The Creston Police Department reports a Creston man, 34-year old Michael Eugene Matherly, was arrested Thursday afternoon, on charges of: Violation of No Contact/Protective Order – Contempt of Court; Threat – Explosive or Incendiary Device; and a second Violation of No Contact/Protective Order – Contempt. Matherly was being held in the Union County Jail on $5,000 cash or surety bond.

And, on April 30th, 44-year old Ernest Franklin Leaf, of Des Moines, was arrested in Creston for Theft in the 5th Degree. Leaf was cited and released from the scene with a Promise to Appear.