The Odd Midwest

Bedford, Indiana Crop Circles

“Crop circles” were spotted near Sandpit and Mitchell roads in Bedford Friday.

- Sent from H - There were some crop circles formed in my town ( Bedford, In) a couple nights ago. They cover about 3 or 4 acres and are on both sides of a road. It's obvious that it wasn't just someone driving around in a field. There are no tracks at all. Everything is smashed down perfect and in the same direction. There are suppose ably a few eye wittinesses who thought they saw something in the sky. Maybe a UFO?   I was wondering if there is any investigators in the Indiana region that would investigate this bizarre happening.

News Story: LAWRENCE COUNTY
Crop circles appear in Bedford cornfield
Flattened crop makes for an odd sight

Some think it was just a publicity stunt due to this video from worldunexplained.com

Mid Missouri at its finest

Story and Photos by Richard Blandd

          File Under: Strange Roadside finds
          Location:  Missouri, strange objects, roadside attractions

      Richard Bland writes: "I spend a great deal of my spare time riding a bicycle.  It provides me physical
fitness as well as mental stability.  While riding, I am often able to soul search
and contemplate many of life's mysteries.  In fact, many times, I find solutions to
the problems created by the fast-paced society of today.  

During the weekend of September 10 and 11, I participated in the 21st annual MS 150
bicycle tour, which took place in Columbia, MO, and the surrounding rural area.  I
truly knew I was in Mid-Missouri when I came upon a quite unique sight.  It left me
pondering some of life's mysteries for the entire weekend.  In fact, I am still
thinking about it a week later.  I'm not sure there is any other explanation then,
"it's Mid-Missouri""    


     (Click to enlarge)





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News of the weird for the week of Aug 29th

Curious Squirrel Knocks Out Power - TOPEKA, Kansas. - A squirrel too curious for its own good caused an outage that left the Statehouse and other downtown Topeka buildings briefly without power Thursday, according to Westar Energy Inc... View: Full Article | Source: AP

From Illinois:
Chicago Tour Showcases Garbage  - Smelly sludge sewage fields and landfills aren't the usual stuff of tours in a city that likes to show off its architecture and lakefront parks. But people are paying $7 to see some of Chicago's less desirable spots on a "Down in the Dumps" tour of more than a dozen garbage sites including a waste water treatment plant, recycling center and landfills. The nearly three-hour bus tour of the far South Side - where landfills rise up like rolling hills - is a chance for residents, environmentalists and visitors to learn more about what happens to garbage.... View: Full Article | Source: AP

Free bags of heroin sicken at least 7 on West Side  - It was free but sickening. Ambulances responded multiple times Tuesday to the same West Side neighborhood after at least seven people became ill after taking freebie bags of heroin, Chicago Police said. Police think the heroin was being offered in the 1400 block of West Hastings. Victims told authorities that they received free heroin in orange baggies and had taken it before getting sick. At least one victim was found passed out with his fists clenched, police spokesman Pat Camden said. It's unclear what was wrong with the heroin, although one possibility is it was more pure than what the... .. View: Full Article | Source: AP

Illinois Man Says Rabbit Saved His Wife   PORT BYRON, Ill. - An Illinois man claims a $10 pet rabbit saved the life of his pregnant wife. Ed Murphy said the rabbit was unusually noisy one night, banging and jumping up and down in her cage View: Full Article | Source: AP

From Missouri:
Girl Turns in Drinking School Bus Driver  - AURORA, Mo. - A teenager took matters into her hands when a substitute school bus driver who smelled of alcohol sped down the road with youngsters in tow, police said. View: Full Article | Source: AP

Missouri Lake Goes Down the Drain Again  - WILDWOOD, Mo. - Did someone pull the plug again? Little more than a year after it practically disappeared overnight, Lake Chesterfield is dwindling again. View: Full Article | Source: AP

From Indiana:
College Posts Sex-Assault Ads in Urinals  - BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - Indiana University is taking a message to prevent sexual assault to an unusual place — men's restrooms. View: Full Article | Source: AP

Handcuffed Woman Shoots Officer's Gun  - EVANSVILLE, Ind. - A handcuffed woman on her way to jail in the back of a police car grabbed an officer's gun and managed to fire one bullet into the floorboard of the car, police said.. View: Full Article | Source: AP

Woman Allegedly Fakes Cancer Again  - BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - A woman sentenced earlier this year to probation for faking cancer and collecting money from fundraisers has been arrested for allegedly deceiving her employers with a similar scheme. View: Full Article | Source: AP

Mysterious Woman Steals 1997 Dissertation  - BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - Neither police nor Indiana University's Math Department have yet been able to figure out why someone made off with a 1997 doctoral dissertation in mathematics.. View: Full Article | Source: AP

From North Dakota:
Man Rescues Goose; Bird Flies Beside  - MINOT, N.D. - Terry Roe also is known as Father Goose. Roe rescued a wounded Canadian goose from a ditch this summer near his home in rural Minot. The goose has taken to flying beside his all-terrain vehicle. View: Full Article | Source: AP

