The Fremont County Sheriff’s Office reports two men were arrested on drug charges earlier this month. On March 8th, 61-year old Kenneth Allen Frazee, of Shenandoah, was arrested for Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. And, on March 5th, 43-year old Jeffrey Wade Massey, of Hamburg, was arrested for Possession of Methamphetamine, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, Failure to have Insurance, Driving Under Suspension, and failure to show proof of vehicle registration.

Page County Sheriff Lyle Palmer reports a man from northwest Iowa was arrested Sunday afternoon on a Woodbury County warrant. 48-year old Frederic W. Wissing, of Sioux City, was taken into custody at the Jail in Clarinda, on a warrant for Unlawful Use of a Prescription Drug. Wissing was being held in the Page County Jail on $2,000 bond, awaiting transport to Woodbury County.

The Page County Sheriff’s Office reports an investigation is underway into an accident that occurred sometime around 10-p.m. Saturday, March 15th. Authorities say the exact location of this accident is unknown at this time.  The vehicle was first reported to be somewhere in the area of Jade Lane and 230^th Street or south and west of Yorktown,  according to directions from the original caller, who was a party involved in the accident which is believed to only involve one vehicle.

After an extensive search with numerous area Fire Departments, Ambulance services, Law Enforcement, and Mercy 3 helicopter from Clarinda, the vehicle was located approximately 1.4 miles south of 230^th Street on B Avenue, or about 12 miles west and south of the location given by the original caller.

While the accident is under investigation, no further information is being released at this time.  

The Atlantic Police Department reports one arrest and one recent accident. Officials say 34-year old Kevin Jensen, of Atlantic, was arrested Friday on a warrant for Violation of his probation. Jensen was booked into the Cass County Jail.

And, an accident at around 3:40-p.m. Friday at 8th and Plum Streets caused $8,000 damage, but no one was seriously injured. Officials say vehicles driven by Nadine Gladwin, of Des Moines, and Devon Bretey, of Atlantic, collided when Gladwin failed to obey a stop or yield sign as she was headed east on 8th Street, and Bretey was traveling north on Plum. Gladwin’s car hit the Bretey vehicle on the left side. Gladwin complained of minor injuries, but declined medical assistance.

The Audubon County Sheriff’s Office announced the arrest Sunday (3/16) of 23-year-old Scott Nathaniel Belew of Audubon on a Possession of Controlled Substance, Marijuana charge.  Belew was arrested at approximately 7:00pm Sunday after a traffic stop on Davenport Street in Audubon.

Belew was transported to the Audubon County Jail and later posted bond and was released.  He is set to appear in court on March 20th.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) – The Woodbury County Board chairman is defending more than $180,000 in county funding for the nonprofit organization he manages.  George Boykin told the Sioux City Journal that it would not be fair for Sanford Community Center to suffer because he’s on the county board.  Boykin is the center’s executive director. It operates after-school and summer programs for at-risk young people, as well as coordinates numerous outreach efforts.

Boykin says has never had a say in funding that goes to the center and abstains from funding discussions on it. James Van Bruggen, of the Taxpayers Research Council, says it seems to him that the center is “getting favoritism, because they are getting six figures of money.”