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Wednesday News – August 26

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(Sioux City) –    An Illinois man is the third suspect to be sentenced in Sioux City Federal Court for conspiring to steal and sell 15 stolen firearms.  22-year-old Moses Strickland, Jr. from Decatur, Illinois, was sentenced to over six years in prison after pleading guilty in March to conspiracy to possess stolen firearms, possession of stolen firearms, and possession of a firearm by a prohibited person.  Prosecutors say Strickland and 25-year-old Antwon Holeyfield of Sioux City  broke into a victim’s Woodbury County home using an axe and stole 15 guns and other valuables.  They and 21-year-old Anthony Holeyfield of Sioux City then worked together over the next several months to sell the stolen guns.  Antwon Holeyfield was previously sentenced to over three and a half years in prison after a guilty plea to conspiracy to possess stolen firearms and possession of stolen firearms.        Anthony Holeyfield was sentenced to 8 months in prison on similar counts.

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(Sioux City) – Good news for Sioux Gateway Airport.  American Airlines has changed their minds for now on their announcement last week to temporarily drop flights at Sioux Gateway Airport.  Mayor Bob Scott explained the decision at the end of Monday’s city council meeting:

The EAS, or essential air service that the mayor refers to is a federal requirement for airlines to provide air service to certain communities.

Scott says the more people that fly out of Sioux Gateway Airport, the better the chances those flights will continue:

A daily flight to Denver through United Airlines and SkyWest is still set to start on October 14th.

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A Sioux City man has been arrested after he was found sleeping in a car he allegedly stole.

33-year-old Jacob Monell, a transient, is charged with two counts of 1st degree Theft, three counts of Operating without Owner’s Consent, and one count of 3rd Degree Burglary to a Motor Vehicle.

Officers say the owner of a car stolen Saturday in the 1600 block of South Helen Street found the vehicle in the 400 block of Douglas Street, two blocks from police headquarters, around 8 a.m. with Monell asleep in the backseat.

Monell is also suspected of stealing three other vehicles and stripping parts from them in the past two weeks.

He is also charged with burglarizing a vehicle in the parking ramp in the 400 block of Jones Street on August 22nd.

Detectives are continuing their investigation and looking at other vehicle burglaries and thefts Monell may have been involved in.

Monell is being held in the Woodbury County Jail on $25,000 bond.

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Fewer pheasants were taken by Iowa hunters last year, but state officials say the number was still fairly high overall.

           The Iowa Department of Natural Resources says nearly 284,000 roosters were harvested by hunters during the 2019 season, which was the second highest harvest in the last decade.
           That was down from 2018 though, when hunters harvested an estimated 320,000 roosters.
          The D-N-R says the 2019 roadside survey showed Iowa’s pheasant population was 17 percent lower than in 2018, so a reduced harvest was expected.
          Iowa’s quail harvest followed the same trend. Hunters harvested an estimated 20,710 quail last year, with roadside counts showing quail numbers were 36 percent lower than 2018.
          The survey estimated hunters harvested 54,000 rabbits, nearly 89,000 squirrels and nearly 85,000 doves.
          Iowa’s 2020 pheasant season begins October 31st.
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               Honda has agreed to pay more than $85 million in a multistate settlement over allegations the automaker concealed safety issues related to defects in the front airbag systems installed in certain Honda and Acura vehicles sold in the United States.

       The state of Iowa will receive nearly $1.25 million as a result of the settlement.
       The systems were designed and manufactured by Takata, a long-time Honda supplier, and were first installed in Honda vehicles in the 2001 model year.
       Since 2008, Honda has recalled approximately 12.9 million Honda and Acura vehicles equipped with the suspect airbags.
       The ruptures have resulted in at least 14 deaths and over 200 injuries in the United States.
       South Dakota will receive over two million dollars and Nebraska will also receive money in the settlement.
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              Governor Kim Reynolds has designated additional federal coronavirus relief money to support Iowa’s agricultural industry, including six million dollars to help beginning farmers pay off debt.

        Monte Shaw of the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association says the 15-and-a-half million that’s now set aside for biofuels producers comes at a critical time.
        Biofuels plants were not included in previous rounds of federal relief to businesses during the pandemic.
       An ethanol or biodiesel plant will be eligible for a state grant of up to 750-thousand dollars.
       Shaw says it appears Iowa is the first state to use federal CARES Act money to help the renewable fuels industry.
       The governor has also directed the Iowa Economic Development Authority to distribute 60 million dollars to Iowa livestock producers raising hogs, cattle, chicken, turkeys, fish or sheep.
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COVID numbers for August 25, 2020

SIOUXLAND DISTRICT HEALTH REPORTED 10 NEW CASES OF COVID-19 TUESDAY MORNING IN WOODBURY COUNTY, WITH THE TWO WEEK AVERAGE POSITIVE TEST RATE DIPPING TO 9.2 PER CENT. (TOTAL POSITIVE CASES 3969)

EIGHTEEN PEOPLE ARE CURRENTLY HOSPITALIZED LOCALLY WITH CORONAVIRUS RELATED ILLNESSES, TEN ARE COUNTY RESIDENTS.

PLYMOUTH COUNTY HAD SIX NEW POSITVE CASES OUT OF 23 TESTS.  A TOTAL OF 627 POSITIVE TESTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED THERE.

DAKOTA COUNTY REPORTED THREE NEW CASES OF COVID-19 ON TUESDAY OUT OF 89 NEW TESTS. (TOTAL NEGATIVE TESTS NOW AT 7388)

UNION COUNTY REPORTED TWO NEW POSITIVE CORONAVIRUS TESTS, WITH 22 ACTIVE CASES. (TOTAL POSITIVES AT 237)

The number of times incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Joni Ernst and Democratic challenger Theresa Greenfield will debate or meet continues to be uncertain.  Ernst agreed to six debates and will attend an event Wednesday in Spencer hosted by the Spencer Daily Reporter focused on rural Iowa issues.  Greenfield has so far declined to accept an invitation to the event where 4th District congressional candidates J.D. Scholten and Randy Feenstra will also speak.  The event the Ernst campaign calls a debate and others call a political forum will take place at 6:30 PM at the Spencer City Hall.    Greenfield and Ernst have accepted televised debates to take place on October 3rd and the 15th.

 

 

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