Priest's Pooch Welcomes N.D. Parishioners  - WEST FARGO, N.D. - The newest greeter at the Holy Cross Catholic Church has a wagging tail, cuddly fur and beseeching brown eyes. Lucky, a golden retriever puppy, belongs to the Rev. Dave Syverson. But he's also the parish dog.. View: Full Article | Source: AP

Gas Prices Drive Man to Commute by Horse  - MINOT, N.D. - Jim Jundt was so determined to rein in his spending on gasoline that he got out of bed early and rode his 14-year-old quarterhorse mare to work. View: Full Article | Source: AP

From South Dakota:
College Rodeo Team Gives Tobacco the Boot   - SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - South Dakota State University's rodeo team gave the boot to its smokeless tobacco sponsor — and gave up valuable scholarship money along with it. View: Full Article | Source: AP

From Nebraska:
Neb. Residents Plagued by Gibberish Calls   - KEARNEY, Neb. - Residents just don't understand the gibberish. Paul Perkins eyed the strange number on his phone when he received a call early Saturday morning. He let voicemail take it. The caller filled the message with three minutes of gibberish. View: Full Article | Source: AP

Nebraska Judge Reprimanded for Rudeness  -OMAHA, Neb. - The Nebraska Commission on Judicial Qualifications has publicly reprimanded Douglas County Judge John Huber for snide comments he made from the bench.. View: Full Article | Source: AP

From Michigan:

About 600 People Pack Into Giant Sauna - MARQUETTE, Mich. - About 600 people packed into a giant sauna on the campus of Northern Michigan University on Saturday in an attempt to set a record in what was billed as the "world's largest sauna" event.. View: Full Article | Source: AP

From Ohio:
Missing: 2 ft., 8 lb., monkey wearing blue pants - SPRINGDALE, Ohio - The bulletin issued by police in the southwest Ohio town of Springdale describes the subject as two feet tall, weighing eight pounds, clad only in blue pants and prone to sleeping in trees. View: Full Article | Source: AP

Internet Casino Buys Jesus-Image  - POINT PLACE, Ohio - An Internet casino known for its collection of oddities has paid $1,775 for a pierogi that looks like an image of Jesus. GoldenPalace.com purchased the item Monday during an auction offered by eBay. View: Full Article | Source: AP

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Fuct In The Midwest

- Story and Photos by Karl Stover

          File Under: Fuct
          Location:  St. Clair County, Illinois 

     On April 12^th of this year I was charged with a Class A Misdemeanor of Battery in St. Clair County, Illinois. Our speedy blue messenger of a mail carrier had maced my dogs, and then myself. At which time I pushed him away. Evidently your not able to defend yourself when confronted by a federal employee? When the police arrived some time later I was cuffed, stuffed and taken to the county jail to be processed. Luckily, I have made many friends over the last three decades, and an old friend was working admitting at the jail. He had fast tracked me and I was on my way, and back to teaching the youth of today at St. Louis Community College. No worries right?

 
Well, a couple of months ago my lawyer, Seth, put in a plea of not guilty with the County Clerk. Today, August 17^th, was my bench trial date. Everything seemed to be going in my favor. I am a productive member of society as a college educator, there were no injuries to the “victim”, I was on the defensive, and there was no reason for this person to even show up except to be vindictive. It is needless to say that we were confident in my position of self-defense. Sometimes confidence is a bad thing. I was convicted of Battery in the Circuit Court of the Twentieth Judicial Court. Why is this worth writing about? Again, I am a college educator. Colleges and Universities do not hire criminals. I am a criminal serving an 18 month probation.

 Think.

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News of the down right bizarre for the week of August 8th

From Indiana:
Indiana school aide had sex with special ed students and look how happy she looks about getting busted. TAUGUST 10--Meet Amber Kay Marshall. The 23-year-old Indiana teacher's aide is the latest educator to get busted for allegedly having sex with underage male students. Marshall was charged Monday in Lake County with child seduction and sexual misconduct with a minor for her alleged trysts with special ed students at Hebron High School. According to a probable cause affidavit, Marshall's encounters with the two boys spanned 15 months, beginning in March 2004, and occurred at her home, a Super 8 motel, and in a parked car. Marshall, who was charged in June with similar crimes in a neighboring county, faces more than 30 years in jail if convicted of the felony abuse counts.... View: Full Article | Source: Smoking Gun 

Firing Range Bullet Hits Home a Mile Away  TIPTON, Ind. - Police officials are considering design changes to a firing range after a stray bullet struck a home about a mile away... View: Full Article | Source: AP

Man pushes children to safety before drowning  Struggling against a strong river current, in one last, heroic effort, Donald Werth heaved his daughter to safety before disappearing under the surface, his fiancée said Wednesday. The 38-year-old truck driver from Dana drowned Tuesday in the Wabash River while saving two of his children from its depths. Werth, his fiancée and three children had bought 10 Burger King Whoppers and planned to relax and fish all day at a familiar spot on the banks. They had planned to go to Indiana Beach the next day, said his fiancée, Gail Kleiner of Dana. The five were wading... ... View: Full Article | Source: AP

