Police in Creston report the arrest Monday evening of a Creston man. 43-year old Steven Jehn was taken into custody at around 6:30-p.m. on a charge of OWI/2nd offense. Jehn was being held in the Union County Jail on $2,000 bond.

And, no injuries were reported following a collision between a semi and a pickup truck Monday morning. Creston Police say a 1999 Peterbilt semi hauling a grain/gravel dump trailer, was traveling east on Highway 34 at around 8:40-a.m., when 83-year old William Ticknor, of Creston, who was traveling west in a pickup truck, failed to yield the right of way as he attempted to turn left onto Oak Street.

When the pickup stopped on the highway for some reason, the driver of the semi, 79-year old Glen Nelson, of Emerson, swerved but could not avoid the collision. The semi hit Ticknor’s 2000 Chevy S-10 pickup broadside, causing a total of $2,500 damage. No citations were issued.