The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office reports one arrest Friday (11/15) night and another early Saturday (11/16) morning.

The first arrest occurred at approximately 9:08pm Friday night after officers were called to investigate a report of Criminal Trespass at 110 W. 5th Street in Villisca.   Officers later arrested Jesse A. Luft of Villisca on a charge of Trespass (simple misdemeanor).   Luft was released after being processed at the Montgomery County Law Enforcement Center and posting 10% Bond.

The second arrest occurred at approximately 2:17am Saturday.  Sheriff’s officials took Cody E. Gray of rural Villisca into custody for a .02 violation.  Gray was processed at the Montgomery County Law Enforcement Center and released.

The Red Oak Police Department reports two separate incidents on Friday (11/15/2013) night.  The first incident was an arrest that occurred at around 8:14pm at 200 E Oak Street.  Officers initiated a traffic stop on a 1989 Ford Taurus and arrested 42-year-old Shawn Carlene Beard on an active Montgomery County Warrant for theft in the 2nd degree.  Beard was taken to the Montgomery County Law Enforcement Center and processed.  She is being held on $5,000 cash bond.

Another incident took place at 10:20pm Friday.  34-year-old Heather Jane Franzen of Stanton was cited for driving while suspended at 200th Street and Ironwood Avenue.  Franzen was written a non-scheduled citation and released from the scene.

ISU Extension and Outreach is providing a program called “Smart Choice” to help consumers understand health insurance concepts and terms, evaluate their own health insurance needs, examine insurance plans and select a plan that fits their needs and budget.  Mary Beth Kaufman, family finance program specialist stresses that the “Smart Choice workshops will not be an avenue for enrolling consumers in health insurance or for providing one-on-one advice about health insurance….” instead, by attending the meeting, consumers will be better able to understand and make sound choices.  Kaufman will teach the Smart Choice class in Harlan on Monday December 2 at the Shelby County Extension office at 906 6^th Street from 6:30 to 8:30 pm.

Pre-registration is encouraged for the Smart Choice workshop which is free to you thanks to the Shelby County Extension District and Iowa State University Extension and Outreach.  Consumers are encouraged to pre-register by calling the Shelby County Extension office by November 27 at 712-755-3014.

(Press Release)

An attempt to park a vehicle in the Atlantic Medical Center parking lot Thursday morning resulted in a total of $8,600 damage to five vehicles, but no one was injured. According to the Atlantic Police Department, Rachel Jensen, of Brayton, was attempting to park her vehicle, and was backing up to get between the yellow lines of her parking stall, when she a vehicle driven by Larry Brown of Atlantic, traveling through the parking lot.

After Jensen’s car hit Brown’s, she proceeded to pull forward, and in the process hit a parked vehicle registered to Micheal Spetman, of Council Bluffs. The collision pushed Spetman’s vehicle into another parked car, registered to Gary Claussen, of Walnut. That vehicle was then shoved into a parked car registered to Alan Arp, of Atlantic.

The accident happened just before 10-a.m., Thursday. Officials say Jensen was cited for Failure to Maintain Control.