From Kansas:
Footloose and Fancy Free (kansas man kept amputated foot in bucket) A Kansas man has put his best foot forward — in a bucket of formaldehyde on the front porch. Ezekiel Rubottom, 21, of Lawrence, had to have his clubbed left foot amputated three weeks ago after a lifetime of medical problems. After the operation, he took it home. "I'm not sick or, like, a danger," he told the Lawrence Journal-World. "I just wanted my foot ... I just figured I'd do with it whatever I pleased." Rubottom's friends at the house where he's staying don't mind the body part in a bucket, but after a local kid told his parents.... View: Full Article | Source: AP

Carrier scares off assailants with gun A veteran contract carrier for The Kansas City Star parked close to the store at 5th Street and Troost Avenue like always early today. It meant a quick trip back to the safety of his van. But one of his four attackers, the biggest guy, was too quick for the carrier to drive away. The assailant and perhaps others in his group rained punches on the 66-year-old carrier through his driver-side window. He used a gun to fend them off, firing three times. They never asked for money. “I thought these guys just weren’t going to let up,” said the... .... View: Full Article | Source: AP

From Illinois:

Widow killed by heat had money to pay bills Alton IL, Mabel Fish, 70, was found dead in her house on June 25th. An Alton widow with $50,000 in a bank account lived without electricity the last three months of her life because she didn't pay her power bills, according to testimony Wednesday at the Madison County coroner's inquest... View: Full Article | Source: Post Dispatch

Ex-Illinois death row inmate convicted  A former death row inmate whose case helped launch an emotional campaign against the death penalty in Illinois was convicted Friday of drugs and weapons violations following a tumultuous trial. Aaron Patterson, 41, turned down an offer to hear the verdict by teleconference. He had been banished from the courtroom after defiantly refusing to be cross-examined and shouting to the jury that he was the victim of "a legal lynching." Patterson could get from 15 years to life in prison when federal Judge Rebecca R. Pallmeyer sentences him. The sentencing was scheduled for Dec. 4. Defense attorney.. View: Full Article | Source: AP

Nazis found hidding in Chicago  An aging Chicago carpenter should be stripped of his U.S. citizenship because he was a member of a police unit that helped the Nazis round up Ukrainian Jews for forced labor and death camps during World War II, federal attorneys argue. "He acquiesced in conduct contrary to civilization and decency," government attorney Gregory Gordon told U.S. District Judge Samuel Der-Yeghiayan as a civil trial against Osyp Firishchak began Monday. Firishchak, 86, came to the United States after World War II, settled in Chicago and obtained American citizenship. But the Justice Department's Nazi-hunting Office of Special Investigations says he lied on... .. View: Full Article | Source: AP

From Missouri:
People head out despite foul orange air Public health officials warn that the so-called "orange" air quality could spell trouble for children or adults suffering from asthma or heart ailments, and people who spend a lot of time outdoors unless they take precautions.... View: Full Article | Source: Post Dispatch

Driver leaps from SUV, dies A teacher who dedicated herself to young children was killed after the accelerator on her Ford Escape jammed, police said, and she bailed out of her vehicle when she couldn't get it to stop. .... View: Full Article | Source: Post Dispatch

Man chases burglar from home; stabs him to death St. Louis, MO: No charges are likely in the case of a man who chased a burglar from his home and fatally stabbed him. The man suspected in the burglary, Daniel Ferguson, 35, of the 3100 block of North 11th Street, bled to death, police said.... View: Full Article | Source: Post Dispatch

Fingerprint pay system gets toehold here St. Louis Mo: Give up your fingerprints and pay for gas. That's the slogan a Phillips66 ExpressMart in Arnold could well adopt for its fingerprint-payment system.... View: Full Article | Source: Post Dispatch

Python Found in UPS Truck Back With Owner O'FALLON, Mo. - A 9-foot albino Burmese python has arrived at its new home after startling a United Parcel Service driver who found it curled up among packages in his truck last week... View: Full Article | Source: AP

Desperate Teens Sell Themselves on EBay ST. JOSEPH, Mo. - Looking for a little extra spending money, two college-bound teenagers decided to sell a week of their time to the highest bidder on the Internet auction site eBay.... View: Full Article | Source: AP

From Wisconsin:
Woman Eats 35 Bratwursts in 10 Min   - SHEBOYGAN, Wis. - Sonya Thomas, at 99 pounds, gobbled her way to another speed-eating title over the weekend by attacking a Wisconsin staple — the bratwurst... View: Full Article | Source: AP

One million tires catch on fire in Wisconsin  - 1 million tires catch on fire in Wis. July 20, 2005 WATERTOWN, Wis. -- A massive fire erupted in a huge pile of tires at a recycling plant Tuesday, sending black smoke billowing for miles and forcing roads to be closed while firefighters tried to contain the blaze. The fire ignited in about 1 million tires at the Watertown Tire Recycling Co., said Lt. Doug Ninmann of the Dodge County Sheriff's Department. No one was injured and the cause wasn't determined, but people within a mile's radius were warned to take shelter if the smoke becomes too intense, he said.... View: Full Article | Source: AP

