Henry County Supervisors Agenda, 08.15.24

By Allison Jacobs · Tuesday, August 13th, 2024 at 12:02 pm CDT

Henry County Supervisors

100 E Washington St Ste 202

Mt Pleasant IA 52641

Fax: 319-385-3601

 

Chad White, Member 319-385-0759

Marc Lindeen, Vice-Chairman 319-385-0760

Greg Moeller, Chairman 319-385-0761

 

AGENDA

August 15, 2024

1.Approve Agenda

2.Approve Minutes

3.Approve Claims

4.Jake Hotchkiss Engineer Weekly Update

5.Caleb Waters, Conservation Monthly Update

6. Henry County Handbook Policy Timesheet Meal Reimbursements

6.Public Comments

Other County Business as time allows

Supervisors Sub-Committee Updates

 

Fort Madison Man Charged With Multiple Felonies

By Allison Jacobs · Tuesday, August 13th, 2024 at 9:29 am CDT

On August 10th The Lee County Narcotics Task Force reported the arrest of a Fort Madison man on felony and misdemeanor drug charges.

Conner Ray Fugate, age 18, of Fort Madison is charged with: Possession of marijuana with the intent to deliver, a class D felony; Possession of cocaine with the intent to deliver, a class C felony; and Possession of drug paraphernalia, a simple misdemeanor.

The charges came after a traffic stop made by the Fort Madison Police Department. During the traffic stop, Officers determined that Conner Fugate was in possession of illegal substances.

The Lee County Narcotics Task Force were assisted by the Fort Madison Police Department and the Lee County Attorney’s Office.

The defendant in this case is presumed innocent until proven guilty.

The Lee County Narcotics Task Force is funded in part by the U.S. Department of Justice and the funds administered by the Iowa Governor’s Office of Drug Control Policy.

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Mark Louis Fedler

By Allison Jacobs · Tuesday, August 13th, 2024 at 7:50 am CDT

Mark Louis Fedler, 73, of Danville, died Saturday, August 10, 2024 at his home, surrounded by his family. He was born in Ft. Madison on October 26, 1950 to Edmund G. and Delores Elizabeth Spiekermeier Fedler.  On August 2, 1986 he married Barbara Kay Crouch at First Baptist Church in Danville.

He attended St. Mary Catholic Schools and graduated in 1968 from Marquette High School in West Point.  He attended Indian Hills Community College in the culinary arts program following his Navy service.

Mark joined the Navy February 3, 1970 in Des Moines, Iowa where he was sent to boot camp in San Diego.  He went to Steward School, served two years at Guantanamo Bay, then two years aboard an aircraft carrier where he was the Steward’s Cook.  He was discharged February 3, 1974.  After high school, he worked at Freuhauf in Ft. Madison for six months before enlisting in the service, then returned to Freuhauf after serving his country, then quit to go into law enforcement.  He served the towns of Centerville, Columbus Junction, Middletown, and retired as the police chief of Danville after twenty-seven years and nine months of service.  During this time, he was also a cook at Jack Hamilton’s Supper Club.  Mark worked for his sister frying fish at Charleston, Schaefer Golf Course Restaurant and Aggies On The Square in West Point.

After retiring he drove a bus for the Danville school district and also worked in their kitchen, then drove a bus for the New London school district for four years.

He enjoyed fishing and mushroom hunting with Luke, Natalie and Hailey; in his earlier years spending time with his nieces and nephews; driving school busses; running the time clock for basketball games; and playing with his grand puppies Connor and Huxley.

He was a member of the Lion’s Club, Southeast Iowa Gas Engine Club, Casebine Credit Union Board of Directors and Danville City Council.  He and his wife, Barb were inducted onto the Honor Wall at the Danville Hall of Fame in 2022.

Besides his wife Barb of Danville, he is survived by his daughter Jennifer (Luke) Parrott of Middletown; granddaughters Hailey Nicole and Natalie Corrine; siblings, Connie (Glenn) Ferrell of Fairfield, Pat Becker of Blue Grass, Kathy Hedger of Ft. Madison, Steve Fedler of Des Moines, John (Gina) Fedler of Mantua, Ohio, Mary (Kirk) Shannon of Stockport, Susie Gelsthorpe of Donnellson, Chuck (Kim) Fedler of New Haven, Indiana, Aggie (Bob) Anderson of Donnellson, and Tim (Shari) Fedler of Nokomis, Florida; brothers-in-law George Olsen of Sherman, Texas and Brian Humphrey of South Sioux City, Nebraska; aunt Lorene Fedler of West Point;  mother-in-law Doris Crouch of Danville; sister-in-law Peggy (Doug) Fraise of Danville; brother-in-law John (Kerry) Crouch of Yarmouth; many nieces, nephews, and great-nieces and nephews; and his fur-daughter “Miss Bailey”.

