The Annual Feed a Farmer event will be held this Friday, October 11^th. Farmers are invited to the Chem-Gro in Salem, and the AgriCenter and Becks, both in Mt. Pleasant, between noon and 3pm. A sack lunch will be provided with your choice of hamburger or cheeseburger, as well as a bag of chips, a cookie, and a water. If you need your food delivered because you are busy with harvest, call Kaylen if you are in the Salem/Houghton area at 319 931 6659, or Alexis at 319 850 9767. If you are in the Mt. Pleasant area, call Briar at 319 217 1407.

This annual event is hosted by the Mt. Pleasant FFA and sponsored by the Mabeus Family and Hy-Vee.

The Burlington Police Department is asking for help from the public in a shooting investigation. Just after midnight on Sunday, October 6^th, Burlington Police Officers responded to a report of bullet holes in a vehicle in the 1000 block of North 7^th St. The Burlington Criminal Investigation Division collected evidence as is investigating the incident. If you have any information, please call the Burlington Police Department at 319 671 7001. You can also call the Crimestoppers at 319 753 6835, in which you may be eligible for a cash reward.

At approximately 3:45pm on Sunday, October 6th, the Washington Police Department responded to several calls of a reported motor vehicle accident with shots fired in the 200 block of West Madison Street.

A Washington Police Officer observed both vehicles leaving the scene eastbound on Madison Avenue with one of the vehicles attached to the other. Both vehicles eventually came to a stop, just north of the intersection of East Washington and South 9th.

It was reported that a Chevrolet Silverado driven by Aaron Kron, age 27, of Riverside backed his vehicle into a Chevrolet Suburban near the intersection of West Madison and South Ave. B.

Kron drove away from the scene with the Suburban still attached to his vehicle as a passenger in the Suburban, Daegan Brown, age 24, of Brighton fired a handgun at the Kron vehicle.

There were no injuries reported in the accident or the shooting incident.

Kron was arrested and charged with Assault While Displaying a Dangerous Weapon and Brown was arrested and charged with Intimidation With a Dangerous Weapon. Both were transported to the Washington County Jail.

The incident remains under investigation.

The Washington Police Department was assisted by the Washington County Sheriff’s Office, Washington County Communications, Washington Fire & EMS, and Moore’s Towing.

On Oct 6^th, 2024, the Burlington Fire Department was dispatched at 6:26 am for a report of a porch on fire at 540 S. Central Ave. Burlington, IA. Burlington firefighters arrived at 6:30 am to find fire showing from the front and rear of the residence.

The property is owned by David Sherbondy and is a two-story multi-family residential complex with four residential rental units. The property was insured at the time of this incident. All occupants escaped the fire due to working smoke alarms.

Burlington Fire Department was assisted by Alliant Energy and Gas, Danville Fire Department, West Burlington Fire Department, Burlington Police Department, Burlington CID, and American Redcross. All units cleared the scene at 11:45 am.

There were no civilian or firefighter injuries reported during this incident.

The cause of the fire remains under investigation. If you have any information relating to this case, contact the Burlington Fire Department at (319) 753-8396. Updates to this incident will be made available by the Fire Marshal.

A Lee County man was sentenced to 30 years in prison on Friday, after being found guilty of sexual abuse and incest.

39-year-old Daniel Jannusch of Donnelson was found guilty in August by a jury. He had been a Lee County EMT for 10 years. In October 2023, the state’s Bureau of Emergency Medical and Trauma Services issued an emergency order suspending Jannusch’s paramedic license on the grounds that he posed “an immediate danger to the public health, safety, and welfare.”

Police allege that the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services was investigating a case last August when the agency discovered Jannusch had “told several persons about an incident involving a minor child.”

The 10-year-old victim was interviewed, and according to police, Jannusch committed unspeakable acts. He also admitted to coworkers that the incident happened. Parole won’t come for atleast 17 and a half years, and he will also have to register as a sex offender for his lifetime.