From Ohio
Scantily clad Ohio man attacks female lifeguard with stun gun SAUGUST 12--We don't like to judge people, but James Fletcher appears to be quite a dangerous freak. The Ohio man, 49, was arrested last month after he allegedly tried to zap a female lifeguard with a stun gun. As he was attempting to do this, the below Broadview Heights Police report notes, Fletcher was wearing a blue string bikini, the top of which was stuffed with falsies. According to investigators, ... View: Full Article | Source: Smoking Gun

From North Iowa:
Iowa Judge Fails to Make Jury CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - U.S. District Judge Linda Reade had a chance to see the courtroom from a different perspective — but she didn't make the cut.... View: Full Article | Source: AP

Man Who Pulled Over Driver Arrested DES MOINES, Iowa - A man who police say stopped another driver to warn him about his careless driving was arrested for impersonating a police officer — and driving a stolen pickup truck... View: Full Article | Source: AP

From Nebraska:
Nebraska Cop on Way to Work Makes Arrest  GRAND ISLAND, Neb. - Dean Elliott didn't waste time starting his shift over the weekend..... View: Full Article | Source: AP

Man Aims to Visit Every Starbucks OMAHA, Nebraska - Documenting a caffeine-powered quest to visit every Starbucks in the world has become the mission of a Nebraska attorney.... View: Full Article | Source: AP

From Michigan:
Cops Spoil Hotel Sex Fest  Michigan police bust up a wild prostitution party. According to this police report--just released to TSG by the Romulus Police Department--Phaneuf was one of three women servicing dozens of male participants, who paid a $15 entrance fee (and learned of the event via a bawdy e-mail solicitation). A second woman, Barbara Steele, was also hit with a prostitution rap (click here to see the 49-year-old Steele's mug shot). The event, dubbed "CumFest 2003," was organized by Robert Jackson, 57, a recidivist orgy promoter.Be sure to check out the mug shot at this link!.... View: Full Article | Source: SmokingGun

Cheerleaders Use Chant to Help Police  ANN ARBOR, Mich. - A man who left an accident scene was tracked down with the help of some cheerleaders who witnessed the crash and turned his license plate number into a cheer, police said.... View: Full Article | Source: AP

Crusader Nabbed By Michigan Cops  Medieval sword, mallet, armor no match for ye olde Taser. AUGUST 5--Meet Robert McClain. The Michigan man, 42, was arrested last week after he attempted to literally go medieval on cops. Be sure to check out the mug shot at this link!... View: Full Article | Source: SmokingGun

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News of the down right bizarre for the week of Aug 1st

Lot's of naked people in the news this week and I will tell you why. It's August and it's friggin HOT  out there.

 
From Illinois:
 Nudist to Be Buried Fully Clothed PEKIN, Illinois - Even in death, Robert Norton's nakedness is a no-no. Norton, 82, spent four decades in and out of court fighting repeated arrests for gardening and wandering his yard in the nude. He said he wanted to be buried without any clothes, but his family is sending him to eternity wearing gray slacks and a matching shirt... View: Full Article | Source: AP

Golf Outing Allegedly Involves Strippers NAPERVILLE, Ill. - Police on Wednesday were investigating a golf outing sponsored by a gentleman's club in this Chicago suburb that allegedly featured women strippers in bikinis giving male golfers lap dances.
.. View: Full Article | Source: AP

Woman Says Cemetery Lost Her Dad's Grave LIBERTYVILLE, Ill. - Mary Hurst wants to honor her 80-year-old dying mother's wish: to be buried aside her husband, Hurst's father, who died of cancer nearly four decades ago... View: Full Article | Source: AP

From Iowa:
Nude Man in Ski Mask Enters Sandwich Shop SPENCER, Iowa - A man who police say showed up at a sandwich shop wearing nothing but a ski mask will face several charges once he's released from the hospital, police said Thursday... View: Full Article | Source: AP

Naked Swordsman Pleads Guilty to Assault IOWA CITY, Iowa - A man who chased his neighbors with a 2-foot sword while naked last winter pleaded guilty to a charge of assault with a dangerous weapon... View: Full Article | Source: AP

Pottsville Manure Spill Kills Fish POSTVILLE, IA - August 2, 2005 - A manure spill south of Postville has led to a fish kill along a two mile stretch... View: Full Article | Source: MidWest News

Theif an Allegedly Steals Hundreds of Undies UPDATE: WEST DES MOINES, Iowa - The dryer can't be blamed for eating these socks and undies. Rusty Wayne Sills, 46, of Des Moines, was charged Thursday with fifth-degree theft for allegedly stealing women's panties, bras and socks from the laundry room at the Sun Prairie Apartments, said Lt. Jeff Miller, police spokesman... View: Full Article | Source: AP

From Minnesota:
Woman Says She Punched Bear in the Nose  DULUTH, Minn. - A 50-year-old Holyoke woman said she punched a black bear in the nose as it attacked her, but the bear didn't flinch... View: Full Article | Source: AP

From Missouri:
Misprint Swamps Woman With Medicaid Calls JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - A businesswoman in faraway Montana was swamped with anguished calls after a letter informing 339,000 Medicaid recipients of service cuts wrongly listed her phone number for a help line for the hearing impaired... View: Full Article | Source: AP

