Sheriff’s officials in Adams County report a Lenox man was arrested early this (Friday) morning on an attempted murder charge. Authorities say a search warrant was executed at around 1:30-a.m. at 409 W. Dallas Street in Lenox. During a search of the residence, 40-year old Antonio Valenzuela was arrested for Attempted Murder. Francisco Valenzuela was also, later arrested for Attempted Murder. Both men were being held in the Adams County Jail

Officials with the Cass County Sheriff’s Department say a Nebraska woman faces charges of eluding, theft and criminal mischief following a rather slow speed chase early this (Friday) morning, south of Massena. Authorities say 46-year old Roxana Hall, of Omaha, was transported to the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic following the incident, which ended just before 6-a.m. near 710th Street and Yankton Road.

The Cass County Communications Center received a call about a female subject (later identified as Hall) who was walking on Victoria Road near 720th. A local resident stopped to see if the woman needed help.  Hall told him she needed to call 9-1-1. Hall then allegedly took the citizen’s phone and would not give it back. She got in her vehicle and drove down the road. A member of the Massena fire department kept watch on the vehicle until law enforcement could arrive.

A Cass County Deputy made contact with the female who was described as being non-compliant. Hall  then took off from the traffic stop,  which resulted in a vehicle pursuit. Speeds during the “chase” rarely exceeded 20-miles per hour. The woman told a Cass County 9-1-1 dispatcher she didn’t believe the person behind was a law enforcement officer, and after the dispatcher convinced Hall to stop her vehicle at Yankton Road and 710th, said she wanted to talk to a female officer.

Officers from the Atlantic Police Department, Montgomery County K-9 unit, and Adams County Sheriff’s Office arrived on scene. After the woman still refused to exit her vehicle, officers were able to break out a window of the vehicle to remove the Hall, who was taken to CCMH for a mental evaluation.

Charges of Eluding, theft and criminal mischief are pending at this time.

(9-a.m. News)

It isn’t over until it’s over. That’s the phrase befitting the results of the June 3rd primary election in Crawford County. The Omaha World-Herald reports Steve Ulmer’s name was drawn from a basket this week to settle a tie vote in the Crawford County Board of Supervisors election. Ulmer was one of four Republicans seeking the nomination for three board seats. No Democrats were on the ballot.

Kyle Schultz, a challenger from Charter Oak, was the top vote winner. Eric Skoog, an incumbent from Denison, had the second-highest vote total. But Ulmer and Jerry Buller tied for the third spot. The drawing was done after the board canvassed votes Tuesday morning. Ulmer, of Arion, and Buller, of Kiron, were tied at 541 votes each after two provisional ballots were counted.

By Iowa law, when a vote ends in a tie, the winner is determined by lot. Both Ulmer and Buller were incumbents. Buller has requested a recount, which is scheduled for Thursday.