Plymouth County Freedom Rock To Be Dedicated
(Kingsley) — Plymouth County’s Freedom Rock is scheduled to be dedicated this afternoon at the Kingsley Community Center. The dedication ceremonies will take place at 4:00 p.m. Curt Moodie serves as the Post Commander for the Kingsley American Legion. He says the artist, Bubba Sorenson, has a few other Freedom Rocks within the area.
Moodie says the Freedom Rock portrays veteran heros from Plymouth County dating back to the Civil War.
Moodie says the Kingsley American Legion was able to secure the Freedom Rock to be located in Kingsley by beating out the Le Mars American Legion by an hour with its application.
Later this evening, Kingsley will hold a street dance from
8:00 p.m. to midnight.
Plymouth County Authorities Arrest Le Mars Man For Drug Possession
(Le Mars) — The Plymouth County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Le Mar man for possession of drugs. The arrest was made on Tuesday when 31-year old Stephen D. Messelhiser, was arrested at the intersection of county road C-30 & Otter Ave.,
after a report of suspicious activity. Messelhiser was arrested and charged with Possession of Methamphetamine (aggravated misdemeanor) and Possession of Marijuana (serious misdemeanor). Mr. Messelhiser was transported and booked
into the Plymouth County Jail where bond was set at $2000.
Spirit Lake Man Arrested Following Stabbing Incident
SPIRIT LAKE, Iowa (AP) – Authorities say a northwestern Iowa man has been charged with attempted murder and other counts after police say he stabbed two people.
Spirit Lake police say that on Friday that 29-year-old Nicholas Thompson, of Spirit Lake, had been charged.
Police were called at 5 p.m. Thursday to a home for a report of that a person had been stabbed.
Police say two people were injured. Their names have not been released. One person was taken to a local hospital and later flow to a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, hospital. The other person declined medical treatment. Thompson, who remains in the Dickinson County Jail, has been charged with attempted murder and going armed with intent.
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Iowa Supreme Court Reverses Lower Court Ruling
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) – A divided Iowa Supreme Court has overturned orders requiring an ethanol company to pay $2.5 million to a lab manager who suffered severe workplace sexual harassment from her boss.
The court said Friday that jurors who ordered Homeland Energy Solutions to pay Tina Haskenhoff $1.4 million in damages for back pay and emotional distress were given faulty instructions during the monthlong 2014 trial.
The ruling also overturns a post-trial decision requiring the company, which operates an ethanol plant in Lawler, to pay $846,000 to Haskenhoff’s attorneys and $240,000 in front pay. It orders a new trial.
Justice Thomas Waterman says Haskenhoff experienced an “unseemly and unprofessional” work environment, which included a supervisor who repeatedly talked about her breasts, clothing and sexual activities. But he says the company should be allowed to argue that it took prompt corrective action once it
was reported.
Des Moines Woman Arrested After Setting Fire To Mosque
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – A 22-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of starting a small fire at a Des Moines mosque.
The Des Moines Register reports (https://dmreg.co/2s0L63e ) that the fire at the Islamic Center of Des Moines was reported around 10 a.m. Thursday. Police say the fire was extinguished by mosque staff by the time firefighters arrived.
Police spokesman Sgt. Paul Parizek says security cameras show a woman, later identified as 22-year-old Aisha Ismail, pouring lighter fluid on a carpet and then starting the fire. Ismail was not on scene when police and firefighters arrived, and was arrested at a West Des Moines apartment Thursday evening.
She she’s been charged with first-degree arson and remained jailed Friday on $25,000 bond. An attorney was not listed for her in online court records Friday.
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