Woman Claims Buttocks Burned on the Toilet UPDATE: ST. LOUIS - A Kansas woman who claims her buttocks were burned by cleaning fluid when she sat on a toilet seat at a Lake Saint Louis Denny's restaurant has sued the chain and the franchise owner... View: Full Article | Source: AP

Mo. Family Finds Python Under Dishwasher SEDALIA, Mo. - The new residents of a Sedalia duplex were surprised to learn a 4-foot-6-inch constrictor didn't move out when the old residents left.... View: Full Article | Source: AP

Rural dentists report surge in "meth mouth" SIKESTON, Mo. - When children drop in for a dental checkup or cleaning, Dr. Gail Redman usually ends the appointment with her familiar reminder to brush and floss regularly. But she recently added something new: "Whatever you do, don't do meth." ... View: Full Article | Source: St. Louis Post Dispatch

From Wisconsin:
Cheerful holdup note: Chuck Sheperds News of the Weird Reports that Thomas E. Mason was charged with robbing the Fortress Bank in Winona, Minn., in June; he was arrested nearby and identified by bank employees, but the main evidence against him was the threatening holdup note, which began, cheerfully, "Hi, I'm Thomas Mason." . View: Full Article | Source: News of the Weird

From Indiana:

Ind. Couple Want to Wed in Cemetery EVANSVILLE, Ind. - Evansville city officials are considering a request by a couple to be married in a city cemetery.... View: Full Article | Source: AP

West Nile case reported in Hughes County A Hughes county resident has been diagnosed with asymptomatic West Nile Virus. It was one of nine new cases reported this week by the Department of Health.... View: Full Article | Source: Capital Journal

From Nebraska:
Nebraska charges man for having sex with 14-year-old wife LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) A 22-year-old man faces criminal charges in Nebraska for having sex with an underage 13-year-old girl, although he legally married her in Kansas after she became pregnant. The man's lawyer said the couple, with their families' support, ``made a responsible decision to try to cope with the problem.'' Matthew Koso, 22, was charged Monday with first-degree sexual assault, punishable by up to 50 years in prison. He was released on $7,500 bail pending an Aug. 17 preliminary hearing. After the girl became pregnant, her mother gave permission in May for Koso to take the young woman to... .. View: Full Article | Source: AP

From Kansas:
Teen's Vomit Sentence a Conundrum for Cops- UPDATE: OLATHE, Kan. - Police departments in Johnson County aren't sure how they'll carry out an unusual sentence a judge imposed on a teenager convicted of intentionally vomiting on his teacher. View: Full Article | Source: AP

Lottery Promotion Irks Two Kansas Towns TOPEKA, Kan. - Residents in two Kansas communities are angry over a radio spot for the Kansas Lottery that suggests their towns are boring. View: Full Article | Source: AP

Woman's Possessions Taken After Ad Error LAWRENCE, Kan. - Kris Bryan couldn't believe it when she came home and realized strangers were taking away her stuff — including her 7-week-old kitten. A legal notice in the Lawrence Journal-World for unclaimed property mistakenly listed Bryan's address. The notice said the items would be thrown out if they weren't picked up from the apartment. View: Full Article | Source: AP

From Ohio:
Ohio Cyclist Ticketed After Falling TOLEDO, Ohio - A northwest Ohio man's fall off his bicycle left him with a bruised leg, a big hospital bill and a ticket from police. Police fined Melvin Surprise III, of Toledo, because he was riding his bike on a sidewalk when he was struck by a pickup truck pulling out of a parking lot.. View: Full Article | Source: AP

Nurse's Aide Sentenced in Laxatives Case MEDINA, Ohio - A former nurse's aide was sentenced to 10 months in prison Monday for conspiring with another nurse to give nursing home patients laxatives to make them sick... View: Full Article | Source: AP

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News of the down right bizarre for the week of July 25th

An Ohio arrestee goes for the gold in classic mug shot. BUSTEED & DUMB: The Ohio man was nabbed this week  for "abusing harmful intoxicants" as he attempted to make a purchase at Bellaire's Dollar General Store. The 41-year-old Tribett, it seems, had been huffing spray paint and needed a refill. View: Full Article | Source: Smoking Gun

More from Ohio:
Amish Teen Charged With Stealing House Numbers BUSTED: UNTSBURG, Ohio - Callers complaining about loud music coming from a buggy led deputies to charge a 19-year-old Amish man with stealing house numbers and flower pots. David Byler was charged with theft and underage consumption of alcohol, both misdemeanors.... View: Full Article | Source: AP/Yahoo

Thief Picks Wrong Place to Rob.  BUSTEED & DUMB: TOLEDO, Ohio - With an FBI office a few floors above him and the agent in charge waiting in line for his morning coffee, Andrew Johnson picked the wrong coffee shop to rob... View: Full Article | Source: AP/Yahoo

From Illinois:
Chicago Man Steals Squad Car To Get To Work DUMB & BUSTED: Central Chicago Man Steals Squad Car To Get To Work Suspect Caught When He Stopped To Help Someone Save It Email It Print It (CBS) CHICAGO A West Side man says he needed to get to work, and he made a decision that he'll probably regret. Now Miguel Espinosa is in jail for stealing a marked Chicago police squad car. Detectives say the 38-year-old Espinosa noticed the squad car outside a restaurant on North Western Avenue Thursday night. The officer had left the keys in it while he went inside to eat. So Espinosa stole.. .. View: Full Article | Source: CBS