He was preceded in death by his parents; two sisters, Christine Olsen and Lori Humphrey; two brothers, Ted Fedler and Ed, Jr. Fedler; father-in-law Lester Crouch; brother-in-law Jerry Becker; sister-in-law Pam Fedler; and nephew Mike Hedger.

According to his wishes, his body has been cremated and a Celebration of Life will be held at 1:00 pm Saturday, August 17, 2024 at Elliott Chapel, New London.  Pastor Monte Knudson will officiate.  The family will receive friends from 10:00 am until the time of the service.  A memorial has been established.  Online condolences may be left at www.elliottfuneralchapel.com.

Marlene Marie Reid

By Allison Jacobs · Tuesday, August 13th, 2024 at 7:50 am CDT

Marlene Marie Reid, 87, of New London, died Sunday, August 11, 2024 at her home.  Funeral services will be held at 11:00 am, Friday, August 16, 2024 at Elliott Chapel, New London with Rev. David Mixon officiating.  Visitation will begin at noon on Thursday at Elliott Chapel with the family greeting friends from 5:00 – 7:00 pm.  Memorials have been established for New London Rescue Unit, New London United Methodist Church, and EveryStep Hospice.  Online condolences may be left at www.elliottfuneralchapel.com.

Danville Man Arrested, Heroin Found

By Allison Jacobs · Tuesday, August 13th, 2024 at 6:57 am CDT
On August 8, 2024, at approximately 11:45 p.m., a Des Moines County Deputy stopped a vehicle at Vine and S. Central Avenue for an abnormally loud exhaust and failure to obey a stop sign. The driver was identified as Paul Swartzlander, age 46, of Danville. During the traffic stop, a Des Moines County K-9 Unit conducted an open-air sniff around the vehicle and alerted to the odor of narcotics.
Deputies then searched the vehicle, locating multiple items of drug paraphernalia, a powdery substance, and a wax substance, later field tested positive for heroin.
Swartzlander was placed under arrest and charged with possession of controlled substance- third offense, possession of drug paraphernalia and failure to obey stop sign.
A CRIMINAL CHARGE IS MERELY AN ACCUSATION AND THE DEFENDANT IS PRESUMED INNOCENT UNTIL AND UNLESS PROVEN GUILTY.
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Two Arrests in Burlington Following Traffic Stop

By Allison Jacobs · Tuesday, August 13th, 2024 at 6:39 am CDT
On August 8, 2024, at approximately 10:48 p.m., a Des Moines County Deputy stopped a vehicle at Highway 61 and Sunnyside Avenue for an improper turn. The driver was identified as Kevin Coffel, age 47, of Burlington. During the traffic stop, Coffel advised the Deputy he had marijuana on his person, and he did not have a valid driver’s license. Additionally, passenger was identified as Michelle Young, age 46, of Ft. Madison, IA. She advised she too had marijuana on her person.
After a search of the vehicle, suspected marijuana was located along with multiple items of drug paraphernalia.
Deputies ran Mr. Coffel’s information through dispatch, where they advised he had an active Des Moines County Warrant. Coffel was placed under arrest for the local warrant and additionally charged with possession of marijuana- first offense, possession of drug paraphernalia and no valid driver’s license. Young was charged with possession of controlled substance, marijuana- second offense and possession of drug paraphernalia.
A CRIMINAL CHARGE IS MERELY AM ACCISATION AND THE DEFENDANT IS PRESUMED INNOCENT UNTIL AND UNLESS PROVEN GUILTY.
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Traffic Stop Leads to Arrest

By Allison Jacobs · Tuesday, August 13th, 2024 at 6:32 am CDT

On August 8, 2024, at approximately 10 p.m., a Des Moines County Deputy stopped a vehicle at Highway 61 and Sunnyside Avenue for an improper turn. The driver was identified as Kevin Coffel, age 47, of Burlington. During the traffic stop, Coffel advised the Deputy he had marijuana on his person, and he did not have a valid driver’s license. Additionally, passenger was identified as Michelle Young, age 46, of Ft. Madison, IA. She advised she too had marijuana on her person.

After a search of the vehicle, suspected marijuana was located along with multiple items of drug paraphernalia.

Deputies ran Mr. Coffel’s information through dispatch, where they advised he had an active Des Moines County Warrant. Coffel was placed under arrest for the local warrant and additionally charged with possession of marijuana- first offense, possession of drug paraphernalia and no valid driver’s license. Young was charged with possession of controlled substance, marijuana- second offense and possession of drug paraphernalia.

