The Audubon Police Department reports the arrest last Thursday (July 24th, of 51 year old Allen Alfred Riesenberg, of Audubon. Riesenberg was taken into custody for Simple Assault, and later released on a promise to appear in court. And, on Monday, 44 year old Steven James Nellor, of Audubon, was arrested on a  charge of Public Intoxication – 3rd or more offense. Nellor was transported to the Audubon County Jail where he was held to appear before a magistrate.

The Iowa DNR reports the city of Creston discharged about 10,000 gallons of wastewater to an unnamed tributary of the Middle Platte River on Monday, July 28th. A shut-off valve failed around 2 p.m., causing an electrical shortage at a Creston wastewater lift station at Highway 34 and Industrial Parkway. The discharge to an unnamed tributary occurred when portable pumps were unable able to keep pace with the wastewater flow.

The discharge was stopped at 5:30 p.m. when a pump was obtained that could handle the flow until electrical repairs are complete. Officials say  the health risk was minimal due to high water levels in the tributary and Middle Platte River. There was no reported fish kill.

The DNR is monitoring the situation.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) – A memorial marker honoring a prohibitionist preacher shot to death in 1886 has a permanent home at a Sioux City museum, and volunteers are raising money for a new one. The marker for George Haddock is currently on display at the Sioux City Public Museum. The piece was excavated during construction of the new Hard Rock casino in the downtown area.

The Sioux City Journal reports the circular, metal artifact was set in 1936. It includes the date Haddock died. Cornerstone World Outreach, a Sioux City church, has raised $20,000 to help pay for a new memorial marker. The monument has not been constructed and it’s unclear where it would be placed.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) – Democrats trying to pick up a Republican-held congressional seat in Iowa are seizing on disclosure records about the GOP candidate that they say gives heft to their charge that he’s a Washington insider.

The records show that Republican nominee David Young raised more than $500,000 in donations for Sen. Chuck Grassley’s 2010 re-election campaign, even while Young served as Grassley’s full-time chief-of-staff. Young reported being paid $51,000 by Grassley’s campaign, receiving a 10 percent commission on the money he raised.

Young is running against former state Sen. Staci Appel for the seat representing Iowa’s 3rd Congressional District, which stretches from Des Moines to southwestern Iowa. The seat is being vacated by 10-term Rep. Tom Latham, a popular Republican.

Young says he’s proud of the work he did for Grassley.

A western Iowa man was injured after the motorcycle he was driving was struck by a deer this (Tuesday) morning, in Mills County. The Iowa State Patrol says 50-year old David M. Baatz, of Pacific Junction, was transported by Glenwood Rescue to Creighton University Hospital in Omaha. Baatz was traveling west on Eastman Road at around 6:40-a.m., when a deer ran out of the south ditch and onto the traveled portion of the road. The animal hit Baatz’ 2001 Kawasaki on the left side, causing the cycle to crash onto the same side.

Baatz was able to remove the cycle from the road with the help of a passing motorist.

The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office reports a Missouri man was arrested today (Tuesday) on a drug-related warrant. 19-year old Christian Latham, of Maryville, MO., was taken into custody at around 8-a.m. on a warrant charging him with Delivery of Methamphetamine. His arrest stems from an investigation conducted by the Sheriff’s Office in February, 2014.

Latham was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on $100,000 bond.

Governor Terry E. Branstad today signed a letter to be delivered to President Obama requesting a Presidential Disaster Declaration for 22 Iowa counties where significant damage was sustained from severe weather that produced damaging winds, tornadoes, heavy rains, hail, and thunderstorms beginning June 26 through July 7, 2014.

The counties included in the request are: Audubon, Black Hawk, Butler, Cedar, Des Moines, Grundy, Hamilton, Hardin, Ida, Iowa, Jackson, Jasper, Johnson, Jones, Keokuk, Lee, Linn, Mahaska, Muscatine, Poweshiek, Tama and Washington.

The Governor requested funding under the Public Assistance Program, which is used to rebuild damaged infrastructure that may include roads, bridges, culverts and other public facilities, or to cover costs of emergency work during, and debris removal after, the storms. A joint federal, state and local preliminary damage assessment of the 22 counties found the severe weather caused an estimated $13 million worth of damage that could be eligible under the Public Assistance Program.

The Governor also requested funding to conduct hazard mitigation activities for the entire state.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) – The owner of a Council Bluffs bar that appeared on a reality television show has argued against the City Council’s decision to deny its liquor license. Matt Overmyer of the O Face Bar appeared before an administrative judge Monday as part of the appeal process to the Iowa Alcoholic Beverages Division.

Overmyer’s business was recently featured on a Spike TV show about reinventing struggling bars. The City Council cited actions seen on the March episode in denying the bar’s liquor license renewal in May. Those actions include multiple fights and the use of profanity.

The Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil reports the bar can continue serving alcohol while the appeal is being processed.