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Audio: American Legion membership drive now underway

Major Dale Stepp American Legion Post 31 of Trenton is seeking new members. Adjutant Arnie Arneson says Congress changed American Legion membership eligibility last year to include anyone who was in the military and had an honorable discharge. Veterans previously had to be in the service during wartime to belong. Arneson believes anyone who gave […]

Child Porn Charges

Brookfield man facing 33 counts of child porn possession and two counts of sexual exploitation of a child

A Brookfield man has been charged in Linn County with 33 counts of felony possession of child pornography—first offense. Forty-four-year-old James Dean Jackson also faces two felony counts of sexual exploitation of a minor child and one count of possession of child pornography—second and subsequent offense or possession of more than 20 pictures, one film, […]

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Albany man charged with first degree stalking

An Albany man has been charged in Gentry County with two counts of felony stalking—first degree—first offense, after allegedly making more than 1,200 prank phone calls. The prank phone calls were made to the parents of someone he was previously in a romantic relationship with. Twenty-year-old Mathew Cole Goodpasture’s bond was set at $4,950 cash […]