No injuries were reported after a car experienced an apparent mechanical failure and hit a restaurant last Friday morning, in Guthrie Center. The Iowa State Patrol reports 73-year old Donna Marie Vokes, of Panora, was driving a 2009 Toyota northbound in the parking lot of the Hilltop Cafe at 2003 State Street, when her accelerator became stuck. Vokes was unable to stop her car before it hit the south side of the building at around 9:15-a.m., causing about $2,500 damage to the building and some equipment inside the cafe.

Vokes’ car also sustained $2,500 damage. No citations were issued.

Officials in Montgomery County say one person was arrested Tuesday evening on an assault charge. 22-year old Jamie Paul McDaniel, of Villisca, was taken into custody at around 5:45-p.m. at the Montgomery County Jail. McDaniel was arrested on a valid Montgomery County warrant charging him with Simple Assault. The man posted a $300 cash bond and was released from custody.

EARLY, Iowa (AP) – The Iowa State Patrol says a teenager from Sac County has been killed in a head-on car crash with a recreational vehicle.  The patrol reports the crash occurred Tuesday on Highway 71, south of Early. Authorities say 16-year-old Coral Isle Deal, of Early,  died after driving off the road and then overcorrecting. They say the teen’s Pontiac Vibe crossed the center line and hit a Fleetwood RV driven by a 71-year-old Texas man.

The car was crushed under the RV’s front wheels. The man wasn’t injured. The patrol is investigating.

The Pottawattamie County Board of Supervisors Tuesday unanimously voted to approve the sale of $1.9 million in general obligation bonds. The Daily NonPareil reports most of the money will go toward funding the new Veterans Affairs Building. Other funds will go toward new vehicles for various departments, including the Sheriff’s Department, that have already been ordered. The bonds will be sold on Tuesday, Aug. 26th.

County Auditor Marilyn Drake told the paper that expenditures which were normally were paid for from the general fund will now be paid by the debt service fund, as a means of increasing the county’s cash carryover. Drake said she expects the interest rate on the bonds to be just 2 percent to 2.5 percent.

The board on Tuesday approved three different bond measures with one of them not to exceed $300,000, though the estimated cost should be in the neighborhood of $222,000. That will pay for seven, maybe eight, new patrol cars.  Another bond, not to exceed $100,000, will pay for such items as bullet-proof vests for the deputies and the installation of automatic external defibrillators to help keep heart victims alive. The third bond, not to exceed $120,000 is for new vehicles for the Planning and Maintenance departments.

Those will be added a $1.5 million bond for the new Veterans Affairs building near the courthouse. Drake said the bonds will be sold Aug. 26th at 2:30 p.m.. She said she expects them to be paid off withing seven-years, through the use of property taxes.  How much each property owner will pay won’t be known until the bonds are purchased.