 

A CRIMINAL CHARGE IS MERELY AM ACCISATION AND THE DEFENDANT IS PRESUMED INNOCENT UNTIL AND UNLESS PROVEN GUILTY.

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Sports, August 13th

By Slaten Swords · Tuesday, August 13th, 2024 at 6:23 am CDT

High School Football

Danville is gearing up for their second consecutive season after having the program go into hibernation for seven years and for head coach Cody Thompson there’s a new expectation for the Bears after making the playoffs last year,

“So, honestly, I feel like last year everybody was just kind of happy to be there, happy to have it. And I thought we did a really good job of setting the tone, you know, and being a playoff team and winning some games. That and I don’t know if I’d say the pressure is really there, maybe from the outside, right? But I know internally, you know, and we talked to the kids as coaches, right. You know, playoffs are the yearly expectation. That’s where we want to be. We want to win those games you know and continue to play longer than everybody else. So, I’d say we’re raising the standard probably more so than there being a lot of pressure. But I believe we’ve raised the bar and set the standard higher than it’s been in the past.”

WACO will host practice from 5 pm to 8 pm tonight.

Van Buren County will have their practice this week starting at 7 am and going to 10 am. 

Winfield-Mt. Union’s “Meet the Players” will take place on Wednesday, August 21st, at 6:30 pm.

Mt. Pleasant will have their “Meet the Panthers” night on Friday, August 23rd, starting with an intrasquad volleyball game at the high school gym at 5 pm. The football team will scrimmage Danville at 7:30 pm.

High School Volleyball

WACO will practice tonight from 5 to 8 pm. The student-athletes need a current physical and concussion form. 

Van Buren County will have their practice starting at 4:30 pm. 

High School Cross Country

New London will practice this week with a 9 am start time. Junior high runners are encouraged to join the high school practices for extra conditioning as their first practice is scheduled for Friday, August 23rd, at 4 pm. Head coach Bridget Swails enjoyed the relaxed nature of summer runs and believes that atmosphere will transfer well into the season,

“It tends to grow the team in terms of their friendships and their family oriented atmosphere that cross country kind of brings and so it gives us an opportunity to like we went to Geode a few times and ran and we can go on the van and we ride and it gives us an opportunity for the kids to be relaxed and joke around and realize that running can be fun, but also then have a purpose in getting some training in in the process.”

Fairfield will continue having practice at 7:45 am at Waterworks for the week.

Mt. Pleasant will continue their team camp today. 

Van Buren County will start their practice at 4 pm at the track.

IHSAA and IGHSAU News

The Iowa High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) and Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union (IGHSAU) announced that boys’ golf and girls’ tennis will move from the spring sport season to the fall for the 2025-26 school year. The move was made to even out a crowded spring season. Boys’ golf for Classes 3A, 2A, and 1A and girls’ tennis will still play in the spring this year.

In other news, basketball has eliminated the closely guarded “five seconds” rule for the upcoming winter season in conjunction with the NFHS rules for states using shot clocks. Additionally, substate final games for Classes 3A and 4A will be hosted by the higher-seeded teams.

The individual bowling tournament will bowl out to eighth place, similar to the team tournament. There’s also discussion about splitting the boys’ and girls’ bowling season.

College Football

The University of Iowa will officially kick off the season on Saturday, August 31st, at home against Illinois State at 11 am.

Iowa State will take on North Dakota on August 31st at 2:30 pm at home.

Award Watch List

Iowa’s vaunted defense is getting their due recognition before the season as Sebastian Castro, Jay Higgins, and Nick Jackson were all placed on the Chuck Bednarik Award watch list, the award is given to the most outstanding defensive player in the nation.

Castro is a ball hawk in the secondary with a team leading eight pass break-ups and three interceptions last year. Higgins led the Big Ten and ranked third in the nation with 171 total tackles. Lastly, Jackson totaled 110 tackles, which ranked fourth in the Big Ten.

Iowa State’s Jeremiah Cooper was also named to the Chuck Bednarik Award watch list after nabbing five interceptions last year, which ranked second in the Big 12, and knocked away 10 passes–a mark that ranked fourth in the nation.

This Day in Sports History

1910 – The Brooklyn Superbas and the Pittsburgh Pirates play “the game of perfect symmetry” in baseball to tie 8-8, both have 13 hits, 2 errors, 12 assists, 5 strikeouts, 3 walks, 1 hit baseman, and 1 passed ball.

1932 – Yankees hurler Red Ruffing became the first MLB pitcher since 1906 to hit an extra-inning, game-winning home run in New York’s 1-0 win over the Senators in Washington.

1993 – Blue Jay Rickey Henderson pays Turner Ward $25,000 for his #24.