ROAD CLOSINGS UPDATE
(Le Mars) — The Plymouth County Secondary Roads Department will be closing county road C-70 from Highway 75 to Imperial Road on Monday, May 1st.
The closure is so the Burlington Northern Railroad can make repairs to a railroad crossing. It is expected the road will be closed for a duration of two days.
IOWA CITY AUTHORITIES INVESTIGATE POSSIBLE LINK TO WIESELER DEATH
Iowa City Police have arrested two suspects on robbery, burglary, and kidnapping charges and say they are investigating to see if the incidents are connected to the death of a former Sioux City man.
Authorities say on Sunday, 21 year old Christopher Bertling and 20 year old Joseph Williams allegedly entered a victim’s residence, displayed a knife and informed the victim he was being robbed.
Police say the two suspects then assaulted the victim, fled with his wallet and a large amount of prescription medication.
Investigators say on Wednesday, Williams allegedly made contact with a female over a money dispute, assaulted her, took her cell phone and demanded she take him to the bank to give him money from her checking account.
Iowa City Police say they are now investigating to see if there is a link to last Sunday’s death of Jonathan Wieseler, formerly of Sioux City, who was found shot to death in his bail bond office.
Bertling and Williams are charged with Burglary in the First Degree and Robbery in the First Degree for the incident on April 23rd.
Williams was charged with Kidnapping, Robbery in the second Degree and Theft in the Third Degree for the incident that occurred on April 26th.
REGULATIONS FOR “5G REVOULUTION” IN IOWA
Backers of a bill that easily passed the Iowa legislature earlier this month say it’s designed to bring the digital “5-G revolution” into Iowa.
That’s Senator Dan Zumbach (ZUM-bah), a Republican from Ryan. The bill sets up a new framework for where things called “small cells” may be placed. It’s NOT a tower, but is basically a piece of equipment attached to things like already-existing utility poles.
These “small cells” dramatically boost internet speed. Some city and county officials have raised concerns about new “clusters” of this equipment creating hazards or messy views for nearby residents. Zumbach says the bill resolved some of those objections, plus it will let techology companies apply for BATCHES of permits for these “small cells” all at once.
A 5-G network offers peak speeds of 400 megabits per second. That’s four times faster than a 4-G network. Existing 3-G and 4-G networks are increasingly “congested” — causing buffering issues for video and even preventing some users from logging on. “Small cell” technology allows clusters of the devices to tap into hard-fiber networks and dramatically increase connection speeds.
A-T-and-T announced it would establish 5-G networks in Austin, Texas and Indianapolis soon. Verizon has said it intends to get into 5-G territory this year as well. The world’s first 5-G networks are operating in Korea and Germany.
TRACTOR ROLLOVER IN SOUTHWEST IOWA
RED OAK, Iowa (AP) – Firefighters in southwestern Iowa have rescued a man trapped under an overturned tractor.
The accident happened early Friday morning at Red Oak, Iowa. Crews were sent to the area around 6:15 a.m. for a report of a tractor rollover and a person trapped.
Arriving firefighters found a tractor on its top with a man underneath. Crews used special inflatable bags to lift the tractor and get the man out.
He was taken to a local hospital and later moved to a trauma center in Omaha, Nebraska, about 55 miles west of Red Oak.
Officials have not released the man’s name or medical condition.
