The Creston Police Department reports three arrests on Wednesday, September 28th.

At 6:33 p.m. Officers arrested 36-year-old Kyle Wesley Kreb of Creston in the 500 block of South Maple Street. Kreb was charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance Marijuana 2nd Offense, Possession of a Controlled Substance Methamphetamine 1st Offense, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, and Intent to Manufacture/Deliver Methamphetamine. Kreb was taken to the Union County Jail and held on no bond until seen by a Magistrate.

At 6:09 p.m. 38-year-old Amanda Olivia Jones of Creston at 302 North Pine Street. Jones was charged with Possession of Controlled Substance Methamphetamine 2nd Offense. Jones was taken to Union County Jail and held until posting $2,000 bond.

At 8:26 p.m. 58-year-old James Chandler Sash of Creston was arrested at 706 West Adams Street. Sash was charged with Indecent Exposure and taken to the Union County Jail. Bond was set at $1,000 cash or surety.

The Red Oak Police Department reports the early morning arrest of a man on an assault charge Thursday morning. At 12:04 a.m. Red Oak Police arrested 20-year-old Alec Jordan Jeffries of Red Oak in the 2400 block of North Broadway Street on a charge of Aggravated Assault. Jeffries was booked in to the Montgomery County Jail on $2,000 bond.

(Des Moines, Iowa) –  The Polk County Sheriff’s Office is asking for assistance in locating a missing/runaway juvenile.

Authorities say 16-year-old Izabella Benavidez is an Hispanic female, 5-feet 2-inches tall. She weighs 126-pounds, has  brown hair and brown eyes, as well as tattoos on each thigh that say “TRUST” & “NONE” and “999” on her middle finger.

Izabella was last seen in Des Moines near the Motel 6 by I-80 and NE 14th Street on September 3, 2022, she was wearing a red tank top, gray shorts and black Nike tennis shoes.

The Polk County Sheriff’s Office with assistance from the U.S. Marshals Service have been following up on leads as they are reported. There have been possible sightings of Izabella in Omaha, Nebraska area, and it has been reported that she may be staying in homeless camps. The Marshals Service in Omaha is following up on the leads in that area but have not been successful in locating Izabella.

Izabella Benavidez

Izabella may be staying with friends that have been helping her avoid detection from the Polk County Sheriff’s Office and the U.S. Marshals Service. If anyone sees or learns of Izabella’s location, please call the Polk County Sheriff’s Office at (515)286-3333.

(Radio Iowa) – Northwest Iowa agencies began getting 9-1-1 calls at about seven this (Wednesday) morning about a large fire at the Casey’s along Highway 18 on the west side of Hull. The Hull Fire Department responded and found the roof area of the business engulfed by fire. Employees were inside when the fire started and also reported an explosion that occurred inside shortly after flames and smoke were seen.

All of the employees were able to safely evacuate the business and no one was injured. Fire departments from Sioux Center and Rock Valley assisted in putting the fire out. No damage estimates have been made and the fire remains under investigation.

(Radio Iowa) – Officials in 44 Iowa counties have now taken action to express concerns about the three proposed carbon pipelines. In the last week, the Adair and Floyd County Boards of Supervisors have sent letters to state regulators. Floyd County Supervisor Linda Tjaden says the proposed Summit and Navigator pipeline routes pass through Floyd County.

The letters express concern about training for emergency crews who’d have to respond to pipeline ruptures, as well as potential construction damage to land and drainage tiles. The letter about the Summit route also mentions it would pass through the Avenue of the Saints Development Park in Charles City and the pipeline could damage electrical, water and sewage utilities in the area.

The letter from the Floyd County supervisors also expresses concern about the use of eminent domain for a private purpose. State law allows pipeline developers to apply for eminent domain authority to gain access to properties where landowners have refused to grant voluntary easements.

