SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — Frontier Airlines is saying goodbye to a Sioux City airport, ending a four-month stint serving the community. The Sioux City Journal reports the flights began with much fanfare and were popular, but the airline says it’s focused on faster-growing markets, such as Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport. In August, the airline announced that it was stopping its nonstop flights from Sioux Gateway Airport to Denver International Airport.

The last flight from the Sioux City airport was on Friday. Frontier flights traveled three times each week between the two cities. American Airlines is now the only other carrier at Sioux Gateway Airport. The airport’s director says Frontier’s lease in the terminal ends next month. He says crews from the airline will soon remove computer systems and ground equipment.

The Red Oak Police Department made three unrelated arrests this (Friday) afternoon. 58 year old William Wayne Elliottt of Red Oak was charged with violation of a protective order. 56 year old Charles James Netherton also of Red Oak was arrested aggravated assault and held on 2-thousand dollar bond.  50 year old Candace Suzanne Johnson of Red Oak was charged with third degree harassment and was being held on 3-hundred dollar bond.

A man from Central Iowa was arrested this (Friday) morning, on a theft charge. Red Oak Police say 19-year old Ryan James Corder, of Gilbert, was taken into custody at around 9:25-a.m. on a warrant for Theft in the 5th degree. Gilbert was arrested at the Shelby County Jail. His bond was set at $300.

Police in Lenox have arrested a local man for writing bad checks. 36-year old Jeremy Harris, of Lenox, was arrested at around 9:40-a.m. on a warrant for theft in the 4th degree. The warrant was issued as the result of an investigation into several hundred dollars of bad checks written to Lenox area businesses, Harris was transported to the Taylor County Jail where he was being held on a $1000 cash only bond

A traffic stop in Red Oak this (Friday) morning, resulted in two people being arrested on drug charges. Authorities say officers stopped a vehicle in the 600 block of west Coolbaugh Street at around 8:25-a.m., and upon further investigation, charged the driver, 26-year old Samuel Joseph Kier, of Red Oak, with Possession of a Controlled Substance/Marijuana, 2nd offense. He was also given warnings for Failure to Obey a Stop Sign and Failure to Obey.

A passenger in the vehicle, 20-year old Gillian Ray James Bourne, of Red Oak, was charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance/Marijuana, 3rd offense. Bourne was also issued a warning for Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. Both men were brought to the Montgomery County Jail, where Kier was being held on $1,000 cash bond. Bourne’s bond was set at $2,000.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) – Gov. Terry Branstad’s administration says 3,200 union workers are expected to be reimbursed for years of meal expenses that were improperly cut. After lengthy negotiations with the state’s largest union, the Department of Administrative Services agreed last week to refund meal reimbursements that were cut in August 2011.

A department spokesman tells The Associated Press that the deal with the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees is expected to cost nearly $1.5 million. The state has already reimbursed members of two other unions nearly $250,000 under prior settlements.

AFSCME Council 61 President Danny Homan said Friday that checks might go out in February after the reimbursements are calculated. Homan says employees who traveled every day – such as motor vehicle enforcement officers – might receive $2,500 or more.

Democrats and Republican voters in Cass County will have a chance to meet with candidates for office or party representatives, in the coming days. On Saturday (Oct. 25th), Republican Representative Jack Drake, of Griswold, and Tom Shipley, State Senate candidate for District 11, from Nodaway, will hold a meet and greet with voters at 9 a.m. at the Heritage House, in Atlantic.

Shipley is running against fellow Republican Art Hill, of Council Bluffs, for the State Senate’s 11th District that covers all of Adams and Union Counties, a good portion of Cass County, and most of Pottawattamie County. The men are competing for the seat being left vacant by Hubert Houser, who is not running for re-election. Drake is running for re-election in House District 21, which encompasses parts of Cass, and Pottawattamie Counties, as well as all of Adams and Union Counties.

And on Monday (Oct. 27th), Troy Price, the Executive Director of the Iowa Democratic Party, will be at the Cass County Democratic Headquarters (at 511 Chestnut) in Atlantic at 9-a.m. Price will meet with local Democrats and Democratic volunteers, and talk about the current election.

Both events are open to the public. Refreshments will be served.