5 children charged with arson (Illinois) BUSTED: LINCOLN -- An 8-year-old and four 11-years olds were charged with aggravated arson Friday in the fire that destroyed the former Lincoln Garment Co. factory. Logan County Assistant State's Attorney Dan Markwell said the more serious juvenile Class X felony charges were filed because a firefighter was injured in the blaze. Capt. Jeff Singleton suffered a shoulder injury during the Monday night fire. Charged were two girls and two boys, all age 11, and an 8-year-old boy. Police said they learned about the children's involvement from another child who knew about the plan and a mother who told police her... .. View: Full Article | Source: Bloomington-Normal

Baby Found Abandoned Inside Used Tire In Chicago SICK: A Good Samaritan found a baby abandoned among old tires on Chicago's South Side early Wednesday morning.The baby boy, who police estimate is about 3 months old, was found in the 6200 block of Winchester. Rafael Cunningham said he thought he heard a cat meow, but looking further, he found a baby lying inside a car tire on the ground in an alley. The child was wearing nothing but a shirt, socks and a diaper. A baby bottle was found inside the tire with the child. Cunningham scooped up the child and called authorities, who took the baby to a... .. View: Full Article | Source: Free Republic


From Minnesota:
"Big Brother" Contestant Was Wanted Woman BUSTED: JULY 21--Days before the sixth-season debut of "Big Brother," a contestant on the CBS reality show finally answered a 3-1/2-year-old arrest warrant issued for her failure to appear. Pierzina's rap sheet also includes an August 2000 drunk driving arrest in Duluth, Minnesota (Check out her mug shot from that bust)... View: Full Article | Source: Smoking Gun

From Missouri:
Some Papers Pull, Edit 'Doonesbury' Strip DUMB: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - It may be President Bush's nickname for key political adviser Karl Rove, but some editors don't think it belongs in their newspapers... View: Full Article | Source: AP/Yahoo

Tasered Mo. Grandmother Gets Probation DUMB: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A 67-year-old grandmother who was shocked with a Taser stun gun after she honked her car horn at a police cruiser has been given a year's probation for sparking a quarrel with officers.. View: Full Article | Source: AP/Yahoo

Customer sues Denny's over burned buttocks A Kansas woman sued Denny's Corp. and a local Denny's franchise owner Wednesday, claiming cleaning chemicals left on a Lake Saint Louis Denny's toilet seat burned her buttocks... View: Full Article | Source:
the Post-Dispatch

Two St. Louis Disc Jockeys Suspended Two hip-hop radio personalities have been suspended for an on-air discussion of ways to fight police officers - comments made not long after an officer was slain. Officials at KATZ-FM would not detail the comments, but said the remarks made on Wednesday related to ways to hurt or disarm police officers. The two suspended disc jockeys, whose professional names are DJ Kaos and DJ Sylli Asz, were discussing with callers on their morning show how to fight for an officer's radio so he or she cannot call for help, the station said. .. View: Full Article | Source: post-gazette.com

From Wisconsin:
Turtles smashed, one dies: Milwaukee, WI - US DUMB & SICK: A ten-year-old turtle names Mrs. Gee is being treated at the animal emergency center in Milwaukee after an incident on the afternoon of July 23 when a woman smashed her on the pavement. The other turtle was killed. The turtles were the woman's boyfriend's pets. Police said she did this as an act of revenge. .... View: Full Article | Source: Pet-Abuse

Woman Convicted of Groping Airport Screener BUSTED: GREEN BAY, Wis. - A woman who was upset over being searched bodily at an airport was convicted Tuesday of assaulting a security screener by grabbing the federal officer's breasts.... View: Full Article | Source: AP/Yahoo

Thong Thief Nailed Again  BUSTED: Wisconsin panty pilferer hid hot underpants in apartment ceiling. JULY 8--The notorious Wisconsin thong thief is at it again, according to cops. Anthony Scholfield, 24, was arrested Wednesday and charged with once again breaking into a home and pilfering panties.Cops got a search warrant for Scholfield's apartment and found Blexrude's three thongs (and 11 other pairs of women's underpants) hidden in the ceiling. But the haul was dwarfed by Scholfield's prior prodigious output. When his home was raided in 2003, police found 854 thongs stashed throughout the crib, with the unmentionables hidden in shoe boxes, a briefcase, and a Pokemon lunch pail..... View: Full Article | Source: Smoking Gun

Indecent Proposal  BUSTED: Wisconsin man offered broker whopping sum for house, sex. JULY 6--Meet Kevin Kayhart. The Wisconsin man, 34, is facing a felony charge for allegedly making an indecent proposal to a female real estate agent. Seems the creepy Kayhart approached the agent at the end of a May 21 open house and asked if she would take $500,000 for the home (which was being offered at only $145,000). Kayhart then handed her his handwritten purchase proposal, a three-page document that included an itemized list of six sex acts (labeled A-F) that the agent would have to perform to close the deal.... View: Full Article | Source: Smoking Gun