The Adair County Board of Supervisors has sent the Iowa Utilities Board a letter, saying the board is not oppose to the purpose or construction of the pipeline, but is opposed to eminent domain being used as a way of achieving it. None of the three proposed pipeline routes run through Adair County, but there are nearby ethanol plants in Menlo and Corning. If those facilities are connected to a carbon capture pipeline in the future, the route would likely pass through Adair County.

Police in Red Oak, Wednesday, said four people were arrested Tuesday on separate charges. At around 9:37-a.m., Officers arrested 52-year-old Chadwick Zucco, of Red Oak, for Possession of slightly more than 25.2 grams of marijuana/3rd offense, a Class-D Felony. Zucco was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on a $5,000 bond.

Two people were arrested at around 1:30-p.m. Tuesday, in Red Oak: 22-year-old Skyler Grace Nagunst and 23-year-old Andrew Michael Nagunst, both of Red Oak, were arrested for Violation of a No Contact Order/Contempt of Court. Skyler Nagunst was also charged with Aiding and Abetting in Violation of a No Contact Order. Their bonds were set at $300, each.

And, at around 4:30-p.m., Tuesday, 49-year-old Michelle Marie Burns, of Henderson, was arrested on an Assault charge. She was taken into custody at the Dollar General Store, in Red Oak. Burns was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on a $300 bond.

Burns was arrested again on September 29th at 9:47 a.m. for striking an individual while in the Magistrate’s Office for the previous Assault charge. She was subsequently held for another Simple Assault charge and booked back into the Montgomery County Jail on $300 cash bond.

(Radio Iowa) Iowa casinos on the western side of the state now facing some competition from Nebraska, as the Warhorse Casino in Lincoln is now operating after approval from state regulators. Nebraska’s first casino is run by Ho-Chunk Incorporated, the economic development arm of the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska. C-E-O Lance Morgan says they are going to stop some of the money moving out of Nebraska into Iowa.

They started with slot machines in a building in Lincoln and will build that up and also plan to build a casino in Omaha and eventually South Sioux City. Morgan says he has no qualms about challenging Iowa for the gamblers — and knows it will be a competition.

He says they are starting with the Lincoln and Omaha facilities because they are in an area with one-point-three million people.

The temporary Warhorse Casino in Lincoln began operating Saturday.

(Radio Iowa) The State of Iowa has a more than one-point-nine BILLION dollar budget surplus. Governor Reynolds has announced the state has 830-million dollars in reserve funds and holds more than a BILLION dollars in its Taxpayer Relief Fund. Larger than expected corporate tax payments are triggering a corporate tax cut as well. In a written statement, Governor Reynolds said it shows tax cut critics were wrong and growth oriented policies and fiscal restraint are paying off. House Democratic Whip Lindsay James of Dubuque says instead of lowering costs for Iowans and investing in public schools, Reynolds is celebrating another huge handout to corporations. ANNOUNCER OUT: The last state fiscal year ended June 30th, however this is the week the books are officially closed. That’s so late-arriving payments or expenses are accounted for in the previous state budget.

(Radio Iowa) Iowa Lottery C-E-O, Matt Strawn, predicted it would be hard to match the last two fiscal years — which were the most profitable in the organization’s history. But he says the first two months of this fiscal year that started in July have far exceeded expectations.

Gross sales totaled nearly 78 million dollars in the two months and are around 32 percent ahead of budget projections.

Large jackpots in games are unpredictable, and Strawn says they are still remaining cautious about how the full year will go.

Strawn says they have been focusing on ways to improve revenue and that has included the lotto game category and more drawings.

He says along with the additional draw for Lotto America, the jackpot has exceeded 20 million dollars for the first time in a number of years. Lottery Chief Revenue Officer John Ross says they also have increased the number of stores selling Lottery products by adding 57 Walmart stores. Ross says the economy still remains a concern for the fiscal year ahead.

The two made their comments at today’s (Tuesday) Iowa Lottery Board meeting.