The Union County Sheriff’s Office responded to a car versus cow accident on Saturday. Deputies were called to the accident at approximately 9:50 p.m. on 270th Street. A 2022 Chevy Colorado driven by 65-year-old Anthony Allen of Diagonal was traveling on 270th Street and struck a calf with the front of the truck.

Allen didn’t report any injuries and the Chevy sustained an estimated $7,000 damage. The truck was driven away from the scene.

The calf was discovered to have belonged to Marvin Ford of Creston. The calf had no insurance coverage.

The Creston Police Department reports the arrest of two individuals over the weekend.

On Saturday, June 17th at 1:53 a.m. Creston police arrested 44-year-old Bree Meridith Whipps of Carlisle at the Union County Law Enforcement Center on a Union County Warrant for Forgery, a Class D Felony. Whipps was later released on $5,000 cash or surety bond.

On Sunday, June 18th at 5:39 p.m. 38-year-old Kathleen Ann Pieken of Creston was arrested at her residence on 3 counts of Child Endangerment, Deprive Necessary Care. Pieken was taken to the Adams County Jail and later released on $6,000 cash or surety bond.

The Glenwood Police Department reports the arrest on Saturday, June 17th of 25-year-old Jakob Jamison of Glenwood for OWI 1st Offense. He was taken to the Mills County Jail and later posted $1,000 bond.

The Red Oak Police Department reports no injuries occurred during a two-vehicle accident on Saturday. The accident happened at 3:08 p.m. at the intersection of West Joy and Broadway streets. A 2006 Ford Escape driven by 58-year-old Robert Collins of Red Oak was making a left turn onto Broadway from the Red Oak Fareway parking lot when it broadsided a 2017 Ford Escape driven by 51-year-old Heidi Harris of Red Oak. Harris was making a left turn into the Fareway lot when she was hit.

Damage to the 2017 Escape was estimated at $10,000 and damage to the 2006 Escape was estimated at $500. Robert Collins was cited for Failure to Yield upon entering an intersection. Both vehicles were driven away from the scene.

Iowa Congresswoman Ashley Hinson, a Republican from Marion, is introducing a bill she calls the Red Tape Transparency Act.

She says her bill will keep unelected Washington bureaucrats from creating costly regulations and subverting the will of the people.

Hinson says President Biden’s 400 billion dollar plan to cancel student loan debt is a key example of what this bill would prevent.