Iowa Lottery retailers will likely see a boost in business today. The Powerball and Hot Lotto games both have big jackpots for tonight’s drawings. Iowa Lottery C.E.O. Terry Rich says sales have been especially brisk at the lottery’s booth inside the Varied Industries Building on the Iowa State Fairgrounds.
Three of the lottery’s four terminals at the Iowa State Fair ended up as the top three retail spots in the state for lottery ticket sales leading up to Saturday night’s drawings. The fourth terminal at the fair also landed in the top ten for sales, accompanied by five lottery retailers on Iowa’s eastern border.
“We really get a lot of business from the Mississippi River towns like Clinton, Dubuque, Davenport and Burlington because Illinois does not have Powerball,” Rich said. “A lot of people come across the border with business into the state of Iowa.” The drawing for tonight’s Powerball jackpot is for an estimated $245-million, the 10th largest jackpot in the history of the game.
The Hot Lotto jackpot is up to an estimated $16.4 million, the second largest jackpot ever offered in that game.
by Ric Hanson, KJAN, Atlantic
(This story updated at 11:30, see info below)
Yet another crop dusting plane has crashed in Iowa. A crash that took place near the Audubon airport Tuesday evening marks the 5th time a crop spraying aircraft has gone down in the state this month.
Only one of the crashes resulted in a fatality. According to Audubon County Sheriff Todd Johnson, Tuesday’s accident took place just after 6:30 P.M. The aircraft had just begun to take-off from the Audubon airport when it clipped a tree at the end of the runway and crashed into a cornfield.
The unidentified pilot walked away from the crash uninjured. The plane was carrying only five gallons of ag chemicals and 100-gallons of fuel. The D.N.R. was called in to investigate, along with the F.A.A. Earlier that same day, a crop duster lost power and crashed south of Whittemore, in Kossuth County.
Last Saturday, a crop duster flying from Illinois to North Dakota crashed in Adams County, killing the pilot, who was from California. The other crop dusters crashed August 10th near the Harlan airport in Shelby County, and August 4th near Waterloo.
Update:
Audubon County Sheriff Todd Johnson says the pilot of a crop duster that crashed Tuesday evening near the Audubon Airport has been identified as 49-year old Tony Miles, of Jonesboro, Arkansas. Miles was working for Bets Flying Service.
National Guard (In Federal Status) and Reserve Activated as of August 18, 2009
This week the Army, Marine Corps and Air Force announced an increase in activated reservists, while the Navy and Coast Guard announced a decrease. The net collective result is 692 more reservists activated than last week.
At any given time, services may activate some units and individuals while deactivating others, making it possible for these figures to either increase or decrease. The total number currently on active duty from the Army National Guard and Army Reserve is 112,758; Navy Reserve, 6,618; Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve, 14,332; Marine Corps Reserve, 8,773; and the Coast Guard Reserve, 624. This brings the total National Guard and Reserve personnel who have been activated to 143,105, including both units and individual augmentees.
A cumulative roster of all National Guard and Reserve personnel who are currently activated may be found at http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Aug2009/d20090818ngr.pdf .
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
Sgt. 1st Class William B. Woods Jr., 31, of Chesapeake, Va., died Aug. 16 at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Landstuhl, Germany, of wounds suffered when he was shot Aug. 14 while on patrol in Ghanzi, Afghanistan. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 20th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Glen Arm, Md.
For more information media may contact the U.S. Army Special Operations Command public affairs office at (910) 432-6005; after hours (910) 689-6187, or visit http://news.soc.mil .
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
Lance Cpl. Leopold F. Damas, 26, of Floral Park, N.Y., died Aug. 17 while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
For additional background information on this Marine, news media representatives may contact the II Marine Expeditionary Force public affairs office at (910) 451-7200.
One of the standouts of the year for us has been the handmade salami and sausage from Creminelli Fine Meat of Seattle. Shoppers at Pike Place Market already know how special these products are. They are carried by fine food stores nationwide, although not necessarily identified as Creminelli. It’s time for the rest of America to learn the name and demand this delicious line of specialty meats.
The Creminelli family has been producing artisan meat products in Italy since the 1600s, according to family lore. But more recently, in 2007, master artisan Cristiano Creminelli brought the family’s recipes and techniques to America. The pork-based salami and sausages will be a revelation to Americans for whom Old World artisan traditions have long since disappeared. If you have enjoyed fine charcuterie in Italy and long to return to taste them again, they are now ready to visit you, via express delivery (or your local retailer).
All of the Creminelli meats are handmade with choice cuts from select pig breeds raised on small family farms and fed with organic white grains. You can taste the difference—even the fat in the well-marbled pork tastes exceptional. Organic spices complement the beautiful flavor of the natural pork without getting in the way of it. You know you are eating recipes made with skills passed down from generation to generation.
Certain products are simply not to be missed: the truffle salami, made with real truffles, and the Piemonte sausage, redolent of fresh rosemary, are two we don’t want to be without again. Pair them with the simplest foods—bread, cheese, pasta—and fireworks begin. But there’s much, much more to revel in here. Read the full review below.
The U.S. military is shifting its focus from Iraq to Afghanistan. Iowa National Guard spokesman Major Mike Wunn says as many as 50,000 soldiers from across the country will likely be deployed to Afghanistan. That will almost certainly include Iowa soldiers.
“We believe that will continue for the foreseeable future and Iowa will be affected by that down the road,” Wunn said. In the meantime, Wunn says two Iowa transportation units, consisting of 300 total soldiers, are still in Iraq and playing a critical role.
“As we begin our draw down there, there’s a lot of equipment to be moved out of the area,” Wunn said. “The Iowans that are over are really focused on trying to get that equipment out of Iraq. That’s a team effort and involves a lot of different units.” Up to now, the transportation units have provided support for U.S. convoys in Iraq.
The soldiers are due back in Iowa in a few months. Another Iowa National Guard unit has just returned from Afghanistan. Its mission was to help train the Afghan military.
by Pat Powers, KQWC, Webster City
An attempt to escape by two inmates at the Webster County Jail in Fort Dodge failed early Sunday morning. The incident started at around two o’clock when 25-year-old Amanda Kay Bever overpowered a female correctional officer.
Bever then choked the officer to the point of incapacitation. She then took the officer’s flashlight used for night time cell checks and used it as a weapon striking her repeatedly on and around the head. Bever then took the correctional officer’s keys and opened the door of a cell housing 23-year-old Rochelle Watts.
The pair left the jail and escaped down the stairwell leading to the first floor lobby of the Webster County Law Enforcement Center. Both Bever and Watts were apprehended on the second floor of the building by a male correctional officer and two Fort Dodge police officers. The correctional officer assaulted was taken to Trinity Regional Medical Center for treatment and later released.
by Nicole Agee, KCRG-TV, Cedar Rapids
An eastern Iowa woman is recovering in a Cedar Rapids hospital after surviving five days, trapped on a small raft on the Wapsipinicon River. A man who lives along the river spotted 63-year-old Jeanne Schnepp of Hale waving her arm from the raft Monday afternoon.
Schnepp went missing last Wednesday during a fishing trip. Her son, Cory Schnepp, says he had been searching for his mother and likely drove past her moments before she was found. “About 10 minutes after I pulled the boat up out of the water, we got a phone call saying that they had found her about a mile down the river,” Cory said.
Larry Williams, who lives in a cabin on the river, was planning to go fishing when he spotted the woman on the raft.
Cory says his mother put the raft in the water, but the current was stronger than she thought and the raft ended up caught in some brush – out of view from search boats on the river. “She could hear the boats going by and she tried yelling and waving, but she was down in such a big hole that nobody could see her from the water,” Cory said.
Jeanne survived five days with just two cans of pop and a bottle of water. Her son says, other than a severe sunburn and dehydration, his mother is doing well. Cory says he was hoping for this outcome, but was prepared for something much worse after Jones County Sheriff’s deputies found her truck and personal belongings last week, but not his mother.
Jeanne Schnepp could be released from the hospital this week.
by Scott Van Aartsen, KIWA, Sheldon
Authorities in northwest Iowa have made an arrest in connection with a 31-year-old murder investigation. An elderly rural Inwood man has been arrested in connection with the Wilma June Nissen cold case homicide investigation in Lyon County.
The murder happened in 1978. Lyon County Sheriff’s officials are not saying the subject is a suspect in the case. Sheriff Blythe Bloemendaal reports that 82-year-old John W.
VanGammeren of rural Inwood was arrested for six counts of perjury, all class-D felonies. A class-D felony is punishable by up to five years in prison per count, for a total of up to 30 years. Bond was set at $5,000.
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