From Indiana:
Caught on Video, Cop hits a dear VIDEO: Crazy dash cam video of a cop hitting a deer.. View: Video | Source: Blennus

Ind. Businessman Gets Big Check in Error instead of junk mail DUMB: WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Robert Theodorow could scarcely believe his eyes when he opened a piece of mail and found a $160,000 check tucked inside... View: Full Article | Source: AP/Yahoo

Woman Convicted Because of Pet Pigs' Odor BUSTED: HOBART, Ind. - The owner of pet pigs has been convicted of violating the city's nuisance ordinance following complaints from neighbors about the obnoxious odor of the animals.... View: Full Article | Source: AP/Yahoo

Pushing Under the Influence BUSTED & DUMB:PORTAGE, Ind. - Two women who took turns steering a broken-down vehicle face drunk driving charges after their slow-moving car crashed into a parked car.Check out the mug shot photos on the Smoking Gun.. View: Full Article | Source: AP/Yahoo


From North Dakota:
Zoo Director Becomes Spider Monkey's Mom WEIRD: WAHPETON, N.D. - With a 3 1/2-month-old baby, Kathy Diekman doesn't get a lot of sleep at night. Niko has been with her every night since his birth. Her husband, Tom Schmaltz, has moved to another room to sleep. "He's afraid he'll roll over on him," Diekman said... View: Full Article | Source: AP/Yahoo

From Nebraska:
Cow Gives Birth to Four Calves WEIRD: DEWEESE, Neb. - It wasn't that one of his cows had delivered twins that gave Paul Soucie pause when he checked his pasture. Eleven sets of twins had already been delivered this year on the farmstead near Deweese that Soucie runs with his wife, Janet. But what raised his curiosity on the morning of July 12 was that this particular cow still appeared pregnant... View: Full Article | Source: AP/Yahoo

From Kansas:
Teen Who Threw Up on Teacher Sentenced WEIRD: OLATHE, Kan. - A high school student convicted of battery for vomiting on his Spanish teacher has been ordered to spend the next four months cleaning up after people who throw up in police cars..... View: Full Article | Source: AP/Yahoo

Police Give Man Amputated Foot Back WEIRD: LAWRENCE, Kan. - Ezekiel Rubottom now has his left foot back exactly where he wants it — in a bucket on the front porch. Police in Kansas have returned the amputated foot to him after seizing it during the weekend to check out just how it got there.... View: Full Article | Source: AP/Yahoo

From Michigan:
Maggot Treatment Saves Mich. Woman's Foot SICK: BAY CITY, Mich. - Barbara Enser wasn't very comfortable at first with the idea of using maggots to clean the wound on her right foot. But if it meant saving it from amputation, she was willing to give it a try... View: Full Article | Source: AP/Yahoo

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East Chicago Officials Turn Off 'Jesus Light'

EAST CHICAGO, Ind. (AP) - City officials have turned off a streetlight that drew more than 250 people to see a shadow that some say resembles the image of Jesus Christ.

East Chicago Police Chief Angelo Machuca called an emergency meeting Sunday to recommend the light be turned off in the interest of public safety after nearby residents complained about blocked cars and visitors congregating until 5 a.m.

Several arrests were made Friday night after a large fight broke out in the area.

"The city respects everyone's religious beliefs, but it's getting to the point now where it's almost too dangerous" to leave the light on, said Damian Rico, the city's public relations director.

People have flocked to the site since Wednesday, when a woman first claimed to see the image on the side of a tree. The image is only visible at night when the streetlight near the tree is illuminated.

Machuca said his department doesn't have the manpower to maintain regular patrols and control the crowd.

"The light will remain off until we can get some kind of solution," he said.

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News of the down right bizarre for the week of the July 8th:

What doesn't kill us, will only make us stronger. News of the down right bizarre for the week of the July 8th:

Rocket full of Meth: - In the course of a traffic stop on Interstate 70 in Kingdom City, Mo., in June, Missouri Highway Patrol officers found a 3-foot-long rocket with an electric launcher, attached to an elaborate system of pulleys in the trunk of the car of two men, Michael Ray Sullivan, 41, and Joseph C. Seidl, 39. The rocket, which could probably be triggered from the driver's seat, was found stuffed with methamphetamine, with more (totaling about $145,000 worth) in pipes alongside. The patrolmen who arrested the pair believe the contraption was for quick disposal of their inventory if they got cornered... View: Full Article | Source: AP News 

More from Missouri:

Man Sued Over Mailing of Feces, Garbage: - ST. LOUIS — A man is being sued by Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon for allegedly sending garbage and even feces to eBay customers who thought they were bidding for new or slightly used clothing.. View: Full Article | Source: AP News 

From Indiana:

Hippo, Believed Among Oldest, Turns 54: - Hungry, Hungry Hippo. - EVANSVILLE, Ind. - Let them eat cake. At least this party's guest of honor seemed content with sticking to her diet. Hundreds of visitors enjoyed birthday cake Saturday at the Mesker Park Zoo & Botanic Garden while Donna the hippo ate frozen fruit to celebrate the 3,500-pound animal's 54th birthday... View: Full Article | Source: AP News 

