Officials in Shelby County say Zinnia Road, which is shared between Shelby and Audubon Counties, is closed for a culvert replacement project. The culvert is just north of the Dale Peterson residence at 526 Zinnia, the Lanny Olson residence at 3048 Zinnia, and Brad Baylis residence at 3056 Zinnia.

Officials say the area has many dirt, or Level B, roads. Considerable alternate route planning will be necessary for emergency personnel needing to respond to homes in the area. If you have any questions, contact the Shelby County Engineer’s Office at 712-755-5954.

The Cass County Sheriff’s Office said Tuesday, a Massena man was arrested Monday on a Theft charge. 34-year old Aaron Lee Latus was taken into custody for Theft in the 3rd Degree. Latus was taken to the Cass County Jail where he was released today (Tuesday), on $2000 bond.

Iowa DOT District 4 Transportation Coordinator Scott Suhr, in Atlantic, provided an update today (Tuesday), on the Highway 6/7th Street construction project. Suhr says last week, the contractor completed the taper on the west end of the project and poured two intersections and completed some sidewalk work.

Plans for this week include paving from Cherry through Plum Streets tomorrow (Wednesday), which completes the pavement for the west bound lane and turn lane. Next, the contractor will begin paving the east bound lane, starting at Plum Street. They will continue paving west until they reach the west end of the project.

They will also continue pouring driveways and intersections between mainline pours.

OSAGE, Iowa (AP) — A funeral service has been scheduled for an airman of the Iowa Air National Guard who drowned while stationed for duty in Guam. The Iowa National Guard says a service for Drew Bellairs will be held Thursday at 10 a.m. at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Osage. His burial will be held at Fort Snelling National Cemetery in Minneapolis at a later date.

The 20-year-old Bellairs, of Osage, was a member of the Iowa National Guard’s 185th Air Refueling Wing based in Sioux City. He drowned on July 25 while swimming at Marbo Cave on the eastern shore of Guam. He was temporarily assigned to the 506th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron at Andersen Air Force Base in Guam at the time of his death.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) – Towers that welcome visitors to Council Bluffs will shine a little brighter at night thanks to the installation of new LED lights. The Daily Nonpareil reports that the LED lights are more energy efficient than the tower’s original neon lights and allow for more colors. The structures were built in 2002 as part of an Iowa West Foundation project.

The retrofitting process took around four months, and Iowa West switched tower lights back on in late July. The tower lights currently feature red, yellow, orange and green as part of a summer theme. It’s scheduled to remain until Aug. 15, when it will be followed by a rainbow theme until the end of the month.

Clarinda Police Chief Keith Brothers reports his officers responded to a disturbance late Monday evening, and arrested a man on drug charges. At approximately 8:30 p.m. officers were called to 301 N. 14th Street where the male and female residents of the home were arguing. Taken into custody was 27-year old Brandon Donald Akers,  who resides at that location.

Akers was arrested for illegal possession of controlled substances without a valid prescription and possession of drug paraphernalia commonly used for the ingestion of illicit substances.  He was booked into the Page County Jail in lieu of $1,000 bail pending an initial appearance before a magistrate.