City weighs pig at large in Pleasant Hill home
Pleasant Hill residents clash with city over Barb Stirling's 150 pound pet pig named George kept in a four bedroom home. The city council refused an exception citing a ban on pigs, leaving Stirling a month to rehome or face a 250 daily fine. Neighbors fear property values drop and others may claim similar exemptions.
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Jason Dively
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Lory Rieger
Stirlings
Iowa AG to probe land sale linked to Ankeny license site
Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller said he will investigate the land deal tied to the move of Polk County’s license station to Ankeny. The $15,072 per acre purchase by Bill Knapp and Dennis Elwell from the Ankeny-Des Moines Aviation Exposition lacked public input, with no appraisal or open bidding.
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Iowa
Tom Miller
Polk County
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Elwell
Paul
Mark Wandro
Wandro
Miller
Knapp-Elwell
Ed Fallon
Attorney General’s Office
Fallon
Tom Vilsack
Aviation Expo
Knapp Associates
Knapp and Elwell
Untimely question sparks arrest of Michigan fugitive
Des Moines AP reports Stewart Jenkins, 33, a parolee wanted in Michigan for assault, was arrested after he challenged a plain clothes officer with a handgun. The incident started when Jenkins asked the officer, “what's up?” and then produced a .38 caliber pistol. Police recovered $700 and crack at Jenkins’s person, and $8,000 plus 15 grams of crack were found at his house. Jenkins faces drug and weapons charges and arraignment is planned for Friday.
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Patrick Hickey
Hickey
Stewart Jenkins
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Jenkins
Police chase collision kills 15 year old in Perry
Teresa Fagen of rural Perry was killed when a suspect’s 2004 red Dodge pickup collided with her vehicle during a police chase. Joseph Long 35 of Perry is held on multiple charges as Iowa troopers investigate.
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Teresa Fagen
Fagen
Joseph P. Long
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Iowa State Patrol
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Fort Dodge
Timothy Lee Jamell
Iowa Department of Corrections
Jamell
Webster County
Suspect Arrested in Avoca Police Officer Attack
Avoca resident AVOCA Scott Yonkie age 23 was arrested on charges of willful injury and assault on a peace officer after allegedly striking Avoca Officer Chad Dennler in an attack near an area elementary school. Dennler was knocked unconscious and later treated for a concussion after pursuing the suspect.
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Yonkie
Pottawattamie County
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Dennler
Jeff Danker
Danker
Associated Press
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