked team. Fifth ranked Cedar Falls NU High bids for a second straight title even though their are a number of new faces on this team.

Junior forward Tanner Cook says they always felt they could get back, but noone expected them to get back after graduating so many seniors. Panther coach Paul Elser says this was their preseason goal and he credits the younger guys for pushing the older guys. He says he experience of last year really helped them get back and defend the title.

Number one Rock Valley advanced to the title game after a semifinal round win over third rated Iowa Mennonite. Junior forward Marcus Heemstra had 25 points in the win and looks forward to playing in the title game. Heemstra says it’s everything he dreamed up and he can’t wait to go out and play one more time.

The Rockets will be in search of their third state title and the first since 1998. 

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Woman shot in Delaware County

March 13, 2009 By

Authorities are investigating a shooting that happened this morning in rural Delaware County. The Sheriff’s Office says it happened around 9:30 am northwest of Manchester on 165th Street.

A woman was taken to Regional Medical Center in Manchester with gunshot wounds. A man has been taken into custody. The names of those involved are not being released at this time. The shooting appears to have been a domestic dispute.

The Delaware County Sheriff’s Office and the State Department of Criminal Investigation are investigating this case.

 

Filed Under: Crime & Courts

Supreme Court rules in the case of the wayward bat

March 13, 2009 By

The Iowa Supreme Court has ruled in a case involving a flying bat at a baseball game. Eight-year-old Tara Sweeney was hit and injured by a flying baseball bat at a minor league game while on a field trip sponsored by the Bettendorf Parks and Recreation Department.

Sweeney’s mother, Cynthia, sued, but the district court ruled a permission slip she’d signed released the city from liability. The Iowa Supreme Court ruled the permission slip did not protect the city from claims of negligence. The court also said the idea there’s an inherent risk in attending a baseball game also didn’t shield the city from liability.

The High Court did however rule that Sweeney didn’t provide enough evidence the city lacked direct supervision of the kids. Justice Mark Cady disagreed, saying a supervisor should have a responsibility to care for the safety of children while at the ballpark, but not from the risks unique to the game.

The judge used a popular baseball poem in his dissent writing: "Just as there was no joy in Mudville the day the mighty Casey struck out, there is no joy on this day around Iowa’s ballparks. The majority has taken a mighty swing at the correct result in this case and missed by a mile." 

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