Toddler Has Identity Stolen Twice: - FORT WAYNE, Ind. - At 22 months old, Jabriona Terry is a little young to have her own phone. But her mother discovered her daughter's name listed in a phone book and soon realized an acquaintance had used the girl's Social Security number to set up the phone service.... View: Full Article | Source: AP News 

Dog Enjoys Diet of Cheeseburgers, Shakes: - FARMLAND, Ind. - One of the best customers at The Chocolate Moose restaurant has never even been inside the door. Missy Jo, a 60-pound bulldog mix, comes with owner Tony Mills, 51, to the restaurant for a daily treat of plain cheeseburgers and vanilla milkshakes on the patio... View: Full Article | Source: AP News 

Fire Captain Uses Fire Truck to Water Lawn: - KOKOMO, Ind. - A city fire captain has gotten in trouble for mixing work with his home life... View: Full Article | Source: AP News 

From Michigan:

Gardeners Drop Clothes to Raise Funds: - LELAND, Mich. - The caretakers of the school gardens in this northwest Michigan town wanted an attention-getting way to raise money. They got it. A calendar featuring photos of 12 well-known area men posing naked with carefully placed props is being noticed and criticized.. View: Full Article | Source: AP News 

From Ohio:

Ohio man charged with exposing his breasts: - Ohio man charged with exposing his breasts Thu Jul 7,12:46 PM ET CHICAGO (AFP) - An Ohio man with the breasts of a woman has been charged with indecent exposure after he was spotted shirtless. "He's a guy. He's real tall, and he's got a full set of breasts," assistant Cincinnati solicitor Kevin Donovan told the Cincinnati Post. Jerome Mason, 23, was spotted shirtless by police at 1:00 am on April 22. Since then, the 6-foot, 200-pound man's case has floundered in the courts because he has failed to meet with his court-appointed attorney. But public defender Michael Welsh said. View: Full Article | Source: AP News 

Rape Spurs Anti-Hispanic Backlash in Ohio: - It started with the spray-painted, misspelled "Rapest" on the house of a Hispanic man accused of sexually assaulting a 9-year-old white girl. Then the house went up in flames in a suspected arson. Confrontations, name-calling and threats against Hispanics followed. Men roamed the streets wearing pillowcases with eye holes, and Ku Klux Klansmen in hoods and robes showed up to pass out pamphlets. There were rumors of assaults and beatings. Now this small Ohio river city's booming Hispanic population is cowed, the streets in their neighborhoods nearly deserted. Outside the office of the Living Water Ministry, which two months ago.... View: Full Article | Source: WJA

Compressed air can kill: Ohio teen is dead proof: - Most of us have gotten e-mails about bizarre stories that are known as urban legends. Sometimes they’re totally bogus. Sometimes there’s a shred of truth to them, but the story is mostly exaggeration. Recently, though, I got one that proved to be true, completely true, terribly true. It was about a police officer in Ohio who used cans of compressed air to blow the dust off computer parts. The canned air isn’t expensive, but it isn’t cheap, $10 for a pack of three cans, so the man was a little upset when he found that his son and his friends... View: Full Article | Source: Fort Wayne

Funeral Home Offers 'Beds' for Loved One: - BROOK PARK, Ohio - They take the concept of resting in peace seriously at the Humenik Funeral Chapel.... View: Full Article |  Source: AP News

From Illinois:

Cockfighting - over 400 birds seized: Winnebago, IL: Winnebago County Sheriff's deputies discovered hundreds of birds being used for illegal cockfighting. Now Winnebago County Animal Services is now leading this animal brutality investigation. "It's one of the biggest cock fighting rings the State of Illinois and possibly the Midwest has seen in years.".... View: Full Article | Source: Pet Abuse

Man Brags About Robbery to Radio Station: CHICAGO - A man who called a radio station to brag about his role in a bank robbery may be regretting picking up his phone.
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E-mail errors leave Potter fans fuming: - Oh, grow up. Would you. CHICAGO - Perhaps the evil wizard Lord Voldemort had something to do with it... View: Full Article | Source: AP News 

From Minnesota:

Arnold the Crime-Fighting Pig Dies : - Oink, oink - MINNEAPOLIS - R.I.P., Arnold the Crime-Fighting Pig. A south Minneapolis neighborhood is mourning the loss of Arnold, a 450-pound porker who once foiled a burglary. The beast died last month from apparent heart failure. He was 6.... View: Full Article | Source: AP News 

 

 

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most desirable places to live

Whether you like big cities or small towns, these are the most desirable places to live in the Midwest according to Money Magazines "Hottest Towns" Article.

Central region, over 100,000 population

1 Naperville, IL
2 Lawrence, IN
3 Overland Park, KS
4 Olathe, KS
5. "They couldn't come up with a 5th in this catagory"

Central region, under 100,000 population

1 Woodbury, MN
2 Dublin, OH
3 Wildwood, MO
4 Libertyville, IL
5 Chesterfield, MO
6 Eden Prairie, MN
7 Fremont, IL
8 Leawood, KS
9 Plymouth, MN
10 